Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth

Yarralumla, ACT

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Yarralumla, ACT - 4 Feb 2024
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Identification history

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth 5 Feb 2024 ibaird
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth 5 Feb 2024 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 4 Feb 2024 lbradley

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7 comments

donhe wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
Can you add a photo from the side showing the prolegs?
lbradley wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
I’ll try next time. Thanks
donhe wrote:
   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.
lbradley wrote:
   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.
donhe wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
100% if you use hints at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/care.html
WendyEM wrote:
   13 Feb 2024
Noctuidae Heliothinae
donhe wrote:
   13 Feb 2024
It may have reduced prolegs and be a Geometrid. I cannot tell from this photo.

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  • 4 Feb 2024 05:49 PM Recorded on
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  • False Pollinator Insect on Flower

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