9 years ago
I think the base background color doesn t matter because many moths vary in shades of color. I think it s a match. I m still looking for its species name but without luck. Bill Bell didn t know it either. They do not occur in Southern Australia. I think that s the best I can do.
9 years ago
I m not very good in moths and butterfly but I have to admit that the moth in the link has a lot of little details similar to my spotting.
So they must be very closely related.
Description:
Flowering dogwood is a deciduous tree growing to 10 m (33 ft) high, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm (1 ft).
Habitat:
Flowering dogwoods are native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. This specimen was spotted in Shawnee State Park in Pennsylvania.
Notes:
Native Americans used the bark and roots of the tree in a remedy for malaria; a red dye was also extracted from the roots. Species ID Suggestions
Description:
Head and throat - bluish-black; black bristles at the base of nostrils, on front of lore s and chin; brown upper wings and lower throat; yellow hind-collar; green on lower back; green tail; long, broad, yellowish beak with a black patch on upper part of the beak; olive green legs
sexes alike
Photo taken at Sattal, Uttrakhand, India
Habitat:
Notes:
Info taken from: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia Species ID Suggestions
Description:
The Aphrophoridae or spittlebugs are a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 990 described species in Aphrophoridae. (Wikipedia) I didn t know exactly what I had found at first. As it turns out, the spittlebug nymphs, immersed in the foam, create it as they suck the sap from the tree, and the foam acts to protect the nymphs from adverse weather, dehydration and predation. Spittlebugs, also known as froghoppers, can be found on a broad range of garden plants, but are most often seen on native species including wattles, eucalypts and casuarinas. They will feed on the leaves, twigs, branches and/or trunk of the host trees, and lay their eggs in the plant tissue. Adults are also strong jumpers!