https://southernforestlife.net/happenings daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1493424927943-R4C58IP42JL4DF153BP6/P3250948.jpg news & stories https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2026/biodiversity-by-dna monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c7ebce2d-d107-4cdf-9d43-2aae807d7f8a/Barcode.jpg news & stories - Biodiversity by DNA - Make it stand out extract from BOLD https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/AUSCL324-12 … DNA barcode for a specimen from South Australia, a crabronid wasp in the genus Cerceris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9fb81f65-f6f3-4f89-80c2-5e792def4c9b/orders.jpg news & stories - Biodiversity by DNA - Make it stand out extract from GMTP website https://biodiversitygenomics.net/projects/gmp/ … Project Outcomes (as at October 2025), showing the 20 taxonomic orders with the highest BIN (ie species) counts. Note that this is a log scale. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2026/1/26/night-moves monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/11/23/sand-wasp-season monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768802273327-WE9VR1QDV8MGYQYJI4JS/PB220575.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp season - female Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768787160417-LNHDQHCNSUUI0U8FGG7R/PB220722.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp season - female with prey Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768781651898-D5T0U9JJCV8KM4J2V6OH/PB220740.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp season - male - note the white clypeus & black labrum Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768809764578-CC3OARIM6UKNR2SO2PEN/PB220556.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp season - male - note the forked sternal process Bembix furcata https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2025/5/28/compound-gall-assembly monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748390861878-O43WQMESFH3PP3V0R3FP/P2250014-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 1. The conical female gall with the plate-shaped compound male gall beneath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748390887778-UOBKY52IQC7MENDR4L76/P2250016-2-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 2. Compound gall viewed from other side shows the closely packed male galls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748395332572-R1INV4IWKWL49H3AIDFZ/PA100118-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748395345126-2ITFP7WJ2DJM51101UHP/PA100134-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748395359253-I4SD10OI3G9J99ASIP8Z/PA100115-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748395521411-TYSCQ7P6GWDTDVZ71KR2/PA110095-2-Edit-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 6 - 2nd instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748395560607-0YXNLFA2ADH1TEGKEPYC/PA120259-Edit-3.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 7 - 3rd instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748395620118-2DKB8BU07ZSNGVBOZL8N/PA110118-Edit-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 8 - adult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/aa5b2b65-ecbf-4a3f-9578-b8f902a49836/P3010025-3-2-2.jpeg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Make it stand out Fig. 9. a chain of nymphs emerging from the female’s vulva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748399576580-IECAC2Z60VQ54WI59OPP/P3010067-3-Edit-3-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748399590518-WBHLZF3T1YP5XU1CQLXC/P3060316-2-2-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748399609819-F0G2EY3OO3T8TZQTCWGS/P3060321-Edit-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - Fig. 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465019174-J0P8EW2BVGBK8TWDPHZ1/fig.13_PB220019-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 13. this female gall houses an aberrant female gall, in addition to a male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465040938-H30EAM7XZOR8M0QZ1GCU/fig.14_PB220024-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 14 - crawlers on their way to the new male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465064111-WAH6QUQLEBGFDV49E15F/fig.15_PB240011.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 15 - the mound has developed a depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465081684-6X2HJLGEA4HJESSG913H/fig.16_PB250005-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 16 - crawlers cluster in the depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465108489-Z0ALJKHFBPL4MK6M0O4M/fig.17_PB230015-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 17 - this male gall has a longitudinal cleft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465123584-P007L4U2ZD5EXIE1EKM5/fig.18_PB250013-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 18 - gall in fig. 17 two days later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465141110-OCNTDYHVWU7FQGIPM4E7/fig.19_PB210009-2-2-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 19 - two adjacent female galls, each with a compound gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465528428-AQIK5A8HRUYX99N9I42L/fig.20_PB210006-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 20 - detail of RH gall in fig. 19, crawlers are moving downwards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465544418-YNOD9JPMQ56HST91TPQO/fig.21_PC140024-3.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 21 - this gall is 3 weeks old (seen at start in fig. 13) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465558099-AR8HMFKABLNR4LKRL46J/fig.22_PC160043.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 22 - different gall at similar stage, nymphs have moved below the surface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465579814-SN6ILW8VXZ75S2YBWV4Q/fig.23_PC160014-2-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 23 - a slice through gall in fig. 22 reveals chambers with nymphs inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465594081-YC5ZVLGOP5PIAY7FKMMV/fig.24_PC160079.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 24 - longitudinal slice through a chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465619553-HPEQ2EXIUAZE2T597AE5/fig.25_3rd+instar_PC160138-Edit.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 25 - 2nd instar nymph from gall in fig. 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748465635988-UEVIY9CF3EA6GZXAL8D1/fig.26_4th+instar_PC160187-Edit.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 26 - 3rd instar nymph from gall in fig. 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475567599-P5QOXWMVZ2UI6XFG15E2/fig.28_PC200092-2-3_20Dec.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 27 - this gall is 4 weeks old (see fig. 13 at start) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748590229683-4YF8NSFGA03F5A5NU5I9/fig.27_P1140023-2-2_14Jan.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 28 - same gall as in fig. 27, 3.5 weeks later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475632027-QE9Z16TY4ILWNFFOY8QB/fig.30_PC140013-2-3_14Dec.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 29 - this gall is 3 weeks old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475598000-SGQZ82LEQBTB92EDZU56/fig.29_P1070042-3_7Jan.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 30 - same gall as in fig. 29, 3.5 weeks later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475663880-W48CIHRKV6UNI9OOKYC3/fig.31_P2070024-2_7Feb.jpeg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 31 - same gall as in fig. 27, now 11 weeks old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475693818-C8KOSG84C9Q9DH49PL0C/fig.32_P1140047-2-2_14Jan.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 32 - same gall as in fig. 29, now 8 weeks old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475722110-X84ARFPZ83QSXSB3EVMB/fig.33_nymphal%2Bstages%2Bin%2Bmale%2Bgall%2Bcoloured.1-2.jpeg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 33 - ages of bugs at different gall positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475746027-EI6QP664YC42N26KL9NE/fig.34_+P1150054-2_instar+4.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 34 - 4th instar nymph from fig. 33 gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475812404-31WCF5HMW2GPXAGCZ0QC/fig.35_P1150065-Edit_instar+5.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 35 - 5th instar nymph from fig. 33 gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475851076-MTA18020RRJK6FFBUIVN/fig.36_P3060450-Edit-2%E2%80%93adult.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 36 - winged adult from fig. 33 gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475902967-4U13J6D467U1N85AG3GP/fig.37_P3060039-Edit-2%E2%80%93adult.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 37 - winged adult from fig. 33 gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475941096-C2T753UD3AST9LAFP5OJ/fig.38_P1150012-3-Edit_instar+1-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 38 - 2nd instar nymph from fig. 33 gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748475992367-TE4B1MJMVB890U6D7LA5/fig.39_P3080004-2_end+stage.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 39 - this gall is 15 weeks old (see fig. 13 at start) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748476035378-JPKNBFOAH34JH6KHI5JC/fig.40_P3090054-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 40 - adult female in gall to which male gall in fig. 39 was attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1748476069244-FEUQODMU0VWLPNO9UH90/fig.41_P3090057-2-2.jpg news & stories - A compound gall - assembly instructions - fig. 41 - this female is still producing crawlers even though the male gall is empty https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2025/5/why monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a0a59133-5c88-4c84-9e7d-6a1713d861b5/Species+richness+chart.jpg news & stories - Why? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/38ce6bf1-28bd-4552-996b-fd34664bba4e/iNaturalist+about+2.jpg news & stories - Why? - Make it stand out Extract from iNaturalist website https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/about https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/581cd4a0-c190-4ae9-ad3c-f470bbf25ce9/iNaturalist+about+1.jpg news & stories - Why? - Make it stand out Extract from iNaturalist website https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/about https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2025/golden-girl monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2021ed2e-dcc5-4c39-85d6-51c66fe9eed9/P3290022-Pano.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 1: The female Tiger Spider suspended in her web. The circular orb is clearly visible together with many straight attachment lines running to neighbouring vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9c96b1c0-de4d-47c9-88d1-b3bf6fd4c1e8/P3290015-Pano.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 2: A side view of the web. A complex array of lines is also attached to the front and back sides of the orb, providing bracing support. A line behind the spider holds the carcasses of her previous meals. Note that the female spider hangs from the underside of the web with her head facing down. Foelix (2011) states that this is the usual orientation of female orb-weaver spiders in the web. The male (the small reddish-brown object near her hind legs) lies on the opposite side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/300199cd-628c-44f8-aa52-727c00863658/whole+web.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 3: Red lines indicate position and shape of some of the supporting lines (traced from a reconstructed photo stack). Yellow circle surrounds the orb, a much closer spiral weave of silken threads. The spider is indicated in white, in the hub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/aea229dc-7229-4c98-a228-adb93f22c6a7/P3270042-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 4: The main part of the orb web consists of threads wound spirally into regularly spaced circles. This web spiral is crossed by radial threads which converge on the hub. A solid connection is made at those crossing points. The female always sits at the hub, waiting for flying insects to land in the outer catching spiral, which is studded with glue droplets to trap struggling prey (Foelix, 2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d73ef5fc-a4cf-4fef-a7cc-4f8214ccdf86/P3290025-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 5: The threads that attach the web to nearby vegetation connect to special frame threads on the outer edge of the orb, forming Y-structures. These help brace the web when an insect flies into the catching spiral, preventing it from tearing (Foelix, 2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7b2ea85a-54d1-4062-94bb-56839bfe87b9/P4020085-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 6: This shot highlights the golden colour of the threads of the web, which gives this family of spiders their common name - Golden Orb-weavers. Our girl is 25mm in body length. The male, which is just to the left of her abdomen is 4mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7aa244e4-29a0-481d-b13a-170043e70da2/P3260042-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 7: Female spider immediately after capture of small flower wasp - 26/3/25 9:24:17am. Note the small droplets along the spiral threads which make them sticky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b2cd5f80-a675-4721-ad85-e993c6e340fa/P3260048-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 8: Spider back at hub with small flower wasp in her fangs - 26/3/25 9:27:11am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1744158668096-OZL6ESPWIHF170EPRF8N/P4020001.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 9: European Wasp prey 2/4/25 10:12:13am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745497582098-J5CBV4UGZZ3SRL58UCIF/P4240057-Enhanced-NR.jpeg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 10: Dung Beetle prey 24/4/25 12:30pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1744413966460-QYVCQBCC9YVWLOOEWJG2/P4120007-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 11: Ghost Moth 12/4/25 7:56am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/74a29874-8e53-4eb9-95e6-6ef7f65785ad/damage+repair+site.jpeg news & stories - Golden Girl - Make it stand out Photo 12: Female spider at the damage site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1743986712226-GK3I6K9L3WJVH7Q5R3DW/mouthparts+with+euro.jpeg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 13: mouthparts - mouth beneath maxillae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1743728864093-LN7U4Q0CJW9YXQITDCG3/gut+tracing.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 14: schematic of digestive system https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1743834422173-FGKBIO4ARPCOMZ5J181E/P4020075.jpeg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 15: Male and female size comparison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1743834208968-CAVWMASEGB0YEGRPXXZ8/P3270034-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 16: Male spider with his web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1743821912520-QIOJCC9OU8CFGJBIJLEY/P3260030-Enhanced-NR-3.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 17: pedipalps (circle) of male spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1744155161321-67SDFDSF8EXU7E1EY7LX/P4090023-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Golden Girl - Photo 18: male spider, count the legs! 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The suggestion of staining here is simply due to it being folded back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729825282291-OLI2P0F3P46CZ9FPZQ60/PA230009.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729825287761-K4R3WD7F9K1FQSVQ7ZPF/PA230010-2.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729825660996-GJ0EUX6CRSACH5CSN76I/PA240068-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly - 24th Oct. 2024 (1:04pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729825670905-G0EOW90631M1RJQ0UAG6/PA240075-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729825674186-5XS5SNXC93Q35JJISIZW/PA240082-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729825679383-WZQWI1KQRF47KBX54RBP/PA240084-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - 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Emergence of a thick-headed fly - Make it stand out Potential host… Cerceris antipodes - see iNaturalist record https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/219935733 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729803462605-9XQE5LTA6Z3VU7TZU289/Key+to+genus+Schneider+2010+p+32.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729803464417-1XA4TN66M5IE5NQS4OC3/Key+to+Physocephala+Schneider+2010+p+127.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729853941704-3L2ZD6IOLTJUDPDIGOMK/diagnosis.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729853946818-QU0CDPTNS1U1DE3T37D6/head.jpg news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729853950579-Q2UHUNNVD81E6YNYXZ5Q/thorax.jpg news & stories - 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Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729921492031-KF3Z6BC3UAV2T7C835QM/Screenshot+2024-10-26+at+4.43.43%E2%80%AFPM.png news & stories - Emergence of a thick-headed fly https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2024/galls-a-home-you-can-eat monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726103507445-IQLE8E5CP9SCV7ACNW6J/P2250016-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - male compound gall with adjacent dead leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1727390756366-NVIMCNALZF1IQIRVYWEK/P2250014.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - female gall on the other side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726833850867-QXWAUSRKR30GI03GDV76/P3010006-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - pore at end of female gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726109759494-DMWAX480RE6X3A3B3VRZ/P3060043-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - gall forming on leaf mid-vein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726831831710-LELK1TTP09JHV8MKZAD0/P3060020-3.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - gall forming on lateral veins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726126410522-OKIYI61HSJ5AP4DWKM21/P1150035.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - 15/1/24 underside - male galls not yet open, green in colour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726126493827-HD4GXUU25NMBZB9LFC9B/P1150031-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - same gall viewed from above (imaged on same day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1727653610108-KQ5E6OXGHYMZJBR46JXX/P2250016.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - 25/2/24 mature gall with open male tubes (not same gall as previous images) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f71f5219-f5d4-48fa-bd70-6bd4eca288a1/mature+male+and+female+galls.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - Make it stand out what's happening in the two parts of a mature gall of Apiomorpha pharetrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c290d081-3795-46e6-864e-0fa5188cc505/early+gall+development.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - Make it stand out Establishing a new gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131192998-NLHOIXQQT2AGS35QOQJW/P3010015-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - slice removed from female gall... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131209028-W02NP3WBR3ZBH8DEQ6H9/P3010021-3.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - ... to reveal female within https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131431388-68KQ0A7C2LZQNBEROBLS/P3010028-3.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - wax-covered female after removal from the gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726895810180-WUNZ5ZV3SKC66J41WFLP/P3060005-2-Edit-3.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - female ventral view (ethanol fixed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726898576369-CMBIABHBT29UJ7TFVO4B/P3060003-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - female lateral view (ethanol fixed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726894816180-RFVPP5Z4BHIXXVVER0UH/P3010029-3-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - female giving birth to a nymph (living) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/663a1b90-dc9a-4a3e-8c7b-fcfb99e4a282/P3010025-3.jpeg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - Make it stand out nymphs emerging from vulva of female bug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1727000153312-DMT6JBRI0CJZQ2GPZX0O/P3010067-3-Edit-3.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - dorsal view - fringe and long rear setae evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1727057218714-VX5JNPVDHN634APNSXN9/P9230040.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - ventral view - continuous fringe around body evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726994185209-JL6LD2A7S71Y8U4WV9ZK/P3060316-2-2.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - ventral view showing ocelli, antennae and legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726994193350-8EN4ZF9D222IMDO8R8TK/P3060321-Edit.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - side view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/51b8bb07-8e80-4c7f-9271-d2100b156445/P2270153.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - Make it stand out cavities of several tubular galls are exposed in this vertical slice through the compound male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0ea2707a-342a-4152-b158-26d80e726d1e/P2260041-Edit.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - Make it stand out this slice shows the openings to the galls and their cavities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5ea28292-5105-462c-b26a-f6df05cfce78/P3060409.jpg news & stories - Galls - a home you can eat - Make it stand out A slice through a male gall reveals a late stage male nymph inside. Wing buds, long antennae and legs are apparent. 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Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Window-wasp #1 ... the square-shaped head suggests crabronid, but she is quite unlike any crabronid I've studied before. At less than 5mm in length, I might easily have overlooked her out in the forest. (specimen ID 2406A) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5529a88f-aa88-4d86-bd2c-800b981dbdbb/P9110028-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Found dead on window sill ... and looks just like Window-wasp #1 found a few days earlier. (specimen ID 2406B) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627dafa-dfbf-4bc2-8989-b4f91716b211/P8140001-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Window-wasp #2 ... my first thought was "who on earth are you?". Those long antennae and mouthparts tucked away ventrally, the coarsely sculptured cuticle, the round head. Again, this is a very small insect, at just 3.9mm overall head-body length. (specimen ID 2406C) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1bdae706-5ef1-45d8-9fc4-40599b0094f2/P8190003-Edit.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Window-wasp #3 ... like #2, but slightly different shape and proportions. And a little bit larger overall, at over 5mm head-body length. (specimen ID 2408B) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/baab34ee-c8dc-4d87-ad6b-5de26a2c0cc6/P9110001-2.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Damaged and dusty, but clearly a reed bee – Exoneura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/713ce39b-f905-4c47-a959-0678d75bd072/P9110003-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Not only dusty, but this one was wrapped in a spider's web. I'll be able to clean her up for a closer look ... later. Even I can only tackle so many mysterious wasps in one sitting! (specimen ID 2408C) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e955699e-98ad-4d9a-a412-14385a8bc9ac/P9110006-Edit.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Yet another match for Window-wasp #1. I'll need to take a closer look to be sure it's the same species, but for now I'm just concentrating on the first of these. (specimen ID 2408D) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/527b0adb-c00b-40dc-9d70-ee4c8279c530/Pemphredoninae+graphic.png news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2b0064aa-e154-4919-9540-302dc8bc1b82/Megalyridae+taxonomic+position.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/764223b6-e617-4735-9af8-023a5b51c6d0/IMG_7384.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Our outdoor firewood stockpile, cut to size for our small wood stove. This stash includes Eucalyptus and Angophora, mostly trees and branches that were killed in the January 2020 fire and that have dropped in the past 12 months. Many sections show signs of termite workings and fungal activity, creating a variety of galleries and openings which are often home to live termite or ant colonies. We also occasionally disturb the large larvae of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) when we split Eucalyptus rounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1433b7f1-5b46-4ba4-bbc9-fe2425ad91ff/firewood.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out Each day during winter we top up the firewood buckets with another load of various sizes and 'types' (ie species) ... and no doubt whatever insects and spiders are hidden away within. As the buckets are rarely completely emptied, some pieces of wood towards the bottom may sit there a week or more (somthing that will become relevant when I consider what the wasps may have been doing inside the wood). Many of the smaller diameter pieces are from E. sieberi. Most of these trees survived the fire and subsequently regenerated foliage from epicormic growth, but the branches of the upper canopy were universally fire-killed. Such dead limbs can remain aloft for years before a strong wind sends them flying. The few greenish pieces in the right hand bucket are Acacia mearnsii stems from track clearing we undertook a few months ago. In parts of the forest the post-fire regrowth of wattles has been quite impressive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/980b77d1-db38-47e9-a55b-70c412a5c38a/IMG_7389.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - Make it stand out The other major component is from large, dead Allocasuarina, Acacia and Hakea. All were killed outright by the January 2020 fire, yet many remained standing for years ... but lately they have started falling apace. Free firewood every time a strong wind blows! And such pieces are typically riddled with holes and other evidence of wood-boring insects. Beetles such as Cerambycidae. Moths such as Cossidae and Hepialidae. This is the very reason we didn't immediately clear all the dead wood, post fire. Each dead shrub and tree has continued to play an important role in the ecosystem long after its own demise. Even now we gather only a fraction of the forest dead wood. The rest will gradually decay, all the while providing food and housing for others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726025130253-2WD1BK6P8UDY5MNW37CF/IMG_7399.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - fallen, dead Eucalyptus tree This entire tree fell very soon after the fire and is gradually disappearing among the leaf litter and low-growing forbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726025133244-RBU5GEWVGCP3LJPVUXPJ/IMG_7401.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - large, fallen Angophora branch This broke of a still-living tree about a year after the fire. It is absolutely riddled with borer holes and fissures ... and every summer it's a hotspot for a variety of bees and wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726025136673-1IKJEB4AV6MCZ3A6408I/IMG_7403.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - standing, dead wattle These Acacia obtusifolia is one of many large wattles that were killed outright by the fire in January 2020. Several of its neighbours have fallen recently, but this one remains upright. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726025139377-IXRGKYQJ9P55JZTRU6IK/IMG_7409.jpg news & stories - Firewood & mystery wasps - branches of a large, fallen Allocasuarina Like the wattles, the Allocasuarina littoralis were all killed by the January 2020 fire. As they progressively topple, we clear away some (for firewood and a degree of fire hazard reduction) but leave others in situ. They provide shelter for nesting birds, bandicoots ... and no doubt myriad bees and wasps. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2024/only-eyes-for-insects monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2024/flower-wasp-coupling monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708379383161-ZAXOBR83KJCXGOSJLZ17/PC130092-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 13th Dec 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708379543038-VRPX03Z2KE7LGYCPYQ7I/PC250052-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 25th Dec 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708379460410-T9K865SO09Z0F2XER2L8/PA250116-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 25th Oct 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708379476056-FBGYYNBAYPGI5J868QRK/PC250618-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 25th Dec 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708379526984-F5RA8B0E8XNB08584H7Q/P1020017-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 2nd Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708379596295-Z0P0MZE1CYUOMS4T11F1/P2160203-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 16th Feb 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708379946200-WM1L6AMUA02IC3H2Y15I/P3240394-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 24th Mar 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708380251382-MVFDCPOMVVR7ZTYGQO4N/P1231064-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 23rd Jan 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708383376240-3F4ZJSRE0D1A3IOMB1KV/PC040235-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708383338479-UEHQE40AOEOMGTIB9BEY/PB230012-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708383256960-ACTS88U7G9Z5FTP0G4HE/P1240133-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 24th Jan 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708383176780-WFNINY6U721LHDS4Z903/23rd+Nov+2022.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 23rd Nov 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708383493586-N940C911GYW44WHLH066/PC240116-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 24th Dec 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708383578922-ODJ3ZCP6N9URNEKGHOC7/P1170139-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 17th Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708396594921-ZJ2466K0UPB4MSU1HCH3/P9200869-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - recently emerged, still covered in sand 20th Sep 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708396768968-O9RUT90D7NG5GDG2GTRJ/PA300041-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 30th Oct 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708396771739-BM89BPAFH891QNFI877E/PA300043-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708396779237-WXPXSZWEUVAB9WOI3GGH/PA300049-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397100485-CUSP3BUVQAGTSEG2J1JT/PA300054-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397049678-KC9FFSSWK6DZ2QZ7MNVQ/PA300057-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397051871-9K83JJZVSG3AV7TOTO0O/PA300058-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708935285328-L4WUTHQ1HIUBW2BDUPPZ/PB220065-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708398213108-7Y4YGQ0TJ6CNGENIWXLZ/PB220184-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708398189466-WY3I6GAYCTOZB4A91AS7/PB220242-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397883595-UAIY31LH1PL4CATMP7AP/P1230822-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - He locates her ... 23rd Jan 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397890438-EO3P7NX97NDTEG2TRV27/P1230845-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - ... they greet, antennae waving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397902505-L856CQJTYPKSNLO9FLHL/P1230866-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - She turns his way, but soon retreats ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397920036-62VIF5GZSG8AQMJF2K3Q/P1230923-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - ... only to emerge again beneath him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397941444-9YXYY1IY6K7DYO7JDQNV/P1230941-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - He grips her head & drags her out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708397944191-1NFIA621B4RP2N8E2MOE/P1230954-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - They make the connection, ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708935336650-7IEZCJW86HOUBZ0P86ZP/P1231053-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - ... mate & feed, ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708935378356-EPC0CPTLU8HE6IXNHDHO/P1231095-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - ... disengage, & finally depart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708655237850-NUL8OVP3NBG1XKS08ZFM/P2010179-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 20th Feb, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708655467488-USVSVRWVB838AIJC0JSH/P1150090-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 15th Jan, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708656210440-Z0P0JNQX6Q20DY00MVON/P4180127-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708656442650-123LN84GVJBKNNKNZVB1/PB220184-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 22nd Nov, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708656529917-QRJ1CX2IVPFZZETQGRGO/P1210171-4-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 21st Jan, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708668573223-SQY9G0MZF7EP9K7IJS9A/P2220724-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling 22nd Feb, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/615b11fe-605d-4142-97b5-0781aeb69880/Snodgrass+1941+page+12+excerpt.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - Make it stand out Excerpt from Snodgrass, R.E. 1941 (‘The male genitalia of Hymenoptera’), p. 12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1a6789c3-80f0-471d-8737-2284d497e426/P4050045.jpeg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - Make it stand out Discovered, dead, on 5th April, 2023. Collected and stored dry for future reference (specimen label 2304A). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708990306620-29I3KCQ7PBAO01068S4Y/P2070081-Edit.jpeg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - dorso-lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708990309608-3TLHVGI8UAGGH5HKBT1G/P2070091-Edit+copy.jpeg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - apical view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d76e16ad-7864-4bb6-b2ba-0106ab7785ea/summary+table+male+genitalia+thynnine+v5.jpeg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - Make it stand out Click image to open/download as pdf (73kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709093992978-ILH6QHXIOLCC18Q0GOD1/step+1+initial+coupling.1.jpeg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709094098618-QJYPOVOH4GSOT7YSNMKI/step+2+the+twist.1.jpeg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709093996673-MZ6TUY0QKLQ11L4Y0LOW/step+3+transport+%26+feeding.1.jpeg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/56e06ddd-265f-4f1f-b8e6-63dfcc2444af/Brown+2000+p+211.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - Make it stand out In describing the male genitalia of Thynninae, and their associated structures (Brown, G.E. 2000, excerpt from p. 211 of Some problems with Australian tiphiid wasps, with special reference to coupling mechanisms). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7191fd41-ddbe-4654-88c5-bcbb117d3c1c/Brown+2000+p214.jpg news & stories - Flower wasp coupling - Make it stand out In describing the hypopygium of male Thynnninae (Brown, G.E. 2000, excerpt from p. 214 of Some problems with Australian tiphiid wasps, with special reference to coupling mechanisms). https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2024/2/1/rearing-nestlings monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707104109427-SALO13FK8CQHI0TU14IT/PA110545.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 11th Oct - the female adding to nest base layer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707104127364-E2APFT7WMKX8ZRNG2UCF/PA130050.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 13th Oct - about to search for new material https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707104154509-QHMVMJTBQ8LNW2UYPPX1/PA130369.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 13th Oct- bringing back grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707113046945-HKVD3R1ECP6XD660MMC0/PB040006-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - The two idle males https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707113425463-CYCC3AA4XC1EE7SL6S8A/PB030837.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - female with a winged termite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707113481210-NTEOTR4NL1UE11DMFJ26/PB030817.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - spiders are also acceptable food items https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707113439790-HKDAHFP9JAUAW0ZJBPCH/PB030845.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - both males have food for the nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707113470324-7D460GN09WV50FICL89T/PB060224-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - on the nearby tree stump with a moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707113475031-7I4VPD4225K9R29V86VK/PB060167-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - resting on the stump with a spider before... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707113478618-MK2O6FT5QJDEC2J469W1/PB060176.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - ...flying into the bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9112b8ff-9740-447d-9cbf-3238f6bd678a/P2030014.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - Make it stand out view of the nest site through our study window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e4ee92af-16d7-46ce-aa8b-2451831e49f4/fairywren+nesting+area+plan.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - Make it stand out plan of fairy-wren nesting site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1d3ded45-f00b-4569-a814-8614f8e74077/P2020005.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - Make it stand out close up view of nest site, looking towards the southern wall of our house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707286548684-9ASIGPAIEKKRL8OE3YDW/P1140025.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - female in Pimelea bush near nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707286665903-NUW2623J2P72T0F82OKS/P1160202.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - male in Pimelea bush near nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707289962433-WRXKJEOXDH5LFZ0JYOBL/P1130082-2.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707289451502-TJJFYOFVW1HPPPOUI5Q1/female+eye+ring.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707270626162-8MJH1AZ1B0THDCJ1DL3C/P1140063.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - lepidopteran larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707270940147-6J3L18SI6HZVJHT4QIQ8/P1150101-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - robber fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707271109730-3EZ31BBGKW6L24R8BI4E/P1160011-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - cicada - probably Black Squeaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707293255900-7VPLV3WE2BVCGZKXO5FH/P1160132-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - 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Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - ant egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707286992810-AG5YECO3IIY8A59I9SLD/P1130340-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707287005366-9FS9HNU527X5B576GSST/P1130342-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707287021772-QGVYGXFFPNWPP4S02L9Q/P1130299-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707287325801-93J1NYO8SBM3ZDD5RGLQ/P1170648.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - a pair of immaculate, mating Jalmenus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707287337655-H2MONFVW0N55UU34EUNH/P1170465.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - this adult has avoided capture - for now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707287344855-31FW74HVKYTWNWHEVH3L/P1130210.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - this one has clearly had a close escape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f249a91f-7c0c-4821-8f35-c8f79e716ab3/fairywren+nesting+area+plan.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - Make it stand out fairy-wren nesting area plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707469649924-C8D2I888AKVFCLVXC3S1/P1130097-2.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - male in Persoonia bush with butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707469775430-WPJD870S3PEMXDE12J4A/P1130103-2.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - he lands in Pimelea bush 7 secs later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707470029060-BTIUJHNOXZMKTPWEMCRW/P1130167-2.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - male with cicada in dead Hakea bush on south side of open area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707470139101-570T4LQ61WDMF5YGOZ3Z/P1130174-2.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 72 secs later he flies into Pimelea bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707476113063-4D7Q2ZKEAMYS9TB4D32W/P1160177-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707476454192-ER2O84I22WZYSPZ94GNF/P1160183-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707476241992-V8VT39N4Z3C1APJOWQF9/P1160184-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707476255161-8G6VUPY10IJQRH98KJX2/P1160185-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - 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Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 5:47:52 male in Pimelea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707013920612-HPQ4NNLQGY39209HUCLC/P1170013-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 5:53:49 female in Pimelea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707012566093-S9EHRL6BFLEVA27V8HLS/P1170034-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 5:57:56 male with food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707011973335-O89AHHCZL6PERIZ3MZYJ/P1170041-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 5:59:07 first chick seen out of nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707011417116-0Y6QT7L4FRU1O08POLR5/P1170046-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 5:59:42 male with food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707008120320-HF2SMDMKGZKI6NW0H76J/P1170062-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - 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Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707005447566-WU8V7PJDT59JVOZR4XNL/P1170085-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707015785129-XD9KMDX78DB83FJT2P6Y/P1170121-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - two of the fledglings share a branch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707002832977-AVLSZ74081SRKHSGE9SV/P1170146-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - the male tends to two of the fledglings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707003042386-SM8HCKTLL8ZNODVC5JRS/P1170142-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - the lower one gets a feed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707002862620-18ROABJNW1988MATFD8B/P1170144-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - much to the displeasure of the upper one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707002626874-UXPKX7OB7FTOY9WHKAF6/P1170157-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707002717199-28TYJXRLZ3DHKIRGTZMB/P1170155-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707537051684-0JDRGF1R7KOZNMSC15NT/P1170345.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 7:57 still in the Kunzea bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707537055083-FC86PXY9DY7ARDT5JMYR/P1170356.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 7:57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707537058206-SYCLSSD5U4PKBAWROLBC/P1170402.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 7:57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707537111902-DJG5XPJGF3MZ02ZTU8N0/P1170002-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 9:41 male checking for threats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707537113594-K0YWM8S5X2M590VK5T7N/P1170003-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 9:41 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707000104869-WELCYWVKKOKKFNYAIUZJ/P1250022-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 25th Jan (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707000108962-1LOKHNVTQ0JUGHKGCV0L/P1250024-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707542305619-VJJD9HOO4JDLITNECZDD/P1170001-2.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - nest in situ in the Epacris bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707542544004-2UDSPTAL13SVWYA96HNF/P2070002-6.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - some time later after removal from bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707628986266-CCCLJVVZ4C6HPLX3YX5V/P2110012-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 11 Feb adult female - note blue tail feather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707628941439-4T9G9ZCRDQ89MSHEIDBW/P2110017-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 11 Feb - same bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707629014050-VGBCECR7I17IK89YBSYM/P2110018-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 11 Feb - same bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707972304309-KE5AMJ5FP0XGH4GPKDWJ/P2150021-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 15 Feb - adult female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707972306736-PSK4C5EM8WHTOST3ZNWM/P2150022-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - 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13 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707796685262-J3F075YWDIIEKY6LOA4C/P2130046.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 13 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707972236410-IJ7HPJ5RHV4GV42H75G3/P2150023-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 15 Feb - the fledglings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708041412970-2I9JPOJGWZOHWTT7SAV3/P2160025-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 16 Feb fledgling begging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707805462200-451L1J5HG3VGHTX8UGN8/P2130638-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 13 Feb - fledgling with adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707805502551-6CTZUILUO0QCZN6KUBCO/P2130636-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 13 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707805550566-JVUQM5UI8SWBVDSTGLEE/P2130613-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Baby food - rearing fairywren nestlings - 13 Feb - same pair https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/9/10/know-me-by-my-call monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698108749778-P6Y5588VN9R0PTSFBOJD/P7070009-2.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - adult male collected in July 2023 - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698108760696-SE6B4RCFYTRQMSZBOSYT/P7070010.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - same adult male viewed from the side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698375091124-1TUIBHHUS927HSVA8KYR/P7080003-2.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698375372503-KWWUR5ADP0INRXHHORVQ/P7080008-2-Edit-2.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698375551961-DVLO7R7N3TNBEKEWLDMH/P7070016-2.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/38a8a30c-e3b7-451d-aa61-270840dd0e2b/Ornebius+call+audiograms.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out 21st July; single call with 3 chirps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b12a7685-80e6-4531-97ed-be119f729260/Screenshot+2023-10-24+at+10.08.29%E2%80%AFpm.png news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out 22nd July; single call with 3 chirps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/30ac2b1d-6dd9-4e09-bcb7-109ee89e4ac2/Screenshot+2023-10-24+at+10.34.32%E2%80%AFpm.png news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out 22nd July; 4th chirp consisting of 7 pulses. The lower panel shows the frequency distribution of each of those pulses. It is strongest at around 5000 Hz (5kHz) with a second, weaker component at 10,000 Hz (10kHz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d6278b89-4821-4cb7-8d29-2127a71504ba/P7270011-Edit.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out dorsal view of tegmina in intact male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/229c4fd4-72e8-440e-b2a8-8630b8825967/P7270039-Edit.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out ventral view of left tegmina after removal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/eb066ea4-622e-4222-9224-e863beec8de0/P7270012-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out view of inner side of stridulatory vein of left (upper) tegmen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698300560214-7YM9FPBU423M6XHT7XI8/P7270034-Edit.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - dorsal side of right (lower) tegmen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698305926380-1UVAQYM8XHPBDWY2ZDYH/P7270021-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - enlargement showing striker detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cdefbda5-8d2e-40b7-83f5-7f66770be522/Screenshot+2023-10-26+at+7.26.01+pm.png news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out from Ewing and Hoyle (1965) J. Exp. Biol. 43, 139-153. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4ddc2cdd-319b-47cd-8985-76ca0bb5e710/Screenshot+2023-10-26+at+7.36.53+pm.png news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out from Bentley and Hoy (1974) Scientific American 231 (2), 34-35. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8ca188a8-1c3b-429b-89e2-c0baac147326/PA260002-Edit.jpg news & stories - Know me by my call - Make it stand out stridulatory vein on lower (ventral) side of right (lower) tegmen https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/10/seasons-greetings monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698303738709-F7EY3RN9HJBYHROQGLDX/P9200198-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698303741813-6VWQYWBSTP4DVIPC69B6/P9200189-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698303752083-UCG8IT38M3XNU1CF8WMB/P9200282-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698303761595-6WJIC71N678KSQ450CKY/P9200293-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698304095348-7SGDEZX483EECY77RL1G/P9200307-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698304092771-IGYZO89TLWF8SJDQAAH5/P9200310-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698304319875-GLS7JI7SXS7S662TPELX/P9200359-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698304327894-Q3HDO5TEPSNM7WWFMIO5/P9200364-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698304314648-E2VOLGN1B19CC47Z94C3/P9200377-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698304306110-YHDTSNPMCGLXIM308Z32/P9200383-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698319733396-GJDRREH94FFUOYL4YPUO/PA070164-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings 7th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698319667148-UJS8CFKZTF7XBRRU480L/PA070160.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings 7th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698319654939-DA86KBM2XFL0ZRS9QTJP/PA070101-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings 7th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698319674302-8WXTU8R362QBD3AYU0ZM/PA070180-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings 7th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698319698286-VZJ5QUIRF3I3BQKD2WHR/PA070216-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings 7th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698319991168-L7NU2U91H0N1SBAX1Q9M/PA190489-Enhanced-NR.jpg news & stories - Season's greetings 19th October https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/7/14/images-of-winter monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690524089585-Y61WJIAE96RMX3GRDQTS/Wonboyn+seals+01+low+res.jpeg news & stories - Images of winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690524114889-UKW3K9XT69X1FTLSNLGG/Wonboyn+seals+02+low+res.jpeg news & stories - Images of winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690524131372-UIXG4VHMAA4V2A60M9Z3/Wonboyn+seals+03+low+res.jpeg news & stories - Images of winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690524144416-AAVKRYNA80GGEMBL1API/Wonboyn+seals+04+low+res.jpeg news & stories - Images of winter https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/cerceris-an-almost-social-wasp monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9b83ac11-ac2c-4108-8d05-0326257d6331/PB200364.jpg news & stories - Cerceris: an almost-social wasp - Make it stand out Cerceris antipodes - female 20 November, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c6d48474-03f9-4c7f-a5e2-db84763d3f8b/P3180155.jpg news & stories - Cerceris: an almost-social wasp - Make it stand out Cerceris antipodes - female 18 March, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6677a9e3-f378-4ab7-8553-24acf20249c2/P3260220.jpg news & stories - Cerceris: an almost-social wasp - Make it stand out Cerceris antipodes - male 26 March, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0590921d-d829-4fcb-8dbc-890a89977fbb/Evans+%26+Matthews+1970+p156.jpg news & stories - Cerceris: an almost-social wasp - Make it stand out Extract from Evans & Matthews (1970) on the nests and prey of four species Australian Cerceris (p. 156). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bfd6d461-3c5e-4299-907d-8431df7f10d5/Cerceris+antipodes+generations.jpg news & stories - Cerceris: an almost-social wasp - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e6e4016c-1066-4861-957e-d774d2cac9b9/Evans+%26+Hook+1982+p560.jpg news & stories - Cerceris: an almost-social wasp - Make it stand out Extract from Evans & Hook (1982) showing the arrangement of cells in a Cerceris australis nest, in use for two seasons (Fig. 1b p. 560) https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/5/parasitoids-with-a-difference monthly 0.5 2023-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683539094456-TPD0DCBGAR9Y5RPZCQU4/P5070010-4+copy.jpg news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - Inside a mud cell: a papery cocoon, spider remains ... & a few tiny wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683539438173-9C4C4SPUEJCWQ8RDS2X2/P5080006-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - Cocoon contents: a mass of advanced larvae, adult wasps, & the depleted host corpse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683533033582-ZQNFYGULTJH7Q3Y0F3CB/P5080028.jpg news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - The winged adults don't fly. They simply crawl over & around the larval mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683532989858-FVCYKJU2UETE6XG8NHY7/P5070045.jpg news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - Ant-like in appearance, and small – less than 2mm long ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cd38a2a4-7676-47e8-88de-6665499e7860/Pison+Jan+8th.jpg news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - Make it stand out Throughout January and February we watched this female Pison come and go. She would ferry loads of mud (as here) to construct her nest cell, stocking each completed chamber (‘cell’) with paralysed spiders and a single egg, before progressing to build the next cell. Unfortunately, she chose a vulnerable location … amongst our outdoor furniture. I accidentally destroyed her nest on 28th February. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/495f7c0f-7739-4443-ab06-11d3b1e64611/schematic+1.png news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bcaf4a0c-b36c-4249-abc9-fa18a86d665b/P5090040.jpg news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - Make it stand out Melittobia australica (Chalcidoidea: EULOPHIDAE). They are probably here in large numbers, and having a significant impact on populations of various bees and wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5affd351-502e-40fd-9291-fa3f14d9f506/Schematic+2.jpg news & stories - Parasitoids with a difference - Make it stand out The contents of the Pison cells, as uncovered on 7th May after I tore open the two cocoons. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/5/10/autumn-fruits monthly 0.5 2023-08-07 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/4/29/time-to-leave-home monthly 0.5 2023-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682747236592-T8CN5P6JZAQCLJ5XE915/P3260168-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682747261927-QVWKJJASZI8FZNFG5PHQ/P3260034-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682747334059-RM7HQ5RVQUNAHIL7VMN8/P3260010.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682750741717-5DD4TIU4XNGVHY54CP0H/P3280095.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682750861081-HI3ONYZ96S6PAQTPRPQX/P3280019-3.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682750969134-HWUCJX0GMD1FIRXW50LI/P3280005-4.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682919522611-XTJ36LECBFC7JTH1CGYG/P4140133-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682919568487-T1QLDXT9CCJKZREMFKYS/P4140179-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682926714651-07JE361CGRWGKOCN2AGM/P4140004-3.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 14th April, 9:28am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682926037501-1TI4KCSB340AC04H9B3O/P4140203-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 14th April, 1:25pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682999333777-7V0NLRE1HAUVL3S1EGQF/P4160014-Edit-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 16th April, 10:05am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682927153672-KG32QA70U8B24U863BGK/P4170007-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 17th April, 9:33am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683010882209-JGV1UP7M9FRE79ICW3JA/P4180113-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 18th April, ~20 spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683011055796-PO6PWO4DCSAWTRMR35C1/P4190212-Edit-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 19th April, ~12 spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683011923523-FMP0MLCMEDT91YB60V5Y/P4200256-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 20th April, ~12 spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683168811679-S5AWHYMBGZ2NZKX8XV16/P4230008-5-3.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 23rd April, 9 spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683013327782-8L1JR1412V7KQJOZCVJG/P4250074.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 25th April, 2 spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683013500847-FYT6T8Y6CJGE7SX015KI/P4260012-2.jpg news & stories - Time to leave home - 26th April, all gone! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/3/1/summer-sightings monthly 0.5 2023-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677804947854-DJ0682FFOWXTZTEWKJ2H/P2200084.jpg news & stories - Summer sightings - Several fast-running tiger beetles, Hypaetha upsilon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677804910396-PDARVW5MBTKJ31WP6549/P2200215.jpg news & stories - Summer sightings - Paul captured a dragonfly in flight ... Blue-spotted Hawker Adversaeschna brevistyla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677804960932-L94XM835TXGY4X1SA9PN/P2200107.jpg news & stories - Summer sightings - ... and yes, Kerri is still chasing sand wasps! Bembix https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/3/1/sawfly-galleries monthly 0.5 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769764412896-4PDLFKR3CGBAL6PJBRP7/IMG_8928.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries - 20 November 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769764436001-KQMWHDNCVJG3MMX3XDNA/IMG_8929.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries - 20 November 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1678697693414-NPVUPQW69N84KG6KT2IA/original-9.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1678697712397-RX03QLGTRVCERH8RO2UA/original-10.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1678698150145-6HVWKOXBL4U6F8O790A8/large-8.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries - the saw at the end of her abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1678698026938-D2YYWAGTZO426JN1W1HB/large-9.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries - photomicrograph of part of the saw showing its "teeth" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677729674947-UJGQ83KHOZ3DWPFU3JBQ/P2280069-2.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries - 28th Feb, 12:43pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677729897875-IJ2BUDEOTP1WRZN089T1/P2280103.jpg news & stories - Sawfly galleries - 28th Feb, 10:15pm https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/2/11/delivering-food-for-the-future monthly 0.5 2023-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7d0c7577-8f36-4804-bb52-801f0e477b67/P2170157.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Make it stand out Paper wasps (Polistes humilis) feeding their progeny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ded14f30-e9b4-4d5a-a52e-aebb30b6e643/P4200002-3.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Make it stand out Cocoons of the Wonboyn Wasp (Cotesia wonboynensis), formed after the wasp larvae left the body of their host caterpillar and pupated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/11cbcfd3-d97f-4e12-aca5-edba27b14316/PB140023-2.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Make it stand out Larva of a Pison wasp (family Crabronidae) feeding on an orb-weaver spider. The spider, while paralysed, is still alive. While the larva didn’t catch the spider (that was the work of its mother), it certainly qualifies as a predator as it is eating it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/27915bc6-7d56-49da-9393-3447b2f7985d/P2080050-2.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Make it stand out Ferreola handschini, the Orange-collared Spider Wasp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677231379234-5ETPKGZ14ZNZPSZ60O99/original-3.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Badumna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677231517144-Z73X4X5PVLD4M1RX642M/original-4.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Clubiona sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677231532588-AMA6JLWNVBXVZ3QFDBM1/original-5.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Phonognatha graeffei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5b777928-d37b-4b0d-91e9-5c2ccb4a4ffe/PA310297.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Make it stand out 13:49 wasp lands briefly and grooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676945278488-R3BM1DH05DCRRM55COWD/PA310302.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - wasp pounces on immobile spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676945385590-BG5N3TNQ8FM2QCSLSBAK/PA310315.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 13:50 she begins leg amputation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676254148019-EQW3N720RRVG6VCZK3OG/PA310325-2.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - surgery continues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676945990005-HZA8XT6RFTSF9T6WEGR8/PA310354.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 13:56 she grasps the spider and takes flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676946060799-3P34CS1HKUQ623LLFLDR/PA310369.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - she lands nearby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677625841168-7RF3X5FQET472H16LSMT/PA310452.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 13:59 she heads off with prey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677626383029-9TNJC75I9VM9CPT3T3NA/PC040435.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - dorsal view of wasp holding wolf spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677626397568-89P7HMUG03BSTLQMC1QM/PC040433.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - ventral view of wasp/spider pairing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677298184014-9A8MDOLPSZITCA9RI3GB/P2150008.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - female Fabriogenia wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677298194887-TXOAUHVU6Q8V9U2IRVXW/P2140010.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - her prey - a Black House Spider (Badumna insignis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677298210205-A1O1PWBLYW0O2LXQX5DZ/P2140012.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - this spider is almost certainly alive, but motionless https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677529806796-O7V92F55QFP0K86ZW8VI/P2270345.jpeg news & stories - Delivering food for the future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677529821128-0W95LQXZ976PVW93QG14/P2270322.jpeg news & stories - Delivering food for the future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677529849198-WJKDS3SKD4FZ9PMK3PQC/P2270333.jpeg news & stories - Delivering food for the future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677294135815-3QZTM9TVGFJTOVGEATBW/original-14.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - female with mud ball on umbrella stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677294155124-Q91BJC318KCJ8ZFY3GXK/original-15.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - nest on underside of umbrella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677294161140-8HR3FSNTF38QU4HJMZAR/PB150015-2.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - nest after removal from the umbrella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677296576052-DWYKM7EN2JIEIOP2LCM6/PB150018-2.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 15th November - wasp pupa in its pupal case https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677296592680-MG4CJ19ZREI9KD32P6BH/PB150023-2.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - pupa removed from the cocoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677296604987-2QG22D1CMQ6HXRYEBRZS/PC100012.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 10th December - freshly eclosed adult female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676970457103-HDLOZLGKYCQ80OORDFLP/P1210223.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 9:42:13 first sight of wasp with prey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676951282817-YK1DTBOS5VB5B2IC607R/P1210229.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - wasp grasps spider's fangs with her mandibles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676951388953-XUE6TLGCYIEKXSN0RVZT/P1210240.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - she walks backwards as she drags her prey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676951718562-VCQC4GE3MCFBFGQ3R9SX/P1210280.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 9:48:43 release spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676951958844-BQMS9HZMPXQXRC7718CU/P1210281.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - move to other side of stick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676952014268-I3JK3SAR0IQF9D4CO8G9/P1210284.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - grasp spider again and pull https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676952738770-IN3EDF5XA0JLABXXCEIY/stick+01.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - over the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676952780147-AD573J474YFYCP7Y2C6V/stick+02.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - got there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676952792066-MQ4PYZJMYEUDNUOU717G/stick+03.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - on the other side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0521b6c1-dd40-4064-aed7-d0d57340b0f4/P1210302.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1c981b06-af02-417e-a562-b134fe985afb/P1210312.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676959537944-XE6U5TTPQME2P550BK5M/P1210328.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 10:02:50 back at the spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676959557457-VEL53KO3WCTZ9VN6Y4IJ/P1210330.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 10:02:53 pulling the spider off its stick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676959575994-ZOY38YVWWYOLFPI8NY2S/P1210332.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 10:02:58 cross-country transport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676959599506-0FP1V47A3RUJD4N6GK2E/P1210338.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 10:03:14 wasp checks tunnel while spider parked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676959616866-ETDTGOY7RDWF7DPS6CLV/P1210346.jpg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - 10:03:32 spider manoeuvred to entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677479510509-9G6YKA9MSTDBIOJBOFRK/large.jpeg news & stories - Delivering food for the future - photos courtesy Max Campbell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677479518506-LSMJZPT14YKQCIC8L8BR/large-2.jpeg news & stories - Delivering food for the future https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2023/sandwasp-puzzles1 monthly 0.5 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676370013767-W20R8N7QCD1ZTU9FB245/P1130009-2.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - my first sighting, a female, on 13/01/2023 Austrogorytes spryi (female) (13/1/2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676370163558-FP607ZO1Z70KAT32ST3G/P1240293.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - she is quite a small wasp, just 8mm long Austrogorytes spryi (female) (24/01/2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676370198854-CRFXBX70EOWDWMVERBZX/P1240299.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - yellow scapes above a silvery-black clypeus Austrogorytes spryi (female) (24/01/2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676370027631-IVX6KF7BSR8YQ7LQIA21/P1200007-2.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - a male: an extra, curved segment to his antennae Austrogorytes spryi (male) (20/1/2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676370030807-A5VEXFHYV3OZZ9L2MVE4/P1200095-2.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - yellow bands on abdominal segments I-V Austrogorytes spryi (male) (20/1/2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676370331919-CEJ7JMPGCR0484JBHAPG/P1200025-2.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - hind tarsi banded, wings lightly stained brown Austrogorytes spryi (male) (20/1/2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676418886168-YEJ6IZSO67HG83Y5DJ2O/A.+frenchii+1+Feb+2023.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - A. frenchii ... female, ~12mm, with prey Austrogorytes frenchii (female) (1 Feb 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676418954799-O55EKB2FBFCWXQBQ3BQ9/P1100238+copy.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - A. frenchii ... yellow stripes I,II,IV & V (III all black) Austrogorytes frenchii (female) (10 Jan 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676418864554-DRHSNDR7X5I7WC2MBPJR/A.+bellicosus+9+Nov+2020.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - A. bellicosus ... a male, with 11 flagellar segments & curved tips Austrogorytes bellicosus (male) (9 Nov 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676418957780-VE9329K6I2A0R39KQ4WQ/PB160129+copy.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - A. bellicosus ... yellow stripes on I & III only Austrogorytes bellicosus (female) (16 Nov 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676418881883-VCUGVASUX6FYGKRH0H28/PB160314+copy.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - A. bellicosus ... hairy body & large, pale clypeus Austrogorytes bellicosus (female) (16 Nov 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676418847604-1DIT5KNOSMQVO4HHL9BR/A.+bellicosus+5+Feb+2023.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - A. bellicosus ... female, 13mm long, carrying prey Austrogorytes bellicosus (female) (5 Feb 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675902824610-4BHSYJOM6HVSR7TNEJY4/Turner+1915+p+73+Arpactus+spryi+sp.+n..jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - a wasp from Victoria (published 1915) extract pp73-74 Turner, R.E. 1915. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XV. New Australian Crabronidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 62-96 (plus my best attempt at a translation of the Latin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675902830386-OMBV2L73M66VYL4A6GJ0/Turner+1915+p+74+Arpactus+obesus+sp.+n..jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - wasps from WA (published 1915) extract pp74-75 Turner, R.E. 1915. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XV. New Australian Crabronidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 62-96 (plus my best attempt at a translation of the Latin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675904713608-BUMLRQ3OTKQEFB2B3NUP/Bohart+1984+Austrogorytes+spryi+p410.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - species revision (1984) extract (p410) from: Bohart, R.M. 1984. A revision of the genus Austrogorytes Bohart (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 391-412 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675911300707-P887OGRWK4EEDA4V2Z5B/Australian+spheciform+taxa.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - current Australian taxa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675904291137-QS7O5R4NBSCXCSR8EHN3/P1260032.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - specimen collected here January 2023 ruler showing mm 2301K, personal collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675911483051-ZVN0RLO9XLR30PQYP32Z/A+spryi+wings.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - specimen collected here January 2023 2301K, personal collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675909900181-HEIUO2SFHDSUBMCY2QT2/Hymenopteran+wing+terminology.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - hymenopteran wing terminology (1936) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675909909781-REAMI6Z8E1UJVNA5U9LA/Sphecid+wing+terminology.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - sphecid wing terminology (1976) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/52c618b7-7765-4195-a185-9cd2cdadd18b/crabronid+common+names.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270568676-G9KCUWBYZYUDF5RYCH6C/Sphodrotes+2.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Miscophini - with bug Sphodrotes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270588225-IP5EEHPD0R39P4ZMCOAZ/Rhopalum+2.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Crabronini - with fly Rhopalum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270599197-UMXEL4KEBTTC7TQ0X578/A+bellicosus.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Bembicini - with hopper Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270602297-L5QRZCUFFGQQR5CCPGRJ/Austrogorytes+frenchii.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Bembicini - with hopper Austrogorytes frenchii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676274138103-SHDVS1S1P7PR7PR8Y4N9/Bembecinus.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Bembicini - with hopper Bembecinus (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676274168263-3OSP8HBR7LCTAMBKTMXT/Bembix.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Bembicini - with fly (+ eager male) Bembix (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676286806656-JVEJP07OUAAYF9LQEW5S/Cerceris.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Cercerini - with beetle Cerceris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676284907278-EZ9LY0EJ1H65CY3WEFNF/Hylaeus.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - Colletidae ... a bee Hylaeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676285225453-36FT4KNLB7MHAFLCQJ4V/Hylaeus+close+2.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - a bee Hylaeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676285810372-M2KT074Q4EJGVWPUKZFA/Austrogorytes+close.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - a wasp Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676250061455-40C1ZMC9Z8A6NEFDQKPL/PC280090.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - angularly emarginate (notched) (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676247572865-AS7RH62RXWN8JCSVCOQJ/P1130024.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - entire & parallel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676247575793-B9F8KAAHX5NMJG0CONA7/P1130036.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - entire & converging above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676250786884-XF6R7LP07UVRJAJ64S1W/PB160413.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - entire & parallel (slightly diverging below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676249047882-CHP70G30HZDGU7GTYTRN/PC270099.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - entire & converging below (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676248350524-MYCAKOFJOHF2TBK0XLN8/P1130015.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - entire & converging below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257367142-M8SGNC4PK39ZRAFMYXWF/PB220403+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - single submarginal cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257372663-JIJ32TUKCGJJ6TXXF2BH/P1100189+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - 3 submarginal cells, II petiolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257374913-KRUG328MLHLQ87BZJKKK/PB100275+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - 3 submarginal cells, II petiolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257380202-1LOT8F5JGESRFAUE4SQS/PC040334+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - 3 submarginal cells, II greatly reduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676258516517-FVRNLN3TRZXOHDYMDDU0/PB200435+copy.jpeg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - 3 submarginal cells, I elongate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676259807905-KISLQUYJEDJOXLITDY1H/P1190028+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 - 3 submarginal cells, II nearly triangular https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676263035742-0LMTWE7D3GXHV00QPMT8/PB160176+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676263038956-KISBHA7O3IVBSEGNATP3/P1190029+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676263046139-RN2213JFV06RCM3BP94Y/P1200062-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676265371468-874FWDTFSFDE4LTX8BXO/original-6.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676265376521-XMR8AMC7T5J1U9AR1VOI/PB150433+copy.jpg news & stories - Sand wasp puzzles: part 1 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/farewell-to-spring monthly 0.5 2023-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b6a38dc5-321d-4383-97c8-53fa6158988f/PB140246-2.jpg news & stories - Farewell to spring - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1670014052569-DSYJFC7D34NBQNCT2ETN/PB200364.jpg news & stories - Farewell to spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1670014054598-CZWP9BIT6KBZVG9TY6NS/PB200447.jpg news & stories - Farewell to spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1670014058021-GHMHM19OYTE1615FJ0PI/PB240050.jpg news & stories - Farewell to spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1670014060787-5P4QYMMZ7X9GQPW7AD8M/PB280165.jpg news & stories - Farewell to spring https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/neighbourhood-watch monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4bb57d69-3d9a-436f-a99b-88f3493551c0/Neighbourhood+roll+call+table.png news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Make it stand out The diversity of insects currently nesting (or guesting) in this one small, sunny patch of the forest floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2d65d8fa-3c21-44da-9f9e-0759f49511d6/street+map.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Make it stand out The neighbourhood map, showing where each species is concentrated. There is more overlap, or course, and I certainly haven’t mapped every nest. Plus Sphodrotes has only just started, so I’ve yet to see where they will settle in the largest numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669710523968-52B1587JOIOKV4QLB090/PB180271-2.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669710552538-UTT0LT4E4QJ0914KT83J/PB180287.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669710533645-GPLR2TUPYUROR96RVXYK/PB280147.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669710528031-GLYMZ5F9Y1MGBGRFJPAK/PB280121.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669784856609-3XFQ203G8O4TYE0GMM69/PB230318.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Homalictus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669784871439-HNUBIHQ4THMOKE1ER0WE/PB230342.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Homalictus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785006686-BPUMEPXFZ3H3IZYNYGRL/PB070086.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Homalictus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669784940737-X6ST8UN3AQJHTZICXB7L/PB200184.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Euhesma (mated pair) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669784983040-MTJ03YJ2BA57JQXZZABS/PB200270.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Euhesma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785079268-6ER7L0JJ6XRIN0M2ND5L/PB200283.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Euhesma (burrowing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669796355795-1F5SFJIG5Y3F6BD6Q6FH/PB200114.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - When not circling returning female hosts ... Miltogramminae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669796357637-3P2HEI1RZBU3UAQLXF3O/PB200116.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - ... satellite flies simply perch, on lookout, ... Miltogramminae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669796363279-86J8278CR9HASWJL3YTO/PB181049.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - ... or find a mate, nearby. Miltogramminae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669796358824-NRSLKLB9RWDPT0AE18HJ/PB200382.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Standing above an open Cerceris nest, she drops her larva. Miltogramminae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669796369322-QJBDZ9UD67CB3L080G5U/PB250032-5.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Perching on a Sericophorus mound, waiting for her chance. Miltogramminae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669796426067-IYA78AW7GMCMAZ3PEHQL/PB140269-2.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Simply perched on leaf litter, alert to incoming wasps & bees. Miltogramminae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669931046170-EB0NGTC2YCXUUA1ZQ3AO/PB180901.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch Apotropina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669930988996-7U7TVQ5VP5RUTE3PYH79/PB210106.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch Apotropina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669931040495-85DFH5YPKUIC448DVUXL/PB180863.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch Apotropina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669930974787-WCKOT906JR8KTC40QX71/PB210013-2.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - 1: she watches on as Sericophorus collapses her mound Apotropina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669931331730-VOROYJGRP7BGAVKCKGQ6/PB210017-2.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - 2: she slips past the wasp, disappearing into the burrow Apotropina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669930986919-Q2S0UMFZ5PTSY8XM20GQ/PB210035-2.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - 3: within 2 minutes she emerges, but doesn't go far. Apotropina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893018544-DQFJQL27VUA6GREV1UA2/PB180172.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Hovering above the path ... Meomyia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893017934-4X7B03FMPF1059GZWUI0/PB180170-3.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - ... and collecting sand, buzzing noisily all the while. Meomyia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893013325-S4AV5XSS4OHUPRFGJUBM/PB160371.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - Perching briefly, not far from the bee nests. Meomyia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669895004880-TPXF1Y4BK5ZJZ6SO1HX5/PB140275-2.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch Bonjeania argentea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669895027371-HC2I2C5JIDAFR2741OX8/PB180226.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch Bonjeania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669895077785-Y3L5FK7N4C4LEDYBWNEI/PB200407.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch Bonjeania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669895062925-N4YZU67BVASMZ3T1MSPT/PB181054.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896363691-FF3V6RYL2ZUSB9295EZT/PB100326.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896372630-3FPN0329W5ODQIHD4AF3/PB180200.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch I’m unsure about this one … it may not be a flower wasp at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896379491-MCWPO6ECDL3A0XCT38Y2/PB210149.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896384791-4L8U6LPDUGDGGJ2P3O5L/PB250066-3.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669936350545-RCHME9ZKIPN0Z01J0QVQ/PB180221.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - wasp A: investigating a large Cerceris mound Pompilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669936352305-VWQLSBYBFHGFUX0PIUCM/PB180233.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - wasp A: she's clearly interested https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669936354156-2QQJTLNR519MOR4IQDPK/PB180282.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - wasp A: for 2 minutes she moves in and out of the burrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669936396234-D1QKJZQFEUO2U6WJQ7PW/PB180881.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - wasp B: probing under leaves along the path Pompilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669936398350-60RGBNTSK0J3Y26BYMKL/PB180887.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - wasp B: at recently collapsed Sericophorus nest Pompilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669936750158-U7QOP1BTJD4TEO8E64EB/PB180891.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - wasp B: takes a closer look but leaves after 20 seconds Pompilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939921463-CTZ0SZHPZR59K9L1D7B6/PB240030.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - small ant (at Cerceris nest) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939904120-A0PZEAXHQCCX4927DFLH/PB220001-3.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - scavenging ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939461697-SZ8ONM93C8D86JE1DCR6/PB180013-2.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - bull ant (Myrmecia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939460068-VXKZZF8HWHX949ITLTLX/PB150005.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - jumping spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939485787-G0H3CVRPD5JNMV1RSZSX/PB160029.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - tiny wolf spider, with prey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939522328-SDUPE10CMZRXTCOIF4GB/PB250054-4.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - another jumping spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939518414-IP1WTULEQ4706DTTP7BO/PB200061.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - dragonfly (aerial hunter) ODONATA Orthetrum caledonicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939873318-PRJO6ZNNSR44DV0T1UZ9/PB200079.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - toad bug (predator) Gelastocoridae Nerthra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939487914-GIEYGI0XCPP38UH9RQK9/PB180224-3.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - flesh fly (predatory or parasitic larvae) SARCOPHAGIDAE Sarcophagine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939458727-DN61T5OQBEAQJC5OUQ32/PB110054.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - snipe fly (predatory larvae) RHAGIONIDAE Chrysopilus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939896500-ITQ5IC41ZPDGCQ496DMK/PB210188.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - stiletto fly (predatory larvae) THEREVIDAE Anabarynchus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669939909590-07V6CTUSXY2V81UIIVJD/PB220006.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch - tachinid fly (parasitic larvae) TACHINIDAE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940674731-UHJK4ORW0LF395X4P7KD/PB160051.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940676156-PUTKB0VDQJHFXKK6OTYO/PB160072.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940677423-8SK7CDN3Y6J37714VLWW/PB160097.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940678452-435E9GF98QIQGOJI9PYO/PB160099.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940679483-RLYOPY5TBJK8A3DGFM51/PB160100.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940680504-WISO67E824951HDS20XL/PB160105.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940681547-TXSLQ9ZQCIJFM3D3KY1S/PB160106.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669940682587-HJQKHY8E4NM5REIHM0S0/PB160107.jpg news & stories - Neighbourhood watch https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/11/29/busy-and-busier monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669704951381-2ED7RRMKNU5ZO59IP3LJ/PB220065.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - 1:16pm female on Amperea stem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669705184115-2NM04TARUIZS6B6VT7NQ/PB220219.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - 2:03pm male joins female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669764543027-T85BP3E057S378RNFXEP/PB220271.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - 2:05pm female moves up to face male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669764911313-DK7V44CU41BQ4K5ULOCB/PB220323.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - 2:09pm male feeds female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669766032374-7LXJKK27W57HRX9K1LOH/PB220383.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - 2:11pm the nuptial embrace continues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669765085294-U7XYUGVLPCLUJ0KIJY88/PB220400.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - 2:12pm male climbs to top of stem before take-off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/722c146b-e4be-4237-abf4-9882b40907c2/PB270159.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669772015230-P2EX25JY7SQN236100ZK/PC160002.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - nest in low Geebung covered in Devil's Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669772027394-5NM2L89RT168UR5BKCJL/P8060036.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - a nest in a taller Geebung https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7083e7e0-b6f3-423c-beec-48db83aac66c/PB300003-Edit.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ff7482ac-a466-4a78-9b86-e534ce3825b7/PB181079-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out spot the finch returning to the bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669783728450-TK27406B1MATV0GWCIX8/PB180663-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669784006038-BKI169L2LM8XVJB15RJF/PB180664-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669784406450-CFTOKDCKBXSYF4IXCE4L/PB180666-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669783958811-B1T6BS3QOTU97QW5J4R4/PB180665-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785079706-C0HVGFPIYE6RD6HQ9FMO/PB180690-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785081924-OSGXL1MCIKTX8RGVN3Y3/PB180692-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785088955-MZ43P7ELA3KOG2IHAHZP/PB180695-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785130870-E09QF5SHNDFGSYNH4AIB/PB180698-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785134372-BYELBK9RRVBDIYY98OWE/PB180699-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785145999-2RJAZQ264B0A4XG7O6FP/PB180701-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669786017859-L5W4AX2M42A0X6PM3TRJ/PB180860-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785983991-VTIYWWSIPF3OZRVKKFOA/PB180863-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785986011-FA66IZL9P06CTPYW2LLP/PB180864-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785988535-DGWY122CB1KMSVD6ADLX/PB180865-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669786129819-QXBFE6OQJ74AU076NXPH/PB180866-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669785992142-DGXH490CFLJ7W9NLG4R3/PB180867-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/eeaf1bf6-c34d-41bf-9f00-3b4534052f00/30%25.gif news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/622dd560-68ed-4f85-9cc1-d1ad5c42d94f/PB260017-4.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669790752499-2LWUERWSJNG72WNGO182/PB170111.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - leaving nest to gather casuarina needles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669790789482-OGPHF5UIHYPDMX5GLGI7/PB170090.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - plenty of dead needles here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669790802233-5F0B3GCSQ7VJM8SCEB15/PB170091.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669790829251-3ZMIF1CEOSSQ2Z6FQAJC/PB170093.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - back to the nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669790853833-O2SL9S8S9JVPMSHAGQKB/PB170037.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669791153827-TZ6T99L3LHVTE5REVIGA/PB170104.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - back at the nest tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/35e8b300-020d-47df-a9e2-f864669fc71e/PC010002.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out fruit of the Narrow-leaved Geebung (Persoonia linearis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669808302026-D1L7A4G95Y8EDI2JLB2R/PB290030-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - female - squeeze the fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669808275237-5KXMB7G03TTMVA5NDAW7/PB290025-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - to separate flesh from skin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669868456280-B4F3A49MKUX5W7FXIA66/PC010005.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bowerbird was here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669808062502-0RBHEL6I1UZXFOFNLQXZ/PB270019-3.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - male - got the fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669808098441-5EN9812M6MUH0WPSBI9H/PB270020-4.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - give it a squeeze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669808142533-1FL7WQ83LT0FAD9RX6CY/PB270024-3.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - squeeze harder to remove the skin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669808169835-KRTDYT62K8CJ3NVCDCL4/PB270025-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - then swallow the flesh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/dbd238ea-6fc2-40f0-95df-58b34e7f7240/original.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669869796378-DOCGY6XMXWWMR4AWV3B5/PB140064-3.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669869798696-SPJUTBQSRDAOC9CBRZTB/PB140072-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6ed2b1f3-8fd9-41b7-b54c-13f6cc2cc7dd/PC020001.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Make it stand out Burgan (Kunzea sp.) bush in full flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669892926376-9CYSF4ZSHEV998JILK67/PB230062.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee (COLLETIDAE; Euhesma) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893007251-U03AORBGSFUN8VGONH7J/PB240020.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee (COLLETIDAE; Euhesma) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1670016697868-9DGSS547OUSFNZBAHFFI/IMG_5493.jpeg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee (COLLETIDAE; Euhesma) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893256608-VA85Z2AUCBPXTAAE83FA/PB290012.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Green-and-gold Nomia bee (HALICITIDAE; Lipotriches australica) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893268891-W28VUGRY2TJ2NQE7GP4M/PB290013.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Green-and-gold Nomia bee (HALICITIDAE; Lipotriches australica) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669946056872-YFXD4NB05DHV1JC56ELR/PC020019.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee (HALICTIDAE; Lasioglossum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669946090268-EX2AH128PCQZ5DH1H1TA/PC020023.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee (HALICTIDAE; Lasioglossum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1670042256685-CVUE98LDXO8WBO5BJNZB/PC030056.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee (APIDAE; Exoneura sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669892844451-KHWBLCBY42OWM1QFK4A4/PB140270.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - wasp (GASTERUPTIIDAE; Gasteruption) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669892865209-0RNRVBEKVXRO3TDUV16W/PB140281.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - microgastrine wasp (BRACONIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893199787-PP2E04RMT3QO42VJ9VT5/PB280096.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - flower wasp (Catocheilus; THYNNIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669892905896-XH35UG8C6ORBXIPNYDYX/PB230024.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - flower wasp (THYNNIDAE; sp. 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669892916650-QX07FT82KMCN2IO7LJ81/PB230034.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - flower wasp (THYNNIDAE; sp. 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669892939159-0VW5ZZ9T7GL4X22YIWFC/PB230065-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - flower wasp (THYNNIDAE; sp. 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893079969-BHBGIPQT0X82DVIUGXUK/PB270159.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - flower wasp (THYNNIDAE; sp. 3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893099917-JI6KDV6ION9TZMSYLGD8/PB280017.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - spider wasp (POMPILIDAE; Calopompilus sp. 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669893169064-PDS6ZCQ03698HGWKN2M9/PB280066.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - spider wasp (POMPILIDAE; Calopompilus sp. 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669892885922-WOB1Y56SP3HFX5TUKP9I/PB200039.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - paper wasp (VESPIDAE; Polistes humilis) This wasp was using a stem of the plant as a support for its nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669946223821-AAVNG7QHHML2CE0SMBTI/PC020028.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - sand wasp (CRABONIDAE; Bembix) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669946226751-ST4ZA63KJKNZNYOOXCVK/PC020030.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - sand wasp (CRABONIDAE; Bembix) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669895963316-QYDB9LBN153ZAMSTIE21/PB200021-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - long-nosed lycid beetle (LYCIDAE; Porrostoma rhipidium) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669895993112-3V586G5ZG3SXJ883VK04/PB200063-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - blister beetle? (MELOIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669949120596-50XD0CZOJNIP1DA3FNX6/PB200057.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - blister beetle? (MELOIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896038599-BV01698O118POOZLWXE2/PB200087.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - pintail beetle (MORDELLIDAE; Mordella sydneyana) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669895971732-8MF42S9ALK8TODLVRBF6/PB200052.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - pintail beetle (MORDELLIDAE; Mordella sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896204389-TXXP8H7A9MYGU5LXC7WF/PB230132.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - kangaroo beetle (CHRYSOMELIDAE; Mecynodera coxalgica) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896257204-WYUPJU4E13C0WAIGTGUX/PB240113-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - checkered beetle (CLERIDAE; Eleale pulchra) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896304414-GXB6M9I8H1UMM5X1BG5H/PB270133.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - flower chafer (SCARABAEIDAE; Microvalgus sp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896285242-9VFJZGQLPFP8YXWLKES1/PB270121.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - flower chafer (SCARABAEIDAE; Microvalgus sp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896669319-063UPNH4SHLTXBOQ10UY/PB230044.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - drone fly (SYRPHIDAE; Xylota flavitarsis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896706762-1O1RGOE08KE36406AFEV/PB240111.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - drone fly (SYRPHIDAE; Orthoprosopa grisea) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896753972-K1JCEC114V1F72M0ZGL8/PB270070.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee fly (BOMBYLIIDAE; Staurostichus sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896831951-9UZC8UK4RI33ZW4MKO31/PB270169.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - bee fly (BOMBYLIIDAE; Staurostichus sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896772080-60M037U6GD7AGDDKRE9X/PB270141.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - freeloader fly (MILICHIIDAE; Paramyia?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669932976040-SP9BL6FYXFF12D3A3R0S/PB270152.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - march fly (TABANIDAE; Dasybasis gregaria) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669896974210-G3FSFDA599DH90NH5QSB/PB290002.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - forester moth (NOCTUIDAE; Platagarista macleayi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897001404-FDXUTACI2WTIJOXE1XE1/PB280035.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Black Jezebel (PIERIDAE; Delias nigrina) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897066537-L6VYKJXYMO5VD6X3OMZ0/PB220489.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Common Brown (NYMPHALIDAE; Heteronympha merope) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897096664-4G0QXE9BGU3IK3XA2CTV/PB270019.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Common Brown (NYMPHALIDAE; Heteronympha merope) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897118129-5VP029VJ1HHANW9Q1V5J/PB270053.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Southern Grass-Skipper (HESPERIIDAE; Toxidia andersoni) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897131451-BZ4G5VOBFZJSXKPZ9D8B/PB270055.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Southern Grass-Skipper (HESPERIIDAE; Toxidia andersoni) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897167075-UTDMP6LI1O18H25F0HE0/PB270175.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Common Brown Ringlet (NYMPHALIDAE; Hypocysta metirius) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669946557229-IL0CBRR67BG4AL572141/PC020015.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Bright Copper (LYCAENIDAE; Paralucia aurifer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669946563461-JYG279KUE52BD92ZXOG2/PC020017.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Bright Copper (LYCAENIDAE; Paralucia aurifer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897292325-3PG2RVCUXF3D30ZEOZIK/PB250056-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Twig-mimicking Katydid (TETTIGONIIDAE; Zaprochilus australis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669897298865-UNTIOCICKUSWIDDTTUAI/PB250060-2.jpg news & stories - Busy and busier - Twig-mimicking Katydid (TETTIGONIIDAE; Zaprochilus australis) https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/pollination-puzzles monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666599738415-T9LRGK5I4PKUP1584RHP/PA240040-2.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Tetratheca pilosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666599753312-AU4TL8126MBY2LXKP4SX/PA240041.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666599715372-G3X4X7QGO23O86058H9N/PA200254.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Stackhousia monogyna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a65c7776-4034-4823-ae0e-312faf4c69d8/PA230049-2.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out The clusters of yellow and red flowers of Aotus ericoides dominate the low shrub layer this month. Anyone familiar with this website will know that ‘peas and bees’ is a theme I’ve tackled before … but it’s worth another look. All photos below were taken this month in the natural garden of the forest floor. Photo: 23/10/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666663424459-LA1L1CZG3W36BC80GSAY/PA230032-2.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666663543168-49WYXSOTCRDG2JPR2OST/PA220044-Edit+copy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666663468003-AK1RVVX46Z9M7J9GGC6F/PA220038-Edit+copy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666663475617-AN50LTKU0MWY8802BSJ7/PA220074+copy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6ac6d8e6-70ac-469c-ab74-60429cfa7687/Exoneura-on-Aotus2.gif news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out Even with a slight movement of the wings, the keel opens and the anthers contact the base of the bee’s middle legs. Exoneura (family: Apidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/095e7752-add3-4f87-b433-771bbd6fbd66/Lasioglossum+on+Aotus.gif news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out As soon as this bee stops pressing down on the wings, the keel covers the anthers again and the wings snap back into their original position. Almost. For a short time after having been tripped, the mechanism remains somewhat relaxed (Córdoba & Cocucci 2011). Lasioglossum (family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cf4f139a-9150-4d58-896f-bed4ffd8a645/PA220084.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out Having spread the wings and depressed the keel, the bee has (incidentally) exposed the inner parts of the flower. Note the elevation of the stigma which the bee is trying to push aside with one pollen-covered leg. Exoneura (family: Apidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/92145dde-100a-4f98-b879-f5ce554c5512/PA160109.