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2 Didymoctenia exsuperata -
2 Rough Bollworm - Earias huegeliana -
2 Unidentified Round-necked Longhorn Beetle -
3 Heliotrope moth - Utetheisa pulchelloides -
2 Velarifictorus ornatus -
1 Plantain Moth - Scopula rubraria -
1 Flecked Wave Moth - Idaea philocosma -
3 Nemophora topazias -
2 Acute Point Moth - Azelina biplaga -
2 Unidentified species of looper caterpilar. -
2 Gisborne Cockroach - Drymaplaneta semivitta -
2 Endotricha pyrosalis -
2 Wandering Sunset - Uresiphita gilvata -
1 Wandering Sunset - Uresiphita gilvata -
2 Lion's mane jellyfish , genus Cyanea -
3 Anomotarus crudelis -
3 Ellopidia pedestris -
2 Anisogona similana -
![Australian water moth - Hygraula nitens Hygraula nitens, the pond moth or Australian water moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in New Zealand[2] and most of Australia, including Tasmania.
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
The caterpillars of this species live underwater. The filaments protruding from the body are not hairs but gills for breathing underwater. The larvae feed on Potamogeton crispus and Zostera species.[3] They also feed on other alien macrophytes such as Hydrilla verticillata, Lagarosiphon major, and Ceratophyllum demersum.[4] The larvae are delicate and build leaf housing.[4]
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2 Australian water moth - Hygraula nitens -
2 Braconid wasp -
2 Tachystola hemisema -
2 Cotton tipworm - Crocidosema plebejana -
4 Nabis kinbergii -
2 Small Thistle Moth - Tebenna micalis
Ernst
Born in Germany, live since 1969 in Australia. Worked for many years in a curatorial position for the zoological Board of Victoria/Australia . Now retired , travel a lot and live for nature photography.
75 y/o MaleJoined 3-30-17
