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Puncturevine Seed Weevil (Microlarinus lareynii)
Photo#595204
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.
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Chris Baker
, 24 November, 2011 - 3:33pm
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v belov
, 20 November, 2011 - 9:14pm
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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!).
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Blaine Mathison
, 24 November, 2011 - 2:55pm
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Microlarinus lareynii (Duval) Introduced biological control agent against Tribulus terrestis, puncture vine.
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Charles W. O'Brien
, 20 November, 2011 - 8:33pm
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thanks again, Charlie
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v belov
, 20 November, 2011 - 9:14pm
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Microlarinus sp. --det. R.S. Anderson
[boy did i screw up this one... =v=]
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v belov
, 20 November, 2011 - 11:25am
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I'm with you..
I was thinking broad-nosed weevil as well..... Such an unusal and weird looking little guy.
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Gary Griswold
, 21 November, 2011 - 1:47pm
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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
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looks like
that cool dude looks like a dinosaur..
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sherryg123
, 15 November, 2011 - 2:47pm
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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
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Gary Griswold
, 15 November, 2011 - 1:56pm
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Weevil
Thanks for the quick response and the compliment. Cool to know.
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Chris Baker
, 15 November, 2011 - 2:01pm
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