Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 24 May 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 24 May 2022 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 31 Oct 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
Previous sighting (https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/4234646) showed old discarded cases. At the time the live caterpillars were too small to photograph but they are now quite a bit larger. The estimate of 200 is probably an under-estimate as they are covering all the small-leafed grevilleas in this area. Hundreds more discarded cases. Managed to entice one caterpillar out of its case.
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
1 Nov 2019
The only Psychids that I know that have sparsely decorated cases are Trigonocyttara clandestina and Metura elongatus. The cases that I know of these were both decorated with stick, rather than bits of leaf as in this specimen. You will need to take one into protective custody and rear it to the adult moth to get an ID.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
1 Nov 2019
Thanks Don, I've brought a couple home but finding the right plants to feed them might pose a problem as I don''t drive so making the trek back out to Gungahlin for new fodder may be a problem. I'll see how I go.
donhe
wrote:
2 Nov 2019
Many of the Psychidae, like Hyalarcta sp and Metura sp are omnivorous, and eat anything green within reach. And all Lepi larvae love rose petals.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.123733-35.186678
- Altitude 614.0m
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 200 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2019 01:42 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Case moths (Psychidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Grevillea Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
- Unidentified case moth or bagworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1694.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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