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- Weevils in this subfamily are medium size. They usually have the parallel
cylindrical body. Their rostrum is medium length.
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 - Adult climbing up on tree trunk.
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- Botany Bay Diamond Weevil, Diamond Beetle
 
- Chrysolopus spectabilis, body length 25mm
- We
found this weevil feeding alone on a young Acacia tree in Karawatha Park during
early simmer. This weevil has beautiful metallic green dots patterns on black. This weevil is famous in Australia natural
history because it was the first scientifically described Australian insect
species. More information and pictures please click on here.
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- Black Detritus Weevil
- Chrysolopus detritus, body length 12mm
- We found this black weevil in rainforest
near Mt Nebo during mid summer. Please also chick this page
for more information.
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- White-headed Weevil
- Aades griseatus, body length 12mm
- We found this weevil once on Banksia leaves. We also found it on gum tree
trunk in Karawatha Forest from during early summer.
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- Gum Tree Black
Weevil
- Scotasmus parvicornis, body length 15mm
- We saw this black weevil a few
times in
Karawatha Forest during mid summer. It was usually found climbing on large gum tree trunk.
More pictures can be found in this page.
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- White Weevil
- Pelororhinus sp., body length 12mm
- Above pictures was taken in Karawatha
Forest in mid summer. The weevil was wandering on a young gum tree.
- 1. Australian
Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 351.
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- Black Brown Weevil
- Aades cultratus, body length 12mm
- We saw this black and brown weevil once on gum tree trunk in Karawatha
Forest during mid summer. The weevil dropped onto the ground after we took the
above photo.
- 1. Australian
Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate
344.
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- Grey Weevil
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- Pelororhinus sp., body length 10mm
- 1. Australian
Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 351.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 682.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p241.
- 3. Beetles
of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers,
1987, p173.
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