caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 20 Aug 2025 | donhe | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 19 Aug 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 7 Aug 2025 | NateKingsford |
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3 comments
NateKingsford
wrote:
21 Aug 2025
I didn't collect any of the specimens from that night, however I can do back and try to find them, and raise them to adulthood.
I'm not sure what they eat though and pretty rubbish at plant identification. I'd assume the caterpillars found on live plants that have leaves, would eat that species of plants, however some of the caterpillars like this one; were on dead trees with no foliage
I'm not sure what they eat though and pretty rubbish at plant identification. I'd assume the caterpillars found on live plants that have leaves, would eat that species of plants, however some of the caterpillars like this one; were on dead trees with no foliage
donhe
wrote:
22 Aug 2025
It looks like a Lithosiini, which feed on algae and lichen on tree trunks and stones. So pop a couple in a clean jar covered by a piece of fabric held by an elastic band, with some old bits of twig with lichen or algae on them. Put the bottle where you can easily check it every day: I put mine on the kitchen window sill. That one looks nearly full grown, so might pupate pretty soon.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.088896-35.276078
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Aug 2025 07:59 PM Recorded on
- NateKingsford Recorded by
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Collections
NateKingsford NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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
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Synonyms
Lepidoptera sp.
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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