For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Common Metalic Longhorn Beetle (Promeces longipes)

These are medium sized, body length about 1/2 an inch.
They feed on pollen and nectar. The larvae feeds as it burrows into wood.
Their eggs are laid in the cracks of the stems or roots.
These were doing a mating dance around the head of the flower they were on.