Painted Apple Moth at Jerrabomberra, NSW
Identification history
| Orgyia anartoides | 20 Feb 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Orgyia anartoides | 19 Feb 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Feb 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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User's notes
Approximately 25-30mm long. I appreciate that caterpillars can be difficult to ID, but this one looked fairly distinctive. It would do a headbanging action when threatened.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.214828-35.374150
- Altitude 765.5m
- Maps Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Feb 2022 05:21 PM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Orgyia anartoides Scientific name
- Painted Apple Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 873m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Teia anartoides
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