Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Long-nosed weevils

Aoplocnemis rufipes

Description:

Small weevils with red legs, black elytra, head, thorax with some flacks of white/ About 14mm long.

Habitat:

In a local nature reserve.

Notes:

This weevil is appearing occasionally with a mis-spelled scientific name. 'Aoplocnemus'
family: CURCULIONIDAE
subfamily: Cyclominae
tribe: Aterpini
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Aoplocnemi...

1 Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

4 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Thanks, Mark. Let's take the good things...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Aoplocnemus should be Aoplocnemis. This bad spelling is being copied around the web. I have notified all parties except for Ken Harris at Morwell National Park. This is why I didn't put the ID on immediately and wasted another hour this morning. The web can be a bad thing as well as good.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks bayucca. Still too many things going on.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 15, 2014
Submitted on Nov 17, 2014

Related Spottings

Aoplocnemis tasmanicus Weevil pair Psyllid riding Curculionid Long-nosed Weevil

Nearby Spottings

Native bee (deceased) Long antennae crane fly Concealer moth Magpie moth larva
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team