Heliocheilus (genus)
Heliothine moths at Yarralumla, ACT
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| Heliocheilus (genus) | ibaird | 9 Oct 2025 | |
| Heliocheilus (genus) | WendyEM | 9 Oct 2025 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | ibaird | 5 Feb 2024 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | MichaelBedingfield | 5 Feb 2024 | |
| Unverified | lbradley | 4 Feb 2024 |
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7 comments
5 Feb 2024
Please can you take a small plastic sample bottle with you when out in the wild to take any larvae into protective custody for further study and rearing? The survival rate in the wild for caterpillars is about 1%, ie: a virtual death sentence.
5 Feb 2024
They would have a better chance in the wild. I figure they would have a 0.001% chance of survival if I tried to rear them. I could package them up and send them to you? But you are overseas so I don’t think that works either.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.084489-35.278400
- Altitude 578.9m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Yarralumla, ACT Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2024 05:49 PM Recorded on
- lbradley Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- No Insect on a flower
Collections
- lbradley NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Heliocheilus (genus) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Heliocheilus (genus) Scientific name
- Heliothine moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 626.7m Recorded at altitude
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