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white stemmed gum moth

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Field Notes

Description:

spiky caterpillar found in my garden

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Jellis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelepteryx_collesi
Jellis
Scientific name is Chelepteryx collesi
SandraJorgensen
Thanks Reza. Is it a white stemmed gum moth caterpillar. I googled around and this was the closest I could find to it.
Reza Hashemizadeh
Welcome to Project Noah, what a wonderful first spotting. I have moved this wonderful spotting to the Arthropod category for you. Here is the scientific name for this speciesas well :) http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
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PublishedNovember 22, 2015

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