Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths at Charleys Forest, NSW
Identification history
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | 9 Jan 2023 | donhe | ||
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | 9 Jan 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 6 Jan 2023 | arjay |
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User's notes
The tree this caterpillar is on is an introduced native. Given it is a looper then it may also be a moth.
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
6 Jan 2023
The photo is too blurred to for me to to see the prolegs to determine a likely family. Species in Fisera (Geometridae) and Entometa (Lasiocampidae) have erectile horns near the. head like this. I hope you can rear it to the adult moth to determine the species.
arjay
wrote:
6 Jan 2023
Will check my other photos and see if I have one with better prolegs. I might have. Or not.
donhe
wrote:
6 Jan 2023
Photos of the larvae of only about 7% of the named Australian moth species have been published, i.e. the species of most caterpillars that you find CANNOT be identified. Please capture any caterpillars that you find, and rear them in captivity to discover what the adult moth looks like so that we can expand the number of identifiable caterpillars.
arjay
wrote:
7 Jan 2023
My dad used to grow butterflies. Had masses of food plants growing in the back yard. Pity he didn't also grow moths. Will keep an eye for them and see what I can do.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River QPRC LGA
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2020 02:18 PM Recorded on
- arjay Recorded by
Additional information
- Eucalyptus parvifolia Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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