Budworm at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Heliothinae (subfamily) | 16 Jan 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Heliothinae (subfamily) | 16 Jan 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Jan 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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Caterpillar approx 25mm long
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
16 Jan 2022
A number of the Heliothinae caterpillars look like this, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/heli/heli-cats.html
On what plant was it feeding?
Are you rearing it to get the adult moth?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/heli/heli-cats.html
On what plant was it feeding?
Are you rearing it to get the adult moth?
SteveBorkowskis
wrote:
16 Jan 2022
It was feeding on a Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), the plant is shown in one of the images. Given this is an exotic weed I was thinking it may have been one of those situations where this caterpillar/moth could have been introduced for biological control (But honestly I have no idea). Unfortunately I didn’t collect it to rear it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.215072-35.391881
- Altitude 674.1m
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Jan 2022 10:57 AM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Heliothinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Budworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 674.06m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- 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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