1 Tower Case Moth at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoscia arctiella | 16 Mar 2019 | donhe | ||
| Lepidoscia arctiella | 16 Mar 2019 | JackyF |
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6 comments
donhe
wrote:
17 Mar 2019
Any chance of a photo of the caterpillar head and thorax when it pops them out to feed or walk?
donhe
wrote:
18 Mar 2019
Your tower caterpillar may have died, pupated, or emerged long ago.
Was it not there before? Has it since moved from its original spot?
Was it not there before? Has it since moved from its original spot?
JackyF
wrote:
22 Mar 2019
Don - Sorry, the casemoth has been moving about but I still cannot get a photo with its head out. After comparing leaves I have edited this sighting, as I now know the tree is a Cherry Ballart, not a casuarina.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
22 Mar 2019
Jacky, Not sure if this helps but I have had a couple of case moths (not tower) in my back yard, I found that they tended to be on the move once the sun hit them mid-morningish, but then tended to settle in the same place in the greater heat of the afternoon.
JackyF
wrote:
24 Mar 2019
Alison thanks so much, I have been going past it whenever I can and it is still moving around the sapling, but I have still never seen it with its head out and it is so tiny I doubt I could get a photo with my camera in any case. It is only about 1m off ground, so If anyone else wants to try I can show them where it is. I have looked carefully in other larger Cherry Ballarts nearby and cannot see any others. Cheers, Jacky
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102769-35.326298
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Mar 2019 03:17 PM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Case moths (Psychidae) JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Cherry Ballart sapling Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Lepidoscia arctiella Scientific name
- Tower Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 951m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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