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| Unverified | 10 Nov 2025 | chriselidie |
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Four caterpillars, each on it's own (cat ear) flower. Eats cat ear and dandelion flowers.
Left it in a jar resting on its flower, in the morning it had disappeared. Suppose it went underground although I couldn't find a cocoon - I'm puzzled... Anyway, looks like it was a moth caterpillar then.
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- 4 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
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chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
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- Cat ear Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- True Insect on a flower
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