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Chelepteryx chalepteryx

White-stemmed Wattle Moth at Aranda, ACT

Chelepteryx chalepteryx at Aranda, ACT - 18 Jul 2025 01:33 PM
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Chelepteryx chalepteryx 1 Aug 2025 ibaird
Chelepteryx chalepteryx 31 Jul 2025 donhe
Opodiphthera eucalypti 31 Jul 2025 KMcCue

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I presume this was an Emperor Gum moth casing, dinner for some other insect.

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donhe wrote:
   31 Jul 2025
I think Saturniidae cocoons are rounder than that.

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  • I didn't notice until I looked at the photo that there might be a bee , dead or alive, on one end of the casing. Associated animal
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