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BG2379 E9171 - Sitophilus zeamais
Copyright © 2010 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG2379 E9171 - Sitophilus zeamais
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 20, 2010
Size: body length 3.2 mm.
This weevil was collected from a bag of birdseed by Larry Shepherd and given to us for photography. Best match we found was Sitophilus zeamais.
Placement would be appreciated.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 13 August, 2010 - 12:58am
Last updated 15 August, 2010 - 8:41am

Moved
Moved from Granary Weevils.
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 15 August, 2010 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Granary Weevils.
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 15 August, 2010 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

zeamais sounds like a very good call to me
… v belov, 14 August, 2010 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Sitophilus sp., but I won't hazard a guess as to species.
… Brad Barnd, 13 August, 2010 - 2:08am login or register to post comments

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