Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	2 Jun 2022	GlennCocking
	Unverified	8 Sep 2019	rawshorty

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No idea what this tiny thing is, i suspect a Caterpillar of some sort. In the Sydney gully region under a frond.

6 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

9 Sep 2019

Moved to moth section to get their opinion....

donhe wrote:

10 Sep 2019

Any chance of taking it into protective custody and rearing it to get an adult which we could identify?

donhe wrote:

10 Sep 2019

I think the hairyness rules out about half of the 30 or so Australian Lepidoptera superfamilies, including the big ones
Gelechioidea, Geometroidea, Papillionoidea, and Pyraloidea,
but that still leaves about 5,000 possible species .

rawshorty wrote:

10 Sep 2019

Not sure when i can get back there or if it would be still in the same spot. It was not moving at all so i thought it might be a safe day roost for this insect. If i can find it again what would i need to give it to eat?

donhe wrote:

11 Sep 2019

You could offer it leaves off plants nearby, or failing that rose petals, or thin slices of apple, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/care.html

rawshorty wrote:

11 Sep 2019

Thanks, will keep this in mind next time.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.109349 -35.273824
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
8 Sep 2019 10:55 AM Recorded on
rawshorty Recorded by
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rawshorty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
Synonyms
Lepidoptera sp.

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