Scopula rubraria
Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth at Macgregor, ACT
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| Scopula rubraria | WendyEM | 7 Oct 2025 | |
| Scopula rubraria | ibaird | 7 Oct 2025 | |
| Unverified | LD12 | 7 Oct 2025 |
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User's notes
Interesting self preservation behaviour including perching on the road and flattening itself down, and tumbling in the wind resembling leaves
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.998961-35.208179
- Altitude 579.0m
- Places Macgregor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Oct 2025 11:47 AM Recorded on
- LD12 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- LD12 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scopula rubraria Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Scopula rubraria Scientific name
- Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1614.9m Recorded at altitude
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