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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 20, 2007

This eats up leaves of geranium, daisies, cosmos.. choosy. They are having hard shells and can fly. Some are tinted in a very light green tinge.

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Aug 04, 2007

Bumping this up...I am curious, too!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2007

Do you also have it in your yard? The white outer cover is hard. Some beetle? This one is about 3-4mm in length.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 05, 2007

"Myllocerus undatus is superficially similar to a weevil native to Florida, Artipus floridanus."

from this site: http://www.pestalert.org/viewArchPestAlert.cfm?rid=51

Here's the white weevil in Florida mentioned on that link:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/78472

I don't know what it is, just looking around

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Aug 06, 2007

It does look like a weevil, you're right. No, Dinu, I don't have these in my yard. It was just such an interesting one, I wanted to know...Just sheer curiosity? No, not me! ;)

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Aug 07, 2007

Okay, GW. Who wants pests? ;-)

I'll look into those links.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 26, 2008

A better picture now.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 26, 2008

Definitely a broad-nosed/short-snouted weevil (subfamily Entiminae); most species are leaf feeders as adults (usually at leaf margins) and root feeders as larvae.

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