Thrips at Lawson Grasslands (LWG)
Identification history
| Thysanoptera (order) | 15 Dec 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Dec 2023 | maura |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Tiny, flea-like insects crawling across and under the petals of the Dandelion. Found on two Dandelions. Found during Lawson Grasslands Insect Pollinators survey for December.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
15 Dec 2023
Thanks for taking part in teh pollinator survey and persisting with this sighting
maura
wrote:
15 Dec 2023
Thanks for identifying these insects. I was starting to become a bit desperate!
Please Login or Register to comment.
Nearby sightings
Location information
- Coordinates 149.086791-35.231411
- Maps Reservoir Hill, Lawson
- Places Lawson, ACT
Sighting information
- 25 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2023 10:27 AM Recorded on
- maura Recorded by
Additional information
- Dandelion Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Thysanoptera (order) Scientific name
- Thrips Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 684.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
