Pararguda nasuta

Wattle Snout Moth at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Pararguda nasuta	6 Feb 2025	ibaird
Pararguda nasuta	6 Feb 2025	donhe
Lasiocampidae (family) immature	4 Feb 2025	donhe
Lasiocampidae (family) immature	3 Feb 2025	WendyEM
Unidentified	3 Feb 2025	gwen

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13 comments

WendyEM wrote:

3 Feb 2025

Gwen, was it/they on a wattle? a eucalypt? or something else ?

ibaird wrote:

3 Feb 2025

Photo of Larvae? Not sure where the larvae is.

WendyEM wrote:

3 Feb 2025

Larva - yes. It is almost in profile on side of tree. Rear claspers are beside the 2 long wispy bits of lichen ~ 1/4 way down picture. Its 'nose' is to right of circular mark on trunk at bottom of picture with wispy lichen sticking out in front of its head.

WendyEM wrote:

3 Feb 2025

possibly Pararguda sp

gwen wrote:

4 Feb 2025

Not a eucalypt, possibly a wattle, I’m not too sure.

ibaird wrote:

4 Feb 2025

It must have been late at night - the camouflage was too good for me!

WendyEM wrote:

4 Feb 2025

that is the general idea. Humans may not wish to eat or parisitize them BUT I once foolishly showed my neighbour some on his street tree. The ones I showed him were not there next time I looked, ones I had not shown him were.

donhe wrote:

4 Feb 2025

Best singed first then simmered with a little turmeric

donhe wrote:

4 Feb 2025

Meanwhile I do not see any features that would suggest a genus.

WendyEM wrote:

5 Feb 2025

shape of 'tail' - Entometa tend to have ~ cylindrical 'tail' stump, wattle species 'tail' is like stump of acacia twig, triangular in profile, other genus more colour, hairier etc

donhe wrote:

5 Feb 2025

ok: I see a triagular knob on the 'tail', so which genera feed on Wattle?

WendyEM wrote:

5 Feb 2025

Pararguda nasuta feeds on acacia (P. dasymalla, P. rufescens & P. sp(1) Moths of Vic Part 1 feed on Eucalyptus sp)

ibaird wrote:

6 Feb 2025

See 4430493

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Location information

Coordinates 148.869475 -35.446231
Altitude 1523.0m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Cotter River, ACT

Sighting information

3 Abundance
31 Jan 2025 03:37 PM Recorded on
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gwen NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Pararguda nasuta Scientific name
Wattle Snout Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1523.04m Recorded at altitude
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