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Approximately 45mm long; several of these very soft, mealy festoons were on a narrow acacia stem. They are made of finely chewed wood in silk.
Margins of a national park.
Not sure of acacia species. Yet to search for this ID. They are a different shape and size to others I have found. Although the material looks the same as these Hepialid curtains... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/854...
Spotted on Jan 12, 2013
Submitted on Jan 14, 2013
3 Comments
No native silk moths in Australia.
Thanks for your inputs Dane. We've got quite of few here. I've been tracking some unique Aussie ones but this is a very different size and shape and plant base. Unfortunately not much public work has been done on any of these here - except by the black cockies :) Here's one species I tracked down last year http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/854...
I found a similar one here in Canada thou, I believe the one I have is a cecropia moth, is there/ how many different silk moths do you have around that area. I don't know if I was any help but I agree it is some kind of cocoon of a silk moth, just don't know of any in your area