Sighting 4629557
Cecidomyiidae (family)
Gall gnat at suppressed
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| Cecidomyiidae | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Feb 2025 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 18 Dec 2024 |
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User's notes
in small swarms over different busarias and one small gum. Thought they were midges, but look more like flies in the photos. In the gum tree pic they were going back and forth to that shredded material on the branch. Not sure if they were making it, or just feeding on something on it.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.873826-36.167936
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 100 Abundance
- 15 Dec 2024 07:30 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- bursaria spinosa, gum tree Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Other activity Insect behaviour on flower
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects Cecidomyiidae (family)
Species information
- Cecidomyiidae (family) Scientific name
- Gall gnat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 737.27m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location