Monash, ACT

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donhe wrote:

5 Jan 2025

you will have to cut it open to find out.

Unidentified Moth (Lepidoptera)

donhe wrote:

5 Jan 2025

The dark unpatterned head counter-indicates Lepidoscia.

Conoeca guildingi

debhart wrote:

19 Dec 2024

@donhe Thank you for providing the protective custody link. And yes I do approve that you added my photo!

Cebysa leucotelus

donhe wrote:

18 Dec 2024

@debhart : I have taken the liberty of putting a copy of part of one of your wonderful photos into:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/leucotelus.html
I hope you approve?

Cebysa leucotelus

donhe wrote:

18 Dec 2024

Protective custody: see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/care.html
"Remember that if nature is in balance, then every pair of adults will produce only 2 viable adults in the next generation. Say if a female lays say 400 eggs (a typical number), of which, say, 200 hatch successfully into caterpillars, then on average 198 of these will die before reaching maturity to procreate. So the death rate of caterpillars in the wild is about 99%. Leaving your caterpillar in the wild is basically a death sentence."

Cebysa leucotelus