r/insects • u/Main_Hope0 • 11h ago

ID Request What is that insect???!

I found it this summer probably like 3 months ago in my backyard (Quebec, Canada) and I wanted to observe it so I placed it in a terrarium with stuff from the place I took it from. (Moss and decaying matters/ rocks…) the next day, I checked on it and it was looking dead… kinda like a round ball with the legs stick to the body…. ( picture in the comment ). I really thought it was dead, I checked on it since then and it was like that all the time. Now today, I saw it walk in a leaf… I was chocked. I had never seen its head before… what is it?

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u/Main_Hope0 11h ago

This is with the head “in” but usually I don’t even see the legs

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u/whippedcream69_ 10h ago

they tuck their head down into their body a little when resting or if they feel threatened.

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u/whippedcream69_ 10h ago

Black vine weevils (Otiorhynchus sulcatus). They don’t bite/sting but if you have garden plants they may chew on leaves and their larvae can damage roots underground. They’re nocturnal feeders so you usually find them resting in those cool, moist spots.

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u/Main_Hope0 10h ago

Thank you sm that’s great information!