Green-faced gum hopper at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Platybrachys decemmacula | 13 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Platybrachys decemmacula | 13 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 11 Nov 2020 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
The large insect was on a separate but adjacent tree to the three small creatures which looked a bit like anemones. I could not get under the 'anemones' with the lens. Some of the 'tentacles' hanging off the rear of the larger insect looked similar to the 'anemone tentacles' so I am guessing wildly that the four may represent some sort of breeding event.
2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
13 Nov 2020
The small 'anemone' ones are a different insect - larvae of a ladybird beetle.
ConBoekel
wrote:
13 Nov 2020
Another theory bites the dust. Thank you. As it turns out the ladybird beetle larvae are not all that far from an adult ladybird beetle record in the Atlas.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.110567-35.261212
- Altitude 626.3m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 10 Nov 2020 09:39 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Platybrachys decemmacula Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Insects
Additional information
- E. rossii Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Platybrachys decemmacula Scientific name
- Green-faced gum hopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1034m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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