#straight-snouted weevil

[onenicebugperday]

Spined straight-snouted weevil, Pogonapion kuscheli, Brentidae

Found in New Caledonia

Photos by damienbr

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Aptly named, the New Zealand giraffe weevil is the longest beetle in Aotearoa. Males can reach a length of 90 mm (3.5 in), half of which is their elongated snout. These extraordinary appendages are used to battle for access to females, which have much shorter snouts.

(Image: A mating male (top) and female (bottom) New Zealand giraffe weevil () by Christina Painting)

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[waylonisrotten]

weevil head canon, saul is a straight snouted weevil

[drhoz]

The New Zealand giraffe beetle, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis, is a straight-snouted weevil in the subfamily Brentinae, endemic to New Zealand.

[notwhelmedyet]

[image: Infographic showing weevils from around the world, with color coded icons to show their region of origin and preferred food. The weevils are drawn stacked on top of one another in a big weevil tower. They are, in order: Leaf rolling weevil Alfalfa weevil Boll weevil Nut weevil Bilbug Bark Beetle Grain weevil Belid weevil Straight snouted weevil end id/]

[allhillspestcontrol]

The Most Common Types of Fumigation Pests: How to Eliminate

Pests are a common problem that affects homeowners, businesses, and industries worldwide. These pesky critters can cause property damage, contaminate food sources, and spread disease. Fumigation is one of the most effective ways to get rid of pests. Fumigation services in Rouse Hill is a chemical process that kills pests by filling an enclosed space with toxic gasses. However, different types of pests require different fumigants, and it's important to identify the type of fumigation pest you're dealing with to eliminate them effectively.

This blog post discusses the most common fumigation pests and how to identify them.

Stored Product Pests

Stored product pests are common in food warehouses, grocery stores, and homes. These pests can infest a variety of dry goods, including grains, nuts, and spices. The most common types of stored product pests are Indian meal moths, cigarette beetles, and rice weevils. Indian meal moths are easily identified by their distinctive wings: the front half is reddish-brown, while the back half is gray. Cigarette beetles are small, oval-shaped, and range in color from light brown to black. Rice weevils are small, reddish-brown in color, and have a distinctive snout. One of the most effective methods of pest control is through fumigation services in Rouse Hill.

Termites

Termites are notorious pests that cause significant damage to property. These pests feed on wood, causing structural damage to buildings and furniture. The most common types of termites are dry wood termites and subterranean termites. Drywood termites are typically found in warmer coastal regions and can be identified by their pale wings and creamy color. Subterranean termites are found all over the world and live in underground colonies. Their pale brown can locate them to black color, and their straight antennae.

Cockroaches

Cockroaches are one of the most common pests in the world. These pests can survive in almost any environment and cause significant human health risks by contaminating food and spreading disease. The most common types of cockroaches are German cockroaches, American cockroaches, and Oriental cockroaches. German cockroaches are light brown in color and have two stripes behind their heads. American cockroaches are reddish-brown in color and have a distinctive yellow band around their shield-like plate behind their heads. Oriental cockroaches are shiny black in color and have a distinct foul odor.

Fumigation services in Rouse Hill are also highly recommended when dealing with pests that are hiding in or infesting large areas, making it difficult to target and eliminate them.

Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are tiny pests that feed on the blood of humans and animals. These pests infest homes, hotels, and other accommodations. Bed bugs are typically identified by their reddish-brown color, oval shape, and small size. They hide in cracks and crevices and can be difficult to spot. Often, the first sign of a bed bug infestation is itchy bite marks on the skin.

Fabric Pests

Fabric pests are common in homes and businesses and can cause significant damage to clothing, carpets, and other fabrics. The most common types of fabric pests are clothes moths and carpet beetles. Clothing moths are small, straw-coloured moths with narrow wings. They typically feed on wool, mohair, and other natural fibers. Carpet beetles are small, round ones with a varied diet, including wool, silk, and synthetic fibers.

How to eliminate pests?

Fumigation involves using chemicals (fumigants) to eliminate pests in an enclosed space. It is an effective way of exterminating pests like termites, bedbugs, cockroaches, and rodents that are usually resistant to other pest control methods. Professional fumigation services in Rouse Hill use specialized equipment to disseminate the fumigant, usually a gas, into the targeted space. The gas then penetrates all areas, including cracks, crevices, and other hard-to-reach areas, ensuring complete extermination of the pests.

