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11 Apr 2019

LisaWhite

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Discovered while digging up sweet potatoes. Can the pupae/chrysalis be identified?

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KimPullen wrote:

14 Apr 2019

The large larvae and the pupae are a hawk moth, possibly Hippotion scrofa which is recorded as feeding on Ipomoea. The smaller, white, curled larvae are beetles of the family Scarabaeidae.

LisaWhite wrote:

15 Apr 2019

Thanks very much. I’ve heard that the curl grubs aren’t good in a vege patch so I fed them to the chooks. The hawk Moth pupae got replanted in the bed. Hoping that was for the best.

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Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
11 Apr 2019 01:27 PM Recorded on
LisaWhite Recorded by