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Tussock Moth

Euproctis melanosoma

Description:

All white

Habitat:

Daylight hours ..resting on long stalk like grass under a large tree in the shade .

Notes:

All white ...everything ...only just brand new i would say :)

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5 Comments

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

Ahhh now that was good info ..the little 2 day old was all white margins and costa...so this is a Bubba i found, which makes even more sense as the little thing was shaking so much ! Thanks Mark will update now .

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago
CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

Here is the Euproctis melanosoma i found last week http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/999...

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

I thought that ..but after a bit of research Euproctis melanosoma shouldhave some brown hairs along the inner margins of the forewings...this had none ..unlike the one i found last week that could clearly see.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Euproctis melanosoma?

CharliePrice
Spotted by
CharliePrice

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Spotted on Nov 16, 2014
Submitted on Nov 16, 2014

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