I am an insect taxonomist, whose research focuses on the weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of New Zealand and the South Pacific and with a working knowledge of global weevil diversity. I also try to be a rounded natural historian, with particular interests in birds, plants and terrestrial invertebrates.

If you have found my identifications helpful and would like to show it financially, a thank-you card (containing original artwork) is available for purchase from https://sdjbrown.itch.io/inaturalist-gratitude-card. Proceeds will go towards purchasing books and resources for increasing my identification skills, or to support my ongoing research on weevil taxonomy.

I am actively producing illustrated guides to the identification of various weevil taxa. At present the following guides have been released:

• Distinguishing between Naupactus leucoloma and N. peregrinus. Available from: https://sdjbrown.itch.io/naupactus
• Distinguishing between Sphenophorus cicatristriatus and S. parvulus. Available from: https://sdjbrown.itch.io/sphenophorus