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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jul 27, 2008

It's quite tiny, aproximately 3-4 mm. I found it along the roadside on a Verbascum torch with flowers not open yet.
I even don't know the family where I can do a search..

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jul 27, 2008

other view;

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threegardeners North Augusta, ON Jul 27, 2008

I want to say it's a Tick...

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LariAnn Miami, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 27, 2008

Looks like a type of weevil, family Curculionidae. To me, the "snout" is a giveaway. Weevils are a type of beetle.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jul 27, 2008

Not a tick, it looks like a weevil of some kind

edit: posting during a heavy storm, internets in and out and didn't see LariAnn's post

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threegardeners North Augusta, ON Jul 27, 2008

I really suck at bugs, but I just hafta try ^_^

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jul 27, 2008

Thank you LariAnn and Claypa, this narrows down my search! And thank you too threegardeners for trying!

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 27, 2008

Cionus scrophulariae, these are all verified specimens on this site.

http://thewcg.org.uk/Curculionidae/0251G.htm

http://thewcg.org.uk/pages/thumbnails.htm

More on Bioimages,

http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/R162685.HTM

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Cionus%20scrophulariae&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Your camera must have a very good macro if it's only 3-4mm!

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jul 27, 2008

That's definitely the one!
Two very interesting sites to add to my favorites..
Thank you so much!

The camera has a very good macro-mode and thanks to the high pixels it could be cropped heavily.

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