Blood-spotted Noctuid at Stromlo, ACT
Identification history
| Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta | 6 Jun 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta | 6 Jun 2023 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 5 Jun 2023 | HelenCross |
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User's notes
A large number of these caterpillars on the grass stalks, including some dead ones
7 comments
donhe
wrote:
6 Jun 2023
@HelenCross : did you take a couple into protective custody for rearing to the adult for a more certain identification ?
ibaird
wrote:
6 Jun 2023
Certainly looks like this species based on the LBH photo and other online sources.
donhe
wrote:
6 Jun 2023
@HelenCross : yes please. We know so few caterpillars, so there may be other species with caterpillars that have the same characters as those of P. sanguinipunctata, so rearing some to adults would dispel this ambiguity .
HelenCross
wrote:
11 Jun 2023
Unfortunately when I went back I was only able to find 2 just alive specimens. I brought them back home and tried to rehydrate them but they have also died.
donhe
wrote:
11 Jun 2023
@HelenCross : moths typically lay 200 eggs, and in a stable population : each year on average 2 will survive to procreate, so mortality is about 99%. Leaving a caterpillar in the wild is basically a death sentence.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029913-35.382318
- Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 Jun 2023 02:07 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) HelenCross
Additional information
- Grasses Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta Scientific name
- Blood-spotted Noctuid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 979.51m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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