caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Borough, NSW
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 15 Aug 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 15 Aug 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 14 Aug 2025 | Paul4K |
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User's notes
1st image animal came out of hole in the exposed direction before then going in opposite way. Head end hidden initially. motion like a push me pull you.
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
14 Aug 2025
Larvae of several other families have pairs of dorso-lateral dark spots, but none that I know of in Cossidae or Hepialidae have.
Location information
- Maps Boro
- Places Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Paul4K Recorded by
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Collections
Paul4K NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- In rotten wood Associated plant
- 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.
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes