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Subfamily Cryptorhynchinae - Backward-nosed Weevils

This is a large subfamily. Members are usually have relatively long legs and with a long backwardly directed rostrum.
 
 
 
Backward-nosed Weevil 
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Eleagna sp., body length 10mm
 
Above pictures was taken in Moorooka in late summer.
 
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Pictures were taken on Nov 2007 near Bulimba Creek in Sunnybank. 
 
 

Reference:
1. Australian Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 425.

 
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