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melvynyeo — Sweet Potato Weevil

Published: 2009-12-26 03:45:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 2415; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 271
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Description Sweetpotato weevil is the most serious pest of sweet potato, not only in the United States, but around the world. It causes damage in the field, in storage, and is of quarantine significance. It is inherently of interest to entomologists due to its strikingly colorful appearance and extremely long rostrum (beak).
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Comments: 28

SilverWynd [2011-09-28 07:21:49 +0000 UTC]

I love weavil's never seen one like that before though, pretty cool

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melvynyeo In reply to SilverWynd [2011-09-28 11:24:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I think these weevils are only found on Sweet Potato leaves.

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Machinegun-Willy [2011-09-05 06:24:20 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! I used to catch rose weevils when I was a kid. They had glossy black rostrums and legs and the rest of the body were a striking red, sometimes mixed with bronze. They were pests unfortunately, and I'm guessing they were dealt with, because I haven't seen them around in a very long time.

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melvynyeo In reply to Machinegun-Willy [2011-09-06 06:28:07 +0000 UTC]

This weevil is very beautiful. Over here, there are no farm and plantation so these don't consider as pest here. But like you, i also have not seen them for a long time!

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tractern [2010-01-07 14:54:04 +0000 UTC]

I like the title- first I thought it was your pet name for the weevil or summit!

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melvynyeo In reply to tractern [2010-01-17 17:37:13 +0000 UTC]

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EldarZakirov [2009-12-27 12:48:29 +0000 UTC]

Love it! What a design! Perfect! God, The Nature is the greatest designer ever!

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melvynyeo In reply to EldarZakirov [2010-01-02 09:38:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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hot-choc [2009-12-27 09:00:13 +0000 UTC]

pretty pest

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melvynyeo In reply to hot-choc [2010-01-02 09:38:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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luiscds [2009-12-26 17:59:17 +0000 UTC]

Nice capture.
I photographed an beetle that has loads of similarities to this one. [link] It's funny because the first thing that came to my mind was the Theory of Evolution because I bet they were the same one day o_O

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melvynyeo In reply to luiscds [2009-12-26 18:04:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! They all belong to the same Curculionoidea superfamily. With over 60,000 species described worldwide, it is the largest of any animal family.

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luiscds In reply to melvynyeo [2009-12-26 18:16:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh... very interesting. Great also to know that besides taking great pictures of the insects you know a lot about them :-0

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ShinyWish [2009-12-26 15:42:31 +0000 UTC]

Nice shot. Sharp and great composition.

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melvynyeo In reply to ShinyWish [2009-12-26 18:04:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Diesel-McCool [2009-12-26 13:01:44 +0000 UTC]

Very coold pose you've captured.

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melvynyeo In reply to Diesel-McCool [2009-12-26 18:04:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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DevjKaiser [2009-12-26 05:12:19 +0000 UTC]

I made sweet potato pie earlier xD

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melvynyeo In reply to DevjKaiser [2009-12-26 18:04:22 +0000 UTC]

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DevjKaiser In reply to melvynyeo [2009-12-27 02:25:12 +0000 UTC]

XD

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Seraphiczero [2009-12-26 03:59:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh snap!

Do you ever do anything with the insects after you photograph them?

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melvynyeo In reply to Seraphiczero [2009-12-26 18:04:59 +0000 UTC]

I always leave them alone

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Winterous [2009-12-26 03:52:32 +0000 UTC]

It may be a pest, but it's cute

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melvynyeo In reply to Winterous [2009-12-26 18:05:06 +0000 UTC]

Agree

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NinjaaKarii [2009-12-26 03:46:38 +0000 UTC]

I like how the focus is only on the bug and the stem the bug is standing on.
No distracting backgrounds here!

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melvynyeo In reply to NinjaaKarii [2009-12-26 18:05:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Amy-Falater [2009-12-26 03:46:30 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful focus and great composition.

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melvynyeo In reply to Amy-Falater [2009-12-26 18:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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