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out The keel is fully depressed, the filament column is visible, and the pollen-covered anthers are pressed against the ventral thorax of this Nomia Bee. Lipotriches australica (family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6239d776-7c37-4578-8f03-4c5c181890ab/PA170220.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out A female resting after her last nectar feed. Despite the careful packaging of pollen onto the specialised hairs on her hind legs, her other body hairs are still dusted with pollen grains. She is also ‘bubbling’ nectar from her crop, holding it between her outstretched mandibles to evaporate some of the water content. Leioproctus (family: Colletidae) ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/447cde2c-97ef-4f41-a3e8-977de4c27f98/PA200248.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out Having already tripped the floral mechanism and exposed the anthers, this female bee grips the filaments with her mandibles and the floral wings with her back legs … and puts her other legs to work gathering pollen. Lasioglossum (Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/49a927ad-8f6c-4c9c-95ee-45c71f405b4e/PA200158.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out The first (and only) bee I have seen visiting Tetratheca pilosa. [Photobombing this image is a katydid nymph. It may be responsible for some petal damage, but it isn’t capable of pollinating these flowers.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4b8c6a00-dcb8-457a-8bbf-bc893a0074b0/PA200162.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out She is a medium-sized halictine bee, Lasioglossum (subgenus: Parasphecodes). The long hairs on her back legs are already packed with pollen, while the rest of her body is dusted with the fine, white grains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666827975997-GJOC9MZMG2CASD68KKR5/PA220042-2-Edit+copy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666827966282-YF5DXDA90AM8ZIF6Q2KX/PA220031-3-Edit+copy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666862607773-C3QKFHWUH4IRZEDOUJ0U/Tetratheca+anther+anatomy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666827991954-0WSPGSKHHT1OS2VDVUX2/PA260025-Edit.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/fb28d3fa-2ecb-4444-b50c-ccc898018876/PA240005-3.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out A single plant, with multiple stems. Tetratheca is a perennial shrub, producing additional stems from underground rhizomes, year after year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0cf770d2-2267-4891-a0d3-2a45fb7d321f/PA270038-Edit+copy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out Ovary growth. A & B: petals and 2 anthers removed for imaging. C: the individual fruit arrowed in the next photo. Collected and imaged: 27/10/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/61640220-1da1-420b-aa7c-c95970465f2d/PA260009+copy.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out Large numbers of young, developing fruit on this Tetratheca pilosa indicate successful cross fertilisation. (Arrow indicates the individual fruit labeled C in the ovary growth figure alongside) Image: 26/10/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/70568d12-8fc1-4445-936e-7174584a4622/PA200241.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles - Make it stand out A single flowering stem of Stackhousia monogyna can produce dozens of flowers. New buds form at the tip even as older flowers below are maturing into fruit. Each flower comprises a long, tubular corolla fringed by five free petal lobes. The yellow tips of stamens are just visible inside the mouth of the tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1667021655657-F6QVSUJWGJZNYUY5QU1G/PA280001-Edit.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1667021664862-ZQTPN9396YCPSTZLOLWP/PA280007-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1667021672749-2T9K9W5TMJ8G7TEY1IRO/PA280011-Edit.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1667025267534-22O3MPE4U2QIYGEGFSJI/PA280025-Edit+copy+2.jpg news & stories - Pollination puzzles https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/six-things-about-sawflies monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1d8b9be6-54c1-4dad-92ee-ec05a1b6f112/Screen+Shot+2022-10-25+at+10.52.10+am.png news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666655928518-MHUCZU5N0ET5TYLX66I5/PA140057.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Larvae; subfamily Perginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676804906572-JEJ99L09SAFSOGR6UOC3/P2170036.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pseudoperga ferruginea adult male; subfamily Perginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656071576-LH9L5BCAEE5M1IDGVZ8H/P2170161-2.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pseudoperga ferruginea, adult female; subfamily Perginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656593284-XO3S4HWY4BI2FH4V912W/P2170174-2.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pseudoperga ferruginea, adult female; subfamily Perginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676530842649-YJDDUPFU7CO9AZ9QWNHY/P2160018.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pseudoperga ferruginea female with egg clutch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656172408-UREQZ949TES4FDERWYIO/PB240237-2.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - subfamily Perginae, species unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656571541-6HG0IWLRYNJIO7XBF0JT/P4100076.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pergagrapta bella, adult; subfamily Perginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656802185-D4QTJKCIMIGSHJKNKX3R/P4100071.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pergagrapta bella, adult; subfamily Perginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656280692-AR940GU8JQJ9Q0O1BJTA/PA150208.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Lophyrotoma cyanea, adult male; subfamily Pterygophorinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1667693776258-PEQ0LW2VZ8XMYKT9ONUD/PB060007-3.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Lophyrotoma interrupta, adult female; subfamily Pterygophorinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668913714345-X698L7H7PKMXBDM4JVU2/65FFC914-6D52-4B79-9436-73664AB36D8B.jpeg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Lophyrotoma interrupta larvae; subfamily Pterygophorinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656486750-O37MPA21B3U5KHEFQCWB/PA170023-2.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Eurys sp., adult; subfamily Perreyiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656894673-IOOKER6CSLR0YCMEGJK4/PB190081.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pteryperga galla adult female; subfamily Pteryperginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666656970079-LV7JFWMY09TU4MHQHB3X/PB190079.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pteryperga galla adult female; subfamily Pteryperginae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1667511405589-AVAHQAGTB1YNU8N13IDX/DougReckord.jpeg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Pteryperga galla, larvae; subfamily Pteryperginae - photo with permission Doug Reckord https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666663253609-DLJ07Z5P66459O5G94E9/480px-Opening_of_South_Atlantic_126_Ma.png news & stories - Six things about sawflies - c. 126 Ma South America, Antartica, Australia still connected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666663416964-4TSTQ8AZYBQS7EKHBLD6/480px-Opening_of_South_Atlantic_83_Ma.png news & stories - Six things about sawflies - c. 83 Ma South America has separated from Antarctica/Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669071290432-1KOXGK3GNRUPV15YS4F2/large-3.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - 11:30am resting cluster on a bare stem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669072438775-Y7KI1G0MSK6E1F7VBF3Y/PB040012.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - 6:53pm on the move towards a feeding site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669071595118-WFK3AOUY48RXL46E6CQI/large-4.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - 8:39pm at the feeding site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669071754143-OHQL9CX44RASSGU3VMSD/PB050033-2.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - 8:46pm the other side of the same leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669071850078-3PB0JD5FZ2HQMG4RWDV1/PB050030-2.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - 8:46pm the rest of the cluster is nearby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669071930319-DA4ZFOL7D0K9BBO99OG2/PB050003-4.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - 10:55pm finished feeding, back in a cluster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669072091723-5H6I7SRN8RNEFSYZMWBI/PB060005.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - 7:50am the next morning, in a roost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669072201506-U9GXQ980MUOKDE3RRX5R/PB050015-2.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - defoliation from previous feeding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669154064857-VJR4TRXOSO4KALZZCIQR/PB220002-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - cluster (arrowed) in its feed tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/dc329aeb-d290-4fb5-8047-3a6461e55d71/PA230019.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Make it stand out Upper branches of a eucalypt sapling showing almost complete defolation by sawfly larvae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666932270166-V559ED6Y6PGSYDD7FI11/PA230038.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - larvae regurgitating fluid after disturbance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666932281595-XKRT57TQZ76ZUK0NTUOL/PA230043.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - enlarged view of fluid oozing out of mouth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666932309189-OTU6Y649T8GDF0W8ZWK7/PA230051.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - regurgitated fluid on body of a larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/de7301c3-1ba3-487a-9d92-c22226bf93e0/IMG_5284.jpg news & stories - Six things about sawflies - Make it stand out Plate XIII from Morice, F.D. (1918) “Notes on Australian Sawflies, especially the Authors Types and other specimens in the British Museum of Natural History and the Hope Collections of the Oxford University Museum”. Trans. Entomol. Soc. 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I scan the field, alert to their bobbing motion, then track them until they either land or disappear down a hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663159218646-U6SPUT1M3Z0GQNEIW8XM/P9081057.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663159213974-BHX0SDUJPF9YZRJASECB/P9081013+copy.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663644094088-3RMXESWEPYR1LYJQC1E5/P9100077-2.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663644103404-YKTPHP8U265JVQ5BOO94/P9100230-2.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663237002886-PZOQ31E4UVEFZ0DORWHC/P9140030-2.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663237073629-IJRO49ATH4TY39VZCJZD/P9150006-6.jpg news & stories - 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Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663287297751-EGNWG7PJ9ESBI1VW9NR1/P9150080+copy.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663802032827-AWBTTE1IOQA61O68J7F2/P9150092+copy.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663287302755-GCU1V411C917FX89ZQTH/P9150098+copy.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1b783ba5-40ff-4224-883f-9e03f957a1ca/Evans+%26+Matthews+1970+p3.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out Extract from page 3 of Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1971a. The ‘preceeding’ species the authors refer to is Podagritus leptospermi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f0cf1d7d-5c91-48c4-bc8f-43dd7e16d25a/Rhopalum+id.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/3e3ce089-0af4-4b77-a6c0-17d54b1ec509/the+Rhopalum+dig.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out The dig in progress … 12th Sept, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1be0e289-25a9-4f7e-af0f-666c835a758a/schematic+of+Rhopalum+nest+burrow.png news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327268602-A7SDRNHG37O2W9U1JT7O/P9140001-4-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Platystomatidae (signal flies) Rivellia see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327100339-XKV138Q63YGV99R8LYXT/P9120001-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Platystomatidae (signal flies) Rivellia see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327373236-NZGM3L9IM1L3BURZHFNF/P9150001-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Milichiidae (freeloader flies) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327358863-JI5XVBF4G2FTAZOOL0Y9/P9150007-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Lauxaniidae see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327218113-5RX0Q35TZXR9O3B2UXRJ/P9120049-3-Edit-new.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Limoniidae (crane fly) ... legless! see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327233707-4SNW2MO6GQHR0D8TERKR/P9120094-2-Edit-new.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Scatopsidae (minute black scavenger flies) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327226307-AMO61CQ2IFMVR1NC27UB/P9120058-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Empididae (Empidini) (dagger flies) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327239109-CHU0V8DZ87JCC5IJTE4Z/P9120107-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Empididae (Chelipodini) (dagger flies) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663327278537-LOUHLUK0L5IVGTUOJPBM/P9140013-4-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Cecidomyiidae (gall & forest midges) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/54ea90c0-4c1d-47a5-877b-94edb920b147/P9120009-4-Edit-new.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out The white egg discovered in Cell 2. It is attached to the larger of these flies, the dagger fly (Empididae). [The small orange gnat (Cecidiomyidae) was also in Cell 2 and just happened to stick to the egg, probably as the cell collapsed during excavation] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a2b87c76-03f4-4ea1-82c6-f45cfda7ea2e/Summary+of+Rhopalum+nest+contents.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out Collection made on 12th Sept, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/00751f50-629e-42cc-8edd-468ba7bcbc20/P9150001-3-Edit.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out The identity of the ‘sneaky flies’ is revealed - Apotropina. The silvery colour of the living fly is lost when submerged in ethanol. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ddaab575-5a40-4c9c-a983-4338f4009e8a/Sivinski+et+al+1999+page+188.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out Extract from Sivinkski et al., 1999, page 188 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/3cc3f1ab-52a2-45b2-9f63-421ac01048a2/Evans+%26+Matthews+1971b+page+297.jpg news & stories - Nesting habits of a little-known wasp - Make it stand out Extract from Evans & Matthews, 1971b, page 297 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/9/18/home-extensions-for-a-growing-family monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663465292050-GEVN0WRL2B9P7IPYHIQG/December+2003+looking+downhill+arrowed.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - December 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663465305197-VWVWMR9XINKJZ45LFQ4E/July+2004+looking+uphill+arrowed.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - July 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663467077334-Q54IO8HGPXZ0CR3RZBBY/August+2017+looking+uphill+arrowed.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - August 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663467120190-DFGGYKPTWLZ2ULWXA3NS/Sept+2022+looking+uphill+arrowed.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/06460099-8eac-44df-8cf8-93ba6fb4a11b/P9180017.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - Make it stand out September 2022 uphill side of mound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663487417396-HVFWW59ZKLMLZKXMAJL0/P9180006-3.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - 7x4m surface of subterranean nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663487433815-E8KAQNKK1KQC9AZX8IHT/P8110044.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - the actual departure site - 30x30cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663487901509-ZTPAK40ZVZKPQ1A0T06F/P8110015.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663487914340-5J7PL6IY9PPI7HJE00MR/P8110032.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663552108623-KLWD6FXQGP5UD0VUA8CG/P9090033.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - alates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663552122963-R46NDT6KB1YVBC99130N/P9090032.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - alates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663552202003-0KMRLZBZSG7XEXGNC07F/P9090004.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ac79a34e-57c5-4006-b6ef-98d5d8afb647/P9090029.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663554354376-B78PWZ9BGGVE608Z2J0V/P9090021.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - alate shedding wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663554364879-4ZGTZK00XMJNX7XHVWFE/P9090024.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - dealate investigating slit in bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663554030628-PKR9K6NBIF9JD2SJSNA5/P9090018.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - dealate male pursuing a dealate female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7b5391cc-0f7e-40d0-8e4c-23e9b94e8901/P9090014-2.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cb852845-b0ab-46e5-b99e-722ff7904908/weather+data.jpg news & stories - Home extensions for a growing family - Make it stand out red arrow indicates time of alate emergence https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/9/1/the-bees-are-back monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a18e6e2f-2d09-4aee-a655-4822c2c1b0d4/P8270132.jpg news & stories - The bees are back! - Make it stand out Trichocolletes returns, right on cue. This was the first bee species to appear last year too … coincidentally, on 31/8/21 (or at least, that was my first sighting, and I monitor the purple pea flowers quite closely). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/64dd0139-236f-4c30-9ca3-2746a462993f/P9010012-3.jpg news & stories - The bees are back! - Make it stand out In one part of the forest, Leucopogon ericoides dominates the floral landscape. This is the highest, driest part of the property. It also gets a good deal of sun as the Eucalyptus canopy here is quite sparse, especially so since the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0f623d2a-d14e-4574-a1ac-7b21a296d9a4/P9010018-2.jpg news & stories - The bees are back! - Make it stand out Left: Leucopogon ericoides; Middle: Leucopogon affinis: Right: Hardenbergia violacea Scale in mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662023469055-GSV48DTO41JWO3LCS0KH/P9010004-3.jpg news & stories - The bees are back! - Leucopogon ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662023332715-EZ12ZUS4KWL11EGJ11MW/P9010005-2.jpg news & stories - The bees are back! - Leucopogon affinis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662023339352-CIX9M8IOSYRKEWSIHQ1T/P9010022.jpg news & stories - The bees are back! - Hardenbergia violacea https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/9/1/rush-into-spring monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/getting-to-know-funnel-ants monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659840187140-UDC9I2R7FV8AW0YJAL16/PA180016.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Winged, virgin queen emerging from nest, surrounded by workers 18/10/21 (17:07) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659840203627-4JX735JENSZ1WPZSDEOL/PA180098.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Recently emerged queen, about to take off on her maiden flight 18/10/21 (17:29) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/192f8a3c-2d65-4bda-81be-d48906dca3f6/PB050001-3-Edit.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Worker Aphaenogaster longiceps … post mortem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cd536c9c-92f0-4c6c-a8c5-fb756f30542f/PA220026-3.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Funnel-shaped mound surrounding opening to Aphaenogaster longiceps nest (22/10/2021 11:23) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a9a6e4a4-a9a0-44ac-802a-3c93e918461a/PB060195.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Two adjacent nest entrances, almost certainly belonging to the same colony. The sandy soil of our home forest is well-suited to this species. They tend to avoid rocky or wet areas. (6/11/2021 10:56) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/60b8834f-2366-4d49-a586-e95dfe43ffea/terminalis%2Bfruit%2Bopen+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Mature, split fruit of Acacia terminalis. Note that the seeds of some pods have already been shed, but are caught in adjacent spider webs (arrows). (December, 2011) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/981f80e2-f51c-4d0c-bd3f-6acc9444a345/PC036934+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Each ‘diaspore’ of Acacia terminalis comprises a smooth, black seed and a pale yellow elaiosome (arrow) (same tree as in adjacent image) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c7a41f9d-f92d-49fd-885f-31a1fbc82ac6/P1260008.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Wattle (Acacia sp.) seedling within 4 weeks of the fire (26/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/05ffe0a6-ec62-4640-b0c0-042acdf5382b/P1280046.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Kennedia rubicunda seedlings. Within a year, this creeper had become a prominent feature of the post-fire landscape (28/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/983c92fd-f261-4106-9928-5fcc53cee298/P1280125.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out The uneven, porous surface created by ant mounds impedes the flow of water over the ground surface. Scorched canopy leaves that fell in the weeks following the fire also play a role, forming ‘litter-dams’. (28/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c84882b2-02cf-44cc-9e45-a5e904e858f1/PA180092-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Pair of Aphaenogaster longiceps alates, immediately after landing and uncoupling. The large female (left) is at least 10mm long, while the slender male (right) was not much larger than the workers, at 5-6mm. (18/10/2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0d424865-b58c-4496-b328-cc13a48312b1/PA180054.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Over the following hour, we watched dozens of winged queens emerge from this and adjacent openings. Curiously, we did not see a single male among them. Either the males emerged earlier, or the males I was seeing in flight had arisen from colonies elsewhere in the forest. Although this was the only emergence site we found, the huge aerial swarms indicated a synchronised swarming from many different nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e6564483-0913-4b5a-a01e-d29427a28950/PA180048-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out A newly-mated queen lands and starts to remove her wings. Here one hind wing falls, having just been broken off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659860176807-4IB829NBXQ5QXT4O4FTH/PA180055-3+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659860178531-VVLDE62DQFRVQTYIHB9A/PA180056-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659860180077-RHTS1FKLFJZIHDTYEWGE/PA180057-3+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659860181597-2ILBQS1C8BCWF0ACEJZQ/PA180058-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659860838132-F252OF0GOZD9MT4XQZ9X/PA180063-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659860185225-XDKDEIGH7RPCYQTKTT5Z/PA180066-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660186981063-CV796JD2JNNOT082NYAD/PA180068-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660186949056-M02RDSXH3R047PDGC9U4/PA180016-3.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660186954889-Z1ENGRYSDSXKMODR1NW7/PA180085-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660186960457-MBWS1T5OB14UI09D7RP2/PA180075-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bc4f4394-423f-49c2-936c-7d79c8de72ad/rain+and+pressure.png news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Weather conditions during October 2021, as recorded here in the forest. Total rainfall for the month was 93mm across 11 rain days. [Note that the rainfall shown in blue is cumulative for each 24 hour period]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c73faa1f-6f0b-4439-bfdd-de32ec3535ce/weather+18th+Oct+2021.png news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants - Make it stand out Weather conditions on the day of the swarming, including temperature, precipitation and atmospheric pressure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660188981343-BZOV0YUVF5H8G57X7PLW/PB060136-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660188993917-VPKWRY80407810VRB5K2/PB060146-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660189031145-1V40R3O4FXMAI8E5TIIO/PB060155-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660189043977-SV3C8QGSM8ODNANXK205/PB060273-2.jpg news & stories - 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Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660190750390-NAQLZ18MMOHPEI37BAH8/PB060308-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660190751635-32JVSL0HQXWRHEDVO1CR/PB060309-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660190753634-6D3IHVKMRMW5XLUOYRY2/PB060312-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660190754830-3SY4APD3RBN937DAAH6S/PB060313-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660190756280-0BCXJMF0IJNZN1XZ6TR0/PB060314-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660190757833-FX5C22GOQDOD0Y4UMXTA/PB060315-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know funnel ants https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/6/5/moth-musings monthly 0.5 2023-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654498324733-JYTV84ENKG1QQ4NVRAQK/large-34.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Parepisparis lutosaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654499769373-F8CRDXEZK3HCULHF4F3B/large-36.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Thalaina clara (Clara's Satin Moth) Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654497940319-GE75EPARA1DL69JCHVMZ/large-31.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Eucyclodes metaspila (Inscribed Emerald) Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654495536528-U0XRW5TAH9MX3EHCPNZR/large-8.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Hypobapta tachyhalotaria (Varied Grey Moth) Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654496225765-18ZCJ3OR0EDZ5JHXTMFB/large-15.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Chlorocoma dichloraria (Guenee's Emerald) Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654495953873-36VLB5KAYGNGO623PFFT/large-12.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Chrysolarentia lucida (Lucid Moth) Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654496495542-BFHDECU162082K6IA8M9/large-18.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Cernia amyclaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654496380732-CE33UU9RFZ8M6SDPVR7W/large-17.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Abantiades labyrinthicus (Labyrinthine Ghost Moth) Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654497408152-9RTA5F97PQ80AC0HGOH3/large-27.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Limnaecia cirrhosema Family: Cosmopterigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654496588407-876XGGF9IUUXXGMTHCXI/large-19.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Garrha pudica Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654497604330-EJVJCONNF85GEAA23X22/large-29.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Tipanaea patulella (White Rush Moth) Family: Crambidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654580601946-79AVJTIIKNV9JD1ZOYJD/large-48.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Meyriccia latro Family: Pyralidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654496916885-H501I37Z7QAQXG3VOJ78/large-22.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Hednota bivittella Family: Crambidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654495823225-I7EURZ86BT26IKG18EOG/large-11.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Anthela acuta (Common Anthelid Moth) Family: Anthelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654497767889-27NDQ7207VJMML1MGAWY/large-30.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Thalatha melanophrica Family: Noctuidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654498472167-MDFWNTVHFQXF0KZDXC6K/large-35.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Glyphipterix cometophora Family: Glyphipterigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654586190046-RUZ5JLDHMFD9H9ZMY2UB/large-24.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Chelepteryx chalepteryx (White-stemmed Acacia Moth) Family: Anthelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654589599689-6ZWMNY4KYWRK3HBG65HX/large-29.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Asthenoptycha iriodes Family: Tortricidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654590050124-3GFX1P930SAXD4K69YLT/large-31.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Cosmodes elegans (Green-blotched Moth) Family: Noctuidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654814487988-RTSF3UCHV4YY33TAX4YE/IMG_4798.jpeg news & stories - Moth musings - Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) Family: Sphingidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654498217328-TF022WO7OH0726N565ON/large-33.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Sinpunctiptilia emissalis (Plume Moth) Family: Pterophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654578960416-5IR1GAVC34OZTU95OYNY/PA150051-2.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Nearcha ursaria It’s almost impossible to spot this moth on the forest floor, unless you watch it alighting. The small black dots on the wings match those on the leaf above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654580116801-VX2QYMFIRPYRWS7HCD5L/large-3.jpeg news & stories - Moth musings - Dissomorphia australiaria (Dashed Geometrid) Compare the dark spots on the moth wings and the leaf above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654582419618-B6XIHTSSNX7XVE0GDZ23/P2270008-2.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Dichromodes estigmaria (Pale Grey Heath Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654579036037-GLVX7B2I7N9987O8O0UH/PA150029.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Aelochromia mniaria (Cryptic Emerald) Easy to spot on a white house wall, less so on the forest floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654580299453-PFIGLH7KCAW7QLFWKM3L/large-6.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Thallogama sp. This one was easy to overlook even on the wall of the house. No chance to find it on the forest floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654579575305-USQN0MKW1J2NO3PBZIBG/large-10.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Ectropis fractaria (Ringed Bark Moth) If it had landed on bark rather than this piece of dressed timber, I’d probably have missed this one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654585597168-R03IGM1QXXZX3VY7PI3J/large-13.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Scolioplectana comptana - plant stem? sap? Family: Tortricidae Or perhaps bird dropping? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654585604320-UD5588ALZV1URU2BF6BN/large-21.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Hoplomorpha abalienella - hole in leaf? Family: Oecophoridae This moth stands out clearly on a light sheet. But on the forest floor it’s very difficult to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654732119033-P57EDWI5O9K064XK1PV4/IMG_4796.jpeg news & stories - Moth musings - Sosineura mimica - bird dropping? Family: Carposinidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654582262333-83OULDHDPJVQM1VV26P6/large-5.jpeg news & stories - Moth musings - Dasypodia cymatodes (Northern Wattle Moth) Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654581187713-2BROHJTZHFPUZ39ZRVJE/large-7.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Dasypodia selenophora (Southern Moon Moth) Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654581326894-JFWGR49ZLTEX3Y2Y81CU/large-8.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Opodiphthera helena (Helena Gum Moth) Family: Saturniidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654587388126-NZK9OEF4DGUZ0TIYIA2T/large-19.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Amata sp. Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654587400955-PYA8JV4YRZ88V1BSFBXS/large-17.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Ardices curvata (Crimson Tiger Moth) Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654589150394-GZAFUYTQLBOP73813Q0K/large-28.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Ardices canescens (Light Ermine Moth) Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654587411052-NR39KNNU9W1V9YPQ88T9/large-6.jpeg news & stories - Moth musings - Utetheisa pulchelloides (Heliotrope Moth) Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654587426912-JH6XNOEQVP6C5EO71V2I/large-26.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Nyctemera amicus (Australian Magpie Moth) Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiiinae The larvae feed on various Senecio species, which contain poisonous pyrrolizidine alkaloids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654587647171-Q1QF3C1W8OHMZRVELTD4/large-27.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Nyctemera amicus larva Here feeding on Senecio hispidulus (Rough Fireweed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654857758325-WTPJFG1KKE5SS1K9AA9W/PB180027.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Coequosa triangularis on Geebung bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654857774013-4DWW8NRQW0WNIE1SLI2W/PB180029.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - one large caterpillar! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654857795789-KAH8N3RLUY82CJD5QW0D/PB180072.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - no, this is the tail end - not the head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654857998680-TNXNB1ST2S47ABVJ683P/PB280044.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - larva made a silk cocoon in leaf litter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654858010393-LJ9GVBC0VOFSAO3OFFXJ/PC300154.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - 10 days later it developed a chrysalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654858019646-L34R7WDXEWQP8DV6HU7M/Coequosa%2Btriangularis.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - the adult moth eclosed about a month later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654862893257-39HED35EZ46AYSCXTYWB/P4070068.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - epicormic growth being ravaged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654862987593-3MJYWJ58PJLGFTQT92PP/P4140030.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - refuge under construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654862955223-XGCW2Z3WZVY3A7R18S3L/P4080075.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - a completed fold on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654863372552-8YHF1GD5P61QN613VU04/P4090002.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - caterpillar retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654863375718-157F0L1YK7AEI6NWFF2K/P4090004.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - the caterpillar inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654863419166-Y58AJ0KIPJJ516BKRO65/P5180047.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - the adult moth which eclosed a month later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654863607871-2C6AQ6FR8LKGUR8HX789/large-33.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - same species February 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654863668161-AOEOUVQ3WYRYEXU81DJB/P5180027.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - sighted on a light sheet in May 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654863679813-0S4RA71EDDQS19ARCHOA/P5180009-8.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - same species on nearby tree trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654864134088-Q9M97UQ7O7QGV92OQSZ3/P4070065.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - love those blue eyes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1654864146755-JT7TL9H870WLHN9R2B50/P4070095.jpg news & stories - Moth musings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655037637570-OX7CHPZOLZM6HHYL8O6W/large-35.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Garrha pudica Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655037671042-4IC3ZWCAMB8WYKJGUJCU/large-36.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Garrha ocellifera Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655037796624-1LBC9JU87U7A13QRW0VO/large-7.jpeg news & stories - Moth musings - Garrha phoenopis Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655037926499-SN5534G6TZ1A4VLX6FHC/large-38.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Merocroca automima Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655038056236-MMYZSXJKWSQP52BIAZNH/large-8.jpeg news & stories - Moth musings - Eusemocosma pruinosa Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655038163574-KC0LWYMK5BO6HE2OMQW6/large-39.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Palimmeces leucopelta Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655038235662-CCYYL1KEHLYM1ZJ4KDCB/large-40.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Palimmeces variegata Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655038328820-IXADKC9Z37F9FWLZPDSN/large-41.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Eulechria convictella Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655038384186-J9OGJCRRCXK4WGXN32Y3/large-42.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Eulechria periphanes Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e90b0356-880f-4a00-89ec-dab1b1b8380a/PC150001-PanoA.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655038712349-QQ2XL5VQVG2VCJCTUVK4/P4040037.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Tritymba sp. Family: Bucculatricidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655038719599-H328OF4X0OUPHYL600NR/PA230599.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Tritymba acrospila Family: Bucculatricidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655102894761-LP2FUJBVU65LC4TRX0KR/P5220032.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Abantiades atripalpis - May 22nd Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655102906420-DJ4NQBLX5VHOV8FZ6Y35/P6130019.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Oxycanus dirempta June 13th Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655102930195-OP9N30Y580W0YYDQ0JTP/P6130015.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Oxycanus silvanus June 13th Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655102940339-0YQ3MAJGY5EFGLBAUR58/P7040052.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Oxycanus pupal case mid July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655102951899-ONE4LMGZV69XDH38ASQQ/P7040039.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Oxycanus pupal case mid July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655102962941-SBSUWGNZKO4JU76XGR8P/P7040045.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Oxycanus pupal case mid July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/491d89fa-74ed-4a22-8409-3af440e574ed/bogong+vs+ghost+moth.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Make it stand out Would you know a Bogong Moth if you saw one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655188854809-F0KBQG4I2PLLAQZWOAQ3/large-43.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Hyalarcta huebneri (Common Leaf Case Moth) Family: Psychidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655188946615-2FK0E8OGYLM6PCAGBS3P/large-44.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Conoeca guildingi Family: Psychidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655189031554-QSEAG1DPOT5XU71U5COC/large-45.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - species unknown Family: Psychidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655189136852-NCLLQE1A1WFRYHZKA6YG/large-46.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Metura elongatus (Saunder's Case Moth) Family: Psychidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655198408223-TV2MTH9JIOOPJUPGAZ1H/P9200125.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Conoeca guildingi larva crawling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655198423767-DIOY9T3P72XSL28MIB4Y/P5120006.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Metura elongatus larva feeding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655198518825-MJT3SVMTU7MQN5O95KZG/P5120009.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - this shows the mouthparts to good effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655198444188-P530QO5SDM0POBRJ76NK/P5120003.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - larva withdrawn into case https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655191466566-0GWE7NU299H0PBY3UT74/PA310157.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Hyalarcta huebneri larval case https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655191481741-OJXZARLM1I34JLYFHLUB/PA310138.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Ichneumonid wasp lands nearby wasp species Sericopimpla sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655191515836-SG16DD6S117LNKMEWBOV/PA310098.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - wasp positions itself for attack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655191527284-VYFDYES89BGTHZK9WCOZ/PA310068-Edit.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - wasp ovipositor (arrowed) inserted into case https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655194535745-JQ06CYH3QL2JD0VKVHVS/PA280059.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - larva feeding on grasstree spike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655196573528-LA8646PMZAEST14KA0YT/PC310012.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - pupal shell extended from larval case https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655196700543-531L0FTLQUVPKP2YR736/PC310004.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - adult male eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655199630797-OPQZC0EJ7HCFEK1JGM9Q/large-55.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Lepidoscia protorna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655199640362-CTNSO845YAFI4VAJ9C9W/large-53.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Lepidoscia euryptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655199651168-0IYA3VOTLAWZFHJ4S5AU/large-52.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Conoeca guildingi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655354398446-SK02A42IZ7IRW48N95VP/large-49.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Anthela excellens (192) Family: Anthelidae southern limit of distribution: Wingan Inlet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655355056989-GRA613M6J4ODFXOFNLKP/large-50.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Cyme structa (356) Family: Erebidae southern limit of distribution: Mallacoota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655355399669-S2S7JOO85F30T1HDX0WI/large-52.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Maliattha amorpha (878) Family: Noctuidae southern limit of distribution: Wonboyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655356244174-F0H0NFKNNJD0L8DY3WOM/PB140125.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Nola pygmaeodes (125) Family: Nolidae southern limit of distribution: Mallacoota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655356524013-WB59SPYP6K9ACYAR99SI/P9180013-2.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Laspeyria concavata (329) Family: Geometridae southern limit of distribution: Wonboyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655357009666-USJDHLA9L578DBG0GJG9/P4040213.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Hypomecis externaria (115) Family: Geometridae southern limit of distribution: Mallacoota/Genoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655357369120-YMJSZIO4KH4Q7S8TELT3/PC230015-4.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Cryptophasa flavolineata (112) Family: Xyloryctidae southern limit of distribution: Wonboyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655358053330-57163CZLI31RGC0WXADB/PA241060.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Elusa oenolopha (107) Family: Noctuidae southern limit of distribution: Wonboyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1655358496727-D4UBFD603I8OHA030G8C/PA230103.jpg news & stories - Moth musings - Calathusa hypotherma (72) Family: Nolidae southern limit of distribution: Wonboyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0c991fa2-c826-4b0c-aa08-c9d617df25f0/Screen+Shot+2022-06-16+at+4.44.31+pm.png news & stories - Moth musings - Make it stand out IBRA subregions in the southeastern corner of the continent. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/5/19/autumn-colours monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/5/9/forest-vegetation-another-year monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652424001241-GLORI5I2YDGRBUV9Y04Y/P4140016.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Sunshine Wattle (Acacia terminalis) 16/4/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652424195903-MFAMNDUEY6RC4C5UKUVJ/P4140005.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Late Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) 16/4/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652424391667-KHBOKE6EG5M3LA70EJIB/P4180003-3.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Sydney Golden Wattle (Acacia longifolia longifolia) 18/4/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652424766559-8AZ7QNVBZOUHA38EX8L0/P5090001.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Sunshine Wattle 9/5/22 Acacia terminalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652505084804-MF8FZYAAGQKKUAL9YYI1/P5090042.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Late Black Wattle 9/5/22 Tall Acacia mearnsii bushes growing on river slopes with other vegetation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652426484456-N907HIBEI91D35UMXKSW/P5090035.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Blunt Leaf, Late Black Wattle and other species 10/5/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6797735a-6c2e-4858-9c6b-31d47c45217e/P1250189-Pano.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out 25th January 2020 - 15 days post fire. The entire middle storey and undergrowth has been razed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/12eb23ab-22dd-48b7-b12f-f0d0a339f1ea/P4070003-3-Pano.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out 7th April 2021. Many small Sunshine Wattle bushes are present in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4b1c20da-1736-4b9e-9b63-0e7717192025/P8090077-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2e88b6d5-a8a8-4a71-ac1b-9d225019cd4d/P5140001-Pano-Edit.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out 14th May 2022. The same Sunshine Wattle bushes have grown dramatically over the following 9 months. A reference kangaroo stands in the lower right foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652426720135-9HC3VW48DJ1DTKR4SJCA/P4250040.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Blue Oliveberry (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) 12/5/22 resprouting from rootstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652426968347-QS9AZ5O4DYGXDNZ3NVHP/P5090006.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Narrow-leaf Geebung (Persoonia linearis) 9/5/22 - resprouting from rootstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652427084009-EMORSHQEDISCJZAYIYB1/P5090020.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Austral Indigo (Indigofera australis) 9/5/22 - resprouting from rootstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/defa1859-d8de-4ddd-9911-00ca74b0f7a3/IMG_5588.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out 18th August 2021 - 19 months post fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e5694602-541c-42ca-8ca7-f31b04b020a6/P5130006-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out 13th May 2022 - the same area 9 months later. The light green Large-leaf Hopbush (Dodonaea triquetra) plants dominate the foreground. This species sprouted profusely over large areas of the forest after the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652502905689-6AQOBBPBMGO42CG32TQ4/PA290209-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - October 2015. Male Gang-gang Cockatoo. feeding on Sunshine Wattle seed pods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652503061969-IPYE77112N9D0UHJWN4E/PA300012.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - October 2015 Female Gang-gang Cockatoo feeding on Sunshine Wattle seed pods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652504402105-95QV2I642PL9PR21BEDE/P3280068-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Green Kangaroo-Apple (Solanum vescum) 28/3/21 Bushes growing on slopes to river with Blunt Leaf Wattle (Acacia obtusifolia) seedlings in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652509177175-EHA6DR5VU58EZZLNPXQX/PC260008.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Green Kangaroo-Apple flowers 26/12/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652509232796-91MYT8QL0L34F7KDV9AT/PC260012.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Green Kangaroo Apple fruit 26/12/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652504055505-OF8IXLG4VZ21SPGW0D2K/P1020002-3.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Dense vegetation on slopes to river 2/1/21 Green Kangaroo-Apple (Solanum vescum) and Forest Groundsel (Senecio velleioides) grow alongside the trunk of a killed Cherry Ballart (Exocarpos cupressiformis) tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652506897696-P6WYLRJZZ1PHRDR4V2FN/PC160073.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Forest Groundsel (Senecio velleioides)16/12/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652509337054-US2W47DGXPT2XDERLNM3/PA030073.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Forest Groundsel (Senecio velleioides) flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652504590340-PAPA0TRZD8RVQA091WWX/P3280099.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Hop Goodenia (Goodenia ovata) 28/3/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652509518813-WLIPDTPFHOOYT5J7WKNT/P1070096-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Hop Goodenia (Goodenia ovata) 7/12/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652507667501-GNY0UQRE2BJ037K2KUQ9/PC160081.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Dead Green Kangaroo-Apple bush 16/12/21 fruit still hanging of the branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652503620315-Q6R2Q84USGBANWJ2JS1G/P1160001.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Dead Green Kangaroo-Apple 16/1/22 This plant is in the flat part of the forest well above the slopes to the river. Note healthy growth of adjacent Rainbow Fern (Calochlaena dubia) and Nettle Tree (Trema tomentosa). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652503907824-QRH4N5HR8M0CF85DTLZ9/IMG_6191.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Dead Green Kangaroo-Apple 10/5/22 Solanum vescum on slopes to river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652762033332-5Z7N0CVL0NCKP2FQDCAS/P5170007.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Bracelet Honey-Myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris) 10/5/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652509713182-RX05TLE92CUWHEGS0W29/IMG_6196.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) 10/5/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652509065427-12HJYCKYGCXE3QGOCZF2/PC160079.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Blunt Leaf Wattle (Acacia obtusifolia) 16/12/21 probably growing from seedlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652510189401-8AQYAQUVFDSR3ZZ0RPE2/IMG_5738.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Willow Needlewood (Hakea macraeana) 12/10/21 - growing alongside Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) saplings, Hop Goodenia (Goodenia ovata, yellow flowers) and Nodding Blue Lily (Stypandra glauca, purple flowers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/42e8f033-cd1b-4152-b0b2-47ef7805ee4c/large-13.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out Nodding Blue Lily (Stypandra glauca) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652576011005-XJTGCL1V7TIQYHYLOP5I/P9080180.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Toothed Lobelia (Lobelia dentata) 8/9/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652576070482-GEZ9VZCQ1IUSGSQHLBF0/PA030071.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Crimson Passionflower (Passiflora cinnabarina) 3/10/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652576221192-ZXNNXTMJTXQXHIH62FQ3/PA050040.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Wallflower Orchid (Diuris orientis) 5/10/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652577227834-3UB77NTCOONDUQPMCY4E/PC120066.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Small Tongue Orchid (Cryptostylis leptochila) 12/12/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652577539137-5R20JYW54GBA9T1M0IAW/P5140067.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Autumn Wasp Orchid (Chiloglottis curviclavia) 14/5/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652577707346-1BSN0KPJK59IF0LZ6H78/PA090048.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana) 9/10/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578364652-0X96HILPR6I5C5NM8MDY/P8190002-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Milkmaids (Burchardia umbellata) 19/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578375730-L1O27UVYPVUI7BRK4512/P9030012-4.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Lilac Lily (Schelhammera undulata) 3/9/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578384332-KA7P0XSCE39XE7MWO4F5/PA040062.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Large Duck Orchid (Caleana major) 4/10/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578393413-LNK0O789QOSJYAWCBKQ1/large-55.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Pink Lady Fingers (Caladenia carnea) 2/9/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578832157-JKKOE382EG4IJAPYJ0L5/P8210127-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Tall Sundew (Drosera auriculata) 22/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578487835-PRJZMC8XHLMAIMA27R3M/PB240095.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Holly Lomatia (Lomatia ilicifolia) 24/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578434130-L76SUHD3F1YHJKAJB13F/P8160082.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Nodding Greenhood (Pterostylis nutans) 16/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652578472972-1ZRC8ND153SP7883CCRU/PA150013.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Blue Flax-Lily (Dianella caerulea) 15/10/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652579007856-2FA0CYHVMO79Q6YZN9SG/PA150011-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Tall Bluebell (Wahlenbergia stricta stricta) 15/10/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/83b56a6e-94cc-4f8b-897e-76bb82096aa5/IMG_4825.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out 29th October 2020. Just a small portion of the sea of the estimated 1,500 Grasstree spikes seen after the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1c7a1145-a6a9-4ee0-af73-a08e0dfcd859/PA270006-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out Flowering of grasstrees is heavily dependent on exposure to fire. There were more spikes in this one clump than we’d normally see in the whole forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652595741931-XVRXF83CU9USXDPV80YA/PB240184.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Foxtail Speargrass (Austrostipa densiflora) 24/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652595829301-YRODC15K40DC4Z8RPCWB/PB250031.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Long-leaved Wallaby Grass (Rytidosperma longifolium) 25/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652595926243-APBS4A2L7Q5B5TF2KOVW/PC090003-3.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Oat Speargrass (Anisopogon avenaceus) 9/12/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652596051536-BZFUWGKOUWUTZWLMVDBI/PC080013.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Fine-leaved Snow Grass (Poa meionectes) 8/12/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652594755194-3TLSZRY2F1WHO0P3TISQ/PB300043.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Sheath Sedge (Cyathochaeta diandra) 2/12/20 We have never seen this sedge flower before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652596241907-DHCEPTXE5JKWKM6UWXKJ/P4130010.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Thatch Saw-Sedge (Gahnia radula) 14/3/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652586834685-XWRJ0BNX9P27PVZYQ77O/PB080083-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Red-anther Wallaby Grass (Rytidosperma pallidum) 8/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652586994185-0D7AP3TXTV6RMACFKQGG/PC090002.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) 9/12/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652587164399-SQRMS5YPHCFB0JH0MK1D/large-9.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) 5/9/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652671614561-Y5NG7UVDY24JZZEEYP6Z/PA050034.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652671651930-WF6HWPLN2YQSG3S1VSJP/PA050017.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652679692682-3V4QGW5VCSW87E8YWAL8/P9130001-3-Pano.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680106007-LYQ7O52T27O7AUIBOUQC/PA050027.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680243397-UU6ABB1MWYG3DAVDWWYG/P9010158.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Purple Coral Pea (Hardenbergia violacea) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680255057-YTFM535GLKGM8OIY9B0N/P8310021-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Showy Bossiaea (Bossiaea cordifolia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680270281-PYGS67DNCD0IWFHZZHZH/P9210001-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Common Aotus (Aotus ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680280160-RI5DSG3M34U4BR6NXL8Q/PA040063.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Pink-Bells (Tetratheca pilosa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680310013-UB4R14QEF0IZASFT4JEE/P8090007-2.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Rice-Flower (Pimelea humilis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680335029-IRNEFS1LY8FEVU8SLD4C/P8310115.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Running Postman (Kennedia rubicunda) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680355729-L27Q6X72MUZVBK1E9UWQ/PB050002-6.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Common Fringe-Lily (Thysanotus tuberosus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680387018-H06QDU8VBWEFTKG8LADJ/P9230007.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Creamy Candles (Stackhousia monogyna) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652680461759-L882H3ZLHWWLHFUEMKIR/PA210144.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Leafy Purple Flag (Patersonia glabrata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652683715184-CNK23RV14QVHMYGHV436/large-10.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Notched Bush-Pea (Pultenaea retusa) 13/9/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652683900684-PUI2KGIISE8ZZNTVLTUT/large-11.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Pultenaea linophylla 30/8/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652684000665-84S1D79788UWAHVEZH4M/large-12.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Large-leaf Bush Pea (Pultenaea daphnoides) 9/9/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652683294311-28WNG54NTHSE1HYI8TDU/large-8.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Lesser Guinea Flower (Hibbertia calycina) 31/8/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652683033469-7Q6W6KX0ZMDSRET1EVQY/large-6.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Bundled Guinea Flower (Hibbertia fasciculata) 11/9/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652683514742-HUWXC3RUUEOBFTGT510S/large-9.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Hibbertia empetrifolia empetrifolia 10/9/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/db9debe9-1cd0-4728-9399-c5d581325205/large-14.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out Long-leaved Wallaby Grass (Rytidosperma longifolium) 16/12/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a8365745-7a3b-4d25-a853-3cabef8ea33d/P5170008.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out Thatch Saw-Sedge (Gahnia radula) 17/5/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652854438500-EBWSUOT479AVQCPIX7YH/P5180002.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652854446877-HYXHL35ZMV384Q9ILNE5/P8120260.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/93bab767-bf3f-4e57-b078-41ef830f6751/P5190015.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out dead and dying Bracken fronds 19/5/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c5c96638-7978-48f8-970b-bcb2f00ad37b/P5190016.jpg news & stories - Forest vegetation - another year on - Make it stand out Rainbow Fern (Calochlaena dubia) 19/5/22 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/wasp-forensics monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/26309cc8-3037-435d-b40a-892c5126558b/Sceliphron+mud+nest.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Make it stand out Underside of massive mud nest after Paul carefully pulled it away from the vehicle’s mirror. Most cells held a shiny, brown cocoon and little else (A, C, D, E, F & G). But in another three (B, H & I), a cellophane-like wrapping separated each golden cocoon from various bits of spider anatomy . And in one cell a grey larva nestled amid a mass of motionless spiders (J). Imaged: 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1d5bf0ef-db66-4ae8-a81a-26ddb3bca683/Cells+A+and+B.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Make it stand out Cells A & B, before nest was dismantled. Imaged: 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/18514fdc-b111-4dec-9989-578883fe658e/mud+nest+cell+K.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Make it stand out Underside of second, smaller mud nest found alongside the main one. Imaged: 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1651973063075-IXEQTN9RPYTJAJNWUGU1/P2010016-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - male from Cell C (1/2/22) Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1651972809191-I2QXVCL3MMK03MUL7FM7/P2060032.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - male from Cell E (6/2/22) Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1651972932449-H0CDWARPGKMRW3PQU7T8/P2160035.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - female from Cell G (16/2/22) Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cff97a71-66a7-4b5f-89f1-5d6591dd6973/build+sequence.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5b7f20f4-9025-4142-8751-0bf505a70025/emergence+times.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652144284664-AKS6CT5FIEG4HWASABSM/P1280030+copy.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Distinctive, sculptured cuticle of a cuckoo wasp Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652010133835-FK5NDQ2LHAAEBOFSQ6LL/P1280041+copy.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Active and alert when it emerged from the cocoon Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652010132686-A9DHTXPHLQ0WFNT1KXJI/P1280037+copy.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Female or male? 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Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652234992189-089L8NQ2NUER0CXR3MCG/spider+cache+of+Cell+J.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Both host and parasite would have laid their eggs on spider 1. Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652237176199-CGVHK4IA97SXCKAAA04P/Chrysis+J+2nd+Jan+am.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Feeding next on spider 2, the larva grew rapidly. Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652234997907-NPDP8YS1HJTH9MQMREC3/Chrysis+J+2nd+Jan+pm.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - The abdomen of spider 2 is gone & the larva is onto spider 3 Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/28e5c678-d91c-4785-a607-d27af934fb3f/Chrysis+J+27+Jan.jpg news & stories - Wasp forensics - Make it stand out The Chrysis larva selectively devoured the soft abdomen of each spider. 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Wasp forensics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/a-bright-new-skin monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646616453712-07MV2U47UOIB1HFDVRUM/P1010020.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - intact nest 1/1/22 Collected in Maclean, northern NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646616467728-MND0WTV565CUSA9VLPU9/P1270361+copy.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - two of the cells, numbered here as B & N by carefully breaking away the mud, I discover 2 layers of cells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646617609504-VRLT8P2KVHNQFO7228AV/P1310001-2.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - host mud-dauber, from cell N ... Sceliphron laetum emerged 31/1/22, from a cell in the upper layer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646617680869-IZLC4JRTFDOQHKC2CXWO/P1310021-2.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - ... note the very long, narrow 'waist'. Sceliphron laetum emerged 31/1/22, from a cell in the upper layer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646616636885-SES1YBI2R4D74OELAZEQ/P1280041.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - cuckoo wasp from cell B ... Chrysis lincea emerged 28/1/22, from a cell in the lower layer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646617919234-BVPJI1Q67DPRWRVJU4LF/P1280037.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - ... a sparkling, 10mm long jewel. Chrysis lincea emerged 28/1/22, from a cell in the lower layer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645493713280-OR9MGQPRKQ45SEEN7PIQ/P1300004.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Chrysis (30th Jan) Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645493798927-GWFKM8LXDTMN2EU4KV14/P2010001-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 1st Feb ... rapidly changing colour Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645493806691-7H6DUMY7E5RDB3D1MQWP/P2030098-Edit.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 3rd Feb ... legs and abdomen now coloured Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645493928370-O4N5UM2NHMTWW8IJG85I/P2160011.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 16th Feb ... free and active Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646699431695-ZZYUHW3UCKIPA089AASP/P1270104+copy.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Sceliphron (27th Jan) Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646699392579-PIKXSK5S8GMELGL8YN7D/P2030093+copy.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 3rd Feb ... starting to colour Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646699160319-C3ZX9UTP791CSCZ6HK5H/P2040001.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 4th Feb ... suddenly much darker Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1646699678993-OKVUW51KX8NZJ4X0CYAH/P2100047-Edit+copy.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 10th Feb ... legs now with adult colours Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/290d9e89-60f3-487c-ab97-eb9d13d435b9/cuticle+structure.png news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648691609042-KDFYK0OLA9EOCEPRVKDI/P1020156.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - transparent body of feeding Chrysis larva Chrysis lincea, from Cell J (imaged 2/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648691612007-X9V0YC1K28M0UOWY0DLS/P2110008-2.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - underside of adult Chrysis reveals several regions of thin, colourless cuticle Chrysis lincea, from Cell I of nest (imaged 11/2/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6b0841d2-8601-4fa4-b5bf-65c31e976e72/P1300008.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out cuckoo wasp (Chrysis lincea), cocoon removed (from Cell J, 30/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d34c8e10-61f5-4bd6-9b7a-ad7a4c2310e8/apolysis+diagram news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Step 1 of moulting: apolysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4085e18d-34b6-427c-93c6-22d1fdeb74d5/new+epicuticle news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Step 2 of moulting: new epicuticle forms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f0d04a1a-2f29-40f4-8346-1488d2a040cf/moulting+diagram news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Step 3 of moulting: digestion of old procuticle & formation of new one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/349d9f3c-8b0c-40d9-818c-1a4de9f8042a/ecdysis news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Step 4 of moulting: ecdysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/14b0c109-e0bb-4cf2-b13a-7210fde7149c/Screen+Shot+2022-03-31+at+11.46.15+am.png news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Step 5 of moulting: development of the exocuticle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/831e15ae-f3c0-4ed0-a414-cb322347b12d/P1300004.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out The final moult from pupa to adult was already well underway when I tore open the cocoon - although it would be weeks before the adult wasp would be ready to emerge. Black arrows: blue spots and patches; White circle: sub-cuticular space particularly visible on this lateral process of the thorax Chrysis lincea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648782610527-5VEAQLPZY5E06ZLHFN78/P1300008-2.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 5pm, 30th Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648782615456-0MOMHHD9TJGLI6ODI00S/P2010022.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 2pm, 1st Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648782618712-SF58278U7QVTXO3Q28DM/P2020043-Edit.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - 8am, 2nd Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/dfc481fe-bae7-4917-8c65-eaebb88eebb9/P1300008.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out thoracic process in detail (30/1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/24324c9a-d729-4b04-b1cf-2a4240e3ff9a/P1300008+copy.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out further detail (boxed section of previous image) dotted line = pupal cuticle; solid line = new epicuticle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5e1e9d5d-0327-49c6-bf25-dfe5a7f5367f/Extract+Kroiss+et+al+.png news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Extract from Kroiss, Strohm, Vandenbem & Vigneron (2009), An epicuticular multilayer reflector generates the iridescent coloration in chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). p984 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/fae1ba68-b2df-48b2-8e62-104d18929525/P2010026-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Chrysis lincea, with sclerotization of the new exocuticle well underway during Stage 3 of the final moult (11:20pm, 1/2/22 … just 30hrs after I popped it from the cocoon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/21e9c1f8-f96f-44a9-a7ca-1179a111db35/P2160011.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Chrysis lincea, the same individual as in the preceding image, on its first day as a free-moving, active wasp. This would have been the day it broke free of the cocoon and mud nest … a full week after ecdysis (16/2/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d589db3d-ab3f-4e20-90a5-7699806006d0/Primeuchroeus.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Primeuchroeus, collected here in the forest just one month after the January 2020 fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5cbe7d57-9560-4f23-bf11-8eea6b744ca4/Primeuchroeus.jpg news & stories - A bright, new skin - Make it stand out Primeuchroeus - see iNaturalist record of Nov, 2019 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/2/1/growing-up monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643886594608-2M46PTG2XTZ418QEH1QN/PA210032.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 21 Oct - nymphs emerging from the egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643886688830-ND83Z16P06Y6NDZQ59L3/PA210041.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 21 Oct - a pair of freshly hatched nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643886618965-FVWOO544WBZXH4O9SG6A/PA200006-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 20 Oct - a nymph several hours after hatching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643887864382-6Q79U7SEVR2HZGZB6C9N/PA290024.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 29th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643887892039-X2C56RCCK4E0W6W5TW9L/PA290035.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 29th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643887922735-QLQRTEXXVR29NXZL2HDO/PA290036.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 29th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643927531431-X9Q8BMOEKIP0H6TWILT3/PB060004.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 6th November https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643927619031-Q73V1UXF60O1HX03QLSP/PB110009.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 11th November https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643927945569-W4F2KX52RVIIN7HBCVHM/PB160010.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 16th November https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643930537369-3UH9PLGMX1BK95CMWBLL/PB190026.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 19 Nov - moult to second instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643930550394-4CUL2CPVNEPJFOGX1V8L/PB190028.jpg news & stories - Growing up - A second nymph after first moult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643930563019-QQDOOYICH017XOMWN8IM/PB190042.jpg news & stories - Growing up - fresh 2nd instar nymph eating exuvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643931370717-8EZ0CV246FS6TEQQH2OG/PB190035.jpg news & stories - Growing up - Katydid palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643931488835-HOUH995AUSLMIK4RG1LV/PB220087-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 22nd Nov - 2nd instar nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643931918487-4J67PDMWRIK60Z5VOLSZ/PB220083-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 2nd instar - still ant-like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643935857427-CI4O9MPWVF56OCLCGBJM/PC020089-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 2nd Dec - freshly moulted 3rd instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643935868927-RI2OFJMN0UQN349TVOS4/PC020004-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 2nd Dec - busy eating its exuvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643935881628-GMM52P9NE6SWDWW7VK7E/PC020004-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - arrows show wing buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e7d737cc-9678-4041-a07f-1bc85ed59211/PC040006-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - Make it stand out 4th December. 3rd instar nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/948c5df1-ec4a-4a1d-872b-62fa5110efac/PC120013-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - Make it stand out 12 December - 4th instar nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643969756620-7SU1PSAET38HPV06MT4C/PC210040.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 21 December https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643969805862-3T5UHYANOUDM3JES1MW5/PC210046.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 21 December https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643969820902-8ZMYIV3CFBGVILCYERPI/PC210083.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 21 December https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643970962581-H668QUR3F4S1WMPE91KC/PC250123.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 25th December - 5th instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643972054545-8Z6HR1XDI94FIMJ9SW7I/PC280017-3.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 28th December - 5th instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643970991510-AZJJUS12KZ0OP27T0UUR/PC280022-3.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 28th December - 5th instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643973404535-7BK0G79HPEZK2USGFX46/P1030107.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 3rd January - 6th instar with 5th instar nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643973429884-C7Q0RKWAE2MPTL1QRTCY/P1030106.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 3rd January - 6th instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644136431175-H7M3OKL39SWU4H76O7B3/P1030108-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 3rd Jan - 6th instar showing ovipositor (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643974653119-E6WO86Q91LNU1VO5KRBZ/P1170018-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 17th Jan - female 6th instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643974668285-1YV1LPHGS9WTD75A0W7E/P1170042-3.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 17th Jan - male 6th instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643974947397-383YRLO9P8JAF5H50LOH/P1170027.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 17th Jan - "Hoppy" 5th instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643975584126-ZMGP6IAGYLINQESFR8HS/P1180064.jpg news & stories - Growing up - first adult - a female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644110480532-PUS05UICMGK0Q3XATNXQ/P1310139-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - her ovipositor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644110302523-OGD6WCMLW00JPPW6OU0D/P1310140.jpg news & stories - Growing up - A female just before Freedom Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644115732711-PYKH50UGTNE559JQNDRY/P2050034-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 5th Feb - Hoppy, adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644115199844-AINE3MBCJBYH8AVJ6WY1/P2060001.jpg news & stories - Growing up - 6th February - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644115813360-RC74RXUZGC61HW1AJQKZ/P2050007-2.jpg news & stories - Growing up - base of male forewing (tegmen) Male katydids produce sound by rubbing the tegmina together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644115214575-K7QLME4BSLD9P9UR2CJL/P1280056.jpg news & stories - Growing up - ventral view of abdomen of adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644115227488-KOWQ4RE0J5WU792O0AP5/P2050030-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - male terminal structures - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644115244848-373L5QU58G0YEXDR2VKV/P2050039-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - male terminalia - posterolateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644126188770-0Z2JS1N60WDIPPDA7JWI/P2060010-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - Fig. A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644126676250-FF7KVUXNIWZJRQKAOYJF/P2050029-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Growing up - Fig. B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9f60ab2a-deae-40b5-aad7-29d976d5b057/IMG_3867.jpeg news & stories - Growing up - Make it stand out Left mirror area of tegmen of male Torbia perficita Walker, 1869. Lectotype Natural History Museum, London. Image downloaded from Orthoptera Species File. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4923295a-dca3-4f63-9405-92badc1556a0/P2050007-3.jpg news & stories - Growing up - Make it stand out 5 Feb 2020 Base of left tegmen of adult male (Hoppy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0228f426-1c4d-49c0-82b4-3982b07e2332/Torbia+perficita+McCoy+Prodromus.jpg news & stories - Growing up - Make it stand out Drawings of Torbia perficita Plate 119 from McCoy’s Zoology of Victoria Prodromus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644119995089-QML7IWGIVAR7LT8VHEKG/P1310069.jpg news & stories - Growing up - #2 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644120040331-4MT5V9UH8QI9K2JADPKA/P1310088.jpg news & stories - Growing up - #3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644120464475-7DHEZ4TTU57K5QF2M6FX/P1310114.jpg news & stories - Growing up - #5 male https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/2/6/january-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/1/rare-beetle-sighting monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/902c635e-acf2-4fc6-827c-c112f7aedecc/Plate+28%2C+Fig.+2+Smith%2C+1845.png news & stories - A rare beetle's first flight - Make it stand out The original image of Chlorobapta bestii. At the time (1842) Westwood gave the name as Schizorhina bestii. The species was later moved to the genus Chlorobapta. Extract from Plate 28, page 102 (ref. 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f9b55ff0-2e53-46df-841d-374755eae8d5/extract+page+103%2C+Smith+1845.png news & stories - A rare beetle's first flight - Make it stand out extract from Westwood, 1842 (ref. 1), page 103 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e7cfeca5-756c-4d16-bd81-ce7d17c8230a/Screen+Shot+2022-01-19+at+12.27.32+pm.png news & stories - A rare beetle's first flight - Make it stand out translation (by Paul Whitington) of Westwood’s Latin description of Chlorobapta bestii … perhaps an imperfect interpretation, but good enough for our purposes, for now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/04b381b7-7c07-4aa2-ab2a-9e0a18389f97/Screen+Shot+2022-01-19+at+11.55.46+am.png news & stories - A rare beetle's first flight - Make it stand out extract from W. Macleay, 1862 (p. 15, ref 3) Note that his Schizorhina viridisignata was later synonymised with Chlorobapta frontalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b8cfbdd8-573b-4891-a875-722260d07b79/P1190052.jpg news & stories - A rare beetle's first flight - Make it stand out The rotting wood upon which the beetle appeared. The tree fell in the immediate aftermath of the January 2020 fire, and was clearly well-rotten at that stage. Its decomposition continues now, even as the rounds cut from it serve as trail markers in the forest just 50m from where it once grew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642567144855-G99A6BCWDPDREWMANAMD/P1170026-3.jpg news & stories - A rare beetle's first flight - estimating size from photos is tricky ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642567147476-WMI7WTM1W017UAHDQBO1/P1190002.jpg news & stories - A rare beetle's first flight - ... so I later return, with a ruler! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2022/1/15/life-and-death-in-a-web monthly 0.5 2023-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642216995723-D8C3QO70ZKF3QIPOMBTJ/PC030002-4.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642217017762-OJ8LUP4IAYADH940WLAJ/PC030008-3.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642218696417-ZCZK816V1LHV5ATNJG55/PC060022.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - female and male #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642219641637-2Y9CKXLKP3DE5NK08I9W/PC120007.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - male #1- dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642218724695-H024W6YZ0U8DFIAFU90E/PC060045.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - male #1 - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642219214739-DQQUL4BWK950CBLN7OXI/PC060074.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - male #1 - pedipalps obvious in this view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642219620625-3EVXT0VHOZTMKJTC26AX/PC060038.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - male #2 - climbing the wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642219503015-1PU1L30381X9BR9B05B0/PC060102.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - male #1 (R) and #2 (L) in the web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238375250-ZP8DEJ8F6459G134D98G/PC130033.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238393132-OKRDK1795TQVHUVUME94/PC130034.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238556441-J6M0WEG98S6FYIZ2AJNB/PC130058.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238820946-V5UYKBIXOY0LSUGSFFF9/P1060130.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238839250-LFYUIQ9AAGVIH7MC1SP7/P1130002.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238891092-MCNG0GG4NPOV4LAJQOHR/PC170008-2.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238899235-2ZWF0U6BJU5LG5U490RB/PC180007-2.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642238908838-WCRXZJ2YG38XZKPBOOSZ/PC200012-2.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ed7afc47-214e-453b-92c5-f43c7c405db3/P1060132.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644195942643-W5RFBO338IAICQAX0Z09/P1250122.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - egg sac with nearby spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644195970847-5JTZ0KU21T7Z7AOZQBXI/P1250121.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - the main cluster of spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645162432130-P510ZBUXPS6KBPC5DW10/P2180001-2.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - the egg sac opened up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645162443990-TDL1C7WCUEO1AP7P99IA/P2180001-3.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - the moulted skins of the newborns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644196007935-PN4N07R42M4U97AAVMTU/P1250046-3-Edit.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web - tiny spiderling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644196015859-Y1EB7G955EX72RSGJEYZ/P1250034-4.jpg news & stories - Life and death in a web https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/11/15/mud-nests monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637056819119-YHTSEZ9ZBEEU3RIYXOTW/PB140007.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - mud nest packed with spiders (case study 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637056852563-EGYR5I5WJO0IQJB9F8TF/PB140013-3.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - more cells of the same nest (case study 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/056d211b-c291-41ad-8e6c-27ad93221a10/P3010084.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - Make it stand out a female wasp adds the finishing touches to her nest on 1st March, 2021 (case study 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637111423986-0FQ0J1D15WL7NQKB9QBY/PB140017-3.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - egg on spider a (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637111409647-G2IDDI4K5BCNQKE73MT9/PB140021-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - egg on spider a (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637111393152-IUCQHX7KNTINWYEE5Z5A/PB140023-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - larva on spider a (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637111369686-JM6392TOFPT3LU6Q6HFC/PB140028-4.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - egg on spider a (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637111364635-UF0OH1Q35NNGPNZ9QIHX/PB140025-3.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - larva on spider a (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637148592510-RHMEJF5KI0L8HNF1N5M6/PB140153-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637148745735-SIQ4IG50QGZ3WOGBUW0A/PB140143-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - Plebs bradleyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637148192944-ZDBZ81XI2E4V7RPUYZWR/PB140106-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - Hortophora (prev. Eriophora) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637148167896-STF8F8ERE4D1XIUGL1DQ/PB140029-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - Backobourkia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637148468084-4JX8HOYYUWLQA4QC626Y/PB140042-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - Leucauge dromedaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637148788692-E5FVXOZA28R6LPCF5JOK/PB140127-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - Phonognatha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637150387939-KS5W3SAAL5N1IEQ77L6F/PB140073-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - egg in Cell 2 (day 1) 14/11/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637150544082-YG0RJL4791VRZ7OZNQCN/PB140192-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - larva in Cell 3, day 1 14/11/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637150632891-3Y5RMAI9THMZHSVFJ5IT/PB140272-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - larva in Cell 5, day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483183287-42D0FG20AAFOC7LKVG8U/PB160039.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483185811-WPDB54C5DXCINXKC3D0H/PB170055-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483187539-HVUPRATR657F5XKM3MMM/PB180030-5.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483383501-C2083B063W2GQUIPCURM/PB160020.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483385145-XPJ7MMZRTCWO8GF8YY2L/PB160047.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483386663-9NJTHVVAT0U52LE4X16N/PB170069-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483388419-TJLPNNKI4RQ8D7U22LPI/PB180017-3.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483389840-NBC4U0Z5HEESFHLZF456/PB180022-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638498629198-AGXCP2MK2FM5JPIRN0ZM/P3010054.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638498633702-TV4A5PDR7JZ76SDAJGL2/P3010055.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638498693744-I38I0QIA4ISHL90PAG0C/P3010138.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638498694882-UMU7AVL2UNWPI2FPFJ69/P3010161.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637203596694-77Q1IWTGFH2JQNL5CZK4/PB150009-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - entire nest, removed from wall, holes enlarged by time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637203578490-RF0KVA1FJS2CCKV52ZJN/PB150004-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - crumbling top removed, revealing 3 cells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638488999815-SSSDXITTDXGLJ0H5PQVS/PB150010-2+copy.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - close-up of a single cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637217697054-KUIGV333388BBOCAXAFI/PB150060-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - tiny fragments ... perhaps a jumping spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638489505959-59JEHK0K3UA1B2EY7S54/PB150011-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - complex structure of the cocoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637218162565-Y1AXIEMF7IR8M62J9J5N/PB150004.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - after gently tearing away the silk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638501180649-ZXQPF2FAW613UY32DOUY/PB150030-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - wasp #1, cocoon removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638501364831-RU3856O1MDFMWS807OBC/PB150014-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - note developing ovipositor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638501356150-76QD7SYVT2XY21ZOHPIK/PB150006-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - overall length = 8mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638501523670-LA7T2D2I66YUV1SF4WTF/PB150045-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - wasp #2, less developed than #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638501526245-KMRMQLF0FOPJULU62MU0/PB150055-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - legs & head uniformly pale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638501524930-M5U95WYNQWL8UKPWYW0A/PB150050-Edit.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - overall length = 7mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638504166928-SDOBHC49EV1K2KK6LI4A/PB170007-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - 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A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523201956-ORL9ZYRCDXZPPC1DG73Z/PC010031.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523204229-6BTMP62BAM1ZBZRVDZVS/PC010035.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523255685-7JHRVNRWZN2VT8AXD02K/PC010057.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523206055-7B16Y9GSL6AKWWYXCP0H/PC010042.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523257735-1KAJM7IGVOESX9TAJRCR/PC010067.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523277647-QI49QX85ES5FVZCQCEE3/PC010071.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523279391-U41S6CAVRZJZCRVERYRK/PC010094.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523838888-HTZIZW0SBSVTXBTGQQ6R/P5230026-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - male mutillid (May 2021) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523813057-70JT2M7KOPCF1PHHCOVD/P5090518.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - male mutillid (May 2021) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523810215-623UA4RKRI2NLZ0U6RVR/P5080094-2.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - male mutillid (May 2021) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523808113-TZ6JNA46ZSFXU7FVLPT8/P4080132.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - female mutillid (April 2020) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523836829-2DIIQ5AOD9ML193TI4V0/P5230005.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - female mutillid (May 2021) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638523840438-IJHJIXXW243U6IXB8NYK/P9180055.jpg news & stories - A window into mud nests - female mutillid (Sept 2020) see iNaturalist record https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/11/24/crowds-at-a-nectar-bar monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/734bdbe1-bbfa-40ef-bf23-9e6e91fd099f/PB240129.jpg news & stories - Crowds at a nectar bar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637825614078-591V37FTHOBKN841Z5Q9/PB180040-2.jpeg news & stories - Crowds at a nectar bar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1637825611615-WH1FQO9DQJ7E4013CAGS/PB170194.jpeg news & stories - Crowds at a nectar bar https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/introducing-the-nadgee-funnel-web monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/184c26d9-480c-49fe-a2cf-eb76658549ce/Publication+details.png news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web CLICK TO DOWNLOAD PAPER FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632116856972-M0E0JVOCQMLGJ8QIOHT5/PA310223-Pano.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Make it stand out Nadgee Wilderness Area. It was at the end of a hike north from Victoria and through Nadgee in 2003 that we settled on the place we wanted to live in retirement … just a few kilometres north from the hilltop where we took this photo in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635641404434-35CVK9J6W2B72EUIKSM9/P6180039.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nadgee (male) ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635649095173-T40IW99OYKZWVO728DHQ/Hadronyche+nadgee+2.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - ... our first sighting, 18th June 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635648437301-J3O79TI1UI0K4ZMVKSCF/H.nadgee+%2310+9June2021.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - shiny, wide carapace; massive chelicerae Hadronyche nadgee, male (June, 2021) Museum reference: AMS KS.131058 … the holotype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635642267946-IRKXKN2NGTMKN6NDRUBW/H.nadgee+%239+9June2021b.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - short spinnerets; raised carapace Hadronyche nadgee, male (June, 2021) Museum reference: AMS KS.131063 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635642277224-05X1O0ZND0JIGCFB3NSY/H.nadgee+%234+22May2020.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - tightly clustered eyes Hadronyche nadgee, male (May, 2020) Museum reference: AMS KS.131060 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635642286195-S5T94Y4P5ONIRTITPB3C/H.nadgee+%232+22May2020.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - defensive pose Hadronyche nadgee, male (May, 2020) Museum reference: QMS 116530 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635643937193-1E58SUBPTLXXIGE3GZ33/Atrax+sutherlandi+1July2020.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635643942808-6KTOD5NSNHMV9GJYN244/H.nimoola+13July2020.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635643955265-CL7ZN8CP2GWS0L6NCZ3N/H.nadgee+%237+17June2018.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635643989880-TL64U27CIT2OTZZXVH7T/Atrax+sutherlandi+1July2020.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Atrax sutherlandi, adult female Discovered during earthworks around our water tanks July, 2020. Home collection reference: 010720a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635644027802-6A3X2KJH138RG7FJ2QTA/H.nimoola+13July2020.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nimoola, adult male Discovered trapped in web of Cryptachaea gigantipes (‘house porch spider’) on a wet day (July, 2020) … paralysed but not dead. Home collection reference: 130720a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635644004748-37P3DV2U1XRC71A7UCEI/H.nadgee+%237+17June2018.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nadgee, adult male Discovered wandering on a wet night, June 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635645155968-DOEF06JSBK3B5F48XR5X/Hadronyche+nadgee.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nadgee (adult male) 18th June, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635645136331-3QHX9U0KR776UF9EMYJJ/Hadronyche+nimoola+1.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nimoola (adult male) 18th June, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635645152281-872I48550F7RXBDD2YX2/Arbanitis+sp.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Arbanitis sp. (adult male) 18th June, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635650363310-K9CZJWVA04SE9QH3LP02/Hadronyche+nadgee+%233+22May2020.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nadgee (cheliceral teeth) adult male, collected May, 2020 Museum reference: QMS 116531 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635650368564-VBOIZR9LSND65M65CPYN/Hadronyche+nimoola+130720a.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nimoola (cheliceral teeth, right) adult male, collected July 2020 Home collection reference: 130720a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635650867355-ORMNSBSLD5W6YH5V87F7/Atrax+sutherlandi+010720a.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Atrax sutherlandi (cheliceral teeth, right) adult female, collected July 2020 Home collection reference: 010720a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635650590244-TMLSJJXILFV56CCYAOUV/Hadronyche+nadgee+%239+9June21+labium+.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nadgee (labium) adult male, collected June, 2021 Museum reference: AMS KS.131063 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635651027464-ROB5VTCOZI3RIDNTU8LH/Hadronyche+nimoola+130720a+labium.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Hadronyche nimoola (labium) adult male, collected July 2020 Home collection reference: 130720a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635651075759-CX4ZPXU1SYDNNTFTQTTY/Atrax+sutherlandi+010720a+labium.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Atrax sutherlandi (labium) adult female, collected July 2020 Home collection reference: 010720a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ecd84b6f-4d63-4a7e-b01a-e0b3f04ef9c2/atracid+epithet+examples.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a35fc1ce-0140-4543-baeb-3db33fb393ac/64d0525b-2056-462e-91df-e99e91507ca0.jpg news & stories - Introducing the Nadgee Funnel-web - Make it stand out Hadronyche nadgee – artwork by Sofia Isaak, Paul’s eldest granddaughter (Oct 2021, age 12). https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/midspring monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/11/2/breaking-out monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635928376265-HIC08CTLAH7YZ32TET3B/PB220003.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Imperial Hairstreak butterly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635928600732-VVD5GTFGJNN6CWAV01RI/vanessa%2Begg%2Bstack.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Australian Painted Lady butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635929183232-FLRY499WFADV7ZNE5C57/P3194157.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Gum Leaf Skeletoniser moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635929624012-4UKT9M1B2L6GBOEUY023/P1306706.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Psyllid (Glycaspis sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635929945323-9GWQYF3H6SHVGGT0O6UW/P1220112.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Lacewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635929973464-DJM2LCJ5IHBO8ET92R3F/Nymphes%2Bmyrmeleonides%2Beggs.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Lacewing (Nymphes myrmeleonides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635930684949-9HVWGGH3YG7KJ9JU2GOF/11%2BApril.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - parasitised Common Brown butterfly eggs a Telenomus wasp embryo developing within https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635930727666-F3WCMHWK1PAZA6ZARHHR/19%2BApril%2Bc.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Wasp parasitoid escaping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635930940491-E6OUJ9Z3TJ0YY0ZNJ0QN/P4288077.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - parasitised Lacewing egg parasitic Trichogramma wasp emerging with male wasp waiting to mate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/49359f27-43ec-4fe7-b7a4-69f540ed1571/P9160011.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - Make it stand out The clutch of 29 mystery eggs found on 16th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635935785648-K5R2FYA2HXBMVAZIALJW/PA200006-2.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635935823309-XRP7LMWYRKNC6W7TM0SF/PA200012-2.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635935835232-RUM5JWUXMP338FFGT3ML/PA200001-Edit.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989796542-1XKNVI1SQG8DOJL5ZWP6/00.00.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989809217-BPPDCI0V7GB611E5PU1J/01.07.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989832603-ZM8VEPOC9W3EUUDWZVDG/01.21.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989843046-6XMR4GOC5LGECT7LEF49/01.37.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989945724-KJ92WG4AVBRV9EPEYKUE/02.15.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989958347-7IW3I02RUO3AGKRFHLSH/02.37.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635995979096-WYVWAV9XIP9Z1UJBAU0A/02.44.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989985979-0WO309G9T6N06TAKYCU1/02.46.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635989998757-FC003S5L730H0ZHII1SP/03.16.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635996348608-RY5N8GUPPNENA9M5K5WG/03.29.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635990020244-2QQKBYIN3256NJ2668NO/03.59.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1635990033086-H7LX41AJPXD4E9953ODZ/04.22.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003051803-002X1HOMDA656DZKXT7V/00.00.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003065640-NEB0FTREK18E0FKPNLXD/00.35.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003076170-6OG6C7RKU2CZLN5RF0LC/01.27.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003086132-RD596MP5VBQP2Q9JWQFX/02.14.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003096645-70TLW2HUEVEAJ0D8XIWD/03.24.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003112375-JRYLEM0XEEWHII6KPF1L/04.41.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003123869-AR6HSB1IFNBAZGMS6TO4/06.01.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636003134876-1VG15Q3SJHZK6DNBZSV8/06.23.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636007907192-COAD88SKYXH7SPJ5CTO7/PA220034.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - free at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636008206301-PROAP6C7MBUY79AQ5O69/PA210036-2.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - katydid production line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636008114400-X5G4B2J5VY9W2XD0WABI/PA210050-2.jpg news & stories - Breaking out - exploring their new world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636009222515-BFSKVI79HTDBR9WQKWRD/PA290024-2.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636009226759-ZNRRH0YYOPQ0G15GEPDZ/PA290036-2.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636009232478-PTHRLAPJZMLREFVNAW02/PA290004-2-2.jpg news & stories - Breaking out https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/9/20/spring-action monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632196429715-IZ0CULHGMGG4B3LM105O/P9130001-3-Pano.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Make it stand out Luxuriant growth – and at least seven species in flower in this one small patch. There are many, many more across the forest floor. (Indigofera, Stackhousia, Bossiaea, Pultenaea, Tetratheca, Kennedia, Wahlenbergia). photo taken 13/9/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632136237414-HHHB656KNN3NUMW0B6X4/P9130138.jpg news & stories - Spring action - The best possible nest lining ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632136357660-8W07MTE6P03TM1HV18UX/P9130127.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... has this female so excited ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632136241007-11I98YKZ07HP8HR996SL/P9130150.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... that she ignores me as I watch on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632135990826-CBEZ88XOZN1EWQ8NK1GB/P9130155.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Experienced mother kangaroo ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632135988867-TNFLAPDPXU5L7Z5C6XCW/P9130153.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... with her latest joey, still in the pouch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632138279999-ZRDJ2DSE9H3L422Y28Q6/P9110065-3.jpg news & stories - Spring action - A female clambers between flowers ... Exoneura (Brevineura) … much smaller than many of our local Exoneura species. