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| Unidentified | 29 Jan 2024 | abread111 |
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7 comments
donhe
wrote:
30 Jan 2024
Is that a caterpillar in a portable case, or in a silk shelter constructed amongst the inner florets?
abread111
wrote:
30 Jan 2024
Not moving when I saw them. The one in the last photo has not moved for days - the flowers close at night but the next day there it is still in the same spot. There are currently 5 similar things on these daisies in our home garden; one of them (not in these photos) looks quite silky.
donhe
wrote:
31 Jan 2024
@abread111 : please can you dissect one and if there is an inmate, take close-up of , and add it to this sighting ?
abread111
wrote:
31 Jan 2024
I dissected several shelters, including the one in the third photo which was I think old, and not silky, but no residents were found. Posting one photo of a newer silkier shelter showing what appears to be cut off parts of florets incorporated into the silk structure. Will look out for new shelters.
donhe
wrote:
31 Jan 2024
Terrific. A lot of caterpillar species web leaves together to make a shelter, but this the first I have seen webbing on a flower. It would be really interesting to find out more about it.
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 27 Jan 2024 05:52 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
Additional information
- Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Other activity Insect behaviour on flower
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