Geometridae (family) IMMATURE
Mount Stuart, TAS
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| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | 1 May 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | 14 Dec 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 14 Dec 2024 | VanessaC |
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User's notes
May be some kind of geometer moth. Larve was initially brown, but turned green.
6 comments
donhe
wrote:
14 Dec 2024
Yes. Not like any shown in the webpages at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geometridae/geometridae-cats.html
Please can you rear a couple to get an adult moth for an ID ?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geometridae/geometridae-cats.html
Please can you rear a couple to get an adult moth for an ID ?
donhe
wrote:
16 Dec 2024
Great, thanks. Add a photo of the adult to this sighting if you can. Best wishes.
VanessaC
wrote:
12 Jan 2025
Hi @donhe An update on this caterpillar. It changed colour to green and yellow and grew quite quickly up to about 5.5cm. A week ago it disappeared overnight, I assume it burrowed into the soil at the bottom of the jar. I haven't seen it since. It seemed pretty healthy when I last saw it.
Location information
- Coordinates 147.297862-42.876602
- Places Mount Stuart, TAS
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2025 11:02 AM Recorded on
- VanessaC Recorded by
- Acacia dealbata Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- VanessaC NatureMapr Geometridae (family) IMMATURE Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Geometridae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1418.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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5 / 7
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