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Orange Cup Moth Caterpillar

Pseudanapaea transvestita

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Field Notes

Habitat:

4m gum tree in a forest where the cups are common

Notes:

I cannot imagine what this caterpillar is doing. There were several like this in the tree. I am uncertain of the identification although it seems fine
Orange Cup Moth Cocoon http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19405576
Orange Cup Moth Adult http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/22068218

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Pseudanapaea transvestita

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Sckel
It was hit by wasps.
StephenSolomons
Yes there were several. It was a small tree about 4m and sparse. I kept one in container and it didn't do anything at all for a few weeks till the other night when it went brown because the container had been occidentally sealed
Leuba Ridgway
very interesting, Stephen ! I am curious. I wonder if it has anything to do with the blotchy leaf. You say there were several on the tree;where they all in the same state -atop purple fluff?
Mark Ridgway
I would say no doubt about the cattie ID. But it certainly doesn't look like a cup building process with that purple stuff. Maybe they have been hit by a fungus? How's the progress going now? (1 week later)
StephenSolomons
any ideas what the caterpillar is sitting on? It is still there six hours later

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PublishedMarch 24, 2014

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