Weevil
14.97, -92.22
Field Notes
Description:
This tiny weevil is only 3 mm in length and covered in large lumpy tufts of scales which make it look like bark or lichen. It tucks it's self in a tight knot and plays dead for hours. It scarcely looks like a beetle even up close. Family Curculionidae.
Habitat:
Came to an ultraviolet light, so it can obviously fly well. Finca Argovia, Ruta de Café, Soconusco area of southern Chiapas, about 1 hour northeast of Tapachula.
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