caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 16 Feb 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 14 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | 14 Feb 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
Retreated into the casing when disturbed.
1 comment
donhe
wrote:
14 Feb 2021
Excellent photos. Too many prolegs: could be any family. Many Oecophoridae have scat-covered shelters like that. Please take it into protective custody and see if you can get a moth that we can identify.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.177815-35.333456
- Altitude 578.0m
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2021 11:02 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Other moths AlisonMilton
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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