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Large Brown Longhorn This huge beastie landed on my balcony last night, sorry for the unnatural blue cloth it is sitting on. I did try to move it but it bit me! it was about 6cm long. Beetles,Geotagged,Macrotoma natala,South Africa Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Large Brown Longhorn

This huge beastie landed on my balcony last night, sorry for the unnatural blue cloth it is sitting on. I did try to move it but it bit me! it was about 6cm long.

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Hopefully the correct species. Identified here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-us/3441901219/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrotoma
    Although it could be a M.palmata, it just looked more orange.     Posted 11 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Species created manually. What a beast! Posted 11 years ago
  3. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    Do you have a top view? Posted 11 years ago
    1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
      Claire Hamilton
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      large Brown Longhorn top view Bad photo, posted for identification purposes only Geotagged,Macrotoma natala,South Africa,Summer,insects,longhorns


      Terrible photo but the best I have I am afraid (I am rubbish at night photography!)       Posted 11 years ago

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The Macrotoma natala

Macrotoma is a large longhorn beetle in the Macrotoma genus.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Feb 4, 2014. Captured Feb 3, 2014 23:24 in N2, South Africa.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/32s
  • ISO1000
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.