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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Ophryastini » Ophryastes » Ophryastes turbinatus
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Mystery Insect - Ophryastes turbinatus
Copyright © 2010 Mary

Mystery Insect - Ophryastes turbinatus
Vado, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
October 2, 2010
Size: about 1 centimeter
This was found climbing on the wall of our house (stucco). We are in the northern Chihuahuan Desert in a creosote/tarbush dominated shrubland.
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Contributed by Mary on 8 October, 2010 - 8:20pm
Last updated 8 May, 2016 - 5:08pm

perfect -- new species for the guide!
thank you, Mary -- marvelous debut! pls keep an eye out for them and try to take & post more photos. thanks to Charlie for bringing it home.

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 10 October, 2010 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

ID
Ophryastes turbinatus (Champion) Excellent picture.
… Charles W. O'Brien, 9 October, 2010 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

pls fill up the location fields
...as a precondition to identification
… v belov, 8 October, 2010 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
adding location
to do that click edit under your photo, and fill in the name of the bug's state, county and township/park, whatever. There are a lot of similar weevils in your general area.
… Sara Rall , 8 October, 2010 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

broad nosed weevil
probably Ophryastes, maybe even latirostris
… Sara Rall , 8 October, 2010 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I just found this site while trying to help my daughter ID the bug. I did not expect a response so soon.

Since the description for Ophryastes says they are "Associated with shrubs, mostly in the family Asteraceae, but also Larrea trilobata (Creosote bush; Zygophyllaceae) and Atriplex (Saltbush; Chenopodiaceae)", this seems to fit the habitat well.
… Mary, 8 October, 2010 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

 
wait for an expert
I'm confident it's a broadnosed weevil, but the rest is just a guess, wait for an expert.
… Sara Rall , 8 October, 2010 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

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