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Tufted Moth cats
These are on one of my newly planted trees. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the plant so I can not check the hostplant database. Any help on Idying either the cat or the plant would be most gratefully recd. I have a feeling the cat will be prettier than the adult!
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Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Totally agree!
Chee Ming, Sum
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Lymantriidae
Orgyia sp.
Quite probably O. postica, which is a highly polyphagous species.
cheers,
Roger.
Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/
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Thanks very much Roger. When I don't post my guess, I am right. I thought it looked related to the British Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua), but I didn't want to embarrass myself again by getting it wrong!
I was also right about the adult, see below!
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c'est la vie!
cheers,
Roger
Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/
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