#weevil wednesday

[cosmiclion]

I love you so much, it's unbeweevable! 💗

[nimbugs]

Reach WITHIN a bush or tree and you may find a friend and boy

Gonipterus platensis! This cute little weevil really liked hugging tightly on the leaf they were at, it's adorable. Don't worry it wasn't Cordyceps or anything like that, they reacted to stimuli like a healthy bug, they just really like hugging leaves!

I quite enjoyed how round and red this guy was, the biggest weevil I've ever found!

Taken in Bogotá, Colombia

Ko-Fi

[weevilsdaily]

weevil wednesday with mama

[yellowladybug]

Weevil curculionoidea

VERY messy weevil sketchbook page, never drew these little buggers before but have been a fan for a hot sec

[indolentjellyfish]

Last things of the year, more silver glass experiments. The first ones remind me of 90's costume jewellery and the last one had the most beautiful colours I ever got until I flew to close to the sun(flame) trying to get the legs the right shape and it cracked.

Someone asked what silver glass is: this is double helix glass which is a soft glass with lots of silver and other metals in it so when you are careful and deliberate with your torch chemistry and how you heat/cool it you can develop the silver crystals into many different colors and effects. If you deprive it of oxygen the silver comes upto the surface and makes it metallic. Much more tricky than normal glass but very very pretty.

[amybugz]

big fan of weevils right now!!!

[platycryptus]

when was the last time you saw a weevil this big

The largest weevil in North America, the palmetto weevil (Rhyncophorus cruentatus) lays eggs in the crowns of palms, where the grubs feed and often kill their host in the process.

In Florida it’s considered a major pest due to its habit of destroying ornamental palm trees, but native palmettos and sabal palms (the weevils’ natural hosts) are rarely harmed unless they’re already stressed or damaged. It’s mostly date palms and other exotic species planted along city streets that can’t take the heat and need to be drenched with insecticide to ensure survival.

(Florida, 10/31/23)

[grigadf]

breaking my winter hiatus with an armadillo weevil in the middle of January