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Psyllid riding Curculionid

Aoplocnemis clavipes

Description:

An unlikely hitchhiker. Some type of weevil got disturbed while mating (by me :-) and later I noticed it had a type of psillid attached to it's side. Psyllid is about 4mm and weevil is about 20mm.

Habitat:

On native 'sword grass' leaves in a local national park.

Notes:

Yet to search for either ID... maybe these two should not come in contact normally ?? Aoplocnemis rufipes? Aoplocnemis clavipes?

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Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 23, 2013
Submitted on Nov 23, 2013

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