Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Another find from #Malaise trapping and barcoding specimens in #Aranda ACT has been that a moth not yet recorded on iNaturalist is actually pretty common here.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=271549
Eumenodora encrypta is a small and nondescript #xyloryctid, so dull and plain that I would never have identified it otherwise.
See Lauri Kaila's paper on the species:
#lepidoptera #entomolohy #xyloryctid #aranda #malaise
Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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A striking orange winged #ant in the #Canberra #SLAM #Malaise sample yesterday (#Aranda, ACT 2023-01-27/2023-02-03) seems to be a queen #Epopostruma wardi
#australia #entomology #myrmicinae #formicidae #Hymenoptera #epopostruma #aranda #malaise #slam #canberra #ant