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Chrissie Painting has contributed 1 entries to our website, so far.

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Weasley weevils

Aug 8, 2011

I love bizarre creatures, and so I count myself pretty lucky to study one of New Zealand’s most fascinating invertebrates, the giraffe weevil or tuwhaipapa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis). About two years ago I met with my supervisor-to-be Dr. Greg Holwell at the University of Auckland to chat about potential PhD projects. He asked me whether I […]

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