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Piesarthrius marginellus
About 25mm body length. Nice feathery antennae which it could actively open and close. Last pic is after it finally jumped to my tee shirt so I wore it for another 30 mins :-) These cerambycidae are getting interesting.
Initially in a used car yard at night on the roof of a Ford Focus..
(Last photo by Leuba because I'm no good at selfies)
order: COLEOPTERA
suborder: POLYPHAGA
superfamily: CHRYSOMELOIDEA
family: CERAMBYCIDAE
subfamily: CERAMBYCINAE
tribe: Strongylurini
genus: Piesarthrius
Spotted on Jan 28, 2014
Submitted on Jan 29, 2014
45 Comments (1–25)
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That camera repair seems to have been hanging about for while?
Thank you DrNamgyalT.Sherpa. Luckily it was very cooperative and I'm still awaiting repair of my other camera. :-(
Mark let's call it the Australian Raindeer!
Mark great macro work!
@Lauren I was pleasantly surprised to them open/close. It seemed to respond to my presence/threat ? On close inspection I guess there could be a muscle in each of those little swollen antennal segments. We found another one last night but couldn't get him to open his feathers.. just not in the mood I suppose or maybe a headache :-)
Congratulations Mark! This is one very gorgeous beetle. Great series! It must be so much fun to see it alive and see the way it moves the antennae. I wouldn't have suspected they could open and close the feathery extentions.
Very impressive, congrats !!!
so nice good job
congratulations!!
oh, I loved these slippers alligator. :)
Congrats Mark! Love the head gear ;)
Thanks Sergio, Adarsha, Sckel ... all Aussie males need and own thongs... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hUHZBQvCSJw/TX... but we're trying hard to give up the high-heels.
Fantastic beetle, congratulations again. yes, he's ready for Mardi Gras, since males do not need thongs and high heeled shoe. :)
Congratulations Mark! Like a bird on floor :P
Way to go, Mark, congrats. Yes, it is a huge task to get all those beetles, but think the other way around, you'll hardly come back home without one or two spottings... :-)
Thanks Jolly Martin, Tina. I wonder how hard it would be to make jewellery like this.
Congratulations Mark. This one sure is a showoff!
Congratulations Mark. Awesome spotting
Oh Mark! Happy that you got the honor, especially after carrying it around for 30 mins :) It happens to be very cool, so you did the right thing! Hurray for you and your Horned Longicorn today!
//The cold country of Sweden!
Thanks Kathlen, surekha, Chun. You're right Chun very similar.
Cool spotting and congrats on SOTD Mark!
Congratulations, Mark!
Reminds me of the Cyriopalus wallacei we have here.
Congratulations on the SOTD Mark !
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