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<\/a><\/p>\nThis Dysbatus sp(1), MOV 5, (Nacophorini) settled on the concrete and was lucky to escape being trodden on. The colour and pattern of this moth is quite a bit out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n
Diatenes aglossoides, (Calpinae) is a common moth in season and can often be found resting in sheltered positions on house walls.<\/p>\n Another common moth is the Australian Native Budworm, Helicoverpa punctigera, (Heliothinae) Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta, (Amphipyrinae) is strikingly marked, the larvae are grass eaters.<\/p>\n Quite a number of Spectrotrota fimbrialis, (Pyralidae) came in, varying in appearance.<\/p>\n Thallarcha chrysochares, (Lithosiinae) is known as the Tiger Footman, this is a nice female.<\/p>\n The larvae of this small timber moth, Tymbophora peltastis, (Xyloryctidae) feed on gumleaves.<\/p>\n With nights becoming cooler, home moth activity is much reduced, and it is also possible that the climatic conditions that have possibly caused a noticeable lack of butterflies could also be a factor. Very few moths of any size came to the light, the best being this nice male Circopetes obtusata, (Oenochrominae) living up to … Continue reading February.<\/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-1756","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\/1756","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=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIt is an agricultural pest with the larvae feeding on a large range of plants.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"