Weevil.

[JohnP]

I've been looking at some oldie's, I can't remember whether I've posted this before... anyway here goes.

 

[FUJI]

Beautifully recorded John......they always remind me of the character....GONZO.....from the.....Muppet Show.

FUJI

[annie]

He looks an evil weevil................

 

The largest family group of insects.............fascinating 

[NannyFerret]

'That's a brilliant shot, John.

He looks big.

I've never seen one in real life.

[ChrisLumix]

Good job he's got 6 legs. He can simultaneously cover his eyes, ears, AND mouth.

 

"See no weevil, hear no..." well I'm sure you can finish it yourselves

[Korky]

Oh sod it....... If I can't beat Chris,I may as well join him.........

 

Nice shot, John, but is this the lesser of two weevils?

 

Seriously, this is a great shot, what a very strange looking creature.

 

Korky

[annie]

John, where I roam in the summer months, the weevils are eating nettles, hence they glow a very strange blue colour...lol..they are probably some kind of weevil that live of nettles but to see them glowing in daylight is so funny..

[annie]

Nanny, you have never seen a weevil! 

 

Jesus, I went in my dry food cupboard one day, and I thought, what the bloody hell is this...tiny bugs, crawling and dropping from the cupboards to the work tops..., must be coming from the garage I thought. NOPE....they were weevils that came in with a packet of dried mustard powder I had brought..............from that day to this any product I buy goes into it's own storage container, my niece was laughing her socks off, I was crying cause I had 'BUGs'....I was like...'Please don't tell anyone'...........totally harmless to us, but yukky to think you have been invaded.

I swear to God...I purchased the dried mustard powder and within three days my kitchen was invaded....never again will I buy that. ...

[NannyFerret]

I don't think so, Annie.

We sometimes had huge black Beatles but not for many years.

We have been invaded by Larder bugs and we found out that they were coming in to eat the crumbs left from the ferret kibble. They even got into their food dishes, so I got some House spray to get rid of the Silverfish and normally spray every 12months and it keeps it clear. I had to throw loads of food and ferret kibble away and even sprayed the food cupboard to make sure that we got rid of them all. It was horrible being invaded by those AND silverfish.

[JohnP]

Oh sod it....... If I can't beat Chris,I may as well join him.........

 

Nice shot, John, but is this the lesser of two weevils?

 

Seriously, this is a great shot, what a very strange looking creature.

 

Korky

 

Thank you Korky... I know you are not really a bug man so that makes your comment even more special.

 

As you probably know already I'm at my happiest when I've got my head in the weeds looking for little critters to photograph... strange person that I am...

[annie]

Nanny....Ugh..Silverfish are something I have never seen since I left the house we lived in in Cambridgshire....I used to get up in the morning and they would be crawling, nasty things that they were, over the wooden draining board.............huge bottles of domestos down and arounf the sink...........and in the morning they would be back...........those damn things were such a such a shock to me a Londoner moving out out to the country...........LOL

[annie]

Head in the weeds....we are both at out happiest then John..............Roll on summer eh!

[NannyFerret]

I had only had silverfish in ones or two's but I came back off holiday once and they had multiplied under one of the spare plastic bottomed ferret cages, and that did it. The spray was bought.
We were completely clear of them both last year but I still bought new can of spray ready to do it again.
Silverfish are harmless but enough was enough, when they multiplied and were trying to squat in my house with their extended families.

[Guest]

lovely shot John very sharp

[Leon]

I don't think so, Annie.

We sometimes had huge black Beatles but not for many years.

We have been invaded by Larder bugs and we found out that they were coming in to eat the crumbs left from the ferret kibble. They even got into their food dishes, so I got some House spray to get rid of the Silverfish and normally spray every 12months and it keeps it clear. I had to throw loads of food and ferret kibble away and even sprayed the food cupboard to make sure that we got rid of them all. It was horrible being invaded by those AND silverfish.

I thought your ferret was called KIBBLE AND YOU THREW IT OUT   

[NannyFerret]

I thought your ferret was called KIBBLE AND YOU THREW IT OUT   

   

Just to keep the record straight. my ferrets are called Angel and Gwyneth. 

[Heather]

very good shot John, strange little critter isnt it 

[NannyFerret]

It's so clear that you can see it's little feet. It almost looks like it has little toes too.

[JohnP]

It's so clear that you can see it's little feet. It almost looks like it has little toes too.

 

It's quite a lot smaller than my little finger nail, I love seeing little critters in enlarged size.

[NannyFerret]

It's quite a lot smaller than my little finger nail, I love seeing little critters in enlarged size.

Me too, and this is brilliant, especially for people like me who haven't seen them, or at least I don't think I have or maybe haven't know what they were.

[JohnP]

Here's another shot of the same Weevil.

 

[NannyFerret]

It's almost looks furry on it's back.

It's amazing to see them up so close.