Platybrachys decemmacula

Green-faced gum hopper at O'Connor, ACT

Platybrachys decemmacula at O'Connor, ACT - 10 Nov 2020
Platybrachys decemmacula at O'Connor, ACT - 10 Nov 2020
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Platybrachys decemmacula 13 Nov 2020 KimPullen
Platybrachys decemmacula 13 Nov 2020 KimPullen
Unidentified 11 Nov 2020 ConBoekel

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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.

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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.

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  • 4 Abundance
  • 10 Nov 2020 09:39 AM Recorded on
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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

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