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  Asian Palm Weevils

 

Thailand

A female and male Asian Palm Weevil, a species of beetle also commonly known as Red Palm Weevil and in Thai called duang maprao, i.e. coconut beetle’. Adults are a rusty red with black markings and around 3 centimetres long and have an elongated snout known as a rostrum. They are sexually dimorphic, with males having more and larger black markings and females being slightly larger and wider than males.

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