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LauraBailey wrote:
10 hrs ago
Juvenile blue bottle fish
Nomeus gronovii
DougT wrote:
Yesterday
My guess is this is Bathytosia brevicaudata, only because I go snorkeling in that exact spot reasonably often, and when I check out the stingrays I can see from above like in this sighting they are B. brevicaudata.
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
donhe wrote:
2 Jul 2025
I have found mature Asura and Hectobrocha larva living communally.
Many Epicoma species larvae have a white 'face' which these do not have, but these could be Ochrogaster lunifer or one of the many species for which no larval photos have been published. Moth larvae are just a big lacuna in Australian ecology.
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
2 Jul 2025
Made ID based on the distinctive buds - They are a favoured Gang-gang food item in the Canberra area where the species has been planted
Eucalyptus maidenii
WendyEM wrote:
2 Jul 2025
I have never seen Lithosiini larvae behaving in such a communal manner. Maybe they do? While these are an early instar they are not newly hatched which is when many caterpillars are more communal. It is Thaumetopoeinae incl. Epicoma sp that have this communal behaviour.
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

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Nomeus gronovii at Tathra, NSW

Tetratheca (genus) at Wonboyn, NSW

Gompholobium (genus) at Wonboyn, NSW

Melaleuca armillaris subsp. armillaris at Edrom, NSW

Patersonia (genus) at Kiah, NSW

Melaleuca armillaris subsp. armillaris at Edrom, NSW

Wahlenbergia luteola at Edrom, NSW

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Solanum (genus) at Edrom, NSW

Gompholobium (genus) at Wonboyn, NSW

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