![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Isaacs, ACT - Yesterday by Mike](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4725498/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Isaacs, ACT - Yesterday by Mike")
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ibaird
wrote:
Yesterday
Many cases like this are attributed to Coenica guildingi:-
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2107c566-4318-4e23-a1f6-68b9fba80640#gallery
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2107c566-4318-4e23-a1f6-68b9fba80640#gallery
Conoeca guildingi
ibaird
wrote:
Yesterday
iNaturaliat's AI seems to be suggesting the parasites may be Euplectrus wasp larvae. see here:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41228487
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/53632ab4-5051-4c45-a1f5-42255938566f#overview
ALA: 'Euplectrus wasps (a cosmopolitan genus) have been found as parasitoids on the caterpillars of the families Erebidae, Euteliidae, Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Sphingidae and Tortricidae. The larvae of all species of Euplectrus are greenish-yellow and are very obvious on the host caterpillar's cuticle to which they are very firmly attached. The parasitized caterpillars feed and remain active but stop growing and moulting."
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41228487
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/53632ab4-5051-4c45-a1f5-42255938566f#overview
ALA: 'Euplectrus wasps (a cosmopolitan genus) have been found as parasitoids on the caterpillars of the families Erebidae, Euteliidae, Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Sphingidae and Tortricidae. The larvae of all species of Euplectrus are greenish-yellow and are very obvious on the host caterpillar's cuticle to which they are very firmly attached. The parasitized caterpillars feed and remain active but stop growing and moulting."
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Significant sightings
- Sminthopsis murina at Hackett, ACT
- Corunastylis cornuta at Captains Flat, NSW
- Corunastylis clivicola at Captains Flat, NSW
- Burhinus grallarius
- Appias paulina at Uriarra Village, ACT
- Cenchrus longispinus at Macgregor, ACT
- Keyacris scurra at Wallaroo, NSW
- Asparagus virgatus at Mawson, ACT
- Cenchrus longispinus at Kenny, ACT
- Keyacris scurra at Bendoura, NSW
- Paropsisterna anomala at Crowther, NSW
- Rhopalosiphum maidis at Higgins, ACT
- Burhinus grallarius at Googong, NSW
- Graphium eurypylus at Karabar, NSW
- Calyptomyrmex beccarii at Crowther, NSW
- Burhinus grallarius at Bonython, ACT
- Carpophagus banksiae at Oallen, NSW
- Parapylus bicinctus at Tolbar, NSW
- Melanodryas cucullata cucullata at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
- Morelia spilota spilota
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