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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Molytinae » Lepyrus » Lepyrus oregonus
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210513 ~12mm Snout - Lepyrus oregonus
Copyright © 2015 Steve McKechnie

210513 ~12mm Snout - Lepyrus oregonus
Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
May 21, 2013
Size: ~12 mm
Found on the rocks of the Sheep River.
Similar to this black with grey snout beetle Subfamily Anthonominae

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210513 ~12mm Snout - Lepyrus oregonus 210513 ~12mm Snout - Lepyrus oregonus
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Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 13 May, 2015 - 12:48am
Last updated 13 May, 2015 - 4:40am

Moved tentatively; the genus is sound
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 May, 2015 - 4:40am login or register to post comments

 
That looks good
Thank you Blaine.
… Steve McKechnie, 14 May, 2015 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
you'right, the one on the linked photo is probably conspecific
...but of course the ID on that site is way off (the anthonomines are at best 1/3 the size, among other things)
… v belov, 15 May, 2015 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V.
I'll view that site differently from now on.
… Steve McKechnie, 15 May, 2015 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

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