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Cercidocerus sp
large weevil, huge antennae, possibly Cercidocerus indicator
montane rainforest, 1200m
Gunung Halimun national park.
Spotted on Dec 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 28, 2014
10 Comments
Thanks Wild Things and bayucca for the ID. It certainly looks very close to Cercidocerus indicator to me.
Lovely find Dan!
Curculionoidea, Dryophthoridae, some kind of a Palm Weevil. My closest hint I found would be Cercidocerus indicator or similar, maybe the same genus? But the markings are slightly different for really being Cercidocerus indicator, at least in my eyes...
http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id176437/
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id895202/
http://www.meloidae.com/en/pictures/2917...
http://www.meloidae.com/en/pictures/2878...
http://www.nodai.ac.jp/agri/original/kon...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/193...
Thanks shekainah, Mark, kel, Sigg and Rob. Mark, I'm not sure if it's in that family but it looks like I've spotted some others that probably are Brentidae.
Nice weevil Dan
Great photo!
beautiful beetle, daniel. It has shoes on the antenna.
Brentidae family? Fabulous antennae !
Very interesting spot Dan
Just thinkin' fiction , this antennae can create a tremendous shock wave when she claps them. Stan lee should see this. :)