caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Campbell, ACT
Identification history
| Araneae (order) | 28 Oct 2025 | Hejor1 | ||
| Araneae (order) | 10 Oct 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 9 Oct 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 9 Oct 2025 | Hejor1 |
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User's notes
pic 1- eggs inside the pouch. Pic 2- one egg on its own. Pic 3- the pouch covered with a silk blanket. Pic 4- the pouch in situ
3 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
10 Oct 2025
I frequently find these types of egg cases under rocks, logs, bricks etc. Spiders appear to be the attendant animals
Hejor1
wrote:
28 Oct 2025
They hatched! No idea what to do now... hope they grow large enough to ID?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.150042-35.294425
- Altitude 573.0m
- Maps Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
- Places Campbell, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2025 10:20 AM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Collections
Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
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.
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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