spectacular looking caterpillar on one of the indigenous gums.
any name spring to mind? what’s its moth like ?

how about… Furry Orange Caterpillar

bluegreen said:

how about… Furry Orange Caterpillar

i thought you made that name up LOL
- but no – thats a kind of ‘wooly bear’ that eats exotics i think.
my one is native and has got the appearance of white hoops along its length.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

how about… Furry Orange Caterpillar

i thought you made that name up LOL
- but no – thats a kind of ‘wooly bear’ that eats exotics i think.
my one is native and has got the appearance of white hoops along its length.

I DID make the name up! You mean someone got in before me? Damn! lol!

Well it isn’t a cup moth or an spitfire or an emperor gum moth.

roughbarked said:

Well it isn’t a cup moth or an spitfire or an emperor gum moth.

thanks – time i picked the brains of scribbly again.

bluegreen said:

how about… Furry Orange Caterpillar

you’re close BG
it is an australian woollly bear.
i can’t find it though.