Neuroptera (order)
Unidentified lacewing at Higgins, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Neuroptera (order) | MichaelMulvaney | 6 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 3 Mar 2025 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Looking closely, it looks like these have all just hatched.
3 comments
3 Mar 2025
OH WOW!!!! You got to see them hatch!! I’ve never seen photos of them in the process of eclosing…. Amazing obs💚💚💚
3 Mar 2025
@DiBickers Didn't notice till I saw the photo on the computer. I usually don't bother photographing these eggs so don't know why I did this time. Will have to pay more attention in future.
3 Mar 2025
@AlisonMilton well what a score that was…😉 congratulations on a very rarely sighted event💚
Location information
- Coordinates 149.031133-35.237692
- Altitude 623.5m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 11 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2025 09:24 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Larvae or nymphs Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species