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FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Eucalyptus Weevils that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm, This weevil camouflaged as a gum nut.
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- The Eucalyptus Weevil is brown in colour. When it sits next to the
gum nuts, it is hard to tell which is which. The adults and larvae both feed
on leaves of different gum trees.
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- Those pictures was taken in Alexandra Hill in mid summer.
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- We also found this weevil in Karawatha Forest. The weevil is common on gum
trees.
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- Searched the internet by its scientific name and found that it is a pest
in Eucalyptus forest industry all over the world.
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- Pictures were taken on Nov 2006 in Karawatha Forest.
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- Pictures taken on Jun 2007 in Karawatha Forest Rocky track.
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- Pictures taken on Nov 2007 in Karawatha Forest.
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  - Pictures
taken on Jan 2008 in Karawatha Forest.
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- Pictures
taken on March 2008 near the Lagoon in Karawatha Forest. This one looked
slightly different than the others, could be different species.
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- Pictures taken on March 2008 in Mt Coot-tha.
Pictures taken on May 2008 near Buhot Creek.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 682.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p242.
- 3. Australian
Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 563.
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