Oenosandra boisduvalii
Boisduval's Autumn Moth at Hall, ACT
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| Oenosandra boisduvalii | WendyEM | 15 Aug 2025 | |
| Oenosandra boisduvalii | ibaird | 15 Aug 2025 | |
| Unverified | Anna123 | 14 Aug 2025 |
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10 comments
16 Aug 2025
What are the brown things sticking out of it's side? Unconvincing. @Anna123 : hope you can rear it to an adult.
17 Aug 2025
Don. you need to give us the whole web address for this. That number does not work in an iNat search for me.
is it one of these-
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&q=larva&taxon_id=208618
Unless it has changed, iNat records are ID-ed by 2 (3?) signed up iNat users concurring with an ID
is it one of these-
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&q=larva&taxon_id=208618
Unless it has changed, iNat records are ID-ed by 2 (3?) signed up iNat users concurring with an ID
17 Aug 2025
I just placed (copy/paste) your number into an iNat search address and got - Swamp Dewberry - Rubus hispidus
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/247860132
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/247860132
17 Aug 2025
Oops : how was the species determined of
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247850132
?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247850132
?
21 Aug 2025
While the prolegs are not visible in the examples of the larvae below, I find the similarity of the other features convincing:-
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/oeno/boisduvalii.html
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/oeno/boisduvalii.html
Location information
- Coordinates 149.063541-35.165304
- Maps Hall Horse Paddocks
- Places Hall, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Aug 2025 12:13 PM Recorded on
- Anna123 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Anna123 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Oenosandra boisduvalii Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Oenosandra boisduvalii Scientific name
- Boisduval's Autumn Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1384.69m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Pterygosoma squamipunctum,
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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