Leptocneria reducta

White cedar moth at Higgins, ACT

Leptocneria reducta at Higgins, ACT - 24 Jan 2021
Leptocneria reducta at Higgins, ACT - 24 Jan 2021
Leptocneria reducta at Higgins, ACT - 24 Jan 2021
Leptocneria reducta at Higgins, ACT - 24 Jan 2021
Leptocneria reducta at Higgins, ACT - 24 Jan 2021
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Leptocneria reducta 28 Jan 2021 donhe
Leptocneria reducta 27 Jan 2021 AlisonMilton

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Photo 1: newly emerged. Photos 2-5 taken earlier on 24 January. Photo 2: the pupae still intact. Photo 3: I almost missed the small male under the wing of the larger female. Photo 4: the male and Photo 5: an empty pupae case. Interesting that though the larvae feed on the White Cedar tree, they pupate under the bark of the nearby gum tree.

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donhe wrote:
   28 Jan 2021
That is one reason why they are a pest. When they wish to pupate, mature caterpillars go walkabout, seeking somewhere nice to pupate. Some travel up to 50 metres from their food tree, invading homes, garages, sheds, cars, anywhere, in their search.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   28 Jan 2021
Numbers haven't been so bad lately but there was one year (perhaps 10 years or so ago) when the whole base of the White Cedar tree was covered in hundreds of caterpillars. Luckily have not seen them like that again.

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Agrotis porphyricollis (Variable Cutworm) at Higgins, ACT - 26 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Lophotoma metabula (A Erebid moth) at Higgins, ACT - 26 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Platyptilia celidotus (Plume Moth) at Higgins, ACT - 26 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Thrincophora impletana (a Tortrix moth) at Higgins, ACT - 26 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Psephotus haematonotus (Red-rumped Parrot) at Higgins, ACT - 26 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Pyraloidea immature unidentified (Pyraloidea caterpillar / pupa) at Higgins, ACT - 25 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Smyriodes undescribed species nr aplectaria at Higgins, ACT - 25 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Uresiphita ornithopteralis (Tree Lucerne Moth) at Higgins, ACT - 24 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
Scopula optivata (Varied Wave) at Higgins, ACT - 24 Apr 2022 by AlisonMilton
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