Four-spotted Cup Moth at Tathra Public School
Identification history
| Unidentified | 6 Feb 2020 | TathraPreschool |
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JackieMiles
wrote:
7 Feb 2020
Those 4 red spots can push out stinging hairs if the caterpillar is handled, so look but don't touch! You can find out a bit more about what the adult moth looks like and what they eat here: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lima/quadriguttata.html
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.977351-36.735716
- Places Tathra, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 Feb 2020 09:38 AM Recorded on
- TathraPreschool Recorded by
Species information
- Doratifera quadriguttata Scientific name
- Four-spotted Cup Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1035.31m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
