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small black weevil - Orchestes pallicornis
Copyright © 2003 Charles Schurch Lewallen

small black weevil - Orchestes pallicornis
Eastern, Oklahoma, USA
March 16, 2003
Tiny, about 3mm.
As I remember at the time there were quite a few of these little beetles flying around and landing on Me. This one was on my finger.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 27 November, 2004 - 10:29pm
Last updated 29 January, 2009 - 5:30pm

Moved
Moved from Orchestes.
… tom murray, 29 January, 2009 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

opinion of Robert Anderson:
"I think O. pallicornis; O. mixtus is very similar but on elms. Hind femora are fatter in pallicornis"
… v belov, 29 January, 2009 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhynchaenus [Status TBD].
… Phillip Harpootlian, 29 October, 2008 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… tom murray, 22 November, 2006 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Curculionidae: Rhynchaenus sp.
A number of similar looking species here.
… Donald S. Chandler, 11 May, 2006 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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