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Black Spot Moth
Epicoma melanospila
-37.8574, 145.322
Field Notes
Description:
These caterpillars were about 25 mm long. They were covered with long white hairs and short tufts of white and yellowish-brown hairs on either side of a black patterned dorsal side. Lateral to the tufts of hair were a pair of thin pale lines. the sides of the body showed balck and whit emottled pattern.
The head and thoracic legs were red. I could make out at least 4-pairs of pro-legs.
Habitat:
Spotted in a cluster on a young eucalyptus tree in a nature reserve.
Notes:
Larvae are said to feed on various plants of the Myrtaceae family.
Thanks to martinl for the ID. You can see the larval cocoon and adult in his spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7900443
Family: Notodontidae
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