Green immigrant leaf weevil

New Brunswick green bug

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5731     Hi my name is Kelly.  I took this picture in Noel, Nova Scotia.  I think this is some sort of beetle. I have never seen anything like this before.  Thanks.
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Unknown bugs make the news in Fredericton, NB.  Can you identify the bugs described in this article?  Sean.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2830945/mysterious-green-bugs-invade-new-brunswick-community/?sf31174804=1 

These are broad-nosed/short-snouted weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; subfamily Entiminae); quite likely Polydrusus formosus, known as the green immigrant leaf weevil see – http://tinyurl.com/hfpfv66 for an image. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV. 

 

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