Armyworm S2, Hairy Eyes | Armyworm S2, ventral | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Armyworm (Mythimna convecta) | ||||
This Photo: | S1, ventral | ||||
Thank you Leon Crang for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~22mm long, winspan ~46mm. We haven't been able to differentiate the genders. These appear to be female based on body shape/roundness. We've started noticing some moth species with hairy eyes, like here. We've seen this many times before with flies, but not with moths. We'll see if we can get better shots of the hairy eyes in the future. | |||||
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