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Family Anthelidae
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page contains pictures and information about Yellow-headed Anthelid Caterpillars
that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 40mm
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- The hairy caterpillar is slender, green and yellow, with two tufts of
black hair behind the reddish-brown head. A single tuft of black hair on the
tail. On the back there is the shorter black hair on each segment. This
caterpillar moves relatively fast.
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- We found this caterpillar under bark on Oct 2006. We believed it was about
to pupa under bark there.
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- From reference infromation, the caterpillar feed on different species of
wattle leaves.
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- Reference:
- 1. Flying Colours, Common Caterpillars, Butterflies and Moths of
South-Eastern Australia - Pat & Mike Coupar,1992, p30.
- 2. Moths of Victoria Part 1 - Silk Moths and Allies - BOMBYCOIDEA - Peter Marriott, Entomological Society of Victoria,
2008, p19.
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