Mistletoe Browntail Moth at Russell, ACT
Identification history
| Euproctis edwardsii | 6 Apr 2025 | donhe | ||
| Euproctis edwardsii | 6 Apr 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Lymantriinae (subfamily) | 21 Oct 2023 | donhe | ||
| Euproctis marginalis | 20 Oct 2023 | Hejor1 |
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4 comments
Hejor1
wrote:
21 Oct 2023
@ibaird not at all - this is AI guess rather than my own so could be way off.
donhe
wrote:
21 Oct 2023
I agree the two orange dorsal organs on the antepenultimate segments suggest Lymantriinae, but I do not recognise the other markings. Please @Hejor1: can you rear it in captivity to an adult moth for further identification?
WendyEM
wrote:
6 Apr 2025
looks rather like the image of this larva in Caterpillars, Moths and their Plants of southern Australia by Peter McQuillan et al p.150
Location information
- Coordinates 149.151992-35.298853
- Altitude 581.2m
- Places Russell, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2023 02:30 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Additional information
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- False Insect on a flower
Species information
- Euproctis edwardsii Scientific name
- Mistletoe Browntail Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1681.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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