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Scientific name: Dorytomus longimanus (Forster, 1771) Common name: French name: Order: Coleoptera Family: Curculionidae Wingspan : 6-8 mm. Biotope: Next to Poplars. Geographic area: Europe, North Africa. Observation period : April to September. |
Males Dorytomus longimanus are characterized by very very long fore legs. Females have normal size fore legs. The rostrum is elongated and shiny black coloured. There is a pale form with a pale brown body slightly marbled with darker marks, and a dark form, almost black with pale hairs. Larvae grow on Poplars, in catkins or young shoots. |
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The long fore legs and the shiny black rostrum are typical of a male Dorytomus longimanus. |
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This Curculionidae stayed perfectly immobile during the photo session in spite of a photograph, on hands and knees, getting very close to it. |
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A plantation of poplars in the vicinity may explain the observation of Dorytomus longimanus at this place. I have found it among vegetation near the ground. |
André Bon April 2011