caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Tura Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 4 Jan 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 4 Jan 2025 | Hejor1 | ||
| Unidentified | 7 May 2019 | Steff |
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User's notes
This appeared as an oval shaped ball of sand. It broke open when I bumped it and the brown insect was inside it. The sand ball was about 3cm long and 1.5cm wide. The insect was about 2cm long. Can anyone identify?
3 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
8 May 2019
wow ... the insect is actually a pupa. My first thought is Lepidoptera (moth or butterfly). I don't suppose you collected it did you? If so, it might eclose (ie 'hatch') and we would know for certain.
Steff
wrote:
8 May 2019
Thank you both for your information. No, I didn't collect it, I have to admit I didn't want to touch it because I didn't know what it was and didn't know if it might bite or defend itself in some way.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.939537-36.857221
- Places Tura Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 May 2019 09:29 AM Recorded on
- Steff Recorded by
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Steff Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects 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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