Mataeomera coccophaga
Brown Scale-moth at Fadden, ACT
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| Mataeomera coccophaga | ibaird | 21 Jul 2024 | |
| Mataeomera coccophaga | donhe | 21 Jul 2024 | |
| Cebysa leucotelus | MichaelMulvaney | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| Chrysopidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 3 Jul 2018 | |
| Unverified | ArcherCallaway | 12 Aug 2016 |
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I have absolutely no clue what it is, but it had legs somewhere because it scuttled (almost indiscernably) around the corner
4 comments
16 Aug 2016
Possibly a Green lacewing larvae, Chrysopidae sp. Try Google on "chrysopidae larvae camouflage".
8 Jul 2018
This reminded me of something I found a while ago and have just entered, which I assume is a case moth. See https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3402762 and also Unidentified on 22 Dec 2017
Location information
- Coordinates 149.112013-35.401284
- Places Fadden, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 14 Jan 2016 12:36 PM Recorded on
- ArcherCallaway Recorded by
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- My flagged sightings ArcherCallaway Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mataeomera coccophaga Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Mataeomera coccophaga Scientific name
- Brown Scale-moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 630m Recorded at altitude
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