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A bagworm like the one I found the other day, but this time it looks like it's chewing along the scribbly gum's scribbles. Surely this isn't what makes them...
Update: I contacted the CSIRO after reading their fact sheets, and it turns out that this bagworm doesn't actually make the scribbles. From their return email:
(Max Day, CSIRO) Because I am the person who has been trying to understand the scribbly gum moth story, Julie Carter forwarded your email to me. As you said, you have a truly remarkable photo. So I feel sorry to have to say that the bag moth doesn't make the scribble. In fact, the scribble moth larva is very small and tunnels just beneath the epidermal cells of the tree trunk. The scribble only becomes obvious when the bark is shed during the hot months.
We have collected larvae from several species of eucalypts and bred the moths. They are small and inconspicuous. There are a number of specimens in the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra. Only one of the species has been described, but one of my colleagues plans to describe others when she can find the time.
The bag moths belong to a different family and are much larger.
What is interesting in your photo is that the bag moth larva appears to be feeding on the scribble, something we have never seen before. So I was delighted to see your photo and will now review the Fact Sheet to try to make sure that it doesnt give the wrong impression of how the scribble is formed.
Many thanks to the people at the CSIRO for this update in their research.
John Ringhofer is my favorite Illinoisemaker, at least at the 2 shows I saw, he just seemed very happy, and I liked that.
“Scribbling Women” True Tales from Astonishing Lives
By Marthe Jocelyn
Trade Paperback | Ages 14+
ISBN 9780887769528
eBook 9781770492301
Many of the women in “Scribbling Women” had eventful lives. They became friends with cannibals, delivered babies, stole horses, and sailed on whaling ships. Others lived quietly, close to home. But each of them has illuminated the world through her words.
Unknown species of jumping spider, looking at us looking at it on the mottled bark of a scribbly gum at the King’s Tableland. [Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW]
Smak vs Sled1
Illustration battle with a fear and loathing in Bristol theme.
Class event and night, Big up Sled1 on the win
The first in a series of Birthday cards I made using the FABULOUS Dina Wakely Scribbly Birds stamp set, and some odds and sods from my "scraps" box. The bird was coloured with water-coloured pencils and then blended with a water brush.
Supplies:-
Stamps - Ranger/Dina Wakely, Deep Red
Inks Etc - Hero Arts Shadow Inks, Distress Inks, water-coloured pencils, Tim Holtz stencil, washi tape.