Just like a mozzie only fluffy

Australia has over 20,000 species of moths divided into about 90 families. Most of them look, well, moth-like. But if you look carefully as you are walking through the long grass at the moment you may see insects that look like mosquitoes at ground level flying out of your way. They may be mosquitoes but if they are fluffier then they are probably Plume Moths (Stangeia xerodes), pictured below.

Plume moths are of the family PTEROPHORIDAE, from the Greek pteron meaning feather and phoreo meaning to carry. In Australia there are 47 named (and many more unnamed) species. The wings are divided into lobes (usually 2 for the front wings and three for the rear wings) known are plumes because the fringing scales along the lobe margins are long giving the lobes a feathery appearance.

At rest the wings and the body present a ‘T’-shaped formation making the long legs and their spurs obvious.

So put the Mortein away. This is a good ‘un.