Weevil walking on the ground - Gerstaeckeria porosa

awesome addition --thanks again, gentlemen

… v belov, 7 November, 2012 - 11:27am

Gerstaeckeria porosus LeConte A new Canadian record. I have added OK to my distribution since my checklist. I reared the species in numbers from the pincushion cactus Coryphanta vivipora. The weevils eat out the innner material leavig the epidermal shell covered with spines and pupate in cells, with 5 to 8 cells per cactus, inside of the crown just below the soil surface. The adults emerge in the spring in the Amarillo TX area.

… Charles W. O'Brien, 6 November, 2012 - 11:01pm

Thank-you

Thank-you Charlie, and thank-you v and Blaine! I enjoyed following this guy on my hands and knees, ha. Very cool to have a new record for Canada here on BG.

… Stephen_WV, 7 November, 2012 - 5:59am

Moved tentatively; nice find...

acc'g to(1), the only Canadian province/terr. where members of this genus occur is AB
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.

… v belov, 6 November, 2012 - 7:30pm

Curculionidae, proper

I can snoop around more (I'm a little removed from these guys), but maybe somethng in Cryptorhynchinae. Note the antennae are elbowed, a feature not seen in Anthribidae.

… Blaine Mathison, 6 November, 2012 - 11:53am