Geometridae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths at Higgins, ACT

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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.

2 comments

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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Location information

Coordinates 149.028703 -35.237107
Altitude 680.9m
Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
18 Mar 2019 10:04 AM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Acacia Associated plant
50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1418.1m Recorded at altitude
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