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| Altica corrusca | 30 Nov 2024 | clarehoneydove |
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
7 Dec 2024
@KimPullen this is an interesting find spear thistle is not a recorded host plant of Altica Corrusca (Read and Beatson 2015) but A. carduorum is used as a biological control of spear thistle in north america, but as far as I know we don't have A. carduorum in Australia
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- 13 Abundance
- 30 Nov 2024 07:24 PM Recorded on
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
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- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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