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Tiny weevil

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Looking a bit lost because he was just turning around in circles, a tiny (3mm) black weevil sharing a eucalyptus leaf with a clam-like shell lerp.

Habitat:

Eucalyptus microcarpa in suburban back yard.

Notes:

Curculionidae - also 'snout beetles' - Yet to search for ID.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Mark Ridgway
Hi casualcasualties0010. Thanks heaps for your suggestion. The one you have described doesn't live in Australia as far as I can tell. Also he's sort of a different shape too. Guess I'll have to keep looking for an Aussie one.

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia

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PublishedOctober 28, 2012

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