Posts Tagged: weevil

Searching for the Most Unusual Gift?

It's definitely one of a kind. If you gift this to a family, friend or yourself, no one can ever take it away. It can't be stolen, damaged or lost. You'll never wear it out. It will never go out of fashion. It will always be considered special,...

Thisi polka-dotted weevil needs a species name. It's in the genus Macrocopturus in the weevil family Curculionidae. (Photos courtesy of the Bohart Museum)

Thisi polka-dotted weevil needs a species name. It's in the genus Macrocopturus in the weevil family Curculionidae. (Photos courtesy of the Bohart Museum)

Name, please! This insect, from the family Chrysididae and genus Hedychridium, was collected in Thailand. It needs a species name.

Name, please! This insect, from the family Chrysididae and genus Hedychridium, was collected in Thailand. It needs a species name.

I Never Promised You...a Rose Weevil

 I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes. --Joe South  And maybe a rose curculio or rose weevil.  When Grammy-winning songwriter Joe South wrote...

Rose curculio or rose weevil

ROSE CURCULIO lays its eggs inside a yellow rose bud. Note the holes in the rose bud. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garevy)

Close-up

CLOSE-UP of a rose curculio or rose weevil shows its brick red thorax and elytra (that's the modified, hardened forewings that protect the hindwings underneath) and long black snout. This insect is a pest of roses, particularly yellow and white roses that grow wild or untended. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

No weevils

THIS YELLOW ROSE is free of aphids and rose weevils. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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