• Question: What is your favourite Insect?

    Asked by AidenB to Sam R, Marc, jimenarubio on 29 Apr 2025. This question was also asked by CarterD2013, sennen, Jim R.
    • Photo: Sam Rogerson

      Sam Rogerson answered on 29 Apr 2025:

      This is SUCH a hard question to answer, because there are sooo many cool insects.

      But if I had to give one, I’d probably say Weevils, which are a special kind of beetle (and probably the biggest group of beetles!). They look really cute and charismatic (google them, you will see why), and they also have very interesting and varied lives.

      Some of my favourites are the “Leaf-Rolling Weevils”. The females lay a single egg on a leaf, and then use their powerful legs to roll the weevil up into a swiss roll. Then sometimes the eat the stalk of the leaf so it falls to the ground. The egg is completely protected, safe in its rolled-up leaf.

      Weevils are everywhere! And some are considered pests of agricultural crops because they’re REALLY good at eating plants.

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