Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Monophlebulus sp. (genus)

Giant Snowball Mealybug at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	25 May 2022	MichaelMulvaney
	Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	25 May 2022	TimL

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User's notes

The insect appeared to have fallen from above and been impaled upside-down on a spike. The head end is adjacent to the penetration. Thanks to Marcus for the initial sighting within a bush.

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RogerF wrote:

25 May 2022

This happens surpringly often!! In the northern Hemisphere it could be attrbuted to the behaviour of a bird in the shrike family

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Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mealybug ladybird) at Acton, ACT - 19 Nov 2021 by TimL

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 19 Nov 2021 by TimL

Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus (Metallic Green Carpenter Bee) at Acton, ACT - 19 Nov 2021 by TimL

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Eastern Spinebill) at Acton, ACT - 16 Nov 2021 by RodDeb

Iridomyrmex purpureus (Meat Ant) at Acton, ACT - 9 Nov 2021 by TimL

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Location information

Coordinates 149.108988 -35.274080
Altitude 612.7m
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Species information

Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 May 2022 12:02 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Confirmed by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes