Globetail hoverfly
Sphaerophoria macrogaster … a very small species
Family: Syrphidae
Mating Globetail Hoverflies
Sphaerophoria macrogaster
Common Halfband hoverfly
Melangyna viridiceps
Eastern Wallflower Orchid
Diuris orientis
Eastern Wallflower Orchid
Diuris orientis
Hoverfly on orchid
The hoverfly Melangyna viridiceps visiting the orchid Diuris orientis
Tiger Orchid
Diuris sulphurea
Tiger Orchid
Diuris sulphurea
Large Flying Duck Orchid
Caleana major
Large Flying Duck Orchid
Caleana major
Large Flying Duck Orchid
Caleana major
Large Flying Duck orchid
Caleana major
Copper Beard Orchid
Calochilus paludosus
Copper Beard Orchid
Calochilus paludosus
Flower wasp - pair
Thynnidae: Thynninae
Mating flower wasps
Thynnidae: Thynninae
Flower Wasp
Thynnidae: Thynninae
Flower wasp
Thynnidae: Thynninae
Square-headed wasp
Crabronidae: Crabroninae
Pison sp. (probably)
Katydid nymph
Tettagoniidae
Tau Emerald
Hemicordulia tau
Tau Emerald
Hemicordulia tau
Flatwing damselfly
Austroargiolestes icteromelas
Flatwing damselfly
Austroargiolestes icteromelas
Wandering Ringtail damselflies
Austrolestes leda
Bee fly
Meomyia albiceps
Wandering Ringtail damselflies
Austrolestes leda
Bee fly
Aleucosia calophthalma
Milkmaids
Burchardia umbellata
Tiger moth
Amata nigriceps
Yellow Admiral butterfly
Vanessa itea
Tea-tree Emerald moth
Aeolochroma metarhodata
Beetle on Lomandra flowers
probably a false blister beetle (family Oedemeridae)
Golden-tailed Bull Ant
Myrmecia piliventris
Bluebell
Wahlenbergia
Callitris seedlings
We were beginning to worry that we’d lost the Callitris rhomboidea, but we are now confident that these are they!
Leaf beetle
Paropsisterna cloelia
Long-jawed Spider ... with lunch
Tetragnatha sp.
Family: Tetragnathidae
Hairy Pink-bells
Tetratheca pilosa
Family: Elaeocarpaceae … the Quandong family
Many Flowered Mat Rush (a Lomandra)
Lomandra multiflora … with moth!
Orb weaver spider
Araneus …. probably
Common Aotus
Aotus ericoides
Lilac Lily
Schelhammera undulata
Family: Colchicaceae
Slender Rice Flower
Pimelea linifolia
Slender Lagenophra
Lagenophora gracilis
Ivy-leaf Violet
Viola hederacea
Slender Lagenophora
Lagenophora gracilis
Kopata
Pelargonium inodorum
Button Everlasting ... with robber fly
Coronidium scorpioides
Wonga Vine
Pandorea pandorana
Mustard-bellied Snake
Drysdalia rhodogaster
A small, elegant snake - about a foot long
Moss
We’ve never seen such profuse growth of moss before. It is now dying back, having produced sporophytes.
Mustard-bellied Snake
Drysdalia rhodogaster
Weevil
Aoplocnemis rufipes
Common Grass Blue butterfly
Zizina otis
Golden Weather-Grass
Hypoxis hygrometrica
This flower, which we saw for the first time soon after the fire, has now reappeared in Spring.
Garden Soldier Fly
Exaireta spinigera
a very large lauxanid fly
Family: Lauxaniidae
A tiny lauxanid fly
Sapromyza sp?
A small scarab beetle
… perhaps a flower chafer
Hairy Fan-Flower
Scaevola ramosissima
Lacewing eggs
Order: Neuroptera
Lauxanid Fly
Poecilohetaerus aquilus
Superb Jumping Spider
Sandalodes superbus
This large jumper raced up and down the trunk of a Mountain Grey Gum sapling, hunting insects.
Superb Jumping Spider
Sandalodes superbus
Flax-lily
Dianella sp.
Checkered Beetle
Eleale sp
Family: Cleridae
Wandering Ringtail damselflies
Austrolestes leda
Ringtail competition
Male Wandering Ringtails compete for a mate, even as she is laying
(Austrolestes leda)
Sacred Kingfishers return
… the pair arrived at the end of September.
Wandering Ringtail damselflies
Austrolestes leda
At the nest hollow door
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
A tiny bee on Wahlenbergia flower
To and from the nest as they cleaned out the debris
Sacred Kingfisher
Settled in for the Summer
… and wet from bathing in the frog pond
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
A larger bee on Aotus flowers
Pair of Australian Wood Ducks with 12 ducklings
We think this family was just passing through. We regularly see another pair without young in the forest and suspect they may have made a nest in a Angophora tree in front of the house.
Taxeotis Moth
This moth Taxeotis stereospila was superbly camouflaged against the dead leaves on the forest floor. If you don’t see exactly where they land you have absolutely no chance of sighting them.
A section of the sea of spikes - Oct 15
Small Tongue-Orchid .... the beginnings
The steadily growing flowering spikes of Cryptostylus leptochila
Close up view of flowering section of a spike - Oct 13
First two spikes with opening flowers - Oct 15
Close up view of the opened flowers
more and more frogs!
Peron’s Tree Frogs (Litoria peronii) at the frog pond. It’s breeding time!
it's called amplexus
Peron’s Tree Frog (Litoria peronii)
Small-headed Fly
Family: Acroceridae
Purple Flag
Patersonia glabrata
Cap viewed from above
Side view of the fungus
Pores on the underside of the cap
Spores revealed at high magnification
Collembolan emerging from a pore
A pair of eyes, antennae and a segmented body
Showing off some of its six legs
This is a seriously small critter!