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Time for my #introduction! By day, I work in conservation administration (insect monitoring); by night, I turn into an amateur weevil researcher! ;) My main interest is data aggregation and databasing to improve taxonomic access to the superfamily Curculionoidea. Always happy to connect with fellow weevil enthusiasts and biodiversity data nerds! Some things I'm involved with: 🔗 https://catalog.curculionoidea.org 🔗 https://curci.de/ #curculionoidea #curculionidae #coleoptera

it's #WeevilWednesday black vine weevil (_Otiorhynchus sulcatus_) #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae

Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis), from Thompson Park: #MakroMittwoch #ladybug #beetle #Coleoptera #Insects #WildlifeWednesday

#WeevilWednesday: some people have been confused about how female hollyhock weevils (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) use their long snouts, so here you go. Her mouthparts are at the end of the snout. She chews a tunnel down into the heart of the flowerbud. Then she turns around, extends her ovipositor (at the end of her abdomen), and lays eggs down the hole. The larvae have a safe place to grow, with plenty of food! #bugstodon #insects #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionoidea #Brentidae #Apioninae

This oriental beetle (Anomala orientalis) was also enjoying the blooming of the yarrow (Achillea millefolium): #MakroMittwoch #BloomScrollingWithInsect #beetle #Scarabaeidae #Coleoptera #insects #WildlifeWednesday

This week, the rugged flower weevils (Odontocorynus salebrosus) are in the yarrow (Achillea millefolium)! #WeevilWednesday #weevils #Coleoptera #insects

The rugged flower weevils (Odontocorynus salebrosus) are still active on the ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) on the Wiley Trails! (Photos from earlier this week before the wildfire smoke rolled in.) #WeevilWednesday #weevils #Coleoptera #insects

I caught this wrinkled soldier beetle (Podabrus rugosulus) just as they were popping their elytra to fly off: #InsectDanceMoves #ReadyForTakeOff #InsectThursday #beetle #Coleoptera #insects