Skip to main content

Straight-snouted Weevil

Photo by Richard Ong
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

3.71189, 101.741

Field Notes

Description:

approx. 25mm - a female

Habitat:

found around house surrounded by secondary jungle at approx. 1370m asl

Notes:

Coleoptera; Brentidae; Brentinae; Arrhenodini

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)

@Gaia80 as for that "fungi"... it was just debris stuck there which i removed later on.!
@Gaia80 the snout of the male is different... it has a pair of mandibles.! see here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/orionmystery/8352462459/in/photostream/ sexual dimorphism: https://beetlesinthebush.com/2011/10/07/different-jaws-for-different-jobs/
@Richard Ong How are you able to identify it as female? I'm curious, because I don't know how to do that with bugs unless the species is displaying some form of noticable sexual dimorphism. And is it a fungi growing out of its torso!? I don't remember the fungi family-name, but it's something that takes control over some species and makes they climb towards higher ground so the spores can be distributed more effectively. As far as I know it's a species of fungi from the Amazonas jungle where I have my limited knowledge from, but I guess specific fungi have that kind of effect on species everywhere in the world. Maybe even humans ;)
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 3, 2020

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Image
Butterflies icon

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon