Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Hackett, ACT
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| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | GlennCocking | 24 May 2022 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 10 Jun 2019 |
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User's notes
A small and very active caterpillar sighted on the handrail of a footbridge. It was constantly changing direction and never still.
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11 Jun 2019
This is the caterpillar of a micro-moth, so that rules out 8 out of the 30 or so super-families of Lepidoptera. Caterpillars of micro-moths are not as varied in appearance are the caterpillars of the macro-moths, so you will have to rear it to an adult moth in captivity to even find the family.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107069-35.274073
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Jun 2019 11:49 AM Recorded on
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- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr 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
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