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| Unidentified | 6 Dec 2022 | ConBoekel |
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5 comments
donhe
wrote:
6 Dec 2022
Can you take a lateral view of the whole animal to show the prolegs, to narrow down the family?
donhe
wrote:
6 Dec 2022
On average: caterpillars walk at about 1 mm/second = 3.6 metres/hour or about 100 metres a day, so you need to examine all the foliage of all the plants in a 100 metre radius circle around where you first found it if you return a day later to look for it.
donhe
wrote:
6 Dec 2022
The caterpillars are known for only about 7% of Australian moth species. so about 93% of the time you need to take larvae into protective custody and rear them to the adult moth to identify their species.
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2022 11:55 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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- Eucalyptus sp Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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