I know it's a girl because long snoot look it up.

Caption copied from my insta post (mybughugs):

WEEVIL NO! Omg I'm so sorry... I can't believe he said that! Do you forgive him?

This weevil's main crime was being so damn small and cute!

This little guy had a crazy day! I found him on a plant we collected in botany class being chewed on by a spider... so he was saved from death, trapped briefly in a collection tube jail, released and forced to walk around under a microscope, and then finally let back outside haha

Weevils are a type of beetle, and quite difficult to identify to species level. This is because they come from the most species diverse superfamily on earth, Curculionoidea! With around 97000 currently described species so far, and an estimated 200k total species in the world for us to discover!

To make things harder, this particular weevil is a true weevil, from the largest FAMILY of animals on earth, Curculionidae. The easiest way to differentiate between true weevils and primitive weevil families is by looking at the antennae. True weevils have this bent elbow shape in the middle, called "geniculate antennae", whereas all other weevil families have straight antennae.

The reason why weevils are so hyperdiverse, with species in every shape, size and colour, is because weevils evolved a long time ago, diversifying during the Cretaceous period alongside the rise of flowering plants! We have found super cool preserved ancient weevils in amber! If there's a plant, chances are there's a weevil for it!

This coevolution alongside plants allowed weevils to develop high host specificity, meaning each weevil is specifically adapted to feed on their particular host plant! Because of this, there is less competition between weevil species, since they all stick to their dedicated plant, so in a healthy ecosystem with plenty of host plant diversity, you will therefore find an equally diverse community of weevils minding their own business and living in harmony!

Today I learned that weevils love bird seed! Grabbed a container of it stored in the garage to refill a bird feeder and when I opened it, I was swarmed! I love finding a weevil to marvel at now at then, but woah they sure had a colony growing. I’ve never seen this before!

Sooo, do I just leave it outside and let them go? What would you do? 😅

Central FL

I rescued him from one of our cats

Also if yall know how to find more lmk. the rush of finding a weevil is unreal :p

Please assure for the safety of me and snoots, pictures were not taken while driving!

i rarely spot weevils, especially inside, but this little guy was crawling on my laundry basket today!

im in south texas (🫩) near the water but cant say exactly where sorry

Boots boots boots boots boots

Snoot snoot snoot snoot snoot

Found this little bean skedaddling on my car.

Sorry yall drunk asf lol. Saw a weevil in line to a rave and bro was j chillin, love him😎

Acorn Weevil? Not many oaks nearby.

My partner found this lil guy crawling on his closet—is it time? Not much of a snoot, but I think he has boots?

I’ve only ever encountered two weevils in my life and BOTH have been this year

Found those little buggers in my 'soon to be' food.