Susan Foyle's Caterpillar Pictures
scf@primus.com.au

0 : Found : at Loftus NSW,
Food : Eucalyptus?,
Size : 1" long,
Time : 23 September 2002,
probably Paralaea chionopasta, GEOMETRIDAE.
1 : Found : Sutherland NSW,
Food : ? Vine tba,
Time : 8 March 2004,
Theretra oldenlandii, SPHINGIDAE.
2 : #1 about 10 days later
Found : Sutherland NSW,
Food : ? Vine tba,
Size : 3.5",
Time : 18 March 2004,
(My mum reckons when this one turned into a moth it flew down to her showed off then flew away!)
Theretra oldenlandii, SPHINGIDAE.
3 : Found : Loftus NSW,
Food : Mop Top Robinia,
Size : Approx 1",
Time : June 2003,
Spilosoma curvata, ARCTIIDAE.
4 : Found : Loftus NSW,
Food : Grape Vine,
Size : Approx 1",
Time : June 2003,
Phalaenoides glycinae, NOCTUIDAE.
5 : Found : Loftus NSW,
Food : ?? (was inside the house),
Size : 2",
Time : March 2004,
This one we put in a container with a few leaves and straight away it went in to a pupa phase and has been ever since.
probably Cephrenes augiades, HESPERIIDAE.
6 : Found : Loftus NSW,
Food : Think it fell from a eucalyptus tree,
Size : Approx 1.5",
Time : June 2003,
unkown species.
7 : Found : at Bundeena NSW,
Food : Grape Vine,
Size : 3.5" - 4",
Time : Mid March 2003,
probably Theretra latreillii, SPHINGIDAE.
8 : Found : Sutherland NSW,
Food : Gardenia augusta florida,
Size : 1.5" - 2",
Time : March 2003,
Cephonodes kingii, SPHINGIDAE.
9 : Food : Lemon tree,
Papilio aegeus, SPHINGIDAE.
10 : #9 pupa
Found : on Lemon tree, Papilio aegeus, PAPILIONIDAE.
11 : probably male Theretra latreillii, SPHINGIDAE.
12 : Time : May 2004,
male Chelepteryx chalepteryx, ANTHELIDAE.
13 : #12 underside.
14 : Time : December 2003,
Found: Loftus, NSW, on grass,
possibly Anthela acuta, ANTHELIDAE.
15 : Time : May 2004,
Found: Bundeena, NSW, on the ground,
Length: 5 cms.
possibly Anthela varia, ANTHELIDAE.
16 : Time : January 2004,
Found: Bundeena, NSW, by Kylie,
on Native Violet,
possibly Agrius convolvuli, SPHINGIDAE.
17 : Time : July 2004,
Found: Audley, Royal National Park, , NSW, on the ground dropped from a Eucalyptus,
possibly in PERGIDAE.
18 : Time : June 2004,
Found: inside house at Loftus, NSW,
kept for a week eating Rocket,
possibly Agrotis ipsilon, NOCTUIDAE.
19 : Time : November 2004,
Found: windowsill of pub, Queenstown, Tasmania,
Spilosoma glatignyi, ARCTIIDAE.
20 : Time : November 2004,
Found: Dove Lake Track, Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania,
Length: about 8 cms. Species: unknown.
21 : Time : November 2004,
Found: in puddle, Enchanted Walk, Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania,
Length: about 5 cms. possibly from ARCTIIDAE.
22 : Time : November 2004,
Found: possibly fallen from Gum tree, Loftus, NSW,
Length: about 3 cms.
possibly from ARCTIIDAE.
23 : #23 again.
24 : Time : November 2004,
Found: in puddle, Enchanted Walk, Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania,
Span: about 2.5 cms.
Cosmodes elegans, NOCTUIDAE.
25 : Time : November 2004,
Found: garden, Loftus, NSW,
male Heteronympha merope, NYMPHALIDAE.
26 : ##25 again
27 : Time : October 2004,
Found: in home, Loftus, NSW
male Pholodes sinistraria, GEOMETRIDAE.
28 : Time : 16 April 2005,
Found: on Grevillea bush, Loftus, NSW,
female Epicoma melanosticta, NOTODONTIDAE.
29 : eggs laid by #28 after a couple of hours in captivity.
30 : #28 again.
31 : Time : December 2004,
Found: Loftus, NSW,
Length: about 5 cms. possibly from ARCTIIDAE.
32 : Time : 23 February 2005,
Found: Found inside house , Loftus, NSW,
Body length : 8mm, wing span 2cm
33 : Time : Late April 2005,
Found: Loftus, NSW,
Body Length : approx 3.5cm Wingspan approx 8cm
Elhamma australasiae, HEPIALIDAE.
34 : Time : March 2005,
Found: Loftus, NSW,
Span: about 2.5 cms.
probably ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE.

(updated 6 May 2005)
Don Herbison-Evans


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