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- ? Asceprnodes sp.
FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Botany Bay Diamond
Weevils that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia
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- Body length 10mm
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- We found this mating couple on a Swamp Banksia leaf in Alexandra Hill during mid
summer. They are slow moving.
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The Host Plant
- Swamp Banksia, Broad-leaved Banksia
- Banksia robur, family Proteaceae
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- The plants can be found in Alexandra Hill and Karawatha Forest, which
usually grow in large group with each about one meter high. The plants have
larger leaves than other Banksia species. Flowers are greenish-yellow in
colour.
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- Reference:
- 1. Australian
Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 196.
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