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it's #WeevilWednesday black vine weevil (_Otiorhynchus sulcatus_) #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae

#WeevilWednesday: some people have been confused about how female hollyhock weevils (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) use their long snouts, so here you go. Her mouthparts are at the end of the snout. She chews a tunnel down into the heart of the flowerbud. Then she turns around, extends her ovipositor (at the end of her abdomen), and lays eggs down the hole. The larvae have a safe place to grow, with plenty of food! #bugstodon #insects #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionoidea #Brentidae #Apioninae

This week, the rugged flower weevils (Odontocorynus salebrosus) are in the yarrow (Achillea millefolium)! #WeevilWednesday #weevils #Coleoptera #insects

The rugged flower weevils (Odontocorynus salebrosus) are still active on the ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) on the Wiley Trails! (Photos from earlier this week before the wildfire smoke rolled in.) #WeevilWednesday #weevils #Coleoptera #insects