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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Conoderinae » Lechriopini » Psomus » Psomus armatus
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Snout Beetle - Psomus armatus
Copyright © 2012 Karl Hillig

Snout Beetle - Psomus armatus
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
May 23, 2012
Size: ~ 1.5 mm
This tiny beetle was on the underside of an ash leaf. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 23 May, 2012 - 11:33am
Last updated 27 May, 2012 - 12:13pm

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Psomus armatus (Dietz) Great shots of such a small weevil.
… Charles W. O'Brien, 24 May, 2012 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome. thanks again, Charlie & Karl
happy to have live images of this seemingly secretive weevil in the guide
… v belov, 24 May, 2012 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 23 May, 2012 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

this is super cool. dying to see a lateral...
looks too convex for a rhampine; and perhaps too popeyed for a ceuto~ :/
best guess, Psomus armatus -- which is a very nice bug!
Karl, please keep an eye out for them and try hard to collect voucher specimens!
… v belov, 23 May, 2012 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Done!
I collected the little dude. Will post helicon images when I get a chance. Thanks always for your help!
… Karl Hillig, 23 May, 2012 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
excellent --thank you so much again, Karl.
really sweet bug.
… v belov, 23 May, 2012 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

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