Chelepteryx chalepteryx

White-stemmed Wattle Moth at Aranda, ACT

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Chelepteryx chalepteryx ibaird 1 Aug 2025
Chelepteryx chalepteryx donhe 31 Jul 2025
Opodiphthera eucalypti KMcCue 31 Jul 2025

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I presume this was an Emperor Gum moth casing, dinner for some other insect.

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   31 Jul 2025
I think Saturniidae cocoons are rounder than that.

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 18 Jul 2025 01:33 PM Recorded on
  • KMcCue Recorded by
  • I didn't notice until I looked at the photo that there might be a bee , dead or alive, on one end of the casing. Associated animal
  • 50mm or larger Animal size

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