When It Comes To Creepy Crawlies,

the ones I read about in Australia,

seem to be bigger than most, and this moth is no exception, photographs from PamTaylor/Facebook page, Pam posted the first photos of the frighteningly large insect on the Amateur Entomology Australia group, on February 23, the photographs showed a huge grey moth clinging to a tree branch. To show just how large the moth really was Pam also photographed it next to her open palm. Obviously, the photos got a lot of attention from the other amateur entomologists, many of whom recognized the insect as a specimen of the Giant Wood Moth, (Endoxyla Cinereus),

the name is pretty self-explanatory, apparently, this is the heaviest moth species in the world, with some specimens weighing up to 30 grams, and can have a wingspan of up to 25 centimetres, “Holy cow that’s spectacular!” one member of the Amateur Entomology Australia Facebook Group commented, Pam later updated her post, adding new photos that now showed two of these giant moths, apparently, despite a rough, stormy night, the gigantic moth managed to find a mating partner. Interestingly, the larger specimen is the female, they are also known as “storm moths” or “rain moths”, apparently, they have no mouth and only live for a short time after hatching, so to increase the chances of finding a mate they rely on weather to coordinate, as I mentioned the creepy crawlies grow big in Australia.