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Gum Snout Moth

Entometa fervens

Description:

This Caterpillar is brown and has horns and two large black spots on its head that look like eyes when it is touched.

Habitat:

Kimberley

Notes:

It was moving up the trunk of a gum tree.. Thanks for ID help Mark Ridgeway

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Gum Snout Moth
Entometa fervens Entometa fervens


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3 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

A pleasure. I just wish I could have the same incredible luck with some of mine :-)

BarbaraSing
BarbaraSing 10 years ago

Wow thanks for the ID, it seems to fit the description.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Very different forms of the larvae.

BarbaraSing
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BarbaraSing

Spotted on Sep 23, 2013
Submitted on Sep 23, 2013

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