
Clouded Footman ( Anestia ombrophanes) Part 4
This taken about about 2 weeks later - the eggs had turned black showing developing larvae within. The female was seen on the ground below the cocoon - she had died and dropped off the cocoon. A very small, soft bodied specimen that lay among the dust & leaf debris after playing her part in the propagation of this species !
The Clouded Footman is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is known from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
By Leuba Ridgway
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Uploaded Apr 29, 2017. Captured Apr 25, 2017 11:06 in 13 Rose St, Upper Ferntree Gully VIC 3156, Australia.