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Discussion

WendyEM wrote:
19 min ago
from (thanks to https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/poeodes.html)
A. Jefferis Turner, A preliminary revision of the Australian Thyrididae and Pyralidae. II,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, Volume 19 (1905), p. 54.
poeodes = grass green description of a male "Head and palpi greenish-grey. Antennae whitish. Thorax green. Abdomen whitish. Legs whitish irrotated and annulated with fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique; bright green with a very few fuscous scales; an irregularly shaped dark-fuscous discal spot at 1/2; a series of dark-fuscous dots on apical third of costa continued round apex sinuate; whitish-grey; cilia whitish. Hindwings with termen sinuate; whitish-grey; cilia-whitish."

Heteromicta pachytera
NateKingsford wrote:
26 min ago
@EathanDouglas one for you

Holconia sp. (genus)
WendyEM wrote:
47 min ago
Heteromicta poeodes -
green colours fade to straw in older museum specimens
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICQ301-11
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=254838
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8ea09b36-8cea-41b4-a277-0bb798ce3acf#names
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=781656&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744
I note the above image is on iNat but not yet verified, this is probably just a volunteer resources issue (as with all of these citizen science sites)

Heteromicta pachytera
Mike wrote:
54 min ago
Blackbirds (Turdus merula) do much the same digging in my garden. Galahs and cockatoos usually work in groups so dig wider areas in nature reserves.

Sus scrofa
DonFletcher wrote:
1 hr ago
Hi @teeniiee, Sorry I can't verify this as pig on current evidence.
Remember that what I see (one or more small photos) is much different than what you experience. You can look at it in much better detail from different angles and tell with accuracy how deep it is etc, none of which is possible from these photos. From where I sit, it looks more like something a bird could produce, not the usual pig ripping which is typically quite a lot deeper and stronger. This looks like it could be cockatoo digging, or light scratching by other birds, or by humans.

Sus scrofa

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