{"id":3061,"date":"2021-03-25T00:25:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T00:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2021-03-25T00:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T00:25:31","slug":"new-site-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2021\/03\/25\/new-site-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Site #2."},"content":{"rendered":"

Geometrids were quite numerous, one of the first in was (Azelina) biplaga, (Lithinini), the larvae of this moth feed on the fronds of Bracken Fern.<\/p>\n

Acute Point-moth.<\/p>\n

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Also with the larval food Bracken Fern, Idiodes apicata. (Lithinini)<\/p>\n

Bracken Moth.<\/p>\n

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Later in the night several Scioglyptis lyciaria, (Boarmiini) settled on the back of the rig. All were males, the larvae of this moth feed on a variety of different foliage.<\/p>\n

White-patch Bark Moth.<\/p>\n

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Always nice to see, the Showy Geometrid, Niceteria macrocosma, (Boarmiini)<\/p>\n

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Going way down in size, a Plume Moth Platyptilia emissalis, (Pterophoridae), these have been scarce for some time. The larvae feed on Speedwell species, in the garden moths have been seen on both Veronica perfoliata and derwentiana.<\/p>\n

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The adult of the Eggfruit Caterpillar, Sceliodes cordalis, (Crambidae) showing a typical pose with its body curled up over its head. Larval foods include plants in the Solanum family.<\/p>\n

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An Orange Cup Moth, Pseudanapaea transvestita.<\/p>\n

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And a Noctuid, Proteuxoa restituta.<\/p>\n

Black-bodied Noctuid.<\/p>\n

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Geometrids were quite numerous, one of the first in was (Azelina) biplaga, (Lithinini), the larvae of this moth feed on the fronds of Bracken Fern. Acute Point-moth. Also with the larval food Bracken Fern, Idiodes apicata. (Lithinini) Bracken Moth. Later in the night several Scioglyptis lyciaria, (Boarmiini) settled on the back of the rig. All … Continue reading New Site #2.<\/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-3061","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\/3061","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=3061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}