Ommatoiulus moreleti
Portuguese Millipede at Cook, ACT
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| Ommatoiulus moreleti | MichaelBedingfield | 23 Apr 2018 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 22 Apr 2018 |
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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
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?
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?
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
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ommatoiulus moreleti 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
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