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New species??

Belid weevil?

Found on a Croton arnhemicus
in the Rainforest Patch.
7mm long.

Attracted to UV 40w light, suburban garden.

Litter sample; very small

very small; see https://www.insetologia.com.br/2021/02/gorgulho-odontopus-em-brasilia.html from https://inaturalist.ca/observations/66443907
Found on flowering avocado tree, Persea sp

2mm long

P2

body length 4.5 mm

Observed with permitted guide within Hakalau Forest NWR.

Caught in a Malaise trap set in forest understorey. Second photo shows an anthribid caught in the same trap (see here ).

Caught in a Malaise trap set in forest understorey.

20 meters out in a rockpool??

Extremely small!

observation of the beetle, for ant see: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129480464#activity_identification_933c2778-e5ba-4875-a0f3-d789d3e3376e

Many of these seen on Eucalypus sp.

11mm

10mm body

Weevil on Acacia sp. along the Spring Hill Access Road toward the Warang Section of the White Mountains National Park west of Torrens Creek, Queensland, Australia. July 2022.

Field Notes - A weevil on my Lychee tree! It froze in the prayer position!

Weevil in Toowoomba

Weevil

tiny