Covered in Bronze Scales, Pt. 2 - _TNY_9470
I recently bought a second SUP - a stand-up paddle board and after taking on a test paddle around Björnholmen (Bear island) at my mom's summer house we came home and I left the boards on the lawn.
Since they aren't supposed to be left for an extended period of time in direct sunlight, I decided to move them and that's when I noticed this very small weevil running on the surface of one of the boards.
It's a Strophosoma melanogrammum and no more than 5 mm in body length, but the shot quite nicely show all those cool and tiny scales. It looks like it's been sprayed with glue and then dipped in a bucket of bronze sequins.
Part one, showing the entire weevil can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52247954278/
Covered in Bronze Scales, Pt. 2 - _TNY_9470
I recently bought a second SUP - a stand-up paddle board and after taking on a test paddle around Björnholmen (Bear island) at my mom's summer house we came home and I left the boards on the lawn.
Since they aren't supposed to be left for an extended period of time in direct sunlight, I decided to move them and that's when I noticed this very small weevil running on the surface of one of the boards.
It's a Strophosoma melanogrammum and no more than 5 mm in body length, but the shot quite nicely show all those cool and tiny scales. It looks like it's been sprayed with glue and then dipped in a bucket of bronze sequins.
Part one, showing the entire weevil can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52247954278/