tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post1018054437362636241..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: A delightful small, pink moth with black spotsDenis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-72528103407845048522012-10-10T02:31:58.405+11:002012-10-10T02:31:58.405+11:00Thanks Hazel
Glad to have inspired you to try to t...Thanks Hazel<br />Glad to have inspired you to try to track down a Moth ID.<br />That is always the "funnest" part of Blogging.<br />I have sent you several links to suggested names in the same family Arctiidae - they are extremely numerous, being what they call "detritivores" they eat dry leaf litter, mosses, dead leaves and bark.<br />They have evolved to fill a niche which in moist climates is taken over by fungi - namely breaking down the cellulose in plant material which many things cannot eat - especially from Eucalypts, because the oils are toxic to many animals.<br />Cheers<br />Denis<br />Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-1908586647183006802012-10-10T00:33:12.675+11:002012-10-10T00:33:12.675+11:00Hi Denis, you inspired me to try and identify a my...Hi Denis, you inspired me to try and identify a mystery moth of my own! no luck so far - here is my <a href="http://lunchtime-adventures.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/mystery-moth.html" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> about it!!fnkykntrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11388578295643116030noreply@blogger.com