A tiger moth at Flynn, ACT
Identification history
| Anestia (genus) | 27 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Anestia (genus) | 27 Mar 2021 | Christine | ||
| Unidentified | 27 Mar 2021 | Christine |
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User's notes
Not really sure what is going on here. Are the eggs from a wasp or other parasitic insect which is using the caterpillar as food for their growing young?? Who built the cocoon? Second pic is showing a caterpillar without the eggs which was 20-30cm from the other.
3 comments
Christine
wrote:
27 Mar 2021
Having done a bit of research I now realise that I have photographed a female moth which is flightless. This was probably her cocoon, and she now lays her eggs on it. It seems like a huge number of eggs that would total more than her current body size!
Christine
wrote:
27 Mar 2021
Interesting also to have an egg laying and cocoon building side by side at the same time.
arjay
wrote:
27 Mar 2021
Totally agree. Insect behaviour and life cycles are totally fascinating. I just love watching the butterflies and native bees chase the Eu bees from the flowers. So counterintuitive.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.041257-35.209713
- Places Flynn, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2021 01:58 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Insects Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Anestia (genus) Scientific name
- A tiger moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 816.87m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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