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Small Longhorn Beetle - Sybra alternans
Copyright © 2007 Alan Chin Lee

Small Longhorn Beetle - Sybra alternans
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
October 26, 2007
Size: 5/16"
This little fellow was quietly sleeping on my living room ceiling until I came along and spotted him ... then it woke up in a hurry!

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Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 31 October, 2007 - 6:44pm
Last updated 1 November, 2007 - 7:33am

Sybra alternans
It is a female of Sybra alternans (Wiedemann, 1823), an East-Asian species widespread in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, (Java, Celebes, Buru), Philippines, Mariana, Caroline, Marshall and Hawaii (imported from the Philippines in 1917).
It has been recently introduced in Florida too. Confront at: http://www.fsca-dpi.org/Coleoptera/Mike/FloridaCerambycids/Sybra_alternans.htm
… Francesco Vitali, 1 November, 2007 - 5:25am login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks ...
Hey Francesco, thanks for the ID and info!
… Alan Chin Lee, 1 November, 2007 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

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