Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Bug of the Week -4

The insect world is pure science fiction with many Star Wars characters coming to mind. Most of these amazing insects are dependent on native vegetation and some totally dependant on very specific plants.

Long nosed Weevil is only 20mm long as an adult. Very little information is available for this bug that looks more like an Echidna than it does a bug!

The long nosed beetle has an elongated snout with a mouthpiece which is used to feed by boring along the stem of plants by raising itself up on its fabulous legs and grips the stem strongly


The reason I have chosen this bug this week is because we were asked to identify a bug that had invaded a home, at first it was believed to may have been a tick, but upon further investigation it was found that the bug was in fact a long nosed beetle!








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