Pararguda nasuta

1 Wattle Snout Moth at Macgregor, ACT

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Identification history

Pararguda nasuta	18 May 2019	donhe
Pararguda nasuta	18 May 2019	GlennCocking
Unidentified	17 Feb 2019	AlisonMilton

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6 comments

ibaird wrote:

18 Feb 2019

Matches grey caterpillar for E. fervens on LBH which appears slightly more mature than this specimen.

AlisonMilton wrote:

18 Feb 2019

Have brought it home so interested to see what emerges.

donhe wrote:

19 Feb 2019

Scare it, and see if it will display the blue? bands behind the head.

AlisonMilton wrote:

6 Mar 2019

I was too late to scare it to show the bands behind the head. When I looked it had immediately begun to go into the pupal stage. Moth emerged this morning so will update this sighting with photos of the moth. I notice this site doesn't have any moth photos.

Actually I'll post it as a new sighting as this post already has five photos so will link it.

GlennCocking wrote:

19 May 2019

This and the adult 4201986 are a female Pararguda nasuta (or nearby sp), same as Alison's 4205348 and 4205553 previous pair under that name.

donhe wrote:

19 May 2019

Yes; the absence of horns behind the thorax is the difference. I should have noticed that straight away.

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