Carwoola, NSW

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RogerF wrote:

17 Jan 2025

Possibly infected with a virus

Doratifera oxleyi

donhe wrote:

16 Jan 2025

No obvious red dorsal warts on penultimate segments, so not Lymantriinae.
Unlike any in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/arctiinae-cats.html

Lithosiini (immature)

donhe wrote:

15 Jan 2025

On second thoughts, the thoracic shield does look like that of Doratifera oxleyi, which does have variable colours. I am thinking now that this is D oxleyi.

Doratifera oxleyi

donhe wrote:

15 Jan 2025

This certainly lokks like the larva of a Limacodidae species, but it does not resemble any of the larvae of the 20 Limacocidae species illustrated at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lima/lima-cats.html
It does not resemble the Pseudanapaea larvae shown there, as those larvae have no stinging spines.
It is probably the larva of one of the other 96 Australian Limacdidae species.
@clarehoneydove : I do hope you can rear it in protective custody to get an adult moth to ID the species.

Doratifera oxleyi

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

3 Jan 2025

Lovely to see Ian should fledge within the week

Callocephalon fimbriatum