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Long-nosed Lycid Beetle ( Porrostoma rhipidium  ) It is Spring in Australia and that means beetles are busy reproducing . Long-nosed Lycid Beetle,Porrostoma rhipidium Click/tap to enlarge

Long-nosed Lycid Beetle ( Porrostoma rhipidium )

It is Spring in Australia and that means beetles are busy reproducing .

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Porrostoma rhipidium is a net winged beetle found in the eastern states of Australia. Usually near the coast it is commonly known as Long-nosed Lycid Beetle due to it's unusually elongated mouth parts (for the family)

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Ernst
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By Ernst

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Uploaded Nov 16, 2018. Captured Nov 15, 2018 21:22.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/11.0
  • 1/395s
  • ISO1600
  • 55mm