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Need Help I.D.ing This Bug
A friend found a bunch of these tiny buggers in a box. Any idea what they are?
They are approx. the size of the head of a pin.
(I tried to put a quarter next to one, but the bug was about the size of George Washington's nose and did not photograph well.)
And yes, they are free to a good home.
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I vote for granary or wheat weevil…
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It’s a weevil (family Curculionidae), but I can’t ID it to species.
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Marianne Herrmann
I vote for granary or wheat weevil…
John
It’s a weevil (family Curculionidae), but I can’t ID it to species.