Monophlebulus sp. (genus)

Giant Snowball Mealybug at Acton, ACT

Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 20 May 2022
Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 20 May 2022
Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 20 May 2022
Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 20 May 2022
Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 20 May 2022
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Identification history

Monophlebulus sp. (genus) 12 May 2023 pmillsApio87
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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  • 20 May 2022 12:02 PM Recorded on
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