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Eucalyptus Stem GallObserver
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Two separate stem galls about 13-15 mm long with narrow pointy beaks and minute openings. One gall was partly fused to the stem and the other upright. Both were parasitised. The upright gall appeared to have a second opening with a shorter beak. Photo of tree provided for identification if this helps. Seen in a nature reserve.
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Observer
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Bright orange body with a pale median stripe and pale orange lateral stripes.
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Tortoise-shelled Ladybird (Harmonia testudinaria)Observer
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Spotted in suburban garden. Remnants of a pupal casing also seen on the same leaf.
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Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle (Paropsisterna m-fuscum)Observer
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Spotted on a young blue gum.
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Four-winged Gall (Apiomorpha munita)Observer
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spotted on a eucalyptus tree growing alongside a stormdrain/gully _ ? Apiomorpha munita spp. tereticornuta
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Apiomorpha conicaObserver
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Spotted on a broad-leaved eucalypt growing by a storm drain gully. Unsure if the males, seen mostly along the main leaf veins and in the lower but neighbouring branches, are of the same species.
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Genus ApiomorphaObserver
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A 16 mm long ribbed gall arising at an acute angle from the stem of a Eucalyptus tree- ? swamp gum (E.ovata).
Spotted near a storm drain/gully
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Genus ApiomorphaObserver
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Short staked gall arising from stem at an acute angle.Apical opening -smooth.
Spotted on a swamp gum (E.ovata) along side a creek.
- ? Apiomorpha subconica
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Subfamily BanchinaeObserver
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An active wasp about 20mm long including ovipositor. The head and thorax were a bright yellow with deep brown markings. The abdominal segments and ovipositor were dark with the terminal abdominal segments mostly, having blue bands.
Each forewing had a black pterostigma.
Attracted to garden lights - warm night.
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Observer
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About 5 or 6 mm long. Spotted on black wattle -linear reserve along road.
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Yellow-headed Anthelid (Nataxa flavescens)Observer
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Male -Spotted on acacia - Police Paddocks nature reserve
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Genus ChauliognathusObserver
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About three of these very active soldier beetle larvae were spotted on a fallen rotting treee trunk. The largestwas about 20 mm long. The slightly dorso-ventrally flattened body was velvety and jet black. Head was red.
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Eleale intricataObserver
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Spotted on tea-tree at Cardinia Reservoir Park, Victoria
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Tribe CryptopliniObserver
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Spotted on fresh eucalyptus shoots - ? yellow box. About 4 mm long. Rostrum pointing downwards with antennae arising from distal end.
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Subfamily ScymninaeObserver
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Spotted actively investigating leaves and branches of a young eucalyptus tree on a nature strip.
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Southern Grey Huntsman (Isopedella cerussata)Observer
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This hairy female huntsman would have had a span of 20 mm. She was positioned beside her silky web and didn't move far when photographed. Her body was covered with stiff short hairs and had a scattering of brown black and white spots. The dorsal side of her adomen had an upside down leaf-shaped pattern with dark brown margins.
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Country Crab Spider (Tharpyna campestrata)Observer
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Spotted on the trunk of a eucalytpus tree in regenerated nature strip.
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Upright Chickweed (Moenchia erecta)Observer
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Seen growing on moist soil by a track in a nature reserve - Cardinia Reservoir Park
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Anyllis tiegsiObserver
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Spotted along a walking track at Cardinia Reservoir Park Reserve.
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Notius depressusObserver
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Notius seen laying eggs on the leaf of a young eucalyptus tree - nature reserve.
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Autumn Gum Moth (Mnesampela privata)Observer
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Small silvery ovoid eggs with slightly depressed centres arranged in no particular order on the upper surface of a eucalyptus leaf.
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Apiomorpha spiniferObserver
leuba-ridgwayDescription
All these galls were seen on the one tree and were cylindrical and about 6 to 7 mm tall. Some of them were gnarly with an opening which appeared to have a collar. Two other galls were smoother with small openings and smooth surrounds.
The galls appeared near the midrib of the leaf.
Seen on a peppermint gum in a national park.
- ? A. spinifer
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Apiomorpha ovicolaObserver
leuba-ridgwayDescription
A smooth ovoid gall about 7 mm long apparently arising from the stem at the base of a flower bud cluster. It was difficult to see the exact point of attachment of the gall.
The gall had a small opening at the free end.
Spotted on what looked like a peppermint gum in a national park .
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
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A number of galls seen on the leaf petiole. They had hollowed out collarswith the galls themselves being conical shapes about 4 mms tall. The narrow tips seemed bent.
At least three other leaves showed similar galls but they were dry and partially destroyed.
Spotted on a heavily damaged eucalyptus sapling in a national park.
- ? O.maculata
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Genus LepidosciaObserver
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This bag moth larva had a multi-layered & coloured conical but slightly truncated case. It had three sticks of varying sizes attached to the sides and at least one of them was fairly green, probably suggestive of a recent attachment. The sticks were from the same species of plant.
The case was about 35 mm long.
Spotted on wattle in the Cathedral Ranges NP.
D.Hobern labels this Lepidoscia species G
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Apiomorpha spiniferObserver
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Probably two galls - a small egg shaped brown gall with a small apical opening and arising from it a pale greenish-yellow gall which looked like a folded or unopened disc. The folded edge showed a waxy white substance.
Spotted on a leaf of a young broad-leaved eucalyptus tree.
_ ? A.spinifer
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Fabraea rhytismoideaObserver
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Spotted on the leaves of the montane daisy, Leptinella filicula, at the side of a dirt road. The plants were part of a matted ground cover of several plants.
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Ptilocnemus lemurObserver
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Spotted on the bark of a yellow box (Eucalypt) in a suburban garden. It is possibly hunting ants that were in large numbers on the tree.