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Spotting

Description:

Unidentified beetle of the Brentidae family.

Notes:

This individual has a number of mites tagging along.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago
Straight-snouted Weevil
Brentidae - subfamily Brentinae Bretnus sp., Brentidae, Straight-snout Weevils


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2 Comments

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

Superb pics! many parasites! update the ID

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Fantastic spotting, Anne! This is one beautiful beetle. I see it's also sporting quite a few mites along its body.

Costa Rica

Spotted on May 20, 2012
Submitted on May 24, 2012

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