b_age, to random German
@b_age@troet.cafe avatar

It's . Post 'em if you got 'em.

ein deutscher trägrüssler, vermutlich



plazi_species, to science
@plazi_species@mastodon.green avatar

!
New weevil from just crawled by:

Eupholus sulisi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF6187DA-FFD8-7C0B-07DF-96876240840E
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.3.7


Spaceways, to random
@Spaceways@toot.community avatar

12/05/2024 - Large Pine Weevils have excellent snouts!

twizzt, to colombia
@twizzt@sauropods.win avatar

Happy Wednesday! This is a cactus eating weevil. I didn't have a lens that allowed me to zoom out to capture the plant better unfortunately.

albertcardona, to random
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz avatar

Ceutorhynchus sp. weevil.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/213954264

plazi_species, to Philippines
@plazi_species@mastodon.green avatar


New true weevil from the just crawled by:

Eumacrocyrtus robertfoxi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9927681-7082-4484-A6A7-DA5F14EA7C68
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1191.110217


pogomcl, to random
@pogomcl@ohai.social avatar

Ant attack: Cyphocleonus dealbatus, Marbled Weevil gets a frontal assault Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/320 iso: 7/28/2010 Milovice, Czech Republic

twizzt, to colombia
@twizzt@sauropods.win avatar

Its everyones favorite day of the week again.

Perhaps not as bonkers as last week, but this is a rather large and slightly spiky flower weevil (Pteracanthus smidtii) hailing from the cloud forest in western Colombia

This is a 3/4 top side view of the same insect. It seems more red from the side and the setae on the legs and elytra seem to have a golden hue. The sides of its rostrum are an interesting cream color.

plazi_species, to science
@plazi_species@mastodon.green avatar


New weevil from Japan just came in!

Zherikhinia matobai

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE2320-1D7C-FFCF-FF77-6740FCF9FEE8
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5380.3.5


twizzt, to nature
@twizzt@sauropods.win avatar

For today's may I offer you this crazy thing from the cloud forest in Colombia. I believe its a Poecilogaster brevis. I'm going to call it the clown weevil.

twizzt, to colombia
@twizzt@sauropods.win avatar

I can't let die just yet... I'll keep it going with this tiny entry.

A straight on side shot of the same weevil clearly showing its long weevil snout. It's underside is even more densly packed with the silvery hairs. Unfortunately it isn't the clearest of images.

pogomcl, to random
@pogomcl@ohai.social avatar

Large Pine Weevil, Hylobius abietis Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/3.2 1/250 iso: 250 Celakovice-Jirina, czech Republic 5/5/2023

magneticcrow, to random
@magneticcrow@wandering.shop avatar

Oh yeah, it’s . Have a little acorn weevil

Another photograph of the acorn weevil, this one from above, so you get a better look at how tiny its head is and how fuzzy its wing casings.

TedG, to random
@TedG@pixelfed.social avatar

Boll weevil in watercolor
“Monumental” is the theme today. The boll weevil was responsible for monumental destruction of cotton farms in the late 19th / early 20th century in the southern US.

albertcardona, to random
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz avatar

Otiorhynchus cardiniger, an elegant weevil.

alexwild, to random
@alexwild@mastodon.online avatar

Homoeolabus analis, a leaf-rolling weevil, on live oak. Texas.

twizzt, to colombia
@twizzt@sauropods.win avatar

Ok, Crazy bonus

I can't help myself... I mean... WTF is this thing. It didn't want to sit still and kept dodging to the other side of the leaf so I don't have a photo with the whole thing in focus. What is the function of this form?

A side view of the same weevil with more in focus. You can see the stout slightly curved snout more clearly.

twizzt, to colombia
@twizzt@sauropods.win avatar

I almost missed

So here is a broadnosed weevil perhaps in Pandeleteius.

They can't all be crazy weevils...

twizzt, to colombia
@twizzt@sauropods.win avatar

Happy

I believe this huge weevil is Heilipus guttiger (corrections welcomed). This genus is referred to as the Avocado girdlers. This critter was found off the walking path at my hotel.

entsocamerica, to photography
@entsocamerica@arthropod.social avatar

Arthropod Photo of the Week: August 2, 2023
Leaf-rolling weevil
Euscelus fenestratus
Coleoptera: Attelabidae
By Alberto Sánchez Herrera, San José, Costa Rica

lionelb, to random
@lionelb@expressional.social avatar

This insect is not brilliantly camouflaged, being more blue than green. It is the Green Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus) sat on my new apple tree. Nettles are nearby.
It feeds on nettle leaf, not other insects but the ant farming aphids was nevertheless very annoyed.

A black ant is trying in vain to push the weevil off the leaf. I am wrecking their efforts to establish greenfly colonies

plazi_species, to science
@plazi_species@mastodon.green avatar

!
New weevil from South Africa just scurried by:

Cryptolarynx variabilis
Holotype: Iziko Museums of South Africa

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF3A7125-FFDE-FFCE-FDBE-6107FC6E03CE
Publication: http://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.877.2151
@ejtaxonomy


nev, to random

"Onward, noble steed!"

A long-legged velvet mite scrambling around the lakeside boardwalk ended up climbing onto this placid weevil several times.

discoveringnature, to nature German

Some weeks ago I saw a lot of with one or two little holes in the flowerhead.
After some research I found out, that little (Glocianus punctiger) might be the ones who made them. They lay their eggs directly under the flowerhead and the larvae eat the seeds when they start to grow. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311536092_Locher_im_Lowenzahn)
Have you also seen these little holes?

catselbow, to photography
@catselbow@fosstodon.org avatar

A tiny weevil pauses.

Weevils are funny. They're sometimes willing to pose, but when alarmed they roll and drop to the ground. I guess that's not a bad strategy for getting away from predators. Let gravity do all the work.

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