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The adults are found mostly on the larval food plants such as polypore fungi or decaying plant matter and under the bark of dead/dying trees. Larvae feed on vegetable material. 
The adults are found mostly on the larval food plants such as polypore fungi or decaying plant matter and under the bark of dead/dying trees. Larvae feed on vegetable material. 


The photo below is of weevil in the Genus Cacephatus
The photo below is of weevil in the Genus Cacephatus[[File:Fungus weevil Family Anthribidae.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]
 


[[File:Fungus weevil Family Anthribidae-001.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]


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Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:     Arthropoda
Class:        Insecta
Order:       Coleoptera
Suborder:   Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily:       Curculionoidea
Family:      Anthribidae
Common name: Fungus weevils

Anthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed. They have a head with a broad flat beak, antennae that are not elbowed. Body is robust and is usually brownish and very often mottled with patches of white, grey, brown or straw-coloured hairs.
The adults are found mostly on the larval food plants such as polypore fungi or decaying plant matter and under the bark of dead/dying trees. Larvae feed on vegetable material. 

The photo below is of weevil in the Genus CacephatusFungus weevil Family Anthribidae.JPG

Fungus weevil Family Anthribidae-001.JPG

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