Chalcidoidea (superfamily)

A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp at Watson, ACT

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) at Watson, ACT - 10 Jan 2022
Chalcidoidea (superfamily) at Watson, ACT - 10 Jan 2022
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Chalcidoidea (superfamily) 10 Aug 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Schedotrioza sp. (genus) 11 Jan 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 10 Jan 2022 sbittinger

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These nodules in a leaf may be some sort of gall or insect larvae. I cut one open and could only see light-coloured fleshy pulp (no obvious insect or egg inside). I have never seen these before and have no idea what they are.

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abread111 wrote:
   11 Jan 2022
Looks rather similar to the galls of midge Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae but on a different type of wattle - see Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae
Do you know which wattle it is?
   11 Jan 2022
Pretty sure this is a gum leaf
sbittinger wrote:
   12 Jan 2022
Yes, it is definitely a gum leaf. I think a cockatoo snipped a small branch which fell in front of me as I was walking through the forest. I have taken a photo of the tree that I think the leaf fell from at the following URL
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fkqWVeYszHyypfJWA

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 10 Jan 2022 07:55 AM Recorded on
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