Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Coree, ACT

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE at Coree, ACT - 27 Nov 2021
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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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