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After a large Eucalyptus Mannifera tree has been removed from my garden several weeks ago I finally decided to plant something else in that ... -
In my very first post on this blog I have shown so called Pink Bellied Moth (Oenochroma vinaria). It is fairly common in native gardens as t... -
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One more photo of the same wasp as shown recently (seen here on the top of my pen). It is female, judging from white fragments in the middl... -
Common name: Pink Bellied Moth (I will call her Penelope.) The interesting detail in this photo is the pheromone gland at the end of her b... -
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His majesty Greenness has got a new robe, made out of white silk, I have found it this morning, how do you like it...? (Click on the image ... -
The same moth as in the previous post but showing her frontal view. And again her eggs (positioned in an array, sort of...) as photographed...
Thursday, November 25, 2010
one day old Dasypodia caterpillar
To my surprise the eggs from my previous post have already transformed into caterpillars, about 2mm long. They are supposed to eat acacia leaves, some species at least...So, I went to my garden and picked some leaves from in total 6 different species of acacias that I have in my garden. It seems to be a success, they do eat some of them at least, as evidenced by a little hole eaten in the leaf shown in the photo below (click on it to enlarge)...
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