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Spotting

Description:

Is this a weevil or a fly?

Habitat:

High elevation forest undergrowth usually on dump ares of the forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

weevil
subfamily Conoderinae, genus ? Mecopus


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4 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

Maybe a weird species of Rhynchophorus?

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

This one looks like yours, but is unidentified.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/bee...

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Curculionoidea, not sure if really Curculionidae, but it is a long-legged weevil.
Similar ones, most probably the same family:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickadel/8...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Insect-Long-lege...

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

Definitely a weevil and really neat! Incredibly long legs!

Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 1, 2014
Submitted on Jul 11, 2014

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