Sighting 4592130
Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae
A Gall Midge at Bruce, ACT
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| Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Sep 2024 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 8 Sep 2024 |
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User's notes
Note small insect on gall - not noticed when I was taking the photograph.
1 comment
9 Sep 2024
I suspect it may be a parastic wasp perhaps laying eggs within midge larvae in gall
Location information
- Coordinates 149.085792-35.251427
- Altitude 636.7m
- Maps Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Flea Bog Flat, Bruce
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Sep 2024 02:12 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae Scientific name
- A Gall Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1126.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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