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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Lixinae » Rhinocyllini » Rhinocyllus » Thistle Head Weevil (Rhinocyllus conicus)
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Beetle - Rhinocyllus conicus
Copyright © 2017 bgsdlb

Beetle - Rhinocyllus conicus
Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
May 24, 2017

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Contributed by bgsdlb on 25 May, 2017 - 6:29pm
Last updated 26 May, 2017 - 6:07am

Moved, interesting two so denuded!
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 May, 2017 - 6:07am login or register to post comments

 
Baldness
They were on Santa Cruz Island. It would be interesting to see other observations from the Island to see if they are also denuded.
… bgsdlb, 26 May, 2017 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Rhinocyllus conicus
This is a pair of bald Rhinocyllus conicus. Should have been on a thistle of some sort.
… Robert Anderson, 26 May, 2017 - 1:23am login or register to post comments

 
Host Plant
Thank you. They were on Milk Thistle.
… bgsdlb, 26 May, 2017 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 26 May, 2017 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

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