Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Black Mountain

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Identification history

	Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	3 May 2024	donhe
	Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	2 May 2024	Hejor1

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4 comments

DianneClarke wrote:

3 May 2024

Does the casing suggest Arctiinae or are there others that make these types of casings?

donhe wrote:

3 May 2024

Maybe spider egg sac. Did you (carefully) dissect it?

Hejor1 wrote:

4 May 2024

@donhe i'm sure it was a pupa - in person I could see the shiny shell with ridges. The detail is degraded in the photos on here, not sure why, so I've emailed you the originals.

DianneClarke wrote:

4 May 2024

I think the system displays in lower resolution but if you click on "original" in the lower left corner, it displays the original.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.097442 -35.274136
Altitude 816.8m
Maps Black Mountain
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 May 2024 04:27 PM Recorded on
Hejor1 Recorded by
Collections
Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Larvae Breeding behaviour

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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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania