Belle of Kilronan wrote:
My faovrite weevil of all time is Austroplatypus incompertus, the only eusocial beetle AND the oldest pioneers of AGRICUTLURE. Being eusocial these guys have one queen and a bunch of nonreproductive workers akin to ants wasps termites and of course naked mole rats. What happens is the founding female of the colony that will end up being the queen goes to a tree and starts tunneling into it and with her she brings a) a butt full of eggs and b) special structures on her taht are specifically for transporting Fungus, which she then plants in the tree with the eggs. Then the eggs hatch and the colony begins and when teh fungus grows all the workers farm it and harvest it as their main food source. Also when the queen goes itot hte tree the first time she plugs up all but one of the entrances and they pretty much stay in there allways so its really hard to find images of them but here is one. (up there not down here)
i also really love the GIRAFFE WEEVIL which is exactly waht it says on the tin. this bad boy has a long freak neck and funnily enough it uses it for partialy the same purpose as an actual girafee (i.e. beting the shit out of eachother). Also the girl ones use it to roll leaves into nests for their eggs but their necks are usualy way smaller.
this is like the quintessential weevil and not a freak like he oher ones but im showing it tp you anyways because it is so cute. Acorn weevil.
Big Boy JENKINS wrote:i;m aDUMBASS and forgot i posted theis. BUT!!!!!! i love so many weevilsRIGHT???? buggy noses are so funny and adorable. Like Weevils i love weevils so mich. Weevils make the world go round. I literlally i had an insane weevil phase a couple weeks ago and i cant even remmeebrr if i posted about it here but i have so much weevil lore and its late where i am so if i start grabbing google images now i'll go insane but tomorrow i'm going to post all my favorite weevils mark my wordsI would VERY much love to hear your weevil facts!
My faovrite weevil of all time is Austroplatypus incompertus, the only eusocial beetle AND the oldest pioneers of AGRICUTLURE. Being eusocial these guys have one queen and a bunch of nonreproductive workers akin to ants wasps termites and of course naked mole rats. What happens is the founding female of the colony that will end up being the queen goes to a tree and starts tunneling into it and with her she brings a) a butt full of eggs and b) special structures on her taht are specifically for transporting Fungus, which she then plants in the tree with the eggs. Then the eggs hatch and the colony begins and when teh fungus grows all the workers farm it and harvest it as their main food source. Also when the queen goes itot hte tree the first time she plugs up all but one of the entrances and they pretty much stay in there allways so its really hard to find images of them but here is one. (up there not down here)
i also really love the GIRAFFE WEEVIL which is exactly waht it says on the tin. this bad boy has a long freak neck and funnily enough it uses it for partialy the same purpose as an actual girafee (i.e. beting the shit out of eachother). Also the girl ones use it to roll leaves into nests for their eggs but their necks are usualy way smaller.
this is like the quintessential weevil and not a freak like he oher ones but im showing it tp you anyways because it is so cute. Acorn weevil.
This little fella
