Abantiades atripalpis at Garran, ACT

Abantiades atripalpis

Bardee, Bardy, Bardi Grub, Rain Moth or Waikerie at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Abantiades atripalpis	5 Oct 2018	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	9 May 2018	ruthkerruish

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Author's notes

The dried pupae of this Hepialidae are windblown into clumps. Every time it rains there is another emergence. The dry weather seems to have favoured rhis moth!

2 comments

donhe wrote:

10 May 2018

Abantiades atripalpis is commonly called the Rain Moth.
I guess if it rains too much before they pupate (at the top of their burrow): the larvae get drowned in their burrows.

ruthkerruish wrote:

11 Jul 2018

I always thought that many moths and butterflies emerged from the cocoon or chrysalis when the environment was likely to be favorable for them to continue their life cycle, eg feed on nectar, lay eggs which develop into caterpillars to feed on plants.

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