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Spotting

Description:

Large 9cm mottled moth.

Habitat:

Found on a Boab Tree in Savannah Grassland/woodland Kimberley. The third photograph is the moth preparing for take off. Missed videoing unfortunately.

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philipmarkheath
philipmarkheath 9 years ago

A goat mot, of family Cossidae. Pssibly belongs to Genus Endoxyla. These are adults of wijety grub. Feed usually on roots underground. Hundreds of sp in Australia,

BarbaraSing
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BarbaraSing

Western Australia, Australia

Spotted on Aug 8, 2014
Submitted on Aug 8, 2014

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