Fruit-tree root weevil (Leptupius robustus) 2016

CRANNEY, Kate

Registration number

1908699

Artist/maker

CRANNEY, Kate

Title

Fruit-tree root weevil (Leptupius robustus)

Production date

2016

Medium

ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

29.7 x 42 cm (paper size)

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Kate Cranney (www.katecranney.com)

Keywords

Kate Cranney, weevil, The Little Things That Run the City, 2016, drawing

Summary

This drawing depicts an adult weevil on the outline of a leaf. Fruit-tree root weevils are a type of beetle. They bore into plants with their snout. Fruit-tree root weevils are just one of more than 375,000 beetle species in the world. Beetles are the most common type of insect living alongside us in the City of Melbourne. The illustration was drawn by Kate Cranney for the City of Melbourne's publication 'The Little Things that Run the City'. The book explores the diversity of insects we have within our city’s boundaries and examines what we can do to help them survive and thrive.