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I had a couple of similar looking moths at home last
night. After a bit of research, I'm thinking they might be from the family
Cossidae, possibly one of the Endoxyla species (wood and goat moths). Not sure
though.
Harvey
Harvey
Perkins
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I
would guess that it is a Swift Moth (family Hepialidae), possibly a species of
Oxycanus. Not sure though.
Steve
From: martin butterfield
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Sent: Thursday, 21 May 2009 9:33
PM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Moths and
Frogmouths
The Fromouths have returned to our property at
Carwoola. This seems to have coincided with an abundance of large (5cm
long) moths of which a sample is shown in the attachment. Can anyone put a
name to this species?
It definitely adds excitement to life in my
study as the ghostly shape of a Frogmounth swoops out of the darkness, grabs its
prey off the window and goes silently on its
way!
Martin
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