Yellow-horned Clerid at Bermagui, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 16 Jan 2018 | AndrewMorrison |
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User's notes
Some sort of wasp mimic beetle (Longicorn?). Quite a few on a WA flowering gum with lots of borer damage - caused by larvae of these beetles?? Moved in very wasp like fashion - jerky with madly waving antennae
2 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
17 Jan 2018
Hi Andrew ... this looks to be a a Checkered Beetle (Family: Cleridae), and in particular 'the Yellowhorned Clerid" (Trogodendron fasciculatum - or fasciculatus, in some references). This species actually preys upon longicorn beetle larvae, so perhaps that it was why they are prowling about a tree with borer damage. Here are a couple of links to info and images:
http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_723.htm
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a727bae2-377a-4918-8598-0c3b031b1b39#overview
http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_723.htm
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a727bae2-377a-4918-8598-0c3b031b1b39#overview
KerriLee
wrote:
17 Jan 2018
Oh, and yes, many beetles in this family do mimic other insects, including ants and wasps. It is an Australian endemic.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.073353-36.435910
- Places Bermagui, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 11 Jan 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
- AndrewMorrison Recorded by
Species information
- Trogodendron fasciculatum Scientific name
- Yellow-horned Clerid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 577.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trogodendron fasciculatus
