A close-up of a cycad strobilus with bright red sarcotesta on an Encephalartos species with a female Cycad Weevil is visible on one of the scales.

A close-up of a cycad strobilus with bright red sarcotesta on an Encephalartos species with a female Cycad Weevil is visible on one of the scales.

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Image ID: 2BP07Y7

A close-up of a cycad strobilus (cone) with bright red sarcotesta (fleshy seed covering) on an Encephalartos species (likely Encephalartos lebomboensis) growing in a park in Pretoria. On one of the cone scales is a female Cycad Weevil (Antliarhinus zamiae).

Location: Jan Cilliers Park, Groenkloof, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.