Unidentified webspinner at Macgregor, ACT
Identification history
| Embioptera (order) | 31 Jul 2026 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 31 Jul 2026 | Caric |
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User's notes
In the pictures, it's playing dead (is on its back in one of them). About 12mm long. Was later released. It looks to me like a kind of earwig but I couldn't find any that looked quite like it. Found in the kitchen sink. A couple of days earlier another was found running on the floor.
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Location information
- Places Macgregor, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- Caric Recorded by
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Collections
Caric NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Embioptera (order) Webspinners (Embioptera) Other insects Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Embioptera (order) Scientific name
- Unidentified webspinner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 723.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Embiidina sp.
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