Covered in Bronze Scales, Pt. 3 - _TNY_9467
in 2022, I 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 (I've seen the English name nut leaf weevil used for this one) 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 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52247954278/
Part 2 (close) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52281263616/
Covered in Bronze Scales, Pt. 3 - _TNY_9467
in 2022, I 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 (I've seen the English name nut leaf weevil used for this one) 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 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52247954278/
Part 2 (close) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52281263616/