Sighting 3397729
Dasineura
Flower-galling Midge at Jerrabomberra, ACT
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| Dasineura | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Oct 2018 | |
| Dasineura | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Sep 2018 | |
| Unverified | Mike | 10 May 2018 |
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User's notes
Almost every flowerhead turned into galls. Small larva about 1.5 mm long found inside some.
4 comments
11 Sep 2018
I thought it was Acacia melanoxylon which would account for the maturity of the buds but the leaves in the photos look more like A. implexa.
11 Sep 2018
Strange time of year for the Acacia to be flowering (May). More likely to be the summer flowering implexa or falciformis than the spring flowering melanoxylon. Can Mike get the Acacia identified. I can take a look when I return. As the Dasineura are host specific this would help ID the species. The adults can also be reared out from the galls.
17 Sep 2018
Leaves on the tree are somewhat variable but I have been back and it is A. implexa. I have found another plant with accessible galls so I might be able to collect some - I assume the largest galls will have the most mature insects.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.123056-35.384722
- Altitude 765.0m
- Maps Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 9 May 2018 04:21 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
Collections
- Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dasineura sp. (genus) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Dasineura Scientific name
- Flower-galling Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 802.7m Recorded at altitude
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