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Scientific Name
Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus
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Curculionidae (snout and bark beetles) in the order Coleoptera (beetles)
Description
The cocklebur weevil is red with black spots that join to form patches. It is usually about ¼ to ½ inch long. The larvae of cocklebur weevils bore inside the stems and roots of cocklebur, ragweed, and other plants in the sunflower family.
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The cocklebur weevil (Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus) is red with black spots that join to form patches. It is usually about ¼ to ½ inch long. The larvae of cocklebur weevils bore inside the stems and roots of cocklebur, ragweed, and other plants in the sunflower family.
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Donna Brunet
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Invertebrates are animals without backbones, including earthworms, slugs, snails, and arthropods. Arthropods—invertebrates with “jointed legs” — are a group of invertebrates that includes crayfish, shrimp, millipedes, centipedes, mites, spiders, and insects. There may be as many as 10 million species of insects alive on earth today, and they probably constitute more than 90 percent all animal species.