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Asian Ambrosia Beetle - Xylosandrus crassiusculus

Asian Ambrosia Beetle - Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
November 15, 2011
Size: 2-3mm
for such a tiny beetle, it's got a whopper of a head. Got to be in Xyleborus, right?

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Asian Ambrosia Beetle - Xylosandrus crassiusculus Asian Ambrosia Beetle - Xylosandrus crassiusculus

whopper of a head?
Do you mean pronotum?

 
Appearance
Even when I saw my lateral shot, the head still looks more like a nose on a "head." I was going to call it Big Head Todd, but I'm thinking it's a female :)

used to be in Xyleborus; great call