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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth

Watson, ACT

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Watson, ACT - 30 Jan 2024
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Watson, ACT - 30 Jan 2024
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Watson, ACT - 30 Jan 2024
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Watson, ACT - 30 Jan 2024
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth at Watson, ACT - 30 Jan 2024
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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 ?
abread111 wrote:
   1 Feb 2024
I will keep looking but it may be a seasonal thing.
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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  • Dargan Hill Monarch Associated plant
  • Less than 5mm Animal size
  • Other activity Insect behaviour on flower

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