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Ipterogonus cionoides
These small weevils were huddled together - two were mating and one other was wrapped around the front of the female weevil. They would have each been about 5 mm long with a humped back, short rostrum and elbowed antennae. The elytra had three broad brown bands fringed with short pale setae. The thorax had a pale median line which seemed to extend along the body as the inner margin of each elytron . Legs and antennae were pale.
Spotted on Kunzea in a national park (Churchill National Park)
These were mistaken for dried kunzea seed pods at first. My thanks to Mark Ridgway for helping me with the ID.
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily Gonipterinae
Spotted on Apr 30, 2017
Submitted on May 3, 2017
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