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| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 18 Sep 2023 | Hejor1 |
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Small cup looks like made with plaster, with a little twig sticking out the bottom of each one.
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
19 Sep 2023
Each one? The photos look as they are all of the one specimen, and that has two little twigs protruding ?
Hejor1
wrote:
19 Sep 2023
@donhe I wasn’t able to get usable pics of the other one, it may have 2 sticks coming from the base but I could only make out 1.
donhe
wrote:
19 Sep 2023
@Hejor1 : do not know any moth larvae that live in a shelter fixed in a crevice like this with a partially open end. It would be interesting to see the whole larva or pupa, if you could gently prise the shelter out of the crevice, and then cut it open along its length. I suspect it is the home of a wasp or solitary bee larva maybe containing a paralysed caterpillar for food !
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- At least 1 Abundance
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Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- False Insect on a flower
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