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Field Notes

Habitat:

among grasses.

Notes:

the probosis was long. maybe belongs to a weevil family ?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
ChimeTsetan
it really looks difficult to differentiate, but krishnendu, the link was really resourceful. thanks alot.
Krishnendu Guin
apionid weevil...very close to Holotrichapion aethiops http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFSearch.cgi?Fam=Apionidae&Sort=sys&Genus=m
Ashish
I feel its a kind of Giraffe Weevil.... This reminding Dan's(not exact like that Girraffe Neck) spotting..!!
ChimeTsetan
do Fallapion finitimum fakes dead? cuz this one was faking dead the first time i caught it. It was tiny too.
Aonach_Eagach
could be a Fallapion finitimum if it has ridges along its abdomen, check out http://bugguide.net/node/view/384397/bgimage
lori.tas
Definitely a weevil of some sort.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2011

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