Continued from sighting: https://southcoast-nsw.naturemapr.org/sightings/4539887. Around five of the babies caterpillars had survived by this point.
Continued on sighting: https://southcoast-nsw.naturemapr.org/sightings/4539909
What is the approx length of the mature case? What is approx wingspan of the adult moth? Can you cut (say with nail scissors, very carefully) a case open to photograph a whole caterpillar?
I have cut open a couple of the cases. The first case was tiny and the pupae inside is shriveled and dead, but looks to be male. The second case was the one that the male moth from sighting Lomera (genus) was perched on and it appears to be female (see sighting Lomera (genus)). The length of the male moth's forewing was 12 mm to the tip, so the wing span would be double this.
@donhe : I found the parent case moth, sighting https://southcoast-nsw.naturemapr.org/sightings/4539886, attached to some kind of mat rush. I could try getting the mat rush identified.
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