#brachycerus

you might think that when photographing an insect like this Brachycerus barbarus your priorities should be nonsense like "capturing diagnostic features" or "making the photo look good" but actually the only thing that matters is getting a look at its stupid bulbous nose

this is much easier than it sounds, as the weevil mysteriously dies upon contact with human hands but appears to come back to life when no longer handled. i'm still researching the hypothesis that i have the ability to revive corpses by placing them on the ground

This small insect is probabily a Brachycerus junix (Lichtenstein, 1796) or a Brachycerus barbarus, this was the first time I saw one.

Our gardens are more interesting that we think xD

bereft of legs, antennae and ass, this comically featureless Brachycerus barbarus husk (that i weirdly found next to a live one) looks like some pre-roman clay idol that i could sell to a private collector for an absurd quantity in spite of the pleas of several archaeological societies or maybe pray to in order to relieve some of my many ailments