Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Borough, NSW

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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE ibaird 15 Aug 2025
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE WendyEM 15 Aug 2025
Unverified Paul4K 14 Aug 2025

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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.

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   14 Aug 2025
Cossidae? Hepialidae?
   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.
   15 Aug 2025
OK, donhe, over to you! I haven;t found any matches.
   15 Aug 2025
@Paul4K : over to you. The only way of IDing it is to rear it to the adult moth. Happy rearing.

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  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

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