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Sidewalk Weevil - Sphenophorus parvulus
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Sidewalk Weevil - Sphenophorus parvulus
Inn at Afton, Rockfish Gap, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
September 22, 2012
I only got off this one shot of this weevil before it wandered into the grass at the edge of the sidewalk it had been traversing; thankfully it's a decent enough one.
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 23 September, 2012 - 10:37pm

ID
Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal One of many so called Sidewalk Weevils.
… Charles W. O'Brien, 14 October, 2012 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much
for the verification! Are they called Sidewalk Weevils because that's where they hang out? Seems rather dangerous... :)
… Ashley Bradford, 15 October, 2012 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; perfect shot, my friend.
it's quite uncommon that a sp. ID can be made in this genus based on a single image

Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 23 September, 2012 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh!
Did I happen to catch some defining feature here?
… Ashley Bradford, 24 September, 2012 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
like, all of them
… v belov, 24 September, 2012 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

 
Ha
happy accident! =)
… Ashley Bradford, 24 September, 2012 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés
… v belov, 24 September, 2012 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Or
the quick trigger finger. ;-) I'm glad to have caught it; it's a handsome weevil.
… Ashley Bradford, 24 September, 2012 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

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