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Cryptic Allocasuarina caterpillar
-37.8989, 145.238
Field Notes
Description:
Trying very hard not to be noticed on Allocasuarina ?verticillata <br> I wasn't even sure this wasn't a bifurcated she-oak 'leaf'. <br> Approx 18mm long
Habitat:
The trees were planted as a border to a local sports field.
Notes:
Fantastic camouflage and the behaviour was also appropriate being a typical loop shape while feeding but immediately going rigid when alarmed. <br> I'm now thinking it is one of the Geometrinae http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/geom-cats.html <br> Dr Cathy Young-Byrne has doen a lot of work on these - http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/logos/cathyy.html <br>
Found similar in SA https://www.flickr.com/photos/124930081@N08/15502200354/
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Spotted for Missions
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2019
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