Slippery
Slippery UberDork
5/9/21 8:56 p.m.

Any idea what I am dealing with here? Second one I find in the bathroom sink in the last 3 weeks. 





JamesMcD
JamesMcD SuperDork
5/9/21 9:04 p.m.

Some kind of weevil.

 

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr PowerDork
5/9/21 9:48 p.m.

2021 superbeetle?  Im pretty sure those are still air cooled. 

obsolete
obsolete Reader
5/9/21 9:54 p.m.

I believe that's what I was told was a "strawberry root weevil" growing up. If it's the same bug, they are really slow, and totally defenseless. You can just pick them up and chuck them. They never seemed to appear in large numbers or by any specific pattern.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy MegaDork
5/9/21 10:53 p.m.

Check your flour and any potatoes you may have around for larvae.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/9/21 11:12 p.m.

Not a Volkswagen.

Slippery
Slippery UberDork
5/10/21 7:02 a.m.
Brett_Murphy said:

Check your flour and any potatoes you may have around for larvae.

Great. Here goes my afternoon. 

Slippery
Slippery UberDork
5/10/21 7:02 a.m.

Thanks guys! 

pinchvalve (Forum Supporter)
pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
5/10/21 7:15 a.m.

Looks like a Sitophilus oryzae  or an Otiorhynchus ovatus. If it is the strawberry root variety, you are lucky because...(wait for it)...it's the lesser of two weevils.

gearheadmb
gearheadmb SuperDork
5/10/21 7:21 a.m.

In reply to pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) :

God dammit take my up vote and get the hell out of here.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
5/10/21 7:27 a.m.

Yup.  That's a bug alright.

mtn
mtn MegaDork
5/10/21 7:53 a.m.
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter)
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
5/10/21 8:51 a.m.
pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) said:

Looks like a Sitophilus oryzae  or an Otiorhynchus ovatus. If it is the strawberry root variety, you are lucky because...(wait for it)...it's the lesser of two weevils.

motherberkeleyer I just spit coffee on my keyboard.

M2Pilot
M2Pilot Dork
5/10/21 8:51 a.m.

Murder Weevil

mad_machine (Forum Supporter)
mad_machine (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
5/10/21 7:08 p.m.

weevils wovle, but they don't fall down

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