A Gorgeous Jeweled Pink and Green Weevil

This is a green long-nosed weevil (Exophthalmus carneipes). These are fairly rare as they are only found in Costa Rica and Panama. They are covered in scales that bear three dimensional photonic crystals within their lumen, which makes the scales iridescent. Those are what give it the jeweled look. These are very tiny insects, usually less than 1/2 an inch or ~12mm long. They eat plants, first the roots as larvae then the plant itself as an adult. You can really see how small these are when you think those rocks it is crawling on are the gravel in my driveway and the plants are nothing more than lichen and moss!!