Chrysolopus spectabilis

1 Botany Bay Weevil at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Chrysolopus spectabilis at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 8 May 2024
Chrysolopus spectabilis at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 8 May 2024
Chrysolopus spectabilis at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 8 May 2024
Chrysolopus spectabilis at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 8 May 2024
Chrysolopus spectabilis at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 8 May 2024
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Chrysolopus spectabilis 10 May 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Chrysolopus spectabilis 10 May 2024 TimL

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Thanks to Barbara for the initial sighting of the weevil. Close inspection of the images shows a passenger on the weevil's wing casing, towards the centre of the first image. This is shown in greater detail in following sighting 4570654. The final image is a macro stack showing the scales that make up the pattern on this type of weevil.

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   11 May 2024
This is cool. I have found a bit of shell that belongs to this beetle.

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