Queensland Museum entomologist Dr Christine Lambkin identified the creature as a wood moth and told ABC Radio: They fly very, very poorly. In most cases when the females emerge, they just crawl up a tree or stump of a fence post and wait for the males to find them. This species ranges from north Queensland all the way through to southern NSW. The wingspan of the female is up to 25cm. It weighs up to 30 grams.
These moths aren’t very common to see in Australia, but Dr Lambkin says they aren’t rare or unusual.
Suddenly the small, common moths seen in England don’t seem too bad.
Tradies renovating a school in Queensland s southeast arrived on site to find a huge moth hanging out in one of the new classrooms.
The builders at Mount Cotton State School got a shock when they started their shift on Monday, seeing the giant insect sitting amongst their equipment.
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Tradies renovating a school in Queensland s southeast arrived on site this week to find a mega moth chilling out in one of the new classrooms.(Mount Cotton State School / Facebook)
The school posted photos of the giant moth perched precariously on the end of a saw with its legs hanging over the edge to show the sheer size of it.
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Rat-Sized Monster Moth Too Heavy to Fly Discovered at Australian School
On 5/4/21 at 4:34 PM EDT
From venomous snakes to giant lizards and hairy tarantulas, Australia is home to countless terrifying and unusual wild critters. But weirdest of them all might be this lesser-known insect: an enormous moth reportedly the size of a rat.
On Tuesday, News.com.au reported that the monstrously large moth, measuring two fists in length, was discovered in Queensland. After the animal was found by workers on a construction site at Mount Cotton State School, they took photos which were later shared by the school on social media.
Monster moth: Heaviest moth in world found by tradie at primary school worksite
4 May, 2021 06:18 PM
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Stuff of nightmares: The giant moth found by a worker at the Mt Cotton State School in Redland, Queensland. Photo / Mt Cotton State School
Stuff of nightmares: The giant moth found by a worker at the Mt Cotton State School in Redland, Queensland. Photo / Mt Cotton State School
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By: Emily Cosenza
A tradesman has shown off his gross discovery while working at a school construction site in Queensland.
The enormous moth was found while working on a new building that has an admin area and five classrooms at Mount Cotton State School, south of Brisbane in the Redlands.