Feather-horned beetle at Wilsons Valley, NSW
Identification history
| Rhipicera femorata | 3 hrs ago | AlisonMilton | ||
| Rhipicera femorata | 3 hrs ago | Miranda |
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I saw a lot of the feather horned beetles flying around but none of them were landing where I could photograph them. Then a robber fly grabbed one and landed on me!
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.588147-36.369689
- Altitude 944.0m
- Places Wilsons Valley, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 11 hrs ago Recorded on
- Miranda Recorded by
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Collections
Miranda NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Rhipicera femorata
Additional information
- Predated by a robber fly. Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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