Peter Dexter
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A weevil I believe Family: Cholus
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Asher Kelman
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Wow! It’s so damn handsome!
I believe you posted an entirely different and equally remarkable weevil, ultra-shiny “car-show-perfect” red and black, some time back
So many questions come to mind! Does that proboscis swivel? Where might a joint be? Is it made of a chitin tube? Does it have even one joint? Does it have moving cutting parts at the end of the proboscis to cut through seeds?
I looked up “weevil” and am flabbergasted that there are some 90,000 distinct species and they are such a diverse and handsome set of tiny creatures!
Many amazing pictures here!
Asher
I believe you posted an entirely different and equally remarkable weevil, ultra-shiny “car-show-perfect” red and black, some time back
So many questions come to mind! Does that proboscis swivel? Where might a joint be? Is it made of a chitin tube? Does it have even one joint? Does it have moving cutting parts at the end of the proboscis to cut through seeds?
I looked up “weevil” and am flabbergasted that there are some 90,000 distinct species and they are such a diverse and handsome set of tiny creatures!
Many amazing pictures here!
Asher
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Peter,
You have shared a good number of these odd creatures!
A black species that lost an antenna, here! And a different species rough tough black Jeep guy with both antennae intact, but uniquely placed at the end of the long proboscis!
So that tool can’t be plunged deep into anything, LOL!!
I’d imagine or he’s lose both radio contact with his base commander and have to abort his mission!
Thanks for all you ardent hunting!
Asher
You have shared a good number of these odd creatures!
A black species that lost an antenna, here! And a different species rough tough black Jeep guy with both antennae intact, but uniquely placed at the end of the long proboscis!
So that tool can’t be plunged deep into anything, LOL!!
I’d imagine or he’s lose both radio contact with his base commander and have to abort his mission!
Thanks for all you ardent hunting!
Asher
Peter Dexter
Well-known member
A pleasure Asher.