Comments on: Large Unknown Australian Moth http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/26/large-unknown-australian-moth/ Are we experts yet? Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: embaus http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/26/large-unknown-australian-moth/comment-page-1/#comment-10541 embaus Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:17:31 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=15617#comment-10541 Hi WTB, ROFL -query should have been about a BogonG Moth not a Bogan Moth (would love to see the latter: sporting a mullet, wearing acid-wash stretch denim jeans and uggs driving a clapped-out Commodore...). Moth named after Mt Bogong: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Bogong-Moth Bogan is a pejorative social descriptor: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bogan This moth looks a bit too big to be a Bogong moth. If Ken really is in a bogan migration path he is very unfortunate. Hi WTB, ROFL -query should have been about a BogonG Moth not a Bogan Moth (would love to see the latter: sporting a mullet, wearing acid-wash stretch denim jeans and uggs driving a clapped-out Commodore…). Moth named after Mt Bogong:
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Bogong-Moth
Bogan is a pejorative social descriptor: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bogan

This moth looks a bit too big to be a Bogong moth. If Ken really is in a bogan migration path he is very unfortunate.

]]> By: dghewitt http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/26/large-unknown-australian-moth/comment-page-1/#comment-3414 dghewitt Fri, 01 May 2009 23:04:47 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=15617#comment-3414 Just as a matter of interest - the moths around Canberra are Bogong (not bogan) moths - Agrotis infusa. Just as a matter of interest – the moths around Canberra are Bogong (not bogan) moths – Agrotis infusa.

]]> By: dynastes23 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/26/large-unknown-australian-moth/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 dynastes23 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:24:14 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=15617#comment-3372 I've seen these before ,its a giant wood boring moth from austrialia cossidae family subspecies XYLEUTES or ENDOXYLA cant tell. Your moth is female hope this helps I’ve seen these before ,its a giant wood boring moth from austrialia cossidae family subspecies
XYLEUTES or ENDOXYLA cant tell. Your moth is female hope this helps

]]> By: MikeH http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/26/large-unknown-australian-moth/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 MikeH Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:50:37 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=15617#comment-3312 Try Hepialidae, a lot of Australian ones look like chubby awkward sphinx moths, maybe Abantiades sp. Try Hepialidae, a lot of Australian ones look like chubby awkward sphinx moths, maybe Abantiades sp.

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