3 geckos in 1hr of spotlighting
3 possums heard plus two seen on way to top at night
DOC 200 traps along track
at light... can't believe I observe a second one in the space of two weeks (first on in the Catlins).
NOT the dead moth i found and gave to https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151911517 (the other dead moth that I didn't take a photo of looked much more fully eaten)
A number of these vegetable caterpillars have been found by Alf Webb in Broad Bay - see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/97616596
This observation is concerned with which moth is involved. I have previously observed Aoraia rufivena in the neighbourhood - see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/73785349 and wonder if this might be the moth. These vegetable caterpillars are being found in regenerating forest around 100 years old. Canopy comprises of Putaputaweta, Red Mapou, Narrow Leaved Lacebark, Mahoe and Tarata. Sparse understory of assorted ferns and coprosma.