This amazing observation was made by Manfred R. Ulitzka (https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD). It was uploaded to iNaturalist on his behalf.

The photograph is of a specimen on a slide that was obtained by Manfred. On the back of the slide it indicated that the specimen was collected at the town of Elliot, NT, Australia, in 2016. There was no exact date / time of collection so to enable uploading of this observation the date 1/6/2016 :12:00PM was chosen.

The body length according to Manfred was 2.95mm.

The specimen was collected from the plant 'Acacia kempeana'.

The Twitter post relating to this observation is here: https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD/status/1489012165222838281

This amazing observation was made by Manfred R. Ulitzka (https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD). It was uploaded to iNaturalist on his behalf.

The photograph is of a specimen on a slide that was obtained by Manfred. On the back of the slide it indicated that the specimen was collected at the town of Elliot, NT, Australia, in 2016. There was no exact date / time of collection so to enable uploading of this observation the date 1/6/2016 :12:00PM was chosen.

The body length according to Manfred was 2.30mm.

The Twitter post relating to this observation is here: https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD/status/1489729716642881541

Resting on an understorey plant. At a quick glance, I initially thought it was a bird dropping. The white hairs give it the appearance of being infected with an entomopathogenic fungi, maybe as a deterrent to predators...? Definitely the most amazing cerambycid I've ever seen!

Update: this species finally has a name! The paper naming and describing it can be freely downloaded from here: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.iv1x5