Psilomorpha tenuipes

Longhorn Beetle at suppressed

Psilomorpha tenuipes at suppressed - 22 Feb 2023
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Identification history

Psilomorpha tenuipes 2 Mar 2023 KimberiRP
Macrones sp. (genus) 25 Feb 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Macrones sp. (genus) 23 Feb 2023 AlisonMilton
Unidentified 23 Feb 2023 arjay

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User's notes

Closer to 12 than 25 mm. Also very hard to photograph since it wouldn't stop still plus any time the camera came close it tried to climb onto the lens.

4 comments

arjay wrote:
   25 Feb 2023
So does this mean that the wasp would also have wing cases the same as the beetle? This individual definitely has wing cases.
arjay wrote:
   25 Feb 2023
Or are you saying that it is a beetle mimicking a wasp?
AlisonMilton wrote:
   26 Feb 2023
A beetle mimicking a wasp
arjay wrote:
   26 Feb 2023
Yeah I finally realised that. It needs a hyphen between wasp and mimicking so it is wasp-mimicking ... one word and an adjective describing the beetle.

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Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 22 Feb 2023 06:22 PM Recorded on
  • arjay Recorded by

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

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