Sighting 4206426
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| Unverified | LisaWhite | 11 Apr 2019 |
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Discovered while digging up sweet potatoes. Can the pupae/chrysalis be identified?
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14 Apr 2019
The large larvae and the pupae are a hawk moth, possibly Hippotion scrofa which is recorded as feeding on Ipomoea. The smaller, white, curled larvae are beetles of the family Scarabaeidae.
15 Apr 2019
Thanks very much. I’ve heard that the curl grubs aren’t good in a vege patch so I fed them to the chooks. The hawk Moth pupae got replanted in the bed. Hoping that was for the best.
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