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Unknown weevil

Description:

About the size of a fingernail

Habitat:

Mixed everwood

Notes:

Shot with an iPhone olloclip


1 species ID suggestions

Jakubko
Jakubko 4 months ago
Billbug
Sphenophorus sp. ? - Sphenophorus - BugGuide.Net

2 Comments

alina
alina 4 months ago

this is a great photo!

Jakubko
Jakubko 4 months ago

Hey Peter! I really enjoyed your blog feature. :)
This is a billbug, Sphenophorus sp. It is a genus which consists of many similar species, except for the somewhat distinguishable S. australis, which can be seen here:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...

Notice how there are no defined black markings in your spotting, which suggests another species of the same genus. I'm thinking it could possibly be one of these:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/278605
Or
http://bugguide.net/node/view/278605

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lat: 43.67, Long: -79.32

Spotted on Jun 5, 2012
Submitted on Jun 5, 2012

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