Obrida fascialis

1 One banded longicorn at Tharwa, ACT

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Obrida fascialis 25 May 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Obrida fascialis 19 May 2017 MichaelBedingfield
Unverified 19 May 2017 MichaelBedingfield

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MichaelMulvaney noted:

25 May 2017

This will be the first ALA record of this beetle in our region

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In Gigerline Nature Reserve, on the slopes to the west of the Murrumbidgee River.

2 comments

   19 May 2017
My suggestion of Obrida fascialis (One banded longicorn) comes from the following references:
Firstly longhorn beetles:
http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/cerambycidae/cerambycidae.html#
.....which led to:
http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/cerambycidae/info_pages/Obrida.html
.....then
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:172ccfb9-4df8-4df8-8c87-4c72061f5ce7
......and
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1124696025
   25 May 2017
Thanks Michael M, it is nice to find new and interesting creatures.

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