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Emperor Gum Moth Caterpillars (early instars)

Opodiphthera eucalypti

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

These are early instars of the Emperor Gum Moth Caterpillar. They were about 10 mm each with raised orange-yellow tufts of setae posterior to the head area and on the first three abdominal segments.

Habitat:

Spotted on a young gum tree - Eucalyptus ovata .

Notes:

These seem to be slightly older thatn the ones in my previous spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16432263
The later instars of this caterpillar are amazing.

Family: Saturniidae

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Comments (1)

Wow each one of those caterpillars will become much bigger than that leaf.

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