Porrostoma rhipidium
Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle at Hughes, ACT
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| Porrostoma rhipidium | jb2602 | 30 Nov 2019 | |
| Porrostoma rhipidium | JonSteinbeck | 30 Nov 2019 |
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User's notes
The female appeared to be on the back as she appeared to be laying eggs while presumably the male was in the front fertilising the eggs.
2 comments
3 Dec 2019
I think it is the male on the back, in the usual mating position for most beetles. He has the more elaborate flabellate antennae, with leaf-like extensions on each segment, while the female has serrate (saw-like) antennae.
5 Dec 2019
HI Kim, Many thanks for that information. In looking at the close-up photograph of the end of the insects, it looked like the rear insect had an extended tube touching the end of the front insect. Is that how male beetles fertilise eggs please? I know this is a common occurrence judging by the number of similar photographs on CNM but I was really happy to photograph them and interested in seeing how they went about laying eggs. Many thanks
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098060-35.333415
- Altitude 616.3m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 23 Nov 2019 07:29 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
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- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Porrostoma rhipidium Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Porrostoma rhipidium Scientific name
- Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1212.8m Recorded at altitude
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