Conclusion:

By understanding the type of pest you're dealing with, you can take the necessary steps for fumigation services in Rouse Hill from a professional company, All Hills Pest Control, to eliminate them and prevent future infestations.

[ecuadorlife]

Straight-snouted weevil, Brentidae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay

[actualcoolbugfacts]

Do you have any cool bug facts on Weevils?? They are my favorite at the moment!!

Thanks for the question! And I certainly do! I was in the middle of writing a post about bearded weevils (Rhinostomus barbirostris), and I opened a new tumblr tab to check the tags of my other posts, and I saw this!

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I suppose I'll just copy and paste what I was writing over here.

✨ cool bug facts's ✨

Rhinostomus barbirostris, or the Bearded weevil!

😳Why he looks like 🦧 👨‍🦰

😍The anatomy of these TOTALLY TUBULAR Ronald weevilys!!😍

They are classified as true weevils. Weevils can either be Curculionidae - True weevils, or Belidae - Primitive weevils. The difference between them being that true weevils have an elbow-like bend in their antennae, while primitive weevils have straight antennae, because straight people are primitive.

The males have orange bristles on their snout, making the appearance of a red beard.

They are the third largest species of weevil in the world.

They have sexual polymorphism, rather than dimorphism, meaning the males can have the characteristics of a female, with the only way to properly tell them apart being the facial hair. The females, on the other hand, can't take the appearance of males.

Diet.

The larvae eat the wood and roots of coconut trees and oil palms.

The adults eat coconuts and whatever grows on oil palms.

Behavior.

They are very attracted to light, and are often found under peoples porchlights.

The feminine looking males, while looking for a mate, will sneak past the other fighting males, who think they are a random female, and therefore do not see them as competition, allowing for them to breed with the female they were fighting over. (Although, what happens if a different male thinks they're more attractive than the actual female?)

Habitat.

While their main homes are on coconut trees and oil palms, they can be found on most species of Arecaceae, or palm trees.

They are found in most places in Central and South America.

Endangerment.

Like most weevils, humans tend to exterminate them due to their feasting on things that humans also like to eat. Unlike a lot of other weevils, though, they feed on things that aren't considered to be crops.

Humans might also exterminate them due to their carrying of diseases to palm trees, such as resinosis, or stem bleeding, and red ring disease, which is a very harmful disease to oil palms that tends to cause little leaf syndrome (As the name implies, it is a syndrome where the leaves shrink down to an abnormally small size.), this effects more than 15% of oil palms in commercial plantations.

Sorry for taking so long to answer! (I think, I'm not sure what the average answering time is.)

I might have to do one of weevils in general, similar to my one about stag beetles, as they are very cool bug's, but it was difficult to find information about just this species, so I'd imagine I could give many more fact's if I did weevils as a whole.

[farcillesbian]

making this post did remind me that I do in fact have one weevil thing, a decorative wall thingy that u assemble yourself and is made of cardboard LOL (so I don't wanna put it together til I'm in a more permanent home) but. there has to be more. weevil pins. weevil plushies. weevil print shower curtain. weevil sculptures. weevil bedsheets. weevil rug. weevil air freshener. weevil shirt (and not a pun on "the lesser of two weevils" tbh. as a weevil fan I'm a bit tired of that pun only because it's the only joke I ever hear about weevils). weevil hair clips. weevil earrings. weevil shaped lamp. weevil pillows. and I'm not just talking one type of weevil with an average length snout. I want to have variety. giraffe weevils and primitive weevils and nut weevils and straight snout weevils and true weevils and many other beautiful guys. please

why is like all beetle merch things like scarabs and stag beetles and lady beetles and maybe a longhorn beetle or a leaf beetle if ur lucky. why do I never see weevil stuff? where is the love for the humble but adorable family curculionidae??

[onenicebugperday]

howdy!

saw this guy in my house earlier (and later let him out via the window after i was done taking pictures). i tried my hand at identifying him myself but couldnt get anything more specific than "some kinda beetle/weevil??" it can fly from what ive seen, if that helps.

heres the best picture i got which he very kindly stood still for! pleasant little guy, it was very nice to meet him :)

It's a straight-snouted weevil in the family Brentidae. Without a location best I can say is probably an oak timberworm beetle.

