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  1. It's #WeevilWednesday! Post your weevils!

    A new-to-me species I've found on separate occasions on lamb's quarters (_Chenopodium album_): _Cosmobaris scolopacea_, the beet petiole borer. To me they look like if a varied carpet beetle (_Anthrenus verbasci_) were a weevil.

    Beets (_Beta_) are in the same family, Amaranthaceae, so I guess that makes sense. BugGuide says these weevils also feed on ragweed (_Ambrosia_): bugguide.net/node/view/236113

    #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Baridinae #Amaranthaceae #Chenopodium

  2. Chenopodium foliosum (syn. Blitum capitatum | Bærmælde 🇩🇰)

    Anyone who has experience with these “berries”? I don't expect a meal this year, but perhaps there will be more next year.

    /cc [ @plants | @gardening ]

    #Amaranthaceae
    #Blitum
    #bloomscrolling
    #Chenopodium
    #florespondence
    #gardening
    #plants