On Jul 24, 8:54 pm, Lar <lar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Suzie-Q wrote:
> > I've found a new bug it my house. It's very tiny - I can hardly
> > make out the details. No more than 1/8th of an inch, for sure.
> > It's dark brown or black and has a long
> > "nose" in front. (Of course it's not a nose, but where a nose
> > would be, and I don't know the proper term.) From the top (which
> > is the only direction from which I've seen it) it looks like the
> > "nose" of a rhinocerous beetle.
>
> > I've only see a few of these. Any idea what they might be?
>
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> If the "nose" is one of an aardvark it may be a granary weevil or a rice
> weevil.
>
> Lar
That's what they are - rice weevils. They have the wings, unlike
granary
weevils which don't have wings.
I found about 200 dead ones inside one of those roach bait things for
the big roaches.
(I'm posting via google groups now, darnit.)
Thanks, Sue
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