caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Taylor, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 14 Jan 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 12 Jan 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Jan 2024 | kasiaaus |
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Pollinator Survey at Taylor Offset.
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
12 Jan 2024
I'm thinking Lycaenidae. What is the plant? Any chance of a photo of it's head?
donhe
wrote:
12 Jan 2024
The only white Lycaenid larva (Lampides boeticus) feeds on Fabaceae. Rather a lot of moth larvae feed on Asteraceae, and we do not know what most of them look like.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098326-35.142228
- Altitude 729.0m
- Places Taylor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2024 11:50 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Taylor Offset 12 Jan 2024 Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Other moths kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
- caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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