Wallace’s Cyriopalus beetle (Cyriopalus wallacei)

By Dr Tim Cockerill (East Yorkshire, United Kingdom)

This male cerambycid, like many longhorn beetles, has impressive antennae – in this case about 12cm from tip to tip – to detect and locate females, who produce a sex-attractant pheromone.
Competition: 2014
Insect order: Beetles
Species: Cyriopalus wallacei