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Description:

Big antennae ! Nice insect drinking water.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Mark Ridgway
Metriorhynchus rhipidium is now called Porrostoma rhipidium and is only found in Australia. It also has an all-black thorax.
rubens.luciano
Yes, they are. I think this antennae shape increase a lot the contact area so it is much more sensible to "scents".
Gordon Dietzman
You're quite welcome. I've bumped into these insects on a couple of occasions, but had never gotten to photograph them until last week. Those antennae are fantastic, aren't they?
Gordon Dietzman
I suspect this is one of the net-winged beetles. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycidae and see what you think.
Yasser
Look at the antennae! Marvelous.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2011

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