Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | 2 Feb 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | 2 Feb 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Feb 2022 | KMcCue |
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7 comments
donhe
wrote:
2 Feb 2022
Less than 7% of the 10,000+ Australian moth species have known caterpillars. It is a ecological black hole. We need to discover what caterpillars turn into what moths. Could you not take 10 minutes to capture it and put in a bottle to photograph it properly and rear it?
KMcCue
wrote:
2 Feb 2022
Don, I'd be happy to.
It was on mulch or leaf litter, two different eucalypts, what food source would I use - perhaps leaves of both?
We are rearing some Dainty Butterflies and feed the larvae with citrus leaves but I have no idea what leaves to give a nondescript green larva, presumably a moth. I searched the internet to find out what it was to no avail.
It was on mulch or leaf litter, two different eucalypts, what food source would I use - perhaps leaves of both?
We are rearing some Dainty Butterflies and feed the larvae with citrus leaves but I have no idea what leaves to give a nondescript green larva, presumably a moth. I searched the internet to find out what it was to no avail.
donhe
wrote:
2 Feb 2022
Some Paralea and some Fisera have a flat head with a pale collar, but one really needs to see the prolegs to resolve this. But given the size, I think you are right Ian : that it is in Geometridae.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.081511-35.257542
- Altitude 633.7m
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2022 02:29 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
Additional information
- Leaf litter Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Geometridae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
- Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1418.1m Recorded at altitude
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