1 Tower Case Moth at Greenway, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoscia arctiella | 19 Oct 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Lepidoscia arctiella | 19 Oct 2021 | donhe | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 19 Oct 2021 | RodDeb |
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4 comments
donhe
wrote:
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?
RodDeb
wrote:
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
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RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lepidoscia arctiella Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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