We Have Giraffe Weevil at Home - _TNY_9125
One of the coolest bugs I know of and would like to shoot is the giraffe weevil, Trachelophorus giraffa. A fantastic animal with red elytra and otherwise black body and a almost bizarrely long neck. Since it's endemic to Madagascar and I've never been to Madagascar it remains just a dream species.
On a walk along a forest road near my mother-in-law's place, I found several specimens of what we can call the poor man's giraffe weevil - the hazel-leaf roller weevil (Apoderus coryli). Just look at it - apart from the extremely long neck, it really looks the part.
These guys have a cool behaviour of their own. The female rolls up a hazel leaf and then lay her eggs inside them. I actually noticed some rolled up leaves on my walk, but didn't know what they were and didn't bother with taking a photo of one.
We Have Giraffe Weevil at Home - _TNY_9125
One of the coolest bugs I know of and would like to shoot is the giraffe weevil, Trachelophorus giraffa. A fantastic animal with red elytra and otherwise black body and a almost bizarrely long neck. Since it's endemic to Madagascar and I've never been to Madagascar it remains just a dream species.
On a walk along a forest road near my mother-in-law's place, I found several specimens of what we can call the poor man's giraffe weevil - the hazel-leaf roller weevil (Apoderus coryli). Just look at it - apart from the extremely long neck, it really looks the part.
These guys have a cool behaviour of their own. The female rolls up a hazel leaf and then lay her eggs inside them. I actually noticed some rolled up leaves on my walk, but didn't know what they were and didn't bother with taking a photo of one.