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Orthorhinus cylindrirostris
It is a brown grey weevil with a long slender snout and long forelegs. The body has thick black or brown scales. The antennae are clubbed and form an L shape with a distinct elbow. Males antennae are located much closer to the point of the snout than females. Males also have longer forelegs than females. Size: length 10mm to 20mm. Females are shorter than males.
Food: The Elephant Weevil adults and larvae feed on eucalypts and a variety of other plants. They are a pest of cultivated vine crops. Breeding: The larva is a creamy white grub with a brown head and curl up to form a c-shape. The pupa starts of almost transparent and become darker brown as it develops.
Spotted on Feb 26, 2014
Submitted on Feb 26, 2014
21 Comments
Thanks to all for your comments on this spotting.
Congrats on spotting of the day! :) It DOES look like something from another planet! :)
SOTD, good one MacC! Go Elephant beetles...!!!
Congrats on a nice SOTD! Many of your other spottings could easily be another SOTD.
Congratulations, Mac! This is a great spotting. I'm curious what the habitat was.
samirali
Great capture MacChristiansen,gorgeous macro,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing
Stunning! Absolutely gorgeous capture!! :-)))
Stunning details!!!
Yes ! an elephant weevil with attitude. Great spotting - Congratulations !!
Superb livery on this one Mac and great shots. Congratulations.
Wow! Fantastic spotting. Congrats on your well-deserved SOTD nod.
Congrats Mac!
Absolutely love weevils, Mac, and this one is superb!
Congratulations! I love it.
An excellent spotting and photo, Mac. Congrats on your SOTD.
Mac, this awesome little weevil was an easy choice for Spotting of the Day! What a cool little creature. Congrats!
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Added ID, Thanks for the suggestion KD
Love the pose & look of this one! Would it be this particular species - Orthorhinus cylindrirostris. Longer snout than ones I have photographed. They are really interesting & varied beetles.
Thanks Jennifer
Wow! It looks like something out of a Star Wars movie.