Hole Art | Insect Metal Badge - Striped Ballback Weevil Pachyrrhynchus Sonani

**Striped ball-backed weevil** Scientific name: Pachyrrhynchus sonani Distribution: Orchid Island, Green Island There are more than 60,000 species of weevils in the world. Curculionidae is the largest family of beetles. Its most obvious feature is that its head has a shape similar to that of an elephant trunk. However, this peculiar structure is not a nose, but a is an extension of the mouthparts. However, the mouthparts of our protagonist, the ballback weevil, are not long. What's more special is that they are one of the few weevils that can't fly. The hind wings of the ball-backed weevil have degenerated, and the forewings and elytra are connected and combined, thus forming a spherical shell with a strong structure and extremely high hardness. In the past, some ancient tribes used it to test male muscle strength. If you can break the hard shell with your bare hands, it means that you are strong and can bring happiness to your partner, so it is called the happiness bug. But now we reinterpret the meaning of happiness. The striped weevil inhabits resorts such as Lanyu and Green Island. If you can see it during the journey, it will not only add a wonderful footnote to the holiday, but also represent Taiwan. Taiwan still has a beautiful pure land that breeds ecology, which is a kind of happiness for Taiwanese people!