Oxycanus australis

Southern Oxycanus at Jerrabomberra, NSW

Oxycanus australis at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 20 Apr 2022
Oxycanus australis at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 20 Apr 2022
Oxycanus australis at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 20 Apr 2022
Oxycanus australis at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 20 Apr 2022
Oxycanus australis at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 20 Apr 2022
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Oxycanus australis 25 Apr 2022 donhe
Oxycanus australis 25 Apr 2022 ibaird
Oxycanus (genus) 21 Apr 2022 SteveBorkowskis

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Found around the windows of our house, it’s legs were tangled in some old cobwebs. Untangled and released into a hedge. Included some photos focusing on the antennae.

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ibaird wrote:
   21 Apr 2022
Thanks for the detailed antennae shots. Looking at Moths of Victoria's visual key of magnified antennae of Oxycanus species and looking at your rd image photo magnified in Photoshop I thin\k the antennae correspond with a male O. australis.
RogerF wrote:
   21 Apr 2022
A big emergence of hepialids during the recent rain
ibaird wrote:
   22 Apr 2022
Yes, seems to require a decent fall, 34 mm at our place.
donhe wrote:
   23 Apr 2022
To me, the rami look too short to be O. australis , but too long to be O. dirempta. So I dunno.

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