Ommatoiulus moreleti

Portuguese Millipede at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

	Ommatoiulus moreleti	23 Apr 2018	MichaelBedingfield
	Unverified	22 Apr 2018	CathB

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User's notes

Appeared to be feeding on the scale where several predator beetles were previously seen (https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3395071). The millipede passed right over the one beetle present (image 4).

2 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

23 Apr 2018

ID by Dr Robert Mesibov, West Ulverstone, Tasmania.
Comments by a colleague, Penelope Mills from the University of Queensland:
"The scale insect is Cryptes baccatus, or the wattle tick scale. Another possible explanation could be that the millipede is feeding on the honeydew excreted by the female scale insects."

Hi Cath, would you mind putting in an extra sighting for the scales?

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

1 May 2018

Thanks Cath

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Location information

Coordinates 149.074058 -35.266049
Maps Mount Painter
Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
21 Apr 2018 07:21 AM Recorded on
CathB Recorded by
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CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Millipedes (Diplopoda) Other Arthropods

Species information

Ommatoiulus moreleti Scientific name
Portuguese Millipede Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 985.98m Recorded at altitude
99 images trained Machine learning
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