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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Anthonomini » Anthonomus » subgenus Anthonomus (Anthonomus subgenus Anthonomus) » Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis) » Anthonomus grandis thurberiae
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Weevil on wild cotton - Anthonomus grandis - male
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Weevil on wild cotton - Anthonomus grandis - Male
Montosa Cny, St Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 27, 2008
Size: 3-4mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 1 October, 2008 - 8:01pm
Last updated 25 January, 2017 - 9:33pm

Moved
Moved from Boll Weevil.
… margarethe brummermann, 5 November, 2008 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthonomus.
… Ron M., 2 October, 2008 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Anthonomus cf. grandis
*
… v belov, 1 October, 2008 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I found only
one size info on the Net: 'Adults are small, (ca 12mm)...' here: http://www.gaipm.org/top50/bollweevil.html but the weevils that I found are much smaller than that, even the females. Of course, they were living on the smaller fruits of WILD cotton.
Ok, now this one: http://www.gaipm.org/id/cottoni.html says they are 6mm which fits...
… margarethe brummermann, 2 October, 2008 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
cf??
… margarethe brummermann, 2 October, 2008 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
cf
"cf" means "compare" or "consult," in other words the ID is not certain. It seems safe to say the ID is correct, though; here is one I found in a domestic cotton plant that looks a lot like yours:

Amazing that BugGuide had no images of the country's most famous weevil until you posted yours!
… Charley Eiseman, 2 October, 2008 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

 
True,
but there were plenty on the internet. Thanks!
… margarethe brummermann, 3 October, 2008 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

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