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Doratifera sp.
An egg mass about 20 mm long with a height of about 3 mm. Pic 2 shows an exposed minute white egg. The eggs were covered with dense pale brown scales.
Spotted on the upper surface of a eucalyptus leaf in a nature reserve.
My thanks to Steve Williams for the ID suggestion. It is possible tthat this is an egg mass of a mottled cup moth ( D.vulnerans). Both caterpillars and cocoons of the species were spotted on this very tree over the last two years.
Family: Limacodidae
Spotted on Dec 28, 2014
Submitted on Dec 28, 2014
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