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Piesarthrius marginellus
About 25mm body length.
Distinctively male with highly pectinate antennae.
Recently trapped by a house spider (badumna sp?) web near a light.
Very difficult to clean those antennae without damaging them.
As these are not common (hadn't seen one for several years) I decided to release this one because it had not yet been envenomed.
order: COLEOPTERA
suborder: POLYPHAGA
superfamily: CHRYSOMELOIDEA
family: CERAMBYCIDAE
subfamily: CERAMBYCINAE
tribe: Strongylurini
genus: Piesarthrius
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Jan 29, 2019
Submitted on Mar 27, 2019
6 Comments
Especially like the last photo! Did it sit still while you rescued it?
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Believe me tukup it is a very well fed spider... looks like she needs to diet. ;-)
That last foto is a dandy Mark. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for rescuing it. I'm sure the spider can live on less exotic food :-)
Oh thanks Sergio. Now I feel better... ;-)
(Set up next to the light and it's the biggest fattest house spider I've ever seen - might need to go on a diet anyway)
Great find Mark. I am sure that the spider will find another meal.