Asmicridea edwardsii
Shannon Moth at Bonython, ACT
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| Asmicridea edwardsii | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Nov 2017 | |
| Asmicridea edwardsii | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Nov 2017 | |
| Trichoptera (order) | KimPullen | 13 Nov 2016 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 13 Nov 2016 |
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Size - body length 9mm; 100's of small white moth like insect in a nuptial flight near the water at Murrumbidgee River, north of Point Hut Crossing.
4 comments
13 Nov 2016
This is the a similar insect as was reported before, see:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364040
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364040
18 Nov 2017
Family Hydropsychidae, genus Asmicridea. Impossible to tell species from photograph. Often called 'Shannon Moths'.
23 Jan 2023
Very probably since that seems to be the Asmicridea species that occurs here in the ACT.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073468-35.443101
- Altitude 574.9m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Bonython, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 12 Nov 2016 08:08 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
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- Insects Other insects Caddisflies (Trichoptera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Asmicridea edwardsii
Species information
- Asmicridea edwardsii Scientific name
- Shannon Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1247.53m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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