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Cossidae
About 90mm long, unusual shapes and textures.
Among eucalyptus leaf detritus at the border of a tiny country town and open farm lands.
Australia has some of the heaviest moths known with one or two cossid moths at around 30 grams. Many types are also known as witchety grubs.
This link shows the structure of cossid exuvia clearly
http://biostor.org/cache/89079/gayana555...
Spotted on Aug 17, 2013
Submitted on Aug 23, 2013
3 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlO0aifJ...
Thanks Martin. I haven't had a fully thoughtful look at it yet. It was quite large so it will be interesting to consider various moth species. I'll get into it tomorrow with any luck.
I'd go with the moth. You can see the pro wings.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616984@N0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-schill...