Wordless Wednesday – Chrysalis

by Deb on January 5, 2011

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LearnCreateDo January 5, 2011 at 9:07 am

You had me googling. Would be interesting to know what it is.
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Ro January 5, 2011 at 9:49 am

No idea but if it starts whistling Campdown Races you know you’ve got a walnut sphinx caterpillar 😉
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David January 5, 2011 at 10:26 am

It’s some sort of Hawk moth pupa. The species will depend on what the caterpillar was feeding on. Here are some examples from this moth family http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Sphingidae/

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Deb January 5, 2011 at 9:39 pm: Excellent, that confirms what I was guessing. The species we have around here appears to be Hyles livornicoides but I haven’t been able to find photos of the caterpillars to confirm it – the only yeperenye caterpillars I’ve seen photos of look quite different to ours.

Wendy January 5, 2011 at 10:33 am

Hi, I think it might be a hawkmoth. There is a site on the internet called ‘what’s that bug’ you can send photos with info and they will help you find out what it is.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com

Deb January 5, 2011 at 9:39 pm: Thanks for that link, I have several photos I might be sending off!

Tamara January 5, 2011 at 1:15 pm

I cant wait to see the photo when it hatc hes

Deb January 5, 2011 at 9:42 pm: Unfortunately when I checked this morning it was very messily dead 🙁 We had it in the shade but obviously that wasn’t enough, it probably needed the moisture of the grass or something as well.

Shailender @ Travel India January 5, 2011 at 8:02 pm

I don’t know what it is but I’ll be coming here again and again to check the other replies until I got to know what really it is??
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Meryl January 5, 2011 at 8:17 pm

Not sure, but the Australian Museum has helped me out with some ID’s a couple of times. I even got to have an animated discussion about native bees with one of their resident bug dudes last time I took the kids up.

Trish January 5, 2011 at 11:44 pm

wow how interesting to show a child , we love the Hungry caterpillar book !
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SquiggleMum January 7, 2011 at 12:20 pm

We’re all into butterflies/caterpillars/etc here too! Post coming when I’m back online properly next week. I would put my money on hawk moth for yours too. I blogged about one a little while back. Try this link for sphingidae info 🙂

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/tryoni.html
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Marita January 7, 2011 at 3:35 pm