Since 2021, the Mallee Looper has become superabundant across mallee woodlands in South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. Has an outbreak like this occurred before? The old newspapers held in the Trove archive gave some strong clues.
The Mallee Looper is a caterpillar belonging to a moth in the Arhodia species complex. These caterpillars are eating their way through thousands of hectares of Mallee Eucalypts.
The Mallee Looper is a caterpillar belonging to a moth in the Arhodia species complex. These caterpillars are eating their way through thousands of hectares of Mallee Eucalypts.
Meanwhile, in the Mallee … Wildlife Unlimited ecologist, Fiona Murdoch is anxiously awaiting the emergence of the Mallee Bronze Azure butterflies.
