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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Acanthoscelidina » Acanthoscelides » sp. 1 northeast (adventive?) (Acanthoscelides sp. 1 northeast (adventive?))
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Beetle - Acanthoscelides
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Beetle - Acanthoscelides
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 9, 2009
Size: 3 mm (approx.)
It crawled under a flower when I approached. Looks similar to a few genera in Bruchinae.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 August, 2009 - 12:01pm
Last updated 4 August, 2012 - 8:11pm

Moved
Moved from Acanthoscelides.
… v belov, 4 August, 2012 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

breaking news
another example:
… v belov, 14 July, 2010 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively -- wil try harder...
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 9 August, 2009 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
now that i did try harder...
...i can confidently tell that there should be no such bruchine in the ne.US, let alone New England... but the genus stays...
… v belov, 11 August, 2009 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

 
Near sweetclover
Although I found this on a tansy flower, it was near the patch of sweetclover where I photographed other sweetclover specialists this year. As a "bean" weevil it might be another sweetclover eater. I have not seen any of this beetle so far this year.
… John F. Carr, 3 July, 2010 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

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