Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. field guide

Posted by MichaelBedingfield

"Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa" is a research project to find out how many species of insects & spiders use Bursaria spinosa for feeding on. This shrub is ecologically important because it supports a great variety of invertebrate life. Some species may feed on the flowers and others may prey on the insects. Pollinators, predators and parasites are all included. Add your sightings to this collection to inform the research.

       

Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project.


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Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle)

Chlorobapta bestii (A flower chafer)

Chlorobapta frontalis (A flower scarab)

Chrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Weevil)

Clania lewinii & similar Casemoths (Parallel stick Case Moths)

Comptosia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Comptosia bee fly)

Crabroninae (subfamily) (Unidentified solitary wasp)

Crossophora semiota (A Concealer moth)

Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth)

Delias aganippe (Spotted Jezebel)

Delias nysa (Yellow-spotted Jezebel)

Diamma bicolor (Blue ant, Bluebottle ant)

FEMALE
MALE

Dispar compacta (Barred Skipper)

Distichocera fuliginosa (Longhorn or Longicorn beetle)

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