Bogong Moth, Common Cutworm at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Agrotis infusa | 8 Jun 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Sep 2021 | kasiaaus |
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7 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
7 Sep 2021
Yes, I have kept it but I have not had much success with getting moths out of caterpillars. Maybe this one will work. I have no idea what plant it was feeding on because it was walking through my carport when I found it. It seemed to be covered in dirt as if it had been in the ground. Hmmm...
GlennCocking
wrote:
8 Sep 2021
There's a good chance it was looking for a place to pupate. Try giving it some mixed gauge mulch to hide in.
kasiaaus
wrote:
8 Sep 2021
I put it in a jar with a few leaves, a stick and sand at the bottom. It is now gone so I assume it went under the surface. :-)
donhe
wrote:
8 Sep 2021
Do not be discouraged by a poor caterpillar survival rate. If the Bogong population is stable (approximately the same each year), then of the say1,000 eggs a female lays, only 2 will, on average, survive to procreate the following year. So 998 will die from predation, disease or parasites. Protective custody can limit this, but many will have been infected with parasites or disease as early instars.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050220-35.208643
- Altitude 601.4m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 31 Aug 2021 10:10 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Agrotis infusa Scientific name
- Bogong Moth, Common Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Migratory
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2159.76m Recorded at altitude
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