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632138280781-HI264AXZEMEWYZOUTOBA/P9110066-3.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... with two males in pursuit. Exoneura (Brevineura) … much smaller than many of our local Exoneura species. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632138282133-GALD2D17DLKHUZXQ0CEK/P9110067-3.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Tiny, at less than 5mm. A honey bee is 3x larger! Exoneura (Brevineura) … much smaller than many of our local Exoneura species. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139170817-6T2TIVPZSDGTS1GC2NIB/P9110140-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139172182-O1OHD6GO3PVLZKOCVON2/P9110143-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139336531-0SIJLZBIQQ4ISLL9LE8B/P9110164.jpg news & stories - Spring action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632198242352-H8XG8H1ST2KHAPVRQKV6/P9190160.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Guarding open burrow (1pm, 19th Sept) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632198221313-4DTQR8OLBGU54XE28AOA/P9190360.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Burrow closed (4pm, 19th Sept) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632473292412-GXKX0ILUSVF8M8SJ5GA3/P9240092.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Again open & on guard (1pm 24th Sept) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139971387-5UJZ4H2YHAAMVFUULHQ4/P9110208.jpg news & stories - Spring action - No longer concealed flat against the bark ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139972830-Z9CBHAZS9I8RIXKXCALX/P9110215.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... this spider was alert and ready to pounce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139957660-8TYEMTAA8EB2LVFHY0TQ/P9110308.jpg news & stories - Spring action - The long legs lend Hersiliidae speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139953964-VL2B1D4H0MVADJ5SZJZC/P9110299.jpg news & stories - Spring action - They weave no web ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139961635-R8EXXA4UE45Z5FDI5NMP/P9110314.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... but simply grab each insect ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632139962967-5OLIBF8ETOOXDMSH9CL7/P9110315.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... and quickly wrap it in silk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632141659277-B3JQMDYLE8JYUU0YBHCV/P9150001.jpg news & stories - Spring action - House spider (Badumna) ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632141662128-CJPBUH3CRQSMZ81EUUW4/P9150003.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... with trapped flower wasp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632137015523-368QOE1SEIGOU7ISAG4X/P9090188.jpg news & stories - Spring action - The smaller male seeks attention ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632137016488-AOUDAAVOCTNV11KC4VT9/P9090190.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... but she continues dismembering a small bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632137024194-BFO38BYAGVWBMS4OQDBR/P9090204.jpg news & stories - Spring action - He soon took flight, but she didn't budge ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632137025385-ZW78KGD0JBKNJ4IWKOPL/P9090205.jpg news & stories - Spring action - ... holding tight to the remains of her prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632180456756-OKQNC9RCS4IY5ACLKVKK/P9080004-5.jpg news & stories - Spring action - nectar-feeding March fly probably Scaptia (feeding on Pimelea) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632194829594-665JNWQ92KXYS31T7NOW/P9100310.jpg news & stories - Spring action - nectar-feeding butterfly Paralucia aurifer (feeding on Pimelea) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632443225301-6C9V8AA6Z4AQQZ6LQD6X/P9220017-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action - nectar-feeding fly Tachinid fly (feeding on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632194840563-CDNJJ0A6A1S24ITAGE00/P9110099-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action - pollen-gathering native bee Lasioglossum (feeding on Hibbertia calycina) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632355471361-TZYWA6388B27L5EY2XZS/P9230002.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Stackhousia monogyna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632355474035-867ESAJYF02EXD8GOCK1/P9230009.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Indigofera australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632355512503-SJC740IQR2UQ7IC873MX/P9220056.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Pultenaea daphnoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190489765-ZHMS0NR4SIPENQMBIRXM/P9110032-3.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Caleana major (orchid) ‘Flying Duck Orchid’ first sighted 11th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190034891-MZ16VWH8QX1PX9YH4X0A/P9130166.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Pterostylis pedunculata (orchid) ‘Maroonhood orchid’ first sighted 13th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632191013852-XDRH96TPI9JKLV5D9FIG/P9190370.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Glossodia major (orchid) Waxlip orchid first sighted 11th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632191014814-6I9P8A08OCTXD8JO9AZ4/P9190373.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Caladenia carnea (orchid) ‘Pink Fingers orchid’ first sighted 11th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632189954890-VGE163FHGHV7TDNUKTQJ/P9110292.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Stypandra glauca ‘Nodding Blue Lily’ And far more than we’ve ever had before! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190784591-EKSJDU0XKESSD5IGKMFI/P9190379.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Common Flatwing damselfly Austroargiolestes icteromelas first sighted 9th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190120766-RPIRLE777XZCGSAMKZEF/P9190085.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Wandering Ringtail damselfly Austrolestes leda first sighted 19th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632189980473-0CX57ZQN1BF84RSXY4S0/P9130026-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Lomandra confertifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190087077-WZ4KAJZGNK0OYVD10O1H/P9170034.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Amperea xiphoclada Family Euphorbiaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190090528-OMQ5Q98I4THXSTLK65JS/P9170037.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Gahnia radula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190833941-C1LK4KZWLJORKLQS8FIN/P9130010.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Comesperma volubile ‘Love Creeper’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190164735-YWLVTJGCD2DH8ZYE9XL9/P9190097.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Yellow-shouldered hover fly Simosyrphus grandicornis first sighting 19th September see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190674932-BQIVLEEZDW5TFEB3583N/P9080032-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Tabanid fly a small ‘March fly’, first sighted 8th September see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190058268-G8HC7BJO8OD3H12FSJ6R/P9170022.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Polistes paper wasp Polistes humilis first sighted 17th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190683232-RP35N8SOBH1FYE69VS3C/P9110050.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Paropsis leaf beetle Paropsis maculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190952638-M61PD89F7P2Z7VH2YIDL/P9190253.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Skipper butterfly family Hesperidae first Skipper sighting 19th September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190943811-YE9R6ECSQHRPWJ43NG8X/P9190229.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Robber fly see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632471657402-HT4RW8H8UT0RAGHFMFVP/P9240033.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Anabarynchus stiletto flies Anabarhynchus apertus first sighting 24th September see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190964687-DH61GNLWKM9W12WMC7S3/P9190287.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Ectinorhyncus stiletto fly Ectinorhyncus sp. first sighting 19th September see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632190980965-10NFXB4QEA7QZNYJ2A9F/P9190326.jpg news & stories - Spring action - 'love bug' ... a fly possibly Plecio sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632191183573-LAS1BQOLP6G7KG4NLKDD/P9130013-4.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Pultenaea retusa see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632193740600-AZWU1VOW1DD44Z7LBQN5/P9210001.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632192920882-HQS9YLCXZVY8RBRFE3QI/P9130162.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Crab spider Australomisidia pilula see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632193005361-IMOQ791XCYRDB2YT1F0E/P9110126-3.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Red-and-Black spider family Nicodamidae see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632193742260-43MMKY20UXGGS9IGXSAS/P9210007.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Braconid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632392340940-V41H4YPFDHWCMUPU8AXU/P9230041-3.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Painted Lady butterfly Vanessa kershawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632392412094-VQANXG2PFMXV1LSXVFXD/P9230054-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Spider wasp, gathering mud Fabriogenia (?) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632392488445-48CQPL68LKGF4W2HXFVZ/P9230083.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Gompholobium huegelii ‘Common Wedge-pea’ see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632392507428-4OYASLHO0UI67WHI045G/P9230116.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Passiflora cinnabarina - yes, it's native ‘Crimson Passionflower’ see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632392509129-X6QC0E04V1UF0VYDOEYG/P9230119.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Xerychrysum bracteatum ‘Golden Everlasting daisy’ see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632392706930-J63LE52LYOXCXIB48D3W/P9160011.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Katydid eggs we collected these, hoping to hatch and rear them through… at this stage, species unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632471847192-YPN00A32I12T26G8W2NF/P9240126.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Meadow Katydid Conocephalus sp. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632442878401-0AKI3B2G0LSZVMHTN7NT/P9220006-2.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Leucopogon ericoides ‘Bearded-heath’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632443983766-J4QRAYO1NI51EJDLJKS9/P9110006-3.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Hibbertia fasciculata … yet another Hibbertia! see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632445185548-BBTMOPZOYBGJXNK1O50Y/P9230090.jpg news & stories - Spring action - Scaevola ramosissima ‘Fan-flower’ see iNaturalist record https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/9/the-forest-awakens monthly 0.5 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660244291-NM7U73OCKOAOIKKYN7F0/P9010064.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Leucopogon ('Beard-heath') Leucopogon affinis in full bloom yet to attract many insects. Many of these shrubs regrew from rootstock after the fire, but they didn’t flower last year at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660957536-URCO2L1NSKJIINALVEJA/P8310021-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Bossiaea Bossiaea cordifolia - one of our most widespread and numerous pea shrubs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661052725-NYAF7ITF298CKL2B9MEP/P8310111.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Dillwynia Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660881196-ATNJ3PX4WYU1EK36YCLW/P8300275.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Pultenaea - this one with tiny flowers Pultenaea linophylla - a low-growing, spreading species with flowers less than 10mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661059685-N8TCEK1Y31EY0M1YRW28/P8310118.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Daviesia - just one plant that we know of Daviesia ulicifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660269754-5QX6ZU8LZKHDRVT0V5QN/P9010158.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Hardenbergia - a vigorous climbing pea Hardenbergia violacea - regrows from roots after fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630713936157-O0AJA5QQZ3AUXYUA6EYB/P9010081.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Hovea Hovea heterophylla - another plant I’ll be watching for visiting bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661236161-ZG3V4JLSUAPTZIEDZKMM/P8310001-3.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Indigofera ('Austral Indigo') Indigofera australis - growing in healthy, dense stands since the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660252986-Z1SP80BYG4I4LRU5DBCI/P9010067.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - flower wasp - male Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660262629-UMQOMWFVSQASJIO5BF6C/P9010102.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - flower wasp - different species Thynnidae - I use the yellow markings on the thorax to help me distinguish this particular species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660389985-N5VP7C57YRSBC7J2GWU2/P9010291.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - flower wasp - male with flightless female Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660470321-TM6A0ZMQIE0IVO6WECX2/P9020024-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - flower wasp - another pairing Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660502372-S2SHFPIJKDWE9KZEM87T/P9020041-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - flower wasp - currently the largest species Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660291709-EVY6EO233WAUWQKX84BC/P9010204.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - sun bathing Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660695696-1JBMGUKHF1C5144F6O7B/P8300052.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - a brief landing Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660481465-6E93FSEMVXVM2QDJ95CU/P9020035-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - a braconid Braconidae - a very large family with many orange+black+white species! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660442491-UDTA743F916W8XRXJTZJ/P9020016-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - a species I've not seen before Ichneumonidae (I assume) … perhaps Lissonota (?) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660361832-TYC8WVQL3SQS8W2SL73X/P9010242.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - blue and orange! Theronia maculosa (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660337866-UJO27N9I3RYUDHN1UTUQ/P9010271.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - a quick glimpse Theronia maculosa (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660620521-BBD5ZDL1DSQ29CT06NKU/P9030147.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - antennal maintenance Echthromorpha intricata (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714786061-JMG2VGOBE30RZ91I3BKH/P8150094.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - more antennal cleaning Echthromorpha intricatoria Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660646014-W09O6FZ7OX2JRI7YVPIZ/P9030228.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - parasitic wasp - antennae at work! a large species I’ve not seen before, thoroughly probing a dead, burnt eucalypt sapling (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660494361-OQKV2RT2EZDCU04MGW4T/P9020039-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Tetratheca ('Pink Bells') Tetratheca pilosa …. although I need to take a close look. There are other candidate species. family: Eleocarpaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660504499-6073DI7GH24XKZ3UEJAO/P9020052-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Schelhammera ('Lilac Lily') - first flower! Schelhammera undulata … always photogenic family: Colchicaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660973174-V240N4Z5F6C325T6EJLS/P8310023-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Hibbertia ... an unusual species here Hibbertia calycina. We have several Hibbertia species, and some are common. But this species is a new one for our home list, and rarely recorded so close to the coast. (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660475730-7RDZ42MOGK5SEKNRC3XZ/P9020031-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Patersonia ('Purple Flag') - a leafy iris Patersonia glabrata … each flower opens in sun and lasts just one day family: Iridaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714011656-O066QKS3CE0ENKP44AB8/P8150003-3.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Solanum stamens, with hover fly Solanum vescum (‘Kangaroo Apple’) grew strongly post-fire, and continues to do well this year. The hover fly is the common species Melangyna viridiceps (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630713971783-6NCCB186MS03EK3EUIZU/P8310115.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Kennedia - decorating burnt trees Kennedia rubicunda (‘Dusky Coral Pea’) family: Fabaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660950150-KJ5RI3RI31ZGXFD0KOUB/P8310004-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - red = bird flower! a Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding on Kennedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630713877996-CMT6Y2K1SGOCS0ECKS1M/P9030155.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters - here to nest Before the fire, these were perhaps one of our most common Summer-visiting birds. But last year, post-fire, we saw very few. It’s nice to see them appearing this Spring in large (and noisy!) numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660522641-L5EWFT5RP5GWDV0CWVBE/P9030004.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Fantailed Cuckoo - they're back! Another Summer visitor, and also ready to nest. Kind of. Fairy-wrens and other small birds, beware! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660770265-6KKGROSUBWLOVRUCVVMQ/P8300197.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - male Rose Robin - curious & territorial The males called through late Winter, so I suspect they’re already nesting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660812144-NKZY7CH02S85JY7IQ9LS/P8300220.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - common hover fly Melangyna viridiceps (‘Common Halfband’) - both widespread and numerous, but photogenic nonetheless family: Syrphidae subfamily: Syphinae (‘typical hover flies’) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660637641-3O5YMA91815KV07G7BL4/P9030179.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - large, colourful drone fly Cyphipelta rufocyanea - this hovering fly is indeed rather drone-like. family: Syrphidae (‘hover flies’) subfamily: Eristralinae (‘drone flies & kin’) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660299789-U64VH5IE5QND30271KB2/P9010220.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - thick-headed fly ... a bee parasite! Most species in this family are internal parasites of bees and stinging wasps. This is a group I’m keen to learn more about. family: Conopidae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660726847-ZY5FDSHRJU6ICG87904C/P8300070.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - flower-feeding March fly Scaptia (probably) - probing a Pimelea flower with its very long proboscis, and getting covered in pollen in the process family: Tabanidae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714103138-RJGNFL2MSJTDSGB2L6Q3/P8230155-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - dagger fly - a predator of other flies family Empididae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630730153863-GULVFNFYZMOW3XQNIU1J/P8300032.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Burchardia - first flowers for this lily Burchardia umbellata - a species that came back strongly post-fire. The first flowers this year have just appeared … time will tell how many more we see. family: Colchicaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660785718-EA0FUY72J9TDV73LS5SS/P8300206.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Caladenia ('Lady Fingers' orchid) Caladenia catenata … just a few flowers so far this year, in contrast to the mass flowering of 2020 family: Orchidaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714902148-NKH55K3HWMHSWZJGCMZM/P8300211.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - rainbow sundew leaf (not a flower) Drosera auriculata … a species I studied (and photographed) extensively last August (see Rainbow Sundews post) family: Caryophyllales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660798464-PEZBVJXM2YVRHW1J5FVZ/P8300210.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - rainbow sundew – with trapped prey Drosera auriculata … a species I studied (and photographed) extensively last August (see Rainbow Sundews post) family: Caryophyllales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660870969-362WAC5LWRIZG1W82XS8/P8300259.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - sawfly larva - large and alone Perga sp. - when smaller, these larvae are typically seen in large groups, feeding on leaves. This one was alone, perched atop a burnt and broken tree stem … and largely motionless. Soon to pupate, perhaps. Or even parasitised. (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660997852-AB850S3LCZUFRLY8QQH9/P8310034-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Trichocolletes - first (native) bee sighting! Trichocolletes sp. These bees favour pea flowers, Hardenbergia in particular. family: Colletidae (‘plasterer bees’) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661018850-W17TL9R0WE0O53NDMTNM/P8310059.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Trichocolletes - on Hardenbergia flowers Trichocolletes sp. Unlike many of our native bee species, Trichocolletes can easily be mistaken for introduced honey bees. They’re a bit smaller, faster and noisier, however (and much more welcome here in the forest). family: Colletidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661023653-AVADWWJ4JFK89ORTR3WR/P8310071.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Lasioglossum - a much smaller bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) … also feeding on Hardenbergia family: Halictidae (‘sweat bees’) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661044636-TNHNZOQJPHF1ZOEXAGQO/P8310092.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Lasioglossum - cleaning up Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) … same bee, now cleaning up after her feed family: Halictidae (‘sweat bees’) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660682698-A8MP6C34KBJS3YDI735X/P8300050.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - Bright Copper - Spring's very first butterfly! Paralucia aurifer … a male, and the first butterfly I’ve sighted this season, feeding on Pimelea (30th August) family: Lycaenidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661190308-4LSQJY0RVSQEU9559VFH/P9030130.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - 'Bright Copper' indeed! Paralucia aurifer … this sighting made on 3rd September. Again a male, and perhaps the same individual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714722331-SO5Z8UMQ0B0E27J9QFO5/P8220011.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - the first grasshopper Rhitzala modesta (‘Short-winged Heath Grasshopper’) … an alert denizen of small-leaved, woody shrubs. The wings never grow longer than this, so it probably can’t fly! (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660340727-XCI9URSQ7IWEPVWNBRYV/P9010276.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - female peacock spider - with lunch Maratus scutulatus … this little jumping spider is one of the most commonly seen species. family: Salticidae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660718827-K6YPCPFAZG7A4BSKFVS0/P8300067-2.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - small Garden Skink - one of many! Lampropholis guichenoti (I assume) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660626675-M6LDF6V19FHR6CPP65YP/P9030163.jpg news & stories - The forest awakens: images of Spring - large Water Skink - out of hibernation Eulamprus heatwolei (‘Yellow-bellied Water Skink) … now active on warm days, particularly after termite swarms! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/8/14/the-hidden-millions monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629084080099-7L9DH4Q0KVA370HJ5BHG/IMG_5553.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Make it stand out Barometric pressure over 72hrs preceding 8:00pm, 11th August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629085569575-RMI3QR74BH4GRUT1O3YZ/P9120035-3.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Superb Fairy Wren - Sept 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629086812821-9DDFXSKAQK0PC5SGJGNO/P8110081.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Pied Currawong - August 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629086828440-2Q7CBC49SLXI82VRUUTE/PB040056.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Dolomedes water spider - Nov 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629087385661-PQNQUYCH1F4TJ7CSBLOE/P8140070.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - a tiny spider - August 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629087603241-DQWEBYOY34V9FHMQRO97/P9220107.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Ants - September 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629088601692-31YF4MOEO73DX7Z8R3U5/P8140338.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Diving beetle - August 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629090973497-4P6IQX3KEBK0MFIMKR8Z/P8160012.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - August 2017 - 1.2m high, 2m wide, built around fallen tree trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629090971450-1UQP49RDFE2TIWIDPYL2/P8150004-2.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - August 2021 1.3m high, 1.4m wide - adjacent to grass tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629263011679-P0Z42RQMIUFFUFKP4M13/P8110044.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - site of alate emergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629263726534-7WPMFKXQXTM25P8XTJTX/P8110015.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - alate just emerging with soldiers on guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629263552935-PR6IC1W0VK91IA0ZUA5K/P8110011.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - 2 alates just emerging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629262511474-PRKFMGIYOSPIXW9GV1PI/P8110032.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - these 4 alates emerged within 30 secs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629262912394-Y9Z0L1114K9I5OYSY10L/P8110034.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - one alate about to take flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629263892965-Z5ESJPKPE88YF8X6JPSM/P8110022.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - on the wing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629265056711-21PU98RMU4SYKQ8ZZ7LE/IMG_5588-Edit.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - area around emergence site (arrowed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629265060515-IANNPAM99VC9LTW4Q2K3/IMG_5593.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - burnt tree trunk 5m from emergence site the tree shows clear signs of termite activity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629354441179-GD8H87VIELEMT18YV42A/P8130001.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - site 2 days after alate emergence no sign of holes at the surface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629354542448-VVN7BU6H4D07C0UTLVXE/P8160010.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Shallow excavation shows subterranean galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629444981773-MIB6PLM5TFZV15YX6S4J/P8200011-Edit.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Arrows show sites of alate emergence Holes and galleries used during the August 11 emergence event have been mostly filled in. They are just visible above the new holes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629445007024-14ZAR4DXNC0Z3MSEI1EF/P8200028.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Alates attempting to emerge from 3 holes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629445023063-OAN7PKD7KYXGPONXX51O/P8200026.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - alate leaving hole with attendant soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629445511255-6BZNB078W6A8Q2TLPF7E/P8200005.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - side view of male (L) and female (R) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629445522826-Q3YG46WVH96U8HE6HJDM/P8200004-3.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - ventral view of male (L) and female (R) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629445574620-AAT1JO5W8C276R8SF0BW/P8200001-4.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - male left, female right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629445634241-4VKWU7CBVHNFW588VOPB/P8200013-2.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - dorsal view of female showing wing stumps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629355364314-1SNAIRXP0OFB9FZ6T9WT/P8120025-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - dorsal view of head and thorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629355337160-RSK7HM3DIGDMHZ93LQZD/P8120001-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - ventral view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629355502225-ZCKX36IYFEPJ9107EAJZ/P8120031-2.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - wings and thorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629354799243-LKPMPXYFYE7WPE7J7IOM/P8120039-Edit.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629354843760-14HZH9Z04DL6B4F1S4FJ/P8120031.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629355060896-UWXKIOOU6X4DGSDMCW03/P8120034.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1629531114431-OICJY9UZ1BOUZT2RNWSN/Blattodea+phylogeny.jpg news & stories - The hidden millions - Make it stand out Relationships between termites and various families of cockroaches as demonstrated by comparison of sequences of five genes (ref. 3). Images of representative genera for each family are shown. Image 1. by simono (CC BY-NC 4.0). Image 3. by Stefan Gleissberg, cropped (CC BY-NC 4.0). Image 5. by RattyExplores, cropped (CC BY-NC 4.0). Image 6. by Reiner Richter, cropped (CC BY-NC 4.0). Images 2, 4, 7. our own images taken here in the forest. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/8/10/flies-know-me-by-my-face monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628547565054-JGCE1XYQX4PWJTS9LKR2/large-58.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Grass-tree caterpillar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628547579375-B0WP2MZ5EX1X5IJHSWDD/large-60.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Grass-tree caterpillar after moulting Its discarded larval skin lies on the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628547484282-5YZWGQO0A4DKHA1OUE0T/PA240004-2.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Broom Spurge caterpillar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628549177328-RMVAO1DIXPU6OXD7EW2V/large-61.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Grass-tree moth Pterolocera leucocera Family Anthelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628549464600-Y65GT7YKYC7P4QB2IR08/large-62.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Underside of grass-tree moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628549186835-ZBCMU2UYS4OU3CS4CM86/large-63.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Empty pupal case of grass-tree buddy the yellow pool is meconium, the metabolic waste products of the pupa excreted by the adult moth as it emerges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628553360881-YCK7FFS8E8F9OH5FBWDS/PB270003-5.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Make it stand out Caterpillar corpse with fly? pupae within https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628552409411-0RTZ8GH0TZE22CJLQ7YS/P7070001.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Fly #1 July 7, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628552692164-TKPASG721X7F8TMM1NAB/P7230046-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Fly #9 July 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628552757292-ZJKF72TTELCV9WX50FCT/P7270010.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Fly #10 July 27 photographed soon after emergence from the pupal case, before the wings have inflated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628554831288-08EA09J3DFCVYASDW0E0/P8010017-Edit-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - fly head viewed from front on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628554835955-RWJ11YDIJ2Z8PVUI3H7K/P7310033-Edit-label.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - side view of the fly head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628555999240-O8JFVB7LHR3U5CONLL1F/P7070002-2.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Make it stand out Empty puparium after emergence of adult fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628557749130-1YMB6Y4HJPM836F74Q8Y/P8010086-Edit-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628559456264-ABYCKSCWQWE41T8LWUXX/P7300001-3-Edit-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Our fly viewed from above showing scutellum and long, bristly hairs on abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628559602390-HQPIC5QN9D5LFLOWPQ22/P8010132-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - Rear view of the thorax Subscutellum lies beneath the scutellum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628566630670-TVDSPNH3GDRUNT969PM2/P8010011-2-label.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - ocellar (oc), frontal (fr) & orbital (or) setae how many ocellar, frontal and orbital setae are there? how long are they? in which direction are they oriented? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628566656295-UJ58P82836FTQRNQPPHV/P8020026-ve.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - vertical (ve) setae are there one or two vertical setae on each side? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628566786451-N4HTPQPQRGIH43ZNF7V8/P8020001-2-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - ocelli, hairs on compound eyes are ocelli present? are there hairs on the compound eyes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628567170709-CZR42WHATS9L2KE6E50Q/P8090001-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - vertical (ve) setae, ocelli, hairs on eyes are there one or two vertical setae on each side? are ocelli present (small eyes between compound eyes)? are there hairs on the compound eyes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628566622777-ZI89RNGHYTB02TFX9V5H/P7290001-3-label.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - wing veins does vein M1 kink before it joins vein M? Does M extend beyond that junction? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628567853653-54963NAS8ME06O57RX9Z/P8010117-Edit.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - prosternum - on ventral side of thorax is this patch of cuticle bare? or does it possess fine hairs? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628569035228-LNREABVX3GUHP6D6DDWB/P8020043-2-label.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - setae on dorsal and lateral thorax how many setae in the various plates on the back and sides of the thorax? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628569721141-MTHUEPLFGWQF9KMGOYKD/P7310033-Edit-2.jpg news & stories - Flies - know me by my face - vibrissae, epistome Is there a distinct epistome - a forward projecting region at the bottom of the face? where do the vibrissae insert with respect to the epistome? https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/ready-for-spring monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628482732063-WHIPXON8L2LPPN21PXQ4/P8090077.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Make it stand out Morning sun rapidly warms the forest following another near-zero degrees start (9th August, 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628481564062-GDJCPMTZIMI65PPIVHCW/P8090054.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - a thicket of Acacia terminalis This species likes disturbance and will gradually be replaced as the forest continues to recover from the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628481530370-CDLQC3KUN03YE6M9DRVM/P8090084.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - elsewhere, other wattles grow even taller Acacia obtusifolia and Acacia mearnsii (with some Acacia terminalis in the mix) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628481611975-FS45FFZCN4TO3WSZUTLB/P8080043-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - a tall, dense patch of 'Austral Indigo' Indigofera australis is another species that rather likes disturbance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628481597527-79QVE7S0ES37GOA2VDPE/P8090067.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - a natural bower of Kennedia Kennedia rubicunda is renown for its vigorous growth after fire. It will no doubt die back with time, as slower-growing plants catch up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628391485092-Z6IAFQNMDZHHIY20XJVY/P8080010.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - new branch on a burnt eucalypt This large tree was totally burned and snapped in half … and the very first to show epicormic growth early 2020. The original clumps of leaves are now gradually developing into true branches. Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628481546764-JY13LWIQ0JFGP4DQIS5T/P8080053-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - our most common Geebung Persoonia linearis is a beautiful shrub and one of the first plants to show epicormic growth, post fire. They now look much healthier than they did during the drought years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628481534139-6D39Q43O0PFIIEGSYP1K/P8090065.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - a natural hybrid Geebung Persoonia linearis and Persoonia levis (of which we have just a couple) will occasionally hybridise. This beautiful shrub is the result … Persoonia x lucida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628481552907-FFV6BONFH2LCOAXMEGWB/P8090010-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Geebung fruit from last Summer's flowers Persoonia x lucida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628387501659-30OGE1NN5GMG74PR0Y9H/P7220011.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Epacris, favoured by honeyeaters Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628387483310-L7MZMHMDJEH0OC8AZDWY/P7220006.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - different colours, same species Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628387497311-WLK0EXX16I9CZY3XLMDP/P7220009.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - dark pink Epacris (there's pale pink too) Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628387529058-60TWBYXC6GRY1B0HUGFY/P7260082.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - one colour per plant, many plants Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628387647453-4GD4JUZWNZU134I9CB5P/P7260047-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Correa, another bird flower Correa reflexa speciosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628388274478-NO52RLZ0M6WNM7CG4D7E/P7260052-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - the smaller Kennedia species Kenedia prostrata, a ground-hugging vine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628391315500-KMWUW4KBTSADADMWKNER/P8060165.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - 'Kangaroo Apple' Solanum vescum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628388280401-A23F3OVBIUA5KJ179UDI/P7260056-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - the first wattle to flower, post-fire Acacia ulicifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628391031803-FMXEGKAEUUK2NMO3G1AI/P8080003.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - a Pimelea garden Pimelea humilis or P. linifolia … difficult to tell apart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628387664772-9GD3E6ZDN5I3O08Y0RUR/P7260083.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Pimelea ... or 'rice-flower' Pimelea humilis (or P. linifolia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628391096338-JSVM006F8UPJ0BZJQ7TG/P7260063-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Pimelea is a honey bee magnet … these introduced insects are not quite as unwelcome as the other Euro invaders - the European Wasps (Vespula germanica) have also reappeared this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628483428564-4IJGRJJPC1O4W1UMHI4E/P8090034-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - 'Nodding Greenhood', a winter orchid Pterostylis nutans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628386698064-M5VLGFGJXWHQHKOCPRP6/P8060147.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Hardenbergia, a robust vine Hardenbergia violacea has regrown well, post fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486200294-0MTEQ87LOJQ9PLQENXCW/P8090022-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - first flowers for 'Shrubby Platysace' Platysace lanceolata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628386756786-AJGHZUCT93LUYP82NLEW/P7220024.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Tetratheca, from ant-buried seed Tetratheca pilosa … the seeds are buried by ants and thereby survive fire. They like disturbance, and don’t like competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486132183-MIA3CJCG1S0K921M1ZC9/P8090098.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - native bees are its pollinators Tetratheca pilosa relies upon buzz pollination, a specialty of many of our native bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628387772392-OWDJGDLLX3HUBXLGDJI2/P7260101.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - concealed beauty of 'Austral Indigo' Indigofera australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628386705030-VJOF7RLPK3FIJJZCQ62C/P8060150.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - delicate and twining Glycine Glycine clandestina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628391389293-P93P8667HQVQQA9NFSES/P8080006.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - a trailing, vine-like Hibbertia Hibbertia dentata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486167760-9KZQ82I9CUA2E5BB81SK/P8090041.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - another Hibbertia, this one a shrub Hibertia aspera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628386711710-GSIQDI8DX0WUSFVYSL1F/P8060156.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Stackhousia (Creamy Candles) buds Stackhousia monogyna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628388218555-YYC1JA28Y8IYKYDLK866/P8060158.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - early opening Stackhousia Stackhousia monogyna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628386659481-63FRJPOPBCVS17TSI5QU/P7220028.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - nascent 'Crimson Bottlebrush' Melaleuca citrina …. (previously Callistemon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628386686603-MQS3F36VWGMAI9N2TS9Q/P7300131.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - grass flower buds! already!? Dichelachne rara … which last year flowered mid November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628388168878-TMR17RCJFPXOWJ49H3ST/P8060161.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - early opening Hardenbergia Hardenbergia violacea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486017542-O8NY43IPYHUFKC8WU53D/P8090075.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - newly opened 'Native Violet' Viola hederacea … a common and widespread plant with ground-hugging leaves. I sighted the season’s first flowers just yesterday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486068485-JDBVIH9PPDOEZDVLZLPT/P8090095.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - spectacular Kennedia blooms The first flowers of the rampantly growing Kennedia rubicunda. There will soon be many, many more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486241628-9KD0YZ82O5CQ17F1KGNX/P8090008-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - 'Blubells' already! Wahlenbergia …. last season these small plants flowered profusely, for many months. Another favourite of native bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486150811-S2PI3GS43CZ6LKKP22BN/P8090083.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Bossiaea ... the first yellow pea Bossiaea cordifolia. These small, spike plants have recovered well and are among our most common low shrubs. They will be spectacular when the hundreds of buds open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486214806-5HDH5G133HAG6E5TF82U/P8090029-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Pultenaea - another yellow-flowered pea Pultenaea daphnoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486282280-FFMPZS7Y5TF5URE54QXC/P8090026-2.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - Leucopogon ... my favourite shrub Leucopogon affinis. These small to medium sized shrubs are a key element in the forest ecosystem. The flowers attract insects of all kinds, while the berries are a favoured food of honeyeaters in late Summer.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486070680-HLB75AOQB9YDY5MXA7PY/P8090088.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - the first Leucopogon blooms open Leucopogon affinis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486618155-WD460S9WC8CPS89VCIO1/P8090049.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - flower wasp - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486640974-GM73UOKXUDDN7GW83GEF/P8090076.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - mating flower wasps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486580799-Y3SW7QMO4XYQUK07OTP3/P8090081.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - ichneumonid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628486584153-AI1L4TUIRGJ95XMKPKI5/P8090064.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring - another flower wasp (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628582765792-COPMDZ53ZZ1XOHYMKWLY/P8100005.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628582771478-TYR1OJUC8GW2JZJ9UYFK/P8100034.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628582779783-JGNXPQSKSGCS7SNTXCXO/P8100046.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628582783139-OP92ESMMWD43AUK1UL8D/P8100072.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628582790806-4SLRT9XAKKH0RLUW8D53/P8100094.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628582797155-DU5APB3JB6B1Z3ULUZIJ/P8100098.jpg news & stories - Ready for Spring https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/5/may-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/5/9/wasp-week monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554383498-3MZQDO0QSGB5GXGVANVC/P5080231.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Trigonalidae 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554171290-8PHU97AQT8BQHIU1MMZP/P5020203-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Gasteruptiidae Gasteruption 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620639180398-RW6NE9IA5YOZBB9TT1LI/P5100398.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Chalcididae Antrocephalus 10th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620783093609-XOZIZNOMU2B4PH2KRSU1/P5090072.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Ampulicidae Dolichurus 9th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554406931-4DWN8UEEILKNDOZ4JH5X/P5080298.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Ichneumonidae subfamily Pimplinae … Ecthromorpha intricatoria 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554801699-QJXQMFBLLLHC9X4XIOFA/P5090023.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Ichneumonidae subfamily Cryptinae ? 9th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record [Paul took this shot a short distance from where I was sitting] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620793241228-T3OAWF5GKPTQU8UZXGSZ/P5090376.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Ichneumonidae subfamily Cryptinae ? 9th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620559811235-JW4FUZS8KGPFBPA8JWE6/P5010044.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Ichneumonidae subfamily Cryptinae ? 1st May, 2021 see iNaturalist record [Paul took this shot, a short distance from where I was sitting] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554570163-31IYE5F8PW9FSIE8LM2H/P5090529.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Braconidae 9th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554834830-6FHWT2HZPILS26HP5OU1/P5080078-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Braconidae ? 8th May, 2021 [Paul took this shot a short distance from where I was sitting] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620639306072-CQPSYJ1DZHCGP4ESKEX2/P5100237.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Chrysididae Primeuchroeus 10th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620780056284-19UHLJDPSU5EOCIRVZSL/P5020155.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Crabronidae Crabronini … Tachysphex, perhaps 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620780348033-HFXPH7WOJ7ZQ6Y6Y1786/P5020116.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Crabronidae Pison, perhaps 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620639555811-2AF3RPA5Y5H0QHYCM1IJ/P5100205.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Thynnidae mating pair 10th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554284377-NF62QFJ3SCM3SUR1YBGS/P5020470.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Thynnidae male 2nd May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554545881-H53MVJ579NL7ITGN3Y1S/P5090518.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Mutilidae male 9th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554248345-EQKZQPTV20W1P2YND06M/P5020428.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Pompilidae subfamily Pepsinae; tribe Ageniellini … Fabriogenia 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554267180-J4TAMM2R9NMQNGZZCJX6/P5020444.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Pompilidae subfamily Pompilinae, tribe Pepsini … Calopompilus, perhaps 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554341997-HTXNKLZHAFVUBFS4ZZ6A/P5080121.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Pompilidae subfamily Pompilinae … perhaps Turneromyia or Ctenostegus 8th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620554353120-EE5GKG1VK0KC9KNLXPP0/P5080136.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Vespidae subfamily Polistinae … Ropalidia plebeiana 8th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621507700591-70TCDPY9M5EW8FA55PTS/Australian+wasps+table.png news & stories - Wasp Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621507702978-0GHOI0M6TX7PSU8B456N/Australian+wasps+diagram.png news & stories - Wasp Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621494780816-XLPDODH6GBM8MUEW8QS5/Wasp+week+families.png news & stories - Wasp Week - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620871910495-FIVUKTRHZUFFOZC6MICV/P5080231.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - a. Female's abdomen shape ... Trigonalidae 9th May, 2021 (circle indicates leaf-grasping structures on underside of metasoma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620871836349-2J6KUL9KU9NRR226WV97/P5080234.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... helps her grip the leaf edge ... Trigonalidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620871820815-74X9HFGARUWN7RJPRPQ8/P5080241.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... and insert an egg into the underside. Trigonalidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620873515502-EMUR4SX2NJEE54Y9CGI8/P5080243.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - She does this quickly, and repeatedly. Trigonalidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620873612006-MLGP4M2305UDL8LNIXNM/P5020190.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - b. She lays thousands of eggs in just a few days. Trigonalidae 2nd May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620871389640-HDF2BNZ2OIXPS5CL6ZGJ/P5100272.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - c. Routine maintenance ... Trigonalidae 10th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620871439780-WI85C5CWH0LTV0VKKRKK/P5100276.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... with particular attention to the antennae. Trigonalidae 10th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620879653330-61HKZ9NPH4CI5G5CHSSD/P5090034.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - d. Facial features ... Trigonalidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620879841902-002P1BJ5GO4FI9P3DW61/P5090025.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... and a display of wing venation. Trigonalidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620882127610-S4SWDFL321L1P3C4XY07/P5080245.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - female 1 ... black head and thorax Trigonalidae 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620881795013-L09Q4RY0RD6C5O6M2SGH/P5090422.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - female 2 ... red markings Trigonalidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620953606255-S3MHM56VEC8PEH2B4MLY/P5020217.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - She investigates a crack in the log ... Gasteruption 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620953822805-MMKH0VBX1TXFWSSMCSCH/P5080258.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... and 6 days later ... Gasteruption 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620953873091-6J33D7MGX8SIJP952VBA/P5080267.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... the same log is still interesting. Gasteruption 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620956432910-7X6M7JXQYUZVNHTV6TK0/P5090072.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - When motionless she looks like an ant. Ampulicidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620956228404-VGOWPIPHWMMM4PDEXC3E/P5090065-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Moving rapidly, she explores nooks and crannies. Ampulicidae 9th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620956232297-PQR6GRGA1X5DB9TKR0TK/P5090088-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Just a few minutes, competition arrives! 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621228292536-AHDJE1NH7SHRRW1TLUA3/P5100314.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - A small but tough bodied wasp ... Antrocephalus 10th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621228298289-4KNEXPPZ9E7W5MMOW6T8/P5100405.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... investigating various leaves. Antrocephalus 10th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621228425945-PSHW7589FHHDJ00VN90Q/P5100351.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - The enlarged hind legs are used for gripping. Antrocephalus 10th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620961834263-E0WT5WGWTWMENB2ATT2H/P5080343.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Cleaning his antennae. Mutillidae 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620957582961-8LQ1JPFTLQYL8ET2SM15/P5080094-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Resting between flights. Mutillidae 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621313659122-VACDJDPA9P9HRNLC8ATU/P5080351.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Resting, and defecating, perhaps after a meal of honeydew. Mutillidae 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620967296104-A6PTQPFUS1KUYG9OTVPU/P5100236.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Female investigating a tree trunk. Primeuchroeus 10th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620967304763-JXRZWGV43OJTGUIDR5BO/P5100242.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Her thick cuticle is part of her defence. Primeuchroeus 10th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620967349342-LZLU6IQU87FR2P7HJAGT/P5020201.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Primeuchroeus is a small wasp. Primeuchroeus 2nd May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620965539993-K4CIZDDBBZL37VYZ7YZN/P5020116.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Female Pison collecting mud for a nest. Pison 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620965222795-BNUDMGEGJ26UJP966AO3/P5020137.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Tachysphex is a true digger wasp ... Tachysphex (I think) 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620965135450-U90GQX0KRKEQ6CQ9G79X/P5020155.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... again, a female, but no burrow in sight. Tachysphex (?) 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620969598030-7DSUCQLKOREG0IB3TNEA/P5020444.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - a. Characteristically flicking wings while hunting. Calopompilus 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620970899822-YVSZXANOFTMPWS9RQLFF/P5080121.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - b. Searching for wandering spiders ... Ctenostegus (I’m reasonably confident of the ID) 8th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620973720631-1T5AG7JZWNP1YML5GX66/P5080125.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... long leg spines a feature of pompilids. Ctenostegus (I’m reasonably confident of the ID) 8th May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620973858916-ACPMNJA2IFUTJTJ5O5JB/P5020325.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - c. Collecting mud for nest building ... Fabriogenia 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620973885741-ESMZ2J7RS0A8V0NWAIU9/P5020327.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... she forms a ball and holds it in her mandibles ... Fabriogenia 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1620973950388-MTACYIPIHUKHV8F88KVU/P5020413.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... she would fly off, but return repeatedly. Fabriogenia 2nd May, 2021 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621053629544-OIY5NV5TH6SUCPMW2FOK/P5020459.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Male on alert for females emerging from soil Thynnidae 2nd May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621054762887-ZBDPMOPT1NH7FC7LFGPX/P5100076.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - A different species, the male feeding a wingless female ... Thynnidae 10th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621054763922-ZCPK2LIQUIMG742JTQ3S/P5100205.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... and 5 minutes later they couple. Thynnidae 10th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621216773802-GDEDYM2UH5V5MO2GIO8V/P5020167.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Female Ecthromorpha, preening. Echthromorpha intricatoria 2nd May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621216739700-VXRCXV29WD6FYYZFK79S/P5080035-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Looking for butterfly pupae among the leaf litter. Echthromorpha intricatoria 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621216729946-CAPBR35UCY6P9JTS6FXY/P5090364.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Male Echthromorpha, preening Echthromorpha intricatoria 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621222836015-C0P9QPJLS569F5PTEFKJ/P5090547.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Female displaying long ovipositor ... Braconidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621222844011-CZE33BVQ4AG65XV1Z10W/P5090535.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... preening her antennae ... Braconidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621222853309-PK8IFWLV6ZII8B0QJGJP/P5090529.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... and perhaps enjoying the warm sunshine. Braconidae 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621061698884-SLTV4NUIIKN2Y48NH6SP/P5080127.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - Male Ropalidia repeatedly visiting the same leaves. Ropalidia plebeiana 8th May, 2021 [male based on 13 antennal segments, cf 12 in females of most Vespoidea & Apoidea] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621061782396-V4RHAUZBBJB5TFS258GV/P5080282.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - I've seen no nearby colony ... Ropalidia plebeiana 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621490474274-R5PN3U1JYB9XS1PP2XX7/P5080047-2.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... so perhaps he's lost. Ropalidia plebeiana 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621491248446-R7XNAYFQ9JSEF5XVVAOP/P5080158.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - A large-bodied female in late Autumn ... Vespula germanica 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621491385208-E75ZK9BR6VWPDSWVK1PX/P5080165.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... is likely to be a future queen. Soon she'll ... Vespula germanica 8th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621491556124-N37SGAFVVY5MSF8N516X/P5090579.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - ... hibernate, then found a colony in Spring. Vespula germanica 9th May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621558922882-2HEH77H0C3A2NEEOXGS8/P5100036.jpg news & stories - Wasp Week - This one was feeding on wattle nectar. Vespula germanica 10th May, 2021 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/4/5/the-forest-five-seasons-on monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617770286152-QG1X0DWS8R0IM5ASMZ41/P1250189-Pano.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on 20 days post fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617769176493-A2V14OCNOGERLQPD7N5L/P4070003-3-Pano.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on 15 months later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618726861822-RCYXIUHCTRBFMMGWNS37/PB290002.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617762400560-3IURIAB64DOE4UGBKD3Q/P1110079.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617773127531-VRZK7VFCJ6W2UD57IOB5/P1260019.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617773130375-9T1WRI2YQGCS6MJ2QEAJ/P1260021.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617773139300-0UUDFLX9F72BIAF0YSDO/P1260024.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617773143854-7WXGPRBNDUK4MAX42P44/P1260056.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617773150763-WHI7UUWOU2S38PXOZACW/P1260068.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617773494656-BVXUSOPNOW1N9LJCY6NU/P3020095.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on northern side of the forest - 2 months post-fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617774686482-HSDENYA14ELYBPICI42A/P1170170.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - January 12, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617774705433-NQENFFF9JKIZ5DL8D54T/P1280122.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - January 28, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617775004940-KCP0BFJSNQVN6SIMM1PR/P2100006-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - February 10, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617775289898-0JHI5OPFD5QHGJQ92W5K/P3300087.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - March 30, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618118177027-IYF2Y47TS6DM07SNBX1V/PA270006-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - October 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618276086097-J59H3NYTDE4QW3AAPOU7/PB240388.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618276019777-5O1UBHR5MWUMVL28NS4V/IMG_4825.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617778351015-KQRZ0ESNT45JWOO9Y6AW/P3310153.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on 31 March, 2020 - A flock of King Parrots grazing on the maturing seed heads of Weeping Grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1617842456089-SQIWDKRGW481Y05XM5DF/P6170042.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on 17 June, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618028623244-AL7864ZBW3CNSFC97Y34/P5140023.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Autumn Wasp Orchid, 14 May 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618028625792-Z4XDI37RZH2P0PF8LJEP/P5140028.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Autumn Wasp Orchid, 14 May 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618037135269-FJA27J7UUWNQK21Q0CQY/P7160008.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Small Mosquito Orchid, 16 July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618028638579-WXI6NXB04JL2LRA2XA99/P7160006.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Small Mosquito Orchid, 18 July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618028787633-3S5W100A93W96XA3MTCN/P7180012.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Small Mosquito Orchid, 18 July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618029082285-5F7EXZQZ94XEFU0R2EC3/P7030006.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Fringed Helmet-Orchid, 3 July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618034024868-AY6R7MVIAKOQ4JD1UQ81/P8160082.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Nodding Greenhood, 16 Aug 2020 Pterostylis nutans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618034102721-PLKAP8IYEKLR89KUYO74/P8160002.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Nodding Greenhood, 16 Aug 2020 Pterostylis nutans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618030342274-DBV9V8E6NX8BJ4MK8XWF/P8130061.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Lady Fingers, 18 August 2020 Caladenia catenata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618030170986-EHU74ZHVF5IXA2GKW1I1/P8180107.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Blue Finger-Orchid, 18 August 2020 Cyanicula caerulea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618030456496-VHVHN65ZCL6JD2VYYXSS/large-55.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Pink Lady Fingers, 2 Sept 2020 Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618034375472-Z0OHM8K55X5NM25PYGHS/P9120147.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Pink Lady Finger, 12 Sept 2020 Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618031249266-KP7N1ZEADYL0R8NWWU5G/P9060154.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Maroonhood, 6 Sept 2020 Pterostylis pedunculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618031193975-E26J0WWRFU30AKCOSFAX/P9060147.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Maroonhood, 6 Sept 2020 Pterostylis pedunculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618030550898-OX92V2K7SDBTY8DPMTCG/P9100045.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Waxlip Orchid, 10 Sept 2020 Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618036168512-8MSRQWKNC4414BZWVDBO/P8160003-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Kangaroo Apple, 16 Aug 2020 Solanum vescum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618036312488-5DE1WE2UWVW252T0MPJL/P8190002-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Milkmaids, 19 Aug 2020 Burchardia umbellata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618036504099-5T98UEK52VL00YVLJ72X/P8190005.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - False Sarsparilla, 19 Aug 2020 Hardenbergia violacea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618031958069-617GC77W9FSQSJ0M368O/P8220027.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Tall Sundew, 22 August 2020 Drosera auriculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618032069148-NM0NYWZJV1ZQWTCVKHVB/P8210127-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Tall Sundew, 21 August 2020 Drosera auriculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618032082765-VEIJK1TQV16Z4XYF5420/P9020002.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Australian Indigo, 2 Sept 2020 Indigofera australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618104456056-DDIGR8YY60BWK25ZI1VR/P9030017-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Bossiaea cordifolia, 3 Sept 2020 Bossiaea cordifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618104466371-ZA33MBXP8AYZXCO6GM21/P9030012-4.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Lilac Lily, 3 Sept 2020 Schelhammera undulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618104198851-X2DV3TTIGC0DJS12GL92/P9030017.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Red Passionflower, 3 Sept 2020 Passiflora cinnabarina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618034897152-7XYV77X1VXL0LLD73I0N/P9060097.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough Guinea Flower, 6 Sept 2020 Hibbertia aspera aspera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618034798180-0K5TSEGBCPFL2X98GQCO/P9080176.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Toothed Lobelia, 8 Sept 2020 Lobelia dentata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618032294713-JYGXS75N5W2VHBTB40T3/P9210173.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Creamy Candles, 21 Sept 2020 Stackhousia monogyna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618035182524-8KN6DGG0XVSPSQNF53QH/P9100021.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Button Everlasting, 10 Sept 2020 Coronidium scorpioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618114142347-HYQC17WOH54QI3LR1B21/PA310025-3.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Grass Triggerplant, 10 Sept 2020 Stylidium graminifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618035317104-OHXHVV41MHEJT9O572MF/P9100007-3.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Dusky Coral Pea, 10 Sept 2020 Kennedia rubicunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618106653189-NBV52R556GZP4W1C069M/P9300005-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Wallflower Donkey Orchid, 30 Sept 2020 Diurus orientis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618106806900-ELIDMEWJXM28SFEKEEEB/PA040062.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Large Duck Orchid, 4 Oct 2020 Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618106927042-2PGL7Y30L191TG747DUG/PA040283.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Tiger Orchid, 4 Oct 2020 Diuris sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618107032071-ZE8WJTKMGXH7CIFU4JTB/PA090006.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Red Beard Orchid, 9 Oct 2020 Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618107402758-OCLEHKJV7LDUP1CRADVH/PA310061-4.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Common Onion Orchid, 31 Oct 2020 Microtis unifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618107916693-Y25WAFOZV3UMJPZ9DPJT/PB300091.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Small Tongue Orchid, 30 Nov 2020 Cryptostylis leptochila https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618114461103-107S0I83AJI52L9RB10U/P9250021.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Hairy Pink-bells, 25 Sept 2020 Tetratheca pilosa latifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618119564562-MS2IET61NH7K0NSZHP2M/PA150002-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Common Aotus, 26 Sept 2020 Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618113714576-DSXUXDHY8R2YFZHZJY34/PA080085.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Kopata, 8 Oct 2020 Pelargonium inodorum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618115193265-5VNGA075IDASDLXQ17R0/PA090048.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Wonga Wonga Vine, 9 Oct 2020 Pandorea pandorana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618114342281-ZC9V5IJA1Y6VILVTYPJY/P9080106.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Wonga Wonga Vine, 9 Oct 2020 Pandorea pandorana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618115343402-JGRFSS7SYZQO8XOAQE2Z/PA090054.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Coarse Stinkweed, 9 Oct 2020 Opercularia aspera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618115522131-VABLIWSYL4K10G2PBSP9/PA120015.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Indian Weed, 12 Oct 2020 Sigesbeckia orientalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618115592148-4XWTUHLD9L8A19MVQP6P/PA120012.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Indian Weed, 12 Oct 2020 Sigesbeckia orientalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618120581301-9AFVDL6061YWNB0BT6IX/PA130076-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Purple Fan-Flower, 13 Oct 2020 Scaevola ramosissima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618119645471-0LMOGNLSUCB5RC7R8SS0/PA150011-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Tall Bluebell, 15 Oct 2020 Wahlenbergia stricta stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618119953322-D7FGFWO05AMZJWBDJNB6/PA150013.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Blue Flax-Lily, 15 Oct 2020 Dianella caerulea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618120409230-ELKP6FEN68QE9SZP200S/PA150068.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Leafy Purple Flag, 15 Oct 2020 Patersonia glabrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618113710012-J2UTINQQOX9FDHR2C7EW/PA080055.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Blue Bottle-Daisy, 19 Oct 2020 Lagenophora stipitata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618117832558-FGCVA1S6GSPKRF1OU5ZN/PA270018.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Dwarf Rice-Flower, 27 Oct 2020 Pimelea humilis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618119020207-WVMXCVQWPM1MIRV2U0DH/PA290031.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Raspwort, 29 Oct 2020 Gonocarpus teucrioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618119024905-P4W2TSZ4N856Q5WCJNDP/PA290032.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Raspwort flower, 29 Oct 2020 Gonocarpus teucrioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618113729148-GCKQ0CR6H0C2FR5XNWMR/PA310080.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Common Fringe Lily, 30 Oct 2020 Thysanotus tuberosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618120742723-BB54RSDUYG8B21ZX9DUK/PB130025.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Shrubby Platysace, 13 Nov 2020 Platysace lanceolata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618113733379-PB7PBMB3O8V66ECAZQLQ/PB240095.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Holly Lomatia, 24 Nov 2020 Lomatia ilicifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618113736081-UAFIG07CXP333AAWFWAK/PB240098.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Holly Lomatia, 24 Nov 2020 Lomatia ilicifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618114933680-OCTZX3O5XLJLYA56CY22/PB090126.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Forest Groundsel, 20 Jan 2020 Senecio velleioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619348904096-HLH4YL7MAO82Z4A582AQ/PC080037.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Redanther Wallaby Grass, 8 Dec 2020 Rytidosperma pallidum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618230760375-90TY3IU0ILZQFKSB9NHB/PC090002.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Kangaroo Grass, 9 Dec 2020 Themeda triandra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618230795210-CH9EKE772DFVXGMGEYGP/PB240184.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Foxtail Speargrass, 24 Nov 2020 Austrostipa densiflora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619349583233-CSGDY8YL0N9MH7A8FYGP/PC090003-3.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Oat Speargrass, 9 Dec 2020 Anisopogon avenaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619349365196-1TDECIV89YAGVCFSQGG4/PB250031.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Long-leaved Wallaby Grass, 25 Nov 2020 Rytidosperma longifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618276986473-T9CGKUJL06CGGVYBZQOL/PC080013.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Fine-leaved Snow Grass, 8 Dec 2020 Poa meionectes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618275581445-I6LIOCN1T8YV1330TL0G/PB300043.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Sheath Sedge, 2 Dec 2020 Cyathochaeta diandra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618285259075-JXBW3GGXDSY5RLQXTCFT/P4130010.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Thatch Saw-sedge, 14 March 2021 Gahnia radula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618285528638-7YN3T3AACWKH1L4YI9SH/P3140026.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Sandhill Saw-sedge, 14 March 2021 Lepidosperma sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618466927594-2XIA09605IESJFSAIO8Y/P4150008.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rush, 15 April 2021 Juncus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618286423631-BK5GYY9C1T2HN7UCC04L/P3140066.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Woolly Xanthosia, Broom Spurge, 14 March 2021 Xanthosia pilosa (pale green), Amperea xiphoclada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618286563903-ARS7G8YUCZUV99CFNHWB/P4070011.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Common Heath, 7 April 2021 Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618286572731-63ELH1GOCTW3UYD8JWWR/P4070013.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Common Aotus, 7 April 2021 Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618286590315-PWGO7F2SHIOT6XPXN5XB/P4070014.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Dwarf Rice-flower, Common Aotus, 7 April 2021 Pimelea humilis (flowering), Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618381339198-XJ3M9GEVAH2FL2H2GZY2/P4070021.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Showy Bossiaea, 7 April 2021 Bossiaea cordifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618466483865-SPCCGB38N46JJ9WBL1KG/P4100021-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Dwarf Rice-flower, 10 April 2021 Pimelea humilis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618287965700-8V82ESSRDWSYE16WD756/P4130004-4.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Dusky Coral Pea, 13 April Kennedia rubicunda sprawling over the forest floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618287971168-WTD45Z4I0TDHVBQ6KV5U/P4130005-4.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Dusky Coral Pea, 13 April climbing a charred, dead Banksia trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618287973960-T0ZEEBBZXKZ70FU6K3NA/P4130006-4.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Dusky Coral Pea, 13 April climbing a blackened Callitris trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618288200701-29N2SQGYZ094YQARX2N6/P3280102.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618289183708-TYC99P35LZPDWQTHJGFZ/P3280068.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618527968127-6DT2IA9G5MKKMSI26C1U/IMG_2266.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 4 days after the fire - view to the west https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618527974931-DUG4J3L9T53DFQ7TYENC/IMG_2290.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - view to the north https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618528797682-2DLXIFPAW6TPDO1FLBVZ/P4160023.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618533485253-WWCP4LH3EMS7X09KUEJI/P2050050.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Narrow-leaf Geebung, 5 Feb 2020 Persoonia linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618533576639-L6URICPN43LZ52IWG9JL/P2100020.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Narrow-leaf Geebung, 10 Feb 2020 Persoonia linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618533636815-AG7K886E0P7UHJJL9A3J/P2080145.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Saw Banksia, 8 Feb 2020 Banksia serrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618533692773-E1FOXAC5TTY5MKGEUL6S/P2290110.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Saw Banksia, 29 Feb 2020 Banksia serrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618712803827-81NJINLCIRRX0AGNRUCG/P2290104.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Saw Banksia, 29 Feb 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618712780195-GAZAJXR62LQKUCD8ML02/P3140060.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 14 March 2021 - still budding! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618535153835-0OQQLEO6RRTH2S8PG35C/P4150004-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Narrow-leaf Geebung, 16 April 2021 Persoonia linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618539197520-OD9Y74KEO1350NT1CE51/P4160002-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Geebung - levis x linearis, 16 April 2021 Persoonia x lucida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618539201574-W3KEBESTLCHG50KKD8OP/P4160004-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Broad-leaf Geebung, 16 April 2021 Persoonia levis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618539216762-9BEVVRIRSP3P3X4VAFP5/P4160038.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Saw Banksia, 16 April 2021 Banksia serrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618539235438-H3A19HUFW7RZ1APOPNZV/P4160036.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Saw Banksia, 16 April 2021 Banksia serrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618539239998-O7MU9T8A1IMSTI4TGE9M/P4160013-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Saw Banksia, 16 April 2021 Banksia serrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618710941573-4HBHBJQQZUTH0Z8NZ4IA/PB080013.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Paperbark Tea Tree, 8 Nov 2020 The epicormic branches bearing leaves and flowers branch off the main trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618710582783-SZZX1YZQ4VV5MF7DMDV6/P4160036-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Paperbark Tea Tree, 17 April 2021 Contrast the strong regrowth of this bush with the dead, pale Sheo-oak sapling in front of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618716639786-T899TDZKLL927KTX7WAN/P4180002.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Lance Beard-Heath, 18 April 2021 Leucopogon affinis - the original, blackened dead trunk of this bush lies to the left of the regrowing branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618724288633-32F1FF6AQ3ETXO7E3FNQ/P4180001-4.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Tall Baeckea, 18 April 2021 Sannantha pluriflora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618713807289-GCNEANVDRQMPAZD1EIZ0/P4160024-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Tick Bush, 16 April 2021 Kunzea ambigua - the blackened, dead trunk of the original tree lies to the right of the regenerating vegetation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618724974652-1YXBMDFZCMS6GRL8T2K2/PB270001-4.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Kanuka, 27 Nov 2020 Kunzea sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618713397204-V4K6MAF50J8YPF6BWAXU/P4150002-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Lightwood, 15 April 2021 sprouting from the roots of a 4m high tree which was killed in the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618713668027-SKMNQSZ0S8P4OPCIY1JO/P4160007.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Blueberry Ash, 16 April 2021 Elaeocarpus reticulatus - the pale, dead stems of the original bushes can be seen around the regrowth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618718377956-V2E1JUF8ZTE8AZJVEL5F/P4180002-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Grey Everlasting, 18 April 2021 Ozothamnus obcordatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618723594805-453Q61A9Z7M6N479ULZS/P4180009-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Hairpin Banksia, 18 April 2021 Banksia spinulosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618725182464-L71LTIWSOXXNOVYZGBZV/P9020004.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Australian Indigo, 2 Sept 2020 Indigofera australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618723455004-BW8DPNYGJ9TPYOFCBEX1/P4180013-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Black Sheoak, 18 April 2021 Allocasuarina littoralis - the burnt trunks of the original trees like behind the new growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618727131487-MY9C0I5UQDFZRC62FAQX/P4140014.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Sunshine Wattle, 14 April 2021 Acacia terminalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618727010113-CWBCW7K0HQ8VDVOOESTU/P4180003-3.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Sydney Golden Wattle, 18 April 2021 Acacia longifolia longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618727393824-8KFGNQYEWU0VR7UQ7AG2/P4140005.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Black Wattle, 14 April 2021 Acacia mearnsii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619148822984-7XMTTBFLNPJ9YXAFVFRP/P4230001.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Willow Needlewood, 23 April 2021 Hakea macraeana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618727578654-P4JMXKGDGPLXSGJ9BQU7/P4070034.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Port Jackson Pine, 7 April 2021 Callitris rhomboidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619659145719-YOZOY4LPOHDZXABO2809/P4070026.jpeg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Port Jackson Pine, 7 April 2021 Callitris rhomboidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618728179467-1ZDP5B9A8IWJR0XPW471/P3280070-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Wattle grove, 28 March 2021 mix of Eucalyptus obtusifolia, Acacia mearnsii and Acacia terminalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618728362231-KOTYI8XACFIGCDOJFD88/P4160003.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Wattle grove, 16 April 2021 Acacia terminalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618798026208-HSZHJTAAVXSD5SA5P92H/P1280027.jpeg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple, 28 Jan 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618798057837-Y2345F9ZLQIUPN289KZN/P1280028.jpeg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple, 28 Jan 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619157641273-64Y40R6U2MFPS85BDAR7/P2010006.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Mountain Grey Gum, 1 Feb 2020 Eucalyptus cypellocarpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619158663671-U9KGQ6AONPEF11ONW39M/P1310013.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple, 31 Jan 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619158867633-UP9ZXJ312PWJLQLH03AE/P2080161.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Silvertop Ash, 8 Feb 2020 Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619159448818-SOKEE2AT5F83ISKSJGTX/P2210041.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple, 21 Feb 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619159898166-IHNQDDCF0K48XCIRKI81/P2210022.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple, 21 Feb 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619160411338-ZF8FB1KYOU2C2M2BRECU/P2290049.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Varied Sittella feeding on branches, 29 Feb 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619160578616-YLGWBYPPW2Y17M3CYIJQ/P4240039.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters searching for insects, 24 April 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619160065268-F0CL7MLZJQ88C3BNXBH7/P2210024.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 21 Feb 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618747918839-PPX4W81030Y0XI48FBQ1/P4030156.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Leaves spiralling up the trunk, 3 April 2020 White Stringybark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619150456078-KLD4HQW7ASZ4VBWI7ZLW/P4030083.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 3 April, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619150654023-DDU9BYOWAWI5KD7CPMBN/P4030087.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Epicormic growth has generated nascent branches, 3 April 2020 Mountain Grey Gum sapling, 3 April 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619151054288-PHL2GFCNFDL4ED5LX1US/P4030122.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - branches are lengthening, 3 April 2020 Eucalyptus globoidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619173592885-OOE8BPVM8Q7SE30F6HP3/IMG_2772.jpeg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Satin Bowerbird in epicormic foliage Mountain Grey Gum, 3 April 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618745898489-6BKZ31KBRLIS5UEKXR2G/P4130005.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple, 13 April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619310891592-B7W8C7RLOIPMKT81NUSW/P4120006.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple, 12 April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619311383715-GFC5E4P7T4S3UXIAIS4C/image-asset-2.jpeg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - July 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619311884294-WPWKNDVKYPP6DUULEMO7/P3280043.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 28 March 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618744887892-IP37H6MRM9YB5K7CIPP5/PB270063.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple flowers, 27 Nov 2020 Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618746582521-9X30M633609TYWP3HOJJ/PB270006.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple flowers and fruit, 27 Nov 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1618746476616-B73R9JLUN3KD05FCW7SM/PB270011.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Rough-barked Apple mature leaves, 27 Nov 2020 Many of these leaves are covered with lerps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619477061748-OELXF41VA19YWYDIX4BQ/P3310047.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - White-naped Honeyeater, 31 March 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619480309581-R04SKBZSYM1HTBXBNNKB/P3300046.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - White-naped Honeyeater, 30 April 2021 feeding on lerps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619478103784-9E9Q127LP4R91TXUIHKL/P4100017-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Golden Whistler, 10 April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619478538730-APAA21N7CX3P0W99NDVY/P4130055.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - White-naped Honeyeater, 13 April 2021 feeding on lerps on juvenile Angophora leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619478882079-7KTUP37MY41KRD2VV1O9/P4130111.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Spotted Pardalote, 13 April 2021 with lerps in beak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619479404407-X3SLV4PAFN5JJWT7ZWXV/P3310052.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Grey Shrike-thrush, 31 March 2021 feeding on lerps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619312472110-M6YPNPCNETWBE7Q7QWQ2/IMG_1619.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - White Stringybark, 4 July 2017 (before fire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619352334017-IFEDJ8QBHB39LC9J3ZVX/P3280039.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - White Stringybark, 28 March 2021 Eucalyptus globoidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619221322314-MAINB5YDQ1J75MHSINFQ/P3280049.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - White Stringybark, 28 March 2021 Eucalyptus globoidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619220446048-32IU9WTBS4QAJUQC7FND/P4160005-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Mountain Grey Gum, 16 April 2021 Eucalyptus cypellocarpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619216147248-Q9EW4GROQGOX4CTQEO1B/P3280056.jpeg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Woollybutt, 28 March 2021 Eucalyptus longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619220286400-2QVJDOPR95K717OZM30B/P4090010.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Yertchuk, 9 April 2021 Eucalyptus consideniana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619313056269-GF90K8M2TDS8WMJJX7DX/P3280109.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Silvertop Ash, 28 March 2021 Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619313121454-3MD4I5MR5WG6RMMMZL80/P7040011-Pano-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Silvertop Ash, 4 July 2017 (before fire) Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619313196510-UTPCT6EL88EIPPB1V0FH/P3280036.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Silvertop Ash, 28 March 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619314451532-IWBG3RIEKED3V16RUX5B/P1091682.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Creeping Mistletoe, 9 Jan 2014 Muellerina eucalyptoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619314789969-653M7TB1GXFAAVT1P3BY/PA030340.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Golden Mistletoe, 3 Oct 2012 Notothixos subaureus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619315003906-72IJ6P5KQ3I0INNXB6MU/P4240001.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Killed Creeping Mistletoe, 24 April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619218063879-VJ88S0CUWN763PS7NOHS/P1110213.jpeg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on 4 days after the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619222009741-0DR2EZ4TWTSVCS1W528S/P3280026-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - This Silvertop Ash didn't make it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619222012609-UNS17JW1GSHMGF9UOGZH/P3280005-2.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - But its base was repurposed for a wombat cubby! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619158515317-YEZ9EWVCBV9ZQ10THEOZ/P1280126.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - rootstock sprouting, 28 Jan 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619158055760-KYQ0UG55C7BUG8T61ZFG/P1280049.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - basal sprouting, 28 Jan 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619158409577-MVUQE08R9LX0394XBPQ8/P1280067.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - basal sprouting, 28 Jan 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619476544399-T3HWSQ4RQIOL4H7G95B1/P4270001.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 27 April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619476549525-Q7U22ZMP8WZ3M84LX4MD/P4270002.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 27 April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619476553520-6EWMIE78LD9U5M8ML93C/P4270003.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - 27 April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619231139064-0STPTXX0RSVH3VJRT1ED/P2290334.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Eucalypt seedlings, 29 Feb 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619231152392-5AFX0K7AH3DPXOM39TAM/P2290254.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on - Eucalypt seedlings, 29 Feb 2020 fallen eucalypt fruit and leaves lie among the seedlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619310594497-SWPS4C9NBHQ3740F8RN9/P4250004.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1619310601157-BL8M70UBI1PQ72U0460V/P4250018.jpg news & stories - The forest: five seasons on https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/2/18/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/2/18/moths-a-year-on monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613617682756-8WKT1YO3Q8UIDHD5QK7U/P2170003-Pano.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on All strata of the forest - undergrowth, middle storey and canopy - are recovering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613626840292-1SSZPV1N7267HYXI5IAG/large-37.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Cyme structa family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629003274-3RWGVD3XHMVOBYEBY2XT/large-40.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Oenochroma vetustaria Ribbed Wine Moth family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629113504-43RY66W9EHR58PC7EU7T/large-2.jpeg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Dasypodia cymatodes Northern Wattle Moth family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629217832-24ZDY5KNLJRQDAVH7WO3/large-42.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Hippotion scrofa Coprosma Hawk Moth family: Sphingidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629380021-TMIXCS31NEK2M3K1EHO7/large-45.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Ephestia elutella Tobacco Moth family: Pyralidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629507344-7B338X2KN5X792SQ7361/large-46.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Peritropha oligodrachma family: Depressariidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629688360-R0FJCC0SSEN16NM4X70T/large-47.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Tortricopsis pyroptis family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629761861-N8D3BJFJTP7RR395Q04P/large-48.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Meyriccia latro family: Pyralidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629952388-YO8X5WKNG19VVHHZ0V80/large-49.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Eucyclodes metaspila Inscribed Emerald family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613630140473-G4HHTJ4XASHTNG030AVD/large-50.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Wingia aurata Golden Leaf Moth family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613630239428-X3OXKI2YLBGFHKRCFL8K/large-51.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Tymbophora peltastis family: Xyloryctidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613630641861-OLRUPSBZJ5VM75TLHA8D/large-52.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on - Monopis icterogastra Wool Moth family: Tineidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613797098342-MOF9L5RZZEG291MAJT8I/moth+light+sheets+2.jpg news & stories - Moths - a year on https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/1/beetlemania monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610861859802-RTY8JWWA2229TSLKAB3Q/P1150218.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - They're big! This female, 48mm long ... Cnemoplites australis - female Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610861909765-OI75H9JZKCJR0MNVMT6P/P1130131-2.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - ... males smaller, but still 38mm. Cnemoplites australis - male Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610861898197-98LSXB1RLEWWD7MACM6F/P1130146-2.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - A threatening sight in defence Cnemoplites australis - female Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610861918054-0MKU8NU68GJS84IWSAKW/P1130127-2.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - The long antennae of a female Cnemoplites australis - female Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610861974357-QLCOLMD03BS2K7GLF2Y0/P1140107-3.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - The even longer antennae of a male Cnemoplites australis - male Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610876887409-7CRGVA6POTIIFENZ55I4/P1120089-2.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - The light sheet was clearly attractive Cnemoplites australis - female Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610876888519-QWNR0WSI9H0F140ALI6Y/P1120098-2.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - Alert and responsive Cnemoplites australis - female Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610876835132-RZQ6A5KPD5ER9X76AJD4/P1130249.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - Female rapidly scrambling up a tree Cnemoplites australis - female Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610876832722-AV3X1HRE6IBZ7C80DB19/P1130138-2.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - Another female, this one with ovipositor exposed Cnemoplites australis - female Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610864148750-961X0ELYFP9OZXYZYCK7/P1150003-3.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - Soon after I added them to the holding tank ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610864155772-7HYR5T316EB5ENYF3DBD/P1150004-3.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - ... a mated pair! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610864161175-5UZXQ0LJYER3KVI66O3W/P1150009-3.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania - Uncoupled, perhaps disturbed by the camera flash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610879621613-99SPOO2KMNBUN24Q6HNH/PA010006-2.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania Prioninae larva, probably Cnemoplites October, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610879625680-T0BUCOW5BXWIKBJSDF3O/PA010042.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania Prioninae larva, probably Cnemoplites October, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610879627211-D0TC22WM36NDOY1NJZOT/PA010047.jpg news & stories - Beetlemania Prioninae larva, probably Cnemoplites October, 2020 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/1/10/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2021/1/more-wasps monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610153775927-5Q1US0B7OXV797AZYC7A/Crabronidae+diagram+for+Jan+2021+blog.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610162678470-7P87SHLH58MCJ0ZLJDZL/Howard+E+Evans+quote+1.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Quote from Howard E. Evans’ writings, reprinted many years later in an essay by one of his former students and colleagues, Mary Jane West-Eberhard (2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609730085701-O8043DCGZSGK4QSV8DB7/PB290697.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609730087325-5YNNC3B8EINV59Q6MZTX/PB290702.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609730093105-WP8FUEVZ7NFFWAC50TEY/PB290703.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609730094502-F34JIQP2A6PFXUGPOBIN/PB290705.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609720072350-CP04TLN14NNHZKV3L47W/Screen+Shot+2021-01-04+at+11.17.55+am.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - description of genus (Turner, 1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609726124625-EBGAZD21EPJFG20PON6R/PC170372.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - cubital cells of wing Sphodrotes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609726125605-J719ZVUL0PLJOYBNCW90/PC170390.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - antennae of male Sphodrotes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609726127071-RNO72EQGHEIJCB5N35V1/PC240264.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - antennae of female Sphodrotes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609737021519-0VGK9N160QJ243VTMT9S/PC240485.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - A female disappeared under here ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609737023410-K4LJRME9Z42D4A09S86K/PC240488.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - ... so I carefully lifted away the leaves for a look. Sphodrotes nest opening 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609807761497-E6ABOQBP9VC23J94C6C9/Evans+1973+Fig+6.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Extract from Evans 1973, page 313 “Sphodrotes nemoralis sp.n. … profile of nest (sections of burrow indicated by dashed lines are hypothetical, as they could not be traced).” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609809091804-YGZ5QTIGKOD8P7OG0V3I/PC240264.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Sphodrotes female with hemipteran prey 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609809094224-6M2SOOIP2NWEGS65PDGD/PC240284.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Sphodrotes female with hemipteran prey 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609809097122-I4UTCVIGLNY5G2YEWVI3/PC240290.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Sphodrotes female with hemipteran prey 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609809155705-I0YMYIH2FFBICPWLANQD/PC240296.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Sphodrotes female with hemipteran prey 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609799957451-7PP19O1Q6TWLG9WHTBEW/PC240459.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - male, perched and alert Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609799875782-8B7KR6ETUCHNAOL8F6LV/PC240310.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - female, about to enter nest Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609974714182-6LTK673JWOCM7WKCBGCH/P1060038.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - female, poking around leaf litter Sphodrotes 6/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609803281072-JO0BWVO1QTXVIQO85X4S/PC240460.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - First 'tasting' the surface ... male Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609803283378-8651YA3V5TYEJXV70CI3/PC240464.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - ... sensing in one direction ... male Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609803285981-2TAC8KP3IK4LHI8OQH9S/PC240468.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - ... then the other ... male Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609803287627-WLEFGXBMTM9LXTBO8F6N/PC240473.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - ... and back again. male Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609799274288-RGGD5SUCM1NRXSBVMKK8/PC240432.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609799283257-PUT1SN8BXSUHRQZ9YUKQ/PC240442.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 24/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609798929259-Q38T54DK9JDG4QKWGL70/PC170380.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 17/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609799100675-UOGS1DU1P65O4OHVJUTO/PC170388.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 17/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609738400525-R3T1VDD70P06KX19B97L/PB290971.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 29/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609804017141-HB6U4O23Q0VFB5K9Q73M/PB290980.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 29/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609804112272-V4FS6WJUDQKRD4TBRFGF/PC270239-2.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 27/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609804160288-L3WNYJQRBMIUQC60AV3I/PC170375.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings male Sphodrotes 17/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609992756068-9HRIXK9ELD1BT8OMBMDI/PB290594.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - leaving burrow, having delivered prey Gorytina 29/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609992786480-FCQ5WA3GWB162WYCQOEA/PB290939.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - scraping sand to close burrow Gorytina 29/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609992897444-IUH8DK1V6JMCHNNJ3RR6/PB290731.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - delivering yet another hemipteran Gorytina 29/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609999668523-MS7575A6UD6FQE5XRXOP/PB290613.