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Posted: **Wed May 07, 2008 12:26 pm**

My brother took this shot on Monday in St Catherines Valley, feeding on clover. Any ideas what it might be?

Denise

Posted: **Wed May 07, 2008 12:43 pm**

Can't find it in my book

Posted: **Wed May 07, 2008 12:50 pm**

Its a moth - The Drinker (Euthrix potatoria)

Posted: **Wed May 07, 2008 4:40 pm**

Thanks very much guys.

Denise

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2008 8:50 pm**

yes it's a drinker moth, lot around at the moment, it's a grass feeder and it spins a yellow cocoon among the grass stems

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:29 am**

Hi Brian,

Like this?

Cheers
Denise

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:56 am**

Denise...
That looks like a six-spotted burnet moth cocoon to me.

Trev

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:06 am**

I found several of these quite close together at Priddy Mineries last Saturday. I wondered what they were?
Thanks Trev.

Denise

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:20 pm**

Nope Denise
it's a burnet moth cocoon, drinker moth is a lot lot bigger, keep looking, round here the moths are on the wing in July

Brian

Any ideas?