Sighting 4384850
Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae
1 A Gall Midge at Hamilton Valley, NSW
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| Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae | Alburyconservationcompany | 22 Jun 2021 | |
| Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae | MichaelBedingfield | 22 Jun 2021 | |
| Unverified | Darcy | 20 Jun 2021 |
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User's notes
Found on the leaves of a Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata). Thought they might be lerps of some kind, but i've really got no idea.
2 comments
22 Jun 2021
Hi Darcy. This is the second record of this on AW Nature Map. The first was in Wodonga and MichaelMulvaney said "The berry-like growths are galls which are wattle growths caused by a midge fly and in which its larvae feed" :)
Location information
- Coordinates 146.883769-36.029944
- Altitude 337.0m
- Places Hamilton Valley, NSW
Sighting information
- 75 Abundance
- 20 Jun 2021 11:03 AM Recorded on
- Darcy Recorded by
- Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata) Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Darcy Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae Scientific name
- A Gall Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1126.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species