This well camouflaged fellow was pretending to be a leaf on the Hovea, it was very pretty...
... and rather BIG
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Can you help identify this moth?
This well camouflaged fellow was pretending to be a leaf on the Hovea, it was very pretty...
... and rather BIG
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Wow. That's a big moth.
AAAUUUGGGHH.
RUN AWAY FROM THE GIANT KILLER INSECT!!
imagine having it fly into you hair
I don't know anything about insects, but those are gorgeous pictures. Was that taken at your place?
Reminds me to pull the camera out and get back to photo duty.
Taken right outside the front door.
I emailed Dr. David Britton, the Entomology Collection Manager from the Australian Museum who replied:
Dear Stephen,
that is the eucalypt hawk moth Coequosa australasiae (Family Sphingidae)
here are some links for you to follow up.
http://www-staff.mcs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/sphi/aust.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Coequosaaustralasiae
cheers,
Dave.
You can visit the Australian Museum Insect Webpage here:
http://www.amonline.net.au/insects/index.cfm
You emailed the guy at the museum?
And he replied?!
…!
Yeah, by all accounts he is a nice guy (I live next door to a guy who used to work with him - you get that when you live near and work in a uni)
Nice one! How did you cook it?
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