Platypus is a weevil genus in the subfamily Platypodinae. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Platypus. Wikispecies has information related to Platypus. ^ Adam White (1846). "Insects of …

Adult oak pinhole borer beetles are 5-8 mm long, somewhat rectangular, and are pitch-brown to almost black. Compared to oak-feeding bark beetles (Scolytinae), P. cylindrus are usually …

Description: A black and yellow beetle that mimics the patterning of a wasp, with several yellow bands across the wing cases. It has long antennae (though relatively short for a longhorn …

The oak pinhole borer, Platypus cylindrus is the only indigenous member of the subfamily Platypodinae and one of the few ‘ambrosia beetle’ species found in Britain.

Adult beetles are 6-8 mm long. The adults are at their most active between July and September. The female bores into unbarked tree trunks or dying trees. When boring into, woodchip debris …

Apr 10, 2024 · Discover how you can help baby animals thrive and give endangered species like the platypus, eastern quoll and brush-tailed bettong a future. Despite being a renowned …

Platypus Biology The platypus’s distinctive evolutionary history means that many aspects of platypus biology are unusual and interesting. In this section you can read about:

It turns out there was already a genus of beetle called Platypus, so science reconciled the two names to Ornithorhynchus anatinus, which is still its scientific name today. “Platypus” stuck as …

Platypus cylindrus, commonly known as the oak pinhole borer, is a species of ambrosia beetle in the weevil subfamily Scolytinae. The adults and larvae burrow under the bark of mature oak …

Platypus apicalis, known by its common name the New Zealand pinhole boring beetle, is a wood-boring beetle endemic to New Zealand and found throughout the North and South Island in a …