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Endoxyla spp.
This gigantic and heavy moth was about 65 mm long and looked like a roll of burnt paper. The fore wings had attractive blotchy patches of black, brown, grey and white with the inner margins folding over each other in a wave. The grey thorax had two short black tufts of setae. Antennae were smooth and short. The abdomen was covered with dense grey setae; it looked and felt heavy.
Spotted under bright lights near a national park.
They are getting bigger too next size up here... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127...
Spotted on Jan 11, 2014
Submitted on Jan 11, 2014
3 Comments
Very interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Jemma, the little "roly poly" is a Slater. They are all over the place and a couple of these were trying to shelter under the moth ! Cossid moths don't feed. I believe they have non-functional mouth parts and can't feed. They therefore live very short lives ( about 6 days in some species). The larvae live for up to two years before maturing to moths. They bore through wood and feed from within. Some species are quite strong on the nose -hence called "Goat Moths"
there is a roly poly in the first picture. Do these moths feed on them?or do they go without food in the adult stage?