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Broad-nosed Weevil

Description:

small weevil, less than half an inch long. Broad Nosed Weevils are any of the species of weevils belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Entiminae.

Habitat:

Churchill National Park

Notes:

http://creationwiki.org/Broad-nosed_weev...

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5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Unfortunately these weevils are amongst the most common and diverse and tricky to ID down to genus and species level.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entiminae
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Thank you bayucca, that name is appropriate...

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago

A wee weevil.

lori.tas
lori.tas 9 years ago

So cute.

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Curculionidae, Entiminae, Broad-nosed Weevil.

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 11, 2014
Submitted on Oct 14, 2014

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