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4 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

This is a tussock moth. The loose cocoon with eggs is typical. The female is wingless. I have bred them out before.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/789...
and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/799...

Jimena
Jimena 12 years ago

yeah! And I looking forward to get the name soon and follow the eggs.

textless
textless 12 years ago

What a strange creature. Cool pictures!

Jimena
Jimena 12 years ago

I don't know what type of bug is it. But the mom is very hairy and the nest as well.

Jimena
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Jimena

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 3, 2011
Submitted on Oct 3, 2011

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