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| Leptopius sp. (genus) | JasonPStewart | 25 Mar 2026 |
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_Leptopius_ genus wonderful 'weevil beetle' – perhaps _Leptopius setosus_ ?
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Healthy lowland floodplain tropical rain forest,
apparently healthy wonderful brown weevil beetle, with conical bumps all over its surface;
walking on the foliage of the _Randia audasii_ flowering tree just previously photographed ( https://naturemapr.org/sightings/4724305 ) .
On my hand for photography purposes and then returned back to the foliage it walked onto my hand from .
Mossman River lowland floodplain distributary creek, well inland hence upstream of Mossman town .
2015 January 30th 4:49–4:52 pm .
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- Randia audasii . Associated plant
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