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Larva - painted apple moth

Teia anartoides

Description:

Tussock moth with white bristles in four sets. Also the adult wingless female with eggs developed from these larvae.

Habitat:

Feeding on Acacia

Notes:

Both caterpillars pupated and emerged as female wingless moths.

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5 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Finally found the ID of this wingless moth.

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 12 years ago

Incredible!!!

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Here is my other tussock moth with pics#2 and #3 showing the wingless female that emerged.

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Wingless females is usual for most tussock moths. I was kind of hoping for a male so I have a chance at IDing it.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I wonder if they got into something bad by accident. Wingless is strange.

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 26, 2011
Submitted on Nov 26, 2011

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