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Family Psychidae. Subfamily Taleporiinae. Lepidoscia sp.
This caterpillar builds a cone of tiny twigs to protect itself.
They are found attached to branches of Eucalyptus or Acacia.
They eat at night and attach to a branch for their daily nap.
Spotted on Jan 4, 2012
Submitted on Jan 4, 2012
2 Comments
Here's the adult moth - it doesn't look that different to its shell. http://www.flickr.com/photos/46237599@N0...
That's a lot of work looking at the size of the twigs.