Can you identify this sighting?
Identification history
| Leptopius sp. (genus) | 25 Mar 2026 | JasonPStewart |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
_Leptopius_ genus wonderful 'weevil beetle' – perhaps _Leptopius setosus_ ?
Please assist with identifying this – if possible – to species .
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 .
Be the first to comment
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
-
Collections
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Latest Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Randia audasii . Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes