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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-65--718409046 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Bernard, On 17-Aug-06, at 11:32 AM, Bernard Burke wrote: > Hi Chris and all. I've seen a few weevils over the years but I > don't recall seeing one with as long a snout as the one I just > photographed. I searched on the net and discovered there are quite > a few like that, and it appears to resemble a Pecan Weevil(?) but > there are others that are similar. > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/49773891/Medium The extremely long rostrum (which is what entomologists call the "snout") is characteristic of the weevil genus Curculio, the nominate genus of the Curculionidae, which is the family of weevils. There are two species in Nova Scotia: Curculio iowensis (Casey) - recorded in Halifax and Kings counties Curculio nascius (Say) - recorded from the south shore. Your specimen should probably be Curculio iowensis if it was found in Dartmouth on August 16 (correct?) but it does look somewhat small and somewhat gray to me, so I'd be interested in examining the specimen if you still have it. I have a couple of photographs of the species located at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Images4/ Curculio_iowensis-1.jpg http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Images4/ Curculio_iowensis-3.jpg Species in the genus Curculio all feed on the nuts of various species of trees. C. iownesis is associated with oaks, particularly red oak in this region. At the end of the rostrum is a pair of jaws and the weevil can chew a small hole in the shell of an acorn. Females then lay eggs inside the acorn and the larvae develop inside feeding on the nut. I suspect they are not uncommon in oak areas in Nova Scotia, but we have relatively few records of these interesting weevils. Cheers! Chris > Cheers > Bernard Burke > Dartmouth _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-65--718409046 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Bernard,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 17-Aug-06, at 11:32 AM, Bernard Burke wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> = <DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"338032814-17082006">Hi= Chris and all. I've seen a few weevils over the years but I don't = recall seeing one with as long a snout as the one I just photographed. I = searched on the net and discovered there are quite a few like that, and = it appears to resemble a Pecan Weevil(?) but there are others that are = similar.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN = class=3D"338032814-17082006"><A = href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/49773891/Medium">http:= //bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/49773891/Medium</A></SPAN></FONT></= DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">The extremely long rostrum (which is what = entomologists call the "snout") is characteristic of the weevil genus = <I>Curculio</I>, the nominate genus of the Curculionidae, which is the = family of weevils. There are two species in Nova = Scotia:</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Curculio iowensis </I>(Casey) - recorded = in Halifax and Kings counties</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Curculio nascius </I>(Say) - recorded from = the south shore.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Your specimen should = probably be=A0<I>Curculio iowensis </I>if it was found in Dartmouth on = August 16 (correct?) but it does look=A0somewhat small and somewhat gray = to me, so I'd be interested in examining the specimen if you still have = it. I have a couple of photographs of the species located = at:</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Images4/Curculio_iowensi= s-1.jpg">http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Images4/Curculio_iowens= is-1.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Images4/Curculio_iowensi= s-3.jpg">http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Images4/Curculio_iowens= is-3.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Species in the genus <I>Curculio</I> all feed = on the nuts of various species of trees. <I>C. iownesis</I> is = associated with oaks, particularly red oak in this region. At the end of = the rostrum is a pair of jaws and the weevil can chew a small hole in = the shell of an acorn. Females then lay eggs inside the acorn and the = larvae=A0develop=A0inside feeding on the nut.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I suspect they are not = uncommon in oak areas in Nova Scotia, but we have relatively few records = of these interesting weevils.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN = class=3D"338032814-17082006">Cheers</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"338032814-17082006">Bernard = Burke</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN = class=3D"338032814-17082006">Dartmouth</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></D= IV><BR><DIV> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-65--718409046--
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