While checking out the tree trunks for insects and spiders, this small moth was noticed wandering around looking for a nook in which to hide.

It was a first record for the location, and research found it to be Limnaecia cirrhosema, a member of the Cosmopterigidae family. A day or so later another was found on the same tree, sheltering behind a small bark flake. They are about a centimetre long.

Casemoth larvae are very abundant on the tree trunks at the moment, with more
than one species involved.

This Lepidoscia species was having to contend with all sorts of obstacles as it was
making its way up the trunk of a red gum.

Found this Nacoleia rhoeoalis (Crambidae) while looking for jumping spiders.

The Black Turnip Moth, Neumichtis nigerrima is an agricultural pest with the larvae attacking turnips, potatoes, clover, and pasture grasses.

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