Photo 42138791, (c) Kayla Echols, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kayla Echols

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Source iNaturalist
Associated observations

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What

Rough Strawberry Root Weevil (Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus)

Observer

krechols13

Date

June 16, 2019 09:26 AM MDT

Description

Had to rescue this poor little dude from my cat, but he seemed miraculously uninjured. Rather slow-moving and very clumsy. Kept falling off my hand onto the floor while I was trying to take pictures. Didn't try to fly away at any point, or engage in any aggressive/defensive behavior. I released him outside when I was done taking photos.

Edit: After doing a little research on North American weevils, I now realize I should have been calling it a "she" instead of a "he" since these reproduce asexually via parthenogenesis. The more you know!

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