Fw: identification of caterpillars providing cuckoo food at Uriarra [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Am forwarding  an .id. of the caterpillars
currently sustaining the cuckoos at Uriarra,
Muriel Edwards


----- Forwarded by Muriel
Edwards/CBR/IPAustralia on 15/10/2007 01:29 PM -----

<>

15/10/2007 08:27 AM

To	<>
cc
Subject	caterpillars

Recent observations of black-eared cuckoos
and other cuckoos at Uriarra Picnic Area, east, mention hairy caterpillars
on the Casuarina cunninghamiana trees.
 
Some, perhaps most, of these larvae are the
moth Anestia semiochrea (Butler) in the family Arctiidae. The larvae are
currently on the trees in large numbers and feed on the lichens growing
on the bark.
 
The male moths are small with grey forewings
and orange hindwings and have been noticed flying about the trees. The
female moths are wingless and crawl about on the bark. There are also moth
cocoons commonly on the trees.
 
Cheers,
 
Ted Edwards
CSIRO Entomology.
--
This message contains privileged and confidential information only 
for use by the intended recipient.  If you are not the intended 
recipient of this message, you must not disseminate, copy or use 
it in any manner.  If you have received this message in error, 
please advise the sender by reply e-mail.  Please ensure all 
e-mail attachments are scanned for viruses prior to opening or 
using.

*******************************************************************************************************
This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra 
Ornithologists Group.
List-Post: <>
List-Help: <>
List-Unsubscribe: <>
List-Subscribe: <>
List archive: <http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds>
List manager: David McDonald, email 
<>