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Peach Root Weevil

Pseudoedophrys hilleri

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) csirna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 42, February 42, March 56, April 98, May 168, June 82, July 112, August 88, September 66, October 61, November 41, December 38.
United States6,143
New York813
Virginia660
Maryland639
Massachusetts554
Pennsylvania504
New Jersey501
North Carolina319
Connecticut276
West Virginia274

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
GenusPseudoedophrys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Peach Root Weevil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.