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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Lixinae » Lixini » Microlarinus » Puncturevine Seed Weevil (Microlarinus lareynii)
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Brown Spikey Looking Beetle - Microlarinus lareynii
Copyright © 2011 Chris Baker

Brown Spikey Looking Beetle - Microlarinus lareynii
Manteca, San Joaquin County, California, USA
November 12, 2011
Size: ~3 mm
This beetle was sitting atop my fence basking in the sun.
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Contributed by Chris Baker on 15 November, 2011 - 1:49pm
Last updated 20 November, 2011 - 9:14pm

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I will definitely have to find a few more of these and take a few different viewpoint shots of them for the guide.
… Chris Baker, 24 November, 2011 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Microlarinus.
… v belov, 20 November, 2011 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
BugGuide's first?
hard to believe; this species was quite common in Phoenix (where, unfortunately puncture vine is too--the bane of us cyclists and triathletes!).
… Blaine Mathison, 24 November, 2011 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

ID
Microlarinus lareynii (Duval) Introduced biological control agent against Tribulus terrestis, puncture vine.
… Charles W. O'Brien, 20 November, 2011 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks again, Charlie
… v belov, 20 November, 2011 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

Microlarinus sp. --det. R.S. Anderson
[boy did i screw up this one... =v=]
Moved from Broad-nosed Weevils.
… v belov, 20 November, 2011 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
I'm with you..
I was thinking broad-nosed weevil as well..... Such an unusal and weird looking little guy.
… Gary Griswold, 21 November, 2011 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

thank you so much for sharing this, Chris
indeed, a very nice, distinctive weevil -- probably a new genus for the guide; an expert should recognize it, i'll show the image around. Entiminae are especially diverse in the west, and we still miss about 40[!] native NA genera in the guide (and a few adventive) in that subfamily alone.
keep them coming!

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… v belov, 15 November, 2011 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

looks like
that cool dude looks like a dinosaur..
… sherryg123, 15 November, 2011 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

Entiminae...
It's one of the Broad-nosed Weevils, other experts will most likely take it further down to species. Welcome to Bug Guide...nice photos too.

Gary
… Gary Griswold, 15 November, 2011 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Weevil
Thanks for the quick response and the compliment. Cool to know.
… Chris Baker, 15 November, 2011 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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