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Dee777 Melbourne, Australia Jan 27, 2011

Found it outside in Melbourne. It was around 5 cm big.
Thanks for helping

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jan 28, 2011

This is a short-snouted/broad-nosed weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; subfamily Entiminae) - see http://tinyurl.com/48n2h7j for an example. Members of this subfamily tend to be root feeders as larvae and leaf feeders (usually 'notching' leaf margins) as adults.

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