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Mnesampela privata
about 1 cm green caterpillar in large numbers
on a sapling which was also under heavy predation by several other species. In a disturbed and trafficked position by a path in a woodland used to screen an oval. Eucalypt
I believe this a species of leaf skeletonising caterpillar (The spell check has failed me again. Taken at night using a torch for light and a Fuji 4250. Thanks to Martini (Project Noah) for the identification
Thanks Martini. The images were shot in May which is about right. Very nice to have it identified
Hi Stephen. I suspect the autumn gum moth notwithstanding that it is spring,
The two dots on its back lead me to this conclusion and I assume it is definitive.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/103...
Spotted on May 8, 2013
Submitted on May 8, 2013
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