Saunders' Case Moth at Bega, NSW
Identification history
| Metura elongatus | 10 May 2025 | donhe | ||
| Metura elongatus | 9 May 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 2 Mar 2019 | Steff |
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User's notes
There were many of these catapiller type creatures along the wall and in the shrubs outside the Salvation Army Store in Bega. They ranged in length between 10 cm and about 20cm.
1 comment
Steff
wrote:
5 Mar 2019
Hi Kerry. Thanks for the info! I did see one moving along a branch, it's head was orange with black behind it but I wasn't able to get a photo.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.843275-36.674627
- Places Bega, NSW
Sighting information
- 27 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2019 01:48 PM Recorded on
- Steff Recorded by
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Collections
Steff NatureMapr South Coast Metura elongatus Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Metura elongatus Scientific name
- Saunders' Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 819.3m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Metura elongata Metura elongatus
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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