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Exploring the #moths and other #inverts seen in Western Australia #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist 🐛🪲🕷️🐞🐜🪳🪰

Also posting native #orchids at WA Orchids (@wa-orchids.bsky.social)

📍Perth, WA (Whadjuk Noongar Boodja)
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Crypsiphona ocultaria - Red-lined Looper

One of the most common moths we see, these moths can be found around in parts of Australia. The reason for the moth’s common name becomes apparent when you see the underside of their wings

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidopteta #inaturalist #inverts
Picture of the top of a moth with grey wings marked with dark irregular lines. Picture of a moth showing the underside of its wings which are pale grey with black submarginal bands, bordered on the inside with red. The forewings each have a large black spot and an orange patch
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Candicarina sp.

Cooler evenings last week meant fewer large moths visiting our Perth Hills moth light, which in turn allowed some smaller #inverts to settle.

Like this very small (~5mm in length) planthopper which is endemic to Australia.

#ausinverts #wildoz #Hemiptera #planthopper #inaturalist
Side view of a small planthopper that is facing to the left. The hopper has wings with brown lines (veins) and which are clear in between.
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Rhipidioides sp.

This very small male Rhipidioides sp. beetle was a new visitor to our moth light this week. This is the only recorded observation in Western Australia. The larvae of this species parasitises cockroaches🪳
#ausinverts #wildoz #beetle #coleoptera #inaturalist
Very small black beetle with fan shaped antennae and wings spread Very small black beetle with fan shaped antennae and wings folded back
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Laspeyria hapalopis

A new observation for us, this one from early October on a trip to Albany. This moth appears to only be found in Western Australia
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Top view of a moth with brown wings. The wings are held with the hindwings visible. The forewings have a darker band across the middle with a large dark brown spot in the middle of each forewing
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Oenochroma ochripennata

One of the moths we recorded in early October while visiting Albany in the south of Western Australia. It took a while to ID this one as it seems they are not commonly recorded. Appears to be endemic to WA
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Top view of a moth with pale brown wings that have three darker lines running across them
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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This little Lasioglossum sp. native bee was practically drowning in pollen when it investigated this freshly opened cactus flower in our Perth Hills garden this week

#bee #ausinverts #wildoz #pollen #nature
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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We’re seeing quite a few in the Perth Hills now too. A few come to the moth light in the evening if its on, I think this one might be an Orange Bandit (Pyropsalta rhythmica)
Dude view of a Cicada on a wooden surface
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Chasmina pulchra - White Beauty

This moth has a very appropriate common name… because it really is a beauty!!

These moths can be seen across Australia in our warmer months.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #nature
Side view of a moth with satin-white wings that have rusty brown markings on the edge of each forewing Top view of a moth with satin-white wings that have rusty brown markings on the edge of each forewing
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Macrobathra bigerella (I think)

Another of the micro moths that we see quite frequently visiting our Perth Hills garden. Seen mid-November
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #inaturalist
Side view of a small moth with wings that have white and black stripes, and antennae that are thin and striped
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Garrha oncospila

Seen in our Perth Hills garden this week. This moth seems to be endemic to Western Australia, with all 10 observations of it so far on #inaturalist from the southwest. Otherwise, there’s little information on this lovely moth
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Top view of a moth with pinkish brown wings that have several darker patches of colour at matching intervals on the forewings Picture of a moth with pinkish brown wings that have several darker patches of colour at matching intervals on the forewings. The antennae are thin and striped
November 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Eccymatoge callizona - White-spotted Carpet

A new moth visitor to our Perth Hills garden last night and only the second record of this species in Western Australia so far on #inaturalist. Love the black and gold appearance of this moth’s wings.

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature
Top view of a moth with its wings spread flat. The wings appear black with golden markings across them
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Seen in the Perth Hills, a male Clouded Footman (Anestia ombrophanes) showing his beautiful yellow hindwings. The hindwings are usually not visible when these moths are at rest
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Top view of a moth with pale cream coloured forewings with a pattern of darker bands and spots, and striking yellow hindwings
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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A cool, still evening last night meant fewer moths to the garden moth light but that made it easier to document some of the micro moth visitors.

