Chrysolopus spectabilis
1 Botany Bay Weevil at Mittagong, NSW
Identification history
| Chrysolopus spectabilis | 5 Mar 2020 | BLSHTwo | ||
| Chrysolopus spectabilis | 5 Mar 2020 | KarenG |
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User's notes
This one was found on Acacia terminalis. There was another one a few metres away.
2 comments
BLSHTwo
wrote:
6 Mar 2020
Did you know that this species of weevil was the first insect to be described from Australia, collected during James Cooks first voyage! According to Wikipedia anyway!?
Location information
- Coordinates 150.441467-34.445689
- Altitude 616.4m
- Places Mittagong, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2020 11:13 AM Recorded on
- KarenG Recorded by
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KarenG Southern Highlands NatureMapr Chrysolopus spectabilis Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chrysolopus spectabilis Scientific name
- Botany Bay Weevil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1422.08m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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5 / 7
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