Shannon Moth at Bonython, ACT
Identification history
| Asmicridea edwardsii | 19 Nov 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Asmicridea edwardsii | 19 Nov 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Trichoptera (order) | 13 Nov 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Nov 2016 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Size - body length 9mm; 100's of small white moth like insect in a nuptial flight near the water at Murrumbidgee River, north of Point Hut Crossing.
4 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
13 Nov 2016
This is the a similar insect as was reported before, see:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364040
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364040
Alice
wrote:
18 Nov 2017
Family Hydropsychidae, genus Asmicridea. Impossible to tell species from photograph. Often called 'Shannon Moths'.
Alice
wrote:
23 Jan 2023
Very probably since that seems to be the Asmicridea species that occurs here in the ACT.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073468-35.443101
- Altitude 574.9m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Bonython, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 12 Nov 2016 08:08 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Other insects Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Asmicridea edwardsii Scientific name
- Shannon Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1247.53m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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