Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae
Workbook
Life History studies: raising caterpillars
Collected at home, 8th February, 2019, feeding on Myrtaceae.
8/2/19
8/2/19
8/2/19
9/2/19: moved over to Eucalyptus leaves and actively feeding during the day.
Continued to be very active and feeding until 16/2/19, when I found it lying on the floor of the tank.
16/2/19
16/2/19 … having recently stopped feeding, and moving to lie on the bottom of the tank
I moved it into a bowl, with a few green leaves, expecting it to pupate. However, late afternoon 16/2 and it has eaten some of the leaf.
By 17/2/19 it had tied a few leaves together with silk and was pupating.
Eclosed on 7/3/19, male wingspan 27mm
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