Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth at Quaama, NSW
Identification history
| Nyctemera amicus | 7 Dec 2020 | JackieMiles | ||
| Nyctemera amicus | 7 Dec 2020 | JackieMiles | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Nov 2020 | FionaG |
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User's notes
Black and orange striped hairy caterpillar that becomes a black moth with a line of white dots about two thirds down its body. The body is orange/yellow and black striped. The moth was roughly the size of a 20 cent piece. Several caterpillars found individually on various Fireweed plants.
3 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
7 Dec 2020
Hi Fiona, Yeah, same thing at Brogo, just a single caterpillar per fireweed. I feel a bit guilty about pulling their food plant out. We have heaps of native Senecio species they could be feeding on, but they seem to prefer the fireweed. I don't think I have ever seen a caterpillar on the native Senecio plants, yet that must be what they fed on before the fireweed turned up.
FionaG
wrote:
7 Dec 2020
It's strange that I've only noticed them this year, no other year previously. Also, when I last went Fireweed picking I can across 2 different caterpillars, one a brownish inch worm type and the other I would guess at being Cabbage Butterfly. Who knows, in 10 years we might be able to leave the Fireweed to nature. Wouldn't that be nice!
JackieMiles
wrote:
8 Dec 2020
Hah! Dream on. Although I did hear on the radio recently that another potential biocontrol agent is being tested, so fingers crossed this one turns out to be a winner and not too keen on hammering the local Senecio species. I think they said it was a weevil.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.892822-36.462292
- Altitude 166.4m
- Places Quaama, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 9 Nov 2020 08:05 AM Recorded on
- FionaG Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) FionaG South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Nyctemera amicus Scientific name
- Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1813.54m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Nyctemera amica
