New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_8600 Knobbled weevil (Hadramphus stilbocarae) habitat, with the host plant Anisotome lyalli growing above hide tide at the back of the beach. The large flightless weevil is vulnerable to rat predation and now only survives on rat-free islands. Two other known weevil host plants are the megaherbs Stilbocarpa lyalli and S. robusta. Sealers Bay, Chalky Island, Fiordland *