Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Paddys River, ACT

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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 15 Dec 2019 GlennCocking
Unverified 31 Oct 2017 SWishart

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It was behind the toilet door at the vet centre in the Sanctuary, Tidbinbilla

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donhe wrote:
   1 Nov 2017
Which end is the head?
Too big for smaller families.
Too Hairy for HEPIALOIDEA, GEOMETROIDEA and COSSOIDEA.
Maybe BOMBYCOIDEA or NOCTUOIDEA.
No obvious verrucae: not ANTHELIDAE.
No obvious glands on A6, A7 : not LYMANTRIIDAE
Maybe ARCTIINAE: Spilosoma or Cheliosea ?
SWishart wrote:
   2 Nov 2017
I thought the head was the right hand end but I'm not absolutely sure as it wasn't moving.

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