Notoligotoma Web Spinner vs Ash Bark Weevil

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Notoligotoma Web Spinner Ash Bark Weevil
Scientific Name Notoligotoma hardyi Magdalis armigera
Order Embioptera Coleoptera
Family Australembiidae Curculionidae
Size 9.0-14.0 mm 3-5 mm
Habitat Woodlands Hedgerows
Diet Gall Makers Gall Makers
Regions Oceania Europe
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Notoligotoma Web Spinner

An Australian web spinner found in tropical northern Australia. It builds silk galleries on tree trunks during the wet season.

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During the dry season, colonies retreat into deep bark crevices and become dormant until the rains return.

Ash Bark Weevil

A small black weevil that breeds under the bark of ash trees. Larvae create winding galleries in the cambium. Has become more noticed with ash dieback disease.

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Often colonizes ash trees already weakened by ash dieback disease, accelerating their decline.