Milkweed stem weevil ( Rhyssomatus lineaticollis ) by larose forest photos


10-JUL-2013	Christine Hanrahan

This little weevil is sitting on a bunch of milkweed latex that has dripped out of the stem where she bored into it to lay eggs.

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hamery		13-Oct-2015 01:43
LOL ! Very interesting weevil and looks like as if he is having a bath ! VvV

Karen Stuebing		21-Jul-2013 21:18
She must be very tiny. Great contrast between the weevil and the milkweed sap. V.

Don		21-Jul-2013 09:18
Looks like an army tank in miniature, impenetrably well-defended.

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