Rentinus dilatatus

Unknown.

Reported from every Australian state and territory.

This bug was approximately 24 millimetres long.

This bug is commonly known as a lanternfly. They earned this common name as it was once believed that their elongated “nose”, the so-called lantern, was luminous at night in the living insect. Unfortunately, this is not true.

We have photographed this bug in November.

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgoridae

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7be588ab-4891-4dc6-8a27-119ccfaba789

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