Giant wood moth

Apparently, when cooked in the ashes of a fire, they get a crisp skin and more of an almond taste to them. Again, I'm not planing on testing this myself.

We do. I've only spotted these that one time, almost exactly two years ago. I keep hoping for a repeat performance. I saw this individual in our car's headlights. It landed on the road and I got out and picked it up. She beat her wings in my hands so hard it was like holding a bird. In fact, when they do emerge, people usually mistake them for night flying birds. The grubs are a delicacy for the Aborigines. My partner says they taste like peanut butter (I'll take her word for it).