caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Casey, ACT
Identification history
| Chrysomelidae sp. (family) | 14 Sep 2025 | donhe | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 13 Sep 2025 | donhe | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 13 Sep 2025 | Hejor1 |
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assuming moth, will collect some if i find any not hatched
3 comments
CathB
wrote:
14 Sep 2025
Hi @Hejor1. This might be the pupal case of a leaf beetle. See for example sighting 4411148. The round hole would probably have been made by an exiting parasitic wasp. The beetles usually neatly remove the top of the case. See sighting 4496734.
Hejor1
wrote:
14 Sep 2025
Thanks @CathB ! I thought of beetles initially but changed my mind when I saw the hole in all of them. It being a parasitic wasp hole makes more sense! I've reared Cadmus before and these are smaller and consistently very dark brown all over. I guess they are mimicking drops of sap because they look very similar.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093992-35.171481
- Altitude 640.3m
- Places Casey, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 13 Sep 2025 08:49 AM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Collections
Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm 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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