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Lycid Beetle

Porrostoma rhipidium

Photo by ShannaB
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Field Notes

Notes:

This is quite a large beetle, about 3cm long (not including antennae). We saw it by the creek at 'Waterlilies' near Surat in Queensland.

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Long-nosed Lycid Beetle - Porrostoma rhipidium, (Metriorrhynchusrhipidius)

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Comments (2)
ShannaB
Thanks Maria! It very helpfully walked right onto that leaf which showed the antennae up beautifully.
Maria dB
Wonderful photo showing those cool antennae!

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PublishedSeptember 13, 2013

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