Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Cotter River, ACT
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| Anthelidae (family) | WendyEM | 9 Oct 2025 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | GlennCocking | 14 Dec 2019 | |
| Noctuidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Aug 2019 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 24 Oct 2018 |
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User's notes
About 2 inches (4-5cm) in length.
1 comment
27 Aug 2019
Most Noctuoidea pupate under the soil or in loose cocoons between leaves.
This is more like a Bombycoidae cocoon.
But are you sure it is not a spider egg sac?
This is more like a Bombycoidae cocoon.
But are you sure it is not a spider egg sac?
Location information
- Coordinates 148.804243-35.387060
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2018 02:54 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
Collections
- Christine NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
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
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Synonyms
Lepidoptera sp.
Record quality
Quality score
3 / 7
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