Chrysolopus spectabilis

1 Botany Bay Weevil at Wodonga, VIC

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Identification history

	Chrysolopus spectabilis	2 Mar 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	2 Mar 2021	KylieWaldon

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This lone beetle was quite pretty; black with blue. Hard to get a pic of the front end it was facing towards the trunk on this small wattle tree which is in bud.

2 comments

Alburyconservationcompany wrote:

3 Mar 2021

Lovely colours and another first for you Kyliegw! Second recording of this species added to AW Nature Map and the first with a photo :)

KylieWaldon wrote:

4 Mar 2021

yay! I looked up the (white) history of this beetle and it was the first recorded on Captain Cooks trip to Botany Bay - hence name. I did look hard for others but could only see the one.

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2 Mar 2021 05:30 PM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr

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Chrysolopus spectabilis Scientific name
Botany Bay Weevil Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1422.08m Recorded at altitude
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