Rhyncogonus | Keiki Tee -yellow

100% Organic cotton | Designed in Hawaiʻi nei | Made in the USA Although weevils (beetles with long snouts) may not be #1 on your insectfavorites list, perhaps you’ll reconsider when you learn about Hawaiʻi’ssurprisingly large radiation of ponu ʻai lau (Rhyncogonus spp.): 47 species,most endemic to a single island or island area and all of them species ofconcern. Kauaʻi and Oʻahu have the largest number of endemics, but theyoccur on all the main islands as well as in the Northwestern group. Theylive in coastal/lowland (0-1,000 ft.) and montane areas (upland andforested zones from 1,000-3,000 ft.). Their wing covers are fused forprotection, an adaptation that has cost them the ability to fly. Crawling istheir only way to escape the hungry birds who love to eat them, like thePuaiohi of Kauaʻi that has been seen to feed largely on ponu ʻai lau. Theirinability to fly has also astounded evolutionary biologists who guess theymust have hitched rides on birds to even the most remote corners of