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
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.