Orgyia anartoides
Painted Apple Moth at Florey, ACT
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| Orgyia anartoides | donhe | 20 Jan 2024 | |
| Orgyia anartoides | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Jan 2024 | |
| Unverified | rbannister | 18 Jan 2024 |
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Tiny little eggs bound together with fibres including my dog's fur and some insect parts.
2 comments
20 Jan 2024
If my ID is correct, the female adult moth is dull brown , fat and flightless. She stays beside her cocoon emitting pheromones to attract males. She layes her eggs on the cocoon after fertilization . The newly hatched caterpillars ‘ balloon ‘ in the breeeze on silk threads to spread across the country side .
20 Jan 2024
@MichaelMulvaney Interesting! I didn't see an original cocoon or moth - but I probably just missed it, given that spot is hidden when the screen door is open and with the recent rain it usually has been.
Location information
- Places Florey, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- rbannister Recorded by
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- rbannister Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orgyia anartoides Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Orgyia anartoides Scientific name
- Painted Apple Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 898m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Teia anartoides
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