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Trichiocercus sparshalli (♂)

Trichiocercus sparshalli

Description:

A small pure white moth with it's heart exposed. About 30mm long. Very fluffy including an extra long furry tail.

Habitat:

On a vehicle next to a national park.

Notes:

Sometimes these show some variation eg. a black head area and a brown tail on the females. The caterpillar is also very attractive and feeds on eucalyptus. Here's one we found last year http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/193...
family: NOTODONTIDAE
subfamily: THAUMETOPOEINAE
Distribution http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...

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15 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks Beebs and Shanna.. still one of my favourite ever shots.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

So sorry I missed this one - I love the antennae. The moth is as handsome as the caterpillar. Well done Mark !

ShannaB
ShannaB 9 years ago

Ha, love it!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks sunny, Rieko, Leanne and Gilma. :-)

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 9 years ago

Oh wow! Love the catty too. Beautiful moth Mark.

Beautiful series, lovely Moth, love those antennae, thanks for sharing, Mark Ridgway.

RiekoS
RiekoS 9 years ago

Beautiful moth.

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Nice one Mark!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks Rob. Here's the caterpillar if anyone is curious http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/193...

RobThacker
RobThacker 9 years ago

So incredible, thank you

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks Mac and Reza.

Wonderful !

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 9 years ago

Nice series Mark

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Definitely only one moth here Guy. I did pick him up from the ground and put him onto a car for cleaner pics. Very cooperative moths! They tuck their antennae under the wings very effectively. You can just see some of it behind the eye in the third pic. The female would have a large tuft of brown fur for a tail. We don't have any other species of pure white furry moths in this part of the world.

Guy Bird
Guy Bird 9 years ago

Uh, one of the photos shows "furry" antennae. And the others don't. I think maybe this is two separate species.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 5, 2014
Submitted on Apr 7, 2014

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