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donhe
wrote:
3 hrs ago
@Hejor1 : The six basic common Australian caterpillar foods are:
Gum leaves,
Wattle leaves,
Herbaceous plant leaves,
Grass,
Lichen, and
Flower petals.
If your caterpillar rejects all five, then rose petals and thinly sliced apple are good standbys. Apparently plants in Rosaceae have developed very few poisons.
I popped copies of a couple of your photos into
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychbm.html
I hope you approve ?
Gum leaves,
Wattle leaves,
Herbaceous plant leaves,
Grass,
Lichen, and
Flower petals.
If your caterpillar rejects all five, then rose petals and thinly sliced apple are good standbys. Apparently plants in Rosaceae have developed very few poisons.
I popped copies of a couple of your photos into
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychbm.html
I hope you approve ?
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE
81mv
wrote:
Yesterday
No, large dark eyes, sharply pointed snout, fairly short tail. Antechinus or dunnart but it was too deep in the bush to get a good look.
Unverified Small Marsupial
donhe
wrote:
Yesterday
I think all Ectropis sp. caterpillars all look the same.
Ectropis (genus) immature
donhe
wrote:
Yesterday
Looks lika a pale patch in the dark marginal hindwing band., so maybe H. armigera ?
Helicoverpa punctigera
Significant sightings
- Keyacris scurra
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- Botocudo ornatulus at Acton, ACT
- Xiphogryllacris orthoxipha at Orchard Hills, NSW
- Leionema lamprophyllum subsp. obovatum at Cotter River, ACT
- Keyacris scurra at Captains Flat, NSW
- Keyacris scurra at Captains Flat, NSW
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