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TyroGardener Saint Petersburg, FL Jun 12, 2010

About 0.5 inch long. On a squash leaf in West Central Florida.

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 14, 2010

It has the appearance of some sort of weevil from this angle. Can you get a profile shot, or one that is a bit closer?

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TyroGardener Saint Petersburg, FL Jun 23, 2010

Hi Melody,
Sorry for the delay in replying, but had a hard time finding a place to put the full-sized photo. I'm attaching a zoomed-in cropped version of the photo which shows the bug pretty well. Thanks for your help. By the way, this was a very strong, hard-shelled, hardy bug. I don't know if that is helpful in identification.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 23, 2010

This is a broad-nosed/short-snouted weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; subfamily Entiminae). There are several species in this group that are quite similar in appearance, so I would hesitate to put a specific name on it. By and large, these insects are root feeders as larvae (grubs) and leaf feeders (usually in a characteristic 'notching' pattern on the leaf margins) as adults. The strawberry root weevil and black vine weevil belong to this subfamily.

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TyroGardener Saint Petersburg, FL Jun 25, 2010

Hi suunto,
Thanks for the helpful info about this weevil. Prior to this, the only weevil I had heard of was in a school history book about cotton. I'm amazed what I'm finding in my own backyard.

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