2 Double Headed Hawk Moth at Wolumla, NSW
Identification history
| Coequosa australasiae | 24 Jun 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 24 Jun 2018 | SueMuffler |
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User's notes
A photo in your May Moth Month reminded me of this sighting in Wolumla, back in 2012. Oxycanus?
2 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
25 Jun 2018
wow - stunning! Not an Oxycanus ... rather, a 'hawk moth', I think (family: Sphingidae) ... more info shortly. Lovely shots!
KerriLee
wrote:
26 Jun 2018
Thanks for the ID Glenn. Sue, here's some more info on your lovely moth:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/australasiae.html
I'd say that it had just eclosed from its pupal case in the leaf litter, and climbed your fence to hang while its cuticle hardened. Very lucky find!
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/australasiae.html
I'd say that it had just eclosed from its pupal case in the leaf litter, and climbed your fence to hang while its cuticle hardened. Very lucky find!
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Nearby sightings
Location information
- Coordinates 149.801588-36.838455
- Places Wolumla, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 6 Mar 2012 02:03 PM Recorded on
- SueMuffler Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Hawk moths (Sphingidae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Species information
- Coequosa australasiae Scientific name
- Double Headed Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 41.63m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
