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The Witchetty Grub is one of those iconic and well known insects, especially in Central Australia, that are collected as bush tucker and are eaten raw or roasted.
Following is the Witchetty Grub (Endoxyla leucomochla) pupal emerging from the ground.
The following is the discarded empty pupal case (shell) of the Witchetty Grub (Endoxyla leucomochla).
The adult Witchetty Grub Cossid Moth.
Following is the deceased moth genus Endoxyla, in the family Cossidae, whose larvae are commonly known as the ‘witchity grubs’.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Cossoidea
- Family: Cossidae
- Subfamily: Zeuzerrinae
- Genus: Endoxyla
- Species: Endoxyla leucomochla
Footnote & References
- Endoxyla leucomochla (Turner, 1915), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Endoxyla leucomochla
- Genus Endoxyla, iNaturalistAU, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124207-Endoxyla
- Peter Latz, Bushfires and Bushtucker Aboriginal Plant Use in Central Australia, IAD Press, Alice Springs, 2004, p103-104
- Australian Museum – Witchetty Grubs
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