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Genus TanychilusObserver
lroganentsocvicDescription
Aethyssius sp. beetle feeding on Angophora in my garden
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Masked Bees (Genus Hylaeus)Observer
lroganentsocvicDescription
H euxanthus perhaps
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possum11Description
feeding on Symplocos cochinchinensis tree in wet sclerophyll forest, 1000m elevation
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Tribe DasymutilliniObserver
kerrileeharrisDescription
This 'in copula' pair flew in and landed on low vegetation (see shot #2 in series), with the male's body encircling (and concealing) the tiny female. The remaining photos show them separating. Moments later he flew off and she climbed down the stem and disappeared among the leaf litter. This was immediately alongside a sandy patch of ground where various crabronid wasps and bees are nesting.
This is a small species ... I estimate the female as less than 5mm long.
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Genus ChoraObserver
lroganentsocvicDescription
I am guessing this caterpillar is infested or damiaged??
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Mallada tripunctatusObserver
daviakerDescription
Lacewing larva found on some Eucalyptus leaves. I placed it in a container with some leaves and some uraba lugens caterpillars. On the 29/7/2021 I found that the lacewing had formed a pupa. The adult emerged from the pupa on 24/9/2021.
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martinlagerweyDescription
Specimen found by staff member and submitted for positive identification.
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European Woolcarder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)Observer
mitchsmithDescription
Anthidium manicatum
Identified as Megachile on Bowerbird by Karen Retra: "Hi Mitch, I hope I'm wrong, but this looks to me to be a European wool carder bee Anthidium manicatum. The web will give you images and some papers about them, including that apparently it is "the most widely distributed unmanaged bee in the world" and considered a threat to native bee species in other places. Yikes! See what you think."
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Oligeria hemicallaObserver
daviakerDescription
Larva found feeding on Eucalyptus leaves - (species unrecorded) on 30/8/2020 feed on Eucalyptus plus several wattle species were given as options. Pupa formed in a case among Acacia howittii leaves on 29/9/2020 and an adult male emerged some time before 24/11/2020
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karenretraDescription
Unsure. I don't have any photos capturing other angles or details. Possibly Pachyprosopis?
Seen in sunny weather flying around red callistemon flowers.
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Gould's Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus gouldii)Observer
a_kurekDescription
Bats were nesting inside a hollow in a dead tree. They flew out when we approached the tree and one landed in our sheet that we were using to collect insects with.
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Margin-winged Stick Insect (Ctenomorpha marginipennis)Observer
maccatiger72Description
Was on raspberry plant
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Genus SphodrotesObserver
kerrileeharrisDescription
female delivering prey to nest (which is hidden under fallen leaves)
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Metriolagria affinisObserver
lroganentsocvicDescription
One of the most common beetles on this day.
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lroganentsocvicDescription
A wasp-mimic Syrphidae, Ceriana thank you Tony D. fly on earliest blooming Kunzea in my garden
Identified as Syrphidae on Bowerbird by Tony D.: "Great series Linda. An amazing wasp mimic, with longitudinal wing folding to boot! This is a Ceriana species (Syrphidae) but Bowerbird will not allow just genus selection but instead genus+species, the latter of which I don't know."
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Wattle Snout Moth (Pararguda nasuta)Observer
daviakerDescription
Larva was collected on property on 4/9/2020 feed on Acacia mearnsii and Acacia verniciflua leaves. Pupa formed between material covering container and leaves on 14/9/2020. Female adult emerged on 17/10/2020. Moth was left in the container and eggs were discovered inside the material cover on 24/10/2020.
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Eucalyptus Prominent Moth (Hylaeora eucalypti)Observer
ronigreerDescription
This is the pupa of the moth Hylaeora eucalypti, the specimen in observation 58906263 dated 7SEP20.
I collected this specimen a few days after initial observation and supplied it with leaves from the same tree. It dropped from its leaves after 10 days. Placed it in a container with leaf litter and some soil where it made a cocoon among the leaf litter. Cocoon cut open to photograph pupa and returned to cocoon (sewn closed) and awaiting emergence.
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Genus HarpobittacusObserver
lroganentsocvicDescription
A mating and a meal, Harpobittacus Thanks Ken H.
Identified as Harpobittacus on Bowerbird by Ken Harris
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Genus ParopsisternaObserver
ronigreerDescription
This was a popular tree for leaf beetles. Many different species seen in under 10 minutes. Other similar looking trees had few if any leaf beetles.
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Thread-legged Bugs (Subfamily Emesinae)Observer
kerrileeharrisDescription
scale bar strip in photo #7 = 10mm squares
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Davies' Masked Bee (Hylaeus daviesiae)Observer
kerrileeharrisDescription
A single male bee feeding on Aotus flowers.
Identified as Hylaeus (Planihylaeus) daviesiae ... first through a match with CNM
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3852161
And then I checked the original description (Houston, T.F. 1981. A revision of the Australian hylaeine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). II. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 80: 1-128) – and it seems a match!
Subsequently, Michael Batley agreed with ID.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
vireyajacquardDescription
feeding on a Senecio (possibly S. glomeratus)
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Baby Bull Ant (Myrmecia urens)Observer
jimboboDescription
Visiting a Fringed Hare Orchid(Leporella fimbriata) which uses sexual deception to be pollinated by this ant species.
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Cadmus ferrugineusObserver
triplettDescription
The photos of this species on ALA seem wildly divergent, but I am assuming the three black spots on the head are diagnostic. Seen on Eucalyptus meliodora.
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Subgenus ZonamegillaObserver
lroganentsocvicDescription
Banded bee on Stemodia near Mornington Wilderness Camp
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Masked Bees (Genus Hylaeus)Observer
lroganentsocvicDescription
Tiny black Colletid bee on Angophora in my garden. Interesting pronotum.
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Spotted Grass Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)Observer
jasoncolemanDescription
Lovely little thing
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dhobernDescription
Suphalomitus difformis (McLachlan, 1871), to actinic light, Little Desert National Park, 25 January 2017
Identification based on T.R. New, 1984, Revision of the Australian Ascalaphidae.
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Maratus hesperusObserver
daviakerDescription
Found with a sweep net in a patch of Capeweed.
