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Weevil - Conotrachelus similis
Copyright © 2015 Clay Nichols

Weevil - Conotrachelus similis
Oklahoma City North Rockwell Ave and Memorial Road, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
August 28, 2015
Size: 8 mm
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 28 August, 2015 - 11:44pm
Last updated 29 August, 2015 - 11:32am

thanks, guys -- our very first live photo of this species
beautiful specimen, too

Moved from Conotrachelus.
… v belov, 29 August, 2015 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
It looked like a small chunk
It looked like a small chunk of cinder block.
… Clay Nichols, 6 September, 2015 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

Conotrachelus similis
I'm pretty sure this is Conotrachelus similis. Host plant is Bumelia lanuginosa.
… Robert Anderson, 29 August, 2015 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

gorgeous Cono... doesn't look familiar
other spp. of this gestalt have prominent pronotal callosities, this one doesn't

Moved from ID Request.
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