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Default OT DIY bug identification

Vernon wrote:
"Tim Downie" wrote in message
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Vernon wrote:
Hi, a little OT but senior management has found a 6 legged beetle in
the kitchen, and wants to know what it is, I have taken some (poor)
pictures can anyone identify it please, as I am getting ear ache big
style.
thanks


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nwatson...s/PICT3433.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nwatson...s/PICT3435.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nwatson...s/PICT3437.JPG


Will this do?

http://www.pbase.com/holopain/image/44131253

(Common leaf weevil)

Tim


Tim,

Thanks for a prompt ID. Googling at species info on the net, they
like crab apple trees, and guess what we have a few feet from the
house! Er indoors is much happier now she knows what it is and where
it has likely come from.


She might not be when it starts eating her plants!


Peter Crosland