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Black weevil with yellow pollen - Haplorhynchites?? - Haplorhynchites aeneus
Copyright © 2013 Dan Dexter

Black weevil with yellow pollen - Haplorhynchites?? - Haplorhynchites aeneus
Hartville, Stark County, Ohio, USA
August 5, 2012
Black weevil found in yellow flower at Quail Hollow State Park in the middle of the day at the garden center.
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Contributed by Dan Dexter on 21 August, 2013 - 9:32pm
Last updated 30 August, 2013 - 1:20pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 30 August, 2013 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

good guess, but need a dorsal view to tell
for beetle identification purposes, the single most important piece of imagery is straight dorsal view; other angles, if posted alone, tend to be of little, if any, diagnostic value
… v belov, 22 August, 2013 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
There are countless times I've photographed the bug from the "artistic" view and completely forgot to get a pulled back image. This is an example of that situation. Thanks for the input. Photographing the insect from different angles is definitely sometime I need to build into my work.
… Dan Dexter, 23 August, 2013 - 5:25am login or register to post comments

 
conflicting tasks
Unfortunately, all too often aesthetic considerations prove incompatible with diagnostic ones; to get a reliable ID, one should overcome artistic temptations like fancy angles, creative lighting, etc. Think of images we need to give you names as passport photos: a photographer wouldn’t include those in his portfolio or display in a gallery, but border authorities have very different requirements :]
So take some routine, dull shots at standard angles to post on BugGuide for identification – and some creative ones for art’s sake!
… v belov, 30 August, 2013 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

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