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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Beetles (Coleoptera)
	Family:	True Weevil (Curculionoidea: Curculionidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Eucalypt Weevil (Gonipterus sp)
	This Photo:	Adults
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere The larva create a faecal shield to help protect from predators. They skeletonise gum leaves.
	Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 04-Sep-2011
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.