male oak timberworm beetle Arrhenodes minutus a primitive weevil in the family Brentidae

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male oak timberworm beetle primitive weevil family Brentidae Arrhenodes minutus Sometimes damages oak beech and poplar Females lay eggs in living trees that have been damaged Hatched larvae form pinhole burrows Photographed in central Pennsylvania

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Keywords: arrhenodes, arthropod, beech, beetle, brentidae, burrow, commercial, damage, dimorphism, economic, important, insect, male, minutus, oak, pest, poplar, primitive, sexual, snout, timber, weevil, worm