Flower Longicorn Beetle - Aridaeus thoracicus
FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Flower Longicorn Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
This beetle is also known as Tiger Longicorn Beetle. Its forewings are bright orange-brown in colour with black pattern. Those pattern mimic the abdomen and 'waist' of a wasp. Besides they look like a wasp, they move like a wasp too. Even we saw this beetle a few times, for the above picture, when we first see the beetle, we think it was a wasp moving on leaf searching for caterpillars.
- The first time we found the Flower Longicorn Beetle was near Wishart Outlook among the Citrus tree leaf. After this we found them on flowers plants a few time.
- Their larvae feed on Royal Poinciana Trees (
- Notice its notched eyes and its antenna arising within the notch. This is the characteristic of all longicorn beetles.
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- This beetle is common in Brisbane gardens.
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- The mating pair was found in Karawatha Forest on Dec 2005.
- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000, p103.
- 1. Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000, p103.
