any entomologists out there?

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Jenny

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Two of these huge moths flew onto my deck tonight - does anyone know what they are? That's a 20 cent piece in the second photo.

I live at Gymea Bay in Sydney, if that helps/





 
The cut away wings don't match the hawk moths that I've seen before but I'm sure there are plenty of different ones. I'd just like to know which one these are.
 
Oddly enough, I though lizard food too but my beardies (who live on the deck) just looked frightened of them. They were awake at the time chasing down other, smaller insects, but these moths were just too maximus for them.
 
Im not an entomologist, but they look like lizard food to me. If i had to guess i would say some sort of hawk moth (Gnathothlibus sp.)

Oddly enough, I though lizard food too but my beardies (who live on the deck) just looked frightened of them. They were awake at the time chasing down other, smaller insects, but these moths were just too maximus for them.

You just need bigger lizards :)
 
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