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Sighting 4455876

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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 20 Dec 2022 SuziBond
Unverified 25 Nov 2022 mahargiani

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single caterpillar on sighting 4455875

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mahargiani wrote:
   21 Dec 2022
When I posted this I did not realise that it was not easy to identify Australian caterpillars (I grew up in England, where this was not normally an issue). These photographs were incidental to my primary object, which was photographing the plant. Given this, I suggest that I delete the sighting (I would, of course, retain the original photographs).
ibaird wrote:
   4 Mar 2023
The caterpillar is similar to Chlenias (genus) species of the family Geometridae.
donhe wrote:
   5 Mar 2023
The pale turquoise head and red true legs are characters only of several species of Chlenias in my experience. Do you have a dorsal view? What is the plant??
mahargiani wrote:
   5 Mar 2023
The photos posted are all I have. The caterpillar was on a native currant (Leptomeria acida)

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