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Colin Purrington<p>Stop what you're doing and admire this weevil from Yunnan Province, China. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/inaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetle</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coleoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weevil</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/brentidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brentidae</span></a> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268726578" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/2</span><span class="invisible">68726578</span></a></p>
neville park<p>An older pic for this <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/WeevilWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeevilWednesday</span></a>, because recently some more knowledgeable folks on iNat corrected my ID! This little fellow is not a curculionid but a brentid in subfamily Apioninae, _Stenopterapion meliloti_. </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> observation: <a href="https://inaturalist.ca/observations/160500794" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ca/observations/16</span><span class="invisible">0500794</span></a> :inaturalist: </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beetles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetles</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weevils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weevils</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coleoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Curculionoidea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Curculionoidea</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Brentidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brentidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Apioninae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apioninae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>Bonus <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/WeevilWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeevilWednesday</span></a>: this hollyhock weevil (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) is literally sticking his nose where it doesn't belong.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beetles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetles</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weevils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weevils</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coleoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Brentidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brentidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>It's <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/WeevilWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeevilWednesday</span></a>. Post 'em if you got 'em. </p><p>A female hollyhock weevil, _Rhopalapion longirostre_. (The females are the ones with the long snoots, for digging into hollyhock buds.) There's a park with hollyhocks right near me so in season I can go and see these cuties whenever I want! And I do.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beetles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetles</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weevils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weevils</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coleoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Curculionoidea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Curculionoidea</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Brentidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brentidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>It's <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/WeevilWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeevilWednesday</span></a>. You know the rules. Post 'em if you've got 'em.</p><p>A pair of hollyhock weevils (_Rhopalapion longirostre_). The one with the long snoot is the female (the better to bore holes into hollyhock seed pods to lay eggs in).</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beetles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetles</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weevils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weevils</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coleoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Brentidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brentidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/BREAKING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BREAKING</span></a>: the hollyhock weevils (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) are back!!!!</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beetles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetles</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weevils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weevils</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coleoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Brentidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brentidae</span></a></p>
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