Large Weevil - Macrocheirus sp.
Taina Litwak
Winner Rank
2
Artist Statement
I love working with beetles. They are so structurally fascinating and such a very diverse group of organisms. I work as a scientific illustrator, but I enjoy photography also and I am so happy to be able to include it in my work flow. I got my first camera, a kodak instamatic in 1964 when I was 8 years old. I have always been an image maker, though the technology and the equipment I have access to has certainly changed. Its a joy.
This is a particularly large species of palm weevil, found in South East Asia. The 3 views of this specimen of Macrocheirus is one of a large series of photographs documenting the taxonomic group. The photograph will be published in a monographic revision of the subfamily Dryophthorinae.
Job Title
Scientific Illustrator