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Frill-necked Monarch.

📸: @tracksbirding
February 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Epicyme rubropunctaria - Red-spotted Delicate

Seen across Australia and New Zealand, this lovely #moth has brownish forewings with dark wavy lines and each with two prominent reddish blotches.
#mothsmatter #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #insect #bugsky
A moth on a dark background. The moth has brownish wings with wavy lines and four red splotches
January 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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A day late to #throwbackThursday so enjoy a little end of the week cuteness from this incredibly cuddly Helena gum moth, Austrocaligula helena.
#wildAus #TeamMoth 🌏

Photo taken on Wandergarup, Bibbulmun Noongar Country
The incredible, snuggleable softness that is the forelegs, head, thorax and wings of a male Helena gum moth. The male's legs are covered in russet rings of fur, giving the impression of voluminous striped trousers as they grip the back of my hand. He appears to be hiding his face in their fluff, presenting the world with a view of his magnificent white monobrow and feathery antenna (the antenna shape indicate a male moth, feathery to detect female pheromones). The thorax is downy with russet hairs, fading to pale pink and light brown on the wings. The hindwings in the background each have a spectacular eyespot, bright orange, ringed with black and a white highlight.
January 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Pilostibes serpta (*I think)

Took some time to ID this beautiful #moth as there are very few observations of this striking species in #inaturalist. This one was seen in a coastal area north of Perth on New Year's Eve
#mothsmatter #teammoth #ausinverts #insects #bugsky
Top view of a moth with rusty brown forewings that have a white streak across them with darker circles Side view of a moth with rusty brown forewings that have a white streak across them with two darker lined circles
January 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Ruby-throated hummingbird
January 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Endoxyla punctifimbria

Putting up a UV light overnight in a coastal area north of Perth over New Year saw this beautiful #moth pay a visit. A new species for us, this moth is a member of the Leopard Moth family
#mothsmatter #teammoth #wildoz #ausinverts #insects #inaturalist
Side view of a large moth sitting on a wall. The moth is generally grey in colour with black blotches and stripes on the forewings
January 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Sandava scitisignata - Fungi Snout moth

The common name for this #moth reflects the fact its caterpillars are thought to eat #fungi growing on dead wood. The moth is found around Australia, most commonly between September and April.
#mothsmatter #teammoth #wildoz #ausinverts #inaturalist #insects
A moth sitting on wood whose forewings show a variable pattern of grey, brown and peach
January 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Prasinocyma rhodocosma - Northern Emerald

A quite frequent visitor to our Perth Hills garden.This #moth can be seen across large parts of Australia
#mothsmatter #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist
A green moth with yellow and purplish brown mottled markings on the forewings sitting on a black background
December 17, 2024 at 7:09 AM
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Dichromodes personalis

I may have given a squeal of delight when this beautiful #moth came to the UV light last night. Found in the south west of Western Australia, this moth has pale brown forewings with very distinctive dark brown markings
#mothsmatter #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist
A moth that is generally triangular in shape with pale brown wings that have a striking dark brown pattern mirrored across each forewing
December 14, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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Is there any creature alive that has more spectacular headgear than the Australian Sinister Moth (Pholodes sinistraria)? 🤩🦋 #wildoz #ozinverts
Artistic photograph of the Sinister Moth, showing its antenae in gold Artistic photograph of the Sinister Moth, showing its antenae in gold Artistic photograph of the Sinister Moth, showing its antenae in gold
December 14, 2024 at 7:33 AM
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Moerarchis clathrata

Found in the south west of Western Australia, this beautiful #moth has white forewings that are yellow/orange at the margins and with a striking black pattern
#mothsmatter #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist
A moth with white forewings and a black lattice like pattern sits on a reflective surface
December 12, 2024 at 3:25 AM
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Hypographa aristarcha - Stout Moth

One of the most eye catching #moths we saw in 2024. Seen September in Dunsborough in the south west of Western Australia
#mothsmatter #teammoth #wildoz #ausinverts #inaturalist
A moth holding its wings together at rest, the wings are generally grey with a complex pattern of dark and white markings
December 9, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Thudaca haplonota

A stunning moth with forewings of silvery white with bright orange markings. Seen across large parts of Western Australia
#mothsmatter #teammoth #wildoz #ausinverts #inaturalist
A moth in side profile with silvery white that bright orange markings lined in black
December 6, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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Cosmodes elegans - Green Blotched Moth

This #moth has a very striking green pattern on brown forewings. Found throughout Australia and New Zealand

#mothsmatter #teammoth #wildoz #ausinverts #bugsky #inaturalist #insects
A brown moth with bright green patterns on the forewings sitting on white netting
November 28, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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Southern Moon Moth - Dasypodia selenophora

This large #moth species has been particularly abundant this spring, it is found across the southern half of Australia and New Zealand #mothsmatter #teammoth #wildoz #ausinverts #inaturalist #bugsky
A large moth, generally brown with two distinctive black/blue eye spots on the forewings
November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
robbo127.bsky.social
Good movement of mostly migrant thrushes heading inland over my Norwich garden. Mostly song thrush and redwing, brambling and grey wagtail too
October 3, 2024 at 9:04 AM