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - digging open the burrow, with leafhopper nymph Gorytina 29/11/2020 (8:27am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609999810953-WF7JLKSI0ZAR9K0VXTYO/PB290846.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - entering burrow, with adult leafhopper Gorytina 29/11/2020 (8:58) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609999888162-WLEWS911IFLNQ7PW00GW/PB291101.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - arriving at nest, with adult leafhopper Gorytina 29/11/2020 (9:49) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610077968816-J0JBRPCGITI94ZNMZ319/PB090009-2.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings 9th Nov, 2020. Male. Gorytina (?) … see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610145860624-88BLXRP3UT1L5SSIKKN7/Comparison+with+known+Bembicini.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610089915883-70R19Z79KROU7XR6ZWPT/PB290923.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - yellow clypeus but no visible labrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610089916915-D6AZM00MX5JAKPI3PUM9/PB290956.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - 3 ocelli, raised from the frons; eyes diverge above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610151628478-3J0SQVGFK73Z42CURX89/PC090156.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - note the prominent labrum (a feature of Bembicina); male Bembix 9/12/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610151598155-RR1S8H9X40G5RMDNBG8Z/P1020067.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - this one has a white clypeus; male Bembix 2/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610151593199-QMAPU3YL5IQ2RS7MV8OW/P1020057.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - preening with mouthparts extended; male Bembix 2/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610151599843-RPVTZG8BZVCVNXDG25X3/PC200663.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - female Bembix 20/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610151675281-NDDTHBXLUE32BWMX6CMB/PC200652.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - labrum large but folded back; female Bembix 20/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610151601279-1SL9KQ9PK6U9G9YL082G/PC200671.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - note rake on front legs; female Bembix 20/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610147104691-0NR1RHFBMJFX7MIM2AOR/PC090144.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - A female delivers a large fly ... Bembix 9/12/2020 10:43am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610147226173-UKY2MB76KG78NX7NLPQ1/PC090174.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - ... and 5 mins later a smaller one. Bembix 9/12/2020 10:48am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610147411829-3SLOWM6ZGPIM20PE22U8/PC090196.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - She closes the nest with gravel ... Bembix 9/12/2020 10:49am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610147348125-0JXZ9MNKF7LXA2QH1JTU/PC090205.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings - ... and sand, before departing. Bembix 9/12/2020 10:49am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610155195083-KCNKAK52XXFU1PFMSIJ0/PC270343.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - female 27/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610155147446-GMKKE7BCLHDPV1F2WZGP/PC270362.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - female 27/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610155141502-WLA1KNNELIVEE46CGHKC/PC270310.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - female 27/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610155134362-UM7ZBVD7LZOW7TJ5VN2J/PC270262-2.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - female 27/12/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610154912357-XB9W4H4PVYZ69E70HDL8/P1060253.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - male 6/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610154913810-4QMFBLJLJGJ8XF61OIN6/P1060254.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - male 6/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610154936714-FI1YVII4WHOELP6LCDJC/P1060176.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - male 6/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610154939234-FNBGKTJAUB76LLTT2BKD/P1060207.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - male 6/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610154950664-17IGN8ISWJ5Y601H8A6H/P1060241.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Cerceris - male 6/1/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610164042799-Z87H9LZ0CIOOUAWJVCV1/Howard+E+Evans+quotes+2.jpg news & stories - More wasp diggings Quote from Howard E. Evans’ writings, reprinted many years later in an essay by one of his former students and colleagues, Mary Jane West-Eberhard (2004). https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/12/sexual_deception monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608456642465-DJHK3FKVIV8XUWS52586/P9290023.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception - Sept 28 - leaves with pair of stems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608456767493-VYZ8YSI347ENXTFY5WBO/P9290024.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception - underside of leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608461956069-797OM2Y7CXJ1C79ABO62/Oct9.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception - October 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608461977293-EASCI6BN4II7QM8P7069/Nov6.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception - November 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608461996330-TGBCD6DF2IKXG9RR1ZDT/Nov17.jpg news & stories - 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Sexual deception - December 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608520041832-YA74UESF0WD0QDDQ6LXR/PC120065-2.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608520634922-2DS791IB2OTNR04TOO4N/PC120066-2.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608520285684-U9YTQ9HY087BYPWGKJSO/PC120073-2.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608520434206-PFSODTBWBOXWSOH2KC6M/PC120076-2.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608523153564-ZT8U0YJJEBJ9GCM2SXKX/PC090058-2.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608522946537-4R1XSJL138C6PCK4Z2JB/PB180126-2.jpg news & stories - Sexual deception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608524538310-U2PIQOKKDUC2DWP5MUK5/PC120091-2.jpg news & stories - 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Watching grass grow Redanther Wallaby Grass inflorescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1607931020882-T1564APN37K70H2EHEV0/PC080037.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow Red-anther Wallaby Grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608097447705-LBTSFHOR4H8NWP4PMSOJ/PB010043-2.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow A cluster of young Kangaroo Grass plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608375712622-LTLPFFFVAKFQ67DTMGFL/PA300007-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608375621785-BEYEVUPZB9JN4RC7N6M3/PB090046-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608377369678-XLL3T8TT45QQJ5V7QSP2/PC190015-2.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608377625429-NRUWDVJV1TBSHRQI62L5/PC190032.jpg news & stories - 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Watching grass grow Oat Speargrass seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608286555900-EA0Q9U3SBHF01TQEDDBF/IMG_2358.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608286564593-Q0YAXXZZW385WSFRZHH7/PC170015-3.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608292972263-DAGOX2QCDN2JPLQSVFA9/PB190010.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608292728816-XW3ACPELO8T68SM2HC5W/PB190005-2.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608292895436-FMEUN6R0ESA11MDT79P9/PB190035.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608294750390-Q2C0E0XZH5ON5KQ4W4SA/PC090051.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608294974504-ZOWP4SR9434QBJBJKUP6/PC150168.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608295741657-IE7DL4K3V30TSKVRWUA2/PB270001-3.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608295756007-9UVRSBITXH8XELE6VTRA/PB270007-2.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608296054980-1UOYAHB9IWOGM9MUGR1N/PB270010-4.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1608424607066-7U1E4GLJJ5KXQ9CVIHII/PB270013-3+copy.jpg news & stories - Watching grass grow https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/11/triggerplants monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606717496428-WG6T5CQS0P1HDAM9KNZK/PB020014-2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants Flowering spikes of two adjacent triggerplants (Stylidium graminifolium)… with bee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606728917852-8FXUN07E676DXYWZJUB1/PA310025-3.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants Stylidium graminifolium, October 2020. Each plant produces a single spike bearing numerous flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606776722885-7VG1GNGUAIDLLONK2MRZ/PB280032-2%2Bcopy%2B2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants Stylidium graminifolium flower, with column in set position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606777282017-6FJHCZ55G2H51XD0T0AX/PB280012-3+copy.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Column in set position against labellum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606777282155-EI9CADBOMYWRJXCWXQ13/PB280021-2+copy.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Result of a light brush touch inside corolla tube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606777512286-QAV7GFOFFB6BVNO34F3A/PB030174.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606777513018-I7DB7LTIBYV0T765Q46X/PB030179.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606777943629-1LT3YIURTG79GO66CI59/PB030207.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 1. column in set position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606777943658-UD93F0J4K51TA0HJ77C5/PB030209.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 2. bee continues to feed, probing deep inside floral tube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606777947358-H8SQFKSB8CYD5YPAATRH/PB030210.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 3. feeding complete, column firing not triggered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606779001060-SS8OO1NKWDUD874O59WF/PB130302.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 1. The probe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606779000804-8WD0TLTSINTOKGSRZ9LB/PB130304.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 2. The slap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606779007868-9BPO7S196XN1CFJXGS6K/PB130305.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 3. The reversal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606779006983-WVFD4FR2TZR5ACLDZCGO/PB130308.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 4. The eye-wipe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783356556-514LJYER6RRR6XO697VH/Willis+and+Ash+1990.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants Extract from Willis & Ash (1990, Ref.5), p.220. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783742217-2D9P4TRBEMMU3SLBKC5I/PB280029-2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 1: anthers closed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783777121-QJR3UZRZE9J6C3JGQSAO/PB280025-2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 2: pollen-filled, open anthers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783746929-80WCW0X4O8G986K8JON9/PB280008.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 2: pollen-filled, open anthers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783751442-V6F1ED9EKKYPZQU8ZBTP/PB280006-2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 3: stigma protuding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783773055-AWMV5A7VT2SAHFSVASM4/PB280018-2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 3: most pollen shed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783766414-9RHMQW5PNTIIE47PU9BV/PB280017-2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 3-4: pollen gone, stigma swelling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783755450-0ASZYU4489YERBSKLC3N/PB280014.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 4: stigma swollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606783759423-OIS8H31PZQYG0VCVR59V/PB280015-2.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Stage 4: papillae on stigma are obvious https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606815717104-PFIQ5JRGBM0AOJK1EPEA/PB280462.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants Floral developmental is acropetal … upwards from the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606817424014-D8479ASKKJL9Q4QNYR43/PB130011.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 1. pollen-carrying bee, Stage 4 flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606817423784-BIOANQ588FV6B4TDGPTY/PB130012.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 2. bee backs out ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606817429959-K4W6LPFQHM8317I38RWF/PB130013.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 3. ... pushing tightly against the stigma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606817429953-O2GS804GER922G4A925T/PB130014.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - 4. stigma contacts the pollen on the bee's 'shoulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606820991805-ELAJ5A0AGRJOPAIXPQEM/PB030406.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606820992261-2EV2GDHXZT0V9G7PTVCM/PB030410.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606820996118-G8WY8PY8AGL26A16QQBC/PB030429.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606821112746-J91ZG5AIQJEI91KMXRCA/PB030210.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - A feeding reed bee departs ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606821112724-YNEZ22LGF6342OKHK3UU/PB030212.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - ... and seconds later a masked bee lands & postures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606821138339-RTW5HBVHJ906QSVVC6AI/PB030442.jpg news & stories - Triggerplants - Alert to every visitor, and apparently not pleased. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/11/digger-wasps monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604712419885-U0CP1FEP10B33V936AOY/PA220016-2.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus sp. (22/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604712431475-VU4B0X5ZF2ACUH2ZV2FU/PA220006.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus sp. (22/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606180748759-DWAZKR2SNYR57NZEA19C/PA220051.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus sp. (22/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606180753592-PPYU6MUYCS806VEF1FNK/PA220175.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus sp. (22/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604708699904-TYSJZJU50YKVUZ713DNW/PA310101.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - female with prey Podagritus sp. 31/10/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604729497349-WZ21OMYER2HCKZEWTXSY/PB020369.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - female with paralysed fly Podagritus sp. 2/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604729319154-A1YNE1TP0XZX98SIKZ7A/PB070009.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - male circling nest patch Podagritus sp. 7/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728365301-H4VX3VNG3YTIG8BV16A0/Evans+%26+Matthews+1970.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Diagram of 30cm deep burrows of Podagritus leptospermi. Extract from Evans & Matthews, 1971 (Figs 1-2). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604733746979-QGBUX65ZV4S112XNUF03/PB070059-2.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus nest burrow opening 7/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604733749743-OAD64RDM40PQ3BU1MGRO/PB070061-2.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus nest burrow opening 7/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604733753029-5UGDTVHSM5IF3EJYDQH3/PB070062-2.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus nest burrow opening 7/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604733756098-YA7U0XIH7TYIXMQLBGI1/PB070063-2.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Podagritus nest burrow opening 7/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606106995758-ELXVX38JKOAZM583S1LB/PB010192.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps Within a few minutes of entering the burrow with prey, this female reappeared – she paused briefly at the burrow entrance before flying off. (01/11/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604734000199-PD31KZP8SRHXEJ1BVPRX/PB010167.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - with Therevid fly Anabarynchus sp. (01/11/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604733946206-D854VJBLN6EZQULOIMNJ/PB030062-2.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - with tabanid? fly Podagritus sp. 3/11/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606201487545-R2TRX2DF0KCUBTEEBUAL/PB030460.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Arrives with prey (time zero) Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606205303460-CWQUJWSZI22CR406PZE4/PB030467.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Checks mound, but turns away (15") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606202783003-0USY42FI21QD6E6PU2RK/PB030522.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Clambers through grass (59") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606205309390-W8JBXWOYZBI8DUIERJGB/PB030512.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - A 2nd fruitless approach (1'42") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606112700852-7W64VY6T2OERJZAAWMRZ/PB030548.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Checks the mound a 3rd time (2'21") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606112699865-6RQOBMBV4Y6DTFF2ONHM/PB030557.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Seeks burrow opening (2'45") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606202928508-KNWX2RPYTOH60VOKGAJE/PB030561.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - No door! (2'49") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606112709242-QCFFY9PZDZ6OUM7WY022/PB030565.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Gives up and leaves (2'54") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606209457934-O2TP8AXL6RU70M6MTQL7/PB030572.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - She briefly takes flight (3'11") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606112787929-YSK26KCRF57PGT9KC0FF/PB030590.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Back in the grass ... (4'06") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606112794078-626G2IOPQECV618FHOH4/PB030600.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - ... hauling her prey (4'24") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606112798693-LTCGLIW2CAKEOIR6O3RJ/PB030602.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - dragging (4'27") and flying off again Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606209927966-AZKGK04F9U3CAHQ4SATE/PB030617.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - and back again (4'37") Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606212489665-487J78DZ1I3U6DTKJHQJ/PB030637.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - The abandoned fly (5'30") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606210847220-FEJHCGUVC8F545AEEPWZ/PB030645.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - A single ant investigates (23'29") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606210986442-52E0G40PCSK5QH7GKVC0/PB030656.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - Within seconds, there are many https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606211073476-YS02C7LFMTI580VVAI2K/PB030697.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - She returns! (24'46") ... Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606211389451-3OV09QP3L4MET7D33ZSK/PB030698.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - ... looks on ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606211418086-TM4V39ZDK5DQS0M28QMZ/PB030699.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - ... and leaves, again (25'12") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1606112940995-2DG6Q1ZIF4NKVIQ5GO6C/PB030702.jpg news & stories - Digger wasps - The ants haul the fly away (25'14") https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/11/15/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605437336798-R1V8XQ257RQ5F5SZHVLU/PB020063.jpg news & stories - Week in Pictures - Leaf beetle Paropsisterna liturata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605437278844-VVWGAGNVV2QN2S7NIIXQ/PB020067.jpg news & stories - Week in Pictures - Leaf beetle grubs Chrysomelidae … probably Paropsisterna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605437286859-QID1NDTCHQUJC9AACOIF/PB080409.jpg news & stories - Week in Pictures - Leaf beetle grubs Chrysomelidae … probably Paropsisterna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605437299867-T88RI0NA7JHLXSQ5GY4E/PB130158.jpg news & stories - Week in Pictures - Striated Thornbill … feeding on psyllids and, hopefully, leaf beetle grubs! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/moths-stocktake monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604709696554-PNGXR8MDS66K2NKAM5DF/P9210143.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604710459968-381AH7DPQADOAQ5RAUO4/P5210019-2.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604709516643-ITOC526ZQY2KY835WOLL/P4040261.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake April 3rd, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604727438353-IPEZD66GSDR3DEUR1JLA/large-8.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Helena Gum Moth Opodiphthera helena Family: Saturniidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604725912601-ABTIEC45WKOXFBJT4DUY/P7270001-2.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Forest Heath Moth Zeuctophlebia squalida Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604726364515-YL16YQFW2YDJ35D4UT67/P9180001-3.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Tussock Moth Iropoca rotundata Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604726785544-G9POYRWONPEEO1HHHT36/large-3.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Geometer Moth Gastrinodes bitaeniaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604726909254-RWQJ7ZJR9Q26G9H3LEQR/large-4.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Pink Arhodia Arhodia lasiocamparia Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604727555036-S5QX247W6RJ8Z184IEEG/large-9.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Lichen Moth Termessa nivosa Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728053832-5EMSWU2QIGG2V3BXWZQJ/large.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Heliotrope Moth Utetheisa pulchelloides Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728185951-SUQVVO92K3TFDP8ZGNLY/large-10.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Double-headed Hawkmoth Coequosa triangularis Family: Sphingidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728352781-24UHI1CJZFELLQD2N0QG/large-2.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Concealer Moth Chrysonoma fascialis Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604725763353-E4BCHGRTTPRB0TT6Y6Z5/P2040020-2.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Mustard Ghost Moth Abantiades hyalinatus Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728674341-3357N6GWQ93B6P9TL7J2/large-12.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Concealer Moth Thudaca obliquella Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604726152204-C54PXYKC6AGAGWSB2IDF/large-2.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Ghost Moth Abantiades labryrinthicus Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728832147-YEJOTVM8FEYJZ6U25HEU/large-3.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Sedge Moth Glyphipterix cometophora Family: Glyphipterigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728942707-ZMFPADNJJKBIZ0FJF3IB/large-13.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Clara's Satin Moth Thalaina clara Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604729185663-MEL31DET20DQW2RDW92J/large-14.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Geometer Moth Lychnographa agaura Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604729280089-5P9G7XPJ3Q9TWKRZJF1W/large-5.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Green Looper Hypodoxa muscosaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604729377122-7QKFG42HV9XY2KDV1259/large-6.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Geometer Moth Fisera bradymorpha Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604731426393-7JUJ7KRJM31ZFV4J6YWW/large-23.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Leopard Moth Ptilomacra senex Family: Cossidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604729488827-9YXHJ9Q6AUB74JTEVN9P/large-7.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Lacy Emerald Eucyclodes insperata Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604729798278-CJL570TAN3L8DMB465AA/PB060235.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Geometer Moth Euphronarcha luxaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604730389617-BJSY66O8I170LFD9V0Q8/large-15.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Broken Leaf Moth Circopetes obtusata Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604730524754-227T0456S7EWLGR8ZTK5/large-16.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Carpet Moth Chrysolarentia heliacaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604730629243-XXAOLO31GAE6DW0PM473/large-17.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Carpet Moth Chaetolopha oxyntis Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604730715762-PQIR6JQ3ZE6P2KIRA5XW/large-18.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Emerald Moth Aeolochroma mniaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604730798338-UN6SRX20PO574IUXPGW6/large-8.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Flat-bodied Moth Ethmia clytodoxa Family: Depressariidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604732037377-1NL5T9MYU068B8O02W5K/large-27.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Dark Leaf Moth Monoctenia smerintharia Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604730921031-IP814942T5EXUNYM2OT3/large-19.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Crimson Tiger Moth Spilosoma curvata Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604731033224-BBORMDSQCVHIHPUSN6LY/large-20.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Lichen Moth Asura lydia Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604731334732-JC2QTY1XYX38JRZ9UP57/large-22.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Leopard Moth Endoxyla encalypti Family: Cossidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604731546200-BXBT7IXRIALAHU9QX42A/large-24.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - White-stemmed Acacia Moth Chelepteryx chalepteryx Family: Anthelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604728510201-Z38RD9OOOTK1T1N3AU05/large-11.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Common Whistling Moth Hecatesia fenestrata Family: Noctuidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605177748852-BM7YEUKO7QLX7VY8LXUS/large-47.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Green-blotched Moth Cosmodes elegans Family: Noctuidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604731842364-G8JYWQ4QX1RQDII7KXTY/large-26.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Geometer Moth Cernia amyclaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604731240548-K4ZCOYPLGVV3LK0VFLRS/large-21.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Grass-veneer Moth Hednota pleniferellus Family: Crambidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605176526648-URLPABDYBPZQ9LWK8UW5/large-9.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Twig Looper Ectropis excursaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604733122695-VS7CCRKBIGIMHJGTRKHP/large-32.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - White Eye-capped Moth Opostega sp. Family: Opostegidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605313992127-ZW9F5I7GHWBYO59Y4TBW/Australian+moth+families.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Australian moth species by family data extracted from Australian Faunal Directory, November 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605313996449-QLUIXUQ2QUL3PZ4OF6X6/Home+forest+moth+families+pre+fire.png news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Home moths by family Sightings made between April 2011 and December 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605178284347-93EIK58KS2IRL0EYF99G/large-46.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Red-spotted Delicate Epicyme rubropunctaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605179176032-04BTOZ62YVVT1AH7NUKU/large-33.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Grass-veneer Moth Hednota bivitella Family: Crambidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605179260209-FPTFHP42ZYQB1CPC430J/large-10.jpeg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Ghost Moth Abantiades atripalpis Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605179499828-MSDJEBF2VPONW68W52HB/P9050028.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Light Ermine Moth Spilosoma canescens Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605179814192-ATRTHCB7VDMKKAZZAYCU/PA190064-2.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Geometer Moth Gastrophora henricaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605180083025-LPTPT4IM6Z5GZYMAINM8/PA190023-2.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Cutworm Moth Diarsia intermixta Family: Noctuidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605180284622-V06BMQUUKWMEIRX3O2YE/PA190026-2.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Concealer Moth Leistarcha tenuistria Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605180574871-FG533HZVIMNY21G4KZHB/P9190009.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Three-lined Snout Simplicia armatalis Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605180616822-AVX2PDT2AFABJVQITAGD/P9130010-3.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Litter Moth Simplicia armatalis Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605180729430-3TNWO4ZG9X0U9XIS1CSM/PA030042.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Tea-Tree Emerald Aoelochroma metarhodata Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605180870970-FWF8JKLBK9DT154RFGI7/P9140033.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Common Gum Emerald Prasinocyma semicrocea Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605180999128-BNIXZ59ICXAE70B78VG9/PA200272.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake - Snout Moth Sandava xylistis Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605520005462-XCHQKXS13ADHLDH1GIB3/post+fire+moth+species+by+family.jpg news & stories - Moths: a post-fire stocktake Moth species recorded in our home forest. Pre-fire (April 2011-Dec 2020), Post-fire (Jan-Nov 2020) https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/10/30/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604060396167-Q3PMTRW8LOKYIZB70K8Y/PA300029.jpg news & stories - Week in Pictures The grass tree sea https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/10/flower-wasps monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603534936121-NWR5UN6WU8H8XIZF1O8B/PA030537.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 3rd October Thynninae (3/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603534959281-VQMGGMJLYGK4NY9A1LB4/PA030434.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 3rd October Thynninae (3/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603534966839-C01Y3678PPHUTZR4FGT2/PA130076.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 13th October Thynninae (13/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603537196392-B80494HH8FXOLQUK3C6V/PA200164-3.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 20th October Thynninae (20/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603769252395-O3HY590GSYJTGQ0A3R01/P9070041.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 7th September Thynninae (7/9/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603769092751-VQR40OH9GE6XZB23LI2N/PB190045-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 3rd October Thynninae (3/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603769782078-NANYP1X5T93MKOG3DLBE/PA100202.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 10th October Thynninae (10/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603769777945-X6C204LW0S9ZEC60ZVS2/PA190054-4.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 19th October Thynninae (19/10/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603536064763-PLKET6XT6QQY7LDPZOJE/PB180553.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae 18/11/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603536142749-GRRGWNZBODWUTNX6L7B5/PA190061-4.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae 19/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603536056491-J56JTC8ZP4NLXD74EM2B/PB180555.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thyninnae 18/11/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603592096878-MNSZLAF1T0WTRCLO24IO/P8300060.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - male emerging from ground 30/8/2020 …. he had chewed his way through a leaf, and become stuck. We lifted the leaf, and him with it. He quickly freed himself and flew off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603591666564-DWGTQPGY7BQ12D2XJTZ9/P2090045.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - calling female 9/2/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603595307618-N0FWJAR2Y54UB103HJLO/P1270005.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - calling female 27/1/2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603537088348-I496JOWYAZHNNA01O78Z/P9290141-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 1. courtship well above ground 29/9/2020 (9am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603537095879-83QWFNL0LZQH0KNVSJJA/P9290156-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 2. making the attachment 29/9/2020 (9am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603537101848-KQQKNM994WSAUCVLIJ9S/P9290166-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 3. lasting, swivelling connection 29/9/2020 (9am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603597084851-ONWAIX5YG6VZG4YGK92M/PA200127-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 1. probe 20/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603597084871-Q0AN7NRG8UI85O1MGL7F/PA200130-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 2. bend 20/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603597090183-RHOPCOAFZQ4SU1B6XYKF/PA200136-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 3. twist 20/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603597090558-S25OVGSATWXB4XRACWVI/PA200139-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 4. interloper 20/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603592308723-KA9CZAPVX888ZFGJ3OWY/P1020001.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae pair 2/1/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603592309058-WVJ7NM4NG6UV9FBEMIJ4/P1020011.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae pair 2/1/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603592311908-FRL14C3D1OPMS0Z4Y29W/P1020017.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae pair 2/1/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603595556839-9A9UHY3JJ962W8BTVUFO/P9300205-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps 30/9/2018, Waychinicup National Park, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603595561902-VAYUD2RS7T0H4ZOOFR8Z/P9300418.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps 30/9/2018, Waychinicup National Park, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603595567108-UUWZD6BF7FXGM5ZY6OH9/P9300458.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps 30/9/2018, Waychinicup National Park, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603595622202-76FVENOSJPCUJ8FK5MIE/P9300700.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps 30/9/2018, Waychinicup National Park, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603595626297-ZW4GJCXA4OPD4C7Q4Q8P/P9300726.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps 30/9/2018, Waychinicup National Park, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603538107491-3U47JCBKTKHGTNK3XY2J/PA110442.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae 11/10/2020 (11am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603538107490-1E8C2V41FVSVXMV7X7KY/PA110456.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae 11/10/2020 (11am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603538114998-A3F9XOYGIQ2X6VBP93L8/PA110463.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae 11/10/2020 (11am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603538115950-759GUGAZ7VHWJKO9GF7G/PA110467.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae 11/10/2020 (11am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539067993-A9Q5KJ38CY5X6BZSPOE9/P4100038-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 1. he arrives, holding her 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539067963-5TGD65EN1JBSR0T0WXLG/P4100041-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 2. he walks away 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539073320-GNT9A2L5IUJ5D8UWD3GP/P4100045-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 3. she moves to the leaf edge 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539072634-SW2YKXPF7YTTCKF14HRU/P4100052-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 4. he flies in again 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539077572-I2OG5TMF5GTIZASUZPP3/P4100053-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 5. he flies her to another leaf 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539082293-CQ4HRXVYD9SW97HAVJ7N/P4100061-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 6. he moves away again 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539083367-H5ZVGIQ0LWFX5PLENWSW/P4100064-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 7. he 'reconsiders' 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539086527-NI78CPBKJS5GBU71GGL1/P4100067.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 8. he flies off ... without her! 10/4/2020 (4pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539885450-07MNDQVBCVH48TOXIQRE/PA270323.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 1. mating attempt 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539885449-4SYF818QF1FH8MGF10RQ/PA270324.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 2. still trying 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539896938-WE25FVUX27ZRJ9BT7S2B/PA270325.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 3. not connecting 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539896235-J7RW5UJMR8PO5DXEMUU6/PA270327.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 4. he moves away 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539899620-OD1BGRUQ7WCD9XOAFJHL/PA270339.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 5. she waits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540268809-KXFIF39W9SETNL4XFMZN/PA270344.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 6. 40 seconds later, another male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540749523-PGIOAUMA76FRHV5AGQZG/PA270345.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 7. this one is smaller 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540285634-WFG052WBNWXISV1LAYF1/PA270346.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 8. he postures 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540290247-24DQENR5LD7QVYHLPS9J/PA270347.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 9. he approaches 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540294742-VCYAB5HHJ3LQ8NP996S8/PA270349.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 10. he leaves! 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540321911-0FFZCTYV9VSOF8UM3NVT/PA270353.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 11. a large male arrives 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540327313-A6ZE63TAKEAK2VRJMOLY/PA270355.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 12. he approaches 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540364137-OG85Y20G9IRHZIZNGSPK/PA270361.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 13. he grabs her 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540372029-L8SKPG6LRO42C2UNZF1N/PA270362.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 14. flight 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603540373273-7BUGNMJDS3AHR66HKNB1/PA270364.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - 15. she's gone 27/10/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603541245023-LNZL0UMVYY7K21IEPDHI/P9030015.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps Mating pair of flower wasps – Thynninae (3/9/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603597544042-M5K8O3SA0Q1VACYNVTSF/PB110197.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps Wingless female - Thynninae (11/11/19, Nadgee NR) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603692234435-5DFMMSS1E0CDFR99PS85/Vespoidea+Thynnoidea.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynnidae, Pompilidae, Scoliidae, Vespidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605247889439-3I74T2I29GKZI0Y06UJV/Spheciformes.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Crabronidae, Sphecidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1609049015987-NECU09VFCKVARKBPH5R5/wasp+diagrams.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Diagrams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603778156691-0RHHKDRDYR3JDOBVVZS6/P9270563.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Vespidae – indented eyes Polistinae: Polistes humilis 27/9/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603778151350-42MRPRDSSQ7SZYU3ZAN1/P2080011.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Scoliidae – indented eyes Austroscolia soror 8/2/2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603778370849-TRM3F6JUO41RTQZGFA6G/original-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Crabroninae: Trypoxylini – indented eyes Pison sp. 26/3/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603778980921-NCD3BWSK79REK14103HJ/P9270558.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Vespidae – folded wings Polistinae: Polistes humilis 27/9/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603778984222-HJSGPWJT410DC2WI3ZR6/PB250142.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Vespidae: folded wings Eumeninae 25/11/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603778991915-B9EP3ZAXXQ0MTR22DQBK/P2080191.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Vespidae - folded wings Eumeninae: Abispa ephippium 8/2/2018 (Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603779513834-V735AWG5RP73ZRJTYIVQ/P2080002.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Scoliidae – pseudovenation Austroscolia soror 8/2/2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603779555986-E1EJ8AKWBY7E1ABZD33T/P3300467.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Scoliidae - pseudovenation Austroscolia soror 30/3/2017 Mt Buffalo National Park, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603779566273-7ME205HGQJ40DR4ENE54/P2230200.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Scoliidae – pseudovenation Austroscolia soror 23/2/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603780170382-SN2YG4HSQZY9LU7M9KC3/P2020058.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Pompilidae - long, slender legs 2/2/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603780157776-I8L9LCYTH3KHBDR2M6QO/PB170394.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Pompilidae – long, slender legs 17/11/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603780141087-MVKZW5E3TEKCP8MCKP3F/P2080026.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Sceliphronae - very long legs! Sphecidae: Sceliphrinae: Sceliphron laetum 8/2/2018 Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603755190978-FJ36O59XNR7WTAVW9BFQ/P1220071.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Sphecidae - long petiole 22/1/2018 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603759995023-LU95YMSI5ONR87G8IOEZ/PA220180.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Crabronidae: Crabroninae – narrow waist 22/10/2020 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603780935833-F8GBVL24W5NKUDDD9NNK/P2080088.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Sphecidae – extremely long petiole! Sceliphrinae: Sceliphron laetum 8/2/2018 Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603751888010-6ZDN66HEZ9399DP09DOC/PA220023-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Crabronidae: Crabroninae - square head Podagritus 22/10/20 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603757078719-QJEKUHP2K03YIUS9WMRP/PC280374.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Crabronidae: Crabroninae – square head Sphodrotes 28/12/2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603762705253-YK7W533CZXO55JYWVTHG/PA130076.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae - spur veins arrowed 13/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603762847676-9J3C75PD7U0HY12ZF8ZZ/P8300002.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae - spur vein arrowed 30/8/2020 … this male had just emerged from the soil but was stuck in a leaf. Seconds after this shot he pulled free and flew off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603762902453-TMKC8YGN36RWL55DRUS9/PB180555.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae - spur vein arrowed 18/11/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603764772155-CPYL6HG3OALLNEMWLIXC/PA200142-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae – pronotum length arrowed 20/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603764777210-13W47SUYZ9WDGVNCCS96/PA040006.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae – pronotum length arrowed 4/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603765485612-LY9964ZXTFW1PU2NIXAD/PB190036.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Pompilidae – pronotum length arrowed 19/11/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603765877040-V8GASJPA0OIYN0D3Z4BR/P9070037.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae – brow ridge arrowed 7/9/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603765998356-WIG41LHGTZS2384CZW57/PA100130.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Thynninae – brow ridge arrowed 10/10/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603796413479-HS1QYIKA61YYYLGOB0B5/PB180501.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - Legs not particularly long ... 18/11/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603796488333-MUVGILZDXJUYOM7EPP8E/PB180507.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - ... and without strong spines. Thynninae, not Pompilidae 18/11/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603767243909-TRDEJ8J6OV6XNPXNC7VR/P4140166.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - ant, close relative of wasps (but note the petiole shape) Hymenoptera; Vespoidea; Formicidae Shape of the petiole is the give away. The small head, antennae without elbows, and the wings identify this as a male. 14/4/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603767283839-6591TEA6LVP7F1MP4CLA/PB190011-3.jpg news & stories - Getting to know flower wasps - hover fly & excellent wasp mimic (but note the halteres) Very good imitation of a potter wasp (Vespidae: Eumeninae). The halteres are the giveaway here. That is, the second pair of wings is reduced to a pair of club-like balanced organs. Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae: Ceriana 19/11/2019 see iNaturalist record https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/10/14/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/10/14/habitat-for-small-birds monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602628041407-0ZOQZCL21ASPIE9HAY93/PA080080.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - A garden of flowers (8th Oct, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602628049484-MYYNDHQIHA2IYARBZKA1/PA080022.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - Blackened stems and trunks (8th Oct, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602628138484-7QG885VYCVGYIMXDWU16/PA010352.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds Female Superb Fairy-wren with a caterpillar, a nuptial gift provided by the courting male just moments earlier (1st Oct, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602617323276-T665NLCCCNBWTEZWHLTL/PA130356.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - Perfect camouflage for a little brown bird 13th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602617317589-OXDPFQ4B00M8L2X8BAZ9/PA130059.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - The growing nest is at the centre of the bush 13th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602628338181-CVOX0JYXLP4QL1VMYFLF/PA130058.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - With her head in the doorway of the nest 13th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602628345359-Y527VQA6A1MSTXHRI763/PA130050.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - Pre departure safety check 13th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602631870279-F5N64ATQ3VTVA8YSYP41/PA110545.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - Base layer (11th Oct) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602618977263-U9EFBCAHNTHA3K5TE851/PA120020.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - Fine grasses (12th Oct) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619009564-G1XS9WY7PNN61PP7CK6I/PA130369.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - More grass (13th Oct) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619379943-DBFYGAYJM3VBX3AEK3PI/PA090058-2.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 9th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619362583-4VBXV75UI0WDN9Q0RJ9V/PA110531.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 11th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619559667-BPHTRTXVQ998IEYVQ22P/PA110520.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 11th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619373981-CKF71XPW9TW8DYOZ6D16/PA130347.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 13th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602632939757-T7HM77J7PQR09UJXXLQS/PA110578.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 11th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602632939758-3J1UAAQH9L8L3ZPFW7IZ/PA110579.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602632945093-RPBXCM1SLFAI0KCUZFTN/PA110580.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602632945194-EBB4BAGV72GQMNXH0VJE/PA110581.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619769627-6X9W5OAVEJ8UWFHZQEGI/PA110537.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 11th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619765011-EYVUC8Q44G7QY4UTQHLS/PA130063.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 13th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602619803408-YSWA0MKTR6OSP7W6YSK4/PA130371.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds 13th Oct, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602627459130-A32UR645I3NVMMKTH981/PA110553.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - Male Brush Cuckoo calling from atop one of the tallest trees 11th Oct, 2020 … while the Fairy-wrens are nest building down below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602627465298-2KC9D42E87DV3SDZMD5M/PA030613.jpg news & stories - Habitat for small birds - Pied Currawong hunting amongst the low epicormic growth 3rd Oct, 2020 … nesting in nearby trees, within sight of the Fairy-wren nest site. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/9/23/the-walls-by-night monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600920218381-3ESX9IDKT315LX5NHTPC/P9200020-3.jpg news & stories - The walls by night - close-coupled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600920316392-35MBO3MI5IU4UFEFYBT0/P9200027-3.jpg news & stories - The walls by night - reluctantly stepping aside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600920244140-3ILJD9FBUQ9Y6D6K2EZE/P9200030-2.jpg news & stories - The walls by night - dead or dying female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600920265018-9TDI4ZZ1TTTGT0YQ2O2W/P9200041.jpg news & stories - The walls by night - he quickly reclaimed her https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600919753366-XBUCQZ1Q36OBL8H5ATF0/P9240026-2.jpg news & stories - The walls by night Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/9/23/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/9/12/healthy-soil-life monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599909806969-MTELYS6Z8S8UZ3WEJ6HB/P9080079-2.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - Halictidae species #1 (Austronomia ?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599909775874-CCHE19Q1KJ9J54NY2V2C/P9070094.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - Halictidae species #2 (Lasioglossum ?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599909784744-QOMVT5NKO5CK3L2E0VRY/P9050128.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - Colletidae species #3 - Trichocolletes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599909795944-ZTZBBRXKDAT6S29FGHC8/P9070162.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - Halictidae species #4 (Lasioglossum ?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599909800220-DDNXGQCTG8E5EHAY2OAS/P9070237.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - Halictidae species #4 - male (Lasioglossum ?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599878736804-7PSIAN5PO2B5A0FWV9YA/P9080168.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599878771567-HYONYL04YD16VCZR5YYR/P9080141.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599878798988-8RRN2N2WPJWK5CN4V9KH/P9080135.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599879087736-YLEL3NBPDHSXC64TZ0LD/P9080143.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599910980159-PYV5S1VJRB9NVA01IHDC/P9030021-2.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911027993-6U4CA0YBOKMBRTHBMEPU/P9050152.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911056676-0LPUSJM1X0HLV60XKN4T/P9070037.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911117099-RYWWHBJEFT4DWRR85SAH/P4100061-2.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life March 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911473844-3IAC8WS2X8VN0T8N8R9N/P8300060.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911464942-75N6JZP9888TTY0E0SSG/P8300064.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911477555-8VMRACAGXRPDAIDT11W1/P8300002.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911484185-N8I8Q72HYF8O0U464W0M/P8300003.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911487906-BQRNP3RYGGSRG1TGLR5S/P8300004.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911632650-BZ9LYZWQML3E5Z0LI6HM/P9050032.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Ectinorynchus sp. (Sept, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911633067-53X2Z7SWQ5CVEY5RZWHM/P9050033.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Ectinorynchus sp. (Sept, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911637403-7ZC0WK9EPWJ26X8FGRFX/P9050111.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Ectinorynchus sp. (Sept, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599916476021-POBZS71IPGDUC7UJXSRB/P9120147.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Caladenia carnea September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599916475547-TRTJ1SC4G5TGXG8BMT4N/P9120149.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Caladenia carnea September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599912535582-1C3Y0O6TJ5R5AYLNP3K2/P5140069.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Chiloglottis curviclavia June, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599912375527-5W31W7WIXHVJOE9VCCP1/P7030006.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Corybas fimbriatus July, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599912396086-U3THHX2ZVDIR6JP1MA0T/P7180012.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Acianthus pusillus July, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911952363-WLNTBTTEAIG3S79T6DPD/P8180079.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Caladenia catenata August, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911956029-NVQVRUN9815LPNS3LICZ/P8180107.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Cyanicula caearulea August, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913400220-6SP5Z6RQUC6Z1XC3NF5Y/P9030021-3.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Pterostylis nutans September, 202 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911917846-F6QGJG9R1AOSPY6UHD87/P9060171.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Pterostylis pedunculata September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599911931612-U4CF9BVMSHQUHUI6KOM0/P9120141.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Caladenia carnea September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599915863979-615XQR0R5R41ZCQLVVPE/P9100018.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Caladenia carnea September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599915873442-CLW5T95DKDU82ITK8QGS/P9100045.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Glossodia major September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599912877854-F2YIMH9BZVXT6Q8VWABF/P9120152.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - young, in place Pisolithus sp. September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599912892336-DP3X8IATT7Y4CYF9A3BG/P9120154.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - young, uprooted Pisolithus sp. September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599912905920-8XC8H0P3H0H463CM37SL/P7160003.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - mature, shedding spores Pisolithus sp. July, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599912923717-0SNWQA2CTVCWOMZXGC34/P6010053-2.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life - senescent, now food for collembolans Pisolithus sp. June, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913691871-041V4OVS4DU44VBCW071/P7160013.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Neolentinus dactyloides These were among the first fungi to appear, post fire. They continue to produce fruiting bodies eight months later. July, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913532743-7TP71XX0HY1ZELYFH142/P9120131.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Aleuria aurantia September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913543466-YTUBG5AIDQRTLISZXZWQ/P9120136.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913568207-T7U3KV98QWAIDVQY0R6D/P8160090.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life August, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913647162-7ADRGHK30INUVT4ZC1I3/P8210106.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life August, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913702153-YQHCJOERCNVJC9K17MFX/P7180001.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Scleroderma … fully opened, all spores shed July, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913751612-P3D1W0HOTHFPP5ZZWL78/P6160104.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Lichenomphalia chromacea … symbiotic with bryophytes (not a saprophyte) June, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913814723-GWPAMC0B4XDQOM8QD6XM/P5090031.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life May, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913913444-9TCY44U4VJONQO842RSC/P4300046.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Phallus multicolor … newly emerged, and yet to ‘open’ April, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913815256-P0SC0OKS834U2WX64CKZ/P5090053.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Phallus multicolor May, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913886105-HWXRNLEL337SPSN0I46S/P4030024.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Anthracobia muelleri (I think … a species known to appear after bush fires) April, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913817968-6GCN86RDRELXWL5S4QQM/P5090061.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life May, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913983892-U4LQWVLAAEQEH0XHCPN5/P3090048-2.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life March, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913886073-ZHACZEBZ78G8DY4PSCJX/P4100007-3.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Ramaria sp. April, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599913910025-5V2M8MRMBSKGRWIMT3D1/P4130025.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life April, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599916590089-7ZU16H5UVRUIYNS0RQ79/P9070153.jpg news & stories - Healthy soil life Geopyxis carbonaria (I think … a species common after bush fire) September, 2020 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/9/8/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/8/sundews monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598081794146-PKGKC657H53TY3EBKTJ7/P8210127.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews Drosera auriculata – the tops of two adjacent plants, each with a cluster of unopened flower buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598306274692-RLH2MVEEAU2ZCP47AIPF/P8220027.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598296637974-I3V5XSYDIP9MZYVD4XY6/P8210024.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - smooth, green rear surface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598296820295-Y7NS7X9ML5MTNBP99TO7/P8210082.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - long petiole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598296658496-690299TT2V4AKL5GFZ9E/P8210029.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - typical leaf orientation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598296808477-5RR38P1KQ35TNIXEP89Z/P8210079.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - front face covered in glands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598150031016-7SCT2KCABMUZOG8GTRLH/P8210026.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598150051495-7RV8Z5MRBNI5VBVSHY66/P8210081.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598150073623-Y4AGZJA8S14BR6VRG2DE/P8210113.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598297479939-1GTRALWEYNELPMF66H8D/P8220454.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - early contact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598297457538-26LBBC5V60USWWV9VN8G/P8220442.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - entanglement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598297955130-2YKOYBVICO7NX3BFGW9P/P8210130.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - fully flexed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598297389250-J8PY8M7WJKJNCQMO0UOW/P8220040.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - lateral tentacles released https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598306198591-ZHAC5VLRH9TSVWLO4CL8/P8220023-2.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews Fragments of burnt vegetation caught by the tentacles, which remain unflexed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598298893720-GJADSTKC6O1EIZ9N14JW/P8210065.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598298931445-CH3V2JXGG2QA3IZZIYV0/P8210124.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598298934696-5L37YX3X1ZHS9CMZZM8M/P8210125.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598298966720-MBK9O2IP7WBO1B5F8FQT/P8220026.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598304129395-DB6B4WCNFA8EMF0BR9O6/P8210071.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598296194045-6NNQCI7XW2RKPHBLVQP1/P8210012.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598296002110-6MF8AND1XOWSMC1MCX22/P8210093.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598296205638-363MG4OXQT3UVTL7ELEM/P8210033.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598299433240-KIFNUK597AH4FOGA1GA3/P8210118.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - mosquito or gnat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598299466251-QL89R5MTZZSH0ECG77OZ/P8210128.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - mosquito or gnat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598299256571-PIQ0CFG36NY5U18X5DXJ/P8220414.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - wasp & gnat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598299305400-GOPCROLTSSU0B3TPI824/P8210052.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - ant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598299277260-WIF1ZTXIMY58NEZ8YGXE/P8220441.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - wasp, I think https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598299168153-LNXOMYQRSLE647WUMAT1/P8220004.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - bug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598299196238-PCJRQ02HZ0A81XYKRF3T/P8220017.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - bug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598306546329-UCSHKR8A7581ZO0R943I/P8180135.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - tiny prey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598300010892-3KXPKKPTSQ85STL8CQHQ/P8220049.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - 9:56 am it was caught, earlier, before I arrived https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598300019854-FC786A791Q5OXXGLP9RW/P8220081.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - 9:59am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598300030445-NJQEIO5RDESEQSRCENX9/P8220091.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - 10:00am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598300033361-43LCVFR6S3892I3RBR5K/P8220115.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - 10:02am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598308088683-TERIR3TK0R1WKZ8NG8BD/P8220146.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - 10:08am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598308089442-SLLDXES5FUHRMIYUQS3L/P8220154.jpg news & stories - Rainbow Sundews - 10:09am and flew off moments later https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/8/month-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597553037291-71VYS0F795T2Z8ZZUG5N/P8020353.jpg news & stories - Month in pictures Spotted Pardalote heading into the tree hollow, 20m above the ground. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/grasstreesea monthly 0.5 2022-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597359773760-ASFL50MJFVVSF9IPU3VZ/P8110030.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea An unusually large crown of dead leaf bases suggests this is quite an old plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597299738912-XRP4KZORCSWYB156GA0G/P1170174.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - 12 days post fire (mid January) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597299728611-8J4J0TS2QSADYKD3M55Q/P8110035.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - same plant, now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597479510210-IVL2JEP65WJOPLCUCKWS/P1280122.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - 3 weeks post-fire (late January) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597479540298-G209UEU6YI1NG6FBFPEU/P8110003.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - similar area, now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597540631691-D896B3NAX5RRWKH9044B/P8110047.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - truly dead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597289872877-FQL8TEUW82KIHUFIIYLU/P8110157.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - surviving 3 crowns, 1 tussock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597290086066-8KG796LPN644849GZBNO/P8110149.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - surviving 3 crowns, 1 struggling tussock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597290445257-V04IAN0R77FEQC5N6S0R/P8110141.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - surviving 2 crowns, 1 tussock + tiny shoot in crown (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597448097305-4D5Z0AF9XM77D09Z4Z2Z/P8140001.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea The oldest leaves are shed as new leaves are produced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597279816179-Q46P2JC8DSI91GPDIBUZ/P8110139.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - survey plot among large banksias 214 tussocks in 100sqm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597279811671-6TUX84UG5F5RFLECB00E/P8110004.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - survey plot in open eucalypt forest 223 tussocks in 100sqm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597300229918-KEP2GRTWR3UUD67Q0GDQ/P8130003.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Evidence of a branched underground stem … two tussocks close together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597452643431-6V7LYE1TE5W2PM9XYLF3/P8110033.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597452651231-CCMWW60RML0R7BCFE2IF/P8110027.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597452659851-GME1OQ4L4AV7PUOW29HG/P8110024.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597452695738-SISZP9W6IFWKFRHQ6TXM/P8110022.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597452725960-LDJSOCLI955BC600MHHU/P8110007.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597452895577-GU41TBAFXLQ0L4O2LKAD/P8110008.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597463411168-1A9UHHBUKPMGNOCR0QJ4/P8150005.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Immature flower spike atop a thick, photosynthetic scape (on a rainy morning) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597469660371-FWZDDGS4MEGPNWO08E4W/PC240021.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea In full flower, December 2017. This plant is growing near the road. The area was slashed by Council just months before – I suspect the disturbance triggered the growth spurt and flowering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597466395793-SF1FMHLLFLFM4MA2S2Z9/P9300052-2.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea The grass tree patch, several years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597537528594-GJKJVHYV7TEBN1VK3JFU/P5240009-4.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Ptilomacra senex … 24/5/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597536183520-LWWMQ0L70RAD9NDA67VR/P6140072.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Ptilomacra senex …24/6/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597536235321-UHGIV89LP1FD9PHW2KL3/P5240005-5.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Ptilomacra senex … 24/5/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597536188339-CYVWYK6SSRYW6M15XRBO/P6140074.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Ptilomacra senex … 24/6/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597537148842-VUQYR6QWMEW6F71ZWCST/P6130009-2.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Ptilomacra senex … 13/6/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597537481412-B6J0AEX1YLX31N62EW6R/P6130006-2.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Ptilomacra senex … 13/6/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597536196120-ACR8C2WQ9JBPXA7RFIKR/P6130001.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea Cossid moths (Ptilomacra senex) and ghost moths (Oxycanus spp.) in large numbers … 13/6/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597473652014-J7UDZD2VAFEH1NG1DJMM/P8130007.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - large clutch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597473387589-YK17OA7B57AI763N4242/P8110013.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - smaller clutch on a flowering plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597538018500-6YJ751PN05Y9J0J2FDSK/P8110002-2.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - close up of smaller clutch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603535859097-SSVVW5R11ALFWC3MRPSF/PA180044-3.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603535835085-GWLSRC9AL0FC4D9QM1L8/PA180043-3.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603533560694-W3D7UL8PKNJ4D87GP07M/Screen+Shot+2020-10-24+at+8.58.45+pm.png news & stories - Grass Tree sea - X. resinosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603533752739-SKOK4Q8FTE550M7JQYZ8/Screen+Shot+2020-10-24+at+9.01.34+pm.png news & stories - Grass Tree sea - X. minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603533918403-KTQZJEG844V3AJJ1WMAS/Screen+Shot+2020-10-24+at+9.05.04+pm.png news & stories - Grass Tree sea - X. concava https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603534978472-YVG04PKNVEBISVFSFUNH/PA190003.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603537017050-4BADWMNIM9R2RDFJLGN8/PA180017-3.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - flowers along most of this spike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603537034636-9QFTRJOL81TVMVT9UA77/PA180019-3.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - closeup of emerging flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603539411762-AZFFF6CULK8JCNL6HK54/PA190030-2.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603541167476-IMAI9G0GYUOQS15A0QJW/bissected+flower.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - A. bisected flower with a bract https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603541176683-D2QLCQWO9ZXU8GCLMX2C/dissected+flower.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - B. floral parts separated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603541192558-5NN2A0WTBSCIFYD5MQMV/packing+bract+outer+surface.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - C. packing bract https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603541204895-LX46PAVXPWT9XP8MN7C0/outer+tepal.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - D. outer face of sepal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603541223322-98SCVJKXIG0L0LZX5N96/inner+tepal.jpg news & stories - Grass Tree sea - E. petal with attached stamen https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/7/9/emergent-ghosts monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271048914-OI20BVMFAKJO11B6I44F/P5210023-2.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus dirempta - May 21 The wing pattern is this species is rather variable. Typically, these moths have a white streak along the wing with a number of white patches. Sometimes the streak is interrupted and there are few, if any patches. The other photos of this species in this panel illustrate this variation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271053924-LEV21Q4Z36DFZEYVK9YM/P5210019-2.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus dirempta - May 21 A mob of ghost moths, trying to enter our bedroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271106474-VU4XFWFWVBRT4HIKWCEE/P5220032.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Abantiades atripalpis - May 22 This species can be recognised by the distinctive pattern of side branches (rami) on its antennae. There are three rami at each branch point along the length of the antennae. Other hepialid species have only two rami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271145672-Q5SE0YEUXIHV27SL1HGU/P5220036.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus dirempta - May 22 Note the almost complete absence of white patches in this invididual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271191047-50OGB7ZOG2OBYD0SJAPJ/P6130015.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus silvanus - June 13 Oxycanus silvanus can be recognised by its generally paler wing colour, the longer rami on the antennae of males and the pale yellow colour of the antennae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271219469-892L59WZ7YLBV1QIKZHN/P6130019.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus dirempta - June 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271259593-0JXU99DW377MFTRG3GYC/P6200019-2.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus silvanus - June 20 This individual shows the typical light brown wing colour of the species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271294171-LJPYNKTWVN50JEZ99WN3/P6200013-2.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus dirempta - June 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594271325242-X0SBZ6KAGVK4HZXA26FM/P6200010.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts - Oxycanus dirempta - June 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1596930985443-OCR278WRNALTXFNN3XS1/P7040054.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts The site of ghost moth development 7 months after the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1596931310943-FJU9BW31VBO02H5AYXE4/P7040052.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1596931347720-OOWEPL4S9GOJBWLR5K2S/P7040045.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1596931364421-YHH8Q7IX3GZCV7NMIHF8/P7040040.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1596931379678-M0RM846PUPQ0RSQPRNKM/P7040039.jpg news & stories - Emerging Ghosts https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/5/16/wasp-orchid monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589591050957-SR5SQRV8CZ4VSGD4GNL3/P5090053.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589592193825-KD66WN6ONV9WBYA8HRCM/P4060195-2.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589592406103-523YMB6KFXVC85XUI21Q/P5140044.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589592496437-YICCOPJC2WMEUY6QOE4V/P5140043.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589592606058-1TQ4WI6IL9P50O0EGVWB/P5140046.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589592812656-6GY7G2MIM3WV8SM2DAM5/P5090040.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589594927555-4JWRUM8VZWHDJBLBW7DA/P5090035.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589595238365-L9TJQC83G0ODHIRU0PWU/P5090007.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589595392027-MI837F8LFP806T5PA6OL/P5090026.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589595414874-KG1HXH358R8TCBG0VSXA/P5090016.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589595438000-H1AM3F6JLB2UWDFOUIFM/P5090031.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589595427560-6UDL32JFANBR10NIXEJJ/P5090027.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589595804220-S6WFBN4F2AAND3BKPTN9/P5090056.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589597495714-D9NHGGPFP2M4NA030UEB/P5100006-2.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - A side view reveals the pollinia (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589597778251-9FT8WXEJ2UWXAY8FS95S/P5100048-2.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - A front-on view showing the pollinia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589610916434-1M1YHWEMOQSZEN0VAY33/P5100061-2.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - The labellum bears many stalked calli (arrowed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589611680915-D6HY82YA3IBHAQDI33SH/P5140020-2.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - The lateral sepals (arrow) recurve beneath the labellum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589596331966-3VEBT8ZG0XQQB38DE0CG/P5100063.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - The pair of leaves at the base of the orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589611315413-G0LKQ2I10QH9F0S13ZPD/P5140022-2.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - A large notched callus (arrow) lies at the base of the labellum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589609235282-HNPI8HUHJWE59W3FF62A/P5160024.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - A side-on view of the preceding flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589596357046-SWJ7EO19LKUF5RWFLY7H/P5140024.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks - Two young flower buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589625349503-VQF6WAM42AFE8ESMCXZM/P5100069.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589625356057-EE4TZR21EM4WME1MIH4B/P5100070-2.jpg news & stories - First orchid out of the blocks https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/autumn-pond-audit monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588320507157-RDG7DVJS5H5BUNMHW1XZ/P4250068.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - frog with eggs Dendy’s Toadlet, Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588830169905-OJ8R8EQ7KWJ7H7HDNJQ1/P4250017.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - tadpole Dendy’s Toadlet, Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588320519438-IDUMVCC7LDZA2D0PFICI/P4250072.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - fishing spider Pisauridae; Dolomedes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588320569814-XTFTGK3WQYKP5B25WC6N/P4260014-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - small diving beetle Family Dytiscidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588389107950-EDA3GNW4308R08MY4TDJ/P4270076.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - predatory diving beetle COLEOPTERA; Dytiscidae; Rhantus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588389093322-VKUPSM40LL0T04KZXP34/P4260117.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - predatory diving beetle larva COLEOPTERA; Dytiscidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588320601273-ZM42SC51SUKBP6OI7ZMN/P4260066.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - robust backswimmer (a bug) HEMIPTERA; Notonectidae; Enithares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588395829317-F7Q29VHHPLYDG5E717T7/P4260098.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - slender backswimmer (a bug) HEMIPTERA; Notonectidae; Anisops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588389030275-OPQ04L921MJ6M1CU6VJZ/P4260024-4.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - striped boatman (a bug) HEMIPTERA; Corixidae; Sigara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588827042780-0L1P49LYIIO9T78PA30W/P4260002.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - skimmer dragonfly larva ODONATA; Epiproctophora; (probably Libellulidae, Orthetrum caledonicum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588320653785-RXECC3KXY8PQUFCAGLR6/P4270074.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - dragonfly larva ODONATA; Epiproctophora; (possibly Libellulidae, Orthetrum caledonicum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588320636887-MZS3DM4SLHI4YV23VEI4/P4270059.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - hawker dragonfly larva ODONATA; Epiproctophora; Aeshnida; (probably Adversaeschna brevistyla) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588389021784-YLCGI1R7APSGJWII9X7U/P4260024-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - nonbiting midge larva (a fly) DIPTERA; Chironomidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588389006097-MZ8N10WARAE0UZUDJK7W/P4260005-3.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - seed shrimp (a crustacean) CRUSTACEA; OSTRACODA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588395799845-H2A6R6UZYNRQSMMTKEFB/P4260133.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - copepod (a crustacean) CRUSTACEA; COPEPODA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589075218217-M9TMT943TFKMV2WOR8YM/P4250050.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Clusters of eggs among the coarse sand grains ... Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589075221547-8N7H5IQAK2PZ0PYWVG3A/P4250060.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - ... above the water line, beneath overhanging rocks & folds in the pond liner. Pseudophryne dendyi (the white strands are the roots of nearby plants) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589076278328-B8NKBZLSSZFSULK5UCIH/P4250063.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - male with eggs Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589076275773-OW9IK2V1BAYQUACFINXV/P4250065.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - male with eggs Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589077290451-SI469CAYSBSS39EZGYVN/P4250049.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - female (after a gentle nudge) Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589155348443-GPTW5W2BXO1EGBV8NK8W/P4250057.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - eggs in nest among sand grains Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589155732473-RSTRTTDSR2M5IC5DH258/P4250058.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - estimated age based on embryonic development Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589077127026-FQG4MJ9TNTZYFQBB8WGB/P4250001.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - ~ 3 weeks old and just able to flex its tail. Pseudophryne dendyi embryo inside egg, complete with its thick jelly coat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589155891363-Q83NEMFF7ITTDWTM4X1J/P4250135.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - ~ 5 weeks old ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589077135221-J1TSPBIRHJJ3PMVNWTW0/P4250005-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - ... hatching upon submersion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589156833288-77QVO47N5FHY72HBB4NF/P4250073.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - spider #1 Dolomedes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589156842304-PDYJHWFZSSN15EK2VVXQ/P4250075.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - spider #1 Dolomedes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589157016154-NMEXTVT40XG3W0VF069A/P4250082.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - spider #2 Dolomedes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589156850662-7KB0S600XY9D79B4B9IT/P4250088.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - spider #2 Dolomedes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589158967979-9V6H8G2GAOUQQOTQ1SFZ/P4260009.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Tiny Ostracod in a petri dish ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589159017979-XZ8C8X2D47R49NBBLQT2/P4260019-3.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - ... constantly flicking its antennae ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589159046044-KGWX3GBOYOJJP7YTNNDA/P4260011.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - ... best viewed using a high magnification lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589160384797-75C8OD7RE07YUXETJIP8/P4260005-3.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit Dorsal view of freshwater ostracod, resting on a leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588381579174-NV9X7HRX5VBHND1XL28Z/March+2018.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit Less than two years after its construction, the pond is ensconced within the forest (March, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588381426168-NZ5STITMODLB3ZO9C18L/7th+aug+2016.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit Newly built pond, 7th August, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588396572798-2OGS0DLWLWNJ4PS1OBH2/feb+2018+b.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Dozens of tadpoles (Feb 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588396924051-ELJ713EG4OYCLMWTA5OT/Oct+2017.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Southern Brown Tree Frog (Oct 2017) Litoria ewingii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588396585615-6WG89BCHQFHEGWZFV14S/Oct+2017.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Mating damselflies (October 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588396578218-1B3JKJ7Q2WEOZ1VMY12Y/Jan+2018.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Emerging damselfly (January 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588396920473-VCNO5YZH143EUNQ0CYBK/Jan+2019.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Water Strider (Jan 2019) Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589328884192-VENXBYV3G7B2MQ7MTGGT/image-asset-7.jpeg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Diving beetle feeding on winged termite (Aug 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588380246364-FF0G760EWLPTIT40DI8U/March+2018+b.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Beautiful Firetail bathing (March, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588380311170-WEM28ROYIISBMI2106AD/21+dec+b.JPG news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Red-necked Wallaby drinking (Dec 2019) Macropus rufogriseus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588380242495-30J3OHM7283K5AGIXO3Y/feb+2018.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Red-bellied Black Snake hunting (Feb 2018) Pseudechis porphyriacus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588383796137-R7GDPK1T3IDPF2V9PZ20/4+nov.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Rare rain during the drought tops up the pond (4 Nov 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588383806174-4VYIFKAYLDYJQZVRXECS/21+Dec.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Hot, dry conditions – dry bush, shrinking pond, and smoke filled air (21 Dec 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588383813960-07API63QHQ4H978Z94IS/9+Jan.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - The fire-damaged pond (9 January 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588384119041-GOTG5GX9MAE8BS9IN53G/2+May.jpg news & stories - Autumn pond audit - Rebuilt pond amid verdant regrowth (2 May 2020) https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/epicormic-vegetation-ecosystem monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586828257201-5N5WN3U7RUA60ZHWM5FQ/P4080055.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Mountain Grey Gum sapling This profuse epicormic growth on a Eucalyptus cypellocarpa sapling is typical of the response of young trees to the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586828268580-K8XLADN72H6ACESR89Z2/P4080064.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Mountain Grey Gum foliage Early signs of insect attack on the leaves of this Eucalyptus cypellocarpa sapling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586828366246-BZR92C5QC0NB9K8T4JL4/P4080075.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Tips of Mountain Grey Gum foliage Clear signs of insects resident in the newest leaves of this Eucalyptus cypellocarpa sapling - folded leaves fastened with silk threads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586828696184-EB3J3XZDNQFPT9241BBM/P4070132.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - White Stringybark leaves Epicormic foliage on a mature Eucalyptus globoidea tree shows obvious insect damage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586828610319-XB46KCV6IH3UHF86ZC76/P4090002.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Folded White Stringybark leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586828616279-X289SXDSX1SHGT69GENP/P4090004.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - The resident caterpillar on the leaf Peeling back the fold reveals the caterpillar within, as well as the silk it weaves to hold the fold together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586829315291-R51EWTEM5LGQ8U9GNHZE/P4100003.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - This caterpillar moves out of its retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586931658903-8U30ZCU44XVM7PVZQK58/P4140030.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - The start of a new home This caterpillar is using silk threads to pull the sides of this leaf together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589769288096-TNU1KBS0CWI8X9NHZQE7/P5180047.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586829174009-1V5VVWWHWH91WWEJS7J1/P4080141.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586829200868-2I9THE4985E7PPHL98Y1/P4080146.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586829221427-2GWUY4LSAM5AITQBLJ2O/P4080153.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586829246030-U5S2W8HACC05J5ACQOMA/P4080163.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594532909216-6L6TA4RA2KARUQ1YADKG/P4110003-4.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - 11 April This caterpillar turned red as it began to pupate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594532936765-CQFAZMQ5DB1BR8O5X3X4/P4160005.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - 16 April It pupated within this silken web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594532986933-YH6R2KM9MMCSKTKI962D/P6200031.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - June 20 It eclosed as an adult moth 2 months later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594532967872-BOFTA7BMR8YZ3KXJE8NH/P4190002-3.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - April 19 The other green caterpillar pupated within a silk shelter in a curled leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594533049667-5YU7LQOY0GGICKNDI8XQ/P7110084.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - July 11 It emerged as an adult 3 months after entering pupation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594533067899-5X928C9QE8GV6VWYQ5JB/P7120013.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - July 11 The same moth showing its hindwings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834736613-KT4QHUT9YJPTKQULI7AN/P4080172.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Three fly larvae emerging from this caterpillar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834757678-41S7JG5L62CJ2PQ5C5GW/P4090043.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - One fly larva remains the next day This fly larva has grown significantly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834771281-SICJ5CPXUG5XKH0ZT27C/P4090031.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - These larvae would normally drop to the ground to pupate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586743812193-KQAO50OQNRD8N7H9PG2D/P4070095.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Looking for lunch in the epicormic growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586744128583-UZ95OI241KZML3AUSW49/P4070072.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Down to the undergrowth to find the prize dislodged from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586744179681-B5CHMJMS0WJ9MYTCR6O8/P4070096.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - She has caught a morsel - a beetle or perhaps a wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834047698-AP9GM45K38AU9YLCP6VR/P4070118.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - The competition - a Grey Butcherbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834279275-1H5KADYU4HOKMP02R3EE/P4080061.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Eucalypt Weevil Oxyops sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834288944-MLX9AP4Y5IIE0SOAYFWF/P4080070.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Eucalypt Weevil Euops sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586920213489-76PAO9BXYFAYVIZ6KLW3/P4130047.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Eucalypt Weevil Euops sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834297038-QB8PZPT60MFPI2HF1T4L/P4080095.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Eucalypt Weevil Oxyops sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586940640059-SNJI0BT4NPGAXJUSY253/P4100008.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Weevil Psapharus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834317072-79U6TC8FDTWYKWRHZ70P/P4080116.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Leafhopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586950780499-OCJT0GWX9N3U2JQZ4KCV/P4080110.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Leafhopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586932426619-2LBN6SH0X80HYHP93L92/P4140165.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Winged (alate) ant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834452793-CROWVI7SSFJYDCA0WV77/P4080136.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Wingless female multillid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586834931024-7BWIPYMU7R3D5043KMTH/P4100006-2.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Leaf Beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586920282124-AXOARBIBQKASM75QA5JB/P4130036.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Bristle Fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586920760384-B1N1JGA8VBN1FK5WLSLS/P4110002.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Leaf Beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586932251895-GPIC7WW48RZLUFA85TCQ/P4140149.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Leaf Beetle larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586930672082-ZK5N27MPJTOQ3VXRDCDP/P4100052-2.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Flower Wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586930689284-ME2RGRKORNN4JEWLZVQX/P4100064-2.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Flower Wasps Male, left and flightless female, right. The male repeatedly flew to the female, picked her up then deposited her back on the leaf after some time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586930697827-7WDUBZ0ATAC1P6CINE3W/P4100076.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Sawfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586930792280-G4Y52D1B6FI9YKY4VDTJ/P4100071.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Sawfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586940707273-NKKVOVD0WX2ZEYDZ8WG1/P4100015.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Booklouse Order Psocoptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951244457-ZUGZRZA8MZCHNB8FZC67/P4080176.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951251834-XYWO33S3725PVJ5KPALH/P4080175.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951865001-WUEECZ5RZDH53XKDHMOF/P4100156.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Waxy strands with droplets of honeydew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951475252-WBVJX406A68EFLICX1CB/P4100119.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - A psyllid nymph covered with wax strands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951486492-GR6I55XKR8KI7ODI33AA/P4100127.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Partial removal of the wax reveals the nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951504233-TC2PDH7AXSSCIK0WP9HN/P4100188.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - This nymph can be seen excreting wax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951730931-9EDLP16FJ6KI0R3ODPQV/P4100211.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Another view of a nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951549953-77GJ2SMG4V7N2YYLTOZW/P4110037.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - A late instar nymph with wing buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951562299-Y57HWIHPB04TEB56XMHI/P4110050.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Another late stage nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951589099-V9JLVAGJIHKBQ0LPMRHD/P4100207.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - A late instar nymph alongside an adult psyllid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586951593436-TYLGH3ONHYLEOHJCRZXX/P4100196.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Adult Ctenarytaina psyllid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587105560988-M72F3KN72PP6RAAI3FZY/P4170074.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Rose Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587105667596-L8SLYYSK2TZXJA8ZCFBV/P4170194.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Rose Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587105569898-FPJ6NQMHSPB1CXMNY0XL/P4170081.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - White-naped Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587106181463-BVHLOAA6LP419FZNA1KJ/P4170215.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Spotted Pardalote https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587106141098-QSJWN9HAT7B1JCKFKSCN/P4170210.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Striated Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587105581947-M8CTLNWP5JUV63ME88ZQ/P4170136.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Striated Thornbill with insect prey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587105940606-9HJ19ZZECC39JXAXAVEH/P4170164.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Striated Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587105898615-JQI0IU7H21VRYY5SM2OY/P4170178.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Striated Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587105592488-NUWOCBBCH4M0K6IHXRTW/P4170151.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Golden Whistler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587106099579-PHMJ2VZU7CO5LWMTBW8J/P4170199.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Brown Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587106234856-9EWLA4GDRW6P9NR21UII/P4170205.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - Brown Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587106892617-C8CUKBTCEBUGWT7F7ISF/P4170035.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth - White-throated Tree Creeper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586955325251-P1SR6TKQ3DA9C7SXIYZ9/P4150041.jpg news & stories - A nascent ecosystem - epicormic eucalypt growth A branch of epicormic growth that has fallen off a eucalypt trunk https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/ecological-webs monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586174759766-KUEWYGMJCMNKH80HHS9J/IMG_4241.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586166863666-PJHE8IRSZDOAI5MG6SKH/P3270068.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Saw Banksia seedling This seedling is now clearly recognisable as Banksia serrata, having grown two pairs of typical mature leaves after the pair of cotyledons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157428310-LT5N7GCT2LW1S9SAL9TS/P3300071.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Painted Apple Moth caterpillar grazing on Banksia leaf One of these new Banksia leaves has a different shape to its partner on the other side, thanks to some pruning by a hungry Orgyia anartoides larva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586167223526-HFTF2IVR8Y5IX8QWHUWU/P3300042.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Epicormic shoot of Saw Banksia This is the other mode of regeneration of Banksia serrata. Epicormic sprouts, which first appeared on the trunks and branches of burnt trees several weeks ago, have now shot upwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586331954380-LQPZ0QQSGVYL14T42S2P/P2290311.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Casuarina seedlings Feb 27 When Allocasuarina littoralis seedlings first appeared they were barely recognisable as a casuarina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586331841640-ZNOBB78SVM1KK2HNQW92/P4080039.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Casuarina seedling April 8 Now, six weeks later they are starting to look like tiny casuarina trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586659001221-2B3QSSYX7S2FV4YEO0E8/P4120009.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Common Heath The new shoots of Epacris impressa, Common Heath regrowing from the base of a burnt plant. The charred, original stems make a striking contrast to the new growth.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586331160072-YDY6VIRIGKS6LIGZRT69/P2040073.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Hairpin Banksia Feb 4 Unlike Banksia serrata trees, Banksia spinulosa bushes don’t regenerate by epicormic shooting - their thin trunks were black, dead sticks after the fire passed through the forest. But they do sprout from the rootstock, a process that began two months ago as shown here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586330720861-F0MYLMJ6JNLIYSO79EBX/P4080087.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Hairpin Banksia April 8 The same plant today. They’ve really gone ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586171588209-F0WXYCTOV9WWPHF1J9QV/P3270052.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Hibbertia aspera Hibbertia aspera showed early signs of regeneration, sprouting from the base of charred bushes. Many of these plants now look healthier than they did before the fire! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586329724327-10AKU393KE18OV0L114M/P4080045.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Basal shoots of Blueberry Ash Regrowth from the base of the blackened stems of these Elaeocarpus reticulatus plants has accelerated in the last couple of weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586263679735-WT0MDYP8LUQXSQ23NBCS/P3290020.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Magpie Moth caterpillar on Hill Fireweed This daisy, Senecio hispidulus, Hill Fireweed, was a magnet for the larvae of a moth Nyctemera amicus. Its other common name is the Senecio Moth - for obvious reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157709398-8GTKFGQP8KSSYCPHXZLW/P3290022.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Magpie Moth on Hill Fireweed These caterpillars start at the tip of the leaves and work their way back to the stem, eventually devouring the entire leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157582927-S9RB2VXVMMDVNU98CXCC/P3300105.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - A grasshopper nymph We’re seeing only small numbers of grasshoppers - almost all nymphs. Normally at this time of the year there would be many adult hoppers consuming the foliage in open areas of the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157750206-RXRFB6QSZRDS7MRBYXOX/P3300039.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Another grasshopper species Probably Phaulacridium vittatum, Wingless Grasshopper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157789371-OO962P5BGXS5L4EDYK6X/P3300034.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Milk vine Marsdenia rostrata, Common Milk-vine, was an early regenerator, sprouting from the rootstock less than a month after the fire. It has continued to regrow vigorously since then. But it is likely to be kept in check by the insects shown on the next photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586580949442-ARLS9GH0UXLPWWH7OPHU/P3300418.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Milkweed Aphids Large numbers of these Milkweed Aphids, Aphis nerii suddenly appeared on the stems and leaves of this plant towards the end of March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157611909-E95WL9GIJKJCQEZANK30/P3300251.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Milkweed Aphids A closer view of a winged adult and many immatures showing the stylets they use to extract sap from the Milkweed. They squirt excess fluid through the pair of black tubes - siphunculi - on their abdomen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586173014936-H9CH6TUGHAYHHFI3U062/P3090052.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Giant Mealy Bug Another sap sucker - Monophlebulus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586171363970-HIZA4V4HMLF3900806IR/P3270157.