Chaetophyes compacta (Tube spittlebug)
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 | Barwon South West | Greater Brisbane | Tasmania
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
- 111 images trained Machine learning
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