Garden weevil at Freshwater Creek, VIC
Identification history
| Phlyctinus callosus | 17 Jun 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Phlyctinus callosus | 17 Jun 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Curculionidae (family) | 16 Dec 2024 | WendyEM |
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User's notes
noticed lots of chewing on this reportedly quite poisonous plant. At night discovered the plants had many of this weevils chewing away
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KimberiRP
wrote:
17 Jun 2025
Garden weevil, Phlyctinus callosus. Accidentally introduced from South Africa in the late 1880s. Garden pest.
Location information
- Coordinates 144.269376-38.252595
- Places Freshwater Creek, VIC
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 15 Dec 2024 12:21 AM Recorded on
- WendyEM Recorded by
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WendyEM NatureMapr Phlyctinus callosus Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Melianthus major* Cape Honey Flower Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Phlyctinus callosus Scientific name
- Garden weevil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 731.4m Recorded at altitude
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