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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Molytinae » Conotrachelini » Conotrachelus » lucanus/integer group (Conotrachelus lucanus/integer group)
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?curculio glandium? - Conotrachelus
Copyright © 2013 Scott Conoly

?curculio glandium? - Conotrachelus
Webster, in my call room, Harris County, Texas, USA
June 18, 2013
Size: Body - 3.5mm, snout - 2mm
Sorry for the quality of the images. Taken with a camera phone. I kept the specimen and will try other photos. If anyone has suggestions about a decent camera or camera type for taking quality photos of insects please chime in. This fellow was the second I've found in the call room. Not sure if there are any possible health risks but I'm not aware of any human pathogens in which weevils are vectors, but I could easily be wrong. Thank you all for any information!

So I have cropped the photo and enlarged it. I may have gotten the specific name i was thinking of wrong. I was searching images and thought it looked like an acorn weevil.
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Contributed by Scott Conoly on 18 June, 2013 - 4:08pm
Last updated 10 December, 2013 - 10:38am

Moved
Moved from Conotrachelus.
… v belov, 10 December, 2013 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 19 June, 2013 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

Сurculio glandium is not known to occur in America
(it's a European species)
the one on this photo is not in the same subfamily as Сurculio.
Please crop the image down just to the bug [it's mostly empty space here], then i'll see what i can do to get you a name for the bug. [C. naso?]
… v belov, 18 June, 2013 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! I'll work on cropp
Thank you! I'll work on cropping
… Scott Conoly , 18 June, 2013 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
you did fine. this is a Conotrachelus similar to C. naso

may be even that species, it's hard to tell for want of detail on your photo.
no health hazard whatsoever; very few beetles are of med/vet importance -- see(1) for an excellent overview; weevils and their kin not among them.
seek advice on photography on this forum; little chance anyone would leave comments of that kind here: this site emphasizes arthropod identification, not macro technique
… v belov, 18 June, 2013 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
conotrachelus sp.
thank you so very much belov.
Dr. Al Hook (also a native New Jersian) was my entomology professor in college and left an impression. He was also the first to correct me in my inappropriate use of the word "bug". I am very glad i found this site, and i greatly appreciate your help.

Scott
… Scott Conoly , 21 June, 2013 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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