Phoracantha recurva

Yellow Phoracantha borer at Ainslie, ACT

Phoracantha recurva at Ainslie, ACT - 20 Nov 2019 10:13 PM
Phoracantha recurva at Ainslie, ACT - 20 Nov 2019 10:13 PM
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Phoracantha recurva 28 Nov 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Phoracantha recurva 27 Nov 2019 jb2602

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2 comments

KimPullen wrote:
   3 Dec 2019
Image 1 is correctly identified as P. recurva - in this species the elytra are yellow in the basal half. Images 2, 3 and 4 are Phoracantha semipunctata, which has the elytra mostly black.
jb2602 wrote:
   4 Dec 2019
The P. Semipunctata have been removed and another P. recurva image added.

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