Polystichum proliferum
Mother Shield Fern at Tharwa, ACT
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| Polystichum proliferum | dcnicholls | 6 Oct 2018 | |
| Unverified | jeremyahagan | 31 Mar 2018 |
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Caterpillar found feeding on unknown plant in Namadgi National Park.
2 comments
9 Aug 2018
Can you get the plant identified to family?
It looks like it might be a fern which would exclude Arctiinae.
It looks like it might be a fern which would exclude Arctiinae.
10 Aug 2018
Don - David Nichols identified the plant as a fern, Polystichum proliferum so not an Arctiinae moth feeding on it
Location information
- Coordinates 148.912553-35.774911
- Altitude 1539.1m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2018 09:24 AM Recorded on
- jeremyahagan Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- jeremyahagan Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Polystichum proliferum Ferns and Clubmosses Plants
Species information
- Polystichum proliferum Scientific name
- Mother Shield Fern Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1909.31m Recorded at altitude
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