This is a website for weevil taxonomists and others interested in the beetle superfamily Curculionoidea, with the aim of facilitating cooperation and information-sharing worldwide. It will enable weevil specialists to share information online and together develop a community resource with data on weevil hosts, morphology, systematics, taxonomic characters, literature and other areas of mutual interest.

The amount of information available is now vastly outstripping our ability to keep track of it. For several years weevil taxonomists have realised they need a web resource where they can discuss issues and share information, for example on taxonomic character states, to minimise confusion in the literature and enable acceleration of research. This site grew from that need.

While anyone can access the content of the site (other than private work areas set up by small teams) only those with an account can contribute to the site or edit content. If you wish to become a contributor please do use the 'Create new account' command on the side of the screen. When you complete the on-line form please include your interests and affiliation.

The site is one of the EDIT ‘Scratchpads’. Scratchpads are a social networking application that enables communities of researchers to manage, share and publish taxonomic data online. Sites are hosted at the Natural History Museum London, and offered free to any scientist that completes an online registration form. The weevil scratchpad is dedicated in the first place to weevil systematics and taxonomy, but is by its nature responsive to the way in which we, the users, chose to develop it.