Drechmeria gunnii

1 Dark Vegetable Caterpillar at suppressed

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Identification history

	Drechmeria gunnii	17 Jun 2022	Heino1
	Drechmeria gunnii	17 Jun 2022	TimL

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There were empty moth casings on the ground around the area of these fungi. The final image shows one of the fungi dug out of the ground to try and locate the buried casing, but it was deep within the sandy soil.

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RogerF wrote:

18 Jun 2022

I saw some fresh fruting bodies of the same at Bango NR on Wednesday

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Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
15 Jun 2022 11:17 AM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by

Species information

Drechmeria gunnii Scientific name
Dark Vegetable Caterpillar Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Up to 747.2m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
Synonyms
Cordyceps gunnii

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