caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 20 Apr 2024 | donhe | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 20 Apr 2024 | Hejor1 |
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Larger one
2 comments
DianneClarke
wrote:
20 Apr 2024
Opodiphthera? but the ones I have found have been 35mm, not 50mm or more
WendyEM
wrote:
21 Apr 2024
In my experience they do not incorporate vegetable matter into their cocoon, they use only their silk. It also appears to have been parasitized by wasps? flies? judging by the multiple small, neat exit holes
Location information
- Coordinates 149.271011-35.358531
- Altitude 750.3m
- Maps Cuumbeun Nature Reserve
- Places Carwoola, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 Apr 2024 10:09 AM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- False Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
- caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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