{"id":1229,"date":"2018-02-19T05:09:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2018-02-19T05:09:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:09:43","slug":"february-in-the-box-ironbark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2018\/02\/19\/february-in-the-box-ironbark\/","title":{"rendered":"February in the Box\/Ironbark."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A late summer outing found the bush very dry with the smaller shrubs struggling to survive. With the rig set up prior to darkness, the first job was to look through the foliage of the big Exocarpos cupressiformis, or wild cherry in the hope of finding something interesting. On this occasion the jackpot was struck with several males of sp(1) (MOV) in the Amata nigriceps group (Ctenuchinae) discovered perched in the foliage. Later, one came in to the light.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb001bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb004bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lichen moth most commonly encountered is Asura lydia, this is the Spotted Lichen Moth, Asura cervicalis. (Lithosiinae)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb006bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new record for the location was appropriately a dry country moth, the Golden Crest, Prorocopis euxantha, (Erebidae) Golden refers to the hind wings that were unfortunately not displayed. The crest which can be raised is visible lowered in the lateral view.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb007bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb008bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A smaller Noctuid, the Common Hookwing, Corgatha dipyra, (Acontiinae)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb009bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another first was the Jagged Bark Moth, Lipogya exprimataria. (Boarmiinae)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb019bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb020bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also in the Boarmiinae, Cleora sp(2) (MOV)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb021bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the many Dichromodes, D. obtusata, (Oenochrominae)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb024bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two moths from the Pyralidae, Ocrasa acerasta,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb027bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Endotricha pyrosalis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb030bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to finish, a micro moth. This tiny moth measured approximately three millimetres in length. Its very small size can be gauged in the image by comparing it with the weave of the sheet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/glenmaggie2\/mwb047bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Click to enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>References and further reading, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Moths of Victoria Volumes 2, 4, 7, and 8.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A late summer outing found the bush very dry with the smaller shrubs struggling to survive. With the rig set up prior to darkness, the first job was to look through the foliage of the big Exocarpos cupressiformis, or wild cherry in the hope of finding something interesting. On this occasion the jackpot was struck &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2018\/02\/19\/february-in-the-box-ironbark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">February in the Box\/Ironbark.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moths","category-locations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}