Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	28 Nov 2021	donhe
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	28 Nov 2021	ibaird
Opodiphthera eucalypti	27 Nov 2021	KMcCue

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donhe wrote:

27 Nov 2021

The green instars of caterpillars of O. eucalypti have substantial coloured warts with spiky hairs, see http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/satu/eucalypti.html This is not O. eucalypti. It does not look like any of the 997 caterpillars illustrated on the Coffs Harbour Butterfly website:
file://localhost/C:/Users/donhe/Dropbox/Webpages/larvae/cats.html
I do not know what it is. It would be good to rear it in captivity to the adult moth, which we could more easily identify.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.985917 -35.242478
Altitude 581.7m
Maps Ginninderry Conservation Corridor
Places Coree, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Nov 2021 12:56 PM Recorded on
KMcCue Recorded by
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KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

50mm or larger 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
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