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Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae

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Found caterpillar on Bossiaea cordifolia next to woodfired oven on 11 Sept 2019

Placed in buddy tank on a cutting of the Bossiaea. It pupated several days later.

It eclosed on 11 October 2019. We discovered the adult male, alive but not moving, in the bottom of the tank.


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