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Pea Weevil

Bruchinae

Notes:

Strange beetle. Not very attractive. Was all the time on the defensive.

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2 Comments

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Thanks for your help tom.

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Looks like a Pea Weevil (Bruchinae) and similar to Amblycerus robiniae http://bugguide.net/node/view/88689/bgim..., but the only species in the genus I could find that was in South America was Amblycerus nigromarginatus, but I couldn't find any pictures.

Sckel
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Sckel

Cariacica, ES, Brazil

Spotted on Mar 1, 2014
Submitted on Mar 1, 2014

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