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Long nosed Lycid beetle

Porrostoma rhipidium

Description:

Three's a crowd.

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4 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

There are also moths mimicking lycids http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/895...
and longicorns mimicking lycids
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zosterops/8...

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

That is sooo amazing! I didn't know there were Buprestid mimics of Lycids. :O

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Thanks Lauren. These were very common today. I've just added an image with a jewel beetle mimic in the same shot.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful!

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 6, 2013
Submitted on Nov 6, 2013

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