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30-07-2009, 02:12 PM
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| | | is this a weevil?
I saved this insect from the bird bath the other day. I think the white object near its mouth is an insect it was eating at the time. An id please if anyone can help 
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30-07-2009, 02:14 PM
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Hi TB!
Yup! It looks like a Green Nettle Weevil, a Phyllobius sp. |
30-07-2009, 03:05 PM
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The antenna look to small for Phyllobius I would go with Polydrusus possibly P.pterygomalis |
30-07-2009, 07:09 PM
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thank you paid off allowing large nettle patch at end of garden then  Hey Jason hello back 
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30-07-2009, 07:15 PM
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thank you paid off allowing large nettle patch at end of garden then going with phyllobius as it has red legs brill!!
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30-07-2009, 07:19 PM
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To separate the two genera, you need to look at the shape of the furrow in which the antenna sits - although a lot of the Phyllobius sp. have toothed femora whereas Polydrusus sp. don't (yours doesn't). |
30-07-2009, 07:20 PM
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wow, nice weevil!
Ken
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