tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170702845995285216.post6531695127611085385..comments2023-07-17T17:15:49.838+08:00Comments on RWS Photo Blog - Splendour pictures of Borneo: Tropical weevil - Leave bettle (Chrysomelidae)RWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221361502331802240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170702845995285216.post-6217511906619817182013-10-09T14:17:32.122+08:002013-10-09T14:17:32.122+08:00This bug is very common where I live in Thailand b...This bug is very common where I live in Thailand but I can't find anybody who can positively identify it. I would love to know what it is.Tonyhttp://www.tonyflanagan.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170702845995285216.post-45963038781330792232011-11-24T13:53:35.121+08:002011-11-24T13:53:35.121+08:00It belongs to the family Lygaeidae, not a weevil. ...It belongs to the family Lygaeidae, not a weevil. Please fix it =] Trust me on this one!Entomologist from CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170702845995285216.post-44182933745332566332011-04-13T06:38:14.323+08:002011-04-13T06:38:14.323+08:00Please check all your posts of so called "Wee...Please check all your posts of so called "Weevils"...<br /><br />First of all, Weevils are not part of the Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles). Weevils are Weevils, that is beetles of the Curculionoidea superfamily. <br /><br />Secondly, and more important, these are pictures of hemiptera, true bugs. With sucking mouthparts like a syringe. True bugs are not beetles. Beetles have grasping/cutting mouthparts, like scissors, and hard, shell-like fore wings not used for flight.<br /><br />To put it into a perspective, calling true bugs (the hemiptera)a weevil is like showing a photograph of a Lion and calling it a Seal.Alex [Swe]noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170702845995285216.post-63342886698309174382008-11-26T10:16:00.000+08:002008-11-26T10:16:00.000+08:00It's not a bettle... it's a true bug... look its m...It's not a bettle... it's a true bug... look its mouth parts!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483806597611358709noreply@blogger.com