Blue Bells (Wahlenbergia sp)

Tiny colletid bee, Euhesma … a genus that includes Wahlenbergia specialists

Lilac Lily (Schelhammera undulata)

Milkmaids (Burchardia umbellata) … another lily

Orchard Swallowtail, female

Papilio aegeus

Gum Moth (Opodiphthera helena) - tbc

Bright Copper butterfly (Paralucia aurifer)

St. Andrew’s Cross spider (Argiope keyserlingi) with ladybird beetle

Flower wasps … a moment before he grabbed her

Flower wasps … the catch!

Bee, bug and ant sharing a Leptospermum flower

The huge Green grocer cicada (Cyclochila australasiae)

The very small Black Squeaker cicada (Atrapsalta sp.)

The very small Black Squeaker cicada (Atrapsalta sp.)

Backswimmer (perhaps Enithares sp.) … a bug (Hemiptera; Notonectidae)

Dull Heath Blue (Neolucia mathewi) on Love Creeper (Comesperma)

Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) on closed Blue Bell (Wahlenbergia)

Lilac Grass-skipper (Toxidia doubledayi)

Bee fly (Meomyia sp.)

Tiger Orchid (Diuris sulphurea)

Tiger moths (Amata sp.), mating

Emerald moth … identification in progress

Bee at the site of her future nest burrow …

… she begins to dig moments after this shot (identification in progress)