This will be short and sweet. Just a quick post to share some sketches I did of a little dark Weevil that came by today. He didn’t stop by for tea but I may do a character of him someday so you never know!
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Enlarged sketches of the Weevil
Above shows the small sketch page I did. It had a spot of color on it from when I was going to paint something, but this is just a study so it didn’t bother me. You can see in the upper right corner, I always draw two lines showing the bugs actual length. I hope the pictures aren’t too blurry, I only have my cell phone camera right now. I cropped and enlarged them so they may not be as nice as they could be! (getting a new camera is on my list!)
Weevil in my ‘bug’ container to study.
Above shows the little container I’ve used for years as a temporary holder for bugs while I study them. None of them have ever held still, it’s so hard to draw them while they constantly walk about. I tried to draw the sketches much bigger than actual size to show more detail.
A great natural light picture when I released him.
This is when I released him outside on the fence. You can see the tiny dots of tan on his back.
Another nice shot of his texture and color.
They must have a special substance on their feet because he was able to walk on all the slipper walls of this shiny plastic container.
And another shot, you can see his eyes.
Look at those antennae! They were bent like an arm would bend at the elbow, and he poked them up and down to ‘feel’ or ‘smell’ (?) his way along.
I like how this picture shows how he can bend his body a bit, or neck if he has one!
Look at the interesting shape of his legs, and I like how he has his neck bent a bit.
One last picture of him in the container.
One last picture of him in the container, I like showing all the different angles. I find the legs so interesting and difficult to draw unless it’s from a photo. He walked constantly while I sketched him and reminded me of one of those wind up toys! I noticed how they moved opposite legs, just like any multi-legged creature would for balance.
Hi Mary – This is a short-snouted/broad-nosed weevil in the subfamily Entiminae. Specifically, it appears to be a black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus – see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otiorhynchus_sulcatus
Nice drawings!
Cheers,
Ed S.
Thanks so much for the ID Ed, I can always count on you for some answers! I’ll have to look that one up. I’ve always found weevils to be interesting, the way they look, usually with a long ‘snout’!