0006: Scarlet Tiger Moth
Scoliacma bicolora
Pigeon House, NSW
0007: Inchworm Moth
Antitrygodes sp.
Walcott Inlet, WA
0007B: Hercules Moth
Coscinocera hercules
Kuranda, Qld
0007C: Noctuid Moth
Donuca orbigera
Mt Holland, WA
0008: Inchworm Moth
Anisozyga pieroides
Mt Nebo, Qld
0009: Sphinx Moth Caterpillar
Theretra latreillei
Mt Nebo, Qld

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  LEPIDOPTERA
(Australian Moths) 		   
     
 
Being the driest continent on earth has not favoured butterflies in this phase of Australia’s history simply because the external plant-feeding larva known as caterpillars, literally water-filled sausages, are quickly sucked of their body moisture by the relentless heat – only 416 species grace this dry land.

Moth caterpillars, however, have faired better by employing a number of water-saving strategies resulting in a species total that may exceed 15,000 species.




76 more species available in the collection