Daisy Longhorn Beetle: S2, Female, profile

Daisy Longhorn Beetle (Rhytiphora cruciata)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Daisy Longhorn Beetle (Rhytiphora cruciata)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Female, profile🔎

Other name:

Longicorn Beetle

Thank you Boris Büche for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~7mm long. Named as we've only ever seen them on Daisies. We suspect female because of the black & white striped antennae. Males possibly have black antennae without the white bands.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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