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Little Fringed Weevil

Atrichonotus taeniatulus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 4, February 5, March 5, April 8, May 8, June 5, July 4, August 7, September 7, October 15, November 3, December 4.
United States231
North Carolina57
New Zealand40
Australia39
South Carolina37
Georgia33
New South Wales31
Virginia21
Texas15
Canterbury Region15

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyTrue Weevils · Curculionidae
GenusAtrichonotus

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