#australian moth

[moths-daily]

Hi! I was wondering, have you posted about the Saunders’ Case Moth yet? I just think it’s a cool-looking moth.

Moth Of The Day #246

Saunders' Case Moth / Large Bagworm

Metura elongatus

From the psychidae family. The males have a wingspan of 30 mm, the females do not have wings and remain in the larval case. They can be found in the eastern half of Australia.

Image sources: [1] [2] [3] [4]

[drhoz]

#2035 - Lepidoscia arctiella - Tower Casemoth

A case moth species found in all Australian states, on a variety of foodplants. Distinguished from other in the large genus by the cases, which are up to 35mm long, and constructed from tiers of short twigs or stems or cylindrical leaves, each cut to the same length.

The adults are black and brownish yellow - this one is very similar to artiella but isn't an exact match for the markings.

[purelyshreksexual]

Random cursed image dump because I feel like I need to dump some cursed images :>

Also, did you know dolphins cut the heads off of small fish and masturbate into them sometimes? Now ya do :)

[fruitybugboyart]

“the pretty bug club”

Australian Spiky Stick Bug (2022)

Wasp (2023)

Burying Beetles (2023)

Oleander Hawk Moth (2023)

digital media

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Vampire moth - Calyptra thalictri.

Image credit: Ilia Ustyantsev

[rattyexplores]

Psychid Moth Spotted at the Trainstation

The Australian Bag Moth has a colorful adult stage.

The females of this species do indeed leave their cocoons after pupation, and are bright blue with small wings.

Cebysa leucotelus

21/03/23

[alilweirddragon]

GUYS GUYS GUYS I NEED HELP IM OBSESSED WITH THIS MOTH RN BUT IDK WHAT IT IS CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY IT?? SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE AN ARCTE MODESTA OR PART OF THE ARCTE FAMILY BUT THEYRE NOT ENTIRELY SURE CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY IT?? I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA IF IT HELPS

[slowandsweet]

RY X - Moths

[jallo-art]

(Digital Drawing) of this moth, Speiredonia spectans. Love seeing them around 💕 🦋

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #156

Rain Moth / Bardee / Grub / Waikeire

Abantiades atripalpis

From the hepialidae family. They have a wingspan of about 120 mm (males) / 170 mm (females). They tend to inhabit woodland near creeks and gullies. They can be found in the south of Australia.

Image credits: [1] [2]

[drhoz]

The Great ACT-NSW-NZ Trip, 2023-2024 - Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga is the largest inland city in New South Wales, positioned on the Murrumbidgee River, roughly halfway between Sydney and Melbourne. For a while, it was a contender for the national capital (there being not a hope in hell that Sydney and Melbourne would ever support the other's claim).

It's built on clay soil and surrounded by bedrock hills, which isn't doing soil saturation and salinity any good.

Most of my Mum's side of the family hails from the region, and they're all returned there in subsequent decades. That's why @purrdence testing positve for COVID the day we arrived was especially galling, since the main reason we went there to see my Mum and the rest of the extended family for Xmas, and @purrdence ended up stuck in bed for the duration of the stay, and I of course wasn't going to risk infecting anybody. (Not that getting more COVID tests was a breeze - I had to hit half a dozen different places before I found one that was 1) open and 2) actually had any.)

Happily I was the only person at the reserves I poked around at, so there was nobody for me to infect.

[bigduckgentlemen]

Redesigning Roxxie, she's still a moth girl

Sneak peek: she's an assassin and has muscles

On what kind of moth she is, she's actually a mix of two moths that are

The Australian privet hawk moth

And a brown death hawk moth

[sapiensfelis]

The bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) is a classic of Australian fauna, well known for its mass migration events every spring, where it can travel up to 1000 kilometres to reach its destination. This piece is available in my shop as an A4 print here. 🦋

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Metura elongatus

30-SEP-2022

Melbourne, Vic

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Indeed, Australia has a seriously good selection of weird moths

Creatonotos gangis

(Image credit: Juan Manuel Sanchez)

[citrusinicake]

man i highkey wanna make pearl into a bunny cause yknow moon bunny and all that but due to personal reasons i wont afsgshdjjs