Psilogramma casuarinae
Privet Hawk Moth at Isaacs, ACT
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| Psilogramma casuarinae | donhe | 1 Apr 2025 | |
| Psilogramma casuarinae | Mike | 1 Apr 2025 |
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3 comments
1 Apr 2025
Where do they pupate - in the ground or under leaf litter? Going by the state of the leaves there must have been more, though there was no sign three weeks ago.
2 Apr 2025
Yes they walk up to 20 metres from their foodplant, then burrow under the soil up to 15 centimetres down. Bear in mind also that about 99% perish before reaching adulthood, due to viral, bacterial, fungal disease, or infection by wasp and fly parasitoids, or predation by birds, spiders, ants, mantids, shield bugs, assassin bugs etc.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.121200-35.381140
- Altitude 749.1m
- Maps Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Isaacs, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 1 Apr 2025 05:18 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
- Desert ash Fraxinus angustifolia Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- Mike NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Psilogramma casuarinae Hawk moths (Sphingidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Psilogramma casuarinae Scientific name
- Privet Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 772.6m Recorded at altitude
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