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tony_d

Date

January 27, 2020 11:54 AM AEDT

Description

Length of forewing 8.7mm.

Campion - Photo (c) Ian McMillan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ian McMillan
zosterops99's ID: Genus Campion, a member of Mantidflies (Family Mantispidae)
Added on March 19, 2024
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gizz

Date

December 1, 2023 12:02 PM AEDT

Description

Reference The Fauna of King Island Page 37, King Island Natural Resource Management Group Inc.

Catocheilus - Photo (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter
zosterops99's ID: Genus Catocheilus, a member of Thynnid Flower Wasps (Family Thynnidae)
Added on March 13, 2024
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krumpianking

Date

January 28, 2024 04:24 PM AEST
Trigonoptera vittata - Photo (c) Daniel Montesinos, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Daniel Montesinos
zosterops99's ID: Trigonoptera vittata, a member of Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lamiinae)
Added on January 30, 2024
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Scale Insects (Superfamily Coccoidea)

Observer

hortje

Date

November 16, 2023 09:32 AM AWST

Description

Insect 4mm

Sitting on Fig leaf
Fig tree had wax scale

This is a very flat insect with no apparent haltere but only two wings. Covered in wooly substance.

Mealybugs - Photo (c) Cedric Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cedric Lee
zosterops99's ID: Mealybugs (Family Pseudococcidae)
Added on November 17, 2023
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elusiveorchids

Date

October 20, 2023 05:21 PM AEDT
Acizzia - Photo no rights reserved, uploaded by Jesse Rorabaugh
zosterops99's ID: Genus Acizzia, a member of Jumping Plant Lice (Family Psyllidae)
Added on October 29, 2023
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peter27

Date

September 9, 2023 11:29 AM AEST
Coripera deplanata - Photo (c) Keith Martin-Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Keith Martin-Smith
zosterops99's ID: Coripera deplanata, a member of Long-jointed Beetles (Subfamily Lagriinae)
Added on September 9, 2023
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Common Crow Butterfly (Euploea core)

Observer

krumpianking

Date

March 19, 2023 12:02 PM AEST

Description

I’m fairly sure was on Nerium oleander

Common Australian Crow - Photo (c) rogstanden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by rogstanden
zosterops99's ID: Common Australian Crow (Euploea core ssp. corinna)
Added on May 1, 2023
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cowirrie

Date

January 17, 2023 08:42 AM AEDT

Description

Seen on tree by Denison Road. Observation is for whatever lived in the white tubes. Would they be like the small black insect near the caterpillar's head, or is that here for other reasons?

Microgastrinae - Photo (c) Alandmanson, some rights reserved (CC BY)
zosterops99's ID: Subfamily Microgastrinae, a member of Braconid Wasps (Family Braconidae)
Added on April 17, 2023
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cowirrie

Date

July 23, 2022 09:37 AM AEST

Description

I assume the caterpillar was something similar to this one when it was alive. However, what lived in the white tubes? Are they something that parasitised the caterpillar, or opportunistically made use of it after it died?

Millimetre ruler shown in the third and fourth photographs.

Seen in the Tom Gibson Reserve.

Microgastrinae - Photo (c) Alandmanson, some rights reserved (CC BY)
zosterops99's ID: Subfamily Microgastrinae, a member of Braconid Wasps (Family Braconidae)
Added on April 17, 2023
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Australian Black Field Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)

Observer

simongrove

Date

March 7, 2022 07:24 AM AEDT
Australian Black Field Cricket - Photo (c) Danilo Hegg, all rights reserved, uploaded by Danilo Hegg
zosterops99's ID: Australian Black Field Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)
Added on February 22, 2023
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Common Whistling Moth (Hecatesia fenestrata)

Observer

simongrove

Date

December 31, 2021 07:18 AM AEDT
Common Whistling Moth - Photo (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY)
zosterops99's ID: Common Whistling Moth (Hecatesia fenestrata)
Added on February 22, 2023
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Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus)

Observer

simongrove

Date

January 28, 2023 01:19 PM AEDT

Description

Tiger snake Notechis scutatus, Maria Island, Tasmania, January 2023

Tiger Snake - Photo (c) Adam Brice, all rights reserved, uploaded by Adam Brice
zosterops99's ID: Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus)
Added on January 31, 2023
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krumpianking

Date

December 20, 2022 12:32 PM AEDT

Description

On a Wahlenbergia spp (probably W. gymnoclada) @zosterops99

Meriphus - Photo (c) QuestaGame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by QuestaGame
zosterops99's ID: Genus Meriphus, a member of True Weevils (Family Curculionidae)
Added on December 31, 2022
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krumpianking

Date

December 20, 2022 12:35 PM AEDT

Description

Diphucephala colaspidoides - Photo (c) Simon Grove, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Simon Grove
zosterops99's ID: Diphucephala colaspidoides, a member of June Beetles (Subfamily Melolonthinae)
Added on December 31, 2022
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Orange Assassin Bug (Gminatus australis)

