Beetle id help

A buddy of mine has a rather continuous supply of these guys to photograph crawling up his basement walls.

Does anyone have a clue what it is?

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it's a Black weevil

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zippy25 wrote in post #3871169
It looks like a bug to me...quote]

i bet that helped alot. just joking with u..

Anything I can do to help...

David
I'm quite an optimist, quite happy in life, quite smiley

“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows"

Ross McT.
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Just trying to master what I have.

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