Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

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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Location information

Coordinates 148.900433 -35.461827
Altitude 796.2m
Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
8 Dec 2020 01:15 PM Recorded on
RodDeb Recorded by
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RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

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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