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This sighting is part of a sequence where an adult female that had been attracted to a window light was placed in a container on 24/5/2020 and produced eggs. Some of which were attached to some Acacia mearnsii that had been placed in the container. (click on one of the tabs to see all of the sightings relevant to this sequence)

The first larvae found emerged from the eggs was on 25/8/2020. As the larvae got bigger, they were separated out into separate containers to avoid overcrowding. It was not until 25/01/2021 that any larva formed a cocoon. Some larvae were slower developing and it wasn’t until 10/04/2021 that all of the specimens finally completed their larval stage. It was only 3 days later (13/4/21) that the first adult moth emerged. Adults continued to emerge until 5/7/2021.

Velvet-ant Ephutomorpha lateralis male, Taroona, Tasmania, February 2016. iNaturalist doesn't recognise this species, even though it's on the Atlas of Living Australia: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7ea92463-f647-4332-a236-a071f5631c9d