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Huge snout beetle - Apleurus saginatus
Copyright © 2013 Mark H Brown

Huge snout beetle - Apleurus saginatus
Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
October 7, 2013
Size: nearly 2 cm
If this is a weevil or snout beetle it's the largest I've ever seen.
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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 3 November, 2013 - 10:46pm
Last updated 15 February, 2015 - 1:05pm

thanks, Bob
Moved from Apleurus angularis.
… v belov, 15 February, 2015 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Apleurus.
… v belov, 15 February, 2015 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

nice... reminds me of angularis; must show around
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 4 November, 2013 - 12:22am login or register to post comments

 
Apleurus saginatus
Pretty sure this is A. saginatus. It's common at this general area and the large size points to saginatus.
… Robert Anderson, 15 February, 2015 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

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