Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily)

Bag-shelter Moths, Processionary Caterpillars at Greenway, ACT

Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily) at Greenway, ACT - 21 Dec 2016
Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily) at Greenway, ACT - 21 Dec 2016
Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily) at Greenway, ACT - 21 Dec 2016
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Identification history

Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily) 6 Oct 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily) 24 Jul 2018 michaelb
Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily) 24 Jul 2018 donhe
Anthelidae sp. (family) 22 Jul 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 23 Jan 2017 michaelb

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Size - 12-15mm; on the east side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Pine Island.

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donhe wrote:
   24 Jul 2018
I agree that a number of the Anthelidae feed on Poaceae,
but it has no obvious verrucae, so I think it is in Thaumetopoeinae,
and had strayed from it's foodplant.

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  • 21 Dec 2016 07:43 PM Recorded on
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