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Lixus sp.
About 1cm in body length. Yellow snout beetle or weevil with brown markings. Snout and Bark Beetles (Family Curculionidae) » Subfamily Lixinae » Tribe Lixini » Genus Lixus.
Backyard, spotted on Struchium sparganophorum, a weedy plant in our area.
Related spottings: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/152..., http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/149....
Spotted on Oct 10, 2012
Submitted on Nov 17, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks nexttogone! :) I remember I was very amazed the first time I saw this weevil. It was as if I was looking at a very tiny anteater. :)
Great series and a very cool looking weevil.
Thanks Adarsha! :)
Wow..colorful Agnes!