with over 1200 weevil species in Northern Europe identification of individuals can be very tricky. In Britain there have been over 420 species recorded.Some of the overlooked species are tiny such as the two following species from the Apion genus.
A.frumentarium is only 2mm long and lives on docks and sorrels.It is usually this bright red orange colour.
This is A.pomonae it lives on low growing composites.
A young boy on the promenade on Bournemouth beach front found a little strand of debris in a drying out gutter under the cliff and wondered what it was . i snatched it from him and took a closer look.There were three midge larvae cocooned in a droplet of water clinging to a plant root. Midges usually have aquatic larvae and are usually predatory or feed on other organic matter such as fungi, moulds or other insects in rotting wood or soil.
Some spring butterflies are busy doing their stuff such as the orange tip(Anthocharis cardamines) as a larvae it feeds on crucifers (cabbage family) they love the cuckoo flower.
The underside is very camouflaged. Another white butterfly is the green veined white(Pieris napi) here feeding on gorse flowers.
A nights moth trapping with a UV lamp in the New forest with entomologist friends, only provided three species but included many great prominant(peridea anceps) moths.
