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Plocamus echidna
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Allison
Tiny elephant bug? -
Plocamus echidna
La Salle County, Illinois, USA
June 18, 2020
This was dead when we found it - it has a funny long proboscis and perhaps a tongue extended? Perhaps it came into our house with vegetables or flowers from our garden.
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Allison
on 19 June, 2020 - 10:11am
Last updated 7 July, 2021 - 2:27pm
Ken is amazing.
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v belov
, 7 July, 2021 - 2:27pm
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Weevil of some sort.
Looks a bit like this one:
Yours isn't necessarily the same species, though.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 19 June, 2020 - 11:49am
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