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Larva was found on 1/8/2021 it eventually spun a cocoon between some leaves and the side of the container it was in on 14/12/2021.
The adult emerged on 1/8/2021

Larva was found on 1/8/2021 it eventually spun a cocoon between some leaves and the side of the container it was in on 14/12/2021.
The adult emerged on 1/8/2021

Larva was found on 1/8/2021 it eventually spun a cocoon between some leaves and the side of the container it was in on 14/12/2021.
The adult emerged on 1/8/2021

Larva was found on 1/8/2021 it eventually spun a cocoon between some leaves and the side of the container it was in on 14/12/2021.
The adult emerged on 1/8/2021

Stibaroma sp 1. Moths of Victoria showss early instars of this larva.

Stibaroma sp 1. Moths of Victoria showss early instars of this larva.

Stibaroma sp 1. Moths of Victoria showss early instars of this larva.

Stibaroma sp 1. Moths of Victoria showss early instars of this larva.

Came in with the laundry, released into the backyard.

caught in a BG Sentinel mosquito trap

Tiny insect (larva?) feeding on spores of Tomentella crust fungus growing on underside of Quercus branch

Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClvfAu8vOX_54G_nsRMH_Jw

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1105796

2.6mm~

det: Dipteraforum

cf.
Second record, again a copula.

Mid-tibia spine count is Dorsal 5, External 3, Ventral 1 and Internal 5.

Pteropleurite has four long bristles.

From malaise trap with permission from DoC/Pukaha

E. immaculata. Note the costa which runs further than it does in Mycetophila.

body length 2.5 to 3 mm