Dark-spotted Tiger Moth at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Ardices canescens | 5 Jan 2024 | donhe | ||
| Ardices canescens | 5 Jan 2024 | Csteele4 |
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User's notes
Found wandering the kitchen last night. I generally have 5 or so adult moths on the back door each night. Placed back outside.
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
5 Jan 2024
It would be good to see it's head and the colour of it's legs, or better still to capture it and rear it to the adult moth. Otherwise it's just a guess.
Location information
- Places Captains Flat, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Jan 2024 10:30 PM Recorded on
- Csteele4 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tiger moths (Arctiinae)
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- False Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Ardices canescens Scientific name
- Dark-spotted Tiger Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 870m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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