Giraffe weevil
Lasiorhynchus barbicornis (Fabricius)
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Size range
- New Zealand’s longest beetle. Female 45 mm, Male 70 mm.
Distribution
- Native to New Zealand
Life History
- Eggs laid in bark of dead or dying trees and branches in early summer
- Larvae live in the log for two years
- Emergence hole is square
- Adults live only two weeks
