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Pean and Bean Weevil sp. - Merobruchus
Copyright © 2013 Twitcherette

Pean and Bean Weevil sp. - Merobruchus
Fallbrook, San Diego County, California, USA
September 25, 2013

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Contributed by Twitcherette on 24 October, 2013 - 7:24pm
Last updated 13 December, 2013 - 9:23pm

Moved tentatively; several distinctive features fit well
(flattened elytra, antennae, hind legs)
members of this speciose, inadequately understood neotropical genus keep showing up in California, although none seems to be formally recorded yet, as far as i can see(1)

Moved from Pea and Bean Weevils.
… v belov, 25 October, 2013 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 October, 2013 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

bruchine of sorts; might be interesting
need a dorsal to tell
… v belov, 24 October, 2013 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I've had a chance now to get back and add two additional angles. Let me know if they give you anything else to go on. :D
… Twitcherette, 24 October, 2013 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks --a lot of important details there
i still can't figure it out... was it found indoors? might be another tramp species...
… v belov, 25 October, 2013 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Wild guess alert...
Something in this general vicinity, perhaps?



I'll be interested to find out if I'm anywhere close. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 October, 2013 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you
have the exact vicinity! Good wild guess. :D
When I first saw it, it looked like a weevil, but those legs threw me on closer inspection and I was stymied. We might get a closer ID from some quarter, though.... :)
… Twitcherette, 24 October, 2013 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

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