RJ<p>Royal visit on our deck this weekend: an Emperor Gum Moth! (Opodiphthera Eucalypti) Check out the wing patterns with four eyes 👀👀 and the fuzzy legs and abdomen! Apparently their caterpillars stay cocooned for a year or more (!) depending on the environmental conditions, and the adults only live for a couple of weeks because they are unable to feed (!!) - they have to rely soley on the energy consumed as caterpillar. Wild! </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/OpodiphtheraEucalypti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpodiphtheraEucalypti</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/emperorgummoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emperorgummoth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/gummoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gummoth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/moth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/InsectsOfTheFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfTheFediverse</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queensland</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sunshinecoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunshinecoast</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/hinterland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hinterland</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pixelphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelphone</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pixelphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelphotography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/closeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>closeup</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/furry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>furry</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/foureyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foureyes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ewok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ewok</span></a></p>