New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-66807 Giraffe weevil, or tuwhaipapa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) NZ's longest beetle. Male with it's antennae on the tip of the 'nose', on nikau palm frond. Common in spring and summer on trunks and logs in North Island, and northern South Island forests. Marlborough Sounds *

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11005-66807 Giraffe weevil, or tuwhaipapa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) NZ's longest beetle. Male with it's antennae on the tip of the 'nose', on nikau palm frond. Common in spring and summer on trunks and logs in North Island, and northern South Island forests. Marlborough Sounds *

66807 Giraffe weevil tuwhaipapa Lasiorhynchus barbicornis longest beetle male nikau Marlborough Sounds