1 Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth at Mirador, NSW
Identification history
| Abantiades atripalpis | 25 Jul 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Abantiades labyrinthicus | 23 Jul 2018 | hynesker1234 |
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User's notes
Moth remained stationary as I photographed it on a cold morning, around 10 degrees. I was exercise walking in a residential area. It was the only one I’ve seen in my area. I’ve walked this path over the last 8 years.
3 comments
PaulWhitington
wrote:
24 Jul 2018
An interesting sighting! It looks very much like Abantiades atripalpis, which was seen in May this year in Tathra and identified at the time by Glenn Cocking (https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3397782). He noted that that was the first record from the NSW far south coast. What do you think Glenn?
PaulWhitington
wrote:
24 Jul 2018
I just noticed that your moth was sighted on the exact same day in May as that Abantiades atripalpis! Here is an interesting statement from Don Herbison-Evans' web site (http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hepi/atripalpis.html) about this species - "The moths are famous for being able to predict rain. In some areas in autumn, the moths appear on only one night each year, yet all appear together in droves, and always just a few hours before a major downpour in that area"
Location information
- Coordinates 149.910142-36.874500
- Altitude 108.7m
- Places Mirador, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 May 2018 07:05 AM Recorded on
- hynesker1234 Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) hynesker1234 South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Abantiades atripalpis Scientific name
- Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 795.62m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trictena atripalpis