Observer

tony_d

Date

February 10, 2018 10:29 AM AEDT
Orange Assassin Bug - Photo (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter
zosterops99's ID: Orange Assassin Bug (Gminatus australis)
Added on November 25, 2022
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Blue Sand Wasp (Bembix furcata)

Observer

tony_d

Date

February 10, 2018 10:56 AM AEDT
Blue Sand Wasp - Photo (c) Keith Martin-Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Keith Martin-Smith
zosterops99's ID: Blue Sand Wasp (Bembix furcata)
Added on November 25, 2022
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Tasmanian Paralysis Tick (Ixodes cornuatus)

Observer

tony_d

Date

October 15, 2016 12:13 PM AEDT
Ixodes - Photo (c) gernotkunz, all rights reserved, uploaded by gernotkunz
zosterops99's ID: Genus Ixodes, a member of Hardbacked Ticks (Family Ixodidae)
Added on November 21, 2022
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robert_read

Date

October 2, 2021 08:27 AM AEST

Description

About 3 mm long, on fly screen

Psychoda sigma - Photo (c) Stefan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stefan
zosterops99's ID: Psychoda sigma, a member of Moth Flies (Subfamily Psychodinae)
Added on June 10, 2022
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robert_read

Date

October 6, 2021 03:29 PM AEDT
Philobota moestella - Photo (c) Elaine McDonald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Elaine McDonald
zosterops99's ID: Philobota moestella, a member of Concealer Moths (Family Oecophoridae)
Added on June 10, 2022
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Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)

Observer

robert_read

Date

May 31, 2022 09:29 AM AEST

Description

Road kill

Southern Brown Bandicoot - Photo (c) Lily Kumpe, all rights reserved, uploaded by Lily Kumpe
zosterops99's ID: Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)
Added on June 10, 2022
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Black-and-white Tiger Moth (Ardices glatignyi)

Observer

krumpianking

Date

March 21, 2021 10:22 PM +11
Black-and-white Tiger Moth - Photo (c) Nuytsia@Tas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
zosterops99's ID: Black-and-white Tiger Moth (Ardices glatignyi)
Added on March 2, 2022
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Observer

robert_read

Date

January 16, 2022 09:55 AM AEDT
Paropsisterna subcostata - Photo (c) Nuytsia@Tas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
zosterops99's ID: Paropsisterna subcostata, a member of Leaf Beetles (Family Chrysomelidae)
Added on January 17, 2022
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Genus Eboo

Observer

tony_d

Date

November 15, 2015 11:14 AM AEDT
Eboo - Photo (c) Martin Lagerwey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Martin Lagerwey
zosterops99's ID: Genus Eboo, a member of Leaf Beetles (Family Chrysomelidae)
Added on December 14, 2021
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Genus Eboo

Observer

tony_d

Date

November 15, 2015 11:13 AM AEDT
Eboo - Photo (c) Martin Lagerwey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Martin Lagerwey
zosterops99's ID: Genus Eboo, a member of Leaf Beetles (Family Chrysomelidae)
Added on December 14, 2021
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Tasmanian Grasshopper (Tasmaniacris tasmaniensis)

Observer

krumpianking

Date

November 27, 2021 11:19 AM +11
Tasmanian Grasshopper - Photo (c) Simon Grove, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Simon Grove
zosterops99's ID: Tasmanian Grasshopper (Tasmaniacris tasmaniensis)
Added on December 9, 2021
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krumpianking

Date

November 27, 2021 11:51 AM +11

Description

Looks most like genus Exoneura on Field Guide to Insects Tas, was abundant on the Aotus ericoides

Exoneura - Photo (c) Simon Grove, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Simon Grove
zosterops99's ID: Genus Exoneura, a member of Allodapine Bees (Tribe Allodapini)
Added on December 9, 2021
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peter27

Date

November 27, 2021 10:55 AM AEDT
Soldier Beetles - Photo (c) Shipher (士緯) Wu (吳), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
zosterops99's ID: Soldier Beetles (Family Cantharidae)
Added on December 1, 2021
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gangell

Date

November 19, 2021 10:20 AM +11
Butterflies and Moths - Photo (c) Anita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
zosterops99's ID: Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)
Added on November 19, 2021
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River Redgum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)

Observer

gangell

Date

November 19, 2021 10:21 AM +11
Eucalyptus - Photo (c) Terra Occ, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Terra Occ
zosterops99's ID: Eucalyptus (Genus Eucalyptus)
Added on November 19, 2021
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Honey Locusts (Genus Gleditsia)

Observer

gangell

Date

November 19, 2021 10:22 AM +11
Honey Locusts - Photo (c) Eric in SF, all rights reserved, uploaded by Eric in SF
zosterops99's ID: Honey Locusts (Genus Gleditsia)
Added on November 19, 2021
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