Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth | 5 Feb 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth | 1 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Feb 2024 | abread111 |
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photos show flower head with silky shelter in situ in the garden, side on view when picked, shelter removed from flower, partly dissected shelter incorporating floral structures, florets removed from flower - no insect seen in the dissected shelter
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
1 Feb 2024
Thanks. It seems we are too late, the larvae have probably been predated. Are there any more cocoons in the vicinity that you can check for incumbents ?
donhe
wrote:
1 Feb 2024
caterpillars from several families make silk shelters like this,: particularly Oecophoridae, Tortricidae, and Pyraloidea, although Oecophoridae are inclined only to feed on Myrtaceae.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.150662-35.238605
- Altitude 611.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2024 02:15 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
Additional information
- Dargan Hill Monarch Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Other activity Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1153.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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