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Splendid Ochre The food plant of the larva of the Splendid Ochre, Trapezites symmomus is Lomandra longifolia, a plant that has regenerated strongly after the fire. We’ve seen Splendid Ochre males patrolling their territories in the vicinity of these plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586173348151-WEYGHY58H1MWFW2DC280/P3300226.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Common Dusky-blue The Common Dusky-blue Candalides hyacinthinus has often been sighted in recent weeks. Its larvae feed on Cassytha, a parasitic vine. This species was widespread on the block before the fire, but we haven’t sighted it since. Perhaps the butterflies have located some of these plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586933547700-2MJPYPQVZOAZWCCABCBM/P4150246.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Common Brown Female Heteronympha meropesearching for a suitable site to lay her eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586171227283-WI5C34UMLAZSZ4JNTQ53/P3290031.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Crambid moth The larvae of this moth Culladia cuneiferellus, feed on Couch Grass, Cynodon dactylon, which unfortunately has regrown vigorously since the fire. I won’t depend on the moth to keep this weed in control - it’s a job for glyphosate! I’m confident the moth larvae will find an alternative food source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586171017631-UEQW9OGHOZAD6GFI3OY6/P3300230.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Cabbage Centre Grub moth The larvae of Hellula hydralis, the Cabbage Centre Grub, feed on brassicas. The kale in our vegetable garden survived the fire and is probably being consumed by the progeny of this adult moth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586170910698-GDPM1LWGXDZTCR4W7LF6/P3300259.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Crambid moth Culladia cuneiferellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586169979479-3MSCS7TLBSWEQ12NQ6O7/P3300337.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Common Yellow Robber Fly A robber fly, Ommatius sp. rests on a Juncus stem as it eats a large termite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586590316295-5OS0S5O01ZTYMDMVVSJS/P3300213.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Long-legged Fly A female Long-legged Fly, Amblypsilopus sp., uses a Running Postman, Kennedia prostrata leaf as a platform as she waits for a male. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586169955165-O57ZRHPN0JHXLFIAV6XB/P3300307.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Non-biting Midge This chironomid midge with its spectacular pair of antennae was resting on a bracken frond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586765303545-U0JHYMVQ0CVD8JPA5RNJ/P4130019.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Braconid wasp Female, resting on a grass stalk. Perhaps searching for a likely place to lay eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586584938731-JHW59MC59Y57RSFAFL2B/P4080026.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Ant fly The Ant fly, Parapalaeosepsis plebeia, swarms around rotting fruit and compost heaps. But this one was attracted to a fungus - see the next slide to find out why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586585502157-G5NQH18MF2SN1MI265G0/P4080019.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Crinoline Stinkhorn The ant fly was giving this fungus Phallus multicolour a lot of attention. We first noticed it a couple of weeks ago by its fetid odour, which clearly attracted the fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586584830110-W5RHCO5WHLWZHAM1PSHM/P3300269.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Blowfly This Blowfly, Calliphora sp., possibly Calliphora stygia was also attracted to the Stinkhorn Fungus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586933689665-VFHQT9PXORUFCGKAIV22/P4150213.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Lacewing eggs (hatched) on a grass stem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586934050184-3PWUXJPWH7CHAPS4R09D/P4050017-2.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Mosquito on the undergrowth of my arm Aedes vigilax in its preferred environment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586169851635-JAK3K3NX8ZEPIQ94NG48/P3300188.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586169854815-NQR5CHHQKVWVTBTL39JH/P3300190.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586169859094-WEPIBCU89NIAFU2D1PP4/P3300192.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586169896185-NRWY5G6QKJ4TOD85NCPY/P3300199.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586766556968-SG1L1119OYIN0G4UZDHE/P4080088.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - A Weeping Grass "meadow" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586766496623-P5GOCURZEZNTU9IZ38YH/P3300010.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Weeping Grass inflorescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586261317475-HEPEKEFJLFIOM7LEJR7F/P4070009.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Female King Parrot taking Weeping Grass seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586159527753-LRWF7GO5WZHUT8M3XPHO/P3310041.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Male King Parrots were also eating the seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586766867732-7THE1CHZSCCBNO4GTHOF/P4070012.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Male King Parrot making good use of a burnt shrub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586159541476-JBMHBTFSGL2QDZDZASVH/P3310154.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - A large flock of King Parrots appeared one morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586261283108-RBP6G1V945HRAN9EF04I/P4070053.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Wonga Pigeon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586745438087-BU8U3GJ9TBVCENCVUQ8J/P4070019.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Crimson Rosella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586259641087-WSEACL87F5TZW352M78C/P3270046.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Hedgehog Grass inflorescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586259647541-O80TFTBGCTQAQ9LLO0PP/P3270001.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - A looper caterpillar grazes on the flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586259676510-Q86SNWX54YQ3OAIJF64U/P3300011-2.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - A tiny aphid on a Weeping Grass flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158169899-0AORIUT3HEM2CC8NG6ML/P3300328.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Hill Fireweed Senecio hispidulus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157955431-TBO3MZMIIPYZBA7Y6P9A/P3300015.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Magpie moths like Senecio flowers as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586157959964-8JOWPK0VYA4FEKKDYAMR/P3300025.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Eastern Nightshade Solanum pungetium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158126575-6U90E2PPHJB911J0LXMY/P3300094.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Twining Glycine Glycine clandestina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158149926-NWB3OXCVA4GJTPPF9NGB/P3300323.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Common hover fly taking pollen from Oxalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158565252-XQY65VAGUTWUEWNUQNSL/P4050002.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Satin Everlasting Helichrysum leucopsideum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158578089-DBK0QXZQX6KL8LEP6JTZ/P3300360.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Exoneura bee taking pollen from Tall Bluebell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586768679252-8R37RNKR5JN7XUHE34ZO/P4130030.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Lilac Lily Schelhammera undulata has started flowering in the last week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586768833935-EY0NZ72OOYFOG97F6FVG/P4100020-2.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Flatweed with Sedge Moth Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis taking pollen on Flatweed (Hypochaeris radicata) flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587106641099-7AOIICCFUQN3MRAD182B/P4170069.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587115947675-V79FE1H0Y7NIOHRDC8WP/P4150233.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587435669205-VKH8R3P9X0QJRGJIHMCN/P4210019.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158017563-JBRR4TI1XLBSGHDK2X9B/P3300076.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Rough Tree Fern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158020313-C6IATXBK10LH51DRTQXL/P3300077.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Rough Tree Fern fronds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158023396-34QT46FSTG573A6AOP9D/P3300080.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Sori (spore packets) on underside of Rough Tree Fern frond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586158088434-JAJSTP0KBQG6UW5F2EJO/P3300049.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Gristle Fern Blechnum cartilagineum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586160311880-X007FZ3IFVD9OTEX0HWP/P3300062.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Screw Fern Lindsaea linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586161089695-HMA73EKP8SXZTNUN17S4/P3270076.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Maidenhair Andiantum aethiopicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586932711441-CTNB8RTMWBHS7Y4MYA1A/P4150202.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586932713309-Z8H5DVC3TFTKXX02XOIK/P4150209.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586593370118-QHQDW0L4E2WNEI3VF6UY/P4100064.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586593423362-1KDTN71A3IXHL7DDRY10/P4100039.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586593373085-VY1MD6QTLP41JINEE718/P4100058.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586593439750-V0LA1TPXDICWK1FTGMFD/P4100031.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586587851052-2GKN0QG732TYYM905QB7/P3300293.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Yellow-bellied Water-skink Eulamprus heatwolei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586587863481-BSH3G83U1LGBE7X13E7O/P3300292.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586588713770-67J2111924OYRQRY34VN/P2220083.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Eastern She-oak Skink This skink, Cyclodomorphus michaeli, is a rare species for our area. We had not sighted it on our block before the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586588717396-DYH57REWWQ1XDIYXB5JS/P2220093.jpg news & stories - Restoring ecological webs - Eastern She-oak Skink https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/fuzzy-trees monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585887327639-EHSW349MGO45HXN7BXCV/P4030080.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585895716377-DDYHQZYQN4KW9R1H0MJU/P4030083.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585895744166-JYFQIK0RUWUEODXG8Q6K/P4030156.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585895748948-FD63HEQHEBRQ0R7PA182/P4030159.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585896723343-25WG3HPWEVWQ445CDZW0/P1110209.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees 11th January, 2020 (1 week post fire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585894524791-3R05VTLDPDTV9HDKTQ3P/P1110256.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - 11th Jan, 2020 (1 week after The Fire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585877741646-R7G9ZF6EK0GBG0VZDU8G/IMG_2796-2.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - 3rd April, 2020 (12 weeks after The Fire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585972177350-G9JNXA668GU4JN6A0O02/P4030100.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585972182470-EAIFTCXXRT80JDLZ5X8T/P4030150.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1586043371792-2CVBBIJWL54FYWT541RU/plant+stem+meristems.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees Plant shoots have several types of meristems, groups of cells that can divide and thereby produce the new tissues and organs as the plant grows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585960957537-53VT3ULHKV6C4RIXZNM5/IMG_2812.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. cypellocarpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585960967822-N05W8MWYMLFHBSF300CY/IMG_2814.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. globoidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585968610205-UC09DUFSYXPERM2ITMJX/P4040009-2.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. obliqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585963704264-T8M64UL2TSNQHCVVVVRJ/P4040004.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - A. floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585963817138-VDNIJFO8N0FFJR60BL2W/P4040010.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585968655522-R3YOGEU63XJIYSWDH21Y/P4040003-2.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. consideniana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585960902336-T2B24E3EA0FVA396AG3D/P4030122.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585963606934-498OBCTIMOQX51QK2W1X/P4040002.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585967014483-Q2M1M0F07S7EJF8U53R9/IMG_2817.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees Basal sprouting from a young E. cypellocarpa. All the above ground parts of the tree were killed. The stem diameter is just 7cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585966044264-MQLN2E7ZT76A9NC93KAB/P3030289.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - Persoonia levis x linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585976370429-GWESXLI67BQGRRFMDIUF/P4040006-3.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - Banksia serrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585811684476-9K4AB0YNRNYXJNVY4FQX/epicormic+strand+diagram.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees Contrasting the effect of bark destruction upon the isolated epicormic buds of most trees with the epicormic strands common among eucalypts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585968926712-GZRN7NHJKOY1YRFG5086/P4040008-2.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. obliqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585969011087-M8OWBXGVFTSULIPW8U8X/IMG_2809-2.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - E. sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585977727648-BLZ0MI3LWPGU91Z8XK0P/P4030042.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees Spiralling epicormic growth on a large Eucalyptus cypellocarpa (Mountain Grey Gum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585973130860-HAQ6C9JUCSZM4TDZLGTY/IMG_2827.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees Angophora (middle and right) provide the early makings of a canopy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585973358384-VRI4KYUTAKH4DQNPUVLE/P4030148.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585973364470-YICIF8M2V50FPNT3H54Q/P4030120.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585971870966-535DTRN774H8GR6KHFSG/IMG_2819.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees The ability to rapidly regenerate leaves well above ground enables eucalypts to maintain their competitive dominance in the forest ecosystem. They will again steal light from plants of the lower storeys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585973887592-7YRWZAN8UQCFYZD9CEBR/P4030168.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - an ancient E. sieberi, still alive ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1585973903912-BYUEHSWLQ8MUFDMLMION/P4030169.jpg news & stories - Understanding fuzzy trees - ... but seriously damaged & nearing its end https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/greenrenewal monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583133675486-Z3TFVT8SQJVR9GIH0SQG/P3020081-Pano.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Silvertop Ash Eucalyptus sieberi. This species was one of the last to begin epicormic growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583134298696-5PUZ488P9EPB3IWAVD4N/P3020127-Pano.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - White Stringybark Eucalyptus globoidea. Most of the new growth is on the upper branches in this case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583134382548-JI04HNR1FQ7TN1R6BT2P/P3020112-Pano.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Mountain Grey Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583135324131-AMY6UN2UH9RYS84XNTLR/P3020105-Pano.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda. This one almost looks normal! The Angophoras were the first trees to begin budding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583377327163-LF9E5KT0KATKVBLNCBFS/P1170050.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Jan 17 - a burnt tree trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583377389369-FIC1V52IRQSNDC3XMU1D/P1170048.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Jan 17 - the ghostly remains of another https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583132759002-BHEH4D3XQRRMW7QD6FY1/P2290334.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Eucalypt seedlings, Feb 27 Each eucalypt seedling first forms a pair of leaves, or cotyledons. All dicot plants do the same, whereas grasses and other monocots start with a single leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583132798427-SWKD83SHUXBBUGQFEEYL/P2290254.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Eucalypt seedlings, Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583384772710-ZZYOOVZSWH42P1Y79ST0/P1280047.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Resprouting from rootstock Angophora floribunda sapling, Jan 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583384782340-6NUQSSIPKUKSJF0YA761/P1280054.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Epicormic growth Angophora floribunda tree, Jan 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583132218573-W2Q1ZPZEWUKX7X6Z6WZ0/PC220037.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - 22nd December 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583131955996-TUD80NR17UVOJN78EJYK/P3020092-Pano.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - 2nd March 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583213371051-QXFVX3FK9Q2ZXW9NBU3K/P1310190.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory Empty Hakea macreana fruit after the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583219087382-7TT1AZEYA2JJ2REEY3JZ/P1260049-2.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Casuarina cone 26 Jan Like many cones at this time, this one still contains most of its seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583387688202-NI4WNV28T24396AA9ZCN/P2010027.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Feb 1, Rainbow Lorikeets eating seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583219090508-QCAO1IK326BV34SLDO28/P2060021.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Casuarina cone 6 Feb Just 10 days later, most cones were empty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583217595492-6ZDFGLTLC5UKJJX9KG7D/P2270088.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Allocasuarina seedling, Feb 27 One of the first casuarina seedlings we saw. A very young thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583214920673-EV1U8CGZU00RXA235POQ/P2290180.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Allocasuarina seedling, Feb 29 The cotyledons of the casuarina seedling have a ‘normal’ common-garden shape. But the next leaf, rising vertically between them, has the distinctive casuarina ‘needle’ shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583214789045-OK2PVX8K88VLO25EEB4S/P2290255.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Allocasuarina and eucalypt seedlings, Feb 29 Two casuarina seedlings amongst a bunch of eucalypt seedlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583214814356-4JQZKU7MFG65884KUQ97/P2290311.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Allocasuarina seedlings, Feb 29 A bunch of casuarina seedlings next to some young Selanginella plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583217313980-K5BF6ZID3870IBX9QFFT/P2290301.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Saw Banksia tree, Feb 29 Buds on a horizontal Banksia trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583217325966-QTIQZXSUK6EKXV8BCXYF/P2290313.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Saw Banksia tree, Feb 29 Epicormic buds on a vertical Banksia tree trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583229216968-BCIY1L0PYUAAR64EQ8AP/P2290104.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Saw Banksia tree, Feb 29 Epicormic buds high up in a tall Banksia tree with opened fruit in cones alongside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583217671607-QK4K0I5VDIYXKU57J8U5/P2290172.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Saw Banksia sapling, Feb 29 A young Banksia tree showing a florid growth of epicormic buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583217977941-JJ3IP96LF4GYB0NLRZCI/P2290185.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Saw Banksia, Feb 27 A young seedling just bearing its dicotyledons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583218149418-E5O07MWZ9K2E7AMN74Y6/P2290283.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Saw Banksia, Feb 27 This one’s a bit taller and has started to form its first true leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583218165906-N52BCVW2A3LXW5RR912A/P2290286.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Saw Banksia, Feb 27 A pair of true leaves have been added to the cotyledons in this seedling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583200811991-V96MCT3F5ZK1J7IDUZYV/P3030379.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583200812616-47PZ3LZXTNQO2I2VT0WT/P3030380.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583200819666-TZTN74998PW6BNS4F0IL/P3030381.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583304567487-0PXMV5K4MEUA6BLK8U12/P3040001-2.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory Acacia implexa (Hickory), March 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583228033483-0OMZR1KX8YQK0SXO277E/Acacia+longifolia.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Acacia longifolia, Feb 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583228992515-DPH9SZ9CTSRQUWZNK4XZ/P2290242.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Acacia falciformis, Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583283275095-QXM20EGZTDO2WXNNLTG3/P2160261.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Acacia mearnsii, Feb 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583233270267-5A2EC5AXQUFS8GF01XM0/P2050050.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Persoonia linearis, Feb 5 first epicormic shoots on Persoonia linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583233366630-QEBDTUSG3Q5FGWQ3TP1T/P2050052.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Persoonia linearis, Feb 5 First epicormic buds on Persoonia linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583234040303-CCZ2D3H0KYIIOCHC35S8/P2100020.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Persoonia linearis, Feb 10 Persoonia linearis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583304671967-7ILVJ8CJ0AB05K74G0F2/P3040002-2.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Persoonia linearis, March 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583234728693-3GFVKQLWKFLJ94T109JR/P3030289.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Persoonia levis, March 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583285744211-HA5XSTW9257659N4LZPM/P2290188.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Persoonia seedling, Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583309072105-Z58C0XYFRTOBPS640LT7/P2040080.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Kunzea ericoides Feb 4 First signs of sprouting from central branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583309134136-3TI6C29DXNKRNXF8R0B6/P3040003-2.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Kunzea ericoides March 4 Profuse growth of leaves on inner branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583286221354-MZINBS1Y1XCAVHTYP9X2/P1290002.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Kunzea ericoides, Jan 29 Resprouting vigorously from base of a burnt bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583286020514-44ITD6N4ELZM40JL4MSV/Leptospermum+continentale.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Leptospermum continentale, March 1 Sprouting is well underway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583286894085-AM314GFDWJ81E6THX8IW/Leptospermum+brevipes.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Leptospermum brevipes, Feb 27 Vigorous sprouting from base of burnt bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583308138922-6ZCSRK4QIM5WW38QL31H/P2290176.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Sannantha pluriflora, Feb 29 Vigorous sprouting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583309532381-4H80MFS8DOU1LWVUUJIN/P2080094.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lance Beard-heath, Feb 8 Early shoots from the rootstock of this burnt bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583309581988-GXXKQF792B7N9M8T3GQU/P2100030.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lance Beard-heath, Feb 10 The shoots on the same bush have grown signficantly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583382999242-W0JLUILV8KPGJWY2HU8P/P3020131.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lance Beard-heath, March 2 The leaves have started to unfurl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583323307019-TZFMWLR4PO5KUIHN5KCQ/4251689.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Grey Everlasting, March 2 Ozothamnus obcordatus resprouting from rootstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583385831859-4Z84ICS9TKBBD5LEXAII/4250196.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Blueberry Ash, Feb 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583498811852-HI69R6SJSP4LQ8IDA0LG/P3040002.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Blueberry Ash, Feb 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583322239463-L4KZSKKUIVIFBX86MGRF/P2290203.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory Dodonaea triquetra seedlings, Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583380164787-6L8HV8GD2BLMOYXEQMMJ/P1110192.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Jan 11, six days after the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583380217619-W3QJZ4AWBEKKJWK8DZ8H/P3050001-2.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - March 5, two months after the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583475409475-6SCZMP4QLWBNXK8QCDQN/P2270105.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Anisopogon avenaceus Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583563390244-6OYSABRVCJJV8CLOVCFS/P3070010.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Bursaria spinosa March 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583382298691-02YMZT4HY58JD56YLPEP/P2290261.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Clematis aristata Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583475559917-ZF4U64I10UI5KE7GF2CI/Coronidium+scorpioides.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Coronidium scorpioides March 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583478748269-7JSGPR8FKIEBDZWSJHXJ/P2270069.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Cythochaeta diandra Jan 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583480173473-CXL6PPMCA1NCTUHX6U2S/P2250055.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Desmodium gunnii Feb 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583382062968-N9Q1XXRBSNF842MWDE0B/P2290241.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Dichondra repens Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583494871760-ZK6XF9ROM493LY3QUXDS/P2270038.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Dysphania pumilio Feb 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583381380488-JW057PXY6BB81JVJK77N/P2290189.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Entolasia stricta Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477905548-DL8NFIQ1WJ78AIRJW00E/P2270058.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Epacris impressa Feb 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583476121911-2EK5ISORNNLGM0XSX89T/P3010159.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lachnagrostis filiformis March 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477352955-JMYKD7WEM9WFYVQORDTE/Euchiton+japonicus.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Euchiton japonicus Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583381442643-6VFKLI9DXAQCG11B83RY/P2290195.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Eustrephus latifolius Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583476403609-CGMSWTO5HHIT09JA7GKH/Gahnia+radula.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Gahnia radula Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583387266361-O13D7SDJP18L8SDSOQU2/P2290349.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Glycine clandestina Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583563124784-GWW9SZSD5XRSFFUDLTO9/P3070015.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Gonocarpus teucrioides Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583382213422-EVMTMJE5OIRAJVGRS84U/P2290259.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hardenbergia violacea Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583479670776-POQ90KSWXUZRVMODS41P/P2270109.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hibbertia acicularis Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583495332737-09Y6M6QKQ48DROEEPCZJ/P2270047.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hibbertia aspera Feb 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583493325327-IXERH50FUISWU0RK0FC0/Hibbertia%2Bdentata.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hibbertia dentata Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477302588-5QZFVQ4DBDWL2W9ZYVL2/Hibbertia+empetrifolia+2-2.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hibbertia empetrifolia Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583479341749-66BXMG1RV7YBCBMPNTWY/P2270086.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hibbertia fasciculata Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583479553236-SIA07F2KC8XENLBLM36J/P2270104.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hovea heterophylla Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583478880312-FNI7DPD7MX46ZVOQJHNM/P2270071.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hydrocotyle laxiflora Feb 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583478519383-DH3NQAWO3JBG9BQZQKA5/P2270064.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hypericum gramineum Feb 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583481189803-QWGCRZLRHKMIS625C2OA/P2250177.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hypericum gramineum Feb 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583718108049-KSENIGWOCRVB5WK2G0LH/P3090018.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Hypoxis hygrometrica Feb 25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583479086573-GFM7EZTZCP38E47CUX4K/P2270077.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Kennedia prostrata Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583381625407-U8IURNI08SE2HM51733W/P1280043.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Kennedia rubicunda Jan 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583478975169-RGTKGTSPFB0OYQ1H2XDH/P2270073.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lomandra glauca Feb 15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583476887486-56QFIFN0TYH3PDC1G27U/P2160274.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lomandra longifolia Jan 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583479198490-HRWIN6PC1N2LQXT8H7HO/P2270079.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lomandra multiflora Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583383559772-FC2JRGI7VU54DU9JRC9K/P2270097.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Lomatia ilicifolia Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477230885-5P008V3AE39J7T6M7NZU/Notelea+venosa.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Notelea venosa Feb 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583492537331-5FAOMTTIY5KU81803OEH/Pandorea+pandorina.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Pandorea pandorana Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583381784553-11TJC62APAXGSYOSQXRE/P2290206.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Passiflora cinnabarina Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583381246181-2KRH1GKIG7VIBX3Y3E0W/P2270114.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Perlargonium inodorum Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477422186-S78XK7JDHYXQVWNB9NQ9/Persicaria+decipiens.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Persicaria decipiens Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477480990-67JD81VAE5U2AFWGLO9Q/Plantago+debilis.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Plantago debilis Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583478008313-QWW99C89Z5B5ZO5X21YI/P2270054.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Platysace lanceolata Feb 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583479438238-88JWGXEIP3TOPUL50IZV/P2270099.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Scaevola ramosissima Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477733983-BM8R2J32EZ3UMBCO0IDI/P2270051.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Schelhammera undulata Feb 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583386928997-WK5RBLR09M95KY9GZJQN/P2290308.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Selaginella uliginosa Feb 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583495201742-VZVWGK3A2F8586S42N61/P2270041.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Senecio hispidulus Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477516642-PRJL3UX0VASJKOE1IVRT/Solanum+opacum.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Solanum opacum Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583477571277-4VYYR8CBYF3QMHK4M2CX/Solanum+pungetium.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Solanum pungetium Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583381997893-DTSUPP2X90XMLE2EMRA9/P2290239.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Stypandra glauca Feb 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583478216004-RDADC6RGI36P7Q7A183T/P2270052.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Tetratheca pilosa latifolia Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583494763141-E0SST41ELOLOFEDYITDG/P2270048.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Viola hederacea Feb 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583480388549-OA213D6SV2XUMLBV2AAG/P2250094.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Wahlenbergia gracilis Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583478634815-8F1EPI9UVZBO6FKKXVSZ/P2270068.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory - Xerochrysum bracteatum Feb 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583393286020-9C9GZMCHX989EN42BXE6/P3020100.jpg news & stories - Green renewal: an inventory Rainbow Fern thicket, March 2 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/more-life-new-life-the-insects monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056899560-V9W4KI4I0CRXUJ3E955O/Banksia+serrata+epicormic+growth.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects Epicormic growth breaking through the burnt bark of an old favourite. This is one of the many large Banksia serrata showing the first signs of new life. It has only just started, 8 weeks post fire. We now have hope that they will nearly all survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583047959424-9S4EUI8FG9QXE1UGCRV9/P2180017.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - swordgrass brown (butterfly) Tisiphone aboena … just one, but in mint condition. Butterfly family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048039843-2WP1EBTHQLMD25V3PHVA/P2180031.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - swordgrass brown Tisiphone aboena … a regular Summer sighting. Never numerous, and always patrolling in the vicinity of the host plant, Gahnia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048044038-AQB3SRZXZ4A3KR444E9M/P2180137.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - litter runner (cockroach) Platyzosteria similis(?) … a colourful native cockroach at home in the forest leaf litter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048290712-IXSZ2R8NDMQ4309NQDNN/P2240388.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - hover fly Simosyrphus grandicornis … another pollinator welcome back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048116886-D2BRTF0S9UZ2RCMHQ841/P2240263.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - robber fly Family Asilidae, possibly Zosteria sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048122519-MI73PFAA3OXM03VF3A8D/P2240276.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - common grass-blue (butterfly) Zizina otis … one of the most common butterflies across Australia. Not surprising that they’re here already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048125461-MJIH39CL7AMGCUBJOVOV/P2240270.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - common grass-blue Zizina otis … this male was patrolling a patch of low-growing plants, on the lookout for a mate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048466138-VW9GQHNHDRRNJ0I17PC4/P2250163.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - common grass-blue Zizina otis … taking nectar from one of the many tiny Lagenophora plants in bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048302379-KSZ0E22Z5BJL9NQHA95N/P2250035.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - slender bee fly (fly) Geron sp. … a common visitor at flowers and a valuable pollinator. Good to see these back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056513513-S8S95GXGOAASZ3V88VGM/P3010207.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - slender bee fly Geron sp. … Bee fly species are typically parasitic on the eggs of egg-burying insects such as wasps and grasshoppers. Perhaps that’s how they escaped the fire … underground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056504141-E53OCBYS1F4JXO263NK7/P3010187.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - bee fly Villa sp. … Taking advantage of an early post-fire weed, this adult would also have spent its larval life underground – feasting upon or within a grub or caterpillar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048175241-T73TJH11GCTNNHJQ20A2/P2240302.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - native bee Lasioglossum (?) … diving for nectar in an Oxalis flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056422970-9WX1P3EMC05V4Q8WOZIS/P3010117.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - native bee … this one with pollen-laden hind legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048441645-76HLAYZ1D0TJCOMSGOY8/P2250072.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - native bee … yet another bee, and yet another species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056442194-DDBG39EAFR7AA0EXHX7A/P3010131.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - native bee … this one much smaller than most https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048236177-8WE1TUWX3SK9X4L7U6X0/P2240334.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - sedge moth Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis … feeding and resting on the Oxalis flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048298194-JHLTXWQ0FSSUKT3GBJQH/P2250022.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - bristle fly Cylindromyia sp. … a brand new species for our home list! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048338131-PWBYPQPO5XW586XL3CLL/P2250059.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - bristle fly Cylindromyia sp. … Apparently members of this subfamily (Phasiinae) only lay their eggs on true bugs such as shield bugs or assassin bugs. I haven’t seen many of those around … yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048724165-EARILQFT4AW3FZU46IQ6/P2230178.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - hairy flower wasp Austroscolia soror … probably a female in search of a beetle larva to lay an egg upon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583129839443-E8FDGP6P3YSL59WOC2LM/P2230185.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - hairy flower wasp Austroscolia soror … She was busily digging under leaves and even burrowing into the soil alongside a burnt tree stump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056555203-JACZLSHYUTIY7ZCAMN0X/P2260028.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - chafer (beetle) Liparetrus discipennis … a small, hairy scarab beetle. As a soil living grub it ate roots, but now as an adult it will feed on foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583109535965-YIP6QQI3PLFCH966G3TK/P2290322.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - crane fly Leptotarsus sp. … slow and weak fliers, crane flies are most often seen in wet places, dangling in the shade of foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056529655-AATDYY27AYLAWGW0O9LZ/P3010239.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - crambid moth Nacoleia rhoeoalis. The larvae of this species feed on dead eucalypt leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583129814491-A96J1QLMWC83B3B5X9NO/P2170053.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - bull ant Myrmecia fulvipes … another species we’ve not recorded here before! That brings our all-time bull ant tally to 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056679093-2F8D3X9WOKV4R4E3UK46/P2250122.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - swarming reed bees Exoneura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056678691-N4Q3M4DR2WNGE9NG6TU0/P2250126.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - swarming reed bees Exoneura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056685234-4X0EXP9XWNOCFTLWKWUO/P2250137.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - swarming reed bees Exoneura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048656292-72M4QSS3UL23AVLPFGJD/P2230068.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - mating dragonflies Hemicordulia australiae … this species has been winging about for weeks now, and must be taking advantage of our frog pond and the nearby creek to breed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056625052-TSRI54MCI1POX4S19V27/P3010154.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - mating bee flies an unfamiliar species, and one I’ve yet to identify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056630460-T42Q3YUDURBUOB1NAMNR/P3010149.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - mating bee flies an unfamiliar species, and one I’ve yet to identify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056649148-VN2A6BSGHBIFG06O2IC0/P3010216.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - egg-laying butterfly Zizina otis … the arched body strongly indicates she was laying an egg on this flower head. Their larvae feed on a wide range of herbaceous plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583048774564-IQXM8STTLIFGLOJ6N011/P2270075.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - early stage moth caterpillar a looper, so family Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056809167-28GI9UNMLJS89R5MY9MX/P2270149.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - black bark mantis (mantid) Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis … fearsome, but only if you are a small insect. This adult male is just 20mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583056812859-9P2CWEVH95VVIDY2GYWE/P2270162.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - black bark mantis Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis … the colourful forelegs are obviously used in display as well as for grasping prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583111423544-U8MW0FYD6IVM7OZH4FVI/P3010036.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - bush katydid Caedicia simplex (?) … one of the earliest herbivores to reappear, post-fire. Most of the other insects we’ve seen don’t feed as adults, or they take mostly nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583111411416-FYW94WRLPQ729WSBR69M/P3010008-2.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - chafer beetle Colpochila sp. (?) … attracted to the house lights, a common trait among chafers (Melolonthinae). The chafer beetles are another herbivorous group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583131244569-D74VMMCQMQJ6RBDSD9JS/P2210049.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - geometrid moth Dysbatus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583132683854-OLB0PCJ4O0UBJ27B3L5B/P2200029.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - geometrid moth Scopula optivata (a species complex) (Thanks to Peter Marriott for the the identification) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583131817684-IUWDYKDHSS6CCFPSARSM/P2170079.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - grey huntsman Holconia immanis … one of the larger of our local huntsman species, and a regular nocturnal hunter on the house walls and windows. Outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583111431991-1SJ5GTFMAHYW3SC2HK8D/P3010083.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - older funnel web spider Hadronyche nimoola … still living in the same stump she inhabited pre fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583111428589-ON3N678D18XQ6K7T04BA/P3010079.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - young funnel web spider Hadronyche nimoola … I think. She’s still a bit small to be sure, and she hasn’t shown herself for a good photograph. But I know where she lives! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583136250754-OLKCIO70TWN3GVIPGYGP/P2130048.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - wandering funnel web spider Hadronyche nimoola … this large female was under the garbage bin. No web in sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583136291095-WXVG0B1D7GHOMIAD17LP/P2130035.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - wandering funnel web spider Hadronyche nimoola … she was not pleased by our attention. And, yes, we were careful. She came to no harm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583130951279-0J78XM0UPXGKWPE9WRSF/P2140228.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - wolf spider Venator spenceri … eye shine gives the nocturnal hunters away by torch light. Many are tiny babies, but there are adults too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583111385405-Z8G8VAGF70TCJ868KD4Y/P2180174.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - native dung beetle Onthophagus declivis … another new species for the home list. We’ve not seen it before, pre or post fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583111396916-JJIOQFGLHITD0SDX7NUT/P2170111.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - native dung beetle Onthophagus declivis … one of hundreds of native species that have evolved to feed on marsupial droppings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583131314281-QZJ0F3WCUM0CZ2VCTGZG/P2170092.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - hide beetle Omorgus sp. … a bizarre looking beetle, head and front legs well hidden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583131373917-TVWPXHB0WZCBKRYN9KW4/P2170094.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - hide beetle Omorgus sp. … the larvae and adults feed on dried animal carcasses! Conveniently, this one flew to the house lights, where from I don’t know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583132849723-2J0X4WVUO954WME8ILER/P2230107.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - Golden Whistler - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583112413219-ZGOOTT7ZLXEIJ3W9SN83/P2230112.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - Golden Whistler - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583132843996-8ZWC8YPOKVS0UII2MW8S/P2290070.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - Bell Miner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1583132853078-41VE89HSSM7Z3Q701PLI/P2180014-2.jpg news & stories - More life, new life: the insects - Brown Goshawk - juvenile https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/2/12/where-were-they monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581484586455-DD86T1YL6Z62N993HWKG/P2060059.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Sacred Kingfisher ... Photo: 6/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581484587306-Y5RSX6G3D3933OJNUI9F/P2060064.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - ... with large scarab beetle Photo: 6/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581484600579-KY4JS72T428Q8TAC611F/P2110078.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Varied Sitella ... Photo: 11/2/20 (first sighting since the fire). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581484551283-7V9GEMM7GGR31JEZOOO8/P2110083.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - ... with spider or insect prey Photo: 11/2/20 (first sighting since the fire). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581487893538-Z7JOXBXZ4UW4MN4YCL4K/P2010008-3.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Eastern Grey Kangaroos Photo: 1/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581487812483-2ZUGMJSTG875C30SON16/P1300158.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Swamp Wallaby 30th January. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581487922127-0EB8517YTGY360S139C9/P2060025.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - White-winged Chough Photo: 6/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581487953243-TD2N20AH6M1NSLCB775Q/P2060004-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Eastern Whipbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493068559-0NWTX71DLIB2YPXWKOT8/P2110025-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - crane fly Photo: 11/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493119964-IMB5LAOSE0QOH0LV00L3/P2110029-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - tineid moth Photo: 11/2/20 Edosa balanosema Family Tineidae In some members of this family, the larvae live underground or in ant nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493163988-7FP8CJ4C09G5V709IE8T/P2100023-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - backswimmer (a water bug) Photo: 11/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493238325-ICB52EZMG6BGX2I7P7TQ/P2100049.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - scarab beetle Photo: 11/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493280214-I761OS38FGJHWF99BKFN/P2020062-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - leaf hopper (a bug) Photo: 2/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493382204-L336WMRVPT5P0NHZDQJC/P2010113.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - grasshopper Photo: 1/2/20 Acrida conica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493476276-6EYS77P2BQAE26AVNMTY/P2010126.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - potter wasp Photo: 1/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493528425-QJXY1SR1JEF7BIFRLSSR/P2010029-3.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - beetle Photo: 1/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493558515-1OVRGVLL3J2DQIIP6Y6T/P2010023-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - spider wasp & huntsman spider Photo: 1/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493617215-5B8B7XC6X0FQ86IS3NUV/P2010022-3.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - wolf spider Photo: 1/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493649777-78LD12USKMR03AN0CRN2/P1300053-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - grey huntsman Photo: 30/1/20 Resident in shutter housings, emerging at night to hunt insects attracted to the house lights. Holconia immanis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493787735-OI0SCW95NNHMBLSW4K4Q/P1300068-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - assassin bug Photo: 30/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493820907-W27VI05E1E8CEK1H7KTX/P1300111.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - reddish wave moth Photo: 30/1/20 Scopula rubraria Family: Geometridae Caterpillars of this species feed on a variety of herbaceous plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493853068-2JWTL9R1JIK2RQCNVMC6/P1300135.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Psednura (a grasshopper relative) Photo: 30/1/20 Psednura pedestris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493912158-ZU8TNTG8HIC07FANU747/P1290009-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - ants (predator and prey) Photo: 29/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493963054-VHNEEHPFW1VF6900PUOK/P1290014-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - cockroach Photo: 29/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581493992951-XY69O4ADVUCG86GIA6NV/P1290017.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Bright Copper (a butterfly) Photo: 29/1/20 Paralucia aurifer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494040626-HQQ2MRMPYJW3SRUJ0UQY/P1290021-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - moth Photo: 29/1/20 Garrha sp. Caterpillars of this moth genus live in a case made from two pieces of food plant leaves sewn together with silk. They pupate in this case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494065146-S3Y9F7L035ZZQ45EAX48/P1300014.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - fly Photo: 29/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494147030-1OQI5FE97EALL098X6ZD/P1300037-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - badge huntsman Photo: 30/1/20 Neosparassus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494240964-474LW386IT8QH2GLMA9G/P1310008.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - tangle-vein fly Photo: 31/1/20 Trichophthalma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494351348-VE13I5NM8TNZ3FKXVDRB/P1310105.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - funnel web spider Photo: 31/1/20 Hadronyche sp. (probably) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494541098-6BMWMAP86KERKDOEGM5Z/P2050046.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - emerald dragonfly Photo: 5/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494678444-K6OJCO9KHEUHBP5J0GG1/P1110008.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - lacewing, prey to attacking ants Photo: 11/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494850573-NMQHVGE74C7OE9C8P7ET/IMG_2305.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Black Rock Skink Photo: 10/1/20 Egernia saxatilis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581495196849-5WTSXKUV9DE1F5YRZZ0P/P2110004-3.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - skink Photo: 11/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581495229740-TKMXMG0GBVIEPAXGO4RB/P2110040.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - skink Photo: 11/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581495375868-15GGXXTK53Z5VW0BZGPM/P1300061-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Emerald-spotted Tree Frog (near shutter) Photo: 30/1/20 Litoria peronii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581494929361-L333U56WAHVURUAEMAAJ/P2100012-3.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Emerald-spotted Tree Frog (at pond) Photo: 11/2/20 Litoria peronii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581495085053-HQZCDXVBJYP2O4Y4I79W/P2100034-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Emerald-spotted Tree Frogs (at pond) Photo: 11/2/20 Litoria peronii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581495139116-ZVBMKDNWV2LAS58LGY8U/P2100043-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Clicking Froglets - mated pair Photo: 11/2/20 Crinia signifera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581495016867-E4CZ3ZO74LRVJIDYDQ2Y/P2100020-2.jpg news & stories - Where were they? - Clicking Froglets - mated pair Photo: 11/2/20 Crinia signifera https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/2/6/vegetation-returns-above-and-below monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581379405232-50VTWBE2NK7IIUXK6JW0/IMG_2287.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 5 post fire A view of the northern side of the house. Few signs of plant regrowth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581379575636-HRQG0SRCWGW8Q7EUXA0L/IMG_2316.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 6 Blady Grass shoots amongst the carpet of burnt eucalypt leaves and ash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581379576235-N0JMIN38SOX5VX438LVF/IMG_2317.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581379733539-S554LS5R2C9SPUNU9670/P1110170.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 7 A Red-necked Wallaby dines out on the Blady Grass shoots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581379674952-FURITDU0WL1D2O6Y7F1F/P1110073.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 7 This shows the singed tips of the regrowing Blady Grass leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581381973652-FV3RO7MC4WR3N9X971RH/P1240385.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 19 The regrowth of Blady Grass continues. A pair of Wonga Pigeons search for seeds between the shoots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581391406776-SKHP5JI7YSIT1L06WE7B/P1170044-2.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 12 A Common Bronzewing walks through a patch of newly grown Weeping Grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581380524987-FWC5AIW452QBSPFJ7B0Q/P1270091.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 22 Weeping Grass now covers most of the area on the northern side of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581395984401-5C0R800YE3RR0P9WU830/P2110038.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 37 A tuft of Microlaena stipoides. One of hundreds around the house now. Doesn’t look like much, but from such little beginnings big ecosystems grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581392230024-Y5DJL4GZHVF0B3WUDQQ4/P1110232.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 6 The trunks of Xanthorrhoea concava, unlike most grass trees, lie mostly underground. This group of plants show the charred tops of the trunks and clusters of singed leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581392659232-CR13V87FVROLEJ6MD1E7/P1170169.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 12 The surviving leaves are regrowing rapidly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581392675292-VHO41YCCRE73UU9B62KC/P1170145.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581392680695-63DW6XQBL1YF9AYOHSP8/P1170174.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 12 A field of Grass Trees lies behind this plant with its burnt, bent-over scape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581393407887-NAZ425OQ0MZK5C5DFYO6/P1240183.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 19 Leaf growth continues… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581395010508-Q7DFVSJINQJJSTGH83Q7/P1240184.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581393573693-CMTLZYU0ONF2EVTWZRCN/P1280119.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 23 That’s just 18 days of growth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581393574791-KM3ONLKK49BOM4YXIIKY/P1280122.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 23 A field of actively growing Grass Trees interspersed with dead She-oak, Allocasuarina littoralis trunks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581393836152-V807ZLR0JU59WJFIWZGJ/P2060032.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - One month post fire A White-winged Chough wanders through the Grass Tree forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581399351736-HEIW9L5UIOWV15OXRFTL/P1240177.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 19 - Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581397073056-9M3IFHKJCT7Z2KT6DSIZ/P1260008.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 21 - Wattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581397227068-UBC7THZSG3SMXSOXBMGL/P1260019.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 21 - Hibbertia species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581397446945-YUOBN5XHQKDG9DNBKODD/P1260024.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 21 - Dusky Coral-pea Kennedia rubicunda is a bit of a stab in the dark, but the leaf shape looks about right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581397665480-44WYE8DP67WQ50NSR0X3/P1260021.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 21 - Slender Lagenophora Certainly a Lagenophora species. Which one is unclear. This was one of the most abundant seedlings post fire. The buds open to reveal a tiny white daisy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581397820717-IOWZWJNSBNS5HBAFP2EQ/P1260017.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 21 - Bearded Tylophora These Tylophora barbata seedlings are also abundant and more widespread than before the fire. This is a twining plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581398322844-6JAQK6GX6LURAD5YJNR2/P1300171.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 25 - Flatweed Yes, Hypochaeris radicata is a weed. But it was still nice to see a flower! They provided a food source for this Common Grass Blue butterfly - one of the very few insects around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581398557822-VD4ASCK4INQN5ZEFANKK/P1290024.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 25 - Native Sorrel Another welcome flower - this one a native Oxalis species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581418780178-UGCBHFRXNR1SGIP97H1A/P1260068.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 19 - Austral Indigo I’m confident with my ID of Indigofera australis as the same plants are resprouting from the base of known Austral Indigo bushes. The surrounding tufts of grass are Microlaena stipoides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581399090241-9YU45BQQBCESDYYXX2SW/P1260061.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 21 - Tall Saw-sedge We have a couple of very large Gahnia clarkei bushes which were completely burnt in the fire. A wonderful surprise to see these green shoots from the base of those bushes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581399592512-SB07SGUYCNA42LI38Y1B/P1280074.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 23 - Common Aotus The soil above an Aotus ericoides bush that had been almost completely destroyed by fire came to life with these sprouts of new plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581399743420-OQNDGEANHGMMLZ9543A7/P1290002.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 24 - Burgan Many of our Kunzea ericoides bushes have sprouted vigorously from the base of the burnt trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581399904056-UXA0V9S1Z4Y430H194NS/P2040073.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 30 - Hairpin Banksia The rootstock of this Banksia spinulosa bush started to sprout vigorously 3 weeks after the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581400105019-Y0YTQZXDXYP1CLGDS7AC/P2040076.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 30 - Crimson Bottlebrush We didn’t hold out much hope for the survival of our Callistemon citrinus bush. But it too showed strong rootstock sprouting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581400351181-IZ89PIX75CUZQAHEWPAB/P2100020.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 36 - Narrow-leaved Geebung Our Persoonia linearis bushes are some of our favourite plants. So it was a great relief to see them starting to sprout at 30 days! In this case the sprouts form on upper branches rather than the base of the trunk, similar to the epicormic growth of eucalypts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581401467834-M8C824HNINGJBZN9NJYG/P1260005.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 21 - Rainbow Fern frond emerges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581401614065-G3PGRM9HP3MXVQZS6WEC/P2080077.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 34 - a pair of Rainbow Fern fronds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581401755805-QDU9C40H2739LWRKPCEW/P2080082.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 34 - a clump of Rainbow Fern fronds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581401787966-BCAD704RZ83C2YQAK0NQ/P2080055.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 34 - a mature Rainbow Fern frond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581423534955-UKDMN8SV6451S3T4AYOH/P1110151.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 7 The old knobbly Angophora with its burnt, broken crown lying on our roadway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581403752299-NBDAUTJUPBEY5VH3BN7P/P1280033.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581403756908-YN6YWEGQOJQNTVABJ5JR/P1280037.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581403742628-OKZSVF8NQLVHXTVO8N2F/P1280027.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581403747199-XIKMMRQFLLGXIX7V073O/P1280028.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581405539469-VWRSPLONR0YQ8112GSE5/P2110004-2.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406251924-YHULVJML9WDKDW4WT13Y/P1310003.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 26 - Angophora floribunda Budding on upper branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406376433-4ME6Q5H0DE0FEL4HQ99Y/P2010005.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 27 - Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Budding on trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406810586-XXZIQO56YPKGV2E0UT4G/P2080141.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 34 - Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Budding on trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406394200-0SNRP3FE6W15RN15MF9W/P2010006.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 27 - Eucalyptus cypellocarpa budding on branch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406615607-8SREOZHK3Q4A4YJZHZ70/P2050037.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 31 - Eucalyptus sieberi Budding on upper branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406705772-PWK7XSOHG355WXIM92TA/P2080161.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 34 - Eucalyptus sieberi Budding on trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406758565-OPAATGEN4TW6T8EQ6ACT/P2080121.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 34 - Eucalyptus consideniana Budding on upper branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581406877550-9OJY18CVJQT1V6NT7179/P2080140.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 34 - Eucalyptus globoidea Budding on trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581407158645-IO2O4SWUHOZ7LZ8756A1/IMG_2560.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 36 - Eucalyptus obliqua Budding on trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581407904447-Y3B2ML7WT86COE0TQZY1/P2100035.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Bidgee-widgee Acaena novae-zelandiae is probably regrowing from runners in the soil. It’s coming up everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581408031474-E060IIRT7QBQ7O20CV54/P2100004-2.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Common Correa Correa reflexa is sprouting from the base of the burnt trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581408106557-1XRF2KH4917UCA95TH8X/P2100011-2.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Sheath Sedge This sedge Cyathochaeta diandra was an early responder, regrowing from an existing burnt tuft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581408215850-Y6Y0WN8EEVADMDQ0BLXU/P2100031.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Blue Flax-lily Dianella caerulea resprouted from the roots of burnt plants soon after the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581408409666-TEMJEE86I0BAH92M6XSZ/P2100025.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Common Heath I think I’ve identified this one correctly - Epacris impressa. It’s regrowing from the base of a totally scorched bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581408543945-X7SUC6A7BVRW3GDWSMH6/P2100013.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Creek Teatree This large bush of Leptospermum obovatum is resprouting from branches in the centre of the bush. Presumably those exposed to lower temperatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581408724335-TID397LC4VLP2V2H6GX2/P2100030.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Lance Beard-heath We have many of these Leucopogon affinis bushes, which are a wonderful source of nectar, pollen and fruit for insects and birds. So we were delighted to find them resprouting at the base of the burnt trunks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581409131697-JTIXO2DIACM54GUQ03YL/P2100014.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Common Milk-vine Marsdenia rostrata, a creeper, is resprouting from the base of this burnt bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581409225687-G9DB2NL9ALJ4D8TYCE80/P2100046.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Lomandra filiformis Lomandra filiformis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581409409902-3JI207PU5N0E0816OKFA/P2100004.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Tall Bluebell Wahlenbergia stricta is one of the few flowers seen since the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581409548503-CZ50WO51TZT7TEK8HMBA/P2080056.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Grass-lily Caesia parviflora was one of the earlier plants to regrow, sprouting from rootstock in a burnt clump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581409703220-KS5RTZ6H0L0TCKTY7XQK/P2100001-2.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Prickly Moses This wattle Acacia verticillata is - we think - sprouting from the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581410452697-GPGYLZAJSLI46Z2NESU9/P2080145.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581410456186-916PTGXMCZMES41HHSX2/P2080146.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581410464972-BVPS077LNEOZH2D71301/P2080147.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581410466717-N3F02MP3F0Y64MN9I2KF/P2080148.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581411311495-Y76LV03S2KKG98989D7U/P1170165.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1581411222563-2I0Z6IT8NRH1XQ13BQSM/P2100004-3.jpg news & stories - Vegetation returns - above and below - Day 36 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/2/5/returning-friends-strange-visitors monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580892559356-M3IQU1CENAK5BJ74GM0I/P2050104.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580892564059-YNPM6ULYI5W6JQ43EME7/P2050124.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580892390900-3JKP7D8TYOX6BSZQFORY/P2010011.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580936948027-5TEFACQ2Q4HBCZAMIH4S/P1310181.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Eastern Spinebill (31/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580937056745-NMZARGGAJQSYD6N6QRTA/P1300099.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - White-browed Scrubwren (30/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580937711510-BZHU54CFJ7JQYO0DHBJG/P2050096.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Brown Thornbill (5/2/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580939943080-54DFNS7V2SXXG6L2MHS9/P1310019.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors Brown Goshawk (31/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580893243561-ZBJDAR7PQTKHC4HVXN2U/P2040119.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580893246832-G495DIXLKG1DJX7V5JPR/P2040128.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580893286940-COQN803K7ZI4PWB4AT71/P2050174.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580943108696-L2B85N38ZSW3UC5FLHC1/P2060019.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors (6/2/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580943114913-E2PFRI72YUJTSEDKJUYQ/P1190172.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors (19/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580943117650-8RX0ZZTQ5BD4Q6RS1J4R/P1200175.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors (20/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580941061953-VW966PDB8GSD3T0ZVLAW/P2010027.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Rainbow lorikeets feeding (1st February) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580941065846-ONOR6M3JR8QFII3UG9O5/P2010034.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Rainbow lorikeets feeding (1st February) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580943569945-GYVRJKRGNSYUNA2ZJRG1/P1260049.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Allocasuarina cone (26th Jan) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580943607329-HUTN049AJ4LIGY3ANN94/P2060021.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Allocasuarina cone (6th February) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580944161963-OTQYAOK53UV4CAHLSRSF/IMG_2481+2.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580948359604-L4Q39Q55MRBJXW0P1VMJ/P1300007.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Wonga Pigeon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580948380868-AT5732P2MRK8EA6JHGNK/P1170037.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Common Bronzewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580948398380-SU3TN8G15WO43LU7Q1T1/P2050088.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Peaceful Dove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580948365254-0FMVUMBTB63LK61ZVPEM/P2050109.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Peaceful Dove - tiny amid the new ferns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580947553567-JW4NKZT6OQQWGTBFBU2W/P2050070.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Peaceful Dove - in the frog pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580947561492-R3X81T4S2B2YD90V9TK4/P2050073.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Peaceful Dove - in the frog pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580946447999-II8A800D8SWN99EV3APG/P2040075.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Banksia spinulosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580946451183-R1FYG1YWAQAQ8L7ZYNPN/P2040078.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Callistemon citrinus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580946453959-18XTZ6UFMB01PAPNEMUX/P2060006.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Callitris rhomboidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580946457336-2CIK6OWETKVUXBTFINZJ/P2060018.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580947397318-CBG6JJSKG1S83OYWPEOM/P2060001-2.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Eucalyptus globboidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580947402884-PRMACVTX03EYEVA3OKF3/P1310190.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - Hakea macraeana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949212824-2I2CE29UNS1HOGVADBLR/P2020054.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - male, site 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949216642-72FEOLDO6QMUBZ2RXRXJ/P2020060.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - male, site 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949220207-PRAUHFNSE71B1L55FT7G/P2020074.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - male, site 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949234852-T23E5MR8SYQDH9JVTJ7Z/P2020082.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - female, waiting nearby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949316907-UZASE2ICH4Z6P14EJYE7/P2020093.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - female, site 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949321606-ZFMV5TDRVZCPMV0KLPJ8/P2020095.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors - female, site 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949725789-6OK7R9M4UNAA61SUJ3GM/P2050018.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949728860-8LYHSXZ52K4Z90BY3WOJ/P2050043.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580949735695-34Z2YMF694AYJNF9VTM8/P2050159.jpg news & stories - Returning friends, strange visitors https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/1/27/three-weeks-on monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189437413-BCN1J99GKS68OO0A2WBB/P1270001-2.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Cicada exuvia (empty 'shell') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189437826-DHULM3USQU3WZZZYW03H/P1280025.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - germinating from seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189443251-HF96G6PAE8CWEB9M1C40/P1280027.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Angophora floribunda (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189443854-6NSZD7Z2M2JRAXO74WUQ/P1280028.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Angophora floribunda (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189450364-O5Z3W6T4MZW22KBKK8BL/P1280033.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Angophora floribunda (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189450822-7V2W22RLJ1ZU29DXVGQH/P1280037.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Angophora floribunda (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189456987-MR8GXF8D8L1TQP17TT6C/P1280042.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Angophora floribunda (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189549109-40C0WPTDPM9LZWQ3NOY8/P1200079.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189554130-ITEANRNNKN358VNEMED9/P1200175.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Rainbow Lorikeets Huge numbers are visiting the baths, all day, every day. Common birds, but such numbers are an unusual sight for us here in the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189555216-91A868W7A808DO2BZAXR/P1200180.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Rainbow Lorikeets Huge numbers are visiting the baths, all day, every day. Common birds, but such numbers are an unusual sight for us here in the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189591340-NK20RDNDKLECBCDZ29J7/P1240107.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189567479-OUA28Z4S6RV82XKNWA47/P1200202.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189457706-LLOQDUYVDCTBQW0R8FHL/P1280040.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - spider ant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189568566-KIHXBOO99C4Z0DTL5B7O/P1210086.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - cricket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189575227-FYAGNVRE8D8O4M6VF57Q/P1220087.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - White-winged Choughs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189463227-LBB29LILN83S1POIOMI9/P1280046.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - germinating from seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189580953-X6DK22SWFFAHFXZSSMTM/P1220242.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189575648-0II8FWEKOV61Y29GN43C/P1220227.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Satin Bowerbird - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189466418-EH9U3M5IOWXLVRAG1VIV/P1280049.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - shooting from base young eucalypt, species unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189473155-CMLLR81WZK6IP0D46CD3/P1280051.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - shooting from base or roots another eucalypt, species unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189473816-WQT0VLCFJ4C8PYC0H8FW/P1280054.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Eucalyptus globoidea (White Stringybark) (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189480633-BY3FYYVVS6MXE33OU3SQ/P1280061.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Eucalyptus globoidea (White Stringybark) (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189515631-2GTL3N2XX1YLJ0M8FM37/P1280094.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - epicormic growth Eucalyptus globoidea (White Stringybark) (28/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189624791-O97R4VRW6BP8S1ENO6U5/P1240344.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189637339-HX04F7S99JLTDV6POSEA/P1240423.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189630010-3U1FYE1DU1BCTYQW5YKH/P1240398.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189629285-YMW5AOTX8LJXK4EZUTQ1/P1240385.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Wonga Pigeons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189636568-SX3VK69T4116VXGDS5RI/P1240407.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189642613-EO4KB9HMUDTKEFFA86YC/P1240443.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - White-headed Pigeon The first time we’ve ever seen this species here in the forest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189644013-5J0448HXETR5QGENLFBV/P1250459.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - the small birds return … briefly. On just one occasion a mixed flock of fairy wrens, thornbills and fantails visited. Only the fantails seem to hang around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189651724-9X5WI32OU819K2O6BCOX/P1250473.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - the small birds return … briefly. On just one occasion a mixed flock of fairy wrens, thornbills and fantails visited. Only the fantails seem to hang around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189485021-FH5CQG8OPI08K3FU6NQH/P1280067.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - shooting from the base another unidentified eucalypt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189486132-U13Q6GLSKK9YJ6PYKV85/P1280070.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - shooting from buried roots a eucalpt of some sort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189604823-WRDEHDM1X81AKEUA342Y/P1240183.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Xanthorrhoea ('grass trees') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189611707-D7ENN2FBDFCESEL9OSSM/P1240184.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Xanthorrhoea ('grass tree') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189520146-F42DEG7EBKTCWB59BG8D/P1280120.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Xanthorrhoea ('grass trees') … lots of them, all regrowing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189491865-7SP9WMO0E63VKL0P2II6/P1280075.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Rainbow fern Quite different to bracken fern, and far more precious. Belongs to the same plant family as tree ferns (Dicksoniaceae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189497735-0XCJDH9G6Y0LPRRTQHFA/P1280076.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Rainbow fern Quite different to bracken fern, and far more precious. Belongs to the same plant family as tree ferns (Dicksoniaceae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189502709-OSTSYV8CKCDETF50D3CE/P1280077.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Rainbow fern Quite different to bracken fern, and far more precious. Belongs to the same plant family as tree ferns (Dicksoniaceae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189930983-BOIA8WT003HFRMNU6UV3/P1260058.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Rainbow fern Quite different to bracken fern, and far more precious. Belongs to the same plant family as tree ferns (Dicksoniaceae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189489626-J6XPFSOHIGN9BOH0L1ED/P1280074.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - shooting from roots or stump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189617872-9JHXKHYIYLNZR1F7HHO7/P1240276.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189623664-8I30T7FMIUZK0DVZOWII/P1240317.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - braconid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189707139-LHOUGKSCAQ3W17W2BD8C/P1240335.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - braconid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189507012-4AOMG9RW7MGVSKMZCRMJ/P1280089.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189503458-ELLQZQMFHDRUO7TGZ8YY/P1280081.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Gahnia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189479597-1IMHLLFENV299RXCZIKQ/P1280058.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - fungi 28/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189522790-7YA8CAZWLT1U1DZGHJP6/P1280126.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - shooting from buried roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189616413-I8FQQN8SWK6HQCQCT2BQ/P1240263.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - newly emerged dragonfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189688679-XQI34NFE55LY5CR6YDUL/P1240117.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - newly emerged cicada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580190079347-MEB97IK0DRJCY7IPDSMC/P1240146.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - cicada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189693208-SK08EAQTTXHHQE6IRS0O/P1240156.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - click beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189698511-J3NNY9NGLO1OXUW36WU2/P1240157.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - spider's egg sac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189935633-QXF82C2FIH53PN4XU6LD/P1260065.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - funnel web spider web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189589655-5A31T2S9R7TVM3MTJ90Z/P1230101.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Wolf spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189581785-E6MDCTZ0QRRGYZ43CJID/P1230096.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Wolf spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189703547-0SAY0D3C55QBXARM8NHW/P1240160.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - robber fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189919259-E9I6PCGACVVQZO487E5U/P1260046.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189892124-MKSUHZSO5QZNGWZAZV0B/P1260008.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - germinating from seed a wattle, perhaps Acacia terminalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189903526-QXC81JM8O2GORGZP1O2E/P1260019.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189908670-VSIJPHX5SYA41LPR4REK/P1260024.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - germinating from seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189909801-W5LNETE8EWEEHPNYU3F9/P1260026.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - germinating from seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189920407-H59L0X68AKR2Q32TD3UD/P1260052.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Allocasuarina shedding seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580189936767-ROQYAAI2082OSQVMUV02/P1270001.jpg news & stories - Three weeks on - Hakea podded, seeds shed https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/1/26/building-within-a-forest monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580104904781-40XJ6PAEYJIV9V6Y0WUP/IMG_2290.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest 9th January, 4 days after the fire. A view across our block showing the house in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580190350803-BKDUP2TZFHA8F4UYK62O/PC010001-Pano.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest A view of the forest from the house before the fire - December 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580190628957-9C3DEQW5NQG10AUFZBE8/PC010010.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest Our forest has hundreds of tall eucalypt trees, like these https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580106499247-CJAWDJ574XPAJVRSAY08/site_plan.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest Original site plan for our property showing location of large trees. Small red squares show trees that were removed to create an asset protection zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580193358911-TRPIKAU9XL8F5KUFJASE/A06-A+Section-2.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest One of our house plan drawings, showing many of the key features for bush-fire resistance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580192277036-AJE9AS44G487GBC5P2Z1/PC120321.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Hip roof with 20° slope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580192005726-2O68X34GNZVMKKH998WL/P5251695.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Construction completed May 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580191041815-1VMQLEC2RDTCI8JAPZMC/PB260239.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Hebel wall under construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580191050958-6829ENWKGRABLJVBW3CL/PB280842.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Shutter track shown here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580191091917-822HUVJL17VIIZHDVM6M/PB260054.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Window lintel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580191479653-ASB0VVNF2I536XOHRH4R/PC110912.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest Closely-spaced trusses and fire-resistant sarking under roof https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580191617296-QYV1AHQN6OQ4PEQE1DNJ/P1041245.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Cement sheeting for eaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580191633097-OM4C0ZYKRZHREGA1SUX8/P1041241.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Metal mesh gutter guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580191640023-KNXIYHTV13AXRWA8L8PO/P1041234.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Fire-retardant material in gaps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580192434311-M9SIZNZ3QYM9YWOQMQ9X/PC110950.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Scribing of ridge cap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580198582404-1AATQE4D7NAR6WNFRFGS/P1041232.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - cavity in wall for shutter assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580198524689-DR6CPB11W67CIIDW34J3/P3141468.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - fitting shutter assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580199071315-QIC3QBA81NL7SEX84ZSP/IMG_2207.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - shutters lowered on day we evacuated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580199076597-KUP76RRFCPXPWXBS1V1U/IMG_2209.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - shutters lowered on day we evacuated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580199446262-LQARB2OHLTKLMK9WTJBW/Concrete+grinding+%26+Shed+0007.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - polished concrete slab-on-ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580199402474-CIUNYRDMTNYFENDGZUU6/P4271570.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - concrete outdoor deck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580199639902-E3RSHXUB1P91V50A0VME/P2210629.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580199644735-ER6LYUZYJJ1PYIL8ZH3U/P2210621.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1582892103138-CEDAA9RRQIZYTS55PKDS/PC120007-2.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1582892114324-Q33E1EKPYSSLIVSSIUUY/PC120003-2.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580200891064-UOOKIKM0U7DEY5LFX0T6/IMG_2286.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580200655199-3PFOLJZAU683OJF10KA7/P1110156.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580200941739-01LOB6C0LD4RSYRDE8YP/P1110157.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580200677514-3PW6XPRYCGRQQUDUXSZO/P1110160.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - Molten downpipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580200809395-5FUASRD2EKW788W9I26D/IMG_2324.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - shutters undamaged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580200692674-RO44ETL46YRY1FRA00PI/P1110162.jpg news & stories - Building within a forest - LHS plastic cover on hot water tank burnt https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2020/burnt-out monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580077930689-03U0Y8GCH8F17FPTKW2W/IMG_2290.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580077938569-MIGIIODCT5813727JNIH/IMG_3834.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580077944719-QO8QDJ59S16P3HCACJE6/IMG_3846.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580077924707-CYCDARHZFXU7P5Z8NYWF/IMG_2262.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580086683800-RSQOF7YLXLXABNPFYUH9/P1110202.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580086697159-PRECC9NUZ1IARAOVN8IJ/P1110213.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580086200006-NFBD0HHC7038WM0DKL0S/IMG_3859.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 We saw one adult bandicoot and one young took off from under a fallen branch - these two were dead, but still warm. (9/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580086212228-08LGDB0OT02LUWQSZ4AW/P1110215.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 Fallen from a nest sometime after the fire. (9/1/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092292523-T3EE1ELKETD4NB0QSKFT/P1110253.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092297651-D8F6899CS2NC7LZJTXK7/P1270090.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100041281-C03L03151270YHBQM9VB/P1270015.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100046403-ENANATMQ2GHRZ623XW4D/P1270020.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100057916-NGFQCW32JLQD98JNHWS2/P1270036.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100054346-QNBYQUIQ4SZFMTC1OX6L/P1270021.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100062053-H9S71JQ2D5SJ7HA3Z5E7/P1270047.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100069943-EVNE2NS9WBV07Y1416BO/P1270051.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580095759906-QXFW4QPR2GVYCJRMG2JQ/P1170045.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580095850056-E8SKMW15QP9IDV9GB6YB/P1110219.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580095834285-VXNJJQRPX356JBTHZD7N/P1110134.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580095770114-7M1B00BXEECV3MKCRNEY/P1170065.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580095769349-RR2PTUC1INQVJJWZYRQ1/P1170138.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580095758608-5QYZQVNWPGSYUBKDQA8A/IMG_2320.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092711252-JKE24H8KL0G6T8F6FWNZ/IMG_2316.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 - among the earliest shoots (day 6 post-fire) 11/01/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092745072-8IM3ZY3H6753UI4RTCKD/P1110187.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 - Red-necked Wallaby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092726093-GXA1PQ7R6ZAWNJYHMBPH/P1110075.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580094054612-FEC4EGNT996VLMSAA5N5/P1240137.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580094058426-EFQ29A9TS0YGVMI0BR8L/P1240283.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580094061585-V1FT8V3R23UCLQCWHVUU/P1240313.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580087912779-I6RBGH31JT9H9YZXKWF3/IMG_2305.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092619599-4L7QGE5DUUYBFA2JM4MO/P1110191.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092622824-08D7PH18NEVHPTJBUM2B/P1110104.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580092639808-SK2MTPN9DREE9XD3SKNY/P1170081-2.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100403502-IO1TBN8I4LJ7Z9TF3LZH/P1110138-2.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100324951-TQF9K0CKCXE4W3HWLAMI/P1180120.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100358563-5485N4XXQB0LZ20JCNUB/P1110106.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580100363978-4315H8UE4J82FVKDITZP/P1110121.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580095889283-MIEM862PBLI0S19XRRIM/P1110256.jpg news & stories - Burnt out: Jan 5, 2020 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/12/21/buddy-update monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576890961962-T61BHZZJGLXK5IXXXARY/PA090061.jpg news & stories - Buddy update One of our buddies, back on 9th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576890708184-CRF4A10GADI3BWABCM4A/Screen+Shot+2019-12-21+at+12.10.08+pm.jpg news & stories - Buddy update I remember the taste of these from my childhood … and fifty years on they’re still for sale! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576892043642-EEYVFE175T2VPED3S4UD/P8260113.jpg news & stories - Buddy update Wood-boring larva uncovered in freshly split firewood (Aug 2019) … a ‘witchetty grub’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576897100117-6HYESAHG91R6EPT29ZP1/P7280017.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - July 28, making its new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576897103086-DVLZMABJWYWKK6Y9QBKX/P7280008-2.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - The clear container provides a view ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576897106119-5Y41GNL9K632TCDIFUX8/P7280015.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - ... but only when the cave is near the edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576901082096-7UIBFBM51H61TDJNTZ8J/PB270096.jpg news & stories - Buddy update My first good look at a scarab pupa. They seemed identical to each other. Each was in its own soil cave, shed larval skin alongside. (27/11/19) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576901852004-4LGO84NOKTXMXVJ7JDPN/PC110039.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 1 on Dec 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904421742-4IDCQY5LLUW93H2ETQ5U/PC180005.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 1 on Dec 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576914525282-BDSQTUD1YXWAULX1CZFF/PC210006.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 1 on Dec 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576914528695-YNRBRUI1G6D9SIE4JUUR/PC210012.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 1 on Dec 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904665999-GF6B1P5X4ICNXBEJTX9A/PC110042.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 2 on Dec 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904651778-4599K5T7HAEKHXMIA6Y7/PC180009.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 2 on Dec 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904648564-D32PA3ADO82ZDWLXV8Q1/PC180007.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 2 on Dec 18 (dorsal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576914480353-7B24Z3UY77KB729D0MPN/PC210011.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Beetle 2 on Dec 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576905490186-3PW53BWEBN0UR6ZQAANQ/PC110030.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - the head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576905493171-NK2IA1B493BJ3ZFN1CHV/PC110032.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - not the head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576906170093-T5GLP28E37AS838R5H6E/PB170025.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - 17 Nov, discovered in a Geebung bush ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576906173524-5TMLHQQ8BXAQH6L06GRZ/PB170448.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - ... motionless and surprisingly well camouflaged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576905333833-GVT1RC2RD3DGILFOOFRQ/PC110034.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Dec 11 ... now over 10cm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576905321135-LV8T7LIY5SCXOQPCVDXS/PC150009.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Dec 15 ... and a sudden colour change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576907111813-P1Y3NGECUAIMBRENXG5H/PC180003.jpg news & stories - Buddy update Dec 18 … final touches to the silk-lined cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576908991849-DPCN6IF3M1BR23PCK6D6/PC110011.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Dec 11, soon after collection ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576908995357-PR04TLR1KWIIFLA4VW58/PC110014.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - ... already feeding voraciously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576909074027-V3OZCAKHCMKIAKEKY5NF/PC110015.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - The pink dots suggest the species ID ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576909094751-PMEQ72C3C4XZHRO4Z0VC/PC110018.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - ... while the head colour is typical for the genus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576909367261-YXNCNS2F82PYP1RND5T1/PC150013.jpg news & stories - Buddy update Dec 15, just days after collection it formed a cocoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576910290557-VDH8N5N8W27J10BCH2HG/PB150038-2.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - Nov 15 ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576910296394-MNV0UN1D8DZL42AMQMGF/PB150040-2.jpg news & stories - Buddy update - ... over 40mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577086704789-C9JP29G05XOTYV24TCGS/PC230086.jpg news & stories - Buddy update 23/12/19 … Beetle 1, newly eclosed. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/a-hidden-life monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576412407471-HC8Q4ASXF00WO14MNHD5/PC150001-3.jpg news & stories - A hidden life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576451730711-0379R270FJH0P2H0M9JN/PC150001-PanoA.jpg news & stories - A hidden life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576451315056-GWXFLIDR8H68JH2AGXT7/PC150001-PanoAtoB.jpg news & stories - A hidden life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576456442565-UKJEDPSTGZ7673SVQDW2/PC150001-PanoBtoC.jpg news & stories - A hidden life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576458645418-UIUP49CVN88DGR1DX71L/PC150001-PanoCtoD.jpg news & stories - A hidden life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576466195230-WPK79IKUCDO5LV3CKUSE/PC150001-PanoDtoE.jpg news & stories - A hidden life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576643864987-YBI8AQB340UVHDYKUFKQ/P4040037.jpg news & stories - A hidden life - Tritymba sp. 4 April 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576644169140-S6S7UPJ07RRCNG7QE3L3/PA230596.jpg news & stories - A hidden life - Tritymba acrospila 23 Oct 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576644252586-OEBU1HDLHFRPZTQVNGAE/PA230599.jpg news & stories - A hidden life - Tritymba acrospila 23 Oct 2019 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/11/21/death-in-disguise monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574398036907-0108E7NMXZT3ZR9VI9I6/PB180737.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - crab spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574400023603-WXXRLQR6Q97MKSDN8HXF/PB180689.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - whip spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574316134248-RR7HWODOYRUMJBEGXFHF/PB140228.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - hover fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574397600011-09VSIJXEQ4YSOHK3515J/PB220503.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - hover fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574316399112-126P49MU7Z2RL26T941T/PB170465.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574398810509-FNS0T8T6LM1676KNYE7P/PB210280.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574398614019-7C25HGZY7FLH9T5URQZM/PB190008-5.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574399939762-ONG8M48EIGGKVS7EY6DI/PB190003-5.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - native bee (same one) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574315023072-J9V6YTHGBOP8EM5D5QYK/PB170247.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - Small bee feeding on pollen ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574315263276-QAOWDFB4U4ZM47M0SNIY/PB170252.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - ... working across a flower head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574315270245-C4D3WY8J2LKUMWPZZJHQ/PB170232.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - Adjacent, she waits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574315346102-DLMCB3KPL8D2W7EZ265B/PB170267.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - The catch ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574315348454-JNU30BSBV0AYF0ZAAK0N/PB170271.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - ... the struggle ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574315353787-FZERWNF4DWYQFEZ3ZAR0/PB170275.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - ... and the bee escapes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574400968643-U763S7W7UURBTY1T7GD7/PB210140.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574400926572-C7J4829P4A77R0N8NIET/PB210236.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574401494581-SPJI0QS96OJYRWWHJL3W/PB210188.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - a tug on the wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574401525839-K0GAZVM82JCN2BBPIEY2/PB210196.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - a warning from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574401452323-J0OI9YNZN1QPLZ3MHIKW/PB210198.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise - reluctant to let go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574408380010-4EHCNJE6HUCDQ1B6U48S/PB210077.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574408445246-ST27U4ZOE6RWY45XADCE/PB210074.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574405789786-29HHKUA0OSQ1WY5D6N4A/PB180657.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574405986039-JIAA6FPIZEWPLZ3QK3X6/PB180669.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574405987678-B0WAC4FFAXMI3GQ1JEO1/PB180676.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574405989221-GIZV5JNIVK5J18N1N02R/PB180679.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574406875147-HYSETU2S7YTLB3DIGMNH/PB190062.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574406874444-FB0EGFXFBOMSUEN174RA/PB190051.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574407220961-NTPW10G4WEM53HLCINT0/PB210042.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574407236724-7P4QD5DJ6XFEI2NYOEDF/PB210003-2.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574407282222-YSSJ4ZB58O3OZYLSU85J/PB210025.jpg news & stories - Death in disguise https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/11/19/onebush-manyinsects monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574141613048-UFORO8HDIEQGZ14IFUXY/PB190270.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574419889038-N2VGVVVQABQMDBEO24HS/PB220021-2.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574380936642-12F6NQLEMN4DN9XW7FUD/PB030004.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574305213183-EJ2HKWSNTHTWELIBU2PD/PB190310.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574305249933-2924PT5O2PY2AW1KWW5L/PB190280.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574378210357-DXPH4XG9UBM42BDR8O9F/PB030100.