Elephants are shrinking!
Jun 15, 2018 22:30:47 #
Captured this image at Longwood Gardens today. The flower the insect is on can't be more than 1 1/2"-2" in diameter, so that will give you an idea of the size of the bug. Posted it on BG, but haven't gotten a response. Only thing I found with a Google search was a site in Australia that requires a login/password. Hoping Mark or someone else has seen this insect and can ID it.
Jun 16, 2018 00:44:52 #
It is a weevil (family Curculionidae), and by context it could be a flower weevil. So maybe this species: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1017484/bgimage
Jun 16, 2018 02:48:28 #
Jun 16, 2018 06:45:02 #
Jun 16, 2018 06:47:55 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
It is a weevil (family Curculionidae), and by context it could be a flower weevil. So maybe this species: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1017484/bgimage
Thanks Mark! Now that you got me in the right church, I found this Pennsylvania pew..
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1424637/bgimage
Jun 16, 2018 06:49:21 #
tinusbum wrote:
weevils are one of my fav bugs to shoot,they look so funny when they walk
This Flower Weevil didn't walk, at least not while I was looking at it. Maybe I'll hang around to see that if I spot another.
Jun 16, 2018 06:52:12 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
I find these snouted ones so cute.
They are pretty cool little creatures Brenda. Best part is that no one's hunting them for their tusks.
Jun 16, 2018 17:49:30 #
Jun 18, 2018 14:28:12 #
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