1 Syllitus longhorn beetle at Albury, NSW
Identification history
| Syllitus sp. (genus) | 27 May 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Syllitus sp. (genus) | 8 Apr 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 24 Nov 2024 | ejsb |
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No idea what it is, google is no help. Landed on me in the middle of the night, and when I flicked it off it gave off a really bad smell, sort of like hospital chemicals but really harsh in the nose.
6 comments
KylieWaldon
wrote:
25 Nov 2024
I think it might be a beetle. Longhorn. Maybe https://canberra.naturemapr.org/species/11597. Change it to beetle and see if one the beetle ID'ers can ID it. :)
AlisonMilton
wrote:
25 Nov 2024
@KylieWaldon Definately a longhorn. Not sure which one due to the lighting conditions. I'll leave it to those more expert. Sorry.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
25 Nov 2024
That's ok Alison. At first it looked a bit bug like so I wasn't sure! Hopefully its a step closer! :)
ejsb
wrote:
3 Dec 2024
@KylieWaldon @AlisonMilton Thank you for your help, I have changed the category to longhorn to see if that helps! And apologies about the bad lighting and camera focus, it was taken at about 2 in the morning after it landed on my face and tried to crawl into my ear :)
ejsb
wrote:
3 Dec 2024
It was only about 8-10mm long (just body, not including antennae), and 2-3mm wide. It was also a medium brown, like the colour of a brown paper bag if that’s any help to anyone :)
AlisonMilton
wrote:
3 Dec 2024
@ejsb @KylieWaldon Doesn't look quite right in colour but given the lighting conditions my first thought was Syllitus rectus, however this is more black than brown.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.901689-36.074772
- Altitude 216.8m
- Maps Albury
- Places Albury, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Nov 2024 01:03 AM Recorded on
- ejsb Recorded by
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ejsb NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Syllitus sp. (genus) Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Syllitus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Syllitus longhorn beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 683.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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