Sighting 4430113
Ceratopogonidae (family)
Biting Midge at Cook, ACT
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| Ceratopogonidae (family) | KimberiRP | 23 Jul 2023 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 31 Mar 2022 |
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User's notes
These flies seemed to be hanging around the beetle larvae that were being parasitised by a wasp (see sighting 4430110).
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.070173-35.265180
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2022 04:57 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Leaf beetle larvae and braconid wasp Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ceratopogonidae (family) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Ceratopogonidae (family) Scientific name
- Biting Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 749.3m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location