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Odoiporus longicollis
Length: ~1.75cm Season : Summer season Time : 09:00pm 30May2021 Frequency : Very Rare Life stage : Adult
Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants.
Dead specimen
Okay. So, this is one example for Sympatric speciation! :) Thank you for the clarification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odoiporus_...
Adults are black, but some reddish individuals also observed......
arne.roysland, Thank you for the ID! Reference link shows 3 different types varying in color/pattern. Are they really different variants (of same species) or color/pattern changes acquired during it's lifetime (as part of insect life cycle).
Spotted on May 30, 2021
Submitted on May 21, 2022
