caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 6 Jun 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 23 Feb 2022 | kasiaaus |
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User's notes
Possibly eggs of a Mnesampela species
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
24 Feb 2022
Why do you think a Lepidoptera laid these rather than an insect of some other order ?
kasiaaus
wrote:
24 Feb 2022
Because they were relatively close to where I have my moth light at night and they are very similar in appearance to what I believe to be Mnesampela eggs. A Google seach for images of Mnesampela eggs finds several photos of very similar eggs. They were very high up on my wall, hence no close-up photo. I am not one for going up ladders.
donhe
wrote:
24 Feb 2022
OK. Insects of other orders that lay eggs are also attracted to lights, and many species of moth have eggs like that. There is some ambiguity. But we need not speculate if you can collect some hatchlings and rear them. If you have a ladder problem : then maybe tape an open specimen bottle to a pole and a small paintbrush to another pole to collect some?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050403-35.208655
- Altitude 535.5m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 28 Dec 2021 11:52 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Eggs 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
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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