Wonga Vine
Pandorea pandorana … a species we’d never recorded here before the fire, now growing on the rocky cliffs above the river.
Australian Painted Lady
Vanessa kershawi
Feeding on Pimelea flowers
Vanessa kershawi
Yellow-banded Day-Moth
Eutrichopidia latinus, tongue coated yellow with pollen grains
Yellow-banded Day-Moth
Eutrichopidia latinus. Feeding on Stackhousia flowers.
Braconid wasp
Family: Braconidae
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis chrysops … with nesting material
Pollen-feeding fly
I’m still working on the identity of this little fly. There have been lots about lately. They’re small than the common hover flies. They don’t seem to hover. A mystery for later.
Grass Triggerplant
Stylidium graminifolium, a single plant in flower.
Grass Triggerplant
A close-up of the flower shows the “trigger” in its cocked position, folded downwards between the petals at 8 o’clock
Green Lacewing
Lacewings have appeared in recent days, including this Green Lacewing Pseudomallada edwardsi, seen here during daylight, hiding under a leaf blade.
Button Everlastings
Coronidium scorpioides
Fishing Spider
It was good to see that our resident Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp.) survived the rebuild of the frog pond. Here she is with her front legs touching the surface of the pond.
Fishing Spider
Same spider, two weeks later.
Dolomedes sp.
Eye-shine at the pond
See if you can spot the fishing spider eye-shine. I often see it when I’m standing on the deck grilling dinner on the Weber.
Peron's Tree Frog
Litora peronii. It’s breeding season! There are at least five of these large frogs visiting our small pond each night.
Peron's Tree Frog ... in log colour
Litora peronii …. like many frogs, these guys seem to quickly adapt their colour to their surroundings.
Peron's Tree Frog ... in sand colour
Litora peronii
Red-bellied Black Snake
The first snake we’ve seen here since the fire. It was basking on a sandy patch near the frog pond early in the morning. Disturbed by our presence, it quickly disappeared under water. Sun, water and plenty of frogs = snake paradise.
Wandering Ringtail
Austrolestes leda … the first damselfly sighting for the season. Hopefully the first of many!
Raspy Cricket
This nymph (probably Paragryllacrus combusta) dashed out of a hollow burnt casuarina trunk, as I chainsawed it into rounds.
Short-winged Heath Grasshopper
Rhitzala modesta
Grass tree flower spikes
The proliferation of flowering spikes continues.
Xanthorrhoea concava
Eucalypt Leaf Beetle
Paropsis maculata, resting (and perhaps grazing) on a Xanthorrhoea leaf.
Family: Chrysomelidae
subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Leaf Beetle
Paropsis atomaria
Family: Chrysomelidae
subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Leaf Beetle
Paropsisterna octolineata
Family: Chrysomelidae
subfamily: Chrysomelinae
mating Stiletto Flies
Ectinorhynchus sp.