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Palm Weevil

Rhodobaenus latiscapus

Description:

large weevil, about one inch

Habitat:

cloudforest, 2200m

Notes:

I spotted this in Chicaque natural park.

1 Species ID Suggestions

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago
Palm Weevil
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2 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 7 years ago

Thanks again thaptor.

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

Have confirmed with key.

Common name is for the family, and misleading in our case: Plam trees are not hosts of Rhodobaenus spp..

Dan Doucette
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Dan Doucette

Cundinamarca, Colombia

Spotted on Nov 24, 2012
Submitted on May 11, 2013

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