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Callirrhipis marmorea
Male Cedar Beetle with its antennae expanded in full glory, he is around 1 cm and the antennae is around 1.5 cm. 2nd time to see this Cedar Beetle and is really impressed with them.
Spotted on Jul 10, 2017
Submitted on Jul 11, 2017
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Thanks, @Daniele for correcting.
Will update the description accordingly :D
On a side note Callirhipidae (which used to be treated in Rhipiceridae) are known as cedar beetles:
https://link.springer.com/referenceworke...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrrhoidea...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/96011
I'm not sure where the phonetic mistake to cider or cidar originated from but it has propagated to various sites including PN.
Thanks, @Daniele :)
Vow! Glorious Albert :-)