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Longhorn beetle

Family Cerambycidae, Gryllica picta

1 Species ID Suggestions

Longhorned beetle
Gryllica picta (Pascoe)


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5 Comments

JordiPrats
JordiPrats 7 years ago

Nice finding and spotting Sergio

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

Might be a case of inter-beetle mimicry. Pattern, and posture, remind of certain Straight-snouted weevils (Brentidae). Those are extremely hard-shelled, and I guess, insect-feeding birds quickly learn it's useless to attack them. Morover, males have mighty fighting jaws:
http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic.cgi...
I have already seen a SE-Asian Longhorn, in which the model-mimic relation was more evident.
Hope such thoughts please you, not only IDs . . . :-)

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

wonderful beetle and photo :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Amazing!

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Beautiful beetle. Beautiful picture.

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 26, 2013
Submitted on Jan 26, 2013

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