Donovan's Tiger Moth at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Paramsacta marginata | 4 Jul 2022 | donhe | ||
| Paramsacta marginata | 3 Jul 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 29 Jan 2022 | MPW |
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Black very Hairy Caterpillar, about 6cm long, in a Suburban Garden
5 comments
MPW
wrote:
1 Jul 2022
No Sorry, After Sighting, I just left it in my garden, so not sure where it went ? It was a wild caterpillar, not reared or kept for pupation, sorry...
Amata
wrote:
1 Jul 2022
Thanks Max. I actually think this is a Moth caterpillar, not a Butterfly caterpillar, and it could be a Tiger Moth though I'm not entirely sure. Thank you for the sighting anyway. But for next time, please rear it.
MPW
wrote:
3 Jul 2022
OK, Yes this is plausible as I have occasionally seen the Adult moth (looking at other pics) in our area in Watson ACT 🙂
Location information
- Coordinates 149.166667-35.227222
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Jan 2022 07:52 PM Recorded on
- MPW Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) MPW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Paramsacta marginata Scientific name
- Donovan's Tiger Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1239.92m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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