Munch, munch.

When digging up my succulents a few weeks ago I found that the Echeveria came up a lot easier that it should, it just popped out of the ground.
"Uh oh" thought I. Yup, damned vine weevil grubs had munched through all the roots and one was making its way right up the centre of the stem.

She is no more. 

The top of the plant has been potted up in gritty compost and should re root. 

They're a bit of a problem, Fuchsia, Primula and Heuchera have all been chewed through this year. Luckily all were saved in the nick of time.

By the way, did you know that all vine weevils are female? Able to reproduce without any intervention from the less fair sex. They're triploids too, having an extra set of chromosomes than us humans who only have two, this gives them a slight advantage in that they are more robust and hardier to extremes in temperature and difficult environmental pressures. Kind like super bugs
They're not native to the UK or Ireland either, originally being found in only in one small area of central Europe. Modern horticulture has helped their dispersion, causing problems for gardeners world wide.

Horrible little feckers.

Sorry if all that has put you off your lunch. ;-)