 
              
              
              Australian Emerald dragonfly
Hemicordulia australiae
 
              
              
              male flower wasp
Thynninae
on iNat
 
              
              
              Splendid Ochre butterfly
Trapezites symmomus
on iNat
 
              
              
              particularly large march fly
 
              
              
              Redeye cicada
Psaltoda moerens
on iNat
 
              
              
              banded bee fly
tribe Villini
on iNat
 
              
              
              Giant Green Slantface grasshopper
Acrida conica
on iNat
 
              
              
              leafhopper nymph
Brunotartessus (?)
on iNat
 
              
              
              female Golden Stag Beetle
Lamprima aurata
on iNat
 
              
              
              Red Squeaker cicada
Haemopsalta
on iNat
 
              
              
              mating sawflies
Lophyrotoma interrupta
on iNat
 
              
              
              Swamp Tigertail dragonfly
Synthemis eustalacta
on iNat
 
              
              
              Imperial Hairstreak butterfly
Jalmenus evagorus
 
              
              
              Noble Bush Katydid
Elephantodeta nobiliis … a new katydid species for the home list!
on iNat
 
              
              
              male pedunculate ground beetle
Carenum bonellii
on iNat
 
              
              
              bubbling bee
Leioproctus … most likely
 
              
              
              robber fly
Colepia rufiventris (?)
on iNat
 
              
              
              robber fly
Orthogonis
on iNat
 
              
              
              crane fly
Ptilogyna gracilis … a new species for the home list!
on iNat
 
              
              
              a special potter wasp
Elimus australis … this species is rarely photographed, but is now a regular summer sighting here. This is a male.
on iNat
 
              
              
              female Elimus
Elimus australis … hunting caterpillars
on iNat
 
              
              
              ichneumonid wasp
Theronia maculosa
on iNat
 
              
              
              crabronid wasp
Sphodrotes
on iNat
 
              
              
              a weird, new drone fly
Deineches nudiventris … a new fly species for the home list!
on iNat
 
              
              
              paired flower wasps
Thynninae … for the full story, see my latest blog
 
              
              
              Greeen-and-Gold Nomia bee
Lipotriches australica
 
              
              
              Eucalypt Leaf Beetle
Paropsis maculata
on iNat
 
              
              
              planthopper
Tribe Hastini
on iNat
 
              
              
              blowfly
Amenia
on iNat
 
              
              
              robber fly
Ommatius … male
on iNat
 
              
              
              crambid moth
Hednota
 
              
              
              a geebung specialist
Liptriches incanescens … always present when Persoonia blooms
 
              
              
              spider wasp
 
              
              
              Green Grass-dart butterfly
Ocybadistes walkeri
on iNat
 
              
              
              a rarely seen bee
Hylaeus kelvini … a first for our home list, and one of just 3 sightings on iNaturalist!
on iNat
 
              
              
              crabronid wasp
Pison
on iNat
 
              
              
              Red-legged Litter Runner cockroach
Platyzosterai similis
on iNat
 
              
              
              Australian Emerald dragonflies
Hemicordulia australiae
see iNaturalist sighting
 
              
              
              mating flower wasps
Thynninae … for the full story of flower wasp coupling, see my latest blog.
 
              
              
              Wandering Percher dragonfly
Diplacodes bipunctata … the individual in the cover image.
 
              
              
              dragonfly ... chomping on a wasp
Diplacodes bipunctata
 
              
              
              hoverfly
Sphaerophoria macrogaster
on iNat
 
              
              
              Ringed Xenica butterfly
Geitoneura acantha
on iNat
 
              
              
              Varied Sword-grass Brown butterfly
Tisiphone aboena
on iNat
 
              
              
              Varied Sword-grass Brown butterfly
Tisiphone aboena
on iNat
 
              
              
              Australian Emerald dragonfly
Hemicordulia australiae
on iNat
 
              
              
              tiny trig cricket
Trigonidium
on iNat
 
              
              
              robber fly
Ommatius … female
on iNat
 
              
              
              Spotted Brown butterfly
Heteronympha paradelpha
on iNat
 
              
              
              braconid wasp
Vipiellus
on iNat
 
              
              
              Bright Copper butterfly
Paralucia aurifer
on iNat
 
              
              
              mating signal flies
Duomyia
on iNat
 
              
              
              giant scale insect
Monophlebulus
on iNat
 
              
              
              tiny fairy moth
Nemophora laurella … a first for our home list, and not just the species. This is our first record of this family!
on iNat
 
              
              
              mating flower wasps
Thynninae
 
              
              
              Green-and-Gold Nomia bee
Lipotriches australica
 
              
              
              Square-headed Masked Bee
Hylaeus quadriceps … male, displaying on his favourite flower.
on iNat
 
              
              
              gasteruptiid wasp
Gasteruption
on iNat
 
              
              
              round-necked longhorn beetle
Amphirhoe sloanei
on iNat
 
              
              
              belid weevil
Rhinotia lineata
on iNat
 
              
              
              jewel beetle
Castiarina rufipennis
on iNat
 
              
              
              mating lauxaniid flies
Sapromyza sciomyzina
on iNat
 
              
              
              huge tachinid fly
Rutilia
on iNat
 
              
              
              reed bee
Exoneura
on iNat
 
              
              
              blue-banded bee
Amegilla
on iNat
 
              
              
              spider wasp
Pepsinae (?)
on iNat
 
              
              
              large robber fly
Neoaratus hercules
on iNat
 
              
              
              Common Brown butterfly
Heteronympha merope
on iNat
 
              
              
              sand wasp
Bembix
on iNat
 
              
              
              tiny slender robberfly
Leptogaster
on iNat
 
              
              
              tangleveined fly
Trichophthalma bivitta
on iNat
 
              
              
              mating leaf beetles
Aporocera scabrosa
on iNat
 
              
              
              weevil wasp
Cerceris antipodes
on iNat
 
              
              
              male velvet ant
Odontomyrme
on iNat
 
              
              
              Spotted Wattle cicada
Galanga labeculata
on iNat
 
              
              
              large flower chafer
Chondropyga gulosa
on iNat
 
              
              
              robber fly
Thereutria amaraca
on iNat
 
              
              
              Wandering Ringtail damselfly
Austrolestes leda
on iNat
 
              
              
              checkered beetle
Eleale pulchra
on iNat
 
              
              
              Common Flatwing damselfly
Austroargiolestes icteromelas
on iNat
 
              
              
              bull ant
Myrmecia simillima … and this sighting in November was my last glimpse of a European Wasp (Vespula germanica). And it’s dead!
on iNat
 
              
              
              bee fly
Staurostiches
on iNat
 
              
              
              potter wasp
Paralastor
on iNat
 
              
              
              Lichen Moth
Asura lydia
on iNat
 
              
              
              Plaque Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus lugubris
on iNat
 
              
              
              Wingless Grasshopper
Phaulacridium vittatum
on iNat
 
              
              
              Common Grass-Blue butterfly
Zizina otis
on iNat
 
              
              
              Barred Skipper butterfly
Dispar compacta
on iNat
 
              
              
              tiny slender robber fly
Leptogaster
on iNat
 
              
              
              Common Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus albescens
on iNat
 
              
              
              paper wasps
Polistes humilis
on iNat
 
              
              
              grasshopper
Caledia captiva
on iNat
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      