BOGONG MOTH - giclee print - new Nov 26

Bogong Moth - Agrotis infusa

The moth is found in Australia, famed for its night-time biannual migration of 1000km (600miles).  Recent research indicates that the moth navigates via the Earth's magnetic field while following the Milky Way in the night sky.  During autumn/winter the moths are found in Queensland/Western Australia/South Australia/Victoria/Tasmania where they breed/larvae.  In the spring/summer they head to the Australian Alps to hide in caves, etc., as they aestivate (similar to hibernate), to return to their breeding grounds in the autumn.  The moths provide a huge nutrition resource for the mountan pygmy-possum and also the Aboriginal people.  This species is in the Noctuidae family, and gets its name from the Dhudhuroa* meaning brown moth, *an extinct Aboriginal language.  

Huge thank you to Eric Warrant and Ajay Narendra for assisting in my attempts to capture the beauty of the Bogong, it's their research that put me onto the Bogong in the first place:
https://www.science.org/content/article/moth-makes-its-epic-migration-navigating-starlight

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To preserve the feel of watercolours, archival paper having the surface texture of watercolour paper is used, along with archival inks. The prints are created using professional imaging/printing equipment, such that it is hard to visually discern the difference between the original and the giclee. 
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Prints are available in “standard” sizes with images: 8” x 6”, 10” x 8”, 14” x 11”, and 20” x 16”. Custom size printing on archival paper as well as on canvas, etc.
 
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