Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Dunlop, ACT

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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 26 Aug 2024 DianneClarke
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 26 Aug 2024 donhe
Unverified 25 Aug 2024 kasiaaus

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The material that the pupa was enclosed in was extremely tuff. I have collected it.

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kasiaaus wrote:
   8 Jun 2025
I have no idea when it emerged. It could have been months ago. It is very dead and worn now but maybe someone can identify it.
donhe wrote:
   8 Jun 2025
I keep my pupated caterpillar bottles on the kitchen windowsill where I can glance every morning to see if anything has emerged overnight.
donhe wrote:
   8 Jun 2025
Not Leptocneria reducta which has a hairy pupa. Maybe Anthela ocellata ?
donhe wrote:
   8 Jun 2025
@kasiaaus : was the cocoon attached to anything : wall or twig or leaf etc ?
kasiaaus wrote:
   8 Jun 2025
It was attached to tree bark. On a eucalyptus, I think.

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  • 4 Jun 2025 03:16 PM Recorded on
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