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Sweet Potato Weevil

Cylas formicarius

Photo by AlbertTamayo
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Elongated, smooth, and shiny. Beak twice as long as head. Reddish pronotum, etc., with elytra blue-black, head and beak dusky

Reference Links:

Species Cylas formicarius - Sweet Potato Weevil - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Sweet Potato Weevil

Cylas formicarius

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Comments (13)
oxyjack
You're welcome! Great photos!
AlbertTamayo
Thanks everyone. Thank you so much oxyjack for the ID!
MaryEvans2
Stunning macro and loved the video. Nice spotting
eulalia rubio
All your photos are stunning. Congratulations. Can you include in the mission of Weevils this spotting? Thank you. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7743002
AnnalisaD
Very entertaining video! Great capture :)
AlbertTamayo
Sorry can't remember which plant... just spotted it in our backyard... looks like an ant from a distance.
Ashish
Like to know which plant you spot this. Also where in urban or wild.
AnnvanWijgerden
I LOVE the way you've put music to this critter: Weevil magic!

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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Picudos. Weevils

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PublishedOctober 9, 2011

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