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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Mantispidae (family) (Unidentified mantisfly)

Megachile lucidiventris (Resin bee, Megachilid bee)

Meroglossa itamuca (A Masked Bee)

Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle)

Mordella limbata (A pintail beetle)

Mordella sp. (genus) (Pintail or tumbling flower beetle)

Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle)

Myrmecia nigriceps (Black-headed bull ant)

Nacaduba biocellata (Two-spotted Line-Blue)

Nemophora (genus) (A Fairy Moth)

Neocuris pubescens (A jewel beetle)

Neorrhina punctatum (Spotted flower chafer)

Nyctemera amicus (Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth)

Male
Larva
Underside

Obrida fascialis (One banded longicorn)

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