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Papuan giant weevil -
Papoeaanse reuzensnuitkever
-
Eupholus schoenherri

Image ID:
6523
Date: 
15/06/2011
Location: 
Mokwam,
Arfaks,
West Papua,
Indonesia
Description: 

Eupholus is a genus of very colorful and spectacularly big weevils (a few centimetres large), found only in Papua and it's satelite islands. Most of them feed on yam leaves, some of which them are toxic to other animals.

Keywords: 
Beetle |
weevil |
tropical weevil |
giant weevil |
eupholus |
eupholus schoenherri |
kever |
snuitkever |
tropische snuitkever |
forest |
tropical |
tropical forest |
mountains |
mountain rainforest |
rainforest |
tropical rainforest |
forested hills |
mountain forest |
Arfaks |
Arfak Mountains |
Vogelkop Peninsula |
Sioubri |
West Papua |
Indonesia |
regenwoud |
bergregenwoud |
beboste heuvels |
tropisch regenwoud |
endeem |
endemic |
Papua endemic |
Papua endeem |
yam
Category: 
Other Beetles - other Coleoptera |
Curculionoidea |
Favourites |
Places |
New Guinea and Pacific Islands |
West Papua, Indonesia |
Arfak Mountains |
Portfolio West Papua
Image type: 
Digital
Link to image:
http://bernardvanelegem.com/image/papuan-giant-weevil-1

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