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02-03-2010, 05:20 PM
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| | | Pillarbox red weevil
Stony Stratford, Bucks. On old wooden fence beneath broadleaf trees. The area below the fence is currently flooded (great Ouse) to about 10 inches.
Help with identification appreciated: 
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02-03-2010, 05:41 PM
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| | | Re: Pillarbox red weevil
Apion frumentarium the heavily completely punctured head is diagnostic of this species. |
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Originally Posted by Dogghound  Apion frumentarium the heavily completely punctured head is diagnostic of this species. | I agree |
02-03-2010, 08:49 PM
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| | | Re: Pillarbox red weevil
Dan and Rob - Thanks for your help with identification.
Is it possible to determine gender with this species - for that matter with none, some or all weevil species?
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03-03-2010, 05:09 PM
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Yes. It is different in different species. This species has a wide rostrum (in males) broadest at the end and the females is slightly thinner and longer, with abit of widening at the base of the antenna (broadest part). Which makes this one a male. (although hard to see from this angle best from above, also easiest to sex when you have a male next to a female. |
04-03-2010, 10:07 AM
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Thanks for that information Dan. Here's a pic of the same weevil taken from above: 
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