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

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

Michael & Patricia Fogden / True Bug (Pephricus sp) pair, insect mimics plant as camouflage, South Africa

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) pair mating, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Ingo Arndt / Norway Spruce (Picea abies) trees that have died after being afflicted by bark beetle, Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Norway Spruce (Picea abies) trees that have died after being afflicted by bark beetle, Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany

MYN / Matt Cole / Weevil (Sitona suturalis). Suburban garden, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, UK, March. meetyourneighbours.net project March

Nick Upton / Large thistle weevil (Cleonis pigra) feeding on thistle leaves in montane pastureland, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

Nick Upton / Large thistle weevil (Cleonis pigra) feeding on thistle leaves in montane pastureland, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) Florida, USA, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) Florida, USA, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Niall Benvie / Weevil (Lixus paraplecticus), Scotland, UK, August 2008 meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / True Weevil (Curculionidae) with aposematic coloration, Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Spider Weevil (Arachnobas granulpennis), Nakanai Mountains, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / True Weevil (Curculionidae) with aposematic coloration, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

MYN / Marko Masterl / Weevil (Otiorhynchus sp) Slovenia, Europe, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

James Christensen / True Weevil (Curculionidae) on fern, Mindo, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Spider Weevil (Arachnobas granulpennis), New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea

Konrad Wothe / Engraver Beetle (Ips typographus) traces under bark, Bavaria, Germany

Andy Sands / Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum) on Oak leaf, Captive, UK, July

Andy Sands / Weevil (Sitona suturalis) on leaf tip, UK, Captive, August

Bruno D'Amicis / Young Spruce (Picea abies) growing among dead trees in an area afflicted by Bark Beetle (Curculionidae) infestation. Bayerischer Wald National Park, Germany, May 2010.

Bruno D'Amicis / Forest trees affected by Bark Beetle (Curculionidae) infestation. Belianske Tatry, Slovakia, November 2007.

Bruno D'Amicis / Mountain ridge forest trees affected by Bark Beetle (Curculionidae) infestation. Belianske Tatry, Slovakia, November 2007.

Bruno D'Amicis / Dead Spruce (Picea abies) trees in Bark Beetle (Curculionidae) afflicted area on mountain ridge in the Bayerischer Wald National Park. Germany, May 2010.

Bruno D'Amicis / Visible differences between monospecific Spruce (Picea abies) forest affected by Bark Beetle (Curculionidae), and mixed forest (right), from a high perspective. West Tatras, Slovakia, September 2007.

Bruno D'Amicis / Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides trydactilus) searching for Bark Beetle (Curculionidae). Western Tatras, Slovakia, April.

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunbeam lighting Spruce forest; the brown patch of trees are affected by Bark Beetle (Curculionidae). High Tatras, Slovakia, June 2009.

Bruno D'Amicis / Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides trydactilus) searching for Bark Beetle (Curculionidae). Western Tatras, Slovakia, April.

Bruno D'Amicis / Dead Spruce (Picea abies) trees in Bark Beetle (Curculionidae) afflicted area in the Bayerischer Wald National Park at sunset. Germany, May 2010.

Bruno D'Amicis / Dead Spruce (Picea abies) trees in Bark Beetle (Curculionidae) afflicted area in the Bayerischer Wald National Park at sunset. Germany, May 2010.

Bruno D'Amicis / Dead Spruce (Picea abies) trees on Bark Beetle (Curculionidae) affliced mountain ridge in the Bayerischer Wald National Park. Germany, May 2010.

Bruno D'Amicis / Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides trydactilus) pecking for Bark Beetle (Curculionidae). Western Tatras, Slovakia, April.

Chien Lee / True Weevil (Hypomeces squamosus), Lawas, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

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

Alex Hyde / Tropical weevil {Curculionidae}, camouflaged on mossy tree trunk in rainforest, Mantadia NP, Madagascar

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

Stephen Dalton / Wheat weevils (Sitophilus granarius) infesting grain harvest, UK

Murray Cooper / True Weevil (Curculionidae), Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / True Weevil (Curculionidae), Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / True Weevil (Curculionidae) on flower, Ecuador

Chien Lee / True Weevil (Curculionidae), Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

James Christensen / True Weevil (Curculionidae) carrying many mites, Panama

Michael & Patricia Fogden / True Weevil (Leptostethus sp) on reed, Namib Desert, Namibia

