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Self-introduced species to New Zealand
The caterpillar of the Tropical
about 2.5 cm. in length
With a length of about 2.5 cm.
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775), called the Oriental Leafworm
Has a human skeleton-shaped pattern of markings at the back. Very gothic... ...
Brown caterpillar about 30mm in length feeding on walking iris plant leaves.
caterpillar, Cotton leafworm, Tobacco cutworm, and
After I captured this girl it started to lay many eggs and after that it passed ...
Colour is Greenish-with mottling. Wavy patterns down the side. Fat ...
another species of moth that is recorded ...
The larva is hairless, variable in colour (young larvae are light green, the ...
Size: Wingspan 25-40 mm. Larvae to 40 mm. Adult: sexually dimorphic - female ...
in an irregular furry mass on the underside of a leaf of a foodplant by the ...