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Male Giraffe Weevil, Tawa Bay
Marlborough Sounds: Male Giraffe Weevil, Tawa Bay
Apparently not a 'true' weevil, but a rather primitive one of the Brenthidae family. The Maori name is tuwhaipapa, which translates as god of newly-made canoes.

December 2001