Insects
Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
Sighting 4588592

Apiomorpha sp. (genus)

1 A gall forming scale at Aranda, ACT

Apiomorpha sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 20 Aug 2024
Apiomorpha sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 20 Aug 2024
Apiomorpha sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 20 Aug 2024
Apiomorpha sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 20 Aug 2024
Apiomorpha sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 20 Aug 2024
Apiomorpha sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 20 Aug 2024
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Identification history

Apiomorpha sp. (genus) 25 Aug 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Monophlebulus sp. (genus) 25 Aug 2024 CarbonAI
Apiomorpha sp. (genus) 25 Aug 2024 CathB

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User's notes

Same gall shown in sighting 4572813. The ant was repeatedly tapping and stroking the gall with its antennae.

2 comments

HelenCross wrote:
   26 Aug 2024
Interesting!
CathB wrote:
   26 Aug 2024
Perhaps hoping for a feed of honeydew from the insect inside?

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Hypogastrura sp. (genus) (A Springtail) at Holt, ACT - 11 Aug 2020 by CathB
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Notamacropus rufogriseus (Red-necked Wallaby) at Aranda, ACT - 15 Feb 2018 by CathB
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Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Point 4376 - 26 Jan 2018 by CathB
Hyalarcta huebneri (Leafy Case Moth) at Belconnen, ACT - 26 Jan 2018 by CathB
Indigofera australis subsp. australis (Australian Indigo) at Belconnen, ACT - 26 Sep 2017 by CathB
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Ophioglossum lusitanicum (Adder's Tongue) at Belconnen, ACT - 22 Oct 2016 by catherine.gilbert
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