Apina callisto
Pasture Day Moth at Hackett, ACT
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| Apina callisto | MichaelMulvaney | 18 Sep 2020 | |
| Apina callisto | DerekC | 18 Sep 2020 |
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These broad-leaf eating caterpillars also dig burrows to complete the chrysalis stage. This one is digging a burrow bringing up little lumps of soil before going back for the next bit. In the final photo it is down the burrow with it head up, closing off the top to seal itself in.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.169175-35.241005
- Altitude 643.0m
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Sep 2020 03:26 PM Recorded on
- DerekC Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Burrow Breeding behaviour
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- DerekC 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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