Platybrachys sp. (genus)
A gum hopper at Kambah, ACT
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| Platybrachys sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 2 Feb 2018 | |
| Platybrachys sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 28 Jan 2018 | |
| Unverified | MatthewFrawley | 18 Apr 2017 |
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User's notes
About 25mm long, with what looked like two antennae out of the back.
4 comments
3 Feb 2018
The bug is parasitised by a wasp larva of the family Dryinidae inside the black sac on its side.
3 Feb 2018
See the following sighting:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3390559
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3390559
Location information
- Coordinates 149.053643-35.384786
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Apr 2017 12:02 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- Eucalyptus mannifera Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Platybrachys sp. (genus) Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Insects
Species information
- Platybrachys sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A gum hopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1103.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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