To the tune of Gordon Lightfoot's "Rainy Day People" (https://youtu.be/MdhRhGX3AG4): 🎶 Rainy day weevils… 🎶

#WeevilWednesday #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Larinae #Brentidae #Apioninae

#Insektensamstag
#nahaufnahme #MacroPhotography #curculionidae #ichneumonidae

Die Bilder wirken fies, so fies, wie das Leben sein kann.

Die Fotos zeigen zwei Insektenarten, einmal einen todgeweihten Nesselrüssler (Phyllobius pomaceus), der als lebender Nahrungsvorrat diente. Und zum anderen die verpuppungsbereite Larve einer für mich nicht identifizierbaren Schlupfwespenart, die dabei ist, ihren von innen aufgefressenen, aber noch lebenden Wirt zu verlassen.

Entiminae? (fam. Curculionidae)

[ES] Ya que es #WeevilWednesday (miércoles de gorgojos) subo estas (malísimas) fotos a ver si alguien puede ayudarme a identificar este bichillo. Creo que es de la subfamilia Entiminae por la forma del rostro, pero no he conseguido llegar más lejos. ¿Alguien puede ayudarme? (Sin recurrir a google lens, por favor).

[EN) So, let me use the #WeevilWednesday to ask for help to identify this little bug. Looking at the form of its rostrum, I think it belongs to the subfamily Entiminae, but I couldn't go farther. Could anyone help me? (Without using google lens, please).

#coleoptera #curculionidae #entiminae
#weevil #WeevilWednesday #gorgojo #beetle #escarabajo #bug #bicho #insect #insesto
#macro #macrophotography #macrofotografía #nature #naturaleza #QuéEspecieEs #WhichSpeciesIsThat

More #WeevilWednesday because I can't resist: it's also a superb time to find the stunning green immigrant leaf weevils (_Polydrusus formosus_) on young willow shoots.

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae

Curculio venosus

Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), juillet 2023

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Curculio venosus

Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), july 2023


#curculiovenosus #curculio #curculionidae #charançons #weevils #balanins #dunesdufortvert #eden62 #hautsdefrancenature #hautsdefrance #insectedefrance #insectesdefrance #insecte #insectes #biodiversité #biodiversity #nature

#WeevilWednesday: The other day I was at a native plant gardening thing and afterwards a few of us were checking out an overgrown patch and noting various plants. There was a lot of Canada thistle, _Cirsium arvense_ (which isn't actually from Canada) and I said the only good thing about it was that it often had weevils. And right then I spotted a Canada thistle bud weevil (_Larinus carlinae_) on one of them! I made the others look at it because LOOK AT IT.

Then I had to ask one of them to hold it for a moment so I could grab my clip-on macro lens and put it on my phone for photos.

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Lixinae

You know what day it is. It's #WeevilWednesday. Post 'em if you got 'em.

I think this is _Barypeithes pellucidus_, a. k. a. the hairy spider weevil. Found in the garden snacking on a dandelion stem with its snoot covered in pollen.

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae

It's the first #WeevilWednesday this year that I've actually been able to go out and find a weevil! Take a closer look at this snoot!

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae

Curculionidae indet.

[ES] Sé que debería descartar esta foto porque salió fatal, pero el gorgojo me parece tan mono...

[EN] I know I should discard this photo because it is really bad, but the weevil is so cute...

2026/05/09, provincia de/province of Cáceres (Spain)

Equipo/Equipment: Canon EOS 400D + Tamron SP 90 mm f/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1
ISO 1600, s 1/125, f/2,8. A pulso/Handheld.

#coleoptera #curculionidae #gorgojo #weevil #escarabajo #beetle #insecto #insects
#macro #macrofotografía #macrophotography #naturaleza #nature