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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Curculionini » Nut and Acorn Weevils (Curculio) » Curculio proboscideus
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Primitive Weevil - Curculio proboscideus
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Primitive Weevil - Curculio proboscideus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
September 24, 2005
Found this one on Oak. It drops to the ground and plays dead when disturbed. My Peterson Field Guide would ID this as Family Brentidae, Genus Curculio. Is that right?

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 25 September, 2005 - 10:16am
Last updated 14 January, 2009 - 10:11am

Moved
Moved from Nut and Acorn Weevils. Thanks for the ID. This is one of my favorites.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 January, 2009 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

Curculio proboscideus Fabricius, 1775
(i strongly suspect)
… v belov, 14 January, 2009 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Curculio elephas?
I looks a lot like this image... elephas
… Lynette Elliott, 25 September, 2005 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

 
verrrry long snout!
I've had several curculio species visit my UV lights when they're set up under oak trees, but none has had a snout more than half this long in proportion to its body.
… Jim McClarin, 25 September, 2005 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Sexual dimorphism.
Females of Curculio spp. have much longer snouts than males, the better to bore to the heart of an acorn. Snout length also varies by species, of course, but this is definitely a female.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 September, 2005 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

I don't think so.
The inclusion of the drawing on the same page as the Brentids in the Peterson Guide to beetles is confusing, but there are other snout beetles on the same page as well.
… Jim McClarin, 25 September, 2005 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

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