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Alice Springs Moths | Alice Springs Moths Index
Amazing to see the “Processionary Caterpillars”, or as they are commonly called “Itchy Grubs” and “fluffy ball of pain”. It is amazing to see their silken woven bag nest hanging in the tree (usually acacias and more rarely on eucalypts).
They are a social insect, that nest and feed together, then once they strip the tree of leaves, will leave the tree in search of more food, making the familiar sight of caterpillars following each other in a single line, as they search for another suitable shrub or tree.
The female Bag-shelter Moth lay their eggs on trees, usually acacias (wattles) and more rarely on eucalypts.
More information can be found:
- Bag-shelter Moth (Ochrogaster lunifer) — Fauna > Insects > Moths
- Processionary Caterpillar — Fauna > Insects > Moths
- Processionary Caterpillar — Alice Springs Desert Park
- Processionary Caterpillar — Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea
- Family: Notodontidae
- Subfamily: Thaumetopoeinae
- Genus: Ochrogaster
- Species: Ochrogaster lunifer
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Dick Whitford, member of Entomology Australia “Invertebratology”, https://www.facebook.com/groups/507004496955277
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