[eskapisme]

By several photographers - more on flickr

[towncalledkingdom]

The three people sitting on a set of crumbling concrete steps do not look happy. The building behind them sways when the wind blows, rotting boards pulling against rusted-out nails. The head of an ancient-looking animatronic giraffe sticks out of the ground ahead of them like it has just dug its way through Earth from the savannah.

“What next?” asks a girl with a sash full of files, picks, and gauges.

"Do you believe them? What they said about dying if we try to leave?" asks a young man in a suit of elaborate, burnished armor.

"I don't see any reason for them to lie to us now, not after rescuing us and then letting us go," says the third. The other two nod their heads.

Riddle, Merrick, and Friday had found themselves alone when they awoke that morning. No sign of the masked Mercury or the green-scarfed Mantis they had spoken with so recently. They were in a barren room populated by three identical beds. A small pack of food, a toothbrush, and a crude hatchet had been lain beside each of their heads with a handwritten note that said, "Find your way."

Now the trio sits on the steps of the empty house they woke up in, trying to decide what to do next. "I need to know what happened to my dad," says Merrick for the thousandth time. "We have to find him."

Riddle casts an uneasy glance at Friday. "Merrick," she begins, "I can't go with you."

Merrick reddens. "Can't or don't want to?"

"Neither. And both. I want this," she grabs a handful of gray dust from the step beside her and lets it sift through her fingers. "This mess, this kidnapper heaven, this mystery- I want it."

Merrick clenches his jaws, "Sounds like you don't even care what happened to him," he says through gritted teeth. They all remain quiet for a few minutes. Merrick looks straight ahead into the broken stone walkway. "You killed some of those men, you know. Some of those Privateers. They probably had families and lives. Does that bother you at all?"

Riddle draws a question mark in the dust by her left foot. "Is a life still a life when you live to bring death?" she wonders aloud. "Would they have wondered the same?"

Merrick's face is returning to its usual pallor, but the sides of his jaws still bulge. "Friday?"

Friday's brow furrows, a single wrinkle in the center of her forehead. "You're chasing your old life. Riddle's running from it. What am I doing?"

"Well ya don't seem to be grieving too hard, that's for sure," calls a voice from the rubble.

Merrick is already on his feet, hatchet in hand. He looks like an angel as he steps into the morning sun, light burning from his polished armor. The hatchet looks pitiful in his clenched fist. Friday raises her eyes in the direction of the sound just in time to see Riddle dive into a nearby house. A thin whipping sound as something small and sharp is thrown and an abrupt THOCK as it embeds itself in a wall. Indignant cries. Merrick rushes toward the collapsing doorway and is knocked to the ground by an enormous charging beetle.

The beetle skids to a halt in the dust, an about-face as it readies itself to charge back into the building. Riddle appears panting in the doorway, one hand reaching for something in her sash. Merrick sputters and pushes himself to his feet.

"Hold it, murderer children, now wait a minnit!" cries the beetle.

Friday stands and calmly walks over until she is between her friends and the newcomer. "We apologize, we aren't sure who's the enemy around here," she says, reaching out a hand.

"You and me both, lady!" says the giant bug.

The beetle straightens, totters, and stabilizes on two legs, revealing itself to be a man wearing the exoskeleton of an enormous insect. A tall, tubelike snout protrudes far above his head. Two enormous black orbs- eyes long dead- emerge where his ears should be. Brawny bare arms have been thrust out through holes where the beast's middle legs must have once been. Riddle scrunches up her face in curiosity. Merrick gapes. Friday's expression doesn't change. Her hand still hangs expectantly in the air. The man shakes it.

"Outsiders, eh?" says the man good-naturedly, "Don't see many of you around The Shambles. Seems like they're always shippin' you off to the University or the fields."

Friday releases her hand first. "It's nice to meet you, sir. I'm Friday, and these are my friends, Merrick and Riddle."

"Nice meetin' ya!" he waves. "They call me the Weevilsmith."

Merrick deadpans. "So, what? You smith weevils or something?"

"Yes." The Weevilsmith holds Merrick's gaze to assure him that he isn't joking. Merrick finally looks down.

"Sir, we have no idea where to go from here. We know we can't leave Kingdom, but we don't know what's next for us. Is there a place for people like us?"

The Weevilsmith scratches at his thick mustache, fingers trailing down to the black stubble covering his chin. "Don't know that I've ever seen people like you before." He walks over and knocks his knuckles against Merrick's chestplate. It echoes softly. "Interesting getup. Like weevilplate for humans..."

"Sir is there anywhere we can go that won't get us killed or arrested?" Friday pushes.

