Sighting 4381657
A fungus gnat at Aranda Bushland
Identification history
| Mycetophilidae (family) | 7 Apr 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 18 May 2021 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
About 30mm under log.
4 comments
turb
wrote:
18 May 2021
I think that this specimen is the larvae of one of the Mycetophilidae - fungus flies. They move within a mucus tube in a network of webs of transparent slime. They are frequently found beneath rotting logs and are invariably associated with fungus growing there.
turb
wrote:
18 May 2021
Further digging in the literature suggests that it could be one of the fungus gnats, possibly in the Keroplatidae.
trevorpreston
wrote:
18 May 2021
It was about 30mm long, does that change things? It was found under a log and moved onto an area covered in white fungus.
turb
wrote:
18 May 2021
The additional information confirms my opinion that it is a larva of of a fungus gnat.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.076397-35.271403
- Altitude 637.0m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 18 May 2021 10:22 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
trevorpreston NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Mycetophilidae (family) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Mycetophilidae (family) Scientific name
- A fungus gnat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 928.72m 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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