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Palm Weevil

Rhodobaenus sp.

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large grey weevil

Habitat:

pacific coast rainforest

Notes:

San Cipriano forest reserve

Species ID Suggestions

Palm Weevil

Rhodobaenus sp.
thaptor
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Comments (5)
Dan Doucette
Thanks for the ID thaptor, sorry for the very late response.
thaptor
There is more than one species in the genus with this heart pattern. ID pending.
Dan Doucette
Yeah, Carol I remember. You still have to spot a weevil, maybe this summer? I'm not sure if they are all destructive, some more than others. Thanks for the search Phil, appreciate you spending time on a search. I thought it might be hard to nail down a species or even genus for a lot of these.
Phil_S
I love the heart shape on it's back. These are really tough to nail down as far as species go though. I had no luck after a pretty extensive search.
Carol Snow Milne
Cool! You know weevil is on my list to find. Are all weevils destructive? They are interesting looking.

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PublishedApril 3, 2013

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