Rhipicera femorata
16 Feather-horned beetle at Weetangera, ACT
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| Rhipicera femorata | AlisonMilton | 13 Mar 2019 | |
| Rhipicera femorata | AlisonMilton | 13 Mar 2019 |
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Plenty flying round in the sky and occasionally landing.
3 comments
10 Mar 2023
Can usually find them around the water tanks at The Pinnacle at this time of year, but can often be very high in the trees. I've found they like Acacias.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.047097-35.257527
- Altitude 924.8m
- Places Weetangera, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 10 Mar 2019 10:59 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Acacia and Eucalyptus Associated plant
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- Featured AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rhipicera femorata Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Rhipicera femorata Scientific name
- Feather-horned beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1214.9m Recorded at altitude
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