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Photo by RobThacker
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Field Notes

Description:

Approx 30mm

Habitat:

Small irrigation canal feeding paddy.

Notes:

Trying to follow this beetle through some leaf litter when it decided to go underwater, as seen in image 4

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Paul Davis
Hi Rob ,I see what you mean .Some of these weevils have a snout that faces downwards rather than protruding forward ,it could be that or some completely different species.The rest of the beetle looks right though,best to see what some of the experts have to say.
RobThacker
Hi Paul, thanks for the imput, I wasn't able to get a clear shot of the head, added one more image, can see definitely no snout.
Paul Davis
It looks like a Red Palm weevil ,one of the many sub-species from the far east ,but I can't see the characteristic snout on these shots.It could just be the angles.

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Biodiversity of Thailand
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PublishedAugust 26, 2014

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