Found in back yard
Location: Boynton Beach Florida
September 22, 2010 7:13 pm
HI,
I found this beetle walking towards our air conditioner the beginning of this month, September. I have never seen a beetle colored in this manner and its nose looks like a type of weevil. The beetle was almost 1 1/2 inches long and I did not find it in any of the field guides we have in our home.
Please let me know what type of beetle this is and if I should be concerned if I find another.
Signature: Thank you, Juel Richter
Palmetto Weevil
Dear Juel,
You are correct that this is a Weevil. More specifically, it is a Palmetto Weevil, Rhynchophorus cruentatus. According to BugGuide: “It’s natural host is the Cabbage Palmetto – Sabal palmetto, a palm native to the southeastern U.S. However, adults and larvae associated with a WIDE variety of genera and species in the palm family Arecaceae.” BugGuide continues with this information: “Larvae feed in the crown of the palm. If infestation is severe, the the integrity of the crown is compromised and the top of the palm falls over.” The fat larval grubs are edible and considered delicacies.
¶ Posted 23 September 2010 § ‡ ° Clover Leaf Weevil
Location: Kendall County, Illinois
August 25, 2010 6:48 pm
I thought you might like these photos to add to your weevil collection. I believe it is the Clover Leaf Weevil. We live in N. Illinois, on a farm. My daughter found it in her room. It probably came in on her clothes.
Stacy C
Broad-Nosed Weevil
Hi Stacy,
There is not enough detail in your image for us to be able to say for certain what the species is, but we agree that this Weevil is in the subfamily that contains the Clover Weevil, the Broad-Nosed Weevils, Entiminae. You can compare your specimen to the individuals posted to BugGuide.
¶ Posted 26 August 2010 § ‡ ° beetle thing with long beak
Location: Farmingdale, Long Island, New York
August 26, 2010 12:54 am
Dear Mr. Bugman,
I’ve been browsing your site and haven’t really found anything close to this little guy I found today. I work at an airport in New York, and I found him while I was pumping fuel into my fuel truck. It looks kinda like a beetle, but it has this really strange beak. The beak is thin and about the length of one of its legs. And it looks like it has two antennae (?) protruding from the beak. The insect itself is about a centimeter long, I would say. This is the strangest insect I’ve seen in a while. I really hope you get to this one because I really want to know what it is!
Thanks,
Trevor
Acorn Weevil
Hi Trevor,
This interesting beetle is an Acorn Weevil in the genus Curculio. According to BugGuide: “Female uses her long snout for boring into nuts/acorns, and deposits eggs there. Larvae feed inside the acorn/nut and emerges to pupate in the soil.“
¶ Posted 26 August 2010 § ‡ ° Sparkly Green, White, and Orange ….. Weevil?
July 11, 2010
I was vacuuming upstairs and saw a piece of “paper” on the ground and went to pick it up and it turned out to be some weird pale sparkly green and orange bug thats about 1.5 cm long…. think its a weevil, but really have no idea
Adah
Sacramento, CA
Probably Golden Headed Weevil
Dear Adah,
This sure looks to us like a Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil, Polydrusus sericeus, an invasive species that BugGuide describes as being found in : “northeastern United States and from New Brunswick to Ontario introduced from Europe, where it is widespread.” BugGuide reports no sighting from California. You may want to inform your local department of Agriculture office.
probably Golden Headed Weevil
Thank you for responding so promptly
But as i was looking at pictures of immigrant weevils online i noticed that their shell is spriped with strait lines and this one has alternating green and white lines and an orange head with green legs. I was wondering if that type of weevil could look so much different. Also my mom just recieved some flowers from a florist in Hawaii…. so I’m not sure if that has any relation, but I wasn’t sure. thanks for your time
adah
Perhaps one of our readers will provide information confirming this Weevils identity.
Ed. Note: Karl sent in a comment with a theory that this might be a Golden Headed Weevil, Compsus auricephalus, which is profiled on BugGuide.
¶ Posted 12 July 2010 § ‡ ° Iridescent Green Weevil-Like Insect
May 11, 2010
Greetings,
One morning, I found this little guy sitting on the back of a hooded sweatshirt in my house. It’s around 3/16″ long. I thought it was some kind of weevil having a spherical head. I brought it outside in so I could photograph it. Even with it being rather cold, it still walked around making it rather difficult to get a good shot. I released it after a few glamour-shots.
The following evening I came home from work and put the same hoodie back on. After some brief yardwork I came back inside and saw something on my hand: It was what appeared to be the same insect from the day before!
Looking at the photos, the mandibles don’t look very weevil-like (to this neophyte).
Thank you!
TK
Cleveland, Ohio
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Dear TK,
The Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil, Polydrusus sericeus, was “introduced from Europe, where it is widespread” according to BugGuide.
Mud covered beetle (weevil?)
April 26, 2010
This was seen on a window in Duiven, didn’t stay long enough to get better photo. Apologies for 1st attachment can’t remove it.
Janie
Duiven, Netherlands
Weevil: But why is it covered in mud???
Hi Janie,
You are correct that this is a Weevil, but we have no idea why it is covered in mud, or even if this is a typical state for this weevil. We suspect an accidental encounter that left this creature encrusted in mud.
Hi Daniel,
as I couldn’t find it in Joy, I assumed it must be some ‘exotic’! I am slightly relieved that it’s a puzzle to you also, and not something very obvious.
Many thanks for your help.
Janie
¶ Posted 26 April 2010 § ‡ ° unusual looking snout nosed insect
April 11, 2010
Hi Bugman
We hope you can identify this strange looking insect that we found in our back garden today.
I must admit, when I first saw it it was curled up and lying on its side in one of our bird feeding dishes, and as it’s six legs were all curled up with the body I initially thought it was very small yound bird that had died. However, when it went to move it I saw the legs move, and eventually the insect righted itself and stood up as per the attached photos (apologies as the second photo is a little bit blurred). Length is approx 1.4-2cm long.
A short while later it had climbed from the dish into the tree branch above, where it is now well camouflaged against the wood.
Cheers
Royston & Tania
Adelaide, South Australia
Elephant Weevil
Hi Royston and Tania,
This amazing creature is known as an Elephant Weevil, Orthorhinus cylindrirostris. You may find additional information on the OzAnimals website which indicates: “The Elephant Weevil is pest to the wine industry as it feds on grape vines.”
Elephant Weevil
Need the Common Name of this Beetle
April 9, 2010
Photographed the first week of April, 2010. Found in the sand amongst Rabbit Brush and Mesquite at the Stovepipe Wells Sand Dunes. I am assuming that this is a beetle. May be a weevil, though. Are weevils and beetles related? Don’t know…
John
Death Valley Nat’l Park
Weevil from Death Valley
Hi John,
Thanks for resending this photo with additional information. BugGuide does not list a common name for this desert Weevil, Apleurus albovestitus. There is also a photo of it on the Field Guide to Beetles of California website, but again, no common name. All Weevils are beetles, but not all beetles are weevils.
¶ Posted 10 April 2010 § ‡ ° 
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