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tiny weevil - Rhyssomatus palmacollis
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

tiny weevil - Rhyssomatus palmacollis
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 4, 2004
Size: 1/4"
It's feeding on a milkweed flower, and is barely bigger than one of the flower pods.
Contributed by tom murray on 8 April, 2005 - 6:07pm
Last updated 25 January, 2009 - 7:10pm

Moved
Moved from Milkweed Stem Weevil.
… tom murray, 25 January, 2009 - 7:10pm

Rh. palmacollis (Say, 1831)
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… v belov, 25 January, 2009 - 6:24pm

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 29 March, 2007 - 8:51am

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