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Weevil on Verbesina virginica - Glyptobaris lecontei

Weevil on Verbesina virginica - Glyptobaris lecontei
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 17, 2006
Size: 5 mm
Several of these were clumped around an inflorescence of cultivated Frostweed (White Crownbeard), Verbesina virginica (Asteraceae). There appeared to be two sizes: presumed males (about 4 mm) and presumed females (about 5 mm). Length includes the "snout". I removed them to containers for some macros. Here is a lateral view of one of the smaller individuals, perhaps a male:

Perhaps subfamily Baridinae, reported to be associated with asters by Insects of Cedar Creek.
Looks like the same weevil Lynette saw in Fayetteville, about 70 miles south of here, as yet unidentified:

Lynette thinks this may be Glyptobaris lecontei, said to be associated with Hawthorn. I looked at the photo in Marshall, Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity (1), and concur. The combination of light hairs on the elytra and pronotal sculpturing look distinctive.

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