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Tiny Metallic Blue-Green Weevil - Ischnopterapion virens - female
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Tiny Metallic Blue-Green Weevil - Ischnopterapion virens - Female
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 25, 2009
Size: 3 mm incl. proboscis
I was pulling weeds out of a friend's driveway when I noticed a couple of these had popped out with the scattered dirt from the roots. I think it was an English Plantain I had pulled just then, if that matters.

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Tiny Metallic Blue-Green Weevil - Ischnopterapion virens - female Tiny Metallic Blue-Green Weevil - Ischnopterapion virens - female Tiny Metallic Blue-Green Weevil - Ischnopterapion virens - female Tiny Metallic Blue-Green Weevil - Ischnopterapion virens - female
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 25 July, 2009 - 1:24pm
Last updated 4 February, 2012 - 10:40am

Ischnopterapion virens (Herbst) --det. J. Prena
Moved from Fallapion finitimum.
… v belov, 4 February, 2012 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
Great, thank you!
There is certainly enough white clover in the yard it was found near, though I found them in cracks in the concrete on the driveway.
… Ashley Bradford, 6 February, 2012 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
these are tough -- i'll have to check with books & people (nobody seems to be studying this vast group in N.America these days). Please keep taking/posting pix of them, Ashley!

Moved from ID Request.
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