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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Molytinae » Conotrachelini » Conotrachelus » Plum Curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar)
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The plum curculio - Conotrachelus nenuphar
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

The plum curculio - Conotrachelus nenuphar
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 24, 2006
Size: 3mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 25 May, 2006 - 11:35pm
Last updated 30 December, 2006 - 4:50pm

Moved
I'm glad I saved the specimen for you Don, and you were able to confirm the id on this tiny beetle.
… tom murray, 30 December, 2006 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nut and Acorn Weevils.
… tom murray, 20 December, 2006 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Conotrachelus, not Curculio (nenuphar)
:-)

Boris
… Boris Büche, 19 December, 2006 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

3 mm correct?
Tom: looks like the plum curculio (C. nenuphar), which should measure in at about 7 mm. A very nice photo.
… Donald S. Chandler, 26 May, 2006 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

 
size is correct on this one
I thought the 2 pointed projections at the rear end of the elytra were odd. I've still got most of these beetles if you're interested.
… tom murray, 26 May, 2006 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Cono. nenuphar
It is the plum curculio, and the smallest one I have ever seen.
… Donald S. Chandler, 29 December, 2006 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Save this one
It will be very easy to track down.
… Donald S. Chandler, 26 May, 2006 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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