Sighting 4381657
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Identification history
| Unidentified | 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.
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 18 May 2021 10:22 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Unidentified Insects trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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