tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32502523.post4601241035587101667..comments2023-10-29T21:41:43.652+13:00Comments on The Travels of Gypsy Rover: Job Done (Well almost)Derek and Dothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05535441662037100577noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32502523.post-35674004125776739432012-11-16T22:52:06.593+13:002012-11-16T22:52:06.593+13:00Hi
Thanks for the information regarding the Purir...Hi<br /><br />Thanks for the information regarding the Puriri Moth. Seems it can be destructive. Both of us had never seen them before.Derek and Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535441662037100577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32502523.post-72262576721082595352012-11-12T20:28:47.289+13:002012-11-12T20:28:47.289+13:00Derek the moth is a puriri moth. A native to NZ an...Derek the moth is a puriri moth. A native to NZ and the larvae burrow a whole in the sap wood of a tree about the dia of your thumb. We had them in a tree in our backyard by the deck (killed the tree and still have the wholes to prove it).<br />RobinJenny and Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028982306470082656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32502523.post-57668215314766911062012-11-12T19:19:52.065+13:002012-11-12T19:19:52.065+13:00It looks like a Puriri Moth to me. http://www.kcc....It looks like a Puriri Moth to me. http://www.kcc.org.nz/puriri-moth http://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/OrganismProfile/Puriri_moth_-_Aenetus_virescens.html<br /><br />Don MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com