This might be of interest to
some others. Who said there are no more all-round field naturalists?
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Saturday, 29 August 2009 10:38 AM
To: 'Steve Holliday'
Cc:
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Leo's you-know-what [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Thanks Steve. The third
picture on that site looks almost exactly the same, even to the dark tip on the
horn. If there are ‘many’ could account in part for
attractiveness of that block. g
From: Steve Holliday
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Sent: Saturday, 29 August 2009 8:28 AM
To: 'Geoffrey Dabb'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Leo's you-know-what [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Could well be
Plesanemma fucata, not a hawkmoth as their pointy bit comes off the rear end
and not the head, as in this beastie.
Steve
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2009 5:29 PM
To: 'Steve Holliday'; 'Perkins, Harvey'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Leo's you-know-what [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Yes well, it’s a bit of a
challenge but at the largest size and resolution I can clearly see quite a
large orange appendage and small pinkish spots, some larger and darker.
Overall colour was pale green. I think this was what I also saw a
Fan-tailed Cuckoo eating
From: Steve Holliday
[
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2009 4:45 PM
To: 'Perkins, Harvey'; 'Geoffrey Dabb'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Leo's you-know-what [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Hello chaps
The pointy bit
visible in the photos makes it more likely to be a caterpillar I think,
possibly a hawk moth (Sphingidae) – see http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/sphi/sphi-cats.html
The geometrid moth
Plesanemma fucata also has a pointy appendage, it may be the most likely
candidate as it feeds on eucalypts - http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/enno/fucata.html
cheers
Steve
From: Perkins, Harvey
[
Sent: Friday, 28 August 2009 4:12 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Cc: Steve Holliday
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Leo's you-know-what [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Looking at the 'caterpillar' in Geoff's photos, it occurs to me
that it could be
Any comment Steve?
Harvey
Harvey Perkins
CRC
Strategy and Communication Section
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