Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 6 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Dec 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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I'm posting this out of scientific interest. I'm beginning t think that a number of case moths identified as different species may in fact be the same but their cases differ due to foliage available. I've posted two sightings from Gungahlin: the latest https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/4239380 There were hundreds of cases so I brought a number home. Some I still have inside but I release a couple onto a grevillea outside. This is what the largest of the released moths now looks like - now looking more spiky than leafy. They now look quite different to the leafy versions I brought home.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029465-35.238277
- Altitude 598.2m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 8 Dec 2019 05:57 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Case moths (Psychidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Grevillea Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
- Unidentified case moth or bagworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1694.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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