Orthorhinus cylindrirostris

Elephant Weevil at Conder, ACT

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

   5 Jan 2020

I looked at Orthorhinus cylindrirostris. While superficially similar, it seemed to be much smaller than the one I recorded before:
Orthorhinus cylindrirostris (Elephant weevil) on 12 Jan 2017
Orthorhinus klugii has similar bumps on its body, but it is much smaller than this specimen:
Orthorhinus klugii (Vine weevil) on 11 Mar 2018
Maybe we have an Orthorhinus species, but not these two.

KimPullen wrote:

   11 Jan 2020

Orthorhinus cylindrirostris, like many wood borers, is quite variable in size. The markings on this one are typical cylindrirostris.

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.101476-35.464721
• Altitude 620.0m
• Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
• Places Conder, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 20 Nov 2019 11:18 PM Recorded on
• MichaelBedingfield Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

• Orthorhinus cylindrirostris Scientific name
• Elephant Weevil Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1149.7m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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