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Identification Found!

Data aroa is a moth in the cutworm family, Noctuidae.

I have yet to photograph the adult moth, photos can be found on the iNaturalist page.

Data aroa

Foodplants: Pyrrosia longifolia, “Strap fern”

Identification found!

Delias mysis, also known as the Red-banded Jezebel, was the name of the fat caterpillars I found on my neighbor’s mailbox from time-to-time. In case you’re wondering, the caterpillars were on the mailbox to pupate, sometimes a caterpillar can wander quite far from their foodplant to find the perfect pupation spot.

I first spotted these caterpillars last year, this year I saw a stray caterpillar that had fallen to the ground ( read the description in this reel ). In short, I found that the caterpillars were feeding on a plant that was surrounded by Chinese Privet, hence my confusion when I found no caterpillars on the Privet last year when I looked. When searching for the foodplant, keep an eye out for any smaller plants! You could easily miss it like I did.

The foodplant, I believe, is Dendrophthoe curvata, a showy Mistletoe. Based off of the Australian Lepidoptera page for this species, it appears to feed on a few Dendrophthoe species, with JCU stating that the caterpillar feeds on several mistletoe species, but particularly prefers Dendrophthoe glabrescens.

Identification found!

This rainbow-colored cockroach is Mediastinia australica, but unfortunately there aren’t that many photos of this species online.

Identification found!

I did some browsing in the Perixera genus, and I’ve determined that this species is Perixera griseata. Going to keep looking for more species to identify.

Identification Found!

Once again, with the help Ritofoo on iNat, I feel safe in determining that this caterpillar is Asota caricae.

Thank you so much for the help ♥