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12-May-08, 07:17 PM
|  | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | |  Gday, any idea what Moth this is?
At first I thought..."Now thats a weird spot for a piece of Poo"
Then I had a closer inspection and it was a shell of a cocoon from some ground dwelling grub come moth. I found it on the dirt floor of the garden/wood shed out the back. It had come out of a hole in the ground and then done its thing.
Is anybody brilliant enough to be able to ID the species from a cocoon?
or secondary give me a shot in the general direction?
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12-May-08, 07:28 PM
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You sure it isn't a poo?
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12-May-08, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by waruikazi  You sure it isn't a poo? | LOL 
Funniest thing i've heard for a long time...
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12-May-08, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by waruikazi You sure it isn't a poo? | Most definetly; just doesnt taste nutty enough.
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12-May-08, 10:05 PM
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Greetings Earthling,
You cocoon looks like that of a cossid moth. Goat moth as some call them. They live in the ground around the base of trees, Red gums are favourites, where they construct vertical tunnels to the surface. They move up and down these sometimes very deep tunnels, feeding on the sap from the roots of the tree.
These are the Bardi grub favoured as bait by Murray cod fishermen. When mature, up to 17 yrs?, they go up to the top of their tunnel, form the cocoon, change into moth. With the advent of the first winter rains they emerge and hatch into the big grey moth light ,attracted to shop windows etc.
Trust this helps!
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12-May-08, 10:08 PM
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you guys crack me up!! |
12-May-08, 10:14 PM
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Sure it isn't a wood moth that has come out of the wood
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13-May-08, 07:54 AM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | |
Thanks for that shlanger and pike and others for their poo comments  
Found this link which looks very promising http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/.../cossidae.html
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