Weevil ID please? (Cambs. UK) (1 Viewer)

[DoghouseRiley]

Hi All

Really struggling to ID this Weevil. It is pretty large, 1.5cm-ish.

Can someone take a look and set me straight?

Yours, Gareth

 

[creaturesnapper]

It might be—-

Graptus triguttatus , the white spots are sometimes faint and some of your weevil is in shadow , but everything else looks right .​

 

[DoghouseRiley]

It might be—-

Graptus triguttatus , the white spots are sometimes faint and some of your weevil is in shadow , but everything else looks right .​

Thanks again creaturesnapper

 

[DoghouseRiley]

It might be—-

Graptus triguttatus , the white spots are sometimes faint and some of your weevil is in shadow , but everything else looks right .​

Hi creaturesnapper,
Sorry to be a pain. I have just realised that Gratus triguttatus is 6-8mm. Although "in-the-field" measurements are decidedly iffy, if that blade of grass is say 4mm across, the weevil has got to be bigger, surely.
I have had a couple of suggestions from someone who believe it or not is a farmer (he owns land adjacent to the reserve) - Hypera conmaculata, and Liophloeus tessulatus. Apparently they were both found during some sort of survey.
I have just seen that there are over 630 weevils in the UK. I had no idea, jeez. I think I'll have to put this one down as a weevil and move on.
Really appreciate your help.
Yours, Gareth

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[creaturesnapper]

Yes that sounds like a good idea ,they are tricky little critters as many are brown with not too many obvious features .

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Yes that sounds like a good idea ,they are tricky little critters as many are brown with not too many obvious features .

Thanks again for your help.

 

[Ficedula]

Hi creaturesnapper,
Sorry to be a pain. I have just realised that Gratus triguttatus is 6-8mm. Although "in-the-field" measurements are decidedly iffy, if that blade of grass is say 4mm across, the weevil has got to be bigger, surely.
I have had a couple of suggestions from someone who believe it or not is a farmer (he owns land adjacent to the reserve) - Hypera conmaculata, and Liophloeus tessulatus. Apparently they were both found during some sort of survey.
I have just seen that there are over 630 weevils in the UK. I had no idea, jeez. I think I'll have to put this one down as a weevil and move on.
Really appreciate your help.
Yours, Gareth

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Your caution is right, I was a bit concerned when I saw the ID suggested based on just one shot. They are difficult enough with specimens so as I've said before, they really need to be typical examples photographed from ideal angle (or many angles) to allow reliable ID from photos.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Your caution is right, I was a bit concerned when I saw the ID suggested based on just one shot. They are difficult enough with specimens so as I've said before, they really need to be typical examples photographed from ideal angle (or many angles) to allow reliable ID from photos.

Thanks for your input Ficedula.
The weird thing is that this is a relatively large hairy weevil. I can't actually find any pictures of a weevil that has the grey hairy legs and the size.
But as you say, difficult from one picture.
I sort of get the impression from reading through some of the documents online that weevils have not had as much focus as other Coleoptera.
Yours, Gareth