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Trichiocercus sparshalli
A small pure white moth with it's heart exposed. About 30mm long. Very fluffy including an extra long furry tail.
On a vehicle next to a national park.
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...
15 Comments
Thanks Beebs and Shanna.. still one of my favourite ever shots.
So sorry I missed this one - I love the antennae. The moth is as handsome as the caterpillar. Well done Mark !
Ha, love it!
Thanks sunny, Rieko, Leanne and Gilma. :-)
Oh wow! Love the catty too. Beautiful moth Mark.
Beautiful series, lovely Moth, love those antennae, thanks for sharing, Mark Ridgway.
Beautiful moth.
Nice one Mark!!
Thanks Rob. Here's the caterpillar if anyone is curious http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/193...
So incredible, thank you
Thanks Mac and Reza.
Wonderful !
Nice series Mark
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.
Uh, one of the photos shows "furry" antennae. And the others don't. I think maybe this is two separate species.