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 Weevil ID help
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| Tony Towner |
Posted on 12-04-2008 22:45
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Member Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 49 Joined: 07.11.06 |
I found this tiny Weevil on one of my Anthemis plants last summer. The Rostrum is distinctly curved and the antennae elbowed. The hindbody is pear-shaped. Has anyone any ideas? Tony from Tilehurst, Reading, Berks, UK. Tony Towner attached the following image:  [168.54Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-04-2008 00:03
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Family Apionidae; possibly Omphalapion hookeri (see http://www.mcclay...oSheet.pdf) who is looking for the right composite flower head to oviposit? However, the rostrum of this species might be shorter than that of your beetle. Search under Apionidae in http://www.koleop...index.html. Regards, Sundew |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-04-2008 00:19
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14364 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! I don't think, this is an Apionid. I have never seen a member of that family visiting blossoms for pollen. I am quite confident, that this is Anthonomus rubi from the Curculionidae, a frequent visitor of composite flowers. http://www.koleop...tmann.html http://www.koleop...amers.html Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-04-2008 18:45
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Juergen is right. My knowledge of beetles stems from the times when Apionidae were no separate family but part of Curculionidae, and I thought that all the tiny ones with long rostrum would now constitute an own family. However, I meanwhile learned that the Apionids should have no elbowed antennae, so the depicted weevil who has clearly elbowed antennae is a Curculionid, and Anthonomus rubi is a good choice then. Sundew |
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| Tony Towner |
Posted on 14-04-2008 22:02
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Member Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 49 Joined: 07.11.06 |
Thanks Juergen and Sundew for your help. Best Regards Tony. |
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