Neolucia agricola

Jalmenus evagoras

Jalmenus evagoras

Jalmenus evagoras

Drying off, after a quick bath in the frog pond.

Heteronympha merope

Newly enclosed and emerging from among the grasses. After a few minutes the wings were fully expanded and this male took flight.

Heteronympha merope

Newly enclosed and emerging from among the grasses. After a few minutes the wings were fully expanded and this male took flight.

Heteronympha merope

Newly enclosed and emerging from among the grasses. After a few minutes the wings were fully expanded and this male took flight.

Ctenomorpha marginipennis

Now that this female has completed her final moult, we are able to be confident of the species identity. 

Ctenomorpha marginipennis

Now that this female has completed her final moult, we are able to be confident of the species identity. 

Ctenomorpha marginipennis

The short wings that confirm her identity.

Ctenomorpha marginipennis

Recycling the cast off exoskeleton

Ctenomorpha marginipennis

I'll release her soon ... although I fear that when I do she'll quickly become food for the voracious birds.

Now a regular visitor to the pond, here with a mouthful of frog. 

Another visitor to the frog pond, and our first sighting of the Scarlets this Summer.

Newly-fledged Sacred Kingfisher

Calling for food, but otherwise surprisingly independent and confident.

Summer breeding migrant, although never here in large numbers.

Austroargiolestes icteromelas

Stylidium graminifolium

Stylidium graminifolium

Stylidium graminifolium