Good morning, it's #WeevilWednesday! Tragically and inexplicably, the patch of hollyhocks in the park near me is devoid of hollyhock weevils (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) so far this year. God knows it's not because anyone takes care of that bit of park. Luckily I know of a few other gardens in the neighbourhood with weevil-ridden hollyhocks right by the sidewalk.

Here you can see the difference in length between the typical male and female snouts. The females' long snouts help them bore deep into the flower buds to lay eggs.

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

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Folks, this #WeevilWednesday I am thrilled to announce that the hollyhock weevils (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) are back!! The females are the ones with the extremely long snouts, for drilling into hollyhock buds.

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Oxystoma ochropus (Germar 1818)

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2rLr1k8

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thinking about her (the hose-nose cycad seed weevil _Antliarhis zamiae_)

pics from #iNaturalist:
- colin25 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9620721
- bruceroestof https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33581220
- cheekychew https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50660600
- cheekychew https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48812141
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It's Wednesday. Do you know where your weevils are?  

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It's #WeevilWednesday, post 'em if you got 'em!

These little bluish-black weevils were all over the cosmos in a park. Not sure if #Curculionidae or #Brentidae, subfamily #Apioninae.

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I could've saved this for the next #WeevilWednesday but I gotta post it now. A female hollyhock weevil (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) slowly bores into a hollyhock flower bud. Wait for the second one to come walking around so you can see the full length of the snoot.

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