Variable Hidden-snout Weevil
Ventral, legs in
White Pebble Weevil
Dorsal
| Variable Hidden-snout Weevil Ventral, legs in | | White Pebble Weevil Dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | True Weevil (Curculionoidea: Curculionidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Variable Hidden-snout Weevil (Decilaus cf variegatus) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Ventral, legs splayed🔎 | ||||
Thank you Otto Bell for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~5mm long. While it did occasionally have it's snout protruding, as soon as we turned the light on, or it saw motion, it tucked it up, so couldn't get a shot of it. Otto said "Nice find. One of the true Decilaus, maybe D. variegatus although can't be sure." Similar Species: White Pebble Weevil (Elaeagna squamibunda) | |||||
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