caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 8 Jun 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 28 Jun 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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Sorry, considered this way too small to bring home to raise to adulthood.
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
29 Jun 2021
Why is being small unworthy of being reared to get the adult to identify its species?
Small moths have small caterpillars.
Meanwhile a clear lateral view to verify its leg-count would be good to distinguish it from being a beetle larva. Grump.
Small moths have small caterpillars.
Meanwhile a clear lateral view to verify its leg-count would be good to distinguish it from being a beetle larva. Grump.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
29 Jun 2021
Sorry Don. I couldn't get a clear lateral view though I tried. This caterpillar looked familiar to a larger specimen I'd seen. I've previously tried to rear caterpillars from a very young age and they have not survived (for whatever reason) so I no longer try to bring very small specimens home. Plus I didn't have any collection bottles with me.
donhe
wrote:
29 Jun 2021
1. You put a twig in front of it and tickle its behind with something so it will walk onto the twig for a nice lateral portrait.
2. It is not an early instar of a macro-moth, but a late instar of a micro-moth, so it is probably ready to pupate. Very easy to care for.
3. You should ALWAYS carry a specimen bottle with you when outdoors.
4. How are we supposed to identify larvae if nobody rears them ?
2. It is not an early instar of a macro-moth, but a late instar of a micro-moth, so it is probably ready to pupate. Very easy to care for.
3. You should ALWAYS carry a specimen bottle with you when outdoors.
4. How are we supposed to identify larvae if nobody rears them ?
AlisonMilton
wrote:
29 Jun 2021
Sorry Don. I was just taking a stroll near home with my dogs, without my usual camera gear kit. Very hard to carry all this gear and keep my dogs happy and patient.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.027950-35.241321
- Altitude 678.4m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Jun 2021 09:57 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Other moths AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm 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
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