This weevil is often found on sunflowers but on other plants as well. This photo was taken at Camp Brewster. Its overall occurrence at Fontenelle Nature Centers is unknown.

This weevil is also commonly known as the sunflower head-clipping weevil. It also clips flower heads from other plants as well. Adult weevils girdle flower peduncles and leaf petioles leaving partially severed flowers or leaves hanging on the plant. It is thought only the female weevils engage in girdling, but both genders then congregate inside the now-upside down, partially opened flowers, to feed on pollen, mate and lay eggs.