Going through the garden moth trap this morning, I was pleased to find the second Privet Hawk Moth of the year. I posed it on the dead willow for a photo, when the nearby bird dropping sprouted legs and started to move....

Closer inspection revealed the rather funky Platyrhinus resinosus - a new weevil and very very cool to boot. Sadly, once it clocked me, it went into bird dropping mode.

It is amazing how much sawdust the local beetles produce from this long-dead tree. this powder is the work of 48 hours.

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Oh, and here is the rather stupendous Privet HM