Mark Moffett / Black Oak Acorn Weevil (Curculio rectus) grub emergence, Myles Standish State Forest, Massachusetts

Mark Moffett / Black Oak Acorn Weevil (Curculio rectus) boring hole in nut

Thomas Marent / True Weevil (Curculionidae) feeding on flower, Soberania National Park, Panama

Mark Moffett / Researcher holding bark cross-section showing Bark Beetle larvae in fir tree

Jose B. Ruiz / Weevil {Curculionidae} Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Weevil {Curculionidae} Spain

Thomas Marent / True Weevil (Eupholus nickerli), Crater Mountain, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / True Weevil (Curculionidae), Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / True Weevil (Curculionidae) flying, Costa Rica

Kim Taylor / Tropical weevil {Curculionidae} Trinidad, West Indies.

Gerry Ellis / True Weevil (Curculionidae) pair mating, Kikori Delta, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Curculionidae) portrait, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) larvae with radiating galleries in Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree, Flat Creek, University of Idaho Forest, Idaho

Mark Moffett / Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) larvae with radiating galleries in Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree, University of Idaho Forest, Idaho

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) close-up of head, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mitsuhiko Imamori / True Weevil (Curculionidae) on leaf, Shiga, Japan

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Curculionidae) portrait, of flight take-off, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Black Oak Acorn Weevil (Curculio rectus) grub emerging from acorn, Myles Standish State Forest, Massachusetts

Mark Moffett / Black Oak Acorn Weevil (Curculio rectus) grub emerging from acorn, Myles Standish State Forest, Massachusetts

Mark Moffett / Black Oak Acorn Weevil (Curculio rectus) on Acorn, Massachusetts

Mark Moffett / Striped Ambrosia Beetle (Trypodendron lineatum) adult, pupa, and larvae in Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) bark, Flat Creek, University of Idaho Forest, Idaho

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) portrait, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) larvae with radiating galleries in Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree, Flat Creek, University of Idaho Forest, Idaho

Mark Moffett / Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) larvae riddles Fir trees with channels where larvae will mature, Flat Creek, Idaho

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) couple mating, Wau, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Striped Ambrosia Beetle (Trypodendron lineatum) adult, pupa, and larvae in Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) bark, larvae feed on fungus seen blackening bark surface, Flat Creek, Idaho

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) pair mating, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) on leaf, Wau, Papua New Guinea

Ingo Arndt / Norway Spruce (Picea abies) trees that have died after being afflicted by bark beetle, Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany

Christian Ziegler / Left to right, from top: Blue Helicopter Damselfly (Megaloprepus coerulatus), Mydas Fly (Mydidae), Saw-nosed Planthopper (Cathedra serrata), Metalmark (Lymnas pixe), Grasshopper (Proscopia panamensis)...

Premaphotos / Hazel leaf-rolling weevil (Apoderus coryli) male mate-guarding while the female rolls a birch leaf in which to lay an egg, UK

Premaphotos / Vine weevil beetle (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) on the petal of a cultivated flower, UK

Premaphotos / Hazel leaf-rolling weevil (Apoderus coryli) UK

Premaphotos / Banded pine weevil beetle (Pissodes pini) male guarding his mate as she lays an egg in a log, UK

Premaphotos / Vine weevil beetle (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) in garden, UK

Premaphotos / Gorse seed weevil (Exapion ulicis) female drilling a hole in a Gorse flower to lay her eggs while the male guards her from the attentions of other males, UK

Premaphotos / Lesser nettle weevil / Golden leaved beetle (Phyllobius virideaeris) male trying to tempt a female to mate with him on their nettle food plant, UK

Premaphotos / Large figwort weevil (Cionus scrophulariae) mating pair on their Figwort food plant, UK

Premaphotos / Sand-crawler weevil beetle (Otiorhynchus atroapterus) male guarding female while she lays eggs into a coastal sand dune, UK

Premaphotos / Large figwort weevil (Cionus scrophulariae) pupae attached to the top of the Figwort plant on which the larvae have fed. The pupae mimic the plant's seed pods. UK

Premaphotos / Poplar leaf-roller weevil (Byctiscus populi) UK

Mark Moffett / Black Oak Acorn Weevil (Curculio rectus) boring into acorn, Myles Standish State Forest, Massachusetts