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Botany Bay Weevil - Chrysolopus spectabilis Card

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Australian native insect

Reproduced from an original watercolour painting by Cheryl Hodges

Greeting card 10 x 15cm, blank inside with white envelope


Text on reverse of card reads:

The striking Botany Bay Weevil caught the eye of Banks and Solander

during their voyage on the Endeavour in 1770, and became one of only five

insects collected. This was the first Australian insect officially described,

with Danish entomologist Johann Christian Fabricius naming it Curculio

spectabilis - spectabilis translating to admirable or remarkable, because of its

beautiful iridescent blue/green scales. In 1817 the genus was transferred to

Chrysolopus, resulting in its current name Chrysolopus spectabilis.

This weevil occurs in the eastern and southern states of Australia, and

grows to approximately 25mm long. It feeds almost exclusively on particular

species of Acacia.

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