Chloroclystis (genus)
1 A geometer moth at Russell, ACT
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| Chloroclystis (genus) | donhe | 30 Aug 2025 | |
| Chloroclystis (genus) | WendyEM | 29 Aug 2025 | |
| Chloroclystis (genus) | Hejor1 | 23 Aug 2025 |
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Collected several and will do my best to rear them
11 comments
24 Aug 2025
Very like the larva pictured at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/approximata.html
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/approximata.html
24 Aug 2025
@donhe yes, and they were feeding on wattle of 2 species. I couldn't see any obvious difference so collected from both trees and will keep an eye on them to see how they develop.
24 Aug 2025
@WendyEM thank you, I don't have the best success rate so fingers and toes crossed.
24 Aug 2025
@donhe I should have mentioned that they make a very effective shelter with silk and fragments of plant matter. When disturbed they very quickly retreat and seem to disappear entirely. Blink and you miss it.
24 Aug 2025
@Hejor1 : ooh a photo of the shelter would be good to go with these larval photos.
29 Aug 2025
@donhe I've updated the photos, pic 4 and 5 show 2 different shelters. I had to pull them apart slightly, otherwise they just look like a clump of flowers/leaves. I think I have 4 in captivity.
28 Sep 2025
28 Sep 2025
make sure they have a vertical or diagonal twig to hang from to extend their wings when they emerge.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.148561-35.296787
- Altitude 575.4m
- Places Russell, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2025 04:03 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- Acacia Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Yes Insect on a flower
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- Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Chloroclystis (genus)
Species information
- Chloroclystis (genus) Scientific name
- A geometer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 813.7m Recorded at altitude
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