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Long-Horned beetle

Morimus inaequalis

Description:

What is this ?? !!!

14 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thank you Milind...Only one site has this specie record!

Milind Mangare
Milind Mangare 11 years ago

great

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Excellent Bayucca...Thank you for the Suggestion....

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

OK, here we go!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Most probably a flightless long-horn beetle from the subfamily Lamiinae and tribe Phrissomini. If you have such a tremendous weight to carry, you are not able to run...

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@NoamFossi: Almost matches...But black eye like structure is different...It is from South Africa..Regionally less found in India...

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I have checked this one before, but spots and markings are different.
http://saphotographs.blogspot.ch/2012/10...

NoamFossi
NoamFossi 11 years ago

tetradia lophoptera ? aka dumpy longhorn

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

This spotting from bugguide gives some clues....
http://bugguide.net/node/view/159542

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Bayucca : It was walking slowly on road! So may be some kind of bug??

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Lauren : I have one more pic of it...I ll post when i reach home....In work now...
But "Cerambycid" beetle is somewhat thin compared to this pic na?

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

I agree, it is a Cerambycid, the second antennal segment is very small, a characteristic of the family. Do you have more pictures of this beetle? It is really neat.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Looks like some kind of Longhorned Beetle, Cerambycidae.

Adarsha B S
Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Dec 2, 2012
Submitted on Dec 5, 2012

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