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Pseudanapaea transvestita
4m gum tree in a forest where the cups are common
I cannot imagine what this caterpillar is doing. There were several like this in the tree. I am uncertain of the identification although it seems fine Orange Cup Moth Cocoon http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/194... Orange Cup Moth Adult http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/220...
Spotted on Mar 24, 2014
Submitted on Mar 24, 2014
7 Comments
Thanks Sckel
It was hit by wasps.
Yes there were several. It was a small tree about 4m and sparse. I kept one in container and it didn't do anything at all for a few weeks till the other night when it went brown because the container had been occidentally sealed
very interesting, Stephen ! I am curious. I wonder if it has anything to do with the blotchy leaf. You say there were several on the tree;where they all in the same state -atop purple fluff?
I would say no doubt about the cattie ID. But it certainly doesn't look like a cup building process with that purple stuff. Maybe they have been hit by a fungus? How's the progress going now? (1 week later)
Two days later it still looks the same
any ideas what the caterpillar is sitting on? It is still there six hours later