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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) » Oriental Broad-nosed Weevils (Cyphicerini) » Cyphicerina » Cyrtepistomus » Asiatic Oak Weevil (Cyrtepistomus castaneus)

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Fearsome Fanged Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus

Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
October 22, 2011
Size: 5.5mm

Ventral view. 3.5 days later and it still has the "fangs", but maybe that's because it would lose them while eating, and I don't know what to give it to eat.

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Fearsome Fanged Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus

Fearsome Fanged Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus

Fearsome Fanged Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus

Fearsome Fanged Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus

Fearsome Fanged Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 22 October, 2011 - 10:17am
Last updated 11 August, 2012 - 5:27pm

Moved

Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.

… v belov, 31 October, 2011 - 10:03am

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Have you tried different plant materials?

Fruit, seeds, nuts, . . .

Outdoors, I sometimes find weevils (not this species) on raspberries.

… R. Berg, 22 October, 2011 - 10:46am

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Thanks

for the suggestions - since it's an oak weevil, I'm assuming it eats something oak-y? Perhaps I'll just collect some oak-y things to offer it - leaf, acorn, branch?

… Ashley Bradford, 22 October, 2011 - 10:49am

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I don't know

Bugs are often named after what the larvae eat; an adult's diet may be different. Trying oak parts wouldn't hurt. If I had to chew into an acorn, I'd put those fangs to good use. But the safest course is to give it a smorgasbord.

… R. Berg, 22 October, 2011 - 11:00am

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Oh, good point

Thanks for the tips!

… Ashley Bradford, 22 October, 2011 - 11:17am

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I forgot to mention water

It should also have a moist cotton ball to drink from. No open water. Bugs can drown in a smal quantity.

As food items, you might try unsalted sunflower seeds or anything similar, rose hips, and large garden seeds if they're around.

… R. Berg, 22 October, 2011 - 11:57am

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Oh that's right -

thanks for the reminder. I've been giving it the tiniest little drips of water.

… Ashley Bradford, 22 October, 2011 - 12:16pm

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