A terrestrial weevil at Booth, ACT
Identification history
| Amycterus morbillosus | 5 Sep 2024 | KimberiRP | ||
| Amycterus morbillosus | 2 Aug 2024 | KimberiRP | ||
| Amycterus abnormis | 21 Jan 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Jan 2019 | SWishart |
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User's notes
Just as I was about to take a photo of the underside of this dead beetle, and after dropping it a couple of times, it got up and walked off.
2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
23 Jan 2019
Playing dead is a common defensive trait in these weevils and can be very realistic
KimberiRP
wrote:
29 Jul 2024
Possibly Amycterus morbillosus. The environment at the location is atypical for Amycterus abnormis, which seems to favour drier and more open environments at lower altitudes.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.988080-35.798622
- Altitude 1465.5m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2019 02:16 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
Additional information
- Under a log Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Amycterus morbillosus Scientific name
- A terrestrial weevil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1465.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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