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A Trial Release for New Zealand's Rare Canterbury Knobbled Weevil

New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) worked with Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua on a trial. They have released a group of captive-bred beetles into the Ōtūwharekai/Ashburton Lakes area. This rare beetle is called the Canterbury knobbled weevil.

Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Department of Conservation (New Zealand). Read the original for the full report.