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

From last night's walk, two common broad-nosed weevils, an _Otiorhynchus_ and a _Polydrusus_.

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A black broad-nosed weevil on sun plant leaves, apparently feeding on a stem of tiny flowers.

A brilliantly sparkling metallic green weevil, with both yellow-green and blue-green hues and golden-brown legs, with grey tree bark in the background.

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

Currently down by the lake one can find good numbers of beautiful _Polydrusus_ weevils (whether _P. formosus_ or _P. impressifrons_ I'm not sure) in the very freshest willow leaves.

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On tender newly sprouted willow leaves, two iridescent light green broad-nosed weevils are mating while another, out of focus, sits on a nearby stem.

"Lemon, it's #WeevilWednesday."

Likely a _Sitona_ species, found in High Park.

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A small broad-nosed weevil on a concrete curb. It is dark with an almost purplish tinge, unevenly mottled. It has a wide whiskery snout like a walrus or sea lion's; its head and thorax have a lightly pitted texture, while its elytra are scored with fine stripes with little hairs sticking out, like a woolly sweater.

An even closer picture, showing how the little whiskers on its snout catch the sunlight. It has elbowed antennae on either side of its snout, fore of the eyes, a weevil hallmark.

You deserve a weevil. Happy #WeevilWednesday.

(_Polydrusus_ sp., one of the most common weevils I find—I'm certainly not complaining!)

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Side view of a sparkly green Polydrusus weevil on a tattered green leaf.

Front view of a sparkly green Polydrusus weevil on a tattered green leaf. Note the fringe of iridescent green scales around the end of the broad snout.

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

Asian oak weevils (_Cyrtepistomus castaneus_) are not as showy as the sparkly green _Polydrusus_, but the subtle green-blue iridescence of their scales complements their warm brown shell very attractively. Found recently in High Park's oak savannah.

#iNaturalist observation: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/227473755 :inaturalist:

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A brown broad-nosed weevil with subtle iridescent green highlights and quite long antennae lies among the fuzzy buds of a plant (showy tick-trefoil, I think?).

It's #WeevilWednesday, friends. Post 'em if you got 'em.

A pale green weevil (_Polydrusus impressifrons_), feeding on young willow leaves.

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A brilliantly metallic yellow-green weevil with a short, thick snout peeks over the edge of a shiny young willow leaf.

Friends.
Romans.
Countrymen.
It's #WeevilWednesday. Post 'em if you've got 'em.

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A black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) on a chain-link fence by night, the bokeh-fied lights of a busy highway in the background.

#BREAKING: for the first time this season I have my own weevil for #WeevilWednesday. This clumsy guy fell over at Christie Pits but he's fine now. Perhaps one of the _Sitona_ clover weevils?

Wishing everyone a weevil-worthy Wednesday!

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A small dark brown broad-nosed weevil on its back in the dirt, legs splayed and scrabbling.

Broad-nosed weevil the right way up this time. Its snout has a squarish end and its dot-pitted carapace is faintly iridescent.

Happy #WeevilWednesday! I am out of my own weevil pictures so I trawled #iNaturalist.

This is _Exophthalmus carneipes_, photographed in Costa Rica by Federico Figueroa Cabezas (iNat user fedecrc). Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115084122 :inaturalist: :CreativeCommons: :cc_by:

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A beige and brilliantly glittery green weevil on a leaf. But it's not just green, it's got like yellow and orange flecks in it, creating a truly stunning effect.

Mr Weevilface. Broad-nosed weevil, Entiminae sp.

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A broad-nosed weevil, Entiminae sp., on a eucalyptus leaf.

Happy #WeevilWednesday. Just look at this punk-ass weevil!!

_Leptopius gladiator_, a broad-nosed weevil, photographed in NSW, Australia by Nick Lambert on #iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68637011 :inaturalist: :cc_by: :cc_nc_us: :cc_sa:

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A shiny black beetle covered with spikes, and with the protruding snout with antennae coming off it that is characteristic of weevils.

Happy #WeevilWednesday!

A Philippine weevil last seen 100 years ago, _Metapocyrtus bifoveatus_, has been refound despite only a few percent of the original rainforest on its island remaining.

Paper: http://journalpoplar.ilfe.org/en/topola-pojedinacni-radovi/1392 :OpenAccess:
Press release: https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2024/01/weevils-found-in-philippine-rainforest.html

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Close-up photo of Metapocyrtus bifoveatus, a red-brown broad-nosed weevil with iridescent dustings of gold and blue scales.

I'm so excited that I have something to share for #WeevilWednesday. This broad-nosed weevil, found in a bunch of snowberries, had a delightfully subtle pink/green iridescence. Upon discovery it tragically died of fright but revived after a few minutes.

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A sort of light pinkish-brown broad-nosed weevil playing dead on a snowberry leaf.

Weevil magically alive again. Up close, its body is covered with tiny faintly metallic scales, and its abdomen is covered with pinprick stripes like a sheet of matzah. (Thumb for scale.)

I heard it was…… #WeevilWednesday?

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A black vine weevil on a leaf, seen head-on. It has a broad, whiskery walrus-like snout.

#WeevilWednesday: Took a photo of this black vine weevil (_Otiorhynchus sulcatus_) late the other night. The next afternoon, I saw it had fallen prey to the common house spider (_Parasteatoda tepidariorum_) living nearby. Press F to pay respects.

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A rather photogenic black vine weevil, a broad-nosed weevil that is black with golden-brown speckles, looking at the camera with her head tilted. (This is a parthenogenetic species and all individuals are female.)

A round little cobweb spider feeding on the wrapped-up weevil, now suspended in her web. A male of the same species, lighter and smaller with a more pointed abdomen, is off to the side.

Comrades: it's #WeevilWednesday.

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A black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) standing on a plant stem in the shady undergrowth, caught in a beam of bright sunlight.

weevil blast from the weevil past: an Asian oak weevil (_Cyrtepistomus castaneus_) I found in High Park some years ago. :inaturalist: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/94499551 :PublicDomain:

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