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Psapharus ruficornis
A black weevil with broad white stripes and yellow antennae.
On eucalyptus in a nationaal park.
Seen before in Anglesea heathland. This habitat is also similar to heathland.
Spotted on Mar 25, 2015
Submitted on Mar 25, 2015
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Thanks Pam. Yes, I recall cjhasing weevils with you. These were numerous on the (only) two occasions when I saw them.
Great spotting martin, and I love the mating ones on Bowerbird. I am very partial to weevils !!
I hadn't looked closely at those bits.
Here are the anglesea specimens that have kindly already been identified for me on Bowerbird. They were awake, and show the antennae well.
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Nice one. Pity the antennae are partly shortened? Do you think the left one was complete?