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Maize Weevil

Sitophilus zeamais

Description:

4mm

Habitat:

in a bag of potatoes I bought from the store

1 Species ID Suggestions

Rice weevil
Sitophilus oryzae Rice weevil


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2 Comments

sarah in the woods
sarah in the woods 10 years ago

I found another one and measured it. Too big to be a rice weevil, so I'm going with maize weevil.

sarah in the woods
sarah in the woods 10 years ago

eulalia, Thanks for the clue. This weevil was larger than 2mm, so do you think it could be the maize weevil instead? The size is the only difference I can see between the two, although from what I read there are other differences - I just can't see it.

Maryville, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Nov 30, 2013
Submitted on Dec 7, 2013

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