Rhipicera femorata

16 Feather-horned beetle at Weetangera, ACT

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Identification history

	Rhipicera femorata	13 Mar 2019	AlisonMilton
	Rhipicera femorata	13 Mar 2019	AlisonMilton

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Plenty flying round in the sky and occasionally landing.

3 comments

amiessmacro wrote:

9 Mar 2023

Amazing these are on my bucket list

AlisonMilton wrote:

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.

Cristy1676 wrote:

15 Mar 2023

Beautiful :-)

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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
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Featured Insects Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Acacia and Eucalyptus Associated plant

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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