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9 Dec 2017

Christine

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Tiny organism also found in bucket of water after recent rain.

6 comments

donhe wrote:

15 Dec 2017

Did you get it out and count the legs? I think that is possibly a very interesting caterpillar that fell out of a nearby tree. You should rear it to find out what it turns into.

donhe wrote:

15 Dec 2017

Legs are diagnostic, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/legs.html

Christine wrote:

15 Dec 2017

Haha!

donhe wrote:

15 Dec 2017

No really: I think it is related to one I found
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/query/queryj.html
but died while I tried to rear it.

Christine wrote:

15 Dec 2017

Don, the "haha" was because a. it was more than a week since i had found the creature floating in a bucket of water (probably already dead), and b. I wouldn't know the first thing about trying to rear it.
But thank you for your comments and links

donhe wrote:

15 Dec 2017

Rearing caterpillars is simple: kids do it all the time, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/care.html
and is an activity where amateurs can make a difference,
really benefiting ecology, as so few larvae are known,
and most professional entomologists only work on pest species.

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1 Abundance
6 Dec 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
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Less than 5mm Animal size

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