Poplar and willow borer weevil

5694  Hello,  Wondering what this is. We’ve been seeing them all around our deck outside. We are in central Alberta. It’s summer now (June) and I’d say I’ve been seeing them for a few weeks. I see them by themselves and are about the size of my pinkie finger.   Can you help?  Thank you! Darleina

This is a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); it looks like Cryptorhynchus lapathi, known as the poplar and willow borer. See http://tinyurl.com/jze2mcc for an image. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.