Muscleman Longhorn Beetle
S1, ventral
Ellura
Daisy Longhorn Beetle
S2, Female, dorsal
 
                      
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:     🔍S1, Female, dorsal🔎
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.

Copyright © 2014-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 26-Oct-2014
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.