Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 17 Nov 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 12 Nov 2023 | donhe | ||
| Metura elongatus | 12 Nov 2023 | pinnaCLE |
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1 comment
donhe
wrote:
12 Nov 2023
M. elongatus has short sticks spaced over the whole cocoon, rather a bunch of long sticks at one end. I do not know what species use this pattern of decoration. Please can you take it into protective custody and rear it to the adult moth for identification?
Location information
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Nov 2023 05:39 PM Recorded on
- pinnaCLE Recorded by
Additional information
- Hakea salicifolia Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
- Unidentified case moth or bagworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1694.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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