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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Scyphophorus » Yucca Weevil (Scyphophorus yuccae)
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billbug - Scyphophorus yuccae - male - female
Copyright © 2018 Ryan Andrews

billbug - Scyphophorus yuccae - Male Female
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
April 29, 2018
Abundant on a yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei).

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billbug - Scyphophorus yuccae - male - female billbug - Scyphophorus yuccae - male - female billbug - male - female
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Contributed by Ryan Andrews on 1 May, 2018 - 10:50am
Last updated 3 August, 2018 - 6:18pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Bruce Tilden, 3 August, 2018 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 3 August, 2018 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Probably ...
... Species Scyphophorus acupunctatus - the Sisal Weevil; see here: (1).
Larva feed on Agave and Yucca. Also called the Agave Weevil. (one of the larger weevils)
… Jim Moore, 1 May, 2018 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
I spent a while yesterday trying to figure it on my own but didn't have any luck... looks like it was because I was looking in the wrong genus.
… Ryan Andrews, 1 May, 2018 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

 
yea..
... some of the billbug weevils look very similar. There is also another species: Scyphophorus yuccae, see here: (1) that might be what your weevils are; not sure how to tell the difference.
… Jim Moore, 1 May, 2018 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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