Thread: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?
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Old 10-12-2017, 12:51 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?
Alva is correct, it is Banana Corm Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus.

Here are some resources:

Cosmopolites sordidus

banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus)

http://www.it2.fr/wp-content/uploads...ns_ANG_BD1.pdf
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