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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Fungus Weevils (Anthribidae) » Choraginae » Araecerini » Araecerus » Coffee Bean Weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus)
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What cute little beetle is this? - Araecerus fasciculatus
Copyright © 2013 Cynthia Bingham Keiser

What cute little beetle is this? - Araecerus fasciculatus
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
May 5, 2013
Resting on an Orange tree

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What cute little beetle is this? - Araecerus fasciculatus What cute little beetle is this? - Araecerus fasciculatus What cute little beetle is this? - Araecerus fasciculatus What cute little beetle is this? - Araecerus fasciculatus
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Contributed by Cynthia Bingham Keiser on 5 May, 2013 - 1:48pm
Last updated 30 January, 2014 - 10:35pm

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Araecerus fasciculatus Correct as sent. Reported from Florida feeding on young oranges causing fruit drop. A cosmopolitan stored product pest.
… Charles W. O'Brien, 14 May, 2013 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
thanks again, Charlie.
Cindy-- here's your confirmation!
… v belov, 14 May, 2013 - 6:58am login or register to post comments

 
Excellent!
Thank you :)
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 16 May, 2013 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively: excellent series!
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 5 May, 2013 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
It sure is a cutie. I'll wait on confirmation but really appreciate the quick ID!
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 5 May, 2013 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

 
to get confirmation...
...you will have to submit the specimen to a specialist; hope you still have it
… v belov, 7 May, 2013 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I will if I can find the little guy :) I only shoot images and don't collect. If I am able to find the specimen, I will get it and inquire on a specialist. Since I photograph an average of 5 organisms a day, it would add up quick!
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 7 May, 2013 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

 
in this particular case,
...agric. authorities should be able to confirm, since the species is a cosmopolitan 'pest' and you could simply mail it to the local Agricultural Commissioner's Office, i guess.
with native bugs, though, the arrangement may not be that straightforward --but please see this thread (in my opinion, voucher specimen is the only right way to document a record; photography can only get you so far; unless the ID is based on expert-examined specimens, we cannot call it a positive one in all honesty.
… v belov, 7 May, 2013 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Great information!
I appreciate the contact as well as the thread.
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 7 May, 2013 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

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