"Klava Besto!" replies the Weevilsmith.

Friday shoots Riddle a questioning glance. Riddle shrugs and grins, "Club of the Beast, I think. It's like they jumbled two languages together."

The Weevilsmith continues, "In fact, tonight is the perfect night to get on Phylla's good side. Holo fight. New Alpha looking for fresh initiates. And with the outsider controversy getting heated, Phylla might be your best place to start."

"The outsider controversy?" asks Friday.

"Bunch of Wrath Worshippers blaming Kingdom's problems on the newcomers. It's gettin' pretty bad."

Merrick punches through the window pane nearest to his gauntleted fist. "We didn't ask to come here. We just want to go home."'

The Weevilsmith looks at him with a faint trace of sympathy. Riddle starts walking down a long stone walkway leading out of the crumbling ghost neighborhood. "Is she going the right way?" asks Friday.

"Nope," says the Weevilsmith. "C'mon, I'll take you three up to Phylla's neck of the woods."

[notahorseindisguise]

im sorry for adding directly to the post but oh my GOSH i love weevils.

the first one looks like Trachelophorus madegassus, it looks very similar to the madagascar giraffe weevil, but is in fact a different species!

second one looks like the New Zealand giraffe weevil, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis!! despite also being named giraffe weevil, it is in a completely different genus to the first one and the following one!

this next one is a giraffe weevil, same family as the first one but different! it’s Trachelophorus giraffa

then those guys repeat, and then the next three look like different weevils from the Pachyrhynchus family! those guys have so many different colours and are so wild 

i dont know what the next two are, but they look to be in the family  Curculionidae and probably the sub family Curculioninae, cause thats normally where nut weevils are and they look like they eat nuts!! the next one looks like a small filbert weevil, my favourites, Curculio occidentis! it does look a little different so maybe not exactly that but id pretty confidently say it is in the genus Curculio and probly eats acorns or some other kind of nut

that next guy i have seen before but i cant remember who he is!! i would say hes not a nut weevil because his snout doesnt look like it could get inside a nut (not pointy enough). i would hazard a guess at him being a fungus weevil? cause their snouts are normally wider. could also be a belid! would need a better photo of him (without the background edited out) to try to know more. 

that next one is a spiny weevil from ecuador!! theyre also one of my favourites, i recognised him right away. he is, i believe, in a genus called Prionomerus, but i cant find any more info!! weevils, like all insects, are very poorly documented due to how many there are of them. but if you google Prionomerus you can find some empty wiki pages in a different language and a couple photos of him.

on the next part, the flying one might be a belid, specifically a long nosed weevil? not sure though, it moves quick! and the yellow one looks like a particularly yellow kind of Lixus pulverulentus, but im not too sure, and they also dont have much info online :((

next one looks like another acorn weevil!!

the first one on the next section looks like a fungus weevil (its the snout) and the other one looks like the same guy from earlier which i said id need a better picture for. if anything, this picture of him is worse, but i can see that his antennae are bent, which i believe would make him a “true weevil” in the family curculionidae!

giraffe weevil again! btw, you can tell this guy isnt in curculionidae (the true weevils) because his antennae are straight, not elbowed, meaning its in a different family!

bended antennae? true weevil bae. straight, without elbow? true weevil? no!

thats a little mnemonic to help remember. i just thought that up now. 

these next guys look like relatives of the giraffe weevil, some other type of leaf rolling weevil in that family, Attelabidae. cant really tell much more about them, and i dont really wanna pry in on their private times :3

the bigger guy here is most DEFINITELY a filbert weevil, and i once again cant tell the other guy, but his antennae look bent so hes probably in curculionidae and probably a nut weevil from the look of the snout!

madagascar giraffe weevil again, followed by the new zealand giraffe weevils again, followed by the very first weevil (the close relative of the giraffe weevil), and thats it!

i thought this would be a lot shorter than it was, but this was soooo much fun!! i got to show off what i already knew AND i got to google heaps and learn a lot more! (i didnt even know the thing about the antennae until just now, thats so cool to learn!)

thanks for tagging me in this this is such a fun video. sorry for deconstructing it like this LOL

people have probably already seen this, but...weevils are pretty cool.

[ecuadorlife]

Straight-snouted weevil, Brentus volvulus? Brentidae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay

[ecuadorlife]

Straight-snouted weevil, Brentus sp., Brentidae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay