SPEAK NO WEEVIL
They're celebrating National Weevil Day up in Canada right now, and although I'm situated several hundred miles shy of the 49th parallel, I can think of nothing better to do than briefly celebrate the world's largest animal family, Curculionidae.
No one knows how many weevil species there are, least of all me, but they number well over 40,000. Mostly tiny insects, their elongated snouts bear a pair of elbowed, club-tipped antennae that give them a distinctive, rather comical look. The snout is tipped with chewing mouthparts that shred the vegetable matter these beetles subsist on. Weevil larvae tend to be cryptic borers and miners. Most weevils are specific feeders, and many rely solely upon a single plant species. Most host plants are woody, and weevils are important pests of a great many human crops, including many species of timber, nut and fruit trees, alfalfa, peppers, potatoes, bananas, and, of course, the most famous weevil of all, Anthonomus grandis, the Cotton Boll Weevil. Heavy weevil infestations usually only occur in monocrop agricultural settings, or in plants that have been stressed by a secondary factor. Some weevil species are beneficial to humans, and a few have been put to use to control invasive plants, including Neochetina spp., which feed on Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Hadroplontus litura, which has long been used to control Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense), and weevils of the Genus Coniatus, an enemy of the most obnoxious invasive plant of the western American deserts, the Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.).
Although most curculionids are drab and only a millimeter or two in length, a few of them are quite spectacular. Among these are the two New Guinean genera Gymnopholus and Eupholus, which are large and colored in shades of beautiful reds, blues and greens. Bennett's Painted Weevil (Eupholus bennetti), depicted in the painting above, at an inch in length, is one of the world's largest and most handsome weevils. Another notable species is Tracheophorus giraffa, the Madagascan Giraffe Weevil, named for the extremely elongated prothorax and head of the male, which is used to roll a leaf chamber in which the female lays a single egg.
Maintaining the spirit of yesterday's post, the weevil genus Zyzzyva is often cited as the very last genus, alphabetically, although both the wasp genus Zyzzyx and the hydrozoan genus Zyzzyzus narrowly beat it.
Happy Birthday, Weevil!
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upper: BENNETT'S PAINTED WEEVIL (2003) acrylic 5" x 8"
lower: Photograph of Tracheophorus giraffa taken by CPBvK north of Antananarivo, Madagascar in 1997
No one knows how many weevil species there are, least of all me, but they number well over 40,000. Mostly tiny insects, their elongated snouts bear a pair of elbowed, club-tipped antennae that give them a distinctive, rather comical look. The snout is tipped with chewing mouthparts that shred the vegetable matter these beetles subsist on. Weevil larvae tend to be cryptic borers and miners. Most weevils are specific feeders, and many rely solely upon a single plant species. Most host plants are woody, and weevils are important pests of a great many human crops, including many species of timber, nut and fruit trees, alfalfa, peppers, potatoes, bananas, and, of course, the most famous weevil of all, Anthonomus grandis, the Cotton Boll Weevil. Heavy weevil infestations usually only occur in monocrop agricultural settings, or in plants that have been stressed by a secondary factor. Some weevil species are beneficial to humans, and a few have been put to use to control invasive plants, including Neochetina spp., which feed on Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Hadroplontus litura, which has long been used to control Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense), and weevils of the Genus Coniatus, an enemy of the most obnoxious invasive plant of the western American deserts, the Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.).
Although most curculionids are drab and only a millimeter or two in length, a few of them are quite spectacular. Among these are the two New Guinean genera Gymnopholus and Eupholus, which are large and colored in shades of beautiful reds, blues and greens. Bennett's Painted Weevil (Eupholus bennetti), depicted in the painting above, at an inch in length, is one of the world's largest and most handsome weevils. Another notable species is Tracheophorus giraffa, the Madagascan Giraffe Weevil, named for the extremely elongated prothorax and head of the male, which is used to roll a leaf chamber in which the female lays a single egg.
Maintaining the spirit of yesterday's post, the weevil genus Zyzzyva is often cited as the very last genus, alphabetically, although both the wasp genus Zyzzyx and the hydrozoan genus Zyzzyzus narrowly beat it.
Happy Birthday, Weevil!
_____________________
upper: BENNETT'S PAINTED WEEVIL (2003) acrylic 5" x 8"
lower: Photograph of Tracheophorus giraffa taken by CPBvK north of Antananarivo, Madagascar in 1997
17 Comments:
And which is the least of 40,000 weevils? I'm really so sorry, I couldn't help myself. Love the limited palette and those water droplets. Beautifully done beetle in the last post too.
There is a cotton boll weevil eradication program going on in the Texas panhandle. Last year they found about ten in their traps. Cost to the cotton farmers who MUST enroll in this program? About $100,000 per boll weevil. I'm afraid Texas is going the way of California.
National Weevil Day? We're more colourful up here than I knew. Out your way "up here" is on the other side of the 49th parallel, though 48th would be better...
Pardon my ignorance, but is there a particular reason why Canada celebrates "National Weevil Day"?
I'm intrigued!
Carl: You oughta be ashamed of yourself!
Mary: Very interesting, if not terribly surprising.
Pamela: Oops! Thanks for the correction--I'll be sure to fix that.
Roger: Okay, okay, I'll level with you. It's only a couple of my Canadian friends that celebrate it
"It's only a couple of my Canadian friends that celebrate it".
So it's not a National thingy? Tss, tss, shame on you, and on me for not checking this stuff up. These last few days I have been telling people how odd canadians are.
Only on 'Friday October 13th's' which occur every 6 years or so, perhaps?
They don't call us crazy canucks for nothing and I nominate you as an honorary Canadian...teehee.
Thanks Carel...love it!
Filipe: Sorry to be so fraudulent, Filipe. You can probably continue to tell your friends how odd Canadians are, though.
Jackie: Hope you enjoyed the celebration. Is it okay if Filipe tells all of Portugal that Canadians are odd?
Well, I'll be sure to start a celebration here in NJ next year. I didn't know there were so many weevils. It's unbe-weevil-ble.
Ok, that was awful.
Just curious if I could post anything here.
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