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Jennybach
wrote:
3 hrs ago
Hi @AlisonMilton. I read your comment on burn-out and just want to say I’ve enjoyed checking out your prolific and beautifully photographed sightings, particularly the Higgins ones. It’s cheering to know just how many species live around my area.Best wishes for when you move on to other things, Jenny
Paropsisterna decolorata
MarkH
wrote:
30 Oct 2025
It’s definitely not Melobasis propinqua. More likely something like M. obscurella or naias.
Melobasis obscurella
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
27 Oct 2025
Appears to be a western extension of known range
Homotrysis lugubris
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
27 Oct 2025
Thanks Alison - I could not ID this one, but now you have, I came across a list of host species
https://www.entsocnsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GAE-51-11-17-Webb-Scolecobrotus-host.pdf
Blue Gums aren't on the list, but Yellow Box are, so maybe a new host tree or it has flown in from a nearby tree.
https://www.entsocnsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GAE-51-11-17-Webb-Scolecobrotus-host.pdf
Blue Gums aren't on the list, but Yellow Box are, so maybe a new host tree or it has flown in from a nearby tree.
Scolecobrotus variegatus
Significant sightings
- Scolecobrotus variegatus at Reid, ACT
- Mordellistena (genus) at Campbell, ACT
- Paropsis pantherina at Broke, NSW
- Australoneda bourgeoisi at Nimbin, NSW
- Aporocera rufescens at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
- Araiorrhinus howittii at Melba, ACT
- Atesta chiangi at Melba, ACT
- Chlorobapta bestii at Oallen, NSW
- Paraschizognathus elgatus at Falls Creek, VIC
- Temognatha thoracica at Cook, ACT
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