Giant Wood Moth

Endoxyla cinereus

Description:

This moth began its life as an adult witchety grub munching through natives such as acacia and eucalypts. Females, which carry hundreds of thousand of eggs, can have wing spans more than 23cm about the width of an A4 piece of paper.

Species ID Suggestions

6 Comments

pamsai 9 years ago

thanks Lisa...

LisaPowers 9 years ago

Congrats! This spotting has been featured as a PN Fact of the Day!

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Project Noah Fact of the Day: Wood moths from the genus Endoxyla are some of the largest moth species in the world. The larvae of these moths (especially Endoxyla leucomochla) are the famous witchetty grubs that are eaten by the native aboriginals of Australia. The largest member of this genus is the giant wood moth Endoxyla cinereus. Females may have a wingspan of up to 23 cm and weigh a whopping 30g! Males generally only get bout half that size.