I found this caterpillar on one of my orange trees 26 November and have has it in covered container since. It eats a little but hasn't seemed th have chaged in size or appearance until yesterday when it seems to have shed its skin. Perhaps a little spikier but hard to see any difference. Colour difference is probably due to lighting rather than the specimen. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142880955.
Moth emerged 11 Apr23
I found the caterpillar in an orange tree 26 November and since then it remained much the same and shed once. This morning I found it had formed a coccoon over night.
Previous observations -
when it shed https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145558177
When I first found it in in my garden https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142880955
pair calling duet, phascolarctus cinereus also bellowing
Healthy active bat likes to live in our shed. Frequent observations made in this area.
Healthy tree which has been identified by a local member of Landcare.
Found dead :(
We've seen several bats flying around here at night, lately.
Observed on Bracken Fern.
See my other observation a few days before:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/113194723
See my previous sighting at:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109809687
Thanks!
Observed on the underneath side of a leaf of the Brush Box tree.
I am trying to find out what this moth is we have several sightings of it here.
It is only small as seen in the last photo behind the White Rush Moth.
Also see Observations:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/110367906
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/96337130
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/93657398
Maybe....
Host plant is Eugenia uniflora
Caterpillar, Limacodidae (family), Eloasa or Chalcocelis sp., prickly green jellybean marked into squares...
Identified as Limacodidae on Bowerbird by Simon Ong: "- I think - ? Size and appearance is a lot like the larvae of Eloasa or Chalcocelis sp."
Squamosa barymorpha caterpillar on first day after hatching from egg, 19/01/22.
Probably still the first instar on a native fern leaf.
This caterpillar was hatched from egg & transferred to a fern leaf. First instar on Day 9!
It is now...
Day 10 - We are following the progress of eggs laid by female, Squamosa barymorpha.
She laid her eggs on 10/01/22.
See progress at observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104377505
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104690409
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104739390
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104853071
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104853239
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104956079
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/105137869
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/105198673
The rest of her eggs are being incubated at room temperature, the weather is generally hot & humid, approximately 15 - 30 degrees C.
We hope to follow the progress of the other developing embryos inside the eggs & this cat.
feeding on Symplocos cochinchinensis tree in wet sclerophyll forest, 1000m elevation
Day 9 - We are following the progress of eggs laid by female, Squamosa barymorpha.
She laid her eggs on 10/01/22.
See progress at observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104377505
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104690409
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104739390
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104853071
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104853239
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104956079
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/105137869
The eggs are being incubated at room temperature, the weather is generally hot & humid, approximately 15 - 30 degrees C.
We hope to follow the progress of the developing embryos inside the eggs.
Photos taken through the sides of the plastic container.
First egg hatched, 19/01/22, these photos show the first instar.
Squamosa barymorpha caterpillar just hatched from egg & transferred to a fern leaf. First instar!
Day 9 - Following the progress of eggs laid by female, Squamosa barymorpha.
She laid her eggs on 10/01/22.
See progress at observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104377505
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104690409
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104739390
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104853071
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104853239
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104956079
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/105137869
The rest of her eggs are being incubated at room temperature, the weather is generally hot & humid, approximately 15 - 30 degrees C.
We hope to follow the progress of the other developing embryos inside the eggs.
Small flowering orchid came up from the ground, no leaves.
Following the progress of this female, Squamosa barymorpha.
She laid her eggs on 10/01/22. Eggs are Day 2 today.
See her progress at observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104377505
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104690409
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104739390
The eggs are being incubated at room temperature, the weather is generally hot & humid, approximately 18 - 30 degrees C.
We hope to follow the progress of the developing embryos inside the eggs.
Following the progress of this female, Squamosa barymorpha & her eggs.
She laid her eggs on 10/01/22, so this is Day 3 of the developing embryos..
This morning, 13.01.22, she was removed from the plastic container where she laid her eggs & saved as a voucher.
See her progress at observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104377505
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104690409
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104739390
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104853071
The eggs are being incubated at room temperature, the weather is generally hot & humid, approximately 18 - 30 degrees C.
We hope to follow the progress of the developing embryos inside the eggs.
Wild caught female moth, Squamosa barymorpha
See observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104377505
Looks like she is laying eggs on sides of the plastic container, today!
Following the progress of the female moth, Squamosa barymorpha.
She continued to lay more eggs last night, not in one clump but in several places all around the smooth plastic container, but mainly on the sides of the container. She did not lay any eggs on the leaves.
See observations of her at
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104377505