From inside and out

A small pale moth was on the window last night, but a show of red colour along the leading edge of the wings hinted there was possibly more to be seen from the other side of the window.

I was not disappointed as the upper wing surfaces were well coloured and patterned, which made identification quite easy, Northern Emerald Prasinocyma rhodocosma, a species of the GEOMETROIDEA famly.

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The moth has a wingspan of around 3cm and the larva feed on the new leaves of Eucalyptus and they range throughout Australia.