Metura elongatus

1 Saunders' case moth at Higgins, ACT

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AlisonMilton wrote:

   18 May 2019

Update: A few days after this sighting the caterpillar had moved to my garage door, where it stayed for seven days (without eating), each day climbing a little further up the door. By day seven I thought it was about to pupate so collected it and took it inside. To my surprise, three months later it is still in its caterpillar form. I also collected a second specimen (sightings Metura elongatus (Saunders' case moth) on 14 Mar 2019 and Psychidae sp. (family) (Unidentified case moth or bagworm) on 23 Feb 2019 - in an earlier instar) hoping they may be male and female. Both are still in caterpillar form. Eagerly awaiting a transformation.

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.029488-35.238236
• Altitude 661.4m
• Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 23 Feb 2019 02:40 PM Recorded on
• AlisonMilton Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) AlisonMilton

Additional information

• Grevillia Associated plant

Species information

• Metura elongatus Scientific name
• Saunders' case moth Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 819.3m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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• Synonyms

  Metura elongata Metura elongatus

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