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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Molytinae » Conotrachelini » Pheloconus » Pheloconus hispidus
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Weevil sp - Pheloconus hispidus
Copyright © 2013 Kristy Baker

Weevil sp - Pheloconus hispidus
Rockvale, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
August 3, 2013
Drawn to black light.
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Contributed by Kristy Baker on 11 August, 2013 - 1:39pm
Last updated 20 October, 2013 - 8:42pm

thanks again, Bob; that was my first thought, too
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 11 August, 2013 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

nice one; any other shots? challenging angle...
must be something in the Conotrachelini

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 August, 2013 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Not that are helpful
-klb
… Kristy Baker, 11 August, 2013 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

 
ok; will show it around as is
for the future, try hard to get a straight dorsal shot, all-important for beetle identification: even a blurry one might turn out to be very helpful; for weevils, a good profile shot is usually a big plus [rarely so for other beetles]
… v belov, 11 August, 2013 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok
Thank you so much for the feedback!
… Kristy Baker, 11 August, 2013 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much for the nice bug!
keep them coming; the tinier, the better
… v belov, 11 August, 2013 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Pheleconus hispidus
Pretty sure this is Pheleconus hispidus.
… Robert Anderson, 11 August, 2013 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

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