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Small Weevil

Description:

Length : Approx 5mm

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11 Comments

FlorianMeier
FlorianMeier 10 years ago

cute

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 10 years ago

Great macro of a tiny creature.

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

I agree injica :)! At one site they described a similar photo of a bug like this as "a bug that looks like a cross between an elephant and a teddy bear"...

injica
injica 10 years ago

So cute ;)

ChrisP
ChrisP 10 years ago

Snuitkever is an appropriate name!

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

This guy might also grow up and become an Elephant weevil - Orthorhinus cylindrirostris :)

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Thanks KarenL & Luis Stevens

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Nice!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Very nice!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Might be the Mango seed weevil... Sternochetus mangiferae

Andrea Lim
Andrea Lim 11 years ago

He is such an ungainly looking creature. Cute tho'

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Apr 15, 2013
Submitted on Apr 15, 2013

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