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Moths (Lepidoptera)
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Sighting 4674354

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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 8 Jun 2025 Hejor1

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no idea if this is a moth. on Melalueca, leaf pinched in the middle and held together with silk. all of the had which might be an empty/emerged pupa case at one end. most had a dot at each end of the silk coccoon.

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donhe wrote:
   8 Jun 2025
Having photographed it, could you gently open it and see if it is a spider or a caterpillar inside, photograph the inhabitant, and if it is a caterpillar: take it home and rear it to get an adult moth so that we can determine the species ?
Hejor1 wrote:
   9 Jun 2025
@donhe I opened one and it was empty, so I think they had already emerged and maybe the pupa case is the the white part stuck on the end.
donhe wrote:
   9 Jun 2025
As it was empty, I guess the occupant decided to go elsewhere. So it could have been a spider or a caterpillar. We will never know.

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