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Aporhina pulchra
Thanks to PN user thaptor (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/120...), I've finally been able to ID this guy (hope I'm correct)! Many thanks! The picture is far from great, but I thought the spotting is interesting. Weevil of about 8mm from snout to tip of the abdomen; orange in colour with black head and a cross-shaped black stripe running from behind the head over thorax and elytra, extending laterally over the two conspicuous spines on the weevil's rear end; legs and straight clubbed antennae are also black.
Rainforest around lake Eacham in the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Spotted on Jan 19, 2009
Submitted on Nov 9, 2016
12 Comments
Thanks Leuba! I do specialise in photography and think the picture isn't that great. It still shows the animal well enough. :-)
...and Felix, if photography was the focus, half my spottings wouldn't stand a chance ! :)
I did not register your comment -the photo is great, really.
Thanks, Jim. I appreciate that.
Actually, I take issue with one of your comments above, Felix. I think the photo is pretty good. Nice spotting!
Makes it all the more interesting.
I think, it is an uncommon species generally. ALA has only one record:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Thank you Daniele and Liana. It took me several years to actually ID it, because I couldn't find anything on it.
Cool and very special little Weevil!!! :)
Special! There seems to be very little information available online about this genus.
Thanks for the confirmation, thaptor! Much appreciated.
Thank you Leuba :-)
Great looking weevil ! They don't make them this interesting down South. Thanks for sharing this Felix.
Yes, Felix, this is the one!
(formerly called A. splendida Blackburn, 1894 - did not find out why the name changed in 2004)