Your Weekly Attenborough: Trigonopterus attenboroughi

Burdened with the mantle of greatness.

By Nathaniel Scharping
Jan 6, 2018 2:56 AMFeb 11, 2020 9:33 PM
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Trigonopterus attenboroughi. (Credit: Alexander Riedel)

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Today I'm going to tell you about a weevil. There are a lot of weevils, and beetles in general, out there, but this one is special. Plucked from anonymity, this little guy was blessed, or cursed perhaps, with the mantle of greatness.

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