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Emperor Moth attracted to house lights, photographed at Buderim, Sunshine Coast
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Emperor Moth on fly screen of door
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Emperor Moth showing feathery antennae
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EMPEROR MOTH FACTS |
Identification
This large emperor moth comes in various colour forms - they can be yellow, orange, pinkish-brown, grey or brick-red.
Size
wingspan 140mm
Habitat
found on various species of trees including mangroves and citrus trees
Food
larvae feed on tree leaves
Breeding
The female lays a row of white oval eggs (diameter of about 0.5 mm). The young Caterpillars are yellow and have stiff hairs. The caterpillars turn olive green and have lumpy bits (tubercles) with tufts of short stiff hairs. The caterpillar pupates in an oval cocoon.
Range
found in the Kimberleys in Western Australia, top end of Northern Territory and from Cape York in Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Saturniidae | | Genus: | Syntherata | | Species: | janetta | | Common Name: | Emperor Moth |
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