Apina callisto
Pasture Day Moth at Googong, NSW
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| Apina callisto | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Aug 2020 | |
| Apina callisto | WHall | 22 Aug 2020 |
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User's notes
Several of these caterpillars were excavating holes in which to pupate despite a temperature of 6C at the time this image was taken.
3 comments
22 Aug 2020
Michael, do the caterpillars block the entrance to the hole once they are in residence?
22 Aug 2020
I've watched and videoed these excavating to completion and seen no evidence that they then block the entrance, though perhaps I didn't wait long enough.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.196613-35.427581
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 21 Aug 2020 01:41 PM Recorded on
- WHall Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- WHall Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Apina callisto Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Apina callisto Scientific name
- Pasture Day Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 889.5m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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