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Image: Female Lasiorhynchus barbicornis

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Description: A female New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) taken at Matuku Reserve. Having the antennae halfway back from the end of the rostrum allows the female to chew an egg-laying hole into a tree trunk.
Title: Female Lasiorhynchus barbicornis
Credit: Supplied by author for uploading to Commons
Author: Christina Painting
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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