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Penthea solida
About 22mm body length.
Another creature within Acacia verticillata (Prickly Moses) in a local nature reserve.
Not 100% with this ID but...
family: CERAMBYCIDAE
subfamily: LAMIINAE
tribe: Pteropliini
genus: Penthea
Distribution in Australia... http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
Spotted on Feb 16, 2014
Submitted on Feb 16, 2014
2 Comments
It's amazing stuff Sergio. We can't even touch it lightly. The bugs that live in it are doing the really smart thing. Must find it's name. The prickles are the leaf tips not spines like many acacia.
Prickly wattle, huh? I think I must look for some here, they seem to attract a lot of bugs...