They're multiplying on my Yacon. Haven't seen any major damage - holes here and there.
Red & Black Beetle - Friend, Foe or Futz-pah?
Are they box elders? Hard to see too clearly in the pix and I might have box elder on the brain because I just spent an hour trying to identify my own
I need a better camera (or photographer!) Here's a zoom, sharpen, crop and expand. Sorry about the grainyness ... The box elder looked too flat.
This message was edited Jul 25, 2006 10:01 PM
And again . . .
The other one I came across that was close in appearance is the milkweed bug - maybe that?
http://www.cirrusimage.com/bugs_large_milkweed.htm
jozeeben: That second picture is definitely of mating weevil beetles (of the Curculionidae family). I can tell by the nose. I'm not sure what kind of weevil beetle though.
Much better to have someone that knows!! Mating, no less - suddenly I feel like I am a voyeur LOL.
It markings looks like the red weevil http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/discover/beetle.htm but there are over 3000 varieties . . . . WOW. Thanks. Off to search for damage control. Evil Weevils!
The Bug Guide calls it a Cocklebur Weevil & has some good pictures.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/21822
It listed a bunch of plants used for breeding but Yacon wasn't one them.
DGer's are the best (even though my photography is the worst!). Thx again, Joe
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