This moth was ~3mm long and I think might be in the Family Gelechiidae (Twirler moths)
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #nature
Side view of a very small moth that is only around 3mm long. The moth has long thin antennae that appear striped and wings that are fawn coloured with some darker markings
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Orgyia athlophora - Western Tussock Moth

This beautifully coloured male Western Tussock Moth visited our moth light on a recent trip to Albany. These moths are found only in the south of Western Australia. The females are flightless
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature
Picture of a moth showing generally brown forewings with white patches at the bottom edge of each wing, two wavy black lines across the middles of each wing, and various white and blue patches between the wavy black lines
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Casbia leptorrhoda (I think)

A new observation for our Perth Hills garden, this species of Casbia seems to be found primarily in Western Australia

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #Geometridae #inaturalist #nature
Picture of a moth with light brown wings that have two clear dark wavy lines across them and a darker smudge in each forewing
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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The first Pink Bellied Moth (Oenochroma vinaria) of the season visited our Perth Hills moth light this week

These moths can be seen in southern parts of Australia with the caterpillars feeding on species of Grevillia, Hakea and Banksia
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #nature
Top view of a moth with pinkish brown wings spread flat. The wings have a yellow stripe across them and two dark spots on each forewing
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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🐞🐜🪲🪰🐛🐌 This week (Nov 17-23) is Bugs in My Backyard week in Australia … not that I need any excuse to get out and look for bugs!

And there are lots about at the minute, like these tiny Crusader Bug nymphs (Mictis profana) that had just hatched
#ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #nature #Heteroptera
Picture of a tiny insect that is generally black with a cream strip across it’s abdomen and with long antennae
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Chlorocoma cadmaria - Spectacular Emerald

Happy to see this Spectacular Emerald visiting our Perth Hills moth light this week. These moths appear to be uncommon in Western Australia with only 6 recorded observations in #inaturalist

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature
Picture of a moth with deep green wings that have two prominent red spots and a red border
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Hestiochora occidentalis

A species of Forester moth endemic to temperate regions of Western Australia. This beautiful male was seen in our Perth Hills garden last week.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature #inaturalist
Top view of a moth that is generally black with a red band at the neck and several white stripes on the abdomen. The antennae are large and feathered
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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This small lacewing was a more unusual visitor to the garden light recently. Identified on #inaturalist as Carobius pulchellus, a member of the Brown Lacewing family (Hemerobiidae). This is just the 3rd observation of this species in WA

#ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #bugsky #nature
Picture of a small lacewing insect on a white background. The insect has quite rounded, generally translucent wings with a number of distinct brown spots and clear veins
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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A good variety of moths and a glimpse of the Aurora Australis last night… not a bad night all in all

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #aurora #Lepidoptera #nature
Genus Moerarchis, possibly Moerarchis clathrata Genus Dichromodes Isturgia penthearia - Delta Geometrid Image of the night sky with a pinkish glow at the horizon from the Aurora Australis
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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One of the Bobtails or Western Shinglebacks (Tiliqua rugosa rugosa) that lives in our Perth Hills garden showing off the blue tongue these skinks are known for

#reptiles #ausreptiles #wildoz #inaturalist #nature
Picture of a stout skink with a triangular head and short stumpy tail. The mouth is open showing a blue tongue in a pink mouth. The lizard is brown and cream in colour
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Without any up to date reference book on Australian moths, we see many moths that I struggle to identify… like this striking moth seen in early November.

I think it’s in the genus Casbia, possibly Casbia oenias (or the Red Casbia)
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
View of a moth on white netting that has brown forewings with several darker zig zag lines and two much darker trident like marks
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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These two moths were new observations for us, both seen in early November in a coastal area 150km north of Perth.

They look to be Australian Cream Wave Moths (Scopula perlata), although this species of Scopula is an eastern states species
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Top view of a moth with cream coloured wings that have darker wavy lines across them and several dark spots Top view of a moth with cream coloured wings that have darker wavy lines across them and several dark spots
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Praxis marmarinopa - the Western Praxis

Despite its common name, this moth can be found across Australia most commonly between Aug & Sept. This one was seen in early Nov in a coastal area 150km north of Perth
#teammorh #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Top view of a moth with complex pattern of orange, black, and brown wavy lines across the forewings
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM