Chaetophyes compacta (Tube spittlebug)

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Family Clastopteridae (or Machaerotidae). Immatures construct and live inside elongate, conical calcareous tubes attached to thin eucalypt stems. Adults are free-living and will actively jump and fly.

Chaetophyes compacta is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Barwon South West | Greater Brisbane | Tasmania

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Chaetophyes compacta (Tube spittlebug) at Sheldon, QLD - 28 Dec 2007 by PJH123

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Chaetophyes compacta (Tube spittlebug) at Sheldon, QLD - 28 Dec 2007 by PJH123

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Species information

Chaetophyes compacta Scientific name
Tube spittlebug Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 880.5m Recorded at altitude
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