As a very distinctive moth it was not too difficult to find the identification as a female Black Spot Moth Epicoma melanospila whose caterpillars feed on plants in the Myrtaceae family, Eucalyptus, Callistemons, Leptospernums,Kunzeas etc.
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Spot on
Having breakfast on the deck this morning and my attention was caught by a splash of white on one of the wires (3mm diam) of the deck balustrade. a closer look showed it to be a quite attractive moth.
After a photo in this position I carefully moved it onto the rail where I could get a better position and try for a couple of other shots.
The final shot is after a little disturbance which caused the partially open wing display to reveal the rear wing.
As a very distinctive moth it was not too difficult to find the identification as a female Black Spot Moth Epicoma melanospila whose caterpillars feed on plants in the Myrtaceae family, Eucalyptus, Callistemons, Leptospernums,Kunzeas etc.
As a very distinctive moth it was not too difficult to find the identification as a female Black Spot Moth Epicoma melanospila whose caterpillars feed on plants in the Myrtaceae family, Eucalyptus, Callistemons, Leptospernums,Kunzeas etc.
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A lovely moth Ian - I like its "spiky" head!
ReplyDeleteAs it has been relatively quiet on the moth front i was very pleased to find this one and I agree the spiky head is a show stopper.
ReplyDeleteNice moth - the varieties of moths never ceases to amaze me.
ReplyDeleteDenis
Yes lots of species and unlike this one many are very hard to identify.
DeleteOh, what a fuzzy-headed little creature! Makes you smile just to look at it. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment a cute moth not quite to the spectacular standard of your recent post.
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