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The adults are found mostly on the larval food plants such as polypore fungi or decaying plant matter and under the bark of dead/dying trees. Larvae feed on vegetable material. | The adults are found mostly on the larval food plants such as polypore fungi or decaying plant matter and under the bark of dead/dying trees. Larvae feed on vegetable material. | ||
The photo below is of weevil in the Genus Cacephatus | The photo below is of weevil in the Genus Cacephatus[[File:Fungus weevil Family Anthribidae.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Anthribidae
Common name: Fungus weevils
Anthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed. They have a head with a broad flat beak, antennae that are not elbowed. Body is robust and is usually brownish and very often mottled with patches of white, grey, brown or straw-coloured hairs.
The adults are found mostly on the larval food plants such as polypore fungi or decaying plant matter and under the bark of dead/dying trees. Larvae feed on vegetable material.
The photo below is of weevil in the Genus Cacephatus
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
