A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Chalcidoidea (superfamily) | 4 Feb 2025 | SimoneC | ||
| Chalcidoidea (superfamily) | 4 Feb 2025 | TimL |
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On the side of a tree at the Arboretum's Southern Tablelands Ecosystem Park there was a small white egg sac with a tiny parasitic wasp on the surface, as seen in the first image. The wasp was around 2mm in length and was seen gradually working its way around the egg sac searching for prey. The prey might have been the tiny orange coloured insects that can be seen around the periphery of the egg sac and in the final image. They appeared to very small versions of tree/plant hoppers.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.066052-35.284775
- Altitude 614.7m
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2025 01:21 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Chalcidoidea (superfamily) Scientific name
- A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2063.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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