Biodiversity and ecology in the Australian bush
A massive moth – and a new one for our home list. Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)

A massive moth – and a new one for our home list.

Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)

A giant indeed! According to the Australian Museum website, this species is the heaviest moth in the world, “ with some females weighing up to 30 grams ”. Record-breaker or not, this is an impressive insect. Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)

A giant indeed! According to the Australian Museum website, this species is the heaviest moth in the world, “with some females weighing up to 30 grams”. Record-breaker or not, this is an impressive insect.

Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)

The feathery antennae are a sex marker in this species. So this one is a male. I look forward to seeing the even larger female sometime. Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)

The feathery antennae are a sex marker in this species. So this one is a male. I look forward to seeing the even larger female sometime.

Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)

Not entirely new for us, but only our second ever sighting. Sympycnodes rhaptodes (leopard moth)

Not entirely new for us, but only our second ever sighting.

Sympycnodes rhaptodes (leopard moth)

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A massive moth – and a new one for our home list. Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)
A giant indeed! According to the Australian Museum website, this species is the heaviest moth in the world, “ with some females weighing up to 30 grams ”. Record-breaker or not, this is an impressive insect. Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)
The feathery antennae are a sex marker in this species. So this one is a male. I look forward to seeing the even larger female sometime. Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)
Not entirely new for us, but only our second ever sighting. Sympycnodes rhaptodes (leopard moth)