Snout Beetle - Lepyrus oregonus

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Snout Beetle - Lepyrus oregonus

White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 20, 2015
Size: 13 mm

Found this about 10 inches from the ground climbing a wall, very slowly. Shaded north east corner with moss, chickweed, sandy clay.
Reminds me of a beetle I found in Alberta

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Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 21 June, 2015 - 9:50am
Last updated 3 July, 2023 - 7:26pm

Moved tentatively

Moved from Lepyrus.

… v belov, 3 July, 2023 - 7:26pm

Moved; same genus but maybe not conspecific...

hope others can take it further!

Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.

… Blaine Mathison, 21 June, 2015 - 10:42am

Thanks Blaine

One step closer.

… Steve McKechnie, 21 June, 2015 - 1:12pm

cool bug, nice pics

...but, sadly, the next step make take years: the genus is a taxonomic mess and in dire need of revision

… v belov, 22 June, 2015 - 1:38am

That's OK

The bugs will be here longer than me.
I'll add another similar critter found two feet from this one, three years ago.

… Steve McKechnie, 22 June, 2015 - 9:07am

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