Spotted Belid Weevil
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Ellura
Red Belid Weevil
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Spotted Belid Weevil (Rhinotia niveopilosa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Belid Weevil (Curculionoidea: Belidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Spotted Belid Weevil (Rhinotia niveopilosa)
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Thank you Boris Büche for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:

Copyright © 2012-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-Nov-2012
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.