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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Leguminous Seed Weevils (Tychiini) » Tychiina » Tychius
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Weevil in bison dung - Tychius
Copyright © 2010 Charley Eiseman

Weevil in bison dung - Tychius
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA
August 6, 2008
I'm curious what a weevil would be doing in a buffalo pie... maybe associated with seeds the buffalo ate?
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 November, 2010 - 9:09am
Last updated 19 November, 2014 - 6:12am

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 19 November, 2014 - 6:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles. Feel free to frass if there's no hope for this one...
… Charley Eiseman, 5 November, 2010 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
we'll wait for Bob Anderson's input
… v belov, 5 November, 2010 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

Not sure about ID
but sometimes non-coprophagous insects come to dung for the moisture/to drink.
… Blaine Mathison, 4 November, 2010 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

looks like Hypera...
edit: nah, bad idea; now i'm leaning towards Tychius... give or take
… v belov, 4 November, 2010 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Tychius sp....I think.
Tychius sp....I think.
… Robert Anderson, 19 November, 2014 - 3:15am login or register to post comments

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