Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Flower Weevils (Baridinae) » Apostasimerini » Plocamus » Plocamus echidna
Photo#250654
Curculionidae, hairy one - Plocamus echidna
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Curculionidae, hairy one - Plocamus echidna
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 17, 2008
Size: 3 mm
Malaise trap, wooded limestone ravine, June 17, 2008 to July 5, 2008
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 26 January, 2009 - 9:24pm
Last updated 10 January, 2013 - 9:04pm

and they do kinda look
like an echidna, don't they?!
… john and jane balaban, 27 January, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… MJ Hatfield, 26 January, 2009 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

Plocamus echidna (LeConte, 1876)
WOW.
… v belov, 26 January, 2009 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Ecology
Do you know anything about the ecology of this weevil, or its host plant?
… MJ Hatfield, 27 January, 2009 - 6:23am login or register to post comments

 
I once found them clustered around
a discolored (fungus infected?) area of the trunk of a large, standing, recently dead beech tree.
… Skip Blanchard, 27 January, 2009 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
no.
D&A says: fallen sugar maples; beech, hickory
… v belov, 27 January, 2009 - 6:53am login or register to post comments

 
You'll have to explain. Why W
You'll have to explain. Why WOW?
… MJ Hatfield, 26 January, 2009 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

 
one sick, freakish baridine
that's why.
… v belov, 26 January, 2009 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact