Emerged
I believe this is the Teatree Web Moth (Orthaga thyrisalis). The caterpillars have been making unsightly nests in our Callistemon “Brogo Overflow” and Leptospermum “Fantasia”, but being a bug enthusiast, I haven’t the heart to remove them (no good for our plants, I know! What is a naturalist to do?!). This one made it to adult form, but after a night of pelting, heavy rain, a fair few of the nests were washed off the Callistemon and were found in the ground beneath the shrub. (In this instance, nature kind of took care of itself!). [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
Emerged
I believe this is the Teatree Web Moth (Orthaga thyrisalis). The caterpillars have been making unsightly nests in our Callistemon “Brogo Overflow” and Leptospermum “Fantasia”, but being a bug enthusiast, I haven’t the heart to remove them (no good for our plants, I know! What is a naturalist to do?!). This one made it to adult form, but after a night of pelting, heavy rain, a fair few of the nests were washed off the Callistemon and were found in the ground beneath the shrub. (In this instance, nature kind of took care of itself!). [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]