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Pseudolycus haemorrhoidalis
About 22mm long this is an excellent mimic of Porrostoma paradoxa, a true Lycidae. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/123...
Found feeding on the flowers of several types of plants in a local nature reserve.
superfamily: TENEBRIONOIDEA
family: OEDEMERIDAE
subfamily: OEDEMERINAE
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Laura Levens may have her lycid wrong on ALA.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Porrostoma...
Here's the target of mimicry in Tasmania https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft...
Spotted on Oct 23, 2014
Submitted on Oct 27, 2014
3 Comments
Thanks peoples. Just changed the ID... ref in ALA may be wrong... this is actually a Tenebrionoidea... one of the best mimics I've seen yet.
Yes, great shot, Mark.
There are so many variations - you've nailed this one -well done ! Looks like a small ember.