#603 - 605 - More Beetles
#603 - Tenebrionid Fam. - Darkling Beetle
A Tenebrionid beetle IDed by one of the folks at BowerBird. I’d thought it was a Carabid. Don’t know what genus, but it’s quite similar to this Adelium.
Baldivis, Perth
#604 - Phoracantha impavida - Intrepid Longicorn
From my 1990s collection, only recently IDed to species. I don’t know why the author considered this species any more fearless than its relatives.
Eight-Mile Plain, near Brisbane.
#605 - Pentacosmia sp. - Tufted Longicorn
Not the same as the Ancita back at #103 - This species is longer, has smaller antennae, a dark band across the elytra, and its other markings aren’t as vivid. Also, the hairs of the antennae are concentrated into one large dark tuft.
Aubin Grove, Perth
A Tenebrionid beetle IDed by one of the folks at BowerBird. I’d thought it was a Carabid. Don’t know what genus, but it’s quite similar to this Adelium.
Baldivis, Perth
#604 - Phoracantha impavida - Intrepid Longicorn
From my 1990s collection, only recently IDed to species. I don’t know why the author considered this species any more fearless than its relatives.
Eight-Mile Plain, near Brisbane.
#605 - Pentacosmia sp. - Tufted Longicorn
Not the same as the Ancita back at #103 - This species is longer, has smaller antennae, a dark band across the elytra, and its other markings aren’t as vivid. Also, the hairs of the antennae are concentrated into one large dark tuft.
Aubin Grove, Perth