Doticus palmaris

1 Dried Apple Weevil at Lyneham, ACT

Doticus palmaris at Lyneham, ACT - 28 Mar 2022
Doticus palmaris at Lyneham, ACT - 28 Mar 2022
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Doticus palmaris 28 Apr 2022 KimberiRP
Curculionidae (family) 11 Apr 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 29 Mar 2022 megsclass

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4 comments

   29 Mar 2022
Maybe our Beetle folk can explain the front feet.
megsclass wrote:
   29 Mar 2022
When we were wondering about it, we thought that maybe they were used for landing on water?
   11 Apr 2022
Some beetles have big feet on which the underside has many hairs which help the beetle stick to a leaf, a bit like a velcro strap. You can image that being on a leaf high up in a tree you get blown around a lot and having sticky feet would add to your stability, but I am just guessing @KimberiRP
what do you think?
KimberiRP wrote:
   28 Apr 2022
A male. In a number of weevil species, such as this one, the males have a larger prothorax and longer front legs with enlarged tarsi (feet). It is probably confers an advantage when several males are tussling over a female.

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