Detailed Weevil Insect Fossil from Green River

Snout Beetle or Weevil

Insecta: Order Coleoptera: Family Curculionidae

Age: Middle Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 60mm X 60mm Insect 10mm

Fossil Site: Green River Formation, Uintah County, utah

Code: IN019

Price: $35.00 - sold

Weevils are almost entirely plant feeders, and most species are associated with a narrow range of hosts, in many cases only living on a single species. This is a specimen exibiting fine details for which the Green River Lagerstatte is famous worldwide.

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