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Insects

Asian Magpie Moth

Nyctemera baulus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 299, February 283, March 312, April 441, May 451, June 385, July 364, August 306, September 200, October 214, November 155, December 167.
Australia3,577
Queensland2,773
New South Wales777
Malaysia174
Indonesia167
Pahang42
West Papua38
Sabah28
Northern Territory25
Selangor24

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Sources

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