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Painted Apple Moth caterpillar
Teia anartoides
-37.8948, 145.309
Field Notes
Description:
A very hairy caterpillar with four thick grey upright tufts of setae on the dorsak aspect of abdominal segments 1 to 4, A grey backward pointing tuft at thie rear end and two 2 red markings surrounding dorsal glands on segments 6 & 7.
Habitat:
Spotted on a hakea bush. This bush had several caterpillars at one stage early this year and now has several "hairy" empty cocoons.
Notes:
At attractive caterpillar that feeds on various ornamentals and in the wild, on several natives. Seen as a pest in pine plantations.
Family: Lymantriidae ( Tussock moths) <br>
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Teia anartoides
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Spotted for Missions
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2014
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