Lepidoscia arctiella
1 Tower Case Moth at Greenway, ACT
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| Lepidoscia arctiella | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Oct 2021 | |
| Lepidoscia arctiella | donhe | 19 Oct 2021 | |
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | RodDeb | 19 Oct 2021 |
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4 comments
19 Oct 2021
Say a moth lays 200 eggs (most lay more). If the population is stable, on average, only 2 will survive to reproduce next year. So the mortality rate among caterpillars is about 99%. But many of those deaths are due to predators of the larvae. By taking it into custody you have a chance of determining the species, not a high chance, but a chance. If you do not take it into custody, you have NO chance. Which is better?
19 Oct 2021
Thanks, will consider it next time, but please don't hold it against us if we don't do it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.058785-35.426482
- Altitude 553.4m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2021 03:02 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lepidoscia arctiella Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Lepidoscia arctiella Scientific name
- Tower Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 951m Recorded at altitude
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