#calpinae

[rattyexplores]

You’re a bit fat for a stem.

Unidentified Calpinae species Unidentified foodplant

28/01/21

[sinobug]

Fruit Piercing Moth Caterpillar (Phyllodes sp., Calpinae, Erebidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese caterpillars on my Flickr site HERE...

[drhoz]

#1618 - Eudocima fullonia - Fruit Piercing Moth

There’s certainly been an absolute flood of Fruit-piercing Moths - adults and caterpillars -  in the FB group I admin. It must be a very good year for Achaea and Eudocima species up in Queensland, if you get them mobbing oranges and fighting among themselves for access to unattended beercans. 

Anyway, this particular caterpillar was spotted by Ashleigh Miller‎ at the Sunshine Coast. The diet of the caterpillars includes the Coral Tree, and various vines in the unrelated Menispermaceae. The adults are an absolute menace to fruit, including Bananas,Lychees, and Longans, piercing the rind with their strong proboscis in order to suck the juice. The hole allows the entry of fungi and bacteria which cause the fruit to rot prematurely.The moth feeds at night, and can only be kept away from your fruit trees with the use of fine-mesh netting. Light traps are useless, as this species is not attracted to light.

The adult moths have mottled fawn forewings, and vivid yellow, black and orange markings on the hindwings and underwings. The also have small blue patches in the labial palps, but you need a good close-up of the head to see that.  

The species occurs in Asia and across the Pacific from Hawaii to New Zealand and the warmer, wetter parts of Australia. 

[ecuadorlife]

Noctuid Moth, Letis sp. by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay

[rattyexplores]

An unidentified caterpillar on, what my Grandma called, Abiu.

I think it may be a fruit-piercing moth.

29/08/21

[rattyexplores]

Industrial caterpillar.

Unidentified Calpinae species

08/02/21

[sinobug]

Fruit Piercing Moth Caterpillar (Phyllodes sp., Calpinae, Erebidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese caterpillars on my Flickr site HERE...

[rattyexplores]

Achaea janata pretending to be apart of the twig.

When it comes to loopers, I’ve noticed they don’t really stiff themselves out like inchworms. Instead they cling very closely to branches and twigs.