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Construction workers at an Australian primary school (i.e. elementary school) found a huge bug this week, and have been proudly showing it off as per primary school tradition. To be fair, it is a very cool bug.
The Giant Wood Moth was discovered by builders working on Mount Cotton State School s new classrooms, which are on the edge of a rainforest in south-east Queensland. Giant Wood Moths are common along the Queensland coast, but actually spotting one in the wild is a rarer phenomenon. The staff and students weren t surprised by the find as we have a range of animals on our grounds at Mount Cotton State School such as bush turkeys, wallabies, koalas, ducks, the occasional snake that needs to be relocated back to our rainforest, echidnas, tree frogs, possums, chickens, and turtles, said principal Meagan Steward, apparently unaware she is actually running a wildlife park with regular child visitors. But a Giant W
Mothra is real, and she is Australian.Â
Construction workers at an Australian primary school (i.e. elementary school) found a huge bug this week, and have been proudly showing it off as per primary school tradition. To be fair, it is a very cool bug.
The Giant Wood Moth was discovered by builders working on Mount Cotton State School s new classrooms, which are on the edge of a rainforest in south-east Queensland. Giant Wood Moths are common along the Queensland coast, but actually spotting one in the wild is a rarer phenomenon. The staff and students weren t surprised by the find as we have a range of animals on our grounds at Mount Cotton State School such as bush turkeys, wallabies, koalas, ducks, the occasional snake that needs to be relocated back to our rainforest, echidnas, tree frogs, possums, chickens, and turtles, said principal Meagan Steward, apparently unaware she is actually running a wildlife park with regular child visitors. But a Giant Wood Moth was not somet
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A Giant Wood Moth has been discovered at a primary school in Australia in what is a huge find for the school and the kids as they are rarely ever seen by humans.
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We are so used to those furry-looking creatures that fly around our homes.
What we are not used to are mammoth-sized moths, like this one found at a primary school in Queensland, Australia.
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Builders were busy with constructing new classrooms at Mount Cotton State School and found a Giant Wood Moth, which is the heaviest moth in the world. The Giant Wood Moth measures up to 25cm - that s almost as long as a standard-sized ruler!