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Emperor moths (Saturniidae)

Emperor moths (Saturniidae)

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donhe wrote:
14 Jun 2025
@TathraPreschool : I hope you can keep this to see if tiny flies or wasps or grubs emerge in due course from the white things.
I suggest you put it in a clean jar with a fabric cover held by an elastic band, and watch it daily to see what happens.
Opodiphthera (genus)
donhe wrote:
14 Jun 2025
The distortion of the leaf shape and colour in the vicinity of the little white things suggests that the white things are galls caused by disturbance to the metabolism of the plant, rather than eggs just laid on the leaf surface.
Opodiphthera (genus)
WendyEM wrote:
6 Apr 2025
No worries. Good you rescued the first one. Maybe 2nd was a potential mate turning up.
Opodiphthera helena
YellowButton wrote:
6 Apr 2025
@DiBickers, @donhe, @ibaird & @WendyEM
It was 2 x moths. Sorry, it was the early days of me putting photos up on Nature Map and I thought cause they were together, it was important to note. (I would do this differently now) We found one in a bowl of water and thought it had drowned. I had been looking at it on my hand, and then it moved, so I placed it in the shad on the fence. Then, when we came back to see if it was ok, we noticed another moth. (some metres away) One of the moths was a darker colour. Apologies, for any confusion. They were beautiful moths.
Opodiphthera helena
ibaird wrote:
3 Apr 2025
Our policy is to stick with the AFD unless a species is missing from threir listing.
Opodiphthera helena

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