caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Symonston, ACT
Identification history
| Unidentified immature Lepidoptera | 2 Oct 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified immature Lepidoptera | 2 Oct 2021 | donhe | ||
| Oxycanus sp. | 1 Oct 2021 | Tapirlord | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Feb 2018 | KarlKarl |
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User's notes
what insect has created these cocoons?
1 comment
donhe
wrote:
2 Oct 2021
Several hundred moth species have cocoons like this. If you want to know its species, you will have to take it into custody and wait for an adult moth to emerge.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.120239-35.346206
- Altitude 666.0m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 25 Abundance
- 17 Feb 2018 09:37 AM Recorded on
- KarlKarl Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) KarlKarl Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- cocoons found inside an about 3m long tree hollow. The tree branch has now fallen to the ground. There was also a bees hive in the lower part of the tree hollow. Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
- caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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