{"id":2820,"date":"2020-11-29T04:49:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T04:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2020-11-30T23:10:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T23:10:23","slug":"more-odd-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2020\/11\/29\/more-odd-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"More Odd Shots."},"content":{"rendered":"

First, some larvae. The Angophora costata is shedding bark in large flakes, and occasionally an Oenosandra boisduvalii larva comes to light. The adult is known as Boisduval’s Autumn Moth, and both male and female are striking moths.<\/p>\n

Male.<\/p>\n

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Female.<\/p>\n

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Larva.<\/p>\n

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Pinara divisa is resident in the garden and photos and info about this attractive moth may be found here<\/a>. The larvae are also quite striking and several have been found on tree trunks.<\/p>\n

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The larvae of Sparshall’s moth, Trichiocercus sparshalli have been common and pictured here previously, but this is a different angle showing the prolegs.<\/p>\n

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This season has seen a most unusual number of case moth larvae on the trees and shrubs. This good sized individual was found grazing on the Leptospermum rotundifolium.<\/p>\n

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While wandering around the garden at night with a torch, this Old Lady Moth, Dasypodia selenophora was discovered nectaring in the Callistemon sieberi.<\/p>\n

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Most images will enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, some larvae. The Angophora costata is shedding bark in large flakes, and occasionally an Oenosandra boisduvalii larva comes to light. The adult is known as Boisduval’s Autumn Moth, and both male and female are striking moths. Male. Female. Larva. Pinara divisa is resident in the garden and photos and info about this attractive moth … Continue reading More Odd Shots.<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820","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=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}