Sighting 4228685
Sciaridae sp. (family)
Black fungus gnat at Cook, ACT
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| Sciaridae sp. (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 29 Jun 2019 | |
| Sciaridae sp. (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 29 Jun 2019 | |
| Unverified | jgl | 28 Jun 2019 | |
| Sciaridae (Family) | jgl | 27 Jun 2019 | |
| Cecidomyiidae (family) | KimPullen | 26 Jun 2019 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 18 Jun 2019 |
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User's notes
Clouds of these tiny flies. Gall midges?
3 comments
27 Jun 2019
Great shots, Cath. One of the midges seems to be laying eggs into the leaf tissue. Looks like a eucalypt.
29 Jun 2019
Re ID'd..... There was no need to create a new name for this one. We had Sciaridae (family) in with Crane flies, mosquitoes & gnats. I'll delete the duplicate species name.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072151-35.266255
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 14 Jun 2019 03:23 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sciaridae sp. (family) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Sciaridae sp. (family) Scientific name
- Black fungus gnat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1135.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location