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574377954012-84VSFGT14JI3XBFGVVF1/PB190246.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - A Euhesma bee displays its wings Wing venation is a useful feature for species identification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574302721527-CFFMAOEBH5M8K8NH5LC8/PB200069.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Close up of forewing The pattern of veins is diagnostic of the subfamily Euryglossinae, to which Euhesma belongs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574377786726-O79YP84GNRH2F1HILXSQ/PB120044-2.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - A head-on view of a Euhesma bee Head and mouthpart morphology also provide useful clues to identity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574302703010-YPAOZPSU2MZ5BB2FNV91/PB200015-4.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Diagnostic features displayed Two diagnostic features of Euhesma bees: mandible with preapical tooth (long arrow); subantennal suture (short arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574306802058-1NH7RLXASNC8J0G2CJDR/PB190250.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574306854231-X3A7QG20M3F8OEC1Z9NQ/PB190255.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574303584135-XM04CKJZSJ7ZFFGX8ZP1/PB150156.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574304794252-MOU4QVEP56EPUSBHXBNF/P1080908.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects A Leioproctus bee demonstrates “bubbling” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574308557458-IW5F5LHHBEFSM6RTEXAJ/PB190012-2.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574165244448-MAMMAHT6OU3R39CN14H5/PB190003-3.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574165250665-A98V1YC63ZUO3RM35YIY/PB190009.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574305904566-ETCB7PYLHGLW7IQ5KIMS/PB210019.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574305911364-SA6QAVB2O0TK0S3ERYVK/PB210003.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574307059731-8LQ0HBD14FGFY0O2OPRL/PB190286.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574306948157-V59P33HR2CEZHMSHB314/PB190285.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574306700904-2MO1WQZFYWE0QA2NXDLE/PB190085-2.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574400920453-QVVKTTAJYINKJAYWZGF9/PB200038.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Tiny wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574400791557-42TENOH7QE1YLAQQ1QCF/PB180553.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Large wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574310790238-CUEZD2ELJ2OD4C7BKWXA/PB190026.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Lauxanid Fly Sapromyza sp., seen here about to take pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574309854986-6CL4R2OAA3JV1CBE9C63/PB180027.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Leaf-miner fly This fly sat motionless on a petal. Larvae of some members of this family - Agromyzidae - mine leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574310287717-V3XRWB0ESNSO0KTWL690/PB180019.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Tiny, unidentified fly Apparently feeding on nectar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574310293842-GXXJWI80DDNXXJYKSNDZ/PB180017.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Robber Fly One of the predators in this little ecosystem - on the lookout for an unwary insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574310311895-YB72M3GE3PE47TBIV3YV/PB150096.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Hover Fly Melangyna sp. These flies are important pollinators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574310367483-Q8GCXHTBA2RJLTB6T57X/PB190011-2.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Fruit Fly Flies from this family Tephritidae are pollen feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574311186618-JHA19T2LQR0XZ5G5YGJO/PB060101.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Flower Weevil Meriphus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574311193800-FQ4T8PFKH8N7T8VIF3UB/PB060096.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Flower Weevil Meriphus sp., seen here taking nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574311218521-DC8ZBVA2QCVPFTQQKD3Y/PB150024.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Jewel Beetle Castiarina sexplagiata. Adult jewel beetles feed on foliage or the nectar or petals of flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574311242936-00FOHKQZEJEQ074ABRDX/PB150013.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Jewel Beetle Castiarina sexplagiata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574311333557-QF62QMJ4L5Q9MOP4WI7U/PB200014.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Flower Chafer This tiny beetle, family Scarabaeidae, possibly Heteronyx dimidiatus was nestled in the floral cup. It dropped to the ground and played dead when I got closer to get a better photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574311342129-KHCVE785VDFF9ZKI3KTV/PB200017.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Chafer Here it is sitting in my hand, feigning death. Its hairy body presumably makes it a reasonable pollinator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574311353892-E1RUIUFAOGNT7B5O72VJ/PB210022.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Clerid beetle Eleale pulchra grazing on pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574378494721-J7P5E9F0VBK61C6H9WZP/PB110278.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Clerid beetle A clearer photo of the same species on Grey Everlasting Ozothamnus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574378393411-623YJNENJGIU5XM4KALP/PB120002.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574314579213-3LVI9BP6OK6MAZ60NWDV/PB210020.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574314604808-ILNWN6H2WLTK83T68KIH/PB150072.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574314615469-UXOLQ8BUIM01CZ3ACI72/PB150075.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574314818167-NZDSBBSZBI9D1UDY7RYR/PB060083.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574314823856-UUPZ3UWO5CNQ38UKMJBM/PB060089.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574381003844-CHCBE9C8IONJVFGH7H8C/PB190018-2.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Broad-headed Bug Mutusca brevicornis wandered over the flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574381786229-QJBW95U7KGNYNH5LKCGV/PB190020-4.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Broad-headed Bug Mutusca brevicornis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574380271289-HBDCV0HJCTS4D7IMF4PM/PA290001.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects - Rutherglen Bug The bug Nysius vinitor was sharing this flower with a Euhesma bee and an ant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574384104098-TBHVBJCHP4O8D2HZNAFN/PB200011.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574384110454-T3Q5L5EU6D1ZIWWZ9Z4R/PB200012.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1574384528771-1OQ6XKL7SF7MSH5MTD2K/PB200019.jpg news & stories - One bush, many insects https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/11/2/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/10/bees-and-peas monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572658238586-6WPGYXDSB4BDT4YUZNR5/PB020089.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas Aotus ericoides is endemic to eastern Australia, growing in dry sclerophyll forests and heathland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572659653686-LN13NC4BAC6V8H98ECDP/PB020062.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572654587618-FC5XQB2Z3UY13ISZBWZ0/PB020031.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - closed Aotus flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572654592843-INUW0WGE1EY7Z5CIJBZN/PB020019.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - slightly open Aotus flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572655565931-2TFTY6YJLDZ3MAA83MF5/PA230057-2.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas This tiny bee didn’t stay long, probably unable to access either the nectar or pollen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572654991887-NOZD965ARCWNZFQZWPRX/PA200052.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas The long proboscis of a butterfly can simply slip into the flower without any need to push on the keel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572573668982-U5LNFQVA7OYNHQN8LOFP/PA230164-2.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas The red abdomen, flattened at the end, is enough to convince me that this is an Exoneura species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572244336484-VHXGGW3GDR0WH9BXGM5W/PA230074-2.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas Exoneura visit a wide variety of flowers … including Aotus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572572955414-H7FGF0NE5SUC5343MQ4V/PA290028-2.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas Exoneura have a rather stereotypical approach to Aotus. They land on the keel of the flower, straddling it and thereby exposing the stamens. They then gather pollen with their legs while drinking nectar from deep with the flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572578325690-585QHQX3K8HO8K6ORM59/PA130168.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas A hylaeine bee, with the typical wasp-like appearance of this group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572578653033-C892U7EA0APC0539NEGM/PA130186.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572578665338-PC2693ZGPL37JNW66RRQ/PA130150.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572578672297-KNMZFP9F0JE9P4H7UBNJ/PA130174.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572580305627-I2AX2ES3UWQZY71TOJXY/PA130063.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas Hylaeus (Planihylaeus) daviesiae on Aotus ericoides, 13th October 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572586378545-0VPIBPTNGKV79AQ8GGIH/PA250008-2.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Leioproctus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572586671164-LRJJXDHG9DQSA4RIP28U/PA250017.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Leioproctus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572586557436-STHTFAAH7R4EJ3Z8JUV1/PA250046.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Apis mellifera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572586645151-LEEJ49MNDB91POKIEH55/PA230099.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Apis mellifera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572587875555-XI92NGSAYLZBBXNMU3LQ/PA250038.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572587883945-87YNQ48OUZE80GEX3SU3/PA250019.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572587909790-W46328E06WR01HS5UPTN/PA250009-2.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572588020796-L1KV0SEOLXOYP4CJU2GN/PA250033.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572582815732-JO1WMIX0YORVA2AWHTNP/PA241295.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Dull Heath Blue Neolucia mathewi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572590341506-WGLZ5GJEOUECFU1AMVZN/PA270247.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Varied Dusky Blue Candalides hyacinthinus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572589098009-LADN46T6G26KU6J4SUC2/PA270381.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Yellow-spotted Blue Candalides xanthospilos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572582793705-KBAR0FRL7H66V4CO4MVL/PA200096.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572589046530-9NPH0DO2CWYMR4JG8WZP/PA310114.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Grass-dart Ocybadistes sp. (probably O. walkeri) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572582883220-B2AWG3HY4DG73S7IS7W5/PA270256.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Lilac Grass Skipper Toxidia doubledayi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572591561917-982RZYNUBNCFJ31MGV78/PA290053.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas Diuris sulphurea flower here from late October, into November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572591616073-E45BJ0BIRZITU13C64XN/PA290017.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas Diuris sulphurea are small orchids. The ear-like petals are similar in size to Aotus ericoides flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572590279451-H8L9TKT40ZTHGAHMMBEZ/PA270447.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Hover fly, visiting repeatedly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572591344809-KHHG857YR4V9ZYH84JXL/PA270408.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Butterfly, perched https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572591349312-I6EJKK2X3EEXESRXYCCB/PA270423.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas - Mated flower wasps, landed close by https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572661320182-G4PXD3QB38USE6BTWIDV/PB020084.jpg news & stories - Bees and peas This Dull Heath Blue (Neolucia mathewi) spent considerable time probing deep into the orchid. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/spring-at-home monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/10/4/snake-season monthly 0.5 2024-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570151308805-9YWS27HRG2OEWJR1O7LJ/PA030009-2.jpg news & stories - Snake season Two heads, two tails … two rather sizeable snakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570152998727-097KTTTUGQASDUU0U5UD/PA030015-3.jpg news & stories - Snake season https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570153449970-SFEJMJYBHHQC4RC4CKLS/PA030016-3.jpg news & stories - Snake season https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570155707025-QXT4N572JWPW1XSJRR6E/PA030019-3.jpg news & stories - Snake season https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570155710081-EBVOSV8JVF7RE0OZQZYX/PA030025-3.jpg news & stories - Snake season https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570175246189-FQTORVGTV5U6PVBFKAJ1/Screen+Shot+2019-10-04+at+5.43.40+pm.png news & stories - Snake season Diagram from J. Scott Keogh. 1999. Evolutionary implications of hemipenial morphology in the terrestrial Australian elapid snakes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (1999), 125: 239–278. (from Figure 2B: Hemipene of Pseudonaja affiris scale bar 3mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570183266529-PGLM50PN197C9BFBC3ZL/3388902.jpg news & stories - Snake season One of the skinks regularly sighted living in the same rock pile used by the snakes. (Liopholis whitii, 5/01/2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570182576602-D5LV96B04YXYU1ZWK3ZW/P9200096.jpg news & stories - Snake season Tiger snake devouring a scrubwren chick. September, 2016. Read the full story in “Snake! Snake! Snake!” https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/9/28/a-mysterious-mother monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569655245703-93HOHEM0PQ7VP5BH80YR/P8110070.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - 11th Aug: sitting astride her newly-laid clutch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569655248918-7HRFEXPWVCCL6IQVY6F7/P8110063.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... the eggs pearly white ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569655252474-08QKRUID0MF93X5CG79D/P8110067.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... the spider now much thinner than the day before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569655845016-0LF3AHV365ZKJCFM2PHQ/P8180006.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother 18th Aug: motionless but on guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569655952573-6YBFD2CVGP7RJH3CBTFS/P8180011.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - 18th Aug: I check in on the eggs ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569655956233-F9F2ZR472SASZNH56U03/P8180013.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... she warns me off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656241636-BLYEIKJV9YLB3KL307JP/P9201386.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - 20th Sept: a mass of little legs ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656235825-3YLNU3GO8CL9SBTFO5RM/P9201385.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... with their mother hunkered down alongside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656435207-RCX4975K9C93SQ5GGHAW/P9260030.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - 26th Sept: becoming more active ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656435208-FGNWBO43YL7JYV3F611N/P9260040.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... and changing colour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656789246-CD9JIC5BIHR9FY9MBCKD/P9280053.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - 28th Sept: even more independent ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656798517-HV9OO6G14B3TZNYXX8ZV/P9280017.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... larger, and with longer legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656808961-TFDLF83E7WRRXN6J3NLG/P9280013.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... they've clearly moulted ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569656785919-SUQO4YWORQTXB71XA8RB/P9280004.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... and are now true spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569986242954-RLNIOQ5WE6F9AJK1E50H/PA020018-2.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569986251292-9W2PS4HPSMCK4XH1RHCF/PA020013-2.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569986259560-NZLPFJ73KIT1QMXPKCJR/PA020008-2.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569661411031-0QXRIEJ0H97SP69IAV1W/P9280040.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - 28th Sept: a fresh meal ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569661414630-R9RG44WDFNJ3BVCH6S2K/P9280042.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... the moth quickly subdued ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569661418023-KDTIKJW2BMGTU7JDO2L5/P9280052.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother - ... and she settles in to feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569661512467-ZX0RG2RAB09851UT599Q/P9280055.jpg news & stories - A mysterious mother https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/8/25/pond-life monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566871110390-KZ6BKU8FALON3BY7EPSA/P8190006.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566871113624-HHK9ESFKA49058YZ8KSK/P8190039.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566871116909-U2NH5FUM1VA7CHNHHR4C/P8240028.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566871285419-28Y9L64WPESHD7QAQPK8/P8230003-3.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872273569-13WR23URZ1X3VTLY9Q83/P7280015.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - scarab beetle larvae feeding in soil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872278738-DA5TF9T84IMW1I5PDJGU/P8260113.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - longicorn beetle larve, living beneath the bark of a eucalypt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872445983-5ZW2P9CTI50UEBKFVUG7/P8210112-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - stonefly and caddisfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872571948-1O52DRO4N3022PU9JZ26/P8210039.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - caddisflies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566873537025-R0I9TQWYVMKQ8UCVU2LE/P8220045.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - mayfly and stonefly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566868246490-BYSCJ22PZ1KJTJIVQXEG/P8220224.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - hunter caddis (Hydrobiosidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566868239089-HL2FW2HEIHZCO3DNIS28/P8220235.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - first pair of legs modified for hunting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566878090055-BH035S93ZCO3GM2XWSXG/P8210064.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - net spinning caddis (Hydropsychidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566878093256-XYILXG5NOGXACFQ6JSHF/P8210065.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - filamentous gills adorn the underside of the abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566816661420-EYP3UYJTIRJE3V49PS57/P8230063.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - eucalypt fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566816735576-BMIKDHQXYMPAGNL88FCN/P8241028.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - single reed possibly Triplectides sp. , a ‘stick caddis’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566816850142-6IEK46ZVAIN71F694YUC/P8230059.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - messy veg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566816926078-20HJE66YBGHJP8MP239A/P8220149-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - stack of twigs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566817379400-WPGAX2NXG2KLH3548Y1I/P8220162-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - sand grains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566880092910-K6K2ZNRXVPEUA5W8E1HY/P8241167.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - sand grains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566818383674-ETLKO6SFWQQR52LM715C/P8210081.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - stick with collar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566818447090-QPKBDREKNYJW8T206OSH/P8210079.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - fluted reed with collar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566868324319-I18K8W4JJ30N7UMI7GHN/P8210007.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - wings and antennae evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566868328323-D82VGBH2VFHIAZUJ5IZO/P8210012.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - the larval mandibles are obvious https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566868331156-M9479NSG1CC71VQ9MHLT/P8210020.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - the long hind legs are reminiscent of Leptoceridae larvae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566881848408-OYYT2LG9WRAE7FNHECVG/P8210026.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - note the hairy wings and long antennae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566881917903-86HUSAFY0Y2SKLXHFMST/P8210029.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - the pupal case remains remarkably intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566882202484-8QJSW7DIB1M3AJAQOXYU/P8210031.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - long, straight mouthparts just visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566882269410-3NWZWD5PXKREKW66MZJ7/P8210034.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - looking like a soggy, hairy-winged moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566883653870-N4AZFU13MZTUZVSRN7XS/P8220116.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - Atalophlebia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566883716303-2TWM5C03UQMCE13ZXW4S/P8220122-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - the feathery gills and striped legs are a giveaway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566818158707-GPWDOBX2P2IO2UUTMET9/P8220025.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566866078977-EOOLERMPG3D1J670SJXD/P8210128.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566866159554-HTXG6XAMZ8ZB55SP8BGI/P8210139.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566866237973-YCCNWT54MMRPPF2N3ZHN/P8210142.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566866856535-SHEDV1W7R5MIFUZHXVI4/P8210222.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566867566152-TOLQZFPGL0KGU28QGSTH/P8210047.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566865243328-NG7BBBXHOQTN8FMLZ5V7/P8210091-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566865791027-35XNLBG349GUAGUTMYBC/P8210105-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566865975107-CBQ2MTTG7H2Z4JT5UA8X/P8210116-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566866349073-QZVUE970N1NM7MCD8HTX/P8210166.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872729398-G85PTRF6KWOE0A5VWOUC/P8210190.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - Telephlebiidae larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872724911-HMJKHBTCAXFZOVHNSMLU/P8210183.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - large (>20mm) yet surprisingly cryptic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872859796-FJ44T0V9R4IL964JXATD/P8220103.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - Bronze Needle (Synlestes weyersrii) - a tiny one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872783805-X4LJDL3X3LQMUTEMF0YI/P8230102.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - same species, but much larger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872919816-PNZ6LC9VGV0C7EWMPWQ6/P8220187-2.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - clinging motionless to vegetation, and surprisingly hard to spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872910279-JVW3V38MTEFS8ABAC7AJ/P8220086.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - hinged mouthparts can be seen folded under the head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872933523-WIYIQKOKAUCD6DGGQM7D/P8240969.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - the sharp teeth on the end of the labellum are just visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566872936778-PJGWJJ5T9DF4GGG550EA/P8230087.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - the larger larva moved about with slow, deliberate steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566874536718-8GS64ZOHH14V0FGHQKNF/P8241217.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566874534070-IWY11VPH64D6NKS4M348/P8210474.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566808157956-DMQPFNFC6QTMFNM2VWD1/P8241225.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - Species 1 copepod with eggs (lateral view) Calanoida group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566808171379-Z4INV633J2217SGYTKZD/P8241216.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566809676682-XOS666MDBCQUGMUDMUKY/P8241196.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566809827436-XUZSDWIV14NKUGTYD94D/P8241198.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - egg sac, ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566814242246-T5I1L8OGFCPLLBOUWOB6/P8210514.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - Species 2 copepod, ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566814250347-47MU6FJ8JJEQXKOEQUWH/P8230833.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - dorsal view, with egg sacs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566814408552-V5741VFA50VFUDYCYI9Z/P8230903.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566814693930-Y7ZOYSXSNR9KO6BNOB7E/P8230840.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - rapid change of direction (0.8 second exposure) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566873040217-1RYHE3XYV3KEHKLDMFWX/P8241071.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - Species A - found in our small frog pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566873017490-UAJDCZ86I8ADVVRWMACM/P8241036.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - Species B - found in the creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566873064947-SQRCJ9WG32TULKHHMQ8B/P8241152.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - probably the same as Species B - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566873054491-DV6BYEK8VB6462ZIG2EC/P8241129.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566873474305-O8GT6CRXTHMFIGCGEJQP/P8220217.jpg news & stories - The wonders of pond life Adult Gordian Worm … 20cm long! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/8/15/facing-up-to-moths monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565850738569-0EYNH1UIP2RJ4EQSMWNU/P7310256.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Psychidae Lepidoscia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565850712308-2PX890C4B3SQKFO7JHAL/P7210068.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Superfamily Gelechioidea this one has eye lashes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566090764273-4O5CYJVYVM7OEQ6TLC2Q/P8140414-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Twig looper moth (Family Geometridae) Ectropis excursaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565848777934-6KC3DKMWH9JCDZW80SKC/P7300190a.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella (Family Plutellidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565849181518-9UKVA5YQT5ROFCOL8LOV/P7300229.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths Lepidoscia sp. Family Psychidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566093367506-THJFIJ73U78QB83BM908/P7270001-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Forest Heath Moth - male Zeuctophlebia squalidata Family Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566092853076-OVJIAMCGSZVMT1MFFXX3/P7300220.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Goat Moth - male Culama suffusca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565848916660-U1FZF9VR65ESEOGG0UF1/P7200031.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths detail of antenna of male Thick-lined Bark Moth Didymoctenia exsuperata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566105133548-0I5LNB7QCV8BORPNLJ0H/Scan+1.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths the ‘generic’ set of insect mouthparts illustrated by the grasshopper - modified from Fig. 1.4 in The Insects of Australia. 2nd ed. CSIRO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565850181646-ODOJ9MJ0314VAPR0BV1P/P1190028.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Australian Painted Lady butterfly The pair of galea are still fusing together to form the tube of the proboscis in this newly eclosed butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565850188974-STADBEKKGURQ4H2B862V/P1190029.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565851189602-C9GUZQQIL2UOL5O4KTB8/P7210098.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Gelechioidea superfamily moth This unidentified moth (possible Pedois sp.) shows the scaled proboscis typical of this superfamily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565852619049-U6WSK2CSC6K9EFLLLH0I/P7200003-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Unidentifed geometrid moth The long, coiled proboscis is completely naked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565849707082-869JUMJH0HTRJF2TKTP2/P7209964.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Geometrid moth Chlenias banksiaria viewed from head on, showing its naked proboscis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565849787284-ACPIWJ171DLE3V4NNL5M/P8140401.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Twig Looper Moth, Family Geometridae Ectropis excursaria, viewed from below the head, showing its naked proboscis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566108874217-M92T66MRYAEJ7H47QJMS/P8140401a.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Geometrid moth view from below short labial palps (arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566108877198-5N8OX6P55LRFPLDQCOE7/P8140406.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Geometrid moth view from above short labial palps (arrowed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566110164390-1R85F6CB2DECITIX70US/P7310250a.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Psychidae Lepidoscia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566110169502-2MHL2AF0D7D9SICBK6QP/P7300197b.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Plutellidae Plutella xylostella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566111059105-1IVEQJSBDO0JJUMLUC0L/P7210098d.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566111191879-XOPZ1Y98US0PTMGC397G/P7210066a.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566119891668-4T0XXP706RKYR7HWLPJD/P7190014.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Geometridae Chlenias banksiaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566119745359-C1G7NKKUJYUUAPE5FO95/P7190015-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Geometridae Chlenias banksiaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566120138393-RSVTKZ40TY7FYLO729FK/P7209962-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566120190050-SFK0CSLWULXJMM99BBC5/P7209934-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566120976782-2818XRYRKFZFBUO7UAQK/P7200008-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566121146388-R868VXE77DQEOH2W8GPP/P7200025-2.jpg news & stories - Facing up to moths - Family Geometridae Didymoctenia exsuperata https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/7/17/many-more-moths monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563431324280-HQ24KJ0R6R3S3WNMAS3N/P4040349-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563431343723-RCR65SUBTZ3R0TOQG3RU/P4040426-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563431349182-QKDNMX10DM44ZLZBY3WC/P4040457-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563421545450-NGDOAT4O9O3GOATM53GJ/P4030208.jpg news & stories - Many more moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563437173494-Q1DCDULZQKSCOM589PN1/moth+numbers+%281%29.jpg news & stories - Many more moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563423294374-UXG804QOOYT8IPW6GT89/P4040121.jpg news & stories - Many more moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563425151832-08HGICEJ2YSXF8YYC5JA/P4040226.jpg news & stories - Many more moths - The survey site: white sheet with UV light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563425156533-BWDZ14DG5SGQOVC21NG5/P4040261.jpg news & stories - Many more moths - I choose a subject from among the masses, while Glenn looks on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427474258-QVS6HEZZCM2GRHR3XIXK/P4030002-3.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Hypobapta percomparia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427477884-64GTE8I5GIRBWCMFLDJQ/P4030004-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Euproctis edwardsii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427486304-UZP42KQSTLOQ3BLDX0WV/P4030005.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Pernattia pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427480340-F8UCYM7E481MIZ8GEECT/P4030004.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Chenuala heliapsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427505537-WO4N3HLIRIHAX0FP4IUH/P4030021.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Idea costaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427514758-7XW9DNFWWTGPP8ZWJUWW/P4030025-3.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Epipaschiinae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427519112-WGV4MLQ8I8OOT1YGSLDS/P4030025.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Proteuxoa sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427524132-6IL098PPOLK0JV1FML9N/P4030028.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Termessa gratiosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427626280-ED4Y0K239JTEUNQA34C0/P4030034-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Orthocraspis leptoplasta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427634470-Z3SR344IW2FQGDZHOYAW/P4030037.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Enchesphora recurvalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427636268-M9BTUHHQ2CDBF8C0OTTS/P4030038-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Ethmia clytodoxa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427647706-ZP06BLSDRPAPNN7OI2R0/P4030042-3.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Limnaecia camptosema https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427652284-NJ4LH7WOG2S40X7H4QTF/P4030042.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Crocanthes microdelpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427666666-HT8CT9JTH8DTXCUXPS6N/P4030047.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Achyra affinitalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427674100-YRUOVT32AOTKA74NYN64/P4030049.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Psilosticha sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427683511-XM10HJLGBMUABJ2R7SY9/P4030055.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Chloroclystis metallospora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427696807-R4G0NX4ZVXRFCD48QOYF/P4030057-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Epidesmia tryxaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427707220-HQ6P4GZ5EFLUJY5BV1HR/P4030074.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Monopis crocicapitella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427723081-HHZMXUDRMD28JVEF3U7L/P4030092-3.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Fisera sp. nr. eribola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427758883-B6MSFM1KCCMGURMYSPSE/P4030144-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Tortricinae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427768162-M06Y2U2WCIYLBTFPA7I3/P4030146-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Epitymbia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427776532-SLYVZXHTHGY9O3XXX3E6/P4030153-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Ocrasa acerasta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427804040-V87T931SQ8D4U67ULJ5Y/P4030166.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Proteuxoa tortisigna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427817878-6HTDILRVUJ3CIGXU08VV/P4030225.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Mimaglossa nauplialis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427831071-T54SB98JZTU1F2DP834Z/P4040106.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Anthela acuta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427837811-QPZWDZL90GE1X47FBGLX/P4040126.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Abantiades aphenges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427859436-OFG5XNJRUOBXUMS54DWS/P4040384.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Abantiades labyrinthicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427873473-KZ284IMBMKL0PYC6RVG3/P4040394-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Palaeosia bicosta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427916988-OIJYCFFXNQBRF0RTJO80/P4040412-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Crypsiphona ocultaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427928139-PEFOUAP8BXBBC0HTSV2Z/P4040420.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Euproctis baliolaris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427967705-PMTY56E9BKZ5O2X51REQ/P4040436-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Discophlebia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563427994332-ITM567ZEILJYBIE1ULWK/P4040447-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Asura lydia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428000889-AAF9149OT8858ZY5JN6C/P4040450.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Microdes squamulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428090681-940HIMVXHVLLGDPYQN8N/P4040470-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Pterolocera leucocera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428111857-7G7RULCCXI7QDGCK2V93/P4040475.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Circopetes obtusata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428250409-JTMTMQ748WO93BNUQTOC/P4040493-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Stibaroma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428255098-ZGJNN9P70VLGWKQVASIC/P4040494.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Crypsiphona ocultaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428269555-BLWHD2YUTL318B24M1XR/P4040505-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Chlorocoma dichloraria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428289513-9DQZIEM1L666Q3CVFA96/P4040520-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Fisera sp. nr. eribola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428316035-1JDK2YPZP53QWT9B6YZU/P4040526-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Euproctis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428320865-NPGJEP8PWCC7G8MQLUKR/P4040528-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Lychnographa agaura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428365613-F11JJYR2Z7B8X2PLVODX/P4040530.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Limnaecia sp. (left), Proteuxoa sp. (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428369991-HTDHIM8SE99OLYXBMVNL/P4040532-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Opogona stereodyta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428400316-YUL59M2MN6LPLV9SIPOD/P4040536.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Labdia chryselectra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428435941-0JHEJEWJ9NKU2EZJ9FVN/P4040548-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Mnesampela lenae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428465962-J1JEPY0AZL1DK0JT1TS6/P4040561.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Stibaroma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428475171-47A8JAXE6IYFO17PODN4/P4040568-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Opsirhina lechriodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428480518-6KRK04DGFTWQVGIS4NUR/P4040568.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Utetheisa pulchelloides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428536444-ZDAPBWSGY0N3JJXR9J9D/P4030079-3.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Trichiocercus sparshalli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428572015-9BO6IYTC3DQJ8X7EYDZ3/P4030087-3.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Chlorocoma stereota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428628199-UAMIJU8M5300GB8ECWGU/P4040132-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Palaeosia bicosta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428635951-K77ITLG4SD8R65RTJQ0C/P4040134.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Plesanemma fucata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428643596-HWRSHCZLW6316U6UREN1/P4040140-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Lepidoscia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428670861-QZ6R5INU51IE3WKCSPOO/P4040150-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Fisera bradymorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428682766-OP5U89ZT84LY6RK4PU3B/P4040154-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Nearcha curtaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428694011-TULR5IBWY2WRFGK83QI1/P4040155.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Fisera sp nr eribola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428697260-1NV3IHN1FNAL5VC32HE4/P4040160-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Thalaina clara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428752432-7MS2XRSEZHYMN1ZNM1L4/P4040192-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Thrincophora lignigerana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428762105-40W1ZJ4Z2FZSSP6AFV93/P4040201-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Cosmodes elegans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428783909-HP0M4BCYW8G2VSFDP4CU/P4040206-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Unplaced asthenopa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428802751-NZKDY8T6Z4CC4QOGRD9U/P4040212-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Glyphidoptera polymita https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428840923-LCSXRBVOQ7EPRJ6QYJOL/P4040236-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Scioglyptis chionomera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428862166-B11WPOJK2TLC9TPSLH0W/P4040238-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Limnaecia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428893234-3O18JQR2AAHI85HTMLCY/P4040242-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Scioglyptis chionomera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428924590-632MPZFITXBHWBVMXPBN/P4040246.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Syneora euboliaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428948089-LEO3KWQG2235XKJCS1X5/P4040248.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Hellula hydralis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563428960006-EH793DALLSDOETL4APSN/P4040255-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Orthaga thyrisalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429014687-AVPBMK27RH1MMZGK1BHG/P4040256.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Musotima nitidalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429019511-3D9KP90QGAZ3PEJFMYBG/P4040258-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Culladia cuneiferellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429060770-3PFNQ0D7XXTZUQ6RBOMN/P4040263-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Monoctenia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429101287-1YD59QY2H3DS5XFR0GL8/P4040287-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Pollanisus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429134559-J353LAI7CQ0MKRVAO7N1/P4040290-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Discophlebia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429166045-24K3JWNOGNFVQNZ7F97R/P4040291.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Agriophara sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429176177-K9W47HY9Y09LT4AKBBU8/P4040295-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Dissomorphia australiaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429203613-RP0XDRQHV64OHQFU20HI/P4040303-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Thalaina selenaea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429239311-MKB60TWE4E6F3S5YAGQ8/P4040304.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Macrobathra chrysotoxa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429252274-7IWJWW8XB2CLGWVROL1P/P4040313-2.jpg news & stories - Many more moths Monoctenia smerintharia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563429316695-CCS8MR7HJJDPCBR803R7/P4040328.jpg news & stories - 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Autumn short stories - dragonfly larva (Insect; Odonata; Anisoptera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798743342-6KLJE0LKATTOELSNW4R2/P4050015.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - dragonfly larva (Insect; Odonata; Anisoptera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798045588-UMG8K2QL8PP2YWBYUSIO/P4059485.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - damselfly larva (Insect; Odonata; Zygoptera; Synlestidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798042391-QSXCPY5N0T41HSL3IY22/P4059415.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - black fly larva (Insect; Diptera; Simuliidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798747291-IB23USG6DS3BCXWMD6JO/P4050079-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - glass shrimp (Crustacea; Decapoda; Atyidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798708503-0W0GB2N6P2UOP7TC0QXE/P4050072-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - glass shrimp (Crustacea; Decapoda; Atyidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798684346-P94T5WQNFB08F82T1PGZ/P4050002-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - riffle shrimp (Crustacea; Decapoda; Atyidae; Australatya) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798691727-NV2MUAG7EAO47FSAB6OF/P4050067-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - mayfly larva (Insect; Ephemeroptera; Leptophlebidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554810792812-B2RJ7UT1DUDJXLVJ5XD8/P4050047-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - mayfly larva (Insect; Ephemeroptera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798698548-M32F777O78AZGWY3Y4SA/P4050084-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - Gordian worm (Nematomorpha) - with shrimp & caddis fly larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554798701686-WRE9LPMS4W8GFEAKJP9D/P4050036-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - Toebiter larva (Insect; Megaloptera; Corydalidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554804553376-LP91E1UEBGCM5HHE0EMO/P4050016.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - net spinning caddis (Insect; Trichoptera; Hydropsychidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554811165103-JOQIFWKJ52F9RF4N6G21/P4050071-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - hunter caddis (Insect; Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554807808691-V6COY9CH0YI18HBWRMB4/P4050045.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - attack caddis (Insect: Trichoptera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554811147720-GBUE47ALJODLH0HMJUW5/P4050052-3.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - vulture caddis (Insect; Trichoptera; Atriplectididae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554791966547-83XMNAUY8IMS5440JUPP/P4050012-3.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554792817544-23UNLO63BL8IN4I24UKO/P3190048.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - juvenile - spots & barred tail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554792071038-RB6XORVKNSXVRRHDIAYF/P3190059.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - begging juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554792075220-UVB4MI5IX9HWNDMU4WTS/P3190061.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554793028102-SZSZN3DWP7BSECLHNET2/P3070297-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - adult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554793028400-W2V92UET4P2TYT7J4YHE/P3070301-2.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - adult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554793037726-OKVOQ3UTT8RDFZX25S3A/P3080321.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - juvenile or immature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554793039968-FFFWQGBUGTB1PIQRRL3A/P3080323.jpg news & stories - Autumn short stories - juvenile or immature https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/3/18/ghost-moth-season monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552897068458-6WLIWSWQHZA6S5E8JLVK/P3040159.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight a large ghost moth (5/3/19) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552875756520-3F1DJHOEEA4JKEQZQ3G0/P3100001.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552875907425-OWAJUCAEYCNEUQAF12CJ/P3040162.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight 4/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552876409982-8U6HZXYA5HFLCTWELDQB/P3050054.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552875555964-UB00MNFS5RT0GTNAECV2/P3100030.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552877429712-X4RU22MOCKASPMWRW6VD/P3040156.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight Resting briefly on the ground, having been attracted to the house lights (5/3/19). FL 65mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552878432059-52KGH1E7P64HAXNJONWA/P3050040.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight Forewing length (FL) 36mm; 5/3/19; Abantiades … ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552877258388-02U5QC9EVESTC7W6GF8B/P3030011-3.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 36mm ♂ 3/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552877525572-OGKB54M1NJYJIFVXT34A/P3050018.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 36mm ♂ 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552877711312-YLC7G52LFS0KJAA6SLZ7/P3050016.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 43mm ♂ 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552878005674-U69ENUDMW25P49N1WBRD/P3050042.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 49mm ♂ 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552878074539-5VXNQOUFSG2FQLXX04U7/P3050057.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 75mm ♀ 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552869741109-7CXF2S7M5J7WVG8ROPL3/Screen+Shot+2019-03-18+at+10.03.08+am.png news & stories - Ghost moths take flight Extract from Simonsen, page 74, describing the species Abantiades labyrinthicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892701632-ALHTAWERQHQ7SH2BUCAW/P3040162.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - ~ FL 40mm 4/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892701642-JO1JS2V342F8LWT25GZM/P3040163.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892704216-J0UY0CIUEJC7QNV4646C/P3040175.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892464936-9X6R3BCNJZAALWEUDRPL/P2050010.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 52mm 5/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892495377-7M0HKMRYEW071HHK7BEW/P2050014.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - same as previous 5/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892608130-8KNJBGEPP7NQQXL1IENK/P2040020-2.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 48mm 4/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552883852290-AMV2CYF6B3TWL1T1DMDV/P3050049.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 16mm ♂ 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552883686549-V7UOCFYL6MN2LYYI1MQ7/P3030001-2.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 17mm ♂ 3/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552883919900-RX9ICYA6KGO96KNJM37K/P3100012.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 20mm ♂ 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552884378890-MC7PTCZZAD3S6CCGZYS4/P3100009.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 20mm ♂ 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552883781489-DAAVG2L4FJA9R4F2D1X5/P3050034.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 28mm ♀ 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552883964443-QVXZJVZVVAL28NMITH55/P3100030.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - FL 30mm ♀ 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893854640-GDDZFCD2XDEIW7MNUXJQ/P3050070.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - katydid Polichne parvicauda 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893841798-4CXNCWUKKX73ULPUGQLX/P3100026.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - cricket family Gryllidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893421715-Q3GOLHARQ9DG1YDSBKI2/P3100005.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - Grey Huntsman Holconia immanis 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893109777-YNS2B67LBGNML5KS2KUL/P3050036.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - Green Mantid Orthodera ministralis 5/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893135090-01P3151WB2D99ZVNEO1U/P3110012.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - Black Bark Mantis Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis 10/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893144903-TXQNF8FRM6YQTYLYABSR/P3100008.jpg news & stories - Ghost moths take flight - Emerald-spotted Tree Frog Litoria peronii 10/3/19 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/2/7/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549531037653-ER3M1A84XI9V6NSWORJU/4192874.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Opodiphthera eucalypti Emperor Gum Moth - a 130mm wide beauty beating on our loungeroom window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549531294663-8X5TZZW17Y0QJM2BFSA0/4192883.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Mustard Ghost Moth Abantiades hyalinatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549531280335-6JKK8B2CUGB74ZPSKB95/4192884.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Mustard Ghost Moth - side view The white markings, while striking, are absent on some individuals of this species. The mustard-coloured background is a constant feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549531319950-0QIJH0KHS4ZAI8AFV4XP/4192882.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Labyrinthine Ghost Moth Abantiades labyrinthicus can be recognised by the beautiful sculptured, ‘labyrinthine’ pattern of squiggles on its forewings. The white blazes are, like the Mustard Ghost Moth, variable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549538041536-5QKIX4WSPIM57S4ES9T9/4190508.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Social Huntsman spider This spider Delena canceroides was kept busy feasting on termites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549597512816-YH4XGYOIN63GA7MRQOAF/P2070015.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Grey Huntsman Holconia immanis also enjoys a termite meal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549597916415-HHCZQOV897B5VD8G2F6E/P2070017.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Grey Huntsman A close up of the late night snack. The spider is a male, as evidenced by the black bulge on the end of the pedipalps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549598201542-AZSGSLXKG9P4EY1PH7HS/P1300025.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Longhorn beetle Pachydissus sp. - the stout jaws suggest a predator but in fact this group of beetles feeds on pollen. It was attracted to the light from our bedroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549603528958-C3XL9BQNIVAOM1TMA2FD/P2070029.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Shield Bug from the family Pentatomidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549601494867-1ZZKOJCCNPAT3H6EPLFS/P2070034.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Emerald-Spotted Tree Frog Litoria peronii - predators of all sorts were in attendance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549606438837-XUHWD2SFP7CM5Z9B3B4G/P2080002.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Tipanaea patulella These small but elegant white moths flutter around in the undergrowth during the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549533464957-K72SBX7FTOXCYV3374Y8/4192336-4.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Campion callosus This mantid look-a-like is in fact a lacewing (Order Neuroptera) - a remarkable example of evolutionary convergence. A similar species featured in an earlier blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549534011115-JCTNSYR09799VN02TFUL/4192336.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Campion callosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549598915874-K0FLZZ77SG9NBV6K49ON/P2010011.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Campion callosus A side-on view of the insect shows that it is more lacewing than mantid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549602358769-J7SN6M2IGI9925SCFJQC/P2080048.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Antlion Lacewing A more typical lacewing from family Myrmeleontidae - unidentifed to date. Note how the segment behind the head is much shorter than in Campion callosus. And of course the forelegs are completely different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549605494921-3NZFR4GMRBZU0AWKFLRY/4192109.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Australian Emerald Coupling as only dragonflies - in this case Hemicordulia australiae - can do it. This is the only time you’ll ever see this species at rest - they are otherwise constantly on the wing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549605561876-2XFAZ6YQARNTHXLT2YN6/4192321.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Green Rutilia fly Rutilia formosa - A very fine fly from the family Tachinidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549605288089-257XHKWPPY1JJV52UYRY/4192333.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Orb-weaver spider This unidentified spider from family Aranaeidae (Orb-weavers) builds a large, complex three-dimensional web - anything other than a simple orb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549605143799-LKVZO1YEUU2L208YJV1T/4183869.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - St. Andrew's Cross Spider Female Argiope keyserlingi with a well-developed cross ‘stabilimentum’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549605638785-HJBHZ0OWTDXY6JDLNQ9L/4188337.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Psednura grasshoppers It’s difficult to spot this cryptic grasshopper species Psednura pedestris. So Kerri was particularly happy to find a mating pair! The male is the little, red one on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549605956062-I615DUSUBD8NP87AUB72/P2020038.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Common Imperial Blue We’ve seen many Jalmenus evagoras during the Summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549605708471-THXTFGDT67S9TZLOB4AK/4188329.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Fiery Skimmer Orthetrum villosovittatum - one of the many dragonfly species we’ve sighted at our frog pond over the Summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549606017385-UUCNURSJB4HXMBE6XHVJ/4192324.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Common Yellow Robberfly Ommatius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549597410278-5J8WP4YL51AOWEDEKY4X/P2060011.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Crimson Tiger Moth Spilosoma curvata - female, probably freshly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549599132356-IBZXQJI158C5F8KU2OMY/P2020057.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Spider Wasp This wasp, from the family Pompilidae, is cleaning its forelegs before flying off in search of a spider to feed its young. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549782908998-HZHER71LCAXOVSSG48XA/4197184.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Sheoak Moth Pernattia pusilla - Kerri found this striking caterpillar on one of our casuarina trees. I didn’t know that anything ate this very unpromising looking vegetation. But this guy loves it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549782921929-VNGWKBO5EK7I4Y1IPJ88/4197184-3.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Sheoak Moth Pernattia pusilla - what a glorious face! We’re raising this one through to the adult to confirm its identity. The adult moth is rather drab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549783279244-766EQ36OZ40N7IBPBT2N/4197109.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Flower Chafer Chondropyga olliffinia - a rare find! There are very few records of this species nationally, and even fewer photos. It caught Kerri’s attention as it circled about in flight, loudly buzzing, then landing to quickly burrow into the leaf litter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549783483875-KHPZYV7QT5474W43ZRRX/4195985.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Orange-collared Spider Wasp Ferreola handschini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549783606038-DNAOPK61ZZ5RFBZZ0EZI/4195983-2.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Common Paper Wasp Polistes (Polistella) humilis - these wasps have a thoroughly undeserved reputation as aggressive stingers. We have several nests on our eaves every year and have never been bothered, let alone stung by them. If you try to knock down the nest, you may get stung! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549783858067-APEUBS32Y4UPH4UJE2P1/4197124.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures - Darkling Beetle Ecnolagria sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549603127013-PC3SBF0EIZD33713BYPD/P2080057.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549603133517-TLQY5I9ZL8QZRR35HTVX/P2080055.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549603139787-ZQSTM3XRH15LIU8TOQ7Y/P2080052.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549603161031-6TQG6PU89GB33F14ML00/P2080038.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549606208818-1PSZSR1Y2IAOPKZD60DC/4184483-2.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549606218147-8CNLZ491BQWZCJLV7676/4184483-3.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549606229373-HCFVT0GY4PPYA65CQ66Q/4184483.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/1/20/water-striders monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548132442869-5Z4QOKQ2VRHSD5GHM70S/P1040071.jpg news & stories - Water Striders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548120810803-39FHMMWJ1TNXQDNBULK0/P1160125.jpg news & stories - Water Striders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548133642702-KOZWTRAR58GJVQVDBGPL/P1160109.jpg news & stories - Water Striders Tenagogerris euphrosyne (winged form) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548116660024-WSOK25A25MMKN9EOHVO8/PC250298.jpg news & stories - Water Striders Tenagogerris euphrosyne pair - the smaller insect is the male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548117914543-P3Q9T4NJ45NBMNO7X8RG/PC250234.jpg news & stories - Water Striders photo taken December 2018, on a nearby beachside lagoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548116870838-O11C9T96M12NZLMDLOAT/PC250225.jpg news & stories - Water Striders There was strong competition for this Xmas lunch at a nearby beachside lagoon (photo taken 25/12/18) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548119301103-M6AJB749O55G5QJBSKFD/PC060382.jpg news & stories - Water Striders A female T. euphrosyne feeds on a beetle, while the male simply hangs on (Dec 2018, at a flowing freshwater stream) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548119310163-YX12JFIC9SEDXRAXCMCU/PC060389.jpg news & stories - Water Striders A single, wingless female T. euphrosyne feasting on a drowned dragonfly … with a tadpole also feeding from below. (Dec 2018, at a flowing freshwater stream) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548132216202-RFE2S6L6PTAQJ0K116VG/PC250275.jpg news & stories - Water Striders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548116239638-QNAB8CK9T42LPSWR7VGA/PC250309.jpg news & stories - Water Striders A wingless T. euphrosyne male, resting briefly on an algal mat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548115411315-EKRS2ZTV7ZP07PV5CY3D/P1160116.jpg news & stories - Water Striders A single, winged T. euphrosyne suddenly appeared on our home frog pond last week. This is the first time we can recall ever seeing a water strider here. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/1/10/too-big-for-its-skin-katydid-eclosion monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547445773248-71LH13V1N265NVINW166/P5220050.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - Polichne parvicauda (Short-tailed Polichne) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547445599155-HRV24KIB7PHI1T15SFFS/P3120333.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - Polichne parvicauda (Short-tailed Polichne) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547445541052-W885UE5TMM4XUSH4815L/P2180078.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - Caedicia simplex (Garden Katydid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547445726415-5J9UV2ZGIDZQHQF60TU1/P1080024-2.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - Conocephalus semivittatus (Blackish Meadow Katydid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547450517415-1BMXJBCB0YUIXEJUF11Q/P1080076.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547451372059-LUVGNAKMHDFH1I8E7F9N/P1080080-2.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547452008390-63HTGAAOHSLWIHCBFEYO/P1080083.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - 22:16:12 The middle pair of legs has been pulled free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547451996689-YENV3O2XC3BPX7UJ9VZX/P1080086.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - 22:16:32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547451985229-V3EZQ43LLXFLFCVE0S7D/P1080088-2.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - 22:16:46 Note how the bend in the femur (asterisk) changes as extraction of the leg continues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547454034855-T9ZOC2B1FUOXG6TA54YE/P1080092.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - 22:38:30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547454049096-2I1863TOG2UBDK0ZG7J2/P1080103.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - 22:50:25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547454054635-FZFAQB2J49014SPGIJEG/P1080105.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - 22:51:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547460431215-509JLRYPFFHRJBXJ70MI/P1080111.jpg news & stories - A katydid gets too big for its skin - 22:52:18 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2019/1/9/a-brand-new-hawk-moth monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547102951718-4LRVXN0VO5873Q78W09W/Coequosa+triangularis.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth Double-headed Hawk Moth (Coequosa triangularis) - having emerged from its pupal shell just hours before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547160074991-V54W73UGD4GO24DRCT7F/P1090014-2.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547366345756-3FQQAEZU1NG5LVINO7XR/P1090042.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547107171942-8SMV4KHO7ETSP8WSH5X1/Screen+Shot+2019-01-10+at+6.16.31+pm.png news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth Title page from Donovan’s 1805 publication, which includes the original description of Coequosa triangularis (although at the time he called it Sphinx triangularis). The complete work is available online, open access. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547107842724-0RUXCF9M4CS6MOPZ0SK4/epitomeofnatura00dono_0152.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth Plate 33 from Donovan (1805) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547108257148-ZJHVP2TQ7PLE004PS219/epitomeofnatura00dono_0153.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547108521670-WSH8PIV104XUIUMH4Q03/epitomeofnatura00dono_0154.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth The first published description of Coequosa triangularis (Donovan, 1805) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547364682546-QZT33HX246WAO2AD2G90/Advertisement+1.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth Donovan, 1805 -first paragraph of the 2-page ‘Advertisement’ … introduction or foreword, in modern language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547364885538-0W7B193UDGDQXKKAVCA5/Advertisement+2.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth Donovan, 1805 - third paragraph of the Advertisement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547345824336-VLSLZEVQJES1RG0EA9XP/PB180027.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth 18th Nov, 2018: the discovery day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547346011752-F6EGYBZRRQDOQGBKV0YW/PB180029.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547346074850-QZYP5UQTOQIJG35K03IF/PB180072.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547346079274-RE6HYBIW2QZE1YZMHC0K/PB180075.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547346175101-OWO0X3OEOBLG1MVF46C6/PB180024.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth - the head end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547354726355-1Z4QPKKU68O8F3NM3JSY/PB250397.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth 25th Nov: a brief resting phase which lasted about a day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547355339247-FK654D1C5X06PWP5LQ6B/PB280044.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth - 28 Nov: silken roof of cocoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547355342944-Q8XJLGDUGFO2CWJ5JJFG/PB280045.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth - 28 Nov: weaving the silk with her mouthparts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547362792744-Q6WMPDQXP9Z4TDZKTKJ2/PC080001.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth 8th Dec: the shiny brown chrysalis tucked away under the silken roof https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547363155490-0OZGXLY4KSWKLFR8NVZ5/PC300154.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth - 30 Dec: roof lifted aside to reveal the cocoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547363156048-KDJN7E6XVE4RZVYWVH7R/PC300155.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth - 'flick' of the 70mm long chrysalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547363501434-JW2WZ4CWIOG9QXBKFXLK/PC300167.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth 30 Dec: Alongside the chrysalis lay her discarded, final caterpillar skin - shed several weeks earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547363961395-TAX7K7P7KGSO3943AHKE/P1090038.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth - 9th Jan: newly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547363966102-O8S6WDNWUP2NF445G6H0/P1090034.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547363977000-HECGGG3VBUQU6DHZYMVZ/P1090033.jpg news & stories - A brand new Hawk Moth https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/12/27/dragonfly-habitats monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039950799-99VYS0EXG52KAPC9D7FK/PC250191.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Blue Skimmer - male Orthetrum caledonicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039961937-VVJ4VKTLSPQI1XI3G2LN/PC260060-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Whitewater Rockmaster - male Diphlebia lestoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039945676-GQ6V4S4YJ59EEYRQWB8Y/PC230020.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039966761-ID7P0PW268ZBAMTVMNMT/PC260156.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Black-faced Percher - male Diplacodes melanopsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039966340-HO2HWN3JLTUK3VHX6AH8/PC260077-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Southern Vicetail - male Hemigomphus gouldii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039950472-CS2W7AEKOMRYN4SIB0AB/PC250161.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Eastern Billabongfly - male Austroagrion watsoni https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039961015-AQV49I4CIAMEL9DVIYKE/PC260028-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Bronze Needle - female Synlestes weyersii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546039955799-H7R58W5RFUSR6JAY1HJG/PC260002-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Hunter - male Austrogomphus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546059257497-YTC2GD91TDIG7F85UTJX/Screen+Shot+2018-12-29+at+3.53.26+pm.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats Odonata species observed this week, at home and during brief, casual visits to two nearby sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545975589575-PRQS3HHS2832WYJBR12I/IMG_0973.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats Photo taken 28/12/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546040813387-H6P3KUQ7I4M5F1NG0RI9/PC280186.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - tree frog tadpoles probably Litoria ewingii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546040824130-8KI169S4H6FO5PUK7U3X/PC280188.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - backswimmer Order: Hemiptera; Family: Notonectidae possibly Enithares sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546040876372-L11YBC0KKF8II4PVPI6O/PC280195.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - dragonfly exuvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546042378677-KTMKJMKTI63T5H1J1LTC/PC270006.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats December 2018: Blue Skimmer dragonfly (Orthetrum caledonicum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546044381220-D6E3EBE8P9NA0T87P7F2/PC220004-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 22/12/18: newly eclosed Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum). She took her maiden flight just seconds after this photo was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546056797864-OONNXK78GLNKQZP47IG8/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 29/12/18: mature adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546045317448-Z5WO73UFUUNDF5ET60OT/PC110087.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 28/12/18: Shed exoskeleton of unknown dragonfly larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546046387735-IOPXHY1VESIBBADV8Z11/PC280197.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 28/12/18: Shed exoskeleton of Orthetrum caledonicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546059396240-JOVZZCKPNYTVUP7PI9V2/PC290031.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 29/12/18: dead Blue Skimmer at the edge of the pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546060766964-HNYUG4G6OBLZPI4XH09O/PC250234.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 25/12/18: water striders fighting over their Xmas lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546061001979-1ACWCWIZ25SQS86JVZWI/PC250218.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 25/12/18: a single male Black-faced Percher was seen prowling a short stretch of the lagoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546060917512-RLKNF1V5LY79ALU53LG9/PC260154.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546060921409-M169P4VKTPBDAP4BNH36/PC260151.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546061821597-D0V8EVXMQLCWNOWF9MIE/PC250303.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 25/12/18: Eastern Billabongfly - a tandem pair, with female on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546045590860-QOG9P9DXM79T1BFGRXNN/PC260013-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546033380895-NSGSK4H24S3VCLUECMJG/PC260061-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546033384172-3OXBGYNRS7H5T2DB3ITW/PC260052-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546063325674-W370RYXE9NZURD7YZDWR/PC260053-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546036849820-L0IUW3KOK6T60STK0LXI/PC260070-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 26/12/18: a male Southern Vicetail (Hemigomphus gouldii) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546064365738-PPED1L3RUVAGRP7L2O10/PC260021-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Bronze Needle - female Synlestes weyersii 26/12/18 Merrica River Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546064330831-NDFLPV8IF0I4Q9FZT8ES/PC260023-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats - Bronze Needle - female Synlestes weyersii 26/12/18 Merrica River Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546065475436-EMLKC8WL6JI5JQEP1S6T/PC260007.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 26/12/18: the characteristic perching stance of the Common Flatwing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546065520492-MFK96UMVYP36Z3ZTLFMO/PC260045-2.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats 26/12/18: wings held spread are easily buffeted by the wind, as here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546065663649-9UQRMXZI1Y7JULVI5GEO/PC260008.jpg news & stories - Dragonfly habitats https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/12/21/the-business-of-bees monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360864978-IPKUMRMI14N32VFP54IJ/PC100027-2.jpg news & stories - The business of bees Small female bees (~5mm long) working the anthers of Dianella flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360424225-KE0D0KG52GQLJW6E864F/PC100066.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360479126-BZ5ON5M9UM30TWGQH4AB/PC100067.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360482673-D05UEF1DN3JL0Q2OGHC7/PC100068.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360485368-J5TEXA9V7N3NWRCIHK31/PC100070.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360607798-KSUWAQ5ZOJ1DW1UC4UET/PC100080.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360608359-BLWF36KBYPMFLPT9E06I/PC100081.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360612734-CWSZMFMHUE7XRYBCZ4RB/PC100082.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545360613400-MWQHDRP3DMQ2N1QFD9AL/PC100085.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545442879699-ZFGLIP09BDH20GIBGBUG/PC210010-2.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545366177568-RM1H0DKEKYXNXX5QAEM3/PC150200.jpg news & stories - The business of bees - note the long tongue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545366184661-QHKLKBITEHJLBSWM7M3U/PC150175.jpg news & stories - The business of bees - feeding in flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545366199492-VF4VAZ438ZBS05ELJETW/PC150214.jpg news & stories - The business of bees - at rest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545444433349-TJGQYVWMFI6M4O4U3VX7/PC150194.jpg news & stories - The business of bees This Jewel Beetle was allowed only a few seconds on the bush before the bee chased it off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545444127344-JLIWKPPDV50FLT4J0CHK/PC150141.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545444159693-ZEHXFJ5P6NAT2SKLAH0S/PC150159.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545444217544-4HNOBCXQLXTTXN64BWO8/PC150205.jpg news & stories - The business of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545445005601-2JNFR62BR7AQPDTMLOOU/PC160034.jpg news & stories - The business of bees - note the spatulate antennal tip ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545445032147-U4IX2XOHFUMJ78DTZUX2/PC160040.jpg news & stories - The business of bees - ... and the unusual front legs https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/11/29/cryptic-spiders monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488149970-B00CSPV72U1J5KGTKRQ2/PB160072.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Lilar Grass-skipper butterfly Toxidia doubledayi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488299617-YZC75P7AJTMY8IDBWWZM/PB190059.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Jewel Beetle Castiarina scalaris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543491748188-36IJAM6XT1V42AKTDYYP/PB290017.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - rush-boring moth Tipanaea patulella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488441156-HQQ5BGGW0TEE2O3UOPCH/PB160106.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Dull Heath Blue butterfly the first time we’ve seen this species here Neolucia mathewi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488337627-UEAJBJJC939JYCAXSY7A/PB180027.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Double-headed Hawk Moth at 13cm long, this huge caterpillar is an impressive animal … and the ‘false head’ (at the top of picture) makes it even more fascinating Coequosa triangularis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488325373-KEJI09U2LH217B75FH0N/PB180016.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - native bee on Dianella Lipotriches sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488369579-U9314W1S4EQYJK3Z15G3/PB290022.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Hover Fly Simosyrphus grandicornis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488347397-S1IUJ28AWNOROT2IUUX1/PB160043.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Bright Copper butterfly Paralucia aurifer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488361657-W278NSPSHB2RNNB5HYHY/PB250397-2.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - moth laying eggs on Hibertia this is the first time we’ve seen this moth … and a species rarely seen here in the south Platagarista macleayi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488479198-KP6SZRNOLZ8EISTHNQPF/PB290097.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Longhorn beetle feeding on the rather unpleasant smelling River Teatree (Leptospermum obovatum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488518057-EB1RT036UTD7OY3OIL1R/PB290001.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Forester Moth Pollanisus subdolosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488492724-SKSRYAYI50OHJQK4F3ES/PB180051.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Sand wasp Bembix sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543475997899-GSJ457BKI1UJIJMBKJKH/PB130090.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders Stackhousia monogyna (‘Creamy Candles’) Photo taken 13th November https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543488775821-3QGTHTHOKFVZ7DMUVJ3B/PB130096.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543477135869-6Z5PMUXH6Y0SPLKTMZKE/PB160140.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders Red-tipped Crab Spider (Sidymella rubrosignata) … photo taken 16th Nov, on the same flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543476544373-4J2BZ4VLK9XBE8D3RWS0/PB170026.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - Red-tipped Crab Spider ... Sidymella rubrosignata Family: Thomisidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543476566067-7QJA5MRKGKGZ01NRLN58/PB170043.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders - ... with a small meal of wasp or fly Photos taken 17th November https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543478084275-C0H6ICIEXFWDAQICBWPQ/PB190060.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543478085492-SSXD0HKDC5HGEBHPLPI7/PB190073.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543478159074-DNYE3MDP3XV7R2ZSQDJ0/PB190175.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1543478170929-JX1J9I2J9DUASYPLVQSE/PB190178.jpg news & stories - Cryptic spiders https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/8/19/beetle-biodiversity monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534832538035-MA6TI2O921SC276ZISJT/P8180007.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper - Species 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534832581469-7892CE91R3H9Z5N4M3KY/P8210041.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper - Species 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534832568611-U4UQ06RVAEV8KOHUQ0EJ/P7250110.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper - Species 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534831610649-AIST3O1XVX4E8FP7YWP1/P8130002.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534831729711-8N79NNQ0VQLJAXZC9VN1/P8130013.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534836357699-1VHESBN9NT6THDWBMZW3/IMG_0610.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 1: Dorsal view of head, showing tubercles (sketch of Species 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534836386003-NJFYEX4QRKT3NAH2C1M3/IMG_0603.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 2: Ventral view of head, showing mentum (sketch of Species 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534823974434-UMC5Z4GP9VFNRJANLE54/P8130002.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 3: adult beetle of Species 1, with one of the ever-present mites visible on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534824010775-EKKLBGQ7A5AVFDHUA1O1/P8130012.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 4: Species 1 larva, found with the adult beetles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534836643742-YGRHAKVART7JGGI7BK1A/P8190029.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 5: tubercles on head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534890509469-NCDOFSQZX69U7UQYM4ND/P8180004.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 6: prosternum visible between front legs. The beetle carried numerous mites (white stars) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534890814440-04DM842ZU10OKLVDXN1M/P8180006.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 7: antenna, extended and showing the five lamellae plus terminal 'club' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534891378184-B1IL72WQZ9T9K9KV7ASM/P8190018.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 8: ventral view of head, showing mentum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534891767058-IJEVE7K2P1M54BZ5XPWT/P8180022.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 9: ventral view showing metasternum (anterior to right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534892417225-WG66K1TWN4E86PVWM26X/P8180013.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 10: frontal area of head, showing arrangement of tubercles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534923863819-HU3ZJJ8YE5MI0GBQ7F1I/P8180014.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 11: lateral view of elytra, anterior to left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534924369916-0TPVXMNAWUB30EQ8W6ZV/P8198706.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 12: ventral view of head, showing the dimpled ('punctate') central region of the mentum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534924984886-W9W00H1WIL32KE8XRYBI/P8190047.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 13: dorsal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534937893828-9R77IIOV0GK8UXSIZHKG/P1100014.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 14: found in January, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534937841329-SODO0P8AK5KM0BE6NHY4/P8210045.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 15: found in August 2018 ... in virtually the same place as the beetle in Figure 14! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534939204864-2C4MSC5TT1J7OJF7WOCF/P1100003-2.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 16: ventral view of prosternum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534940414762-JBRE13LG4HKU6FN0BL03/P1100004-2.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 17: dorsal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534941112584-8VRT46CVEHDX1PCBPNLB/P8210027.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 18: anterior view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534979304605-R566X4S1HR2RUOEFDTWY/P1100007.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 19: dorsal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534979286721-3VXLU5LEXO3I2X3LJXY8/P8210035.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 20: lateral view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534980643268-UFQTZFF0HVYAI49QDPII/P1100015.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 21: dorsal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1535066685364-XLR6KI476TQ928P8KKZH/P7250061.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 22: Species 3, seen July 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1535066886006-I5GO74HJS0V0Q442NLZW/P7250110.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 23: frontal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1535072486946-2L1EM1B61T7AA2CB5J7H/P7250066.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 24: frontal view of head, showing arrangement of tubercles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1535071526222-SXVK5CO3UFNJHU4M995L/P7250050.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 25: ventral view of metasternum, with anterior to the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1535071747761-2KN84GGZUKW9KVN833OY/P7250050-2.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 26: ventral view of head, showing mentum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1535072702283-SBCDVPKCGFIR58BD8AJG/P7250071.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 27: lateral view of elytra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1535073187698-GJ3FS18W5JMNLXW0056G/P7250061.jpg news & stories - Beetle biodiversity: digging a little deeper Figure 28: dorsal view of junction between pronoun (right) and elytra (left), showing the triangular scutellum. Anterior is to the right. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/8/13/finding-the-opposite-sex monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534485988465-3V7U90UFRLR9LA7IZZ7B/P5130069-2.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534336283674-DWEY64Q89RN83323L1IF/P5130065.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex The cricket displays its massively long antennae and its ovipositor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534336535310-RH5V70SRTWXAR7H1GVKM/P5130049.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex A good view of the long, curved ovipositor and the soft pads on all segments of each tarsus – the pale-coloured last joint of the legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534461378155-RN97X288W5BE13U3O6CK/P5130060.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534462844228-NWKEH1E5HSJ3I47Y145I/P5130043-Edit.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534463658600-1I7S2P6KCBOYK6MT81UZ/P5130048.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534464326495-7ASP6BT0W1VB4HODM8OJ/P5130053.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534465259522-2OUL6IQ8ZZHN5E9NIQBU/P5130043.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534469503182-1DK9BCUSEKXBOO7AOHPW/P5130060.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534469898146-KV0R2RGMQFFWFDFX94J0/P5130043.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534470120454-G73NFUHPTW7ORYW1R76Y/P5130052-2.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534470321991-5D5NFDZQUCAD8V2IPS8I/P5130075-2.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534472495823-C4FF5Y2KJZQ9PXDK7EC1/P4250045-2.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534474425827-B1F1NH5Y981MW62INM4D/P4250046.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534475018542-U0K1FMW32PRXXUT5153M/P4250037-2.jpg news & stories - Finding the opposite sex https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/8/17/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534466441480-19C16S6CF0U3NX6W117Q/P8110169.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Coptotermes frenchi (I think) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534466608785-DKJ797DRSQ4HBLGZ6O6G/P8110043.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534466744841-U1M4R22VFSAKQYXC5ZA1/P8110080.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534467515127-J6YUN5GVE8V1OSK1HFC6/P8110089.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534467399800-LM8Z743DYRAM191MJRHM/P8120282.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Common Heath (Epacris impressa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534467618506-2UA1Z9PTCU0C9XTU5OKW/P8120244.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534467683899-QIH2R37MTMS6L92RQ3K8/P8120260.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534468571456-6QZWDS6XLOAQXPRMGM0W/P8140025.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Trim Greenhood (Pterostylis concinna) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534468860314-61FX858X6REMA2OKY74B/3407062.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Maroonhood (Pterostylis pedunculata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534468780759-L1SWBN3ZHCS7QSFMB642/3407063.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Nodding Greenhood (Pterostylis nutans) - probably https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534469209143-2N7KOONS6S89FGFDTJSQ/P8140045-2.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Iota Ringtail (Austrolestes io) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534469397718-7QVWER5L8DVG0X1OKM4M/P8140024-2.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Iota Ringtail (Austrolestes io) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534469425349-LDJT3IQ9TQH9UZC9K9VV/P8140033-2.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Iota Ringtail (Austrolestes io) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534478440478-U8LGRRZNV07YRK520SJM/P8140040-2.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534471193473-RFA786F7N7D94WTXU8GM/P8140148.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures MALE #1: Litoria verrauxii ... possibly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534471904762-C2NE44FBZ7F4W17FX4ZI/P8140151.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures MALE #1: Litoria verrauxii ... possibly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534471693431-ABXLOMSO2FSOF1X2QWXV/P8140175.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures MALE #2: Litoria ewingii ... possibly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534471866004-UM29FPZFWHX4TIUKGR2Z/P8140166.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures MALE #2: Litoria ewingii ... possibly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534473545927-4QYUQE5I8VYOMJ2KCDZ2/P8140164.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Litoria sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534474193010-ZWPYKZA9WIOTZDIBOSK3/P8150034.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto alba) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534474588745-6TRG3GQPS3S3792D8LNX/P8150036.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto alba) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534474625237-RT4MTSQZFY9VZL5K00A4/P8150038.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto alba) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534474652978-54WKJJEVR172AZE87O86/P8150039.jpg news & stories - Week in pictures Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto alba) https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/7/26/simply-glossies monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/7/19/life-in-hiding monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532066355667-MP9FB7I4ZIXQ3VYM3MWK/P7200030.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding A few birds calling, but generally it's all rather quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532066721638-2M5X4RP2WN622Z4ONLB1/P7180018.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532066726907-OW4XEHSYPU97OXP3QP8R/P7180015.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus These snakes flatten their bodies when warming themselves, rendering the orange-red scales of the belly and flanks almost invisible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532066731815-H5UC3QEG1MAXB9OSXNX2/P7180032.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus Most of the upper body is a uniform glossy black - except for the dark brown nose. Perhaps not the easiest feature to use for identifying a snake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069093040-U8B4GLMWRHOVJYWUA3UL/P7190095.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding A beetle larva, hiding under the bark of a rotting log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069082919-JGY0VNCIIIYY3HPMGBH2/P7190082.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding A small centipede, Cryptops sp., found under the bark of a rotting log. The genus name is appropriate, given the lifestyle of this creature. A small predator, which preys on even smaller invertebrates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069119241-TZ0Q3WCVNBT20IMNG908/P7190083.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding Centipede, Cryptops sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069089089-2CKE9X558S5SBC9OCP30/P7190092.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - A symphylan This small (4mm long), blind, white creature is a symphylan, Hanseniella sp. We found it under the bark of a rotting log but they also live in soil. They are herbivores, feeding on detritus. Symphylans are related to centipedes, but have fewer legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069143185-87TZXPMFYFFT4CKFAH3W/P7190097.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding Turning over the bark of another log revealed this nest of ants with their larvae. This species is Heteroponera imbellis. It builds a complex network of galleries inside the rotting wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069099173-6FEIDF2P0AZFB6PLWF3W/P7190100.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding Heteroponera imbellis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069119234-GS80Z6QXJW1NWLLCPSN6/P7190104.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding larvae of the ant Heteroponera imbellis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069128696-3IF26F87UUE82G6M0DKS/P7190107.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding Heteroponera imbellis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069139867-AEY8VBU2RMUN2XVY5CZQ/P7190109.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding Friedman’s Trilobite Cockroach, Laxta friedmani. This cockroach spends the day hiding under the bark of a eucalyptus tree. It emerges at night to feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069151739-DJU243YEBWXSBR014JNV/P7190111.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Mystery critter It looks like a beetle, but I think it may be a pupal case of something else entirely. We uncovered this when we pulled away a small strip of ‘stringy’ bark from a living eucalypt tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069159944-7T0N8YQPD32ANKE1HNM1/P7190114.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Case moth Not under the bark, exactly. This is the pupal case of a ‘bag moth’, attached among to the rough bark of a large Angophora. The camouflage works well, and the developing moth inside is no doubt afforded some insulation by its multi-layered case of leaves and bark. Family: Psychidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532069082151-NJ9ESFTW24VJYM3S3GXM/P7140031.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding We found this Wood Cricket, Apotrechus unicolor, when splitting a log for firewood. They live in the leaf litter in a shelter of dry leaves, twigs and debris. They emerge at night to feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532070017791-HJXVG8ZG0Q4U4UZOY5NL/P7200052.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Pink Beard-heath Leucopogon ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532070019349-LT2YIWRVKQLPO3BVLFWP/P7200055.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Pink Beard-heath Leucopogon ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532070021112-2B23UGO91W4G6YVAFVUK/P7200061.jpg news & stories - Life in hiding - Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/6/20/getting-to-know-mygals monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590286503543-0RTZHZSHS5OWQEOUX261/spider%2Bevolutionary%2Btree.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529568029367-H1L90NHH1JTKL39BQKMR/PB090018.jpg news & stories - 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Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529711557204-3RDR28I1P6JQWKMXSHY3/P6198628.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529656830451-O1KLEHVI3GWKFUEL5LOD/P5130095.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529734146563-CQNEHDEFTVDWJA9GFGWG/P5130104.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529709147224-HXBGCY8JXL55BGW1O13Y/P5130106-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529709162188-ZW2Y1QRSPH598TANEFUZ/P5130097.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529671710150-7NA3AFFJB5LL2GP581N3/P6138412.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529671855103-JE8HKUUMUQZLJ3JEFSGB/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529715717710-7GOI5KP9YWVBH0OSGHD1/P6230019.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529718651952-QA45KNHJZCEMP7S6A32X/P6180057.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529718665002-TVV1792UMIFAZVCF33H8/P6180072.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529719207082-4QI6PM4QYCXAOBM6M21M/P6180061-2.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529719680149-FF330NTFFK9KOA7FZG0W/P6180061.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529719700278-NFK8U2IQBSO67I66BZ1U/P6180060.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529722474358-WQK1Q26170VOHH5KXTBW/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529726792991-JYQHQGFSCPONQUA5B3WL/P6198633.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529729344093-D7KZ95N0UP0GWY0YYFTP/P6238646.jpg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529728192076-WEQBWW42YYIRSAFB6FBM/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Getting to know Mygals https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/6/20/a-formidable-little-spider monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478356621-938UGXT3XDH5R90NYDB3/P6180007-3.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Ptilomacra senex This species has been a regular sighting for a couple of months now Family: Cossidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478356567-IXMNKQ5HUR25YN7BCG3K/P6180004-3.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Ptilomacra senex At one stage, there were seven, at a single window! And all sporting those impressive antennae. Family: Cossidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478406770-34ZHNU1ADMROLG5MFX2W/P6180002-4-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Oxycanus sp. Our most common ghost moth this Winter has been Oxycanus dirempta Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478482464-EDQFBGFX8NFCRGIZYYQQ/P6180003-3-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Oxycanus sp. The wing markings vary considerably between individuals, yet are often similar between individuals of different species! So it comes down to a close look at the antennae … Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478300511-HU4Z7J6EUZ3D3IS2R3UC/P6170039-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider a ‘Leaf Roller’ (?) Family: Tortricidae (tbc) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478318706-DWBSTTHMBNQK3ZQBI5SM/P6170042-2-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider tbc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478236457-J56XE3IHS2Z5OOB3E4OQ/P6170022-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Halone sp. (?) Family: Arctiidae (tbc) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529478336903-2LZNY3XLV6JSJIURN5GH/P6170161-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Bark Moth (?) Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529477949065-ZTZB87CZNYDYDWA3W98A/P6170127-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Wolf Spider, Venatrix sp. (tbc) Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529483090627-23CGF5GHZWID8P5EFWAP/P6170043-2-4.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Two-tailed Spider, Tamopsis sp. Family: Hersiliidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529477916253-7HRRFUAD04B3JK6J8Z4Z/P6180011-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Huntsman, Neosparassus diana Family: Sparassidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529477929060-M81NGN6R6G2UQIIKW7PZ/P6180022.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider mystery mygalomorph … species not yet determined (more info here) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529479014207-HSF7WOFI16H5EJI0DYRJ/P6170050-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider Cryptachaea gigantipes (right), with captive trapdoor spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535248031-AL70UB1NUXQHQM5W7FQF/P6170047-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider at this stage there is very little silk wrapping the mygal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535255234-OGJ8BK0AIB06NCLOC4D5/P6170051-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider C.gigantipes is keeping her distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535476287-CL6VNHR6FD3MMJACK1CO/P6170053-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider the extremely long front legs of C.gigantipes distinguish her from other Cryptachaea species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535492798-WOG37P8M8D0QBL4KHMU6/P6170054-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider her long legs enable her to wrap her prey, while maintaining a safe distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535735894-V9FWVIS6KTI6WLGGB5XW/P6170069.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider with the trapdoor securely bundled, she can strike at its abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535748701-SG1SHB7PZA3SXHLOPYKC/P6170070-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider note the large fangs of the trapdoor, with (perhaps) a drop of venom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535764110-I3S9WO8M3SU3JXFNXCBT/P6170071-2-2.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider the four pale patches on the abdomen of brown spider are the book lungs. These confirm that it is indeed a Mygalomorph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529535788019-36DFZHFE9CDJMM262QWN/P6170080.