Beetle identification is a mystery. The beetle Family - Coleopterae - are so hugely varied, with my insect guidebook noting for example that there are 30,000 species of Leaf Beetle, each different from the other.
I had thought that this bug, found today in the bark of a pine I was chopping up, was a Snout Beetle (Curculionidae), with a mere 41,000 species world-wide to chose from. Wrong again - what I thought was the elongated snout is in fact two chubby antennae. I'm bugged if I know what this is, but if anyone out there can identify her or him, let me know.
I had thought that this bug, found today in the bark of a pine I was chopping up, was a Snout Beetle (Curculionidae), with a mere 41,000 species world-wide to chose from. Wrong again - what I thought was the elongated snout is in fact two chubby antennae. I'm bugged if I know what this is, but if anyone out there can identify her or him, let me know.
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2 comments:
It reminds me of a pine beetle borer. We have plenty on this side of the pond. Check this out: https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/09/17/monday-macrobug-spotted-pine-sawyer/
I've been bitten by the bug, so to speak, and now I think it's:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhagium_inquisitor
and can you believe they prefer to munch on our beloved Scotch pines!!!
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