Herringbone Caterpillar
Ventral, ~30mm
Ellura
Herringbone Caterpillar
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Herringbone Caterpillar (Proteuxoa cf sp ES05)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Herringbone Caterpillar (Proteuxoa cf sp ES05)
This Photo:     Dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This specimen was ~17mm long.
Any larvae (caterpillars) we have identified without raising to adults we tag with a question mark, like here. As such, id is quite unreliable, a best guess of what it will turn into.
From now on we will capture all caterpillars we find and haven't id, raise them and post photo's showing the various stages. Perhaps even manage to breed them to get male, female & egss; there by linking all forms together.
Caterpillars can vary in shape & colour as they grow in roughly 5 stages (instars). It'll also be interesting to see any variations between male & female larvae.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Sep-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.