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider another bite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529538725412-QTIBSDQTL7I1A2Q3LWQ9/P6200042.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider both prey and predator were completely motionless https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529539007188-9MTVSONLYZS5RT1QX0TA/P6200018.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider a well-packed lunch, and a well-fed C.gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529548220124-ZUAM07O176KFI7G6FCSS/P6210018.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529548229956-1O2W37BEI8U6Z2T7CYDY/P6210030.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529549516198-SAC5NWFPRH5OGV83R0H5/P6210025.jpg news & stories - A formidable little spider https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/6/14/slow-life-in-the-cold monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/31/feeding-glossies monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527762335609-AWSQEU43E93LAW6CLT1J/P5270144.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527762801795-L4L3R2OVPDIDYLFMSR32/P5270045.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527762782478-7QPIH5ZL14G9537SV50F/P5270101.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527764391973-CWOAWR3WMHX1O778Z88I/P5270373.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527764396719-PQNAWJIV1GHEO48T5E3W/P5270455.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527768453974-VDNSVH2RQDFCUMDACJWA/P5270124.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527768016526-BJ8LA7JR0J0FZSDLX80M/P4230035.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527768003662-VX2VDV1F4E0QPBRWLNEM/P4230025.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527768016092-1YZ3Y6GQWF2J9C99N24D/P4230028.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527768021954-YL71FFNBS7JS4OO006KB/P4230037.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527768820697-XJ12RFUSBP1TA22IM1BL/P5270141.jpg news & stories - Feeding Glossies https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/24/spider-nursery monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527135445934-IPRV0QU3Y3KLDI56TVNY/P5230009-3.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery Poecilopachys australasia, the ‘Two-spined Spider’ - mature female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527135456440-UO4GH05EZKQWRQKIIR17/P5230011-3.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery Poecilopachys australasia, the ‘Two-spined Spider’ - mature female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527135459513-IW7HFDIUA11C93ULNRAP/P5230012-3.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery Poecilopachys australasia, the ‘Two-spined Spider’ - egg case, with recently hatched spiderlings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527141659298-RJ3X0RD8KVIIIDOKOYZX/P5230025.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery - Daylight (23/5/18 at 3:24pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527141658544-2JMFCH56SFEWAUMXCNY7/P5230021-2.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery - Dark (23/5/18 at 8:42pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527141661935-XUD6E1ECJNDWHM7V78JJ/P5240002.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery - Daylight (24/5/18 at 9:58am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527142623673-A1UQ0DF9TUWG8CAJYQNO/P5240005.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery Daytime retreat of the female - hidden away in a curled leaf alongside the nursery web (9:59am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527142767036-PG64XF9GC0QVKI6RTNSQ/P5240006.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery A second egg case, smaller and quite likely to be still full of developing eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527145188349-ESV7C6HVSEP5N2R3FUSC/P5090033.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery - 8/5/18 Note the hairs still attached to her body, including to the spines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527145165749-19YB1L3MI3JMED94H9TK/P5090044.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery - 9/5/18 Note the hairs still attached to her body, including to the spines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527145131863-GZGKYCBWLS7IT3K12X5V/P5230013-2.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery - 23/5/18 Now large and shiny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527145297456-PNT1ETMDVT9MZ8L5YNRK/P5210053.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1527146260001-JKRIHTRY40Y5KUR5TQE8/P5130030.jpg news & stories - Spider nursery https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/20/new-frog monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526790302958-B7MRHD9J09O89WBO596H/P5140010.jpg news & stories - Species, speciation ... and a new frog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526790375595-SV7ARZXRN9862I86SP3O/P5140005.jpg news & stories - Species, speciation ... and a new frog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526790471648-OOJ1FTRNFQ1PGQFUL1IB/P5140013.jpg news & stories - Species, speciation ... and a new frog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526788832089-Y6IE19D8652M0D7ZJROM/Littlejohn%2C+1967.+Weatherley+%28ed.%29 news & stories - Species, speciation ... and a new frog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526781715548-N6HH23BXI0060THO0GFK/Screen+Shot+2018-05-20+at+11.58.18+am.png news & stories - Species, speciation ... and a new frog! - Pseudophryne dendyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526781715822-9JN8PAAURBI024B14QSW/Screen+Shot+2018-05-20+at+11.59.51+am.png news & stories - Species, speciation ... and a new frog! - Litoria ewingii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526781716525-KV8DABH8RFCRDUZK6ADJ/Screen+Shot+2018-05-20+at+12.00.56+pm.png news & stories - Species, speciation ... and a new frog! - Crinia signifera https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/9/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/7/ogre-face-returns monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525669192572-FL3F5U4E8TZE9KJOWR1I/P5010048.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! The remains of the Netcaster’s net can be seen above her left-hand hind leg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525669215701-F0P9PJEFGUD4M1JM9NNH/P5010049-2.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! This enlargement shows the middle pair of huge eyes in the top row and the ‘normal’-sized middle pair in the bottom row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525669825106-3YMLMWN77A53EOM792GT/P5010053.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! The dead grass stem on which she is suspended is her regular hunting haunt. We have found her on the exact same stem every night thereafter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525670244664-NH0BK6H7J9UP7OP9BTQ0/P5030008.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! Ogre-face in hunting pose. This shot shows one of the outer pair of tiny, but normal-sized eyes in the upper row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525670268820-GQV6HML05TFZ024YRME0/P5030006.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! I’ve focussed on the net in this shot. Note the special coiled silk - called cribellate silk - which allows the net to be expanded to cover the prey insect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525670252030-UWFVV13B81GA07T7DL8K/P5030015.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! This shows a strand of silk emerging from the spinnerets. The spider holds onto this strand, which runs vertically up to the grass stem, with one of her hind legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525671449167-CMZS5W6S2Y9PBQ2J2PYC/P5060058-2.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! The camera flash reflecting off her eyes at this angle gives them a bright orange glow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525671483598-1RW3T7K62IODJ124UP2C/P5060059.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! Hello Paul! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525672192617-QHPM81CIIC2PTEL4EGQ2/P5060060.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! In this shot, focussed on the spider’s body, you can see the strands of wooly, cribellate silk making up the first row of the net. This is made by a special organ called the cribellum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525672212883-SM1NTRS2JUNUKI99KRDL/P5060063.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! In this and the next image, I’ve focussed on the web itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525673328640-WJMA94EBFQ2V1WUX1FJQ/P5060064.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! You can see the silk issuing from her abdomen clearly here. This is also shows the single vertical strands of normal silk that support the horizontal strands of cribellate silk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525673966483-QA4MIKREL7W0FQ45EX6Y/P5060065.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525675610438-03ER79RFCO9BX3PXIZKN/P5060090.jpg news & stories - Ogre-face returns! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/6/spinebills-spinulosa monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525598370323-R2B8USPXYS0D0RPYWX6O/P5050034.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525598134703-M5XTF79SAO2C76LP9WCH/P5050003-2.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525598140650-MLG6QN54ZWKZ89KVBTHV/P5060074.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525598145870-O78EFG7X4ATQMC1PDMUU/P5050007-2.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525598240451-A9164JJCIYSBEQKCARDT/P5050004-2.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525598246918-E35PM6PN8YOD1HK3VFMZ/P5050011-2.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525598255147-Y4OW93TYAHOO2APM073C/P5050022.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525601305324-LIBMGIIASCFYWDS8QH96/P5050092.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525602190167-6XNLQWVTV6ZATMEQCVWG/P5050095.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525602081315-OY5S7BSEUT68TE6ZOVPC/P5050080.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525601943569-Z060TZV52GGE13BSSXXH/P5050098.jpg news & stories - spinulosa & spinebills https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/3/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/28/another-insect-egg-another-wasp-parasite monthly 0.5 2023-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524921556996-PZ59OPMO51W9UXNDDILN/P4240064-2.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525073904185-K75DUAR27VF9LQR2H0GO/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524922592779-9LFUB8Y7P8PTTC8SUTPN/P4247999.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525073526422-XJDMXIDOFNGT7TQV4F91/P4247990.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525073526420-6OOQZY80EKFNSLK6OMW5/P4247993.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp lateral view showing developing compound eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525073530462-P6ST479M77BNK94O8F3Y/P4247995.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp dorsal view showing wing buds and three ocelli in between the compound eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525074072210-RXMEJVVWSCDDL8G0SDFV/P4288039.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525079831965-ZGG67YP1CS7OC8QCLRL0/P4288048.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525080783301-77Q69OJO3Q4OJWRQBQG3/P4288077.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525097071477-D0OPTQUECRNC6VYSP4MN/P4288132.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp male viewed from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525097070344-4TB1896I3CRTZ5Y2FIT4/P4288126.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp male viewed from below - note the long hairs on the antennae, a male speciality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525097065768-RX9X9OVI4Z7FFAVPWX9X/P4288110.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp female viewed from the side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525097065772-XOY7TJSS9VVOKI85NWKI/P4288118.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp female viewed from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525156917096-EFO4K3PQG6NODWRXNVAO/P5018251.jpg news & stories - Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/24/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/19/reproduction-russian-dolls-style monthly 0.5 2023-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524119996609-EY5HYV89C40IOX3VYC7P/1+April.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style The pair of Common Brown eggs nestled securely on the Flatweed leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524121187034-BP28MBY15O2LIANKXWKK/5+April.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 4 - an elongate white form can be seen inside the egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524121191361-F7C76IMCL2AOM19TZ7MG/6+April.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 5. Small bumps can be seen on the surface of the embryo on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524121598077-WD7WY8OSV3H5XAXN791V/9+April+b.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 8. The embryo on the right shows a mass of yolk at the top of the egg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524123389428-V0IB6TJSWFWU7GKUUROT/11+April.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 10 - orange-brown compound eyes can be seen on each embryo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524123404687-BNUJWJE9RNPMPBOQUTZ6/13+April.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 12. The three ocelli can be more clearly seen in the embryo on the left. It also shows a long, segmented antenna growing out from beneath its left eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524128867736-GML3KD3NUQ6HFGI1I1LS/14+April+d.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 13. The head and body have turned black, and the antennae are more obvious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524133186554-OM09AA9BBWKSXFBB8LOX/14+April+c.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 13. This view shows the lengthening limbs between the antennae and body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524129110153-MANBVWOBAB3YA2ID65O5/18+April+d.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 17. The antennae have now turned black and changed shape. Pale wings can be seen below the dark body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524132900490-JVVT83VT1I7I5Q7CR0FM/18+April.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style Day 17. A view of the other egg shows that the limbs have taken on a more mature form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135556702-RBHSWDFME0DD88J2ZKM9/19+April+a.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style I have torn the chorion to release the contents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135572582-6PXZWAOKYTBHONGSY5UT/19+April+c.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style This view shows the mass of yolk at the top of the egg which was evident from day 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135601103-E15KPF0R280NQEBOSJNM/P4197944-2.jpg news & stories - Reproduction - Russian doll style One of the wasps after it had cleaned itself up. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/19/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/19/another-episode-in-the-bee-id-saga monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524120696300-QHX7XJ7OF8MKJDUU31J0/P4140256.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Species 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524120650888-KSFI89P72ZE0G09FRORK/P4140161.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Species 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524128530185-Y7VDGB7BTAPSZFF5VL90/P4190200.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524128530185-CK7VV2WQ2Y7BC6QTC5M6/P4190201.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524128533081-E2ZRF5A4NXWAAUDR865O/P4190208.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524122071095-72JLMT9YV5ANF6XMZ6H5/P4140109.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: a Note long hairs on tibia of hind legs.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524122071844-GFTIP4SKPKWAQ07NLU91/P4140101.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: a Note yellow collar and, again, long hairs on hind tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524121946664-BI7Q4AGI8UT2Q36B2BTW/P4140228.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: b Note that the flat end of the body is obvious from this angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524121946664-GAH881RBP9J1DIVHGUII/P4140230.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: b Note that when the bee turns away slightly, the flat end of the body is no longer so evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524124381785-EE6R16QHRO0PCAOL9XPP/P4140251.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: c Note red legs and shiny thorax (mesosoma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524124381342-V6Y5HDOWEV30PO1UWZQP/P4140256.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: c Note shiny, black head and thorax (mesosoma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524124384021-V4ZW6JVBF3EEU8XR1X85/P4140266.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: c Note narrow, yellow blaze on 'face' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524124937203-8GTDM0O6CDZHRT9AQKLS/P4140220.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: d Note wing venation and yellow face markings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524125062239-WEZABP77RLUSO7J0KD0T/P4140289.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: e Note body shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524125061783-6ED65KGG2DE0GLJC01HH/P4140291.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: e Note long tongue, yellow mask https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524125101198-ULJ90YRM9O0L50471UG6/P4140238.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: f Note yellow collar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524125338264-XE1FRD86YNWL0RPTJFI5/P4140303.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: g Note face markings and yellow collar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127566291-XN3JTFDLR96EWIK3KMG8/P4140125.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: h Note small size https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127784116-FVZH1SJZW7J9R87EV6J6/P4140158.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: i Note brown, rather than red, body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127566287-FCXSKFA20UM8TE4336R7/P4140134.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: h Note small yellow collar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127784111-JFTLDHGMWGG1MAFAFYHW/P4140160.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: i Note long tongue, body shape, and long hairs of tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127571345-VKWQ2YJ2XJH8YY7CS2LC/P4140136.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: h Note pollen laden tibia and femur, and wing venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127788813-W2SCHTJ238U3DCHIH4FX/P4140161.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: i Note shiny, black thorax (mesosoma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127571998-CEIL45BLEOL5K1XG4XE9/P4140152.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: h Note long hairs of tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524127789129-C1S8VFC6VX6P8GIVNZLD/P4140166.jpg news & stories - Another episode in the bee ID saga - Bee ID: i Note abdomen shape https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/12/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/12/a-magnet-for-autumn-nectar-feeders monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523527017125-C3W59U7SKG6D7GFHT2AJ/P4090539.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn The new corolla tube is white, turns orange as it ages, then detaches from the flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523526979734-SWDN8TEEM19Z3B2Q3LOY/P4097619.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn This image shows an unopened flower bud, a young white flower and an old orange flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523526988065-AOU9S3OA0BFDUXQCB074/P4097630.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn A look down the corolla shows the five orange stamens, which have opened to release their pollen load. The tip of the single carpel at the base of the tube is daubed with pollen grains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523529127813-TR777I5777CUMEMAFZYG/P4090398.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523530683591-QRRA2EOKP6LDG8VR1SXZ/P4090405.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523530701192-8I3UNY54GZTYGLHG9FIP/P4090472.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523530714813-3NTW9C0NO1KI1D4PQRXN/P4090549.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523530726587-H8QA880OSPKNPZ1D4XAX/P4090551.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523531098923-SMOYUHDC0MT6HTNDGN4D/P4090373.jpg news & stories - A magnet for nectar feeders in Autumn https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/4/10/autumn-is-breeding-season-for-some monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523356224127-35H0A5JRH7WZ7WJWEQXD/P4080434.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some Hypocysta metirius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523356224133-WPXGT57PH9AUMDM7G1E7/P4080449.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some Hypocysta metirius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523534838044-ZJ12TPF7NY6SDOUVR5AQ/P4080410.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some This female Heteronympha merope may be 7-8 months old! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523534680408-RXWI6238OC4PPTTUH2PS/P4080347.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some Heteronympha merope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523534684361-D8VBHGIH413IDWI7O1VR/P4080348.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some Heteronympha merope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523570406443-SZYI0880IGXW3LMO6D76/P4080339.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523534993607-MMVE6XP8SUBELQWNP1MN/P3280007.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some Heteronympha merope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523534999197-FRDSO4AA61WMHRUFB589/P3280006.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some Heteronympha merope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523535005029-CJ6WUP30RSV6PRS8F1YQ/P4017580-Edit.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some Heteronympha merope (eggs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523532289639-ZQQE1LTHWQIM6LRPLZ5S/P4090034.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some - Phaulacridium vittatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523532279463-CLJ0KN20PXY9YRQHKGO0/P4090357.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some - Goniaea sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523532305520-3RVVPFJ683HZN280TFXZ/P4090257.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some - Caledia captiva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523532065078-GO5ZXZBGT34E7H97YCQ4/P4090085.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523532102971-9HA9JH4G3ILV4KOEL21I/P4090194.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523532127970-88GHBH1A3FCGMNR7A8ZR/P4090341.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523531915199-SIH85DUZ9Q1R3ICORHPQ/P4090202.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523531933990-GG1P5RO7QP9B1DNVAN4K/P4090219.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523531952435-KKOBPV5LGSR6Z5TY1YMM/P4090313.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523532989241-Y038W4R365JZBQMDYKM6/P4090283.jpg news & stories - Autumn is breeding season, for some A battered male, missing a hind leg and wings on one side ... and yet he was still competing for the female! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/3/29/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/3/29/glossy-partners monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522322866692-F49YI6UKNJIKIE042EUD/P3270450.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners - female Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522322857137-1RLPZLNV6VBHNPSYNPBT/P3270468.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners - male Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323380417-JXJUBYG85N3I0GA71FXY/P3270343.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323380690-AR1THYDNGXR4Y0EUWALW/P3270344.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323207125-UV32783N6VP6BJ0U3OYI/P3270375.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323207436-1LY3G7ECC8TOBCQ1PRH3/P3270377.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323210731-AURG7T04VQ3TU748AV7U/P3270378.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323701762-HN7CLQ7PBU3CUU1E7FI5/P3270398.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323764213-N4EQ47VTH8T9FNZKSASG/P3270399.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522323570420-D6BH7Z38HFHRK7TCHLD2/P3270401.jpg news & stories - Glossy partners https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/3/28/ants-on-the-wing monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522221558438-ZEXTDWCTNMAEGK2R56RD/P2170018.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing Black Tyrant Ants attending Imperial Hairstreak larvae. They take honeydew from glands on the backs of the caterpillars and in turn protect them from parasitism by wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522306238772-CRWCWAHUGLN1W48OTS70/P3270232.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522215896695-G6VFAAFORQC4HSGN3NRC/P3270219.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522317715831-NTE2DW9XA2WH9OVS15G1/P3270255.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing A single queen surrounded by alate males https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522317789906-6YQ3C757DAAJXS6PRMEG/P3270293.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522317805000-EBSVF1LYDRD20VUE8LHI/P3270440.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing Several queens can be seen here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522317910871-D5MTS7UCL6KWDX7HIXRA/P4060182.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing 6th April, 2017. Alate Iridomyrmex rufoniger ants flying from leaves on a Eucalyptus sapling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522317910894-TTT9K3EGFB3K39I5MUN5/P4060184.jpg news & stories - Ants on the wing 6th April, 2017. Alate Iridomyrmex rufoniger ants flying from leaves on a Eucalyptus sapling. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/2/24/embryos-r-us monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519453587428-2P3WU37UWNCU2H82JNXX/P2207360.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us View from the ventral (belly) side. Head is up. The paired roundish blobs at the top end are the rudiments of the antennae and mouthparts. The egg is 1mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519453476866-MLD6YFE341FEBJ70S8DD/P2207346.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us Same embryo viewed from the other side. The rear end of the embryo curls around the bottom of the egg and continues on this side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519453945656-7IY8VY0NPF491BU2TSYK/P2217403.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us The rudiments of the walking legs have now developed - 3 pairs of pigmented, elongated structures pointing towards the embryo's midline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519454007032-5290B9209L91EQ8HNHJ4/P2217408.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us A side view of the embryo (above) reveals its head lobes curling around the top of the egg and the tail curling around the bottom. The embryo sits on top of a mass of white yolk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519454566889-FC7FPJ8XBOEL2WOQ8E1L/P2227451.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us A ventral view shows that both the mouthparts and walking legs have grown longer. The flanks of the embryo are strongly pigmented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519454602620-1XGHFT7KNRKFZICVUBGF/P2227439.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us A view from the back shows the end of the embryo curling around the bottom of the egg. The mass of yolk on which it sits is clear to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519455291583-J2L8WMNN8GOIFUQT0ANK/P2237475.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us The antennae and 3 pairs of mouthparts are now much longer and the legs are looking more like the real deal. I'm not sure what the white cellular skirt around the bottom of the embryo is - research topic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519455321541-C4BMGEJRWI7H704KY1PH/P2237480.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us A side view of the embryo shows that the flanks have grown and cover more of the yolk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519455670780-UMV8H4NXCTOYTUBYM516/P2247550.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us A further increase in length of the antennae, mouthparts and legs. The embryo is not far off hatching. Such a pretty thing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519455739971-DPAZWQY4QJZ1SI2WED5O/P2247541.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us A side view of the same embryo reveals one of its pair of eyes. Each consists of just six visual units, called ommatidia. Adult insects typically have eyes with thousands of ommatidia. The rear end of the embryo now curls forwards and lies just beneath the limbs. Tightly packed in there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519456625414-MKKEGUGRO2ARDA2DM0YA/P2247556.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us The same embryo viewed from the back shows that its flanks have grown around the yolk and fused to form a complete body tube. The yolk is now contained within the embryonic gut. This will nourish the larva for the first day or so after hatching. The dark line down the dorsal midline is the developing heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519457193620-QIGTD61831YKZJC7EFPR/P1220151.jpg news & stories - Embryos 'R Us https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/2/22/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/2/21/dew-point monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202478343-WAMFX9HR5KQ7671M0FWE/P2210036-2.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Common Grass Blue Zizina otis   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202523315-E4JCH748XG81XVM5ZEL2/P2210042-2.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Common Grass Blue Zizina otis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202523314-69J308Z177BEAAQ0RYGJ/P2210060.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Common Grass Blue Zizina otis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202525621-DBB3J3M42FSTL1JGT72H/P2210061.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Common Grass Blue Zizina otis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202949618-W8JM77FQIZY04Q9GJRIT/P2210047.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202957387-4SPP6RR4W721JZ4KYK88/P2210045.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202960881-EK61W3SS6YRZWBYDK1LW/P2210048.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Sword-grass Brown Tisiphone aboena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519202963867-C2GB1XNY7XT6KF024KZY/P2210052.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Sword-grass Brown Tisiphone aboena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204331704-TFFJG03EFHNSHO8YSZXU/P2210089.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Common Grass Blue Zizina otis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204348796-D3K7CN4G69G1SN9MHM1J/P2210121.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519205146585-1C7P5ZCIAPWMAW7G0FV5/P2210141.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius showing the after effects of a close encounter with a hungry bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204620481-UWWRFTQCP6YMSHWB170V/P2210096.jpg news & stories - Dew point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204623645-POI6J7P377ZQF10QSIW5/P2210105.jpg news & stories - Dew point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204625804-LDQL1NOAPROW4P1OQIB8/P2210107.jpg news & stories - Dew point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519205414088-ANTZ52UTN5GBJ1X7U44H/P2210234.jpg news & stories - Dew point - robber fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204783997-42CVFQG8P4HKHFL7USCW/P2210073.jpg news & stories - Dew point - robber fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204809361-OIJ4LL22DKMS0ZKL4KSY/P2210144.jpg news & stories - Dew point - flatwing damselfly Austroargiolestes icteromelas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519204849844-U193O4XMWGRF73PW75O6/P2210135.jpg news & stories - Dew point - robber fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519205598521-TIBQKCSIOLEMDRMTTNP8/P2210190.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Superb Fairy-wren (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519205603551-3NTTMIARZQF23A699ZDR/P2210197.jpg news & stories - Dew point - Superb Fairy-wren (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519206756944-HP2MZML2H9F0ZYEUX6BQ/P2210131.jpg news & stories - Dew point - grass moth Hednota sp. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/2/18/a-new-diner-at-the-pond monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518949736940-TKEKBU7M76A7F1SPZ7L6/P2180002-2.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond Hundreds of large Emerald-spotted Tree Frog tadpoles inhabit the pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518949755257-DU77UDDM3U84HYUC3T6N/P2150004.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond A young froglet (looking like Kermit) which hasn't yet left its aquatic existence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518952003367-YWBN4S9F8QYJFLO7GCC9/P2150005.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond By the look of its skinny belly, it has yet to have its first meal as a frog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518949780552-BCGA9RSYRNSA05EV4B85/P2180005-3.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond A myriad of insects are attracted to our house lights at night. A young froglet searches for its first frog meal on our dining room window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518952222386-LQCI03FBW5A1MZFV31RP/P2150057.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518954327122-P0CFY98TZU4VEQ3R3M3L/P2150085-2.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518954348011-5NN7SC78Q5VH4FIS79CO/P2150163.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518954151075-QD1V3JW37JJZLLV85RCO/P2150196.jpg news & stories - A new diner at the pond https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/2/8/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/2/5/life-on-a-leaf monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517816380262-8PGQIUIPQGOTPR5Y7RWW/P1310015-4.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf A group of processionary caterpillars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517880435390-B2BBH9TIQVSRHAPK5WJS/P2060021.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf The aptly named Gum Leaf Skeletoniser caterpillar, Uraba lugens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517895610880-MK51QJM7VMQM07OAT1Z4/P2020015.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf Cup Moth caterpillar (family: Limacodidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517813530991-BYA3K5WA5GVM68FC5NVD/P2040055-2.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517813925347-XLB5NXX9BHLQU7Y3ODPI/P2010110-2.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf A Snowy Ball Large Mealybug, Monophelbulus sp. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Monophlebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517813951774-ZJC42IC9SQ2F6RMLAZLT/P2020062.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf Tip-wilting Bug, Amorbus sp. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Coreidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517813968599-IO41D3MSBG5RXSCPPR3C/P2020096.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf Double-spotted Cicada, Galanga labeculata Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517814267189-PN6XZXIJ7Y4JDPV4CM7A/PB050376.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf Two-lined Gumtree Leafhopper, Eurymeloides bicincta with attendant ants. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517814283925-FODTR4T4B1V67KZ9ORF4/PB230153.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf Blue and Green Leafhopper, Ishidaella sp. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517814296212-K8LR7FTB0BWH6HTRXH36/PA310151.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf A Red Mirid Bug, Pseudopantilius sp. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Miridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517814963560-ZT8VK76D53PCHEVFRB2O/P1270273+arrow.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517824995590-A3T7MSK4SHY0DACVY809/P1280084.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf I haven't identified this guy yet, but I am confident it belongs to the subfamily Spondyliaspidinae. The shell from its last moult is still attached to its rear end. Update 19/2/18 This is Phellopsylla sp. Its nymphs actually live on the stems of Eucalyptus globoidea, not on the leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517824972747-DXTE8VN0GTOVT3E0LWIQ/P2010041.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf This is definitely a Glycaspsis species - probably Glycaspsis seriata. We have found it mainly if not exclusively on leaves of Eucalyptus globoidea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517829315026-FFEWZQ9UXEQ8SW7H7EEH/P1306706.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517829668119-BA48W94M526ZBPWUHVHH/P2026866.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517830518234-LRVQAOUMVOM4I0464GV2/P2040059.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517830897789-QOGZPZMB242JYXTGJXKQ/P2026851.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517830875207-UB56IF2MMUYXG94DXMCT/P1280124.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517831288967-MM9JNXNBLHT3VBPKRPSM/P1280153.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517830953178-GMS9YGZMYJDG0RJQHAC5/P2026850-2.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517830967755-ORQUJXLUVREF0SULSLZU/P2026849-2.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517890802799-IAMHJUY591YUC3XEDPX5/P2026868.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf The Hyalinaspis pallinidinota nymph inside its lerp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517890750877-L1LQP7LSY8IUBSLRM16L/P2026873.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf The lerp removed to reveal the nymph below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517891903373-47F17YZCL5Y8MT8G2J8G/P1290010-2.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517891927443-M5LEYJ3F6E6ZG36OUQDY/P1290011.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517891969626-N1S6997DBA5IEOQKJ3K0/P1296580.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517893194428-GSGUEU8KN5S6ZHG30H4W/P2026876.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf Hyalinaspsis lerps with holes made by escaping wasps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517893240320-OQ80F8EYLNMSE042GBYI/P2036889.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf The husk of a Hyalinaspis nymph with a wasp larva or pupa living inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517894160143-4U509BR51TF1WLEFNXYX/P2026880-2.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf A wasp chrysalis, which I dissected from the empty husk of a psyllid nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517893310461-ZVPFWJLDDP05XKMZ89JM/P2030038-2.jpg news & stories - Life on a Leaf The tiny (3mm long) iridescent green wasp that escaped from a psyllid husk as I cut it open https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/2/2/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/31/life-in-a-burrow monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517476003558-DCT2NVTVTFTU55N7M0F0/P1220278.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Bee Fly This bee fly appeared to be laying an egg in the soil - right alongside a spot a Bembix sand wasp had just visited. The larvae of bee flies are parasites on other insects, including on burrowing wasps. Villa sp. Order: Diptera; Family: Bombyliidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517476222895-B7I9CPJPTVT0PVIRCAQH/P2010280.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Mating Toad Bugs These cryptic little insects are surprisingly common, particularly in damp soil. This is the first time I've seen a mating pair, however. Nerthra sp. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Gelastocoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517476659115-ITB8DAEYNX66TTZK0UF5/P2010292.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Mating Toad Bugs The nymphs will cover themselves with layers of sand as camouflage. They prey on smaller insects. Nerthra sp. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Gelastocoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517476287312-WYJLLJ7A7NV2GZZG4EJW/P1300140.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Bullant These rather ferocious-looking ants construct large, underground nests and the colony displays the division of labour that defines truly social insects. This ant was clearly on guard at the tunnel entrance. Myrmecia forficata Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517476635153-EWNVMMKYZ7PDTXJF7OC8/P2010027.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Wolf Spider A post about life under ground would not be complete without the wolfies. This lovely (large!) female has been resident in this silk-lined burrow for many months. Tasmanicosa godeffroyi Class: Arachnida; Order: Aranea; Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517476644884-VJNZ9NBSZE1ZSQOFHTDX/P2010019.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Wolf spider   This is a different individual, and we think she's lived in this burrow for at least two years. She currently has a large egg sac which she seems to like to bake in the sun at the entrance to her burrow. Tasmanicosa godeffroyi Class: Arachnida; Order: Aranea; Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517478071936-G4B94EX7D2CL21QQ9HHY/P1240043.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. Hauling a paralysed spider off to her nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517478072236-HF1THFTY40RZIN6X5I8Q/P1240052.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. The spider is a Wolf Spider (Lycosidae), known prey of Fabriogenia species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517478076538-RC4IPU688QRICYG9OHQO/P1240057.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. Her long hind legs enable her to straddle the large spider. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517478076530-R23UJC84SFUALSDD9JXM/P1240060.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. She has cut off the spider's legs, making her parcel easier to manage through the grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517481388170-KJ1V6G1P7B5BC2HB2NR2/P1290240.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. I think of this sand spot now as 'the quarry'. She has been returning here day after day to collect material for her nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517481434859-TXNHI4N5UONEVJRSPA4V/P1300072.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. This behaviour also gives me a welcome chance to get a photo - she is otherwise constantly on the move. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517481502748-R8T7ISFPABG04582271E/P2010350.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. After collecting the sand, she pauses briefly and works the ball with her mouthparts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517481445520-ZBPWGFBD2UPZIZ4CG9J1/P1300062.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Spider wasp Fabriogenia sp. Once the ball is quite compact, she darts straight back to the nest which is just a couple of metres away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517483553965-NIE6C7RIRR8R7OBFBE02/P1220324.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Sand wasp Hovering a couple of cm above the sand. The rapidly beating wings form a spiralling blur in this image, yet the body is perfectly still. Bembix sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517483563674-1RRSDG0SGKSFBCYGDLAT/P1220293.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Sand wasp I'm assuming this is a female, re-entering her nest. But it could be a male, seeking emerging virgin females to mate with. Bembix sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484971384-DE1NS8JSZ6LGPYSRI476/P2010087-2.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Digger wasp Guarding the tunnel entrance, and carrying out a bit of maintenance Cerceris sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484972058-DFZ7GWROX5JEART1HPO8/P2010116.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Digger wasp The guard spends more time further down the tunnel mouth, with just the tips of the antennae visible. Cerceris sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484973883-VX25VRW1ZHSNII0GH0JM/P2010125.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Digger wasp She moves grains of sand by grasping them with her large mandibles. Cerceris sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484864021-QW1RBW789HT64HRC4MUR/P2010258.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Digger wasp On guard Cerceris sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484863417-PCTZEGP2PG9F3V7SBEV1/P2010265.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Fly Although I've not identified this fly (yet), it certainly seems to be interested in the wasp nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484866134-6VBVPV5LE3E0RTZQ0MHZ/P2010295.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Fly Based on its interest, I'm guessing its a female looking to lay its own egg on the next prey delivered back to the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517552901983-L6SQ0NRUB4B81MAC1HS7/P2020044.jpg news & stories - Life below ground The closed door, with discarded insect carcasses. The shiny little beetle bodies are Cylindrical Leaf Beetles (Ditropidus sp. Family Chrysomelidae). They're just 2.5mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517485988791-GKODQAP9XQTK36SRPQXB/P2010389.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Flower wasps This is the smallest species of flower wasp I've seen. Here it is resting on seeding grass head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517485989724-ML23BGQTKHXXI3ZVDP63/P2010477.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Flower wasps The male is not large, but the female is tiny! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517485991594-7WV1DXA95Q5UZJDUZTUU/P2010486.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Flower wasps She remained in this coiled position throughout the 10 minutes or so that I spent watching them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517486088274-73OJKHEAS3N4NH0Y7UC7/P1250294.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Flower wasps We featured this pair in last week's Week in Pictures collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517486088258-JNT1HA3KO0JBOQ3C4WCN/P1250312.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Flower wasps He was constantly providing her with food by holding a bubble of liquid beneath his mouthparts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517486091100-IK69HJETM8DA88J8NKQG/P1250324.jpg news & stories - Life below ground - Flower wasps Although she is smaller and wingless, the size disparity is not nearly so great as in the tiny species (above). https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/19/more-about-bees monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516855814134-BHAXGS8CKCKVXVWP2AQF/P1220146-2.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516849313732-VIZ0I0BNIBV26N56RRI0/PB280162.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Euhesma sp. (Family: Colletidae; sub-family: Euryglossinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516852111662-BF0LTDR0SQW4G2NF3OI0/P1050202.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Leioproctus (Cladocerapis) sp. (Family: Colletidae; sub-family: Leioproctus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516852052677-0ND9LGN7SMIOI3A44GMX/P9220272.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Leioproctus (Leioproctus) sp. (Family: Colletidae; sub-family: Leioproctus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516856408135-7DBKXBCB1MJHRHL54YCI/P1130223.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica (Family: Halictidae; sub-family: Nomiinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516856993655-DFCB3IEBMM6MEP9V9LHK/P1170095.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516857248343-TIP66LZEA3RKCKXZ54VR/P1130179.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516884645710-SMYMPI895K1G178X5USF/P1240147.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Apis mellifera (European Honey Bee) (Family: Apidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516884666188-L9XC2PCB97HMKPVGNSOJ/P1240110.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Apis mellifera (European Honey Bee) (Family: Apidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516866246944-C1OWASURFCW2US1I95PE/P1210242.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 1 = small (possibly Lassioglossum sp. - Family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516866337178-GS418WWDD20EIV4J0F13/P1210159.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 1 = small (possibly Lassioglossum sp. - Family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516866427992-75MWMCCWLNVZ5J5W3BY3/P1180109.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 2 = smaller (possibly Lassioglossum sp. - Family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516866491578-TTMYAWZFOPL3Q7VEDTY9/P1180099.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 2 = smaller (possibly Lassioglossum sp. - Family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516866704417-L3FRPK685WL8TAF1C0OB/P1220047.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 3 = smaller still (identity unclear at this stage) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516867048427-72K8DNEV6FX8E5OPY3AQ/P1240419.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 4 (also, Identity unclear at this stage) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516867077802-3DLHBGWQQUJ8BI6ETDGP/P1240478.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 5 = finally, the smallest bee of all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516867145098-TDE75F9AMPX8EPX07R9Q/P1240496.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees Bee 5 = finally, the smallest bee of all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516883045293-48I2C4PL4K25K09Q3VFF/P1250553.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516883095168-SZWSA73UP1K1B7ZVKNXZ/P1250389.jpg news & stories - More (about) bees A digger wasp, cautiously emerging from her nesting burrow. Cerceris sp. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/26/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/23/hatching-of-a-lacewing-nymph monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516765676434-NWUD7E03GGSYMZ3D3O5Y/Nymphes+myrmeleonides+eggs.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516766934665-R3BUHVCCRWISRGCSVFU9/P1220112.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516706338819-JJX3VBNR065B3K4E7WE7/P1170012-2.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516766682861-SHX8YKGQ1CT6MCJGCQA2/P1170005-2.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516766844960-KHF0P8JSKT6M2O2NL7KH/P1210105.jpg news & stories - 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Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516787210287-GW6IFKMS34RMYX2JVXS0/P1220149.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516787275211-F0CQKB9Q3R1RR0I0GPX9/P1220236-2.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516787323914-8M3MFJ6QONT8AFMJ9LCH/psyllid+with+lerp.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516787391828-1OMLF6SKMPCBT2EMVP5G/P1240298.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516848920234-OWPL7YSJQJFL31FHAMPN/P1230254.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516787438395-2XGZ7UJIH37XYQXN7U5K/P1230276.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516849252014-M9VOLELFAY0IADEUPEY5/P1230246.jpg news & stories - Baby lacewings - small but scary https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/17/eastern-grey-kangaroo-our-most-frequent-macropod-visitor monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516248296070-GS70ZTUBBNVF4QPHWQ1P/P4270017Apr.jpg news & stories - Reproduction in our largest animal - Macropus giganteus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517492271029-B402K6HDUZRBOE3SGKNT/P1310010-3.jpg news & stories - Reproduction in our largest animal - Macropus giganteus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516433921637-N6O5YLW85QHXB02WNP4B/No.1+birth.jpg news & stories - Reproduction in our largest animal - Macropus giganteus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516424517025-D8GQSR11W3IS2IXTVJ1O/No.2.jpg news & stories - Reproduction in our largest animal - Macropus giganteus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516428134973-WS8V3AA1VSR9IUJJXVK4/No.3.jpg news & stories - Reproduction in our largest animal - Macropus giganteus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516428695927-PHK8RIURQ3J5LYBBINLO/overlap.jpg news & stories - Reproduction in our largest animal - Macropus giganteus https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/18/week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/18/butterfly-battles monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516247016912-U61P08760JP013ZIDFKR/P1170032.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516248700139-MS5JRIES06M4CSOX4MTP/P1180248.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - Defender on left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516248700787-SJQQZCR6OWH2FA5AYDIC/P1180249.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - Defender on left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516249166988-KNENDZRPZG327CSQSD7A/P1180250.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - Time zero: Defender on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516249167379-ONGTB4TLKHVU31C39TTO/P1180251.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - 2 sec: Defender on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516249366185-NXOCR5Z0KM6QGBRR3NNX/P1180260.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - 12 secs: Defender on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516249367126-5021B57U9JANVI9I30P4/P1180270.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - 23 secs: Defender on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516249892570-H2AWTSJSTASHNI88J7GZ/P1180275.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - 36 secs: Defender on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516249893102-7PB9308T4MAB05NN4BI1/P1180276.jpg news & stories - 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Butterfly battles - 76 secs: Challenger on left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516270880512-MC0E86ES3WD7579EA32M/P1180313.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - 78 secs: Defender repulsed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516270881281-JUTYCXN5OCWPFEL9Y1EV/P1180314.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - 82 secs: Defender repulsed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516272051906-1LFCJ6AOYR75OMIFM9ZG/P1180318.jpg news & stories - Butterfly battles - 100 secs: Challenger triumphant https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/11/flowering-of-two-species-in-the-proteaceae-an-iconic-gondwanan-family monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515650554363-DS0ZKLLVEH28R383VHTC/P1110017.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515651334344-4UFQY9OAEN4KQMGNRYHF/P1100052.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae A Persoonia levis flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515663072901-P403XLSVNE62K46DQCJK/P1100107.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae A Banksia serrata "flower". Or is it a cone? or what? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515709644985-CDAOIEYCVYXJYV58JKTX/P1100141-Edit.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515652887593-GCGKP5HYYV5374HX5HXW/P1100153-2-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515710125278-16B8Q9VPJJG52G0IT0MA/P1100056.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515711320572-0BJBIIF052HA2DGE6QZS/P1100052-Edit.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515653690700-MUD5QWQEV116FFYEAC6Y/P1100108-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515668293284-1ESKT9ZPTPGB2UOZ0J7A/PB190099-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515668474485-I9FLD1ZP9VZW2G5B1G03/PB190101-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae This close-up of the spike shows the protruding flower heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515660350418-ARS30DUQ5THMM8DS5VC7/P1100039.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515660927596-4BSF4YN5Z7QB70FOCJ9V/P1100033-2-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515661352314-WY3H51Q9T2TVP1348SBN/P1100083-3.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515661864292-353JDI7CA9UMM2QEW0W6/P1106515-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515662034969-PNC7Z7QGKUULMK796N51/P1106517-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515662293081-4PXXOBVYG00HFMRS7M2K/P1100064-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515663038990-1EKAS9LJZ97FF57QFFK5/P1081178.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515663876720-UFOJ3WMAZ74PSVFGNSWC/P4170092-2.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae The styles of the dark red pollen presenters in Banksia spinulosa extend like hairpins from the surface of the inflorescence, giving the species its common name of Hairpin Banksia. Photo taken in late April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515664293887-SM920AL25BAO1ZZ5GBVL/P3220019.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae Style of a Banksia spinulosa flower looping out from and separating the bundle of tepals which initially enclosed it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515664667600-FA7UH5XOJQHG0U57U22W/P8112309.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515713305298-46XB8AWLPQJ6FBOK8EBO/P1100119.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae An old Banksia spinulosa cone - a Banksia Man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515670556900-O5NZLMDD48GYSQF2N6YH/P9120008.jpg news & stories - Summer flowering of Proteaceae https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/7/geebung-and-native-bee monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515498242611-EWF5CFP61AIP7O61RK6B/P1050227.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515392869438-489P7OQP0F5A8IHI8BUL/P1081007.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515392895494-YNCXGBPVZAQUOGNJXS5I/P1081010.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515393786999-KCRVHGO8M3ATC0BS87GF/P1060070.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee Step 1: It must be a bee, as wasps don't gather and carry pollen. The tricky thing with bees, however, is that not ALL bees carry pollen ON their bodies ... many species swallow it and so carry it hidden away INSIDE their bodies ... and they really do look like wasps! Luckily, this is not one of those bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515394457817-VRAW68BUWV4W87PZ5XPH/P1080929.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee Step 2: Bees in the large family Colletidae have short, blunt tongues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515457896278-ZW7DX8ZP3J7FW8U71FB4/P1060147.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee Step 5: The longest and thickest of the pollen-carrying hairs are on the tibia. The tibia is the part of the leg below the bee's 'knee'. The femur (above the 'knee') is also used to carry pollen, but not so much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515474988076-RPF93E7I96X9BEWS2TY2/P1050203.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee Step 6: The venation of the forewing is typical of the family Colletidae, and quite different to that seen in Halictidae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515495672914-NJP6WFE2B832UIOD5VS6/P1081039.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515495366979-O6X0DCHHB32OUZ8NBLRT/P1081026.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee Pressuring the tepals apart to access the nectar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515497754038-YP48PJ22ZR59OT5QICA2/P1050223.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee 1: push https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515497789964-5IACOVDHVIWFQ8TNS6WO/P1050224.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee 2: reach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515497836133-NQC2A4DQO75Y1UL8CA1F/P1050225.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee 3: pull https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515500348556-JOVDBBD9KDEWHC9409Z4/P1050226.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee 4: turn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515496539559-7U9VY1EGD2AM3U8IITZ6/P1080908.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515496627912-9GYX6VY32497FJGKC82K/P1060117.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515496715621-47FZYN41DPO2IRSAWX94/P1060127.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515496785070-AQ3JBXLJL7BPL5LEWQYW/P1060135.jpg news & stories - Geebung and a native bee https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/5/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/6/yellow-faced-breeding-challenges monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515238112393-87TKCPAOII068IBNKCGM/P1060402.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515238112400-XMJG6VHPY9DTICZUKQ7J/P1060515.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515238115158-O2FBQB9MZIZCVHQ0QBOJ/P1060563.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515232650035-AE7DJO34G1ERF2023QLU/P1050459.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515223005589-9QWWJPITG9ZAJF8WBEYZ/PC300368.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515223063413-BAPZTVA2PHHUU5B9XO75/PC300339.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515223134101-2VE7O1DG8IE77MOOLXHX/PC300373.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515223160882-WJ4RSINUQIZX170TH78U/PC300371.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515223348396-CBW14K3WCB44WO0X71XA/P1010027.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses Young Yellow-faced Honeyeater, not long out of the nest ... and totally dependent! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515224276881-2N8YR4TKAH4ZFPU9JG9Q/P1010023.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515224313385-B993456VVJZQZE45PNCY/P1010024.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515224348692-EU4LFCM5C6KSYLUXMAOH/P1010025.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515224427591-0JQ2D0K5ISPYA97SQ7NR/P1010013.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515224703506-Y9SC05DQWW1PK54CU435/P1010015.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515224744889-RG1P1RKYAFQXVD9E2DT5/P1010016.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515224806874-OFJ60R40P7VI5AWWDMAO/P1010017.jpg news & stories - Honeyeater breeding season: wins and losses https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/6/ecdysis-everyone-well-almost-everyone-is-doing-it monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214890328-DF6O7E19ISI5VVWUEKMR/P1010015-2.jpg news & stories - Ecdysis - everyone (well most everyone) is doing it Time 0 (12:20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515215318128-H49HJY186HDD5FAN67TK/P1010023-2.jpg news & stories - Ecdysis - everyone (well most everyone) is doing it 1 min https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515215452861-1Q0EFLTQXTOQZVZOHN6J/P1010024-2.jpg news & stories - Ecdysis - everyone (well most everyone) is doing it 4:30 mins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515215847293-53YAG7PPBDVJO6R4R3BJ/P1010036-2.jpg news & stories - Ecdysis - everyone (well most everyone) is doing it 5 mins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515216115087-0DQZHTCYBUX5P4VZN8PT/P1010051-2.jpg news & stories - Ecdysis - everyone (well most everyone) is doing it 12:30 mins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515216343448-Z5R9FLELROEI4R3SWB8L/P1010064-2.jpg news & stories - Ecdysis - everyone (well most everyone) is doing it 17:30 mins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515218814275-BEXHHA25YW06GHCHUD66/PB250012.jpg news & stories - Ecdysis - everyone (well most everyone) is doing it Late stage nymph, imaged late November, 2015 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/6/spider-specialist monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214865462-571RJ9TIW6J0FQH4XZZK/P1060245-2.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214928976-KZEYVOBBIEUW5LUYVRFB/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Spider specialist I tore open this leaf to reveal the fat spider resting inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214339276-VQOE8VBSP4MBMVI4YNJS/P1050611.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist 1. Note the leaf position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214389278-ENY1NAVHNJU8FBH9XH33/P1050614.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist 2. The bird hangs onto the leaf as it tries to attack the open end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214434724-MNS1ZZTJG9TCA6M3NHJR/P1050616.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist 3. The web tears and the leaf - and bird! - drop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214472286-OZYH9EBY2W6TPLRRMQZ5/P1050617.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist 4. Unperturbed, the bird continues its attack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214513238-V7AH10INGKEG5HFVMC60/P1050624.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist 5. Note that the leaf is now suspended by a matted rope of silk ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214633890-O3NJ2JTLX9IJQV342N7F/P1050628.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist 6. ... and the silk rope is attached to a twig, which itself is only attached to the original branch by silk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515214829246-XAX6HDF9MRLZYOCA32XD/P1050625.jpg news & stories - Spider specialist 7. The bird eventually flew off, but I can't be sure it managed to get lunch. It is only a juvenile - yet to master this hunting strategy, perhaps. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/4/divergence-and-convergence monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515068185370-KDTEBBFG2GXOROL6XF1R/P1040009.jpg news & stories - Divergence and convergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515068731237-O18UTU3VTNJJNZ1I5TB4/P1040020.jpg news & stories - Divergence and convergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515068902671-993TAGROKVMU65Y6K7IK/P1040028-2.jpg news & stories - Divergence and convergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515070007958-PQW1KC6W4TTKQSRTVCNC/PC310027.jpg news & stories - Divergence and convergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515070419806-H15BD35JPVX4F1JYTU6O/P4150111.jpg news & stories - Divergence and convergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515070649141-W1EO2P37WBW269MXBCL2/PC310020.jpg news & stories - Divergence and convergence https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/1/4/emerging-damsels-and-dragons monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515053218990-PT558SS4OCLLUJJNR6JX/PC310424.jpg news & stories - Emerging damsels and dragons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515060572060-XLHZ94B7GJJ7YQVQ7K45/PC280304.jpg news & stories - Emerging damsels and dragons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515052951206-N089GKR6Q3NPFL7YEF4X/PC270278.jpg news & stories - Emerging damsels and dragons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515053074462-DFL11MOOIL238Q3AW1ET/PC310419.jpg news & stories - Emerging damsels and dragons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515053101675-GAGMPT03N9XGEQH65Q0X/P1010037.jpg news & stories - Emerging damsels and dragons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515053535875-DAWA5TFQO6I0H2OR24CA/P1010064.jpg news & stories - 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Baby food! This photo was taken 2 weeks ago, while the babies were still in the nest. 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Butterfly news Bright Copper (Paralucia aurifer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506600668813-GKF06Y2EYOCEVY3FKGQV/P9260167.jpg news & stories - Butterfly news Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506601241967-RAWCG4E0RX1SNI7M5OK3/P9260177.jpg news & stories - Butterfly news Yellow-spotted Blue (Candalides xanthospilos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506601259259-SGZDJR0XBB0A9EE9X2SY/P9260179.jpg news & stories - Butterfly news Yellow-spotted Blue (Candalides xanthospilos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506602767372-G8B8ZFTUIGP3ZZ2PIKEE/P9260147.jpg news & stories - Butterfly news Varied Dusky-blue (Candalides hyacinthinus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506602914050-XZXL1AKND84BT2W88CGZ/P9260173.jpg news & stories - Butterfly news Varied Dusky-blue (Candalides hyacinthinus) - same individual as in previous image https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/24/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/23/termite-swarming-a-sequel monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506123792996-GX1ISGZW9HLWYCZQH3Z6/P9220131.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506123751804-I5F86X0QLIFIYC04SRFX/P9220161.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506123830020-24KM5812PGNV65NTKJ2J/P9220127.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506125310897-IWW44IO2GU02YEX2JNUA/P9220134.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506125459963-MPQ39ZU9137ISOZIW9NM/P9220226.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506125761532-RUN6ED42GGFXJK2VB5GI/P9220203.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506126001422-P86V4SSPEUFRJ2ZE6IIB/P9220174.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506126776048-VBE48UD334GIUTH0HIVS/P9220107.jpg news & stories - Termite swarming - a sequel https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/21/the-orchid-flower-botanical-origami monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505989879788-R69HFW2MFQ1CA8RNSEPL/P9070050.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505990614322-HWSD2NXN8XOSZYJBH423/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! A patch of Maroonhood Orchids (Pterostylis pendunculata) on the forest floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505992551023-6HKKCWMLVRCWXWMQ6M52/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! Mayfly Orchid (Acianthus caudatus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505992684161-XJGQADQJ6OCVEU3T6CNO/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! Dainty Bird Orchid (Chiloglottis trapeziformis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505992831892-K495MYYL9RLLP5N316WG/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! Maroonhood (Pterostylis pedunculata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505992642475-FZ2W6PI37N2IQ94TYWEM/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! Blunt Greenhood (Pterostylis curta) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505992727255-TQQ8CHDZIOCLME98XEQD/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! Trim Greenhood (Pterostylis concinna) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505992774159-SGVDRLT1YDPG8KR2H6D9/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! White Fingers Orchid (Caladenia catenata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505995645867-8UU73SSOWUGD04YYDPZA/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! Nodding Greenhood (Pterostylis nutans) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505995453199-63LP05LKR554JBM94ZZ6/P9200014.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! A Maroonhood with insect visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505995518179-MFROJUSKJL3ZWWPNJ47R/P9210065.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! A young Trim Greenhood with someone leaving the scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505996985588-FGKP6CWZ0WG86IV08BRG/P9210074-3.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! A close up of the guy leaving the throat of the flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505996340845-DPRLNDYYSFX9Y5FLBEIY/P9210096.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! I got this shot of a similar looking insect on a nearby leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505996913005-SPODTUCX6SNNDIGLJFU6/P9175997.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505999772023-NDHHE5Z6OO4GDZX68G7J/P.nutans2.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505999819293-IYKJZ1T45LRUMS2TC7G9/P.pedunculata6.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505999874013-D9WKZOS7YKQB01O3X6FK/P9210079.jpg news & stories - The orchid flower - botanical origami! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/19/butterfly-feeding monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505774398262-B3EU9NMEH7Q6O3YU6KYV/P9180349.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505774398267-L2KR356SS4CGF7EGY31G/P9180350.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505774401477-NJMUQRZOLE6F4L3YZI07/P9180351.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505774401971-Z7T4WQNZC6LLHZVB9G5Q/P9180352.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505774091575-JCY5T7ZRD5QQIWABRGPS/P9180303.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505822361175-X3YZMA5QCT1GFPJBN5W9/P9180314.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505822450011-F75BAP2ZB2SED785RRA5/P9180329.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505822396920-J0NBNVM0YF8OU2QE3V1I/P9180324.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505822484973-7B7PH7TOFNM7XIKIRW32/P9180331.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505822545792-LH0YG4J0DORA8ZU7LQ4M/P9180338.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505822828497-TZS0XPB4YOGNOCC6N51V/P9180345.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505822936488-88BV50SW7COQUGGQWFJB/P9180346.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505823028291-IP9XRKSRGPE0ZOC7QPUT/P9180348.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505824117444-833QUUG1MJYAQ7GMDQWD/P1190028.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look Vanessa kershawi, newly eclosed (January, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505824158235-DB9LIIRHTKOU7A0DIPJ3/P1190029.jpg news & stories - Butterfly feeding: a closer look Galea not yet fused throughout https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/17/the-week-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/14/lepidopteran-life-histories monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505363403701-4981BDRACE79HGUW9LQA/P9140003-3.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories The 'buddy' tank as it appears today - it changes, depending on who lives there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356725552-V4G8LI9KIFPR7QOGA6K5/PA120004-2.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 12th October, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356824657-PWPBEZU78QJBMTK2K3I1/PA160068.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 16th October, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505357071305-DVP6V8CXSK4DGIMDJ8W4/PA240012.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 24th October, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505357473696-6AHEOZ1KX55P78K8AAL1/PC270008.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 27th December, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505358248663-T52KHOO1VI716ZXK1WSK/P9120022.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 13th September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505362481715-Y0HWDSJWRHBL4T1GQDZM/P9070132.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 7th September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505362452408-FX1VCC8KBIUEL9MI9P54/P9070107.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 7th September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505363032537-9FYJZ553BB10DTHOBER8/P9120018.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 12th September, 2017 - discarded 'skin' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505363114421-91AQPHXIP73PD7BTMLRA/P9120007.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 12th September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505363161916-U0E00B40WK57E52KS1JY/P9120008.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 12th September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505364558482-LWRK8AKQR15TDGHUVC74/P8310048.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 31st August, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505364965666-QW8EF4KDTWBF32N5VUG3/P9060024.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 6th September, 2017 - newly moulted and still resting alongside its shed 'skin' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505368100424-J3A7D8DSPRYCG0YC49RI/P8230232.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 23rd August, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505368062114-LGRRYP6BL13ZRJIOO3P2/P8230248.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 23rd August, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505368950960-FSB4Y36VWBW1Y2JZVMXO/P9060050.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 6th September, 2017 - now 24mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505369298052-VUXSS4L41ANO3SHZJJCR/P9120033.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 12th September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505369075469-IE0D1EI9VZ4SUD88KST5/P9140037.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 14th September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505369945132-IZ0HF9HKO98Z089HGPLR/P9120028.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 12th September, 2017 - apparently unchanged since it was collected on 4th May, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505370274183-V7FA2MOQG1KOLDFFLR3Y/P9120029.jpg news & stories - Studying lepidopteran life histories 12th September, 2017 - collected on 28th July. I have cut away a section of the papery wrapper to expose the cocoon inside. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/14/our-first-monotreme monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505354996511-WGGQM30BZ0HWVL5Y7L8H/P9140008-2.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356221915-H9H7W8JLAXR10HY8QD9A/P9140013-2.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356557810-0382PX39ENMC9M97M0R1/P9140025-2.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356709324-OTEFWH557IQ5D23GEHJL/P9140008.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505358505450-6OV3Y0ZO3W5QJI7ALVW9/P9140075.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356746914-849X0ZOSRM6EOS4HXJ53/P9140094.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356767942-TS290127GLZBMB3HPK7Y/P9140095.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505356787056-GYL2ACV55UUEZHKLX1C5/P9140100.jpg news & stories - Our first monotreme! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/14/beard-heath-feeding-frenzy monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505368699264-YJ9JSUABU4MFRGN6NKBN/P9120027.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy Lance Beard-heath (Leucopogon affinis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505369170493-X5GSRYL4GE2AWKJLK3LH/P9130143.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505371297462-Z47W5VI9C6JCGH3EDB71/P9130084.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy This Exoneura bee is feeding on the flowers of Leucopogon ericoides - tinged with pink tips and bases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505371342020-L3EL8IBXQWYIVNYPCOAW/P9130129.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505371311188-5GBJZ6PZ39NQOHCFY6F7/P9130086.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy Exoneura doesn't have a specialised pollen basket - just a dense mass of long, golden hairs on the hindlegs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505374435506-BJ4ISFH03XXXYLQALNR6/P9120016-2.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy These hairs still work effectively - as shown by the neat rows of pollen held between the leg joints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505376256549-O5D3ILT2DNLNZTTQUY1R/P9130194.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy The Common Dusky Blue butterfly (Candalides hyacinthinus) making its first appearance for the year. Probably newly-eclosed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505378071923-7GR7JDT46484LEHBIB0S/P9130200.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505376297866-6QBAHZIXWDTO6PXAW4VY/P9130325.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy A longhorn beetle, probably Rhinophthalmus sp., wandering around the Leucopogon affinis flowers in search of pollen and nectar. A new one for the books! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505378045818-1ETB5AVMDO3MWI1JG9M8/P9130346.jpg news & stories - Beard-heath feeding frenzy This body of this guy was covered in pollen! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/announcement-species-id monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/9/7/c32bwnh1z1qdz04k1m7q0w2gn7slwd monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504787130899-NNESPL7JF9HLLXDM9Z0R/P9070065.jpg news & stories - Butterflies are reappearing Vanessa kershawi female, ovipositing on the underside of low-growing leaves. The larvae feed on a variety of Asteraceae species, such as this Cudweed Gamochaeta coarctata. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504787741863-0WNKO0F3W0VB3FKFHGX8/P9070080.jpg news & stories - Butterflies are reappearing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504790456005-PLCJIIEJ52UDF82EX1TY/vanessa+egg+stack.jpg news & stories - Butterflies are reappearing Newly-laid egg (late October) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504790486665-19G1L26AHUR7QBSC42W3/PB010011.jpg news & stories - Butterflies are reappearing Vanessa kershawi caterpillar (early November) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504790535928-NWFX9Z5NM7XQNQ6Z94YX/P1160022.jpg news & stories - Butterflies are reappearing Pupa discovered 16th January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504790559754-K8C8KISTH6TYBX31M83E/P1190027.jpg news & stories - Butterflies are reappearing Newly eclosed Vanessa kershawi, with wings not fully expanded. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/8/31/a-rotten-log-ecosystem-in-miniature monthly 0.5 2022-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504152040637-DELTHPS524KQ2XKTXONT/P8300012-Pano.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504152294927-BBF6RI6ENP3TB2C7LIW7/P8280016.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504152842821-BZV59CCP8O4QQHY72FL3/P8280015.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature The thallus lobes of this lichen stand up vertically from the log surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504152894143-4E7UPJ03VOUZ3ZNN2CJM/P8240003.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature Some of these vertical stalks bear red apothecae - structures within which fungal spores are formed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504152978057-0QZVGR23ZJA0GMPBUCR3/P8240005.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504152933129-78B2B8S5UBLA4TUV4NUN/P8220001.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature The moss Rosulabryum capillare is found on most of our rotting logs. Spores develop in the capsules at the top of the vertical sporophytes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504155726414-UHA9J1AGHNOT6B8DI1L5/P8240020.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature Orange and brown blobs of the Yellow Brain fungus (Tremella mesenterica). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504155758870-QMPFA13CUSX68YM9XB11/P8240017.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature White hyphae of another fungal species spread throughout the log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504153973597-ZO03R82NRLYBUB2R10LB/P8240013.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature A pair of slaters (Styloniscus sp.). These isopod crustaceans are less than 3mm long - small enough to fit in the narrow spaces in the log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504154649238-17F7W9BW5HISFOCPPXD5/P8275762.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature Side-on view of an isopod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504156661766-G8N9GL71HLTTCN4B5QAA/P8275774.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature A tiny (1.5mm long) Fungus Beetle (Agyrtodes atropos) crawling through the rotten wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504158247331-XJMQ5RIYR19JXERDX69Z/P8220046.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature This millipede (Gephyrodesmus sp., Family Dalodesmidae) was overwintering under the bark of the log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504157870854-ZUHI1GQZDVY689O9B1NU/P8220047.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature When I disturbed it, it rolled up into a protective coil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504158807775-SVPTIVSKBKMNZ0HPVTTI/P8280033.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature Breaking open the wood reveals the ant galleries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504158822406-K98DI58O6BK8WLOSY001/P8280030.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature Ant larvae are evident in this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504158878072-IHPNKOEL4F21XETV47P9/P8240029.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature Closeup of an ant larva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504158838314-1QTZ103M6TQ8JBDSZM48/P8275746.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature Heteroponera imbellis worker ants are quite small - about 5mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504159928874-5VKRVOHS5RA2MYJVOLZR/P8220008.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature This guy is only medium-sized for a centipede - about 6cm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504159949944-FUXNDBFPRCGDZ0P38D3N/P8290002.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature This one is displaying its poison claws, with which it envenomates its prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504162763468-0CNXD4GPMY60U6FS8ZFG/P8240024.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature These collembolans are small enough to move around the narrowest spaces in the log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504162936334-DNB0CQS6XBDISAWOFOAH/P8240022.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature The hairs on their body surface make them water-repellent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504162717483-1RKX0FPWPQTL0QDVTQY2/collembolan+dorsal+stack.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature The collembolan viewed from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504163280192-AVIWPLPR8EZ9BD0BI15P/collembolan+lateral+stack.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature A ventral view reveals a white, forked structure - the furca - held under tension with a latch. When the latch is released, the furca springs open, launching the collembolan into the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504163975348-36T9HYF8PBEQTL3JANF8/P8240032.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504164152917-S6KYPCDDUOVPNVEKALXT/PB150071.jpg news & stories - A rotten log - ecosystem in miniature https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/8/30/c38lrrfhv7pgudy2rcrkkomk77caug monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504055408488-N6CNYJ9Z61IVKWOCOMUF/P8280008.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504056527605-XZCS1VPR845SDIAQ35AD/P8280026.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504056103768-UHINEESA2LEK0NF0Z97J/P8280352.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504056103771-8ZRMJLXMD1C7UW7CGY31/P8280360.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504056105529-VG2070CZYUU5QURQUQ1F/P8280364.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504056262904-BJ6OT62V7X4W1QMINTOZ/P8280235.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504056332955-Y1945GHUSA9HMN6ZZW1I/P8280374.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle Once released, the Acacia springs back out of his reach but he seemed quite satisfied and moved back into the nearby fern grove shortly after this photo was taken. [Note; the wire in these photos is the support stay for our vegetable garden enclosure. The need for an enclosure is obvious!] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1504057052248-4S6FINNE32M6RR708881/P8280285.jpg news & stories - Wallaby meets wattle https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/8/28/feeding-frenzy-in-the-wake-of-wild-weather monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503899111155-QL0FV41NZWI17UL0EXT7/Grey+Fantail.jpg news & stories - Grey Fantails return amid a morning feeding frenzy Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503900451424-8VRO16AAKM2VR2KU1DHN/Grey+Fantail news & stories - Grey Fantails return amid a morning feeding frenzy This bird's fanned tail helpfully shows the diagnostic feather patterning of the subspecies, Rhipidura albiscapa alisteri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503901373246-M9J0CD7A9B15NE9TQ101/Grey+Fantail.jpg news & stories - Grey Fantails return amid a morning feeding frenzy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503901457643-TJXNA1CQP6WPQ6PH6RVJ/Eastern+Yellow+Robin news & stories - Grey Fantails return amid a morning feeding frenzy Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) - adult, feeding alongside Grey Fantails. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/8/24/early-changes monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503558841629-CDNZ5PCA976ZCDHP97F0/Eastern+Spinebill.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle Eastern Spinebill specialise in taking nectar from tubular flowers such as Epacris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503558903817-OGIHDMZNNDX0DLFOFTIC/Epacris+impressa.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle Epacris impressa flowers for most of the year, but it is perhaps at its most impressive during August. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503559239236-G8752NXOWE8TM8UU7MQQ/Golden+Whistler.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle Mature male Golden Whistler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503559274269-XBIWLDI48PE2VDQ7A74M/Golden+Whistler.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503565714465-DB7CFBEG7J8QUWZ9F3LI/Swift+Spider.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503570237845-QHPIEVS1WV4PENG4EPLN/P8230098-2.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503561439848-DEDR9TZ39U3BXPEGWGGX/P8240366.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503561499786-GTX61OPZ0O9DGS8DLHQO/Robber+Fly.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503561165269-M4YU8FXI5MBY8VIIUEB9/web.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503570114527-T3QH9S1RAGSFVW8OCOCA/Mistletoe.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503563057780-JP5MQKSAE5QMVBR4GH07/Bossiaea.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle Bossiaea cordifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503561233889-V0SC50RAYX0JYZ019TBX/P8220040.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle Hardenbergia violacea (Purple Coral-pea) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503562694321-UTHUEMUAJ5PPS0JWPY8J/Leucopogon+ericoides news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503563972785-EW6BU5ERJDR23Q55RF5S/Leucopogon.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle Leucopogon ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503565805423-BVZ6A4JLWI76QBUHYDYY/P8230264.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503563682896-9X2BWBZU5L405OHFKIZW/Gum+nut+weevil.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503563876784-Z8IFEUHY90KIEAMT0FRD/Gonipterus.jpg news & stories - Spring's early changes are gradual and subtle Gonipterus sp., I think. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/8/14/signs-of-spring monthly 0.5 2022-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502763528258-FT0AYNRYTW02MYIDBYLI/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings We've rarely sighted a lizard all Winter, but today there were many small Grass Sun-skinks (Lampropholis guichenoti) out ... and hunting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502763327718-3H8PGSXNV81FLTLRKGNS/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502766435438-JKH90FIDIY2ECWSCVM4K/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings They don't fly well, or far, and the pond surface was quickly littered with struggling termites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502766910702-NL5GS7BHXXZXL5QXI5QG/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502766713207-0BODTY1ORRQA34525QIU/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502764322596-I9780YL6654EOA1JBSNE/P8140240.jpg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502764322366-66KVUK1KLQKZFBPYODZQ/P8140242.jpg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502764324494-SFVY3ITJOODKV0TQ0DKQ/P8140247.jpg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502762266613-W6E5DKN8EV4IRM5REGYI/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502762025389-CAEX7CNSMJ465KQWWJJE/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502838357358-NGXX6DRLBOK2D2TAIJ2Q/P8160012.jpg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings This is the only termite mound within our 5 hectare site. It is old - it hasn't obviously changed in size in the 14 years since we arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502761544098-V097C7WMY0FLAOMKX78U/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings Coptotermes lacteus - the female (left) is obviously larger and has a distinctive pattern of abdominal segments. ["no termite died in the making of this photo" ... they're just chilled so they'll stay still long enough for a shot!] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502764428279-N03Y0XAFKBI5IAK4AFU1/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings Left and right mandibles from Coptotermes lacteus. ["OK, this one was sacrificed for science"] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502762138613-484U080OR99JMM3P5CN5/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502764593098-HQK5BOMD9HW0D8ICIHXI/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings This termite was particularly unlucky. There are very few spiders about at the moment - but that will change quite quickly from now on. With each passing day, the invertebrate world is coming 'alive' again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502766539716-1FPOURJEB6L1J85YTVG0/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings One of the unfortunate termites that crash-landed on the pond was quickly devoured by a diving beetle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502781699907-S12Q1DA3SJVYQTNC37E1/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Signs of Spring ... on wings This little lizard is scouting for one of its first meals of the season. I watched these Grass Sun-skinks (Lampropholis guichenoti) catching termites but failed to get a decent photo of the action ... it's all over very quickly! https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/28/wattles-a-key-plant-in-our-ecosystem monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498793803069-4BNYXRP2U34W0DL05NIK/mearnsii+P6300008.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse An Acacia mearnsii tree about 10m high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498793843471-1IPI5JO0L77FVTI383P1/obtusifolia+P6300023.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse An Acacia obtusifolia tree about 15m high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498794079534-STDYTGIJDIYC29BPL5WC/longifolia+P6300010.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse An Acacia longifolia tree about 4m high. This tree is covered in flower buds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498795431456-JM8XA8NQBAEBJJ5U5SEI/terminalis+P6300005-2.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse An A. terminalis tree about 2m tall - in late stages of flowering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498796321461-DVT0BLB6S0WKMUCXYELC/verticillata+P6300005.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse An A. verticillata bush about 1m tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498796357495-HIK4BR2COY78S24EGO8I/suaveolens+habit+2.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A flowering A. suaveolens bush about 2m tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503537217103-9YZR3BDXA4IUJKPIYWB9/wattle+flowering+timeline.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498812981009-DL7B1XL083W6KMHOUR2O/falciformis+P2171873.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. falciformis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498801745610-3N48X2EQI7IX18WPEC0D/cognata+leaves+P3030058.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. cognata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498801770302-BJGP5OF7W5PB1AS55ALF/longifolia+P8140010.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498801787099-PXCC7DTFATC7EI2EWVI3/obtusifolia+PB220882.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. obtusifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498802078289-9GSUDRFXL63123IZO1I8/ulicifolia+leaves+P4089176.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. ulicifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498802105012-NMBJ4AE2KPZPMC8DV8Y3/verticillata+P8140012.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. verticillata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498804132326-EPCQASL4QIVPGPSTO7YU/mearnsii+leaf+P6300001-3.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A leaf of A. mearnsii, showing its division into about 20 pairs of pinnae. Each pinna in turn is divided into about 50 pairs of pinnules, which are the tiny, recognisably leaf-like structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498802905394-JMLODEA4N6HX6P2OEP7C/terminalis+leaves+P3123935.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse Leaves of A. terminalis show a similar subdivided leaf. However, there are far fewer pairs of pinnae (only one or two in the leaves shown) and only a dozen or so pinnules on each pinna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498806355785-MMN4CJ5ADLLKNJ9EOLFK/botany+bay+weevil+on+mearnsii+P4084723.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse The leaves of A. terminalis are eaten by this insect, the Botany Bay Diamond Weevil, Chrysolopus spectabilis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498804863203-AKM8JS8SPJCIJ0L424Y2/cognata+fruit+PA270004.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. cognata fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498804914676-BI8P69GJG0OUDUII34TI/suaveolens+PA060023.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. suaveolens fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498804929909-2WP22RW1LX4CLNXHKY9S/terminalis+fruit.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse A. terminalis fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498804944746-ZKBWMDIE3O5Z90VJ9BA2/terminalis+fruit+open.jpg news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse An opened A. terminalis fruit showing the seeds inside - just like peas in a pod! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498814345288-VW66K9FQC43W2ILVFKF9/Gang-Gang+Cockatoo news & stories - Wattles - surprisingly diverse Male Gang-gang Cockatoo feasting on fruit of A. terminalis https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/20/the-net-caster-a-special-spider monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500602101887-NMWXGI95HHW287D589B2/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - The Net Caster - a special spider and a special event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500622783281-SS7NOWJNGXCM70YS05EI/P1110004.jpg news & stories - The Net Caster - a special spider and a special event Net construction underway. Love those eyes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500602451748-B3DVOI6FKPEQA10XEGJY/P1110007.jpg news & stories - The Net Caster - a special spider and a special event Taking shape nicely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500602743298-OHY5T2NV49AVUAN90NSZ/P1110001-2.jpg news & stories - The Net Caster - a special spider and a special event Net construction finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500602783878-73723BCEEORRLOXQUM68/P1110002-2.jpg news & stories - The Net Caster - a special spider and a special event Into the eyes down position, looking for passing prey below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500602838239-5C3RBH1XVOLDB3R8IDK7/P1110004-2.jpg news & stories - The Net Caster - a special spider and a special event A view of the hunter from above. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/10/cassytha-a-parasitic-plant monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499740103992-2RC0FUB6ASR66YJJQ51Z/P8130021.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant Typical growth habit of Cassytha - twining around the stems of Amperea xiphoclada, the Broom Spurge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499743211213-64PGACLDW3C5SKRLDI9V/P8130021-2.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant A haustorium - about 1mm long - in contact with an Amperea stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499740167934-4N7YCKEXF5VWSSEOF9SJ/P7110001.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant In this case, Cassytha has parasitised a small Geebung (Persoonia linearis), twining around the whole tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499743502596-P2H43267IA45570FOKT1/P1210013.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant Cassytha flower buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499743535838-HN9X2DDNGJH8BFVBW0GR/P1214121.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant A close look at one of the tiny opened Cassytha flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499743521713-8YB7TJFTZWUAKRRL4MVY/P8130012.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant The Cassytha fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499746364152-G730G4RTKUIXM9J2574T/PB220095.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant The Common Whistling Moth Hecatesia fenestrata chooses Cassytha as one of the host plants for its caterpillar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499746381161-I44GGUDNCEP0RYBHMCRO/P1250009-3.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant The caterpillar of Hecatesia fenestrata, pictured here on Hibbertia aspera, also eats Cassytha stems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499755160144-5OH10IQ45LJ3IEVH0UAN/P7110010.jpg news & stories - Cassytha - a parasitic plant A family of Red-browed Finches has woven the Cassytha stems on this Geebung tree into a roosting nest. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/4/tall-trees monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499865143766-MHBWZOM4MVCWZJNP5KGC/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Our tall trees Angophora floribunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499865216674-3FEAW4L0KTFL9PUNF3W1/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Our tall trees The rough-barked trunk of an Angophora floribunda tree. The brown vertical marks show where sap has been dripping from cuts in the bark made by Yellow-bellied Gliders. The sap is a favoured food of these marsupials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499161017727-7OFAFO04G53JE4B6ZSGR/P1200058.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees Angophora flowers have petals (white above, greenish-brown beneath) and sepals (green triangular structures in between petals). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499161038300-20VCL5R1O0YPP9KSKVFL/PB260175.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees The fruit of Angophora floribunda has prominent ridges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499339358357-LL48BH6QSA7AD6RNCR4F/P7040011-Pano.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499339368952-PL8HR0GGMWSZH1MK51XN/PB260078.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees E. sieberi fruit. Crimson Rosellas can often be heard in the crowns of tall trees, breaking open the fruit to get to the seeds then allowing the empty fruit to drop to the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499338812054-UWI03JMQF6AXDJXIW6ZM/P7040001-2-Pano-2.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees Eucalyptus globoidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499338779300-PLSFUPOAAU9IV8KFTECU/P2050003.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees Three E. globoidea flowers and a single bud, which is just about to lose its cap to reveal the stamens beneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499167092634-6PTRJAJAPZPXZPIYLM0C/IMG_1615.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees Eucalyptus cypellocarpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499167113796-QS6BR09TCCK2T285F5NG/P7040016.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees Bark flaking off the trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499405419637-0KQ0W4D3OGUFT3TJEES3/IMG_1628.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees Eucalyptus longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499405512644-SJLAUO8VQN2ZNXCAWEYZ/P7070006.jpg news & stories - Our tall trees E. longifolia fruit have a distinctive goblet shape https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/20/frog-development-making-a-nervous-system monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945459572-EOUAVVKPIZGMHF0MUQ31/P6195467_17.28.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945460513-H12IIXZO2UC0LYJQICZ3/P6195476_17.38.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945463100-DBL9I8LQV9IMSLOJ1Y55/P6195478_18.09.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945464496-SE0D0YIER0M4JLXMI5N6/P6195480_18.42.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945466833-3LEPTRE5OZKWMCZY1IME/P6195481_18.53.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945468241-3HLPN6YWG7N8A49NY9V9/P6195482_19.03.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945470353-9SCED97BSZBMAJXHBM89/P6195483_19.13.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945471990-KG0AYBDR9DPMRPS3BQ93/P6195486_19.34.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945473895-CPDJ6MIA9NSMXTLBCDWG/P6195488_19.54.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945475753-7VPOKNXNM31CIPZG9ZEK/P6195489_20.04.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945477415-LZ6423LQHLHCIKRZ87Q6/P6195490_20.15.