Chalcidoidea (superfamily)

A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

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?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

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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Location information

Coordinates 149.185633 -35.240761
Altitude 703.0m
Maps Mount Majura
Places Watson, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
10 Jan 2022 07:55 AM Recorded on
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Insects Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) sbittinger

Additional information

1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) Scientific name
A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2063.3m Recorded at altitude
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