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Weevil? - Otiorhynchus porcatus

Weevil? - Otiorhynchus porcatus
47.63008N 52.68717W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
May 16, 2009
Size: 5mm estimated
I'm pretty sure this is a weevil. Can anyone be more specific? I found it crawling in some moss. Can their head move in and out of that 'covering'? It looks like more of the eyes is visible in some of my photos than in others.

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ok... i'm pretty sure now
Moved from Otiorhynchus.

 
Great
Thank you V. Thanks too for setting up the new species page. :)

i'd say, O. porcatus (Herbst)
will double-check

 
ID confirmed by Charles O'Brien
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