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Snout beetles get their name from their frontal protuberance. This "beetle" is one of two that target the wild white indigo plant. The color ring around the indigo is a marker used to ID this plant.
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on June 24, 2014 at 9:47 PM
Hi, Its a pretty good image for hand-held. You could rubber stamp out the magenta marker band to improve the photo. Otherwise, I'm glad to see a member of the Apionidae on its host plant...................Jim
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