Purplish Noctuid, Proteuxoa hydraecioides
Individual 1, emerged from one of 3 pupa found (below)
14 March 2020
Hobart
Individual 2, emerged from one of 3 pupa found (below)
14 March 2020
Hobart
Individual 3 (dead)
14 March 2020
Hobart
Pupa and cocoon, dug up from a suburban garden (infested with nasturtium). In this series there was one pupa in an entire cocoon (not photographed), this pupa in a damaged cocoon, and a third pupa without a cocoon. They were all housed in one tank.March 1, 2020Hobart
Pupa 1 detail
March 1, 2020
Hobart
Pupa 2 detail
March 1, 2020
Hobart
Discarded pupal case
March 14, 2020
Late April 2016
Sandford
Image by James Duggan, used with permission.
