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Black Gum Tree Weevil - Scotasmus parvicornis

FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about Gum Tree Black Weevils that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 15mm
 
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We saw this black weevil a few times in Karawatha Forest during mid summer. It was usually found climbing on large gum tree trunk.   
 
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On a mid-summer morning, we also found this black weevil resting on leaf. It was slow moving. Did not quite move even we touched it.
 
Reference:
1. Australian Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 288. 

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