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)