New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_7964 Giraffe weevil, or tuwhaipapa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) NZ's longest beetle. Large male with smaller male on right. Males have antennae on the tip of the 'nose'. 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_7964 Giraffe weevil, or tuwhaipapa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) NZ's longest beetle. Large male with smaller male on right. Males have antennae on the tip of the 'nose'. Common in spring and summer on trunks and logs in North Island, and northern South Island forests. Matuku Reserve, Waitakere Ranges *

DSC 7964 Giraffe weevil tuwhaipapa Lasiorhynchus barbicornis longest beetle males large small Matuku Reserve Waitakere Ranges