|
| |
Family BELIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Red Weevil Beetles that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
-
 - Body length 20mm
-
- This is the Belid
Beetle that mimics Lycid Beetle.
The brick-red and black colours of of Lycid Beetle are a warning to predators
that the beetle is highly toxic and distasteful. Many other insects includes
this weevil, mimic its colours.
-
 
-
- On Oct 2004, in White Hill, we found
this beetle alone on a young Acacia tree. It was slow moving, did not
even fly away when we came very close.
-
 
-
- This beetle can be found on different species of Acacia trees. They
are quite common in Brisbane Eucalypt forest.
-
-
- The weevil is slow moving, will drop onto the ground if disturbed. Females
gnaw and lay eggs on the underside of Acacia branches. Larvae hatch
and chew their way into the stem.
-
- Reference:
- 1. Beetles
of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson
Publishers, 1987, p124.
- 2. Australian Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 35.
[ Up ] [ Semi-punctated Belid ] [ Sutural Belid ] [ Brown Belid ] [ Red Weevil ]
|
