Arctiinae (subfamily)

A Tiger Moth or Woolly Bear at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Arctiinae (subfamily)	26 Nov 2022	ibaird
Arctiinae (subfamily)	26 Nov 2022	donhe
Unverified	26 Nov 2022	Christine

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Large fluffy caterpillar

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donhe wrote:

26 Nov 2022

This looks like the caterpillar of several species in Arctiinae. We only know what tha larvae look like for 11 of 32 Australian species in Arctiinae, and several of those look very similar to each other. I think the only way to find the species of this caterpillar is to rear it to the adult moth.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
26 Nov 2022 09:54 AM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
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Insects Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Arctiinae (subfamily) Scientific name
A Tiger Moth or Woolly Bear Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 671m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania