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Alfalfa Weevil (Hypera postica)
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Copyright © 2013
Sheryl Smith-Rodgers
Small mystery bug -
Hypera postica
Blanco, Blanco County, Texas, USA
January 21, 2013
I've found numerous of these inside our house (dining room near back door to patio) and also outside on our front porch. They're small, less than a 1/4 inch long.
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Contributed by
Sheryl Smith-Rodgers
on 21 January, 2013 - 9:49am
Last updated 29 January, 2013 - 7:59am
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Boris Büche
, 23 January, 2013 - 5:47pm
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weevil
Looks like some kind of weevil
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Charles Schurch Lewallen
, 21 January, 2013 - 10:35am
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Afalfa?
Maybe afalfa weevil (Hypera postica)?
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Sheryl Smith-Rodgers
, 21 January, 2013 - 10:48am
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you nailed it.
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v belov
, 21 January, 2013 - 1:37pm
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Uh oh
Nonnative to Texas, eh?
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Sheryl Smith-Rodgers
, 21 January, 2013 - 3:59pm
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non-native to the western hemisphere
i'd say, over a third of weevil photos that pop up on bugguide show adventive species of Old World origin
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v belov
, 22 January, 2013 - 8:53am
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