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- Dardus sp.
Family Eurybrachyidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Dardus Wattle Hoppers that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia
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 - Body length 5mm
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- This Planthopper is dark brown in colour. Their antenna base is
thicken and look like small horn under each eye. Some black ants were
constantly visit them for their extracted honey-dew. The nymph also has this
two little horns under eyes and with two long tails.
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- They are found on young Black
Wattle during late winter in Alexandra Hill.
Nymphs and adults can be found on the same plants.
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- Above two pictures taken in the same place during mid-summer. We did not
see any nymph.
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The Host Plants
- Black Wattle
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- Acacia leiocalyx subsp. leiocalyx, family Mimosaceae
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- Reference and Link:
- 1. Genus
Dardus - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and
updates).
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