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Urn gall - female
Apiomorpha urnalis
-37.8127, 145.342
Field Notes
Description:
Elongated urn shaped galls with flared free ends were spotted on stems of this yellow box.
Attached to the length of the gall in Pic 1 is a calcareous tube constructed by a spittle bug nymph (froghopper) that is also a small hemipteran but from a different suborder.
Habitat:
Spotted on one of the Yellow Box trees (Eucalyptus melliodora) planted along the periphery of a playground.
Notes:
These galls are induced by small female scale insects. This wonderful spotting by Martin shows the wingless female inside the gall <br>https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13039076 <br> Gall inducing insects are usually species specific and in some cases tissue specific on the plants they gall. Galls provide both nutrition and shelter to the developing nymph.
Reference Links:
Apiomorpha urnalis | Atlas of Living Australia
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJuly 30, 2019
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