Porrostoma rhipidium
Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle at Bungendore, NSW
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| Porrostoma rhipidium | AlisonMilton | 4 Jan 2025 | |
| Porrostoma rhipidium | RogerF | 3 Jan 2025 | |
| Eroschema poweri | clarehoneydove | 3 Jan 2025 |
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4 comments
3 Jan 2025
NB the long ‘nose’ with terminal mouth parts. The eroschema has ‘normal’ beetle mouthparts.
5 Jan 2025
Lycids are quite distasteful to would be predators so being a mimic helps survival see my book
5 Jan 2025
Yes I saw you called them distasteful and in my head I thought "Roger doesn't like them" like an idiot.
Location information
- Places Bungendore, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
- Tea tree Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mating Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- clarehoneydove 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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