Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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The family breakdown is much less complete. Many records are still identified only to order. Identifications are from barcode matches with identified specimens or work by expert curators.
5 of the 9 most represented families are difficult/inconspicuous #fly groups: Sciaridae, Cecidomyiidae, Chironomidae, Muscidae & Phoridae.
#Springtails are surprisingly common in Malaise traps
#Oecophoridae are massively diverse here.
Most of these are groups I would never manage to record otherwise.
3/5
#oecophoridae #springtails #fly
Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Two shots from #AutomatedMothTrap, Canberra ACT, 2022-12-12 02:57, 03:41
Image 1 includes:
First #stonefly (#Plecoptera) I've noticed on the sheet
#HawkMoth #Hippotion scrofa
#PlumeMoth #Stenoptilia zophodactylus
Pink-winged #Geometridae #Arhodia lasiocamparia
Tiny striped #GrassMoth #Scoparia spelaea
#Derbidae #Planthopper #Saccharodite chrysonoe
Other #Lepidoptera (Geometridae, #Oecophoridae, #Crambidae #Pyralidae), #Trichoptera, #Neuroptera, #Diptera and #Hemiptera
#entomology #Hemiptera #diptera #Neuroptera #trichoptera #pyralidae #crambidae #oecophoridae #lepidoptera #saccharodite #planthopper #derbidae #scoparia #grassmoth #arhodia #geometridae #stenoptilia #plumemoth #hippotion #hawkmoth #plecoptera #stonefly #automatedmothtrap