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This tiny weevil is only 3 mm in length and covered in large lumpy tufts of scales which make it look like bark or lichen. It tucks it's self in a tight knot and plays dead for hours. It scarcely looks like a beetle even up close. Family Curculionidae.
Came to an ultraviolet light, so it can obviously fly well. Finca Argovia, Ruta de Café, Soconusco area of southern Chiapas, about 1 hour northeast of Tapachula.
Spotted on Nov 20, 2015
Submitted on Apr 2, 2016
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