Porismus strigatus

2 Pied Lacewing at Stromlo, ACT

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Identification history

Porismus strigatus	2 Mar 2022	MichaelBedingfield
Porismus strigatus	2 Mar 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	27 Feb 2022	trevorpreston

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User's notes

Insect about 20mm. Looks like a lacewing but with no wings!

4 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

1 Mar 2022

Very interesting with those large back legs

trevorpreston wrote:

1 Mar 2022

Now that I look closer, what I thought was large black legs I think is stunted wings, or perhaps newly emerged with blood about to pump into the wings and expand them?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 Mar 2022

I think it is just newly emerged

trevorpreston wrote:

2 Mar 2022

I think you are right in your suggestions, especially I reported another of the same species newly emerged on the same day in Bluetts Block.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.014021 -35.294228
Maps Piney Ridge Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
Places Stromlo, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Feb 2022 09:42 AM Recorded on
trevorpreston Recorded by
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trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Lacewings (several families) Lacewings (Neuroptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Porismus strigatus Scientific name
Pied Lacewing Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1015m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

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South Australia

Victoria

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