Neuroptera (order)
Unidentified lacewing at Aranda, ACT
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| Neuroptera (order) | MichaelBedingfield | 6 Nov 2023 | |
| Myxomycete-plasmodium(class) | lbradley | 4 Nov 2023 | |
| Unverified | lbradley | 3 Nov 2023 |
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4 comments
4 Nov 2023
A friend who knows these things thinks this is a slime mild. Maybe:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinostelium
Maybe echinostelium minutum
Is there a slime mold expert out there?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinostelium
Maybe echinostelium minutum
Is there a slime mold expert out there?
6 Nov 2023
I don't think this is a species of Echinostelium, since they are all small. Minutum is probably the tallest in the genus, but still only reaching about a half millimetre in height. Furthermore, the spore-bearing head is globose, whereas your photo shows an elongated head. There is a range of minutum photos here: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=3213221. I think your photo shows lacewing eggs (e.g. see Neuroptera (order) (Unidentified lacewing)).
6 Nov 2023
Thank you michaelb and Heino1 for solving my mystery! I’ll let my fungus/slime mold loving friend know that it wasn’t a slime mold after all. Cheers
6 Nov 2023
Definitely lacewing eggs. See page 35 my book. One species lays them in the shape of a horseshoe.
Anti predator device.
Anti predator device.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.078934-35.267479
- Altitude 643.2m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2023 06:38 PM Recorded on
- lbradley Recorded by
Collections
- lbradley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Neuroptera (order) Other Lacewings (several families) Lacewings (Neuroptera) Insects
Species information
- Neuroptera (order) Scientific name
- Unidentified lacewing Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2892.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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