Araecerus palmaris
1 Dried Apple Weevil at Lyneham, ACT
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| Araecerus palmaris | KimberiRP | 28 Apr 2022 | |
| Curculionidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Apr 2022 | |
| Unverified | megsclass | 29 Mar 2022 |
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4 comments
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?
what do you think?
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.125304-35.251471
- Maps Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South
- Places Lyneham, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Mar 2022 12:11 PM Recorded on
- megsclass Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Weevils (Curculionoidea) megsclass Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Araecerus palmaris
Species information
- Araecerus palmaris Scientific name
- Dried Apple Weevil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 574.42m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Doticus palmaris
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