Andy Sands / Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) portrait on an Oak leaf, Hertofrdshire, England, UK, April. Focus Stacked

Duncan Murrell / New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis), Lake Waikaremoana, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand giraffe weevil is endemic to New Zealand and is its longest beetle in the world.

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Chris Mattison / Giraffe necked weevils (Trachelophorus giraffa) male. Endemic to Andasibe, Madagascar.

Paul D Stewart / Two species of weevil showing the size disparity even in single families of insect. The larger is the Bamboo weevil of East Asia Cyrtotrachelus dux, the smaller is identified (perhaps misidentified) o...

Alex Hyde / Giraffe necked weevil {Trachelophorus giraffa} male photographed on white background, tropical rainforest, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Alex Hyde / Giraffe necked weevil {Trachelophorus giraffa} male on leaf of host plant (Dichaetanthera cordifolia) tropical rainforest, Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Russell Cooper / Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) resting on English Bluebell (Endymion nonscriptus) flower stem in springtime, Banstead Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Ancient Woodland, North Downs,...

Nick Garbutt / Male Giraffe-necked Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Montane rainforest, Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

Andy Sands / Acorn weevil (Curculio glandium) drilling hole in developing acorn in which to lay egg, UK, Captive, sequence 1/4

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Hazelnut weevil (Curculio nucum) portrait, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009

Kim Taylor / Hazelnut weevil (Curculio nucum) portrait, Surrey, England

Kim Taylor / Giraffe necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male, captive, Madagascar

Inaki Relanzon / Male (right) and female Giraffe necked weevils (Trachelophorus giraffa) on leaf, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Nick Upton / Ash bark beetle (Hylesinus varius) larval galleries on a fallen Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) with the bark fallen off, Lower Woods Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. October.

Nick Upton / Ash bark beetle (Hylesinus varius) larval galleries on a fallen Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) with the bark fallen off, Lower Woods Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. October.

Marie Lochman / Root weevil / Broad-back weevil (Leptopius duponti) close up, Lake Cronin Nature Reserve, Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Red-legged weevil (Catasarcus impressipennis) crawling over a plant, close up, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Red-legged weevil (Catasarcus impressipennis) crawling over a plant, close up, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Broad-nosed weevil (Talaurinus sp.) hanging on to a twig, Lake Cronin Nature Reserve, Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Three Elephant weevil (Poropterus cavirostris) sheltering under tree bark, Bunya Mountains National Park, south-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Marie Lochman / Flower weevil (Meriphus humeralis) on a native daisy, East Yuna Nature Reserve, Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Weevil (Lycosura breweri) crawling over a flower, Peak Charles National Park, South west Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Weevil (Lycosura breweri) crawling over a flower, Peak Charles National Park, South west Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Root weevil / Broad-back weevil (Leptopius duponti) crawling over a flower, Yanchep National Park, north of Perth, Western Australia.

Nick Upton / Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes) female flying to the ornate mud chimney protecting her nest burrow entrance with a Weevil grub (Hypera sp.) she has paralysed to act as food for her larvae, coasta...

Nick Upton / Female Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes) entering ornate mud chimney protecting her burrow entrance with Weevil grub (Hypera sp.) that she has paralysed to act as food for her larvae, coastal sand...

Nick Upton / Female Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes) entering ornate mud chimney protecting her burrow entrance with Weevil grub (Hypera sp.) that she has paralysed to act as food for her larvae, coastal sand...

Nick Upton / Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria) entering its burrow in cliff edge sand bank with a Weevil (Curculionidae sp.) it has paralysed to act as food for its larvae, The Gower, Wales, UK. July.

Bruce Thomson / Botany Bay diamond weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis) close up, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Guy Edwardes / Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus) on Common nettle (Urtica dioica), Dorchester, Dorset, UK, June.

Barry Mansell / Little leaf notcher (Artipus floridanus) pair mating on leaf, pest of lawns and citrus plants, North Florida, USA.

Barry Mansell / Little leaf notcher (Artipus floridanus) pair mating on leaf, pest of lawns and citrus plants, North Florida, USA.

Barry Mansell / Citrus root weevil (Draprepes abbreviatus) on leaf, North Florida, USA. Controlled specimen.

Will Watson / Galleries left by Elm bark (Scolytus sp.) beetle, on dead Wych elm (Ulmus glabra) in woodland, Herefordshire, England, UK. February.

Chris Mattison / Vine weevil larva (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) a serious pest of cultivated plants, ventral view on moss, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Joao Burini / Black weevils mating (Hyphantus sp.) on leaf, Southeastern Atlantic Forest, Mantiqueira Mountain Range, Sao Francisco Xavier, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Stephen Dalton / Hazel leaf roller weevil (Apoderus coryli) Sussex England, UK, June.

Alex Hyde / Scarce Fungus Weevil (Platyrhinus resinosus) eating King Alfred's cake fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on dead ash tree. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May. Nationally Scarce species i...

Alex Hyde / Scarce Fungus Weevils (Platyrhinus resinosus) eating King Alfred's cake fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on dead ash tree. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April. Nationally Scarce specie...

Alex Hyde / Scarce Fungus Weevil (Platyrhinus resinosus) larva feeding on King Alfred's Cakes Fungus (Daldinia concentrica). Lathkill Dale National Nature Reserve, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK....

Karine Aigner / South American Palm weevil larvae (Rhynchophorus palmarum) prepared for the BBQ. This is a local delicacy in Ecuador. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. Amazon Rainforest.

Adrian Davies / Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi) infected Elm (Ulmus sp), covered in European elm bark beetle (Scolytus sp) galleries / tunnels underneath bark. Sussex, England, UK.