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Weevils? Beetles? - Sumitrosis inaequalis
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Weevils? Beetles? - Sumitrosis inaequalis
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 17, 2005
Size: small - 1/8 inch or less
2 unknown bugs mating. I'll say they are weevils but I haven't a clue. They strike me as comical, must be those big eyes. On a plant leaf in a field.
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Contributed by bugguy91 on 20 May, 2005 - 12:37am
Last updated 12 June, 2007 - 10:02am

Moved
Moved from Chalepini.
Identified using Staines(2006) - compare subfamily page for reference.
… Boris Büche, 12 June, 2007 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines.
… Boris Büche, 12 June, 2007 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Probably Sumitrosis inaequali
Probably Sumitrosis inaequalis.
… Brad Barnd, 18 February, 2007 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

Subfamily Hispinae, family Chrysomelidae
Subfamily Hispinae, family Chrysomelidae, possibly Anoplitus or Baliosis. I'd need a dorsal view to tell more.
… Jim McClarin, 20 May, 2005 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

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