Apiomorpha munita (Four horned Gum-tree Gall)

This insect is known more by its female gall than by the insect itself, a wingless blob which lives inside the gall and is rarely seen. The male is much smaller; it develops inside a correspondingly smaller gall of a different shape. The mature male has wings and flies to a female gall for mating.

If measured to the end of a 'horn', the gall of Apiomorpha munita is the largest in the world.

Apiomorpha munita is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands  |  South Coast

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