Phoracantha acanthocera

Bull's eye borer at Kalaru, NSW

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Identification history

	Phoracantha acanthocera	1 Apr 2019	KimPullen
	Phoracantha semipunctata	12 Mar 2019	DavidL.Jones

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Crawling on eucalypt bark

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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

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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
Collections
Insects Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) DavidL.Jones

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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