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Old 19-07-2008, 06:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Looks slightly like the Wasp Beetle, but I can't find a perfect match.
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Looks like the Long Horn Beetle

Nice catch

http://www.gardensafari.net/english/...rn_beetles.htm
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Similar, although it doesn't look like any of them.
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There are so many.
It has the same face look at the 3rd one downon the left. It has the same face ad yours .
It could be a something else but my guess it is one of the longhorn family. Corymbia rubra.
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