Do Caterpillars feed on dung?

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

A number of Caterpillar species have been found feeding on the scats and droppings of Australian birds and mammals, including:

Aglossa pinguinalis	Blastobasis lignea	Monopis icterogastra	Monopis meliorella	Monopis monacha
Endrosis sarcitrella	Oxythecta acceptella	Oxythecta lygrosema	Scatochresis innumera	Scatochresis episema

Telanepsia stockeri

Trisyntopa euryspoda

Trisyntopa neossophila

Trisyntopa scatophaga

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(written 17 March 2015, updated 23 November 2018)