Painted Apple Moth at Florey, ACT
Identification history
| Orgyia anartoides | 20 Jan 2024 | donhe | ||
| Orgyia anartoides | 20 Jan 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 18 Jan 2024 | rbannister |
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Tiny little eggs bound together with fibres including my dog's fur and some insect parts.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
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 .
rbannister
wrote:
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.
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Location information
- Places Florey, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 18 Jan 2024 09:04 PM Recorded on
- rbannister Recorded by
Species information
- Orgyia anartoides Scientific name
- Painted Apple Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 873m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Teia anartoides
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