Orange-hooded Crest-moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Fisera eribola | 4 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Fisera eribola | 3 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Mar 2021 | Bron |
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User's notes
This moth is common at the moment, appearing every night up to 5 individuals at once. I post this to show how much it can look like part of a branch, and plays dead if disturbed.
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
4 Mar 2021
Hi Bron,
I could not resist putting copies of two of your photos of this species into
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/eribola.html
Thanks, Don
I could not resist putting copies of two of your photos of this species into
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/eribola.html
Thanks, Don
Location information
- Coordinates 149.053111-35.208934
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 18 Feb 2021 01:43 PM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Bron Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Fisera eribola Scientific name
- Orange-hooded Crest-moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 804.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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