caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Yellow Pinch, NSW
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 17 Sep 2024 | donhe | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 24 Apr 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 22 Mar 2019 | RossMannell |
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I found this group of caterpillars on the underside of a branch in Potoroo Palace. The only butterfly I saw in the same area was a large citrus but these don’t look like citrus caterpillars.
1 comment
donhe
wrote:
24 Apr 2024
That resembles the larvae of some Epipaschinae, like
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyrastis.html
@RossMannell : can you rear a couple to get an adult moth for identification of the species ?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyrastis.html
@RossMannell : can you rear a couple to get an adult moth for identification of the species ?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.833234-36.857478
- Places Yellow Pinch, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 24 Feb 2019 01:48 PM Recorded on
- RossMannell Recorded by
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Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) RossMannell South Coast NatureMapr
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
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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