Rhipicera femorata

Feather-horned beetle at Gateway Island, VIC

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Identification history

	Rhipicera femorata	7 Mar 2022	KylieWaldon
	Unverified	7 Mar 2022	KylieWaldon

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I have been looking out for these beetles all summer after getting thousands of them at this site last year. Finally they have appeared. Though they seemed in less numbers. Was lucky enough that one group were lower on this dead limb.

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Sighting information

800 Abundance
6 Mar 2022 10:02 AM Recorded on
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Other beetles KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr

Additional information

gum tree Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Rhipicera femorata Scientific name
Feather-horned beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1214.9m Recorded at altitude
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