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.

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), showing iridescence created from photonic crystals within the body scales, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), showing iridescence created from photonic crystals within the body scales, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Weevil (Curculionoidea) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus sp) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus sp) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Oliver Wright / Pine weevil (Hylobius abietis). Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) egg case wrapped in the leaves of its food plant (Dichaetanthera sp). Ranomafana,National Park, Madagascar.

Nigel Cattlin / Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) on damaged unopened Cotton (Gossypium sp) boll.