Neil's company manages 160 acres of freehold rainforest within the Daintree Cape Tribulation Section of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. The company's international obligations are achieved financially through ecotourism activities, and in particular: guided and interpreted day and night walks. From time to time these walks encounter wierd and wonderful fauna such as those shown below :
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length 10 cms. probably Anthela canescens, ANTHELIDAE. |
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wingspan about 13 cms. probably Lyssa macleayi, URANIIDAE. |
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dorsal
view of Fruit Piercing Moth Caterpillar
Phyllodes imperialis, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE. |
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side view of Fruit Piercing Moth Caterpillar
Phyllodes imperialis, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE. |
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Fruit Piercing Moths including 2 x Phyllodes imperialis, and half an Khadira aurantia, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE. |
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Fruit Piercing Moth Phyllodes imperialis, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE. |
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Purple Brown Eye Chaetocneme porphyropis, HESPERIIDAE. |
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Urapteroides astheniata, URANIIDAE. |
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Khadira aurantia moth, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE, wingspan about 10 cms. |
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Atlas Moth, Coscincera hercules, SATURNIIDAE |
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undetermined moth species wingspan about 10 cms. |
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undetermined moth species wingspan about 6.5 cms. |
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undetermined moth species wingspan about 6.5 cms. |
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Union Jack Butterfly Delias mysis, PIERIDAE. |
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back end of a Khadira aurantia moth, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE, wingspan about 10 cms. |
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Citrus Butterfly (female) Papilio aegeus, PAPILIONIDAE. |
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Eudesmeola lawsoni, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE, showing wing damage typical of a bird attack. |
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undetermined Noctuid Moth, NOCTUIDAE. |
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Hawk Moth : Angonyx papuana, SPHINGIDAE. |
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Cydalima laticostalis, CRAMBIDAE, wingspan about 6 cms. |
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Eudesmeola lawsoni, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE. |
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undetermined Moth, possibly AGANAIDAE, wingspan about 8 cms. |
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Pachythrix hampsoni, NOCTUIDAE, wingspan about 5 cms. |
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undetermined Moth wingspan about 3 cms. |
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undetermined Caterpillar probably on Thunbergia (ACANTHACEAE) vine, length about 8 cms. |
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Pleuroptya species, PYRALIDAE. |
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Ischyja neocherina, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE. |
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Serrodes campana, CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE. |
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a mating pair of Eumelea rosalia, OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE. |
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probably
Syntherata janetta, SATURNIIDAE. |
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| hmm |
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young larvae of
Mynes geoffroyi,
(
NYMPHALIDAE), On Dendrocnide moroides (URTICACEAE), length about 7 cms. . |
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mature larva of
Mynes geoffroyi,
(
NYMPHALIDAE), On Dendrocnide moroides(URTICACEAE), length about 9 cms. . |
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| unknown Caterpillar. |
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moth, just emerged from the pupa, still expanding its wings, possibly Lymantria lunata, |
(updated 21 March 2005)
Don Herbison-Evans