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ibaird wrote:
4 min ago
Was it simply just another smaller larval individual attached to its larger companion?
Geometrinae (subfamily)
WendyEM wrote:
10 min ago
Different instars (growth stages/moults) or lep larvae can look very different (colour, markings etc) , all part of the fun and games IDing them. I am interested in your outcome as I have some ???s that look like your latest fellas. Well done. This raising bizzo is tricky. Thankfully geometrids like this can be fairly quick to pupate to moths! Some moths can pupate for a months/year etc. Often these, if you succeed in not rotting/dehydrating/killing them, but are not incredibly organised an check them every day (for a year plus) you can find a very damaged dead moth that has tried to escape. (I have done all of these) Many moths when they emerge, need a stick to climb up and hang from, with enough space, so they can inflate/expand their wings, which are all crumpled up in the pupal case. I think the bottom pointing out thing on 1st pic may have been its legs held together and forward.
Geometrinae (subfamily)
KylieWaldon wrote:
1 hr ago
wow. looks a bit like a frog instead of a moth!
Macaduma toxophora
KylieWaldon wrote:
1 hr ago
yeah MF I have insect scurvy - even though there has been an odd butterfly or other insect about over winter. Can't wait for the chase! :)
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MatthewFrawley wrote:
2 hrs ago
Looking forward to spring and the big increase in insect sightings 🦋
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