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WendyEM wrote:
10 min ago
Image in "Caterpillars, Moths & their plants of southeastern Australia" McQuillan et al p. 163

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
WendyEM wrote:
17 min ago
This is a standard defence pose for this groups larvae e.g. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lasi/fervens.html
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lasi/nasuta.html
I think possibly only Entometa sp have the 'ears' - flaps that stick up in threat pose

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
DonFletcher wrote:
1 hr ago
SOOO @Lisa.Jok what you are really saying, is that you want to claim a record for a new species, the Clancy Stager, (maybe Homo dolus) but you want me or someone else to risk embarrassment by putting it out there?

Vulpes vulpes
DonFletcher wrote:
2 hrs ago
Or, given the location, this may be an escaped pet, or descended from a pet, with the colour having resulted from selective breeding.

Oryctolagus cuniculus
DonFletcher wrote:
2 hrs ago
When there is a large population of rabbits in an area, the rare colour forms can be evident. When rabbit density is low, rare colour forms are unlikely to be detected, but they are still present. So if you see a rare colour form, it may be that you came across it by luck in a low density population. The popular sayings that unusual colour forms result from inbreeding and that rare colour forms prove rabbit density is high, are both likely to be myths imo.

Oryctolagus cuniculus
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