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.

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

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

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

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

Pete Oxford / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) only the males have this extraordinary neck like a mechanical digger, females are more modestly proportioned, Analamazoatra Special Reserve or Perinet, Madagasc...

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

Lucas Bustamante / Giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Moramanga, Madagascar.

Lucas Bustamante / Giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Moramanga, Madagascar . May, 2017

Nick Garbutt / Photographing a male Giraffe-necked Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa). Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern rainforest, Madagascar.

Konrad Wothe / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) in the rainforest of Ranomafana, Madagascar, Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Endemic Giraffe beetle (Attelabidae sp) Gaoligongshan NP, Yunnan province, China

Alex Hyde / Giraffe Necked Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male on leaf of Dichaetanthera cordifolia. Tropical rainforest, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Giraffe Necked Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male on leaf of Dichaetanthera cordifolia. Tropical rainforest, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Egg case made by a female Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) from the leaf of favourite host tree (Dichaetanthera cordifolia), a single egg is laid inside, Ranomafana National Park, easter...

Nick Garbutt / Egg cases made by a female Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) from the leaf of favourite host tree (Dichaetanthera cordifolia), a single egg is laid inside, Ranomafana National Park, easte...

Nick Garbutt / Egg of Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) laid inside the leaf of favourite host tree (Dichaetanthera cordifolia), Ranomafana National Park, eastern Madagascar, November

Inaki Relanzon / Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) on leaf, Ranomafana National Park, East Madagascar.

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} female on leaf of host plant (Dichaetanthera cordifolia) tropical rainforest, Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Alan Watson / Male Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) on leaf of bush (Dichaetanthera cordifolia), Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Edwin Giesbers / Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male on fern, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Inaki Relanzon / Giraffe necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) on leaf, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

Premaphotos / Giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male in rainforest, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Male Giraffe necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Perinet Special Reserve, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Male Giraffe necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Perinet Special Reserve, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Giraffe necked weevil, male female pair (Trachelophorus giraffa) Ranomafana, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) long neck is used in ritualized male combat, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Giraffe necked weevil, Madagascar.

Pete Oxford / Giraffe necked weevil {Trachelophorus giraffa} male Perinet SR, Madagascar

Konrad Wothe / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) on leaf, Madagascar

Mark Moffett / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa), Asia

Premaphotos / Giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male in rainforest, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) close-up of male on leaf, Madagascar

Emanuele Biggi / Giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male standing on leaf, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.

Christian Ziegler / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Lorraine Bennery / Giraffe necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.