http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2005/12/21/grain-weevil/ Are we experts yet? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:16:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2005/12/21/grain-weevil/comment-page-1/#comment-2756 mohsen Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:28:23 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2005/12/21/grain-weevil/#comment-2756 Hi Heather... The bug you posted is a type of weevil which belongs to the genus Sitophilus... Sitophilus granarium or the wheat weevil lacks those reddish spots on the elytra and never flies (lacks hindwings)... Both sitophilus oryzae (Rice weevil) and S. zeamays (Corn weevil) fly and look like the image shown but have an interesting difference... The rice weevil retracts its feet when touched and plays dead for some time but the corn weevil never plays dead!... Corn weevils also grow a little bit bigger. I study "Plant protection" in Tehran university of agriculture", Iran... We study all kinds of pests including pests of stored products... I hope it was useful... Yours: Mohsen... Hi Heather…
The bug you posted is a type of weevil which belongs to the genus Sitophilus… Sitophilus granarium or the wheat weevil lacks those reddish spots on the elytra and never flies (lacks hindwings)… Both sitophilus oryzae (Rice weevil) and S. zeamays (Corn weevil) fly and look like the image shown but have an interesting difference… The rice weevil retracts its feet when touched and plays dead for some time but the corn weevil never plays dead!… Corn weevils also grow a little bit bigger.
I study “Plant protection” in Tehran university of agriculture”, Iran… We study all kinds of pests including pests of stored products…
I hope it was useful…
Yours: Mohsen…

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