Scolypopa australis
Passionvine hopper, Fluffy bum at Ainslie, ACT
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| Scolypopa australis | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Mar 2025 | |
| Scolypopa australis | Hejor1 | 12 Oct 2024 | |
| Coleoptera (order) immature | Hejor1 | 27 Feb 2023 |
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12 comments
28 Feb 2023
In this photo I am not clear which is an animal and which is vegetation.
I not know any lepidoptera larvae that have 24 pairs of legs.
I not know any lepidoptera larvae that have 24 pairs of legs.
1 Mar 2023
What to do with inconclusive observations which may be inconclusive, but don't necessarily justify rejection?
1 Mar 2023
@MichaelMulvaney @donhe i think they were rows of eggs, laid only on the tips of these gum twigs.
1 Mar 2023
Are they eggs? If so, break off the twig and keep it ina bottle and see what hatches.
4 Mar 2023
@donhe @MichaelMulvaney I found some more and broke off the twig. They’re in a clean plastic storage bottle with muslin for a lid. They’re in a sunny spot outside so fingers crossed they hatch!
4 Mar 2023
Terrific. Please take their actual portrait before, and after, hatching . Can you do close-ups/macro?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.151231-35.263058
- Altitude 624.4m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 24 Feb 2023 05:20 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
Collections
- Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scolypopa australis Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Insects
Species information
- Scolypopa australis Scientific name
- Passionvine hopper, Fluffy bum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1098.2m Recorded at altitude
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