March Madness I

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The little things that I must have walked past thousands of times. It seems like many moths use the same plants for larvae food. I regularly check certain plants on my local walks and am surprised as soon as one species cocoons-up another species is hatching out. Some locate one or two eggs on the bush while others are more social and hatch out 15 to 20 individuals. Sometimes they eat the entire bush up. I was surprised to find out that some moth females do not fly and rely on the males to locate them using their sense of smell. When I have reared several species of moths or butterflies, I take them out to graze on their larval foods. There is a story about a hungry caterpillar and from what I have witnessed its no wonder they can be pests in the garden. In the end they have given me new ways to look at the teeth marks they leave on plant leaves even though they try to conceal that they are present. Sometimes it is very evident one was caught in the act by a hungry bird.
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Amata nigriceps
Darwin
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Arctiid Moth Creatonotos gangis
Darwin
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Australian Woolly Bear Unidentified ANTHELIDAE sp.
Darwin
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Australian Woolly Bear Unidentified ANTHELIDAE sp.
Darwin
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Australian Woolly Bear Unidentified ANTHELIDAE sp. Eggs
Darwin
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Badge Huntsman Neosparassus sp.
Darwin
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Badge Huntsman Neosparassus sp.
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii Adult Moth
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii Egg
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii larvae 1st Instar
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii larvae 2nd Instar
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii larvae Last Instar
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
The Day Before Cocooning
Darwin
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Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
Visiting
Orb Spider Nephila pilipes
Darwin
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Celosia agentia
Darwin
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Coachroach Ellipsidion humerale
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna 2nd Instar larvae
Feeding On
Sandpaper Fig Ficus opposita
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna
Mating
Darwin
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Cylindrical Leaf Beetle Cryptocephalinae sp.
Darwin
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March Madness II

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Dermaleipa microrrhoea Cocoon
Darwin
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FF Dermaleipa microrrhoea
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FF Dermaleipa microrrhoea Larva feeding on Billy Goat Plum Terminalia ferdinandiana Darwin FF

FF Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta
Darwin
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Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta Cocoon
Darwin
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Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta Larva 3rd Instar
Feeding On
Billy Goat Plum Planchonia careya
Darwin
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Figleaf Beetle - Poneridia australis
Feeding On
Sandpaper Fig Ficus opposita
Darwin
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Flannel Weed Sida cordifolia
Darwin
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Flower Spider Diaea evanida
Darwin
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Flower Spider Diaea sp. On Egg Case
Darwin
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Gomphrena flaccida
Darwin
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Green Mottled Planthopper - Siphanta hebes
Darwin
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Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
Darwin
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Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
Darwin
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Hawk Moth Psilogramma exigua 2nd Instar larva
Feeding On Clerodendrum floribundum var. coriaceum
Darwin
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Iridomyrmex sanguineus
Darwin
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Leaf Roller Epiphyas postvittana
Feeding On Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Leaf Roller Epiphyas postvittana Nest Site
Darwin
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Leaf Tortoise Beetle Cassidinae sp.
Darwin
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Monkey Grasshopper EUMASTACIDAE sp.
Darwin
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Monkey Grasshopper EUMASTACIDAE sp.Possible Morabine sp. Mating
Darwin
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March Madness III

FF Olene mendosa
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Orange Spider Wasp - Priocnemis bicolor
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FF Orvasca aliena Larva
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
FF FF Orvasca aliena Moth Cocoon
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F FF Orvasca aliena Adult
Darwin
FF FF Orvasca aliena Moth Starting to Cocoon
Darwin
FF FF Painted Pine Moth - Orgyia australis
Darwin
FF FF Pararguda crocota Cocoon
Darwin
FF FF Pararguda crocota
Darwin
FF FF Pararguda crocota
Darwin
FF FF Planthopper Ricania sp. and Nymph
Darwin
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FF Planthopper Ricania sp. Nymph
Darwin
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FF Possible Tussock Moth LYMANTRIIDAE sp.
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FF Unidentified catepillar
Darwin
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FF Velvet Ant Family Mutillidae
Female
Ephutomorpha sp.
Darwin
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