Beetles

Snout beetles, weevils (Curculionoidea) have the name from the extended snout. The antennae are often bent. They are herbivores and can be harmful. The picture has been made with magnification factor 7 and f/9.

Snout beetles, weevils (Curculionoidea) have the name from the extended snout. The antennae are often bent. They are herbivores and can be harmful. The picture has been made with magnification factor 7 and f/9, using a Canon 7D, a Canon MP-E 65 mm/f2.8 and a Canon 2x teleconverter. A weevil is any beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than 6 millimetres (0.24 in), and herbivorous. There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum), which belongs to the family Anobiidae (source: Wikipedia).

Snout beetles, weevils (Curculionoidea) have the name from the extended snout. The antennae are often bent. They are herbivores and can be harmful (reference Wikipedia). Portrait, made with magnification factor 8 and f/8.

Portrait small bug, made with magnification factor 7 and f/9. Coleoptera, an order commonly called Beetles, is an order of insects; from Greek κολεός, koleos, "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing", which contains more species than any other order in the animal kingdom, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms. About 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 400,000 species), and new species are discovered frequently. Some estimates put the total number of species, described and undescribed, at as high as 100 million, but 1 million is a more likely figure. The largest taxonomic family, the Curculionidae (the weevils or snout beetles), also belongs to this order (source: Wikipedia) . The picture has been made with a Canon 7D , the Canon macrolens MP-E 65mm/f2.8 and a Canon 2x teleconverter.

Portrait juvenile snout beetle, made with magnification factor 10 and f/8 using a Canon 7D, the Canon macro lens MP-E 65 mm/f2.8 and a Canon 2x teleconverter. Snout beetles, weevils (Curculionoidea) have the name from the extended snout. The antennae are often bent. They are herbivores and can be harmful (reference Wikipedia).

Juvenile Snout beetle

Portrait juvenile snout beetle, made with magnification factor 10 and f/5.6 using a Canon 7D, the Canon macro lens MP-E 65 mm/f2.8 and a Canon 2x teleconverter. Snout beetles, weevils (Curculionoidea) have the name from the extended snout. The antennae are often bent. They are herbivores and can be harmful (reference Wikipedia).

Detail small beetle

Detail small beetle, made with magnification 6 and f/5.6 using a Canon 7D, a Canon macrolens MP-E 65mm/f2.8 and a Canon 2x teleconverter.