Tuesday 16 May 2017

Scarce Fungus Weevil

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

I was about to move a planter I have hanging on the fence when I spotted what at first I thought was a dollup of bird dung but on closer examination turned out to be alive:

 Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

It was such a strange looking creature the like of which I had not seen before.
I just had to take several photos from different angles to give me a chance of identifying it:

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

Next job was to find an identification. I ended up on the Naturespot web site and after scrolling through dozens of bug photos eventually found a perfect match.
Size: about 10mm. Common name: Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil.

This weevil is not as scarce as its name would suggest.
You can see more information on this page at Naturespot.
 

 

11 comments:

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    1. Adrian. Certainly different. Very obliging too as it waited while I fetched a camera and then stayed around for a few minutes before it got fed up and wandered off.

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    2. Adrian: BTW I did get you mail re grey white balance but keep forgetting to reply.

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  2. It has a lot of character.

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  3. Oh my! Ha ha ha! Strange-looking indeed John! But weevils are like that, interesting and gory at the same time!

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    1. Maree: There are some very weird looking bugs.

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  4. Interesting weevil - lovely macro shots.

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    1. RR: Thank you. Just crops from the pocket Nikon.

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  5. It looks like a sort of lumpy platypus

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    1. Simon: Platypus came to my mind when I first saw it close up.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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