Neuroptera (order)

Unidentified lacewing at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Neuroptera (order)	6 Nov 2023	MichaelBedingfield
Myxomycete-plasmodium(class)	4 Nov 2023	lbradley
Unverified	3 Nov 2023	lbradley

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4 comments

lbradley wrote:

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?

Heino1 wrote:

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)).

lbradley wrote:

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

RogerF wrote:

6 Nov 2023

Definitely lacewing eggs. See page 35 my book. One species lays them in the shape of a horseshoe.
Anti predator device.

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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
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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
Synonyms
Neuroptera sp.

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