Bull's eye borer at Kalaru, NSW
Identification history
| Phoracantha acanthocera | 1 Apr 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Phoracantha semipunctata | 12 Mar 2019 | DavidL.Jones |
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User's notes
Crawling on eucalypt bark
1 comment
KerriLee
wrote:
28 Mar 2019
Hi David ... I don't think this is P. semipunctata ... the pattern within each species seems to be quite consistent for this genus, and your beetle is quite distinctive. Let's go with Phorocantha sp. Interestingly, it is very like this sighting by David Akers in Victoria
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/85450
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/85450
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.927207-36.736855
- Places Kalaru, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Jan 2019 07:09 AM Recorded on
- DavidL.Jones Recorded by
Species information
- Phoracantha acanthocera Scientific name
- Bull's eye borer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- 759.83m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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