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DianneClarke wrote:

22 Aug 2025

I didn't get another photo. However, it seems to have created more webbing and sandwiched itself between 2 pieces of bark do maybe one day I will see a moth .....

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donhe wrote:

22 Aug 2025

It looks like a Lithosiini, which feed on algae and lichen on tree trunks and stones. So pop a couple in a clean jar covered by a piece of fabric held by an elastic band, with some old bits of twig with lichen or algae on them. Put the bottle where you can easily check it every day: I put mine on the kitchen window sill. That one looks nearly full grown, so might pupate pretty soon.

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WendyEM wrote:

21 Aug 2025

The white 'marks' above are due to the photo/lighting. I agree the white spots normally seen on B. nigella are not obvious due to the angle of the photo

Bondia nigella

donhe wrote:

21 Aug 2025

White markings in wrong places for B. nigella ?

Bondia nigella

NateKingsford wrote:

21 Aug 2025

I didn't collect any of the specimens from that night, however I can do back and try to find them, and raise them to adulthood.

I'm not sure what they eat though and pretty rubbish at plant identification. I'd assume the caterpillars found on live plants that have leaves, would eat that species of plants, however some of the caterpillars like this one; were on dead trees with no foliage

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