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A huge moth possible in the Family Cossidae, and probably in the Genus
Discovered and photographed by Veronique Moseley. Used with permission, ...
Found this large moth in a sand dune region. Maybe family Cossidae? Looks very ...
Pretty large moth, probably 80mm, but took the shot a fair while ago memory ...
Another cossid type with more distinctive patterns. This one is about 40mm long ...
A very small cossid type moth about 20mm long. A couple of dark wing spots ...
A beautiful specked grey moth about 35mm long. Thorax had a distinct inverted ...
A smallish Cossid moth at 25mm with typical 'cracked' patterns on upper wings. ...
A small Cossid moth at 18mm with typical 'cracked' patterns on upper wings plus ...
A very large moth of 160mm wingspan. Finely hatched grey and black wings with a ...
A small Cossid moth about 16 to 18 mm long. Fore wings were a plae grey broekn ...
The heaviest moth in the world at just over an ounce (30grams) After living ...
This moth began its life as an adult witchety grub munching through natives ...
A large, lumbering grey moth about 60mm body length. Wing span calculated at ...
This moth was so large and heavy looking that Leuba and I were suffering fits ...
A medium sized Cossid moth at 45mm with typical 'cracked' patterns in mid grey ...
This fawn-coloured Cossid was about 40 mm long, No distinct patterns on wings ...
This Cossid moth would have had a wingspan of about 60 mm. Short black lines ...
About 22mm long. Not quite the smallest cosside I've found but close to it.
The term witchetty grub is used mainly when the larvae are being considered as ...
"Endoxyla encalypti, the "wattle goat ...
this cossid moth was about 35 mm long with silvery grey wings. Each fore wing ...
About 20mm long. The classic crackled peterns in cream, black grey, with a ...
This gigantic and heavy moth was about 65 mm long and looked like a roll of ...
A large Cossid moth at 60mm with typical 'cracked' patterns on upper wings ...
This large cossid moth had a wing span of at least 70 mm. There were no ...
This attractive moth was about 20 to 25 mm long. wings were mostly a pale grey ...
This gorgeous moth has long narrow wings and are mostly dark grey on cream with ...
This attractive Cossid moth was whitish grey with a display of several patterns ...
Great big moth, approximately 7cm long. Although, as the name implies, this is ...
About 50mm long this is a medium to small member of the genus in Australia with ...
This cossid moth was about 45 mm long. Mostly grey with tinges of light brown. ...
The wingspan is 43-85 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the ...