Sheep Longicorn Beetle - Monohammus frenchi or Dihammus ovinus
FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Sheep Longicorn Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 35mm
This longicorn beetle is brown in colours with white wool patterns.
- We found this beetle on the wall outside our house early summer.
- Reference:
- 1. Specimen Image Index - Insect Reference Collection Database - ICDB, Western Australian Department of Agriculture, (Monohammus frenchi).
- 2. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.7 - Matthews, E.G. & Reid C.A.M.Adelaide, Eureca Corporate Group. 1997.
Fig.78, (Dihammus ovinus).
- 3. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987, plate 147, (Dihammus ovinus).
- 3. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987, plate 147, (Dihammus ovinus).
