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Small beetle - Caryobruchus gleditsiae
Copyright © 2008 Eric Haley

Small beetle - Caryobruchus gleditsiae
Winter Park, Orange County, Florida, USA
May 11, 2008
Size: under 1/2"
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Contributed by Eric Haley on 27 May, 2008 - 8:09pm
Last updated 15 May, 2011 - 7:59pm

Bruchinae.
This is a "seed weevil," which is now lumped with its brethren in the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. Very diverse group, the overwhelmingly majority of species breeding in the seeds of legumes.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 May, 2008 - 1:57am login or register to post comments

 
Caryobruchus gleditsiae
This is one of the biggest seedbeetles...Caryobruchus gleditsiae. It feeds on cabbage palmetto seeds.
… Rob Westerduijn, 28 May, 2008 - 4:46am login or register to post comments

 
Very interesting. Thank you
Very interesting. Thank you both
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