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Eupholus schoenherri mimikanus INDONESIA

£4.95

Mimikanus Blue Snout Weevil 

Sex: Male or FM

Quality: A1-/A1 (good to perfect)

Format: Papered/unmounted, requires relaxing and setting

Availability: 50 in stock SKU: WB15894

Description

Taxonomy Identification: Family Curculionidae, first identified by Heller in 1923

Colour: Overall colouration blue with metallic blue and black bands, highly variable.

Size: Length from tip of snout to end of abdomen 24-30mm – excludes legs and antenna

Comments & Applications: A lovely metallic blue and black weevil from Jayapura, Papua Indonesia. One for the connoisseur collector.

Weevils are popular among the art and design industry. Used in framing, domes, artwork, photography, film and jewellery applications

Format: Unmounted, legs/antenna folded, dried in the packet, requires relaxing and setting

More information: External link– Captive Breeding