Myrmex myrmex

Myrmex myrmex · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Curculionidae

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Myrmex myrmex
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It lives in dead or dying wood of American sycamore trees. The species occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Myrmex myrmex belongs to the weevil family Curculionidae and resembles an ant.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It develops inside dead or dying wood of American sycamore.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found across North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 23 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Georgia.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Myrmex myrmex photo 2
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Myrmex myrmex photo 3
Photo: Will Kuhn, CC BY
Myrmex myrmex photo 4
Photo: Sean Golden, CC BY
Myrmex myrmex photo 5
Photo: Bill Keim, CC BY

Same family (Curculionidae)

Green Immigrant Leaf WeevilGreen Immigrant Leaf WeevilPolydrusus formosusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack Vine WeevilBlack Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsNettle weevilNettle weevilPhyllobius pomaceusDamages trees, gardens or cropsAsian Oak WeevilAsian Oak WeevilCyrtepistomus castaneusDamages trees, gardens or cropsStrawberry Root WeevilStrawberry Root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Leaf WeevilCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmex_myrmex

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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