Unidentified geometer or looper moths at Tura Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 6 Apr 2019 | Steff |
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User's notes
This caterpillar kind of thing was dangling by a silk thread from the tree. It landed on the windscreen. The photo with the hand behind the insect is taken from inside the car, looking at the caterpillar's underside.
We saw another one dangling from a branch as we walked along the path.
What are they?
1 comment
KerriLee
wrote:
9 Apr 2019
Look like 'looper' caterpillars Steff. That is, larvae of moths in the family Geometridae. I'm basing this on the 2 pairs of prolegs at the end of the abdomen, with none in the middle of the body.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.940086-36.853353
- Maps North Tura Coastal Reserve
- Places Tura Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 6 Apr 2019 12:30 PM Recorded on
- Steff Recorded by
Species information
- Geometridae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified geometer or looper moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 116.76m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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