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Scientific Name

Match	Scientific Name
	Curculionidae

This common name refers to only one family.

Beetle Family Curculionidae

These are often called Weevils.

I haven't listed all of the genera in this huge beetle family of 60,000 species; just the one(s) I've found being eaten by trout.

Polydrusus (Green Weevils) Beetle Adult

View 3 PicturesThis is an iridescent green terrestrial (Terrestrial: Insects which live on land and are fed on by trout only when they incidentally fall into the water are known as "terrestrials" to fly anglers, and they're very important in late summer.) beetle. They're common in northern Wisconsin's forests during the middle of summer, and I found them on the water's surface more than any other terrestrial (Terrestrial: Insects which live on land and are fed on by trout only when they incidentally fall into the water are known as "terrestrials" to fly anglers, and they're very important in late summer.) insect. I saw the trout take a few and caught some trout on an imitation.

Collected July 31, 2004 from in
Added to Troutnut.com by on January 25, 2006

Weevils

Beetle Family Curculionidae

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