Author Gary Taylor â—¦
Seeing quite a few of these big guys (and girls) on the mallee flowers at the moment, very friendly… 4th pic, “Who, me?…”, Yes you! In fact, a little too friendly in my opinion… 5th pic, good thing you can only see the front end, that wasn’t a gun in his pocket, he really was quite happy to see me 😄 well, my finger at least… Dude! That is so wrong… 😅 In what way does my finger look like a female of what ever it is you is? Don’t get me wrong, I’m quite enjoying the tight grip, and the power of your strong mandibles brushing hard against my skin… followed by the the feather light sensation of your antennae, but I fear the only one to truly benefit from this will be my therapist… 😂 Temognatha for sure but hoping someone can refine it a little…
Geraldton, Midwest WA





Allen Sundholm
Temognatha bonvouloirii. The larvae feed within Allocasuarina campestris.
Helen Schwencke
Allen Sundholm what part of the host does it feed on pls?
Allen Sundholm
Helen Schwencke can’t remember if anything has been published as regards bonvouloiri, but I would bet the ova are laid on the trunks not far from ground level and are covered up by a mixture of body fluid and sandy soil as cameoflage. In due course the larva hatches, chews its way into the trunk and as it feeds tunnels down so they end up in the underground parts including the roots.

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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Buprestoidea
- Family: Buprestidae
- Subfamily: Buprestinae
- Tribe: Stigmoderini
- Subtribe Stigmoderina
- Genus: Temognatha
- Species: Temognatha bonvouloirii
Footnote & References
- Amateur Entomology Australia, https://www.facebook.com/groups/476897096018877/
- Temognatha bonvouloirii (Saunders, 1868), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Temognatha bonvouloirii