Geometridae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths at Higgins, ACT

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE at Higgins, ACT - 18 Mar 2019
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE at Higgins, ACT - 18 Mar 2019
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE at Higgins, ACT - 18 Mar 2019
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE at Higgins, ACT - 18 Mar 2019
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE at Higgins, ACT - 18 Mar 2019
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Identification history

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE 10 Aug 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 22 Mar 2019 AlisonMilton

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One was larger than 50 cm but the other was only around 25 cm.

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donhe wrote:
   23 Mar 2019
50 mm?
Do you have a photo showing the anal segments in profile?
Taken into protective custody?
AlisonMilton wrote:
   23 Mar 2019
Don, Yep sorry, meant mm. I'm hopeless with cm, mm. It was about 2-2 and a half inches. I was going to take it into protective custody but didn't have a bottle - being just in the park behind my house - so I left it where it was while I examined the rest of the bush. When I came back just five minutes later it had gone. I searched everywhere but found the much smaller one, which I did bring home (reluctantly as it is so young). I've gone back every day since but still can't find it. Photo 4 shows the anal segment in profile, just cut off on the thumbnail view. Need to open it to see the full photo.

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  • 18 Mar 2019 10:04 AM Recorded on
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