Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	25 Jul 2024	ibaird
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	25 Jul 2024	donhe
Unverified	25 Jul 2024	KMcCue

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User's notes

It seemed to be in the soil or perhaps a plant's roots - I was weeding at the time I noticed it.

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donhe wrote:

25 Jul 2024

@
KMcCue : can you keep it in a clean bottle with a diagonal stick, and check it every morning, to find out what the adult moth looks like to ID the species?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.082092 -35.257297
Altitude 630.4m
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
25 Jul 2024 12:05 PM Recorded on
KMcCue Recorded by
Collections
Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Larvae Breeding behaviour
Alive / healthy Animal health

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