Phoracantha cruciata
1 Longhorn Beetle at Manoora, QLD
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| Phoracantha cruciata | MichaelBedingfield | 30 Jun 2025 | |
| Phoracantha cruciata | WendyEM | 19 Jun 2025 | |
| Phoracantha (genus) | WendyEM | 19 Jun 2025 | |
| Unverified | JasonPStewart | 19 Jun 2025 |
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Longicorn beetle —please assist with the identification– .
Apparently came out of indigenous cedars' timber stored here.
Climbed up the wall of this apartment late last night where i noticed it and eventually captured these few photographs when it stood still for a bit. :)
Presumably was a still alive borer when this timber was stored here and has matured an metamorphosed into this beetle.
2025 June 18th 11:27 pm
4 comments
19 Jun 2025
@WendyEM . Thank you for this identification.
I will get around to looking into this species and learning more.
I will get around to looking into this species and learning more.
19 Jun 2025
No worries.
I have to add that this beetle may have originated in central or southern Qld and been transported from there within the timber as a borer. I don't have the original source location of the timber.
I have to add that this beetle may have originated in central or southern Qld and been transported from there within the timber as a borer. I don't have the original source location of the timber.
30 Jun 2025
https://inaturalist.lu/taxa/332286-Phoracantha-cruciata/browse_photos
Location information
- Places Manoora, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
- indigenous cedars' timber. Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Collections
- JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Phoracantha cruciata
Species information
- Phoracantha cruciata Scientific name
- Longhorn Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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