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Curculionidae - Conotrachelus anaglypticus

Curculionidae - Conotrachelus anaglypticus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 29, 2020
I assume that the Milkweed Stem Weevils

opened this stem of Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, but what is this weevil doing?

meander in the yard at night with a headlamp

Similar find
I think this is the same beetle, doing the same behavior on damaged milkweed. https://bugguide.net/node/view/2153131/bgimage

 
Thanks.
One always likes confirmation, someone documenting the same behavior on the same plant by the same insect.

this is beyond weird.
multiple personality disorder?

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