Chalcidoidea (superfamily)
A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp at Watson, ACT
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| Chalcidoidea (superfamily) | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Aug 2022 | |
| Schedotrioza sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Jan 2022 | |
| Unverified | sbittinger | 10 Jan 2022 |
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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.
3 comments
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?
Do you know which wattle it is?
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
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fkqWVeYszHyypfJWA
Location information
- Coordinates 149.185633-35.240761
- Altitude 703.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2022 07:55 AM Recorded on
- sbittinger Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Collections
- sbittinger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chalcidoidea (superfamily) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
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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