Square-headed wasp
Crabronidae: Crabroninae: Podagritus sp.
First time we’ve seen this species
Masked Devil (Greengrocer)
Cyclochila australasiae
Black Squeaker
Atrapsalta encaustica
Tau Emerald
Hemicordulia tau
'Dragonfly Demise'
I watched as this Tau Emerald flew in low and uncharacteristically clumsily over the pond … and then splash down, never to fly again.
Hemicordulia tau
hover fly
Melangyna viridiceps
masked bee
Hylaeus sp (?)
hover fly on Stackhousia
Melangyna viridiceps
Lilac Grass Skipper (butterfly)
Toxidia doubledayi … a male, feeding on Pimelea
Blue Flax-Lily
Dianella caerulea
Common Fringe-Lily
Thysanotus tuberosus
Common Fringe-Lily
Thysanotus tuberosus
orb-weaver
Tiny, dark, and clearly a male.
Araneinae
Sacred Kingfishers ... our breeding pair, with skinks!
Todiramphus sanctus
Threatening Jumping Spider
Helpis minitabunda … an especially large and bold salticid. He repeatedly leaped at the camera lens during the photo shoot. The other common name: Bronze Hopper
Threatening Jumping Spider
Helpis minitabunda … rather impressive fangs!
flower wasps - odd behaviour
I’m still puzzling out what’s happening here. She’s gripping him in her mandibles and her head is in a drop of liquid. Feeding I guess, but not as I’ve ever seen it before.
Thynninae
cycad weevil
Rhinotia sp.
Family: Belidae
weevil
Aoplocnemis rufipes
Family: Curculionidae
Painted Apple Moth caterpillar
Orgyia anartoides
Ruby Bonnet
Cruentomycena viscidocruenta … seriously tiny, extraordinarily brilliant red
Ruby Bonnet
Cruentomycena viscidocruenta
Shining Cinnamon Polypore
Coltricia cinnamomea … are popping up all over the place
geometrid moth
Epyaxa subidaria
Kangaroo Grass
Themeda sp.
caterpillar
now in care, awaiting identification
caterpillar
now in care, awaiting identification
triggerplants
Stylidium graminifolium
Blue Flax-Lily
Dianella caerulea
tree fern
Cyathea australis
and a bit of bracken fern too!
grass tree flowering spikes
Xanthorrhoea concava
tiny Raspwort flower ... just 2.5mm high
Gonocarpus teucrioides
Wallaby Grass anthers, stigmata and ovary
Rytidosperma pallidum
Wallaby Grass florets removed from spikelet
Rytidosperma pallidum
hairy flower stalk (pedicel) of Rough Cranesbill
Geranium gardneri
bee fly ... a big one!
Comptosia sp. … the first time we’ve seen this species
longhorn beetles
Pempsamacra dispersa (larger) & Pempsamacra tillides (mated pair)
Family: Cerambycidae
Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera carunculata
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis chrysops
beetle
Common Brown (butterfly) - male
Heteronympha merope … first sighting of the season
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis chrysops
case moth caterpillar on grass tree spike
This caterpillar is now in care, so hopefully we’ll have an ID (in a month or four)
Family: Psychidae