Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Paddys River, ACT

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE at Paddys River, ACT - 8 Dec 2020
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE at Paddys River, ACT - 8 Dec 2020
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE at Paddys River, ACT - 8 Dec 2020
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE at Paddys River, ACT - 8 Dec 2020
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE at Paddys River, ACT - 8 Dec 2020
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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 11 Dec 2020 ibaird
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 11 Dec 2020 donhe
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE 10 Dec 2020 RodDeb

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found on a weed by the path put on rail to photograph then returned to the weedy area nearby

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donhe wrote:
   11 Dec 2020
This larva has 2 useable pairs of prolegs, and also a non-useful partly atrophied pair. The larvae of some Geometridae have prolegs like that, but so do some Erebidae and Noctuidae.

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