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Family BELIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Semi-punctated Belid
Weevils that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 15mm
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- This beetle was first found in a front yard in Yeerongpilly
in summer 2003. It look like a true weevil family member but its antenna is straight
and not clubbed.
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- We also found it in Karawatha Forest on Acacia during early summer. This
beetle is ready to fly when we come too closely.
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- Found them again in Karawatha Forest during early summer Nov 2006.
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- Pictures
were taken on Oct 2007 in Karawatha Forest Dentata Track.
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- Pictures
were taken on Nov 2007 in Karawatha Forest.
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- Reference:
- 1. Beetles
of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson
Publishers, 1987, p125.
- 2. Australian Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate
42.
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