New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_7917 Giraffe weevil, or tuwhaipapa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) NZ's longest beetle. Large male with smaller female on right. The coloured 'spots' are markings made by a researcher studying behaviour. Common in spring and summer on trunks and logs in North Island, and northern South Island forests. Matuku Reserve, Waitakere Ranges

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DSC_7917 Giraffe weevil, or tuwhaipapa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) NZ's longest beetle. Large male with smaller female on right. The coloured 'spots' are markings made by a researcher studying behaviour. Common in spring and summer on trunks and logs in North Island, and northern South Island forests. Matuku Reserve, Waitakere Ranges

dsc 7917 Giraffe weevil tuwhaipapa Lasiorhynchus barbicornis longest beetle male female large small Matuku Reserve Waitakere Ranges