New Zealand Invertebrates
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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 *
DSC7964Giraffe weeviltuwhaipapaLasiorhynchusbarbicornislongestbeetlemaleslargesmallMatuku ReserveWaitakere Ranges