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945479561-U9V1ULFB610A5BQ4628Q/P6195492_20.35.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945481423-U95UB547T4WYMRD69EC0/P6195493_20.45.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945481893-XQ5A4H7OCR1DGEUZEJZH/P6195494_20.56.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945485723-MVMQPUHYXVU07FJC1ZFQ/P6195495_21.06.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945485670-J93J5A8IB7H5I5M2FCGX/P6195496_21.16.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945489618-K03TNBP2V7HW0SP6KN5I/P6195497_21.26.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497945489135-QH4BA3T4NWWY00SML7LK/P6195517_23.32.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog - 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497947327947-8QYO9ZPAU3C3SS2UV0E9/image+3.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog Image 3. A pair of folds (arrowed) rises up from the surface along the length of the embryo, on either side of the midline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497947327951-1BU4AO0SAZAU5DMQ4EOA/image+10.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog Image 10. The folds are more prominent and are approaching each other in the rear end of the embryo. The arrow points to a hole which becomes the anus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497947329429-CLXMRS13XN3R0EYZHEH9/image+18.jpg news & stories - Under construction - the frog Image 18. The folds have come together at the midline along the whole length of the embryo. Soon they will fuse to form a tube just under the skin. This tube is the forerunner of the brain and spinal cord. The bulge shown by the lower arrow becomes the brain. The other bulge, indicated by the upper arrow, becomes the external gills. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/16/frog-breeding-continued monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497594201699-3U0NVO1AJQXRN5EHAQC3/P5285342.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding This is a tailbud stage embryo. The bulge on the left is the developing tail. While the embryo looks quite formless, it already possesses early versions of most of the internal organs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497594201722-6020FGVPQSM3U1S61LBL/P5285346.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding The same embryo viewed from above. The ridge along the back marks the developing spinal cord, while the bulges on each side at the right end show where the brain is developing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497594206095-BGV30BQNLE78WE514IY2/P5290019.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding This is the exact same embryo just 20 hours later. The tail has lengthened. The dark spot in front of the brain bulge is the developing eye. The dark spot on the bottom side of the head is an adhesive organ, used to hold onto a surface after hatching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497594206516-X3O77C4WOMK4BQKJ65UV/P5290039.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding This shows a jelly mass attached to a plant stem. It contains a cluster of embryos about 4 hours older than the one in the previous image. Each embryo is encased in its own egg membrane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497594208512-JJ94HEAMYQ3GGJDSEDLW/P5305367.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding This embryo is 24 hours older than the previous one. Clear fins are now evident on the lengthening tail. The darker central area of the tail contains the spinal cord, surrounded by V-shaped muscle blocks. External gills have now developed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497876570392-FOIT4N1VF41726D516L9/P6065452.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding This is a freshly hatched tadpole. The eye is well developed and the gut now opens to the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497600426055-M4Z4QENIVCP1HH3W8L03/P6100014.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding - These guys have done a good job on this spinach leaf! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497600426304-3DH20HL9C73BE828VDQL/P6100026.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding The golden flecks over the body identify this tadpole as Litoria ewingii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497600430363-FQSQLQZAC8BH5ML66KGU/P6100074.jpg news & stories - More frog breeding This close-up shows the dark "teeth", just inside a whitish fringe which surrounds the mouth. The external gills have been replaced by internal gills, which lie beneath a transparent cover. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/30/birds-as-wattle-pollinators monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499170703850-Q9L20H3L4QHZUHMJ4WHX/P2270094.jpg news & stories - Birds as wattle pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499170717056-7HBYZKVTVDTYGPFJAC6O/P4170092.jpg news & stories - Birds as wattle pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499170732698-HHK9PM3VYEPA896PY5N8/P5067918.jpg news & stories - Birds as wattle pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498870982671-BHUCZIJ1PU466HQBIXJC/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Birds as wattle pollinators Nectary on a petiole of A. terminalis. Note the nearby flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498872044800-3W34721J0W6Q0PI3F05E/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Birds as wattle pollinators Brown Thornbill in an A. terminalis bush https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/22/fungi-and-friends monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498183127377-C0QP2GFVEEY2VAO1APR7/P4220016.jpg news & stories - Fungi and friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498183140193-AKBRRPJ85QHHM95U1R18/P4230038.jpg news & stories - Fungi and friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499566945934-167AYDNT3XFMTLR3BU8Z/Fungus+fly news & stories - Fungi and friends A female fungus fly checking out the gills of this mushroom as a potential site to lay her eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499167791992-Z2P1YMQBLY16ZR19VZGF/P1250011.jpg news & stories - Fungi and friends A net-like skirt, called an indusium, is suspended from the head. It usually breaks as the fruiting body is thrust from the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498276162299-J5RXHT14WG0CMETVSGAP/P4060191-2.jpg news & stories - Fungi and friends Bluebottle Blowflies (Calliphora vicina) are feasting on the slime of this specimen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498276176287-C553B5XHLM54MKBMXZC8/P4060195-2.jpg news & stories - Fungi and friends https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/25/our-most-common-damselfly monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498366987389-7I9XMSDTI6Y6SUHXC0CZ/Austrolestes+leda+mating+pair.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly Austrolestes leda during egg-laying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498377153327-A9HFC6OAZ7R2JP23FJYR/Austrolestes+leda.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498377091623-RAD070V2C3ZJ9O3NM64Z/Austrolestes+leda news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498377227725-N4QI15JQKWISWPJDI0GV/Austrolestes+leda.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly The males do still have to feed while waiting for a mate. This guy is chomping his way through an insect - a moth, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378026205-NTC74FWJTGQFYFMY2YB6/Austrolestes+leda news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378123400-C5OA6GEKGH8DKM558NIX/Austrolestes+leda news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378202779-PJSL5VRAJNPRVBWXYGKR/Austrolestes+leda.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378382581-WZX28VK7BMY92CS3863Z/Austrolestes+leda+ovipositing news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498379223127-WMPBOK79DSSP7WJT9ZOT/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378613689-5OQCF1MD00M7X2KHV9ME/PA290075.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378637106-NUH1BG2XS6O4IKJUMV4Y/PA280587.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378662133-JHRGKEDA52URNN9V9H0R/PA280436.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378692610-5977JG0FT2M25IKFELZA/PA280576.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498378787537-MZ5JMDHU2N97FWY0WC5D/PC070151.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498379089463-64B3BDSC2Z997SESXGSL/PA280471.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498379111005-FTJ64ISB8TOZ42B83IGS/PA280293.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498379883696-1FCG7USM3IL1KIPWELNI/PC260021.jpg news & stories - Our most common damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498379934647-0LZY5U4NYMQ69GC46AP5/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Our most common damselfly Diving Beetle larva - these voracious predators would be a match for damselfly hatchlings, and may even prey on the eggs. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/12/rbbs monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499911401087-GOTMPU78PMKGA7U4LOSL/P8140027.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water - Red-bellied Black Snake imaged in August, basking in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499911118437-LQWLIXEDM0VXN377IC06/P8140031.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water - Red-bellied Black Snake imaged in August, basking in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499917219750-AOQ3X17B7DI5PVYLAUTC/P8140006.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water - Red-bellied Black Snake imaged in August, basking in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499917219759-CULUJ40B5W49A9V2VA42/P8140017.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water - Red-bellied Black Snake imaged in August, basking in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499917221596-DJ38S8FRQ2LDSYXMZY33/P8140038.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water - Red-bellied Black Snake imaged in August, basking in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499916309730-G8YW3YY24NMJWVHK863L/P1070002.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499916309438-98TD24N8SLZ228TPFLQN/P1070010-2.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499916312708-E0GXRGY5LWDBO2SW6RCP/P1070011.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499916313410-ZDNI7W6K1H00Y69F5NPJ/P1070015.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499916316056-14IQA9OXQS8FDM20AIBX/P1070043.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499916316535-XVSMYWCJAQHROM79B5K9/P1070054.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499917303046-5LG6917T6FTVSKJGF08B/PB180338.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water - Red-bellied Black Snake imaged in November, briefly visiting the bath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499917303041-FBQOBD6G89XN4G6UENJ6/PB180340.jpg news & stories - Red-bellied Black Snakes love water - Red-bellied Black Snake imaged in November, briefly visiting the bath https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/26/the-life-of-the-imperial-hairstreak monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498449069139-SXPVXYK2EY7HFVUPGBZV/P1260130.jpg news & stories - The life of the Imperial Hairstreak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498449063267-5VBVL6J4NQNVFK06P3PI/P1150084.jpg news & stories - The life of the Imperial Hairstreak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498449053343-5PRS8B02PUNNA52B47NR/P1080028.jpg news & stories - The life of the Imperial Hairstreak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498449562101-8UNIWCX2O8O6TRVO5RW4/P1080021.jpg news & stories - The life of the Imperial Hairstreak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498449735650-UDP1MKGFZLQNDKKXG9S6/P3090200.jpg news & stories - The life of the Imperial Hairstreak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498449661814-O24YXSBDJORNNW91KQ7L/P2170025.jpg news & stories - The life of the Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus caterpillars attended by ants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498449897202-Y0ZDVVQIOY58BINBGVAD/P1040017.jpg news & stories - The life of the Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus pupae attended by ants https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/14/frog-breeding monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497422987030-CYX0WQ1YMKE4HHSQGFSI/PC210038.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Our Frog Bog! Our frog bog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497426235673-I79YF1RRWS3O0JXD5HEZ/PC230020-2.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Southern Brown Tree Frog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497426253370-6YROADTXCTKZGS8V2KGZ/PC230028-2.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Southern Brown Tree Frog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497427371951-T7DFDY58FOO2PBZ2RMF6/PC250039.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Southern Brown Tree Frog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497491446888-OZYAH2GYH3Z8YLN2URIH/PC250019.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Male Emerald-Spotted Tree Frog calling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497491082440-5V1IEYK027W7ZXHD2RHG/PC240003.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Emerald-Spotted Tree Frogs in amplexus. The blue pad on the male fore-claw is the nuptial pad, which he uses to hold the female more securely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497495637938-BKWA36YRU9HVRXYAX4T7/PB100141.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Southern Brown Tree Frog tadpole, feeding on fungi growing on a drowned flying termite - a food chain! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497495640547-9JJD1RVK67ETW8N68UQY/PB150120.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Eat and be eaten - a larval diving beetle has caught this unfortunate taddie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497495636821-RICO1ME3O3VRO4KEWOU2/PB100129.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - This Clicking Froglet tadpole has grown hindlegs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497495641664-JWS7A4FGRI2GBYLZ1298/PC070067.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - Hindlegs are also well developed on this Southern Brown Tree Frog tadpole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497496267626-3IKO2QAG4ZG26URFFFL7/PC070028.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - This guy looks like he could almost jump! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497497329159-SSEVEK1I3NZZBXHCD6LI/PC210071.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - A Clicking Froglet froglet - exploring the terrestrial side of his amphibious world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497497329150-4J4F9BL20GN3VA4CJTPX/PC250044.jpg news & stories - Frog breeding - A baby Southern Brown Tree Frog. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/13/unwelcome-and-generally-bullied-by-all monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499936316940-XM0D2UJJ9BJG6OE2JC6N/Varanus+varius news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all Varanus varius (Lace Monitor) 'sniffing' out prey with its huge, extendable tongue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499933559191-11IKFEG66TLSF0RHE07Y/P9130062.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499933564676-2TSY8AQR7B6QHE72MVPY/P9130056.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499937070165-KRKKHAVQVDJBR6AU7XOK/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all The goanna responds to the screaming Currawong with an impressive, open-mouthed 'hiss'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499936686125-UT36V8I31GO3RBP8HLZQ/P9130085.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Retreating goanna The lizard in free-fall. It doesn't use its hind feet in the descent, only slowing itself by the scraping of its front feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499935866736-4UNZAUH41K0V9N58VY8X/P9130103.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Currawong in pursuit The swooping bird gains ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499935869395-MJUOHNJ0ZCLNSNG7CS7S/P9130117.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Currawong attack The bird continues to harry the lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499935873233-H9T5L6VHQSFJHXLJWB9M/P9130130.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Another swoop #2 Screaming noisily, the Currawong makes another pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499935874708-1X98KMZH4OONO1X9RBHQ/P9130147.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Another swoop #2 Screaming noisily, the Currawong makes another pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499943460839-FSZO90C803B19PBVIB1E/PB130158.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Lace Monitor Varanus varius, slowly prowling through the grasses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499943460877-VE6ITGFTQ2HPBRXKUH6O/PB130209.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Red Wattlebird Short, flapping dive at the goanna, which is at the base of the tree. This is not actually the nest tree of either bird, but they defend their territory nonetheless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499943464907-JMJ177PXXY76RGYNCIKV/PB130228.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Red Wattlebird Short, flapping dive at the goanna, which is at the base of the tree. This is not actually the nest tree of either bird, but they defend their territory nonetheless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499943465163-030HKH0HEU82XOQ3F3EP/PB130236.jpg news & stories - Unwelcome and generally bullied by all - Sacred Kingfisher Fast, noisy dive toward the goanna, but pulling out well short of making contact. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/11/fb4qz4nkniz62x8iih4i5zpai2sfcj monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499756820628-183CWVM7CBG3VSLMDUAV/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499757421020-TZCYXM9EBTJH4PTQ52GS/P9200045.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499757389762-A70GC70U8EB1MO38GNYQ/P9200046.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499758284491-2DWUUA9BD1S7EEZCYXQG/P9200068.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499758298530-QXNCPEKOND8YABVRA3MD/P9200087.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499758315658-QDWH2976QOGKGOEZLZH1/P9200089.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499758710138-ZG79QNX5BT5HMNM101X6/P9200093.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499758735519-XJYZOOVV3RAL28RV3QP0/P9200096.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499758750079-0QIOCC1AJY1BDK567M9X/P9200097.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499760422862-WJXL2REOH2V0URMBMHWA/P9200108.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499760453352-BP3HYCQQBW4I00KNXWV1/P9200109-2.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499767731095-NQFCD85ZXD2OCRSF21MF/PA280120.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Tiger Snake - shot 1 The colours are suggestive of this being a Tiger snake, but it is the broad head that is most convincing. Imaged late October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499767730880-HCPDDHHNB5E5A01TATRX/PA280118.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Tiger Snake - shot 2 The first section of the body is unbanded. Imaged late October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499767732780-G0IRKQPC41GFYLWG8O67/PA280124.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Tiger Snake - shot 3 As the rest of the body comes into view, however, the yellowish stripes are obvious. Imaged late October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499767748826-7SFVKFCA5JHJAO0HCQGV/PA230231.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Eastern Brown Snake The narrow head is quite square when viewed from the front. Imaged late October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499767742709-U5WOML2V7ORP5124K65U/P5140056.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Eastern Brown Snake - shot 1 The scales around the nostril show a different pattern to those seen on the Tiger Snake. Imaged mid May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499767743185-3IDEL2F26L6I05W08SID/P5140057.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Eastern Brown Snake - shot 2 The same animal, now watching me. Note the obvious orange iris, characteristic of this species. Imaged mid May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499767744605-ESCLG5SOEWM4VWF5601C/P5140058.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Eastern Brown Snake - shot 3 The same animal, now watching me. Note the obvious orange iris, characteristic of this species. Imaged mid May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500011043921-6J6496B42XSW3ATLBY50/PB120023.jpg news & stories - "Snake! Snake! Snake!" - Eastern Brown Snake - juvenile (dead) We can be confident that the Eastern Browns breed here - we discovered this dead juvenile after heavy rains. Particularly stripey babies such as this one are apparently quite common among the most eastern populations of the species. https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/13/lace-monitor-recovery monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499932103583-GISMQEG4M2CRHVWORR4B/Varanus+varius news & stories - Lace monitor recovery Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) - imaged in January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499930518136-2ZHW1CDS9KNVOP22HNMG/image-asset.jpeg news & stories - Lace monitor recovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499931303327-16BEONMIMIQHTEM4R11M/P9130014.jpg news & stories - Lace monitor recovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499931303539-V737TJR274RP7T1HZG8V/P9130015.jpg news & stories - Lace monitor recovery https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/7/8/spotted-pardalote-nesting monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499566358316-MF4MV3VADYNRGT7UBEJO/P5060010.jpg news & stories - Spotted Pardalote nesting - Spotted Pardalote A male bird perched in a bush close to the nest entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499566389531-WP3GJKJCK0IM8RJK2QQF/P9059693.jpg news & stories - Spotted Pardalote nesting - Spotted Pardalote The male bird standing at the nest entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500115718369-P3XN85LOA76XNX3XFRWB/PB080747.jpg news & stories - Spotted Pardalote nesting - Spotted Pardalote With a beak full of nesting material, this male perches nearby and waits until confident it is safe to fly down to the hidden burrow entrance. Imaged November https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500115718595-GA2QOSF8VT38RGZZ2OC7/PB080762.jpg news & stories - Spotted Pardalote nesting - Spotted Pardalote With a beak full of nesting material, this male perches nearby and waits until confident it is safe to fly down to the hidden burrow entrance. 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Conveniently, we can now see inside each cell, and at the time of collection 9 of the cells contained pupae … along with various spider remains. Overall length: 14cm. Weight: 130g. An impressive construction by a single, small builder! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642046411342-L66J7F2ZBLBDVV7ZCSIV/P1010116.jpg travel stories - Woombah: life in a more northern forest - contents of broken cell (top), along with empty &amp; unfinished cell (bottom left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642046414453-176NICC43OHTW760O7KV/P1010034-2.jpg travel stories - Woombah: life in a more northern forest - the spiders were alive and in perfect condition ... just paralysed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642047318639-MG33NOPCEA3GB4YHV1WZ/P1020071.jpg travel stories - Woombah: life in a more northern forest - 12:41pm, the cell is sealed shut ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642047320165-MH4RV4OWWP8P8PVWUHTD/P1020074.jpg travel stories - Woombah: life in a more northern forest - ... no doubt containing paralysed spiders &amp; a single egg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642047323236-KEN5QQRROUFJRC3T5M6W/P1020080.jpg travel stories - Woombah: life in a more northern forest - 1:05pm and she is adding mud ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642047324391-85SFD5AYEKXB3U4U1FSO/P1020173.jpg travel stories - Woombah: life in a more northern forest - ... starting on the next cell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/3f08682d-4d35-45b0-8e4d-5d54ad0b739d/P1020063-2.jpg travel stories - Woombah: life in a more northern forest - Make it stand out We watched on as this mud-dauber wasp (Sphecidae) constructed nest cells on the outdoor furniture. Here she is confused by the relocation of her nest chair … fruitlessly searching the chair placed where hers should be! https://southernforestlife.net/travels/shetlandsalltherest monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679403122-7Y3Y2T1AB9CI0EQQ0Y2F/P6010043-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Gletness, SOUTH NESTING A coastal wander through open farmland, yielding sightings of otters and close encounters with Shetland ponies. 1st June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679337059-NRA0D1YYHNG4F0QQ3H3K/P6010036-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Gletness, SOUTH NESTING This is probably the remains of a stone-age house … around 2,000 years old! There are hundreds of such ruins scattered across the Shetlands. 1st June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680216873-E5JCZN9SC94PCWZRWUQQ/P6010006-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Gletness, SOUTH NESTING Good otter territory! 1st June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679426392-71DIKVIQKRPGYBYJROP2/P6020055-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Kirkabister, NORTH NESTING An exposed headland along a section of coast notable for the deep ‘voes’ … the Shetland equivalent of a fjord. 2nd June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680193570-P9PYIA2BWLR45IOMNPHA/P5280018-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - near our croft, SOUTH NESTING We stayed in a renovated croft, thoroughly modern inside but still with its original stone walls outside (see ‘North & South’ blog for photos). 28th May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560741682581-86EFZGRXRBIGWV50H8IX/P5300065-2-Pano.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Hermaness Nature Reserve, UNST The boggy moors are covered in peat. We suspect the pools have been formed by peat cutting, a practice that continues in other parts of the Shetlands. 30th May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560741682065-V7HTMU2TA7UG6NER7USM/P5300062-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Hermaness Nature Reserve, UNST The windblown heather will flower in another month or so. Not yet … too cold! 30th May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679477153-46FUAHR6WH5I61N7I3NY/P6040086-3.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Tresta, FETLAR Stone walls such as this are widespread. Many of them are more than a thousand years old. (Oh, and I’m stalking a patient Snipe that was using the wall as a perch). 4th June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679676522-6C17B6MNEF3ZT4KRG2TZ/P6040127-3.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Tresta, FETLAR This loch (lake) is a favoured bathing site for the Bonxies nesting on Lambhoga. 4th June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679526009-QEJ51R4QJT5P75ZD7HD0/P6040198.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Lambhoga, FETLAR This exposed headland is home to a large number of Bonxies (Great Skuas). Plus Golden Plovers like this one, Skylarks and other birds of the heather. 4th June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679509810-C6VTPBGLEPPVY5STE0NQ/P6040138-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Funzie Bay, FETLAR There are only a handful of Red-necked Phalarope in Scotland, and the Loch of Funzie is reported to be a reliable site to see them feeding. For once, we lucked out. After failing to see the famous birds, we headed down to the coast for a quick look around. 6th June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560747695046-AA4F5ICJBF25VHLCGMGQ/P6030031-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Eshaness, NORTHMAVINE This site is famous for its geology. 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The locals traded with visiting Dutch fisherman, exchanging local knitwear for tobacco, alcohol, porcelain and other ‘fine goods’. 6th June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560679285805-7XTYOYRB5N90TOW14ADH/IMG_3335.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Lerwick, CENTRAL MAINLAND Anyone who has watched the Shetland TV series will recognise Jimmy Perez’s house. It’s one of the oldest houses in Lerwick, dating from the 18th century. 6th June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560744628136-ZQRI38UTUKCUZEAQQE6G/IMG_3359.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - FAIR ISLE, the northern coast This was to have been our home for a week, but a devastating fire in March burned the two-storey wooden Bird Observatory building to the ground. 7th June (around 7pm, taken from the Ferry an hour out of Lerwick, bound for Aberdeen the next morning) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560744630285-TFPOEGUXK12R7IYAD5PT/P6070084-2-Pano.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - FAIR ISLE, the western coast The ferry passed quite close by the island. With binoculars we could even see birds on the cliffs! 7th June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560748119496-M3U11JD3AOY3LYVMZJGV/Screen+Shot+2019-06-17+at+2.22.22+pm.png travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680517769-UH62GBBWBEQXZOZJ7GOU/P6020025.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus … a relative of the Australian Pied Oystercatcher, but far more common. There are 75,000 breeding pairs in Scotland! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680778847-8IRA9GLSPVGM1041OH93/P6010016.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Eurasian Oystercatcher Summer migrant to Shetland, spending Winter in England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680523759-UE3CHRRXPFJAYEZ1531J/P6020033.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Northern Wheatear (male) Oenanthe oenanthe … a Summer migrant, overwintering in tropical Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680727168-BZDG871GJLIJ6ZT2UMIM/P6070470.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Northern Wheatear (female) This female was feeding chicks - her nest a crevice in a nearby rock wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680760960-MNKEVTQX6GP38GWDN2WP/P5290170.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Northern Wheatear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680542261-05TZP7ZEHXE11N2LPLMP/P6020171.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Common Skylark Alauda arvensis … the musical calls of these birds as they flutter overhead are heard throughout the Shetlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680593863-6KI9CAZ4IIMC41O83ENY/P6040153.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago … less secretive that Australian snipe, their vibrating tail feathers make a drumming sound as they fly over their breeding territories on the moors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680607508-FTEWCTOK0HDWUIWU2AX4/P6040240.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria…breeds on upland moors. Most birds overwinter on the islands, although a few may fly south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680713057-OBMQYSYE7QMD40MB9CW6/P6050509.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Common Eider (Male) Somateria mollissima…a sea-duck that lives around the rocky coasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680547693-94RQ3PWU4Y13FTF9UD8P/P6030022.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Common Eider Females are brown while the black and white males take four years to acquire their full plumage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680692174-TXJ1HQQ61UH7BW8HG5QC/P6040458.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus…a migrant from Africa, and the same species we see in Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680555757-IZX30GWC9J5380DD2KD4/P6030059.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata…although still numerous, Scottish populations have dropped by 50% in 25 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680635037-E23T9HHM44HTAG5M2WM0/P6040384.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus…chases other seabirds in pursuit flight. Their already small population is in decline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681133884-7UE2G70RH2TE8324ZNOS/P6040130.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Great Skua (or Bonxie) Stercorarius skua … feed by parasitising other sea-birds, also taking live fish, eggs and birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680580742-TZEZGY6QJFA1GW7WN7WA/P6040057.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Great Skua On a freshwater lakes, not far from the sea, a large group of Bonxie bathe. Newcomers land at the back, splash their way to the front, then take off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680599178-YGJ3HEVIHX0CDFS3E7N8/P6040179.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Dunlin Calidris alpina … the most common sandpiper in Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680625005-2YRWFEGI332N7NXNQP51/P6040279.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Twite Carduelis flavirostris … one of several species commonly associated with heather moorland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680659533-CP7JIYONUVW7DPVIS9AM/P6040404.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Red-throated Diver (or Loon) Gavia stellata … these large, distinctive birds were a reasonably common sight on the inland lochs. This pair put on a show for us late in the day, making their eerie calls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680675702-TZD14FGS58BKXFCA2G9D/P6040422.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Red-throated Diver (or Loon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680720448-0GNOELF8WL3W7XNANCGQ/P6060072.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus … A common sight in Winter, there is also a small breeding population of these birds in Summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560766684186-8N6DFI2OP2OVZPZL1EH7/P6070382.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis…A common bird on the moorlands. It sings as it begins its fluttering flight, hovers briefly, then parachutes to the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680755967-Y3T29J9R3H28GP6PXB9Q/P5290146.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Meadow Pipit (fledgling) Anthus pratensis … Surprisingly, this tiny bird could fly. The young leave the nest around 10 days after hatching, even before they can fly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560680880077-0LDAU3S6QV0JP59GL2CV/P6020016.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Shetland Wren Troglodytes troglodytes … The Shetland race of this widespread European wren is proudly referred to by locals as the ‘Shetland Wren’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681078933-SDO8EMEWOSH26HRBRQGT/P6010143.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Lapwing Vanellus vanellus … the same genus as Australia’s common Masked Lapwing, but with quite a different appearance. Their numbers have halved in the past 20 years! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681034552-FBAX3C9FYSW02R8VLGN0/P6010027.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Marsh Marigold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681040459-CD88TLE0O51QPJ7EFL7H/P6010032-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Thyme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681054638-8WN7IYZP6APL4YV460JE/P6010103-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Sea Rocket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560767431772-I83FL8PH2I4E2E9QUGEL/P6010023.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Thrift https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560767569279-NDP2JIGTB3TQLOV4XISC/P6010073.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560767587832-197I5KXVXO5QNB1E1NNT/P6010019-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Kidney Vetch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681347521-0N2XHOWFYE2CY9A6VOLL/P6020137.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Black Guillemot (or Tystie) Cepphus grylle … far less numerous than the Common Guillemot, and also less gregarious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681322388-QHY32LT3VFXMHJF3UWQJ/P6020083.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Black Guillemot (or Tystie) They nest on almost vertical cliff faces, taking advantage of some small crack or crevice to help support the egg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681328756-ENXWK3AU7VBWDGDEIWPW/P6020095.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus … the largest species of gull in Scotland, and a predator of puffins and kittiwakes. It also robs other birds of their food, and will even kill rabbits! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681438715-P9JKHCL34XB2SI520WE8/P6070133.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla … a gull of the open ocean, only coming to land to breed. Kittiwakes choose tiny rocky projections for their nests, thereby avoiding predators. The chick knows instinctively not to wander from the nest, as it would fall to its death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681559654-OR0QT6B70929GN6WY5J3/P6040472.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea … the most common tern of the Shetlands, diving to feed on small fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560681316062-RUHVXIS9GFJON1M6DUBP/P6020044.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: all the rest - Arctic Tern The Scottish breeding population of 47,000 pairs has declined in recent years. For such a small bird, it defends its nest with aggression – even towards passing humans! https://southernforestlife.net/travels/europe2019mammals monthly 0.5 2019-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560597810959-2X9MQNFC9A1PFU5C1770/public.jpeg travel stories - Shetland Islands: the mammals The black pony in the distance seemed to be keeping lookout. 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Only then can it leave the nest. First stop, a good bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560502352971-PEOTKYJ75J5UPYPONS5I/P6050541.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: the seabird cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560580058159-3FQ24BNNQ6RGV4BLOWCW/P5290019.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: the seabird cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560580062461-XSB4TH3L5SYHQN0OU90K/P5290046-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: the seabird cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560580063441-APBREAFPYRBZ8P8X53H4/P5290057-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: the seabird cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560580747334-WIC852AAW7P1IBN1TQY0/P6070481.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: the seabird cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1560582182387-7S4MHXGRSSQ19GFFAMT0/P6070055-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: the seabird cliffs Looking over the edge of the cliffs of Sumburgh Head, to the guillemot colony carpeting the rocks. 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Shetland Islands: north &amp; south Arriving in Lerwick on the overnight ferry from Aberdeen. 7am, chilly, rain showers, and a spectacular skyscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559298183261-5OLYC19B6DUGP76W5YJO/P5280041.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south Lerwick, population 7000, is the only town in Shetland and the most northerly town in the British Isles. At 60.15N, it’s about the same latitude as Helsinki (Finland) and Anchorage (Alaska). The equivalent distance from the equator in the southern hemisphere is way, way south of Macquarie Island (54.37S)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559298994180-5RI00MP1VGOZAAHHEAME/P5280056.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south We’re here for the birds. Kind of. Our timing is perfect, as the seabirds have arrived to breed. This immature gull was one of many birds escorting the ferry in to berth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559299348374-ED0C1YCT9FPGL5IRLJH2/P5280005-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south We’re actually just looking forward to spending time somewhere so remote and so very different to home. The most obvious difference? No trees! This is the croft we’ve rented for our stay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559299450851-OKH79NWJJZC281UB7M1Q/P5280001-2-Pano.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south The croft … all ours for the next 10 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559300769539-2LZLTIYV36V2BR77RM2C/P5280012-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559300775613-A700ZH164BGUYLQPPTYM/P5290006-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559299260586-MJ7QFJT05XE3LRFL72GJ/P5280060-Pano.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south The view from the croft is spectacular. 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Fields, sheep, just a few buildings, sheep, grass … and waterways both east and west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559311399338-RAFGX2RAK403YLYZC5RH/P5300032-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south Waiting for ferry boarding at our second crossing point, from Yell to Unst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559311580901-LJKZY2MYMPBJZN6WMRBY/P5300036-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south Shetland wool, keeping us company as we wait. There were also highland cattle, domestic geese, and even Shetland ponies over the hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310506815-K7U5HSGRSMLCVAMJV7OT/P5300034-2.jpg travel stories - Shetland Islands: north &amp; south Sunny, but cold. Beanie, scarf, thermals, 2 woollen jumpers plus a wind jacket. And gloves. 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Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558708899931-F9KLWNY4S2P89DILBN4S/P5240064.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558708741678-8C52XQ61JOYYKA5WB72T/P5240114.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558720460971-8KZ0QPNNN5L2N6O9IW2Q/P5240111.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558720456893-P9Z0EO88B9QS8L3HDOIU/P5240094.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558720474240-W7PFXANSNE3HKJWSRU94/P5240088.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558720426145-GPLS3CH0P9BOLL9H2HOO/P5240110.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558766754454-SGQBF824AAIO7X0RBVLJ/P5240230.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558720846479-BE5NIKXYQ98CAFCUENZR/P5240259.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558766181793-3HXA0STGUF26OW6UC9OI/P5240069-2.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558766183873-FRG3PCA3ND28EGP1KK5D/P5240068.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558768125051-JGOXWHLG0YBNMJL2FUKR/P5240182.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558768127416-J8DTVXNEL6GKJASAO0C5/P5240178.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558769330086-XFDGUCB8WUEG2SP1GOLW/P5240192.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558769328709-PGL06UGINM6KXZP6SJMQ/P5240198.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558770408738-5DL2MJOW2D7LBNOL0YIR/P5240153.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1558770416257-KOUM7G72Q74ZFJZVZXY9/P5240150.jpg travel stories - Birds of northern Europe https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2019/5/29/a-visit-to-schwabia monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148864268-RJXQ4SXA7YV30XGP1T1Z/P5190007.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Heinz leads us down the valley to the monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148901677-RXMJM8XRTVCWW6QQ5V4E/P5190009.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A view of the monastery from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148913085-SW813TJG0J3R3E6SFJG0/P5190015.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A protective wall surrounds the complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148920803-4YDQIF48VT71GR3H1R63/P5190017.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Inside the monastery complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148941131-NF04CO6006IWNZCPH88W/P5190022.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Some of the ruins of the original buildings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149121278-RWJYX52MYWE2GRFZDSF4/P5190135.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A Chaffinch searches for food among the stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149132981-E61KUSLIPZ0L6OL7W3MQ/P5190152.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - As does this lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149128261-PKXRK1S4C8BPR1JIXUB9/P5190141.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A Nuthatch makes its nest in a crack in a wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148951022-IVHO9MVX4S08FX1DJT8R/P5190026.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Does this man look like a tourist? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148959477-OTNV36H0VMKUEZNN9FMF/P5190028.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A picture perfect setting for Heinz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148967369-NRSB23YJCLPI0VP0RNAF/P5190031.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The architecture inside is stunning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149006513-FD6LXWMEBL908JXA7J51/P5190036.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148974682-2WZ3HXKOETXUD1VBZ43I/P5190032.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - These halls are called ‘Paradise’ - very appropriate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559148985375-AQJ5WVO4NL06BOONGVZ4/P5190033.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149053842-6DPRR9DAKWAT9TENR4GN/P5190039.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149067419-DXIF76AEFYYQD5LZVQAG/P5190044.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149082589-O4OX2VNTSABPZSEILUE4/P5190052.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149062002-XBE87WA09HD2GA4KKA1N/P5190041.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Deep in the bowels of the monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149097371-QJ2AZU43KOTOUSRBL91S/P5190056.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The Door of Death (this leads to the cemetery) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149074276-674RFMVO3GD4R35CVJLS/P5190049.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Kerri, Heinz and Anne in one of the monastery courtyards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559149110818-BPODC7SBC2AGNMKX45DZ/P5190061.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - No shortage of Fachwerkhäuser (half-timbered houses) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559159729452-4JN7NWD305IRQ6V03NWC/P5200069-Pano.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559160334934-AC5T3NJO92TTGHBEOCB4/P5200073.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559160353121-K6N960ZLJYTSYFY54I59/P5200074.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559161443160-NDHVG9I102I5X1OAK1JN/IMG_3232.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559161470981-86DYYWJ75RF37QI11PSC/IMG_3230.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559161457850-8SB981X1JXWM6WUF96AV/IMG_3231.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559329390334-DFUPKTVZZQLBCHXOWHJF/P5220010-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559329422491-62NCZ2LWXZYOLZKGN3G4/P5220017-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559329502549-SM8P62T9085OZ3QQPTHQ/P5220020-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Bush-cricket Pholidoptera giseoaptera … see iNaturalist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163487598-2PF4GKA1IBY0XRB5CURB/P5200107.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - This path winds around the lake - it's full of life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163469368-C5LHPVXWSNQRMUA06EPQ/P5200082.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A Shield Bug (Dolycoris baccarum) rests on a dandelion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163477013-ABQLWJSY8M5WL1I9W6NF/P5200102.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Insects like this wasp are often found sleeping in a flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163491998-1Y3GM0ZPCCTD25VJ1WJ8/P5200114.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Orbweaver spiders had spun their webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163594119-92IAX809R8K3JZ85R0NI/P5200385.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A local damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163569684-BRODXSKVMU821YLW6AKA/P5200364.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - This Fairy Moth is closely related to an Australian native species (Nemophora) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163497053-SK0YK51UAGSGYLE8ZTTK/P5200115.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Sailor Beetle (Cantharis fusca) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163608828-D63DSWRJJY150EHIT6NT/P5200398.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A Great Spotted Woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163552974-M800BXQ2UEV5T116W4G3/P5200180.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A Chaffinch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163549564-J9U9IQBYC6EG1X57NQHA/P5200166.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A European Robin (totally unrelated to Australian Robins) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163526877-6KIV8EH7QN9JE4YGN6WQ/P5200152.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The Hirschau Baggersee - Black blobs are hundreds of Swallows of 3 species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559323940171-A7SN7M9UTKU9VGOY0119/P5200251.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A Barn Swallow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163557939-7PZK9J77NNQLM2IAARIC/P5200280.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Two of the many waterbirds on the lake - Greylag Goose and Red-crested Pochard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163642248-WSPI209JR1TF7QXHAIMH/P5200517.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Great Crested Grebe - same species as we see in Oz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559323874600-JCEN5JB8I2PAVCQOO5T9/P5200233.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A pair of Tufted Ducks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163634857-3J8TSFS1M4UA78Y52DBL/P5200487.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Egyptian Geese - an introduced species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163505795-RBUUTOSWZ574CH8RV8JT/P5200120.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The Neckar River was close by the walking path. The channel on the left allows migrating fish to travel upstream past a weir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163517933-9EQ7HNUWO85MR9JSJULQ/P5200137.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The fields show a high diversity of native vegetation. The building in the distance is Würmlingen Chapel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163649222-2T2RVXDKDOCDW8IKZD05/P5200530.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Greylag Geese feeding in nearby wheat fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163628428-7XWF24G157WSXOD1D8T2/P5200467.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Many birds like this Yellowhammer were seen in the meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559163667703-20T4NNA26B74HL2RYW8C/P5220001.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Several Kestrels were seen hunting field mice in the meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559304318766-0A95M278TP158RSSCXAI/IMG_3176.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559304321356-RSKNYSD65ZI93DUG1ZCN/IMG_1264.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559304323687-YOZIPLLA8LO62W1TDG5U/IMG_1273.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559307725613-G7Y67DSYU1Q9XU5Z0PTH/IMG_1261.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559307736255-SQYAEL1NTM68D2DWYQVV/IMG_1272.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559307746999-4UWELTQ84SH5KBEIL0GI/IMG_3172.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559307756028-WYOHTS2BM2PG2RWAH62H/IMG_3174.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559307763268-IUBR8QWBP3SCMPZ3PJJC/IMG_3178.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559307771372-WR10NO6MQOQJHB2HL3PD/IMG_3179.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309990788-A6A8M64HZV5WYF97067T/IMG_3203.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - View from the slopes of Spitzberg to the Neckar Valley below. Baggersee can be seen in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310030357-E1HTTJGHR40Z92O4UJB7/IMG_3190.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Würmlingen Chapel perched at the top of Spitzberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309966523-MTS1KWEFD8YAWU65VBM4/P5200445.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Close up of Wúrmlingen Chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309997552-RX5LB2V14YST4IZC4T74/IMG_3207.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Hirschau nestled beneath Spitzberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310027872-OIFDD1G9R9ABCZXMZPE0/IMG_3194.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The original stone terraces are maintained to prevent erosion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309995225-PCF9NOJ9KQ3385OK1NDC/IMG_3206.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309969204-AABYQGMX1FK9QJL1UA4Z/P5220032.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Common Redstart (male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559325007881-99AR289Y03NUMD3FKLWW/P5220218.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Owly Sulphur (Ascalaphus libelluloides) - a rare lacewing species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309971690-1TBY55TQUQPXN08LHXTR/P5220114.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309974672-Q9N6Y58PEVKRTIJHOYJJ/P5220115.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309977289-ZQNV0X67RYUTB0JZR0PF/P5220081.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Common heath moth (Ematurga atomaria) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309979972-B3D5R95WJNC3ETFA1DUJ/P5220294.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310005089-DCO718VYT974I93X0F54/P5220286.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Pale clouded Yellow (Colias hyale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310002205-SFXUBVJCNP3AYAO557AK/P5220307.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Black-and-red Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309985683-T97DTZOFRZOL63TLGQ0O/P5220092.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Military Orchid (Orchis militaris) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559309988439-OBCPRZZMKS5JPUWO0YRF/IMG_3200.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310008100-NH5PARXB4HDF6JR78J16/P5220277.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Alder leaf beetle (Agelastica alni) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310011268-04EHZJ39NV9MW5U5JLVK/P5220239.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310014390-YD0XAQSEOWA3D9PWB8IC/P5220016.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310017287-SNFFRIZPALAEM52OCS17/P5220011.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Wasp-mimicking drone fly? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310023550-SNM4F6KQODCYIC59UZMG/IMG_3214.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310038303-XM78ARSGYN2UDGCPOPJ6/P5220079.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Adonis blue (Polyommatus bellargus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310041265-G5EWIG70SO9WZE6P5M3R/P5220070.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Military Orchid (Orchis militaris) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559310044041-LG6MV25PL8WBO4AQQ9FH/P5220108.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559316909524-D6WCAJKQ0Y8VL1N8VL4O/P5230116-Pano.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559317311587-XEBX93OTBI8QNDF0FB4U/P5230337.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559317316033-YLZYIQ2CJ8NQYXLF4VUA/P5230344.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559333011905-6XC5J0LDVT8ASQ8LVYX7/P5230090.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559317321150-S6161487B4REPSN077TP/P5230392.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559333355857-4BQ2Q6NXML6DR6SLFI5P/P5230098.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559333107556-HED6EU73TMXQOBSEGNJV/P5230097.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559331631709-3VRGFX94P5KGXNPJAR1R/P5230335.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Middle lace border (Scopula decorata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559317304160-SL9HO3Z3OG1ZTBXPT4CT/P5230112.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Sailor Beetle (Cantharis fusca) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559317308271-STVUGT30G8YR3MQ9C90N/P5230329.jpeg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Skipper butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559331654984-W0WU6NTSEORIVRV1GBQX/P5230367.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - We watched this bee assembling twigs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559331678193-9X1D55WE68Z8DQGDNXZO/P5230377.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559332681430-2HUF2VRV7KYEV7O0PELU/P5230403.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559322245029-1XRUI8NNFMFMCSSWN2W2/P5220029-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The source of the Lauter - the holes in the bank at the end of the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559322259317-AV4WURBSYXUBC7WIPYU7/P5220030-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The nascent river is dammed to make a small lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559322271939-QF5ZMMG2PM32JQ1RD7DU/P5220038-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The ex-nunnery/horse stud at the site of the Lauter source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559323354460-RXE8GMQ5CPDKHGR4M813/P5220072-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559323363264-9PRI4T8W94OH2EUT3GAU/P5220074-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559323471887-9A012C8EJLNO06GZSAZU/P5220057-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559323476470-KZUL0CZT629QYT8PS4L0/P5220061-2.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334000372-HQJW595STC5P3M9OG36Y/P5230154.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334011036-T1X62UEB1CFR2FMDM4UM/P5230159.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334018286-GCGWB4QEHBSUB5YKYFJ4/P5230160.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334236974-8FHI9W0I50DZRJMHF191/P5230190.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334271597-CZIGHOB8LGHELRHDHN9M/P5230175.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334203175-2LKBOYRJKX1CVDBD3DQ4/P5230180.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334215901-N5UZJF547XNNR6SQB0PU/P5230186.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334264679-ZAC03DSROUS4OEYBGR8D/P5230171.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334168103-X3LWQY4LPN432WPNVYWL/P5230131.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334746265-PDMS2WR5BEDGG56GYBR9/P5230423.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Dipper in hunting mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334740863-RI9AOSWX788HEG66HDKN/P5230420.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - A beak full of mayflies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334750313-9K44YCBJT2HMFTOFE9X3/P5230425.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - Searching for more though https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559334760596-M7MDNZTVI7T3QES6VU10/P5230431.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The dipper's quarry - an adult mayfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335788833-JRGEZOMF0PGB7LXPZ8HG/P5230212.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - The Danube was swollen and quite muddy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335618562-6TJA6XE6WAEQ5X5DR6AJ/P5230213.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335624870-HHX3ELV89H8FW9Y4KAI8/P5230221.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335614474-L6UDVKHYENI0IWJRLTIN/P5230211.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335642390-UIOW6UHIAP3B2YFNY1EF/P5230224.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - There is a host of walking trails in the area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335649806-RU74W3KG08YFVNEQR5TB/P5230237.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia - We didn't see any but beavers are known to live here - teeth marks on a tree trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335248300-3RPH7GIZ993HHNOPWCJL/P5230512.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559335275055-5L50JWS638WW7N4L2UMC/P5230246.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1559337203917-WLLK9EW0YL4N75OIK8WY/IMG_3220.jpg travel stories - A visit to Swabia https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/10/27/birds-of-south-west-wa-a-stocktake monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642457999-G74BHB87WBS2TPU51LSG/cock%2B2.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540640318714-GOTOJ68QJBW0JJQL6LT5/PA060061.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Baudin's Black-Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540640515412-JMBP7F9ISKM8V001QABD/PA010084.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Red-capped Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540640659802-D1KOP0WZ1U4GLJYHUKZ8/PA050025.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Rosella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642410798-EHCVVXA4J48FKC2Y7R49/19.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Spinebill - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540682312153-80OUXZ4JZ28P2KDGLPOA/P9260263.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Gilbert's Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642413356-FFLQC40YUDSXNT5HK55K/breeding%2Bbirds.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Whistler - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642446737-5DU1GKKJ783MTPZCJRZL/breeding%2Bbirds%2B4.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Whistler - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642694883-J838N9HL0OP918IH5DZ6/PA120235.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - White-breasted Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540682483076-4Z2QASQYQ8TS4CZ6FQOK/P9300829.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Bristlebird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642653259-3M1JVUJ7B885EEP3HO5V/P9300835.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Bristlebird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642657520-0B3S0RQ1IOBFKC8B9D5P/PA010309.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Red-eared Firetail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642675614-ZEN142QS0TD31Q5MFJI6/PA050203.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Red-winged Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540680873984-1103HRJBU4T8736C8J3Q/P9270472.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540642746820-F6VDLVVEY392AG3KC6U3/PA150524.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Rufous Fieldwren - subspecies montanellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540684308505-5G8O3808YUPVZLO905TH/P5050095.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540684333082-FSVC1VMRCCO87OB3YHU3/19.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Spinebill, Acanthorynchus superciliosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540685605451-WPRUZKN05LBAOO5MQP6T/P2270459.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Beautiful Firetail, Stagonopleura bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540685658451-LK35EPSS14WFQ0ZOZ1XR/PA010311.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Red-eared Firetail, Stagonopleura oculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540724412498-G6CFVP5BXAL246BAE9AT/P9280901.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - White-breasted Robin, Eopsaltria georgiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540724550158-TJMKVLESLUADJ6ZGXHLU/P4300060.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Eastern Yellow Robin, Eopsaltria australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540686980097-RUDO9ABMTXEF7BVA0OV6/P2210201.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchyus funereus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540687098654-9IM8NDRGHKSD73X06O0V/PA161132.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus latirostris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540687144038-VA3TD6PLNGDDPYV3JQRJ/PA060061.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus baudinii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540723772312-EGOWFY4MN7Y8S17I6GQP/PA190394.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Yellow Robin, Eopsaltria griseogularis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540723950285-W2VJVAY6ZNMOCN0WK7VT/P4180329.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Eastern Yellow Robin, Eopsaltria australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540725417221-52PUA1P0ZACDJK785C7S/P9200730.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Blue-breasted Fairy-wren, Malurus pulcherrimus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540725612514-6OMSL6RSZG7YKYECLDHP/1536879389728.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Variegated Fairy-wren, Malurus lamberti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540727298144-PIB9IEDHAMMOXLZ7GEX0/P9300281.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Whipbird, Psophodes nigrogularis oberon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540727301509-GPZBUUIQA7O3C7YWKXUW/P9300280.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Western Whipbird, Psophodes nigrogularis oberon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540727399642-BDUASOS2X47S0MBSQOMU/P2250120.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Eastern Whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540729003086-E9742BNMP956MYF6H2O0/IMG_0803.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540729054581-5HFKF8CVSYDI4077UYWV/PA060265-2.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540729062731-W7KZGW3I9LQVS2VX0CEL/PA120245.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811039357-RBG6P9MLV7FYLIK37P6S/breeding%2Bbirds%2B3.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Australian Ringneck, Twenty-eight Parrot Barnadius zonarius subspecies semitorquatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811139522-BJS77HE74LL3YQVTF2V6/P9180237.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae subspecies longirostris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811164330-20GNGKU92336KPWJLUD4/P9260032.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatis subspecies leucogaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811232055-O7GZDJVTKVTL95IKPQPZ/P9280958.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans subspecies carteri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811174467-2Q61HN5XFRZ3WR57CNC4/P9260151.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus subspecies anthopeplus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811183495-P7ZLFEIN16HNT7OXFKV7/P9260196.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis subspecies mellori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811198240-VCC6RADNUIOZ0N7IKQLA/P9270402.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang subspecies campbelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811351255-BT120R1JMA6IX79PUW37/PA110007.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii subspecies naso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811373691-IP76ZKJVE5LTB0ZWQBYU/PA120288.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens subspecies splendens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811394797-JU6B9OWJLEUZDYBADKEC/PA150122.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus subspecies tregellasi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540901281132-CX8ECVGYUQ3CPNPZ59UQ/P9300823.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus subspecies westernensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540811461449-T5I9F9910GB0F767V777/PA190443.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa subspecies preissi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540814259144-3GC841ZL018EELGJXH17/09.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger subspecies gouldii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540814405530-35ER9WG4VBDFF2YBHMOH/P9130033.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens subspecies virescens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696122931592-DZ7XNZSC3KYH014V9TQ6/PA050101-2.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Australian Magpie - female Cracticus tibicen subspecies dorsalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696122946415-3IL073PF1YY1GS9RYOXX/PA050106-2.jpg travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display - Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen subspecies dorsalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540853179264-IT24D4ONJBDM1AEMI54O/IMG_0187.JPG travel stories - Birds of southwest WA: biodiversity on display https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/10/21/wa-endemics monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540933835398-H3TDDDIIXHK9SBUITN86/Screen+Shot+2018-10-31+at+7.38.27+am.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism The Southwest Province, as defined by Beard, Chapman & Gioia (Figure 1, page 1258 … see below for full reference details) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540877112810-MNM552EOYPTLJR3104ZR/PA160342.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca valida (Barrens Clawflower) East Mt. Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289394806 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541238527649-PE3WILUJQKNW6NUN4ZFA/P9210651.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca gracilis (One-sided Bottlebrush) Fitzgerald River NP - west, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289202743 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540877174567-56RQR456IX8NEIL9KPYP/PA160642.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca velutina (Barrens Regelia) East Mt. Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289204781 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540877192078-XR0QXBLZ6IJJ3BJRRPPE/PA160625.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca velutina (Barrens Regelia) East Mt. Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289204781 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899734293-Y34BZB0YKMSFDCXOZ46V/P9200331.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca fulgens Cape Arid NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62181496 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540877424096-14G7BS6HFOWWEWXXCORQ/P9180061.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca quadrifida Esperance region, mid September https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62179350 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881390908-G043ISMHMV0T2BJG3C9J/P9280765.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca jonesii (Pink Bottlebrush) Mount Trio, Stirling Range NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289458902 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541235037976-CLAIM0D0ASAD7N2NM6V0/P9220845.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Melaleuca suberosa Point Anne, Fitzgerald River NP - west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288616664 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540883384237-51OPK5HJZJKLL0K9KGWZ/P9300763.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Kunzea sp. Waychinicup NP, late Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289679844 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749713817005-GJP2YHPV92OXZ9AK0YO3/P9210721-Enhanced-NR.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Actinodium sp. Fitzgerald River NP, west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62388430 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540877540321-IRQT9LZ31UDGJD274EVW/PA150210-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee) East Fitzgerald River NP, early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289407345 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879832457-L3Y9RSEYX1C0DXHZ8CG7/22.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288881415 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879843488-AJJLUZU8F3T631L8B088/mount%2Bbarren%2B2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus lehmannii (Bushy Yate) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288675313 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541239960276-HLEC9PMOIXRLAXHX023C/PA010037.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus marginata (Jarrah) Waychinicup NP, (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289684412 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881052727-SM9IOVGIPGMYU1W2PJW1/PA190368.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus eremophila (Tall Sand Mallee) Peak Charles NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/296964539 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881068995-6UEQ98QRTIGVZVJI6BWC/PA190383.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus eremophila (Tall Sand Mallee) Peak Charles NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/296964539 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541234945296-DM5K9UT008FEX38SIF2Z/P9240533.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus tetraptera (Square-fruited Mallee) Fitzgerald River NP (Sept) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541238456601-RCJQ526BX9NUCKZA38YQ/P9220858.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eucalyptus tetraptera (Square-fruited Mallee) Point Ann, Fitzgerald River NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288618333 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541241945900-X8GLDPX68U9JBLR56XL7/P9210776.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Chamelaucium megalopetalum (Large Waxflower) Fitzgerald River NP. (west) Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288884891 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540902274487-80VNVCX8VAQYITPCO98D/PA160663.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Calytrix (Starflowers) East Mt Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289392691 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751937807660-UDBJJLGMJ36UBCRRWYTQ/Calytrix+decandra.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Calytrix decandra (Pink Starflower) Esperance region - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/296142289 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749888895685-3X6P53HRUX4QU56GPARR/P9280830.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Darwinia leiostyla Mount Trio, Stirling Range NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289462952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749949183748-0HB2Y5BFT5BA99FEWD00/PA010069.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Darwinia vestita (Pom-pom Darwinia) Waychinicup NP - early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289692348 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751598857870-69NSXY1GPGXVESUJ7WUG/Hypocalymma.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Hypocalymma angustifolium (White Myrtle) Mount Barker region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295019503 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879515632-6M1G5M7DQ89XNS9S3589/06.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia coccinea (Scarlet Banksia) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288944882 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879612237-QOMNLBFTU5GD01CK38IE/07.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia heliantha (Oak-leaved Dryandra) (previously Dryandra sp.) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288673056 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881970840-Q7G0OPML0RKSLL576PJR/P9280783.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia formosa (Showy Dryandra) (previously Dryandra formosa) Mount Trio, Stirling Range NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289459730 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751616273328-XIY82IOQDL3QIH9GZBTH/Banksia+falcata.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia falcata (Prickly Dryandra) east Fitzgerald River NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295053115 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541234542947-RVUDZ5NOSL1XEEPO9909/P9210645.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia gardneri (Prostrate Banksia) Fitzgerald River NP - west, (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62387928 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541234634389-IU38OQ5BW07BCQ80JZ3N/P9210680.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia attenuata (Candlestick Banksia) Fitzgerald River NP - west, (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289202214 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540875777019-49ZCCPIUM9CWFQX5N65X/P9190023-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia speciosa (Showy Banksia) Cape Arid NP, Sept https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879285081-L21V78S9U6K6X62GDY2H/PA150151-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia lemanniana (Yellow Lantern Banksia) Fitzgerald River NP (east), mid October https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289398179 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749798239741-TDB38IVZXAJIF3JFB8KI/P9220855-Enhanced-NR.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Banksia obtusa (Shining Honeypot) Point Ann, Fitzgerald River NP – west, (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289199902 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879415524-LL6URL1NFB429PI4CR9P/04.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288884895 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879427549-6X9JRTQ5X8OA16WPLMO0/04b.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/288884893 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540875896524-X30WFWV8SKCPTCPF3CHB/P9300210.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Hakea cucullata (Scallop Hakea) Waychinicup NP, late Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289674284 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541241684121-TK6UQHSTWD4K68ECYOKI/PA010307-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Hakea cucullata (Scallop Hakea) Waychinicup NP. early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289690671 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541234751113-S1C1P33N1H4JG3JL62QV/P9210785.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Hakea corymbosa (Cauliflower Hakea) Fitzgerald River NP - west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289201069 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540880243044-02PKKJJOER3HAHXW7KP1/P9200794.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Hakea clavata (Coastal Hakea) Cape Le Grand NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62186555 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540876277379-0RN4BYZUZSGO7HW7I4EX/P9300253.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Conospermum caeruleum (Smokebush) Waychinicup NP, early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289675651 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749796101160-7TWB8UFCEVHDHI7FVFHM/P9220012-Enhanced-NR.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Conospermum distichum (Smokebush) Fitzgerald River NP - west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289196424 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751617220735-A51LGJRRFP56G8HB1PSU/Adenanthos+cuneatus.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Adenanthos cuneatus (Coastal Jugflower) east Fitzgerald River NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295055049 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540876805970-S2JI637GTWSDLH41BRRM/PA010015.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Adenanthos obovatus (Jugflower) Waychinicup NP, early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289681925 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879138243-V86J1MOI4VG279YHGIXU/PA150456.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Grevillea nudiflora Fitzgerald River NP (east), mid October https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289407344 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540880069496-AVG0WJR89HS0JL82BK7Z/P9200850.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Grevillea hookeriana (Red Tooth Brushes) Cape Le Grand NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62186148 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751754135856-FX4B0TN8Y3U1ZR6Q3CE8/Grevillea+tripartida.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Grevillea tripartida east Fitzgerald River NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295059942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540880921762-JFTZXCBAQ31FVTRATKWK/PA190210.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Grevillea huegelii (Comb Grevillea) Peak Charles NP, Oct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751937074879-J031S5I8HKS7GBEF6MEE/Grevillea.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Grevillea excelsior (Flame Grevillea) Peak Charles NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/296139981 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750749176305-YEJUGLELQ5FB5LFYGRKH/PA110192.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Grevillea quercifolia (Oak-leaf Grevillea) Nannup region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/292293831 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540901736064-KFPHRSMZLN53CE3MMX76/PA010236-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Stirlingia latifolia (Blue Boy) Waychinicup NP, early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289681925 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540876902380-7Y6AIIA8MFQ90X1ACS5W/PA010050.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle) Waychinicup NP, early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289688484 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879954531-RKM487TI2RG75NLF445Q/P9200815.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Lambertia inermis var. inermis (Chittick) Cape Le Grande NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62097581 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540878862513-P35BWABQX4S6H772J7GS/PA150442.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Petrophile teretifolia Fitzgerald River NP (east), mid October https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289403643 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541235540776-1B9DL3RO8ADT87OTQF06/P9210647.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Petrophile prostrata (conestick) Fitzgerald River NP - west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62388097 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541241498145-LQQEQRWAVWDFTVMSKF5X/P9300505.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Petrophile striata (Sticky Petrophile) Waychinicup NP, Sept. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289699744 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540879367267-AQJTQ5Y0QCTI987H7XE1/PA150159-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Isopogon trilobus (Barrel Coneflower) Fitzgerald River NP (east), mid October https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289399730 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540880364670-X4WQSHS7ASUW5BFVFLH0/PA130121-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Isopogon formosus (Rose Coneflower) Mt. Barker region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/292726490 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881629823-7OAZX3IRSU37W0ZY18D3/P9280748.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Synaphea media Stirling Range NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289456228 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899324574-TTHO8C11WWE8AVO9ZZMR/PA090046-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Drakaea glyptodon (King-in-his-carriage) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291643234 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898701100-A8N5BKMZ4LIJEP3WMUJ6/PA060036.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Drakaea livida (Warty Hammer Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290602561 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898925362-AANCKIOXYF2HL5Y9FZK8/PA060446.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Drakaea thynniphila (Narrow-lipped Hammer Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290550777 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899349358-YL0DERN86IK56APRIEIL/PA090047-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caleana nigrita (Flying Duck Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291643239 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882849349-52OZ01V97Z9WDX4DUWW4/P9200702.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Thelymitra antennifera (Lemon-scented Sun Orchid) Cape Arid NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62025043 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899449069-50PIM2HCPXOEAO3V1FPY/PA090109-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Thelymitra crinita (Blue Lady Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291643243 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751956489631-43MN929FPDLZWX255L00/PA160703.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Thelymitra cornicina (Lilac Sun Orchid) East Mount Barren, Fitzgerald River NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/296188082 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899091585-BBQEVSH8U525UXBT6T38/PA080160.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Thelymitra flexuosa (Twisted Sun-Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290876373 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882905261-ZGTY3YTZETUC8G4ZMYXD/P9200711.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Thelymitra granitora (Coastal Sun Orchid) Cape Arid NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62025175 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884769087-MKUSHAWUFKFXATKEWRYZ/PA130252-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia ferruginea (Rusty Spider Orchid) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294520182 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884838563-86G6RBJV7NINVWDGG1DA/PA130273-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia longicauda (White Spider Orchid) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294744579 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540889835300-SEI2SAKC8YOVRQ5OYWP6/P9270455.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia longicauda ssp. eminems (Stark White Spider Orchid) Stirling Range NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289418872 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540883044116-E8Y35D9CONMNAUD0W6NH/P9200551.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia horistes (Cream Spider Orchid) Cape Arid NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62023700 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899213281-5T8ADAH8OP6Q6P27W9FW/PA080236.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia attingens ssp. attingens (Forest Mantis Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291067076 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884539803-OKPP3EEC5EA171KJZ2GI/PA130017.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia lobata (Butterfly Orchid) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/292728794 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898837549-5JZS62EG64CYL3CB7WZQ/PA060328.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia macrostylis (Leaping Spider Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290354909 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899296198-IIJE3JP4R6PN289N98ED/PA090023-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia thinicola (Scott River Spider Orchid) South West Capes, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291642359 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750556417637-EAS32FIS3KL01RHC2FAG/PA090132-2.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia paludosa (Swamp Spider Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291646187 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540883007275-GOVBYTHHTMJRYG1FNUYF/P9200648.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia exstans (Pointing Spider Orchid) Cape Arid NP (Sept) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898679840-37JNW1DS2BDX5H00242P/PA060015.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia brownii (Karri Spider Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290605201 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899269365-X8ALOZR58D89H8ZWUFJU/PA080322.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia infundibularis (Funnel-tipped Spider Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291073182 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749779759068-JR8TOOS9Y3W5LWHKCHNN/P9250500-Enhanced-NR.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia barbarossa (Dragon Orchid) Fitzgerald River NP - west, (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289159054 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884737723-66HHCRUN3TQEX24F7HU3/PA130243.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia cairnsiana (Zebra Orchid) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294520180 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899179401-HHSDDZ0LEZYPRKPIK3R9/PA080187.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia flava (Cowslip Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290869079 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898782053-0SUF2ZP5IKEH2N6XSIL9/PA060199-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia flava x reptans (hybrid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290554923 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898731178-Z4NEUF1IYH307BBVXOMQ/PA060190-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Caladenia latifolia (Pink Fairy Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290556149 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898811089-UUFBUMEN2KJNPAIOT5LH/PA060325.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Pterostylis crispula (Slender Snail Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290354079 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884709494-8XYUMUDGZ5ILN2OG7FJI/PA130211-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Pterostylis recurva (Jug Orchid) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294520179 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750147396756-798IMKN587GXTLZPZBIO/PA040283-Enhanced-NR.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Pterostylis turfosa (Bearded Bird Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290346093 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540897476347-ENH6OKR801JEWUAV2268/P9270043.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Diuris laxiflora (Banded Bee Orchid) Stirling Range NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289413907 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541277421320-U17XHT2J98PTI8VDH81M/P9200266.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Diuris decrementa (Common Bee Orchid) Cape Arid NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62022032 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540883024215-1M7RRE059A54FYCI79AJ/P9200599.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Diuris pulchella (Beautiful Donkey Orchid) Cape Arid NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62023874 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884628734-9BBUSA19PKCVZZ8A7PS6/PA130093-2-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Diuris longifolia (Purple Pansy Orchid) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/292724913 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898760509-OAT9MPU5B44604UEWHM5/PA060199.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Cyrtostylis huegelii (Midge Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290352966 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898871423-TDX43JNBH8TAKBAEW1MJ/PA060346.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Cyanicula sericea (Silky Blue Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290547349 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898899806-OWCSQ2RPWQG1RGP1VY1G/PA060429.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Calochilus ulignosus (Swamp Beard Orchid) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290552614 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899388907-MBK4A9AJPR7HRLK8FCQN/PA090065-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Elythranthera brunonis (Purple Enamel Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291643238 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751586486941-L9H0G9WKE4AXEIVLVGMK/PA130510.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Elythranthera emarginata (Pink Enamel Orchid) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294982433 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899538582-XB6B8FY6V7U3MLGTYUJY/PA100071.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Prasophyllum elatum (Tall Leek Orchid) South West Capes (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291648735 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884657815-94MQ906I2LE6EO2WEJI5/PA130207-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Lyperanthus serratus (Rattlebeaks) Mt Barker region (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294520173 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540880510027-LCF3VSORQRTYPLHGGL2M/PA110123.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Pimelea (THYMELAEACEAE) Nannup region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/292292960 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884190181-W8XWI64WQPRTLPM46P1I/16.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Pimelea physodes (THYMELAEACEAE) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62390279 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884060605-KBDWPNUO6QHH9FHZLPX0/PA160628.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Pimelea physodes (THYMELAEACEAE) East Mt Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289205526 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540880581622-Q495GBWKNA0US1O90M59/PA110126.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Pimelea rosea (THYMELAEACEAE) Nannup region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/292292963 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540880605620-6CAH033T3RXBXX43VWIO/PA110161.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Patersonia umbrosa (IRIDACEAE) Nannup region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/292292966 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540889607838-BC2Z62FTBKJ8X72PBCV7/P9270486.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Orthrosanthus laxus (IRIDACEAE) Stirling Range NP. Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289420121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540897900756-VXNKW31KKQMVN3DNGQ6R/PA040202.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Johnsonia lupulina (ASPHODELACEAE) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290340282 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751599387687-AHGQWAFWNHGAV7QGJICR/Johnsonia+teretifolia.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Johnsonia teretifolia (ASPHODELACEAE) Mt Hassell, Stirling Range NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295020317 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540897992376-GLE9VT6OVEE08OWT6K04/PA040248.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Chaemaescilla corymbosa (ASPHODELACEAE) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290607268 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540897681573-P67Q0ZCLHIT8X65HQH3R/PA030129.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Agrostocrinum hirsutum (ASPHODELACEAE) Two Peoples Bay, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289975420 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540885403356-G44LONU81X0G8O7UJF40/PA190386.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Thysanotis patersonii (ASPARAGACEAE) Peak Charles NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/297145459 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540889570955-XONS48W37OM3YQ0BOBZQ/P9270443.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Thysanotis sp. (ASPARAGACEAE) Stirling Range NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289416193 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882418799-TD9JS01OTRHVA3WO7C6J/PA100080.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Lomandra purpurea (ASPARAGACEAE) South West Capes, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291648738 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881495623-5LBJMZ0054NGFVRIR21N/P9270562.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Craspedia sp. (ASTERACEAE) Stirling Range NP (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289422871 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540889629912-GKIFL3BE9NXMN30FATQ4/P9270552.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Rhodanthe manglesii (ASTERACEAE) Stirling Range NP. Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289421060 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881824424-60ST1737GLQ3K6SM9TP8/P9270408.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Conostylis pusilla (HAEMODORACEAE) Stirling Range NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289469474 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751618014445-Q7VZA3OAUN5EYQ61ARSW/Conostylis.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Conostylis vaginata (HAEMODORACEAE) east Fitzgerald River NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295056950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749890037820-0C54XUTL4BMF52G7N1VT/P9281153.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Anigozanthos humilis (HAEMODORACEAE) Stirling Range NP. (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289465425 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882289174-EL3Z35J626AF0QW8KTUD/PA090034.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Anigozanthos manglesii (HAEMODORACEAE) South West Capes, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291643240 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540897932483-DX8I8EVNHYTBFFM15XSR/PA040230.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Anigozanthus flavidus (HAEMODORACEAE) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290343766 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882400880-ZEE02SMW638IET584Q7B/PA080095.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Philotheca spicata (RUTACEAE) South West Capes, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290869078 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750150048520-CZN2L9Q02UVWKXKL65N5/PA050063-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Chorilaena quercifolia (RUTACEAE) Valley of the Giants, Tingledale (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290351157 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540897585489-578X31EI91CE9G2CCD22/P9280813.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Boronia crenulata (RUTACEAE) Mount Trio, Stirling Range NP. (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289468007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751754250117-AELOIGG4VUMJFY0JGA6C/Nematolepis.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Nematolepis phebalioides (RUTACEAE) east Fitzgerald River NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295243492 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540883509376-C69BCTW97YLCWAXNXQJC/P9300265.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Xanthosia rotundifolia (APIACEAE) Waychinicup NP, late Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289675651 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540883620818-OTMOVABKLNTQ3NQO4B5R/P9200308.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Anthocercis littorea (SOLANECEAE) Cape Arid NP, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62022628 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540885054013-8SM8GPLVE894XW1DGKUM/PA130487.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Leschenaultia formosa (GOODENIACEAE) Mt Barker region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294983521 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884116695-NSSUFR9O0P26J2SRKXMV/PA150437.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Leschenaultia heteromera (GOODENIACEAE) Fitzgerald River NP (east), Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289405261 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898340413-MYI7KLLLL8V5WKII59Z1/PA040303.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Dampiera hederacea (GOODENIACEAE) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290350037 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541238280630-RMHFPX8H3350TMUT16EK/P9221435.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Goodenia trinervis (GOODENIACEAE) Point Ann, Fitzgerald River NP - west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289197895 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540889462404-8RWRDRZKHPGCEBP0W6AN/PA190662.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Eremophila sp. (SCROPHULARIACEAE) Peak Charles NP, Oct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541235116508-G07TYSJ8UFGDGRY15A8Z/P9220015.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Chloanthes coccinea (LAMIACEAE) Point Ann, Fitzgerald River NP - west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289195447 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540889674311-RQ6XNK18ZZ9PIXDPCCXQ/P9280825.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Sphenotoma sp. (ERICACEAE) Mount Trio, Stirling Range NP. (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289461032 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899952965-N82YNK445VEKE9KTV9YR/P9300326.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Andersonia caerulea (ERICACEAE) Waychinicup NP, late Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289677890 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540897803772-YEIT07FXJKJCLTLVGIX3/PA040078.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Leucopogon verticillatus (ERICACEAE) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290344474 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541235236893-QOMB7ERV0POG91MNZP3L/P9210625.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Leucopogon apiculatus (ERICACEAE) Fitzgerald River NP - west (Sept) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289203488 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540884296140-F104BS7MIRBGHWGQ8KHY/16b.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Chorizima diversifolium (FABACEAE) Fitzgerald River NP (west), Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289153885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540899664103-21OPAMNI4DK2VOPH98TF/P9200343.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Chorizema aciculare (FABACEAE) Cape Arid NP, Sept https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898129689-HGF8198ZM12BDI2WBQLM/PA040251.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Bossiaea webbii (FABACEAE) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290342737 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749884378405-ROVTUPQO524MDQVMTC2T/P9280729.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Gastrolobium rubrum (FABACEAE) Mt Trio, Stirling Range NP – Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289455073 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540889536163-76JH4CW9CWI1GPK8AS3H/P9270365.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Gompholobium polymorphum (FABACEAE) Stirling Range NP. Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289410642 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541238345953-BYVFCWIS1LHU7V2C5GT7/P9210631.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Gompholobium scabrum (FABACEAE) Fitzgerald River NP - west, Sept https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/62387599 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541241049363-8CARXVHSI6G0Y6RWXBM6/PA010044.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Gompholobium ovatum (FABACEAEA) Waychinicup NP - early Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289686781 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751598566717-7UJWSI3VOKNOH7Y03HVK/Sphaerolobium.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Sphaerolobium medium (FABACEAE) Mount Barker region, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/295018684 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751950903442-9MPX9336FBFN81YB5Z5L/Dillwynia+pungens.jpeg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Dillwynia pungens (FABACEAE) East Mount Barren - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/296177228 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882476872-2ZEQ8MIHZJQILLZ9NWB3/PA080102-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Utricularia multifida (LENTIBULARIACEAE) South West Capes, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290869076 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540898964739-R6RRAQELPS6KVYO4Q06B/PA060411.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Stylidium schoenoides (STYLIDIACEAE) Coalmine Beach / Walpole NP, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290548958 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882484433-7737ZZ5E5DUJXQ49XNYJ/PA080081-2.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Stylidium androsaceum (STYLIDIACEAE) South West Capes, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290869077 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540882489799-8GIHXM3FBQ8HKAE53EVX/PA080052.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Stylidium androsaceum (STYLIDIACEAE) South West Capes, Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290808488 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750119483099-X2F36PN0ON6ZHN45R5GE/PA030135-Enhanced-NR.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Levenhookia pauciflora (STYLIDIACEAE) Two Peoples Bay – (Oct) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290276497 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750230820701-EKLWDC1W1FKJG3ES08XC/PA060146.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism - Stylidium piliferum (STYLIDIACEAE) Coalmine Beach, Walpole NP - Oct https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/290607273 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540881159025-TI84XR7DW3Y03PHV1QM3/PA190113.jpg travel stories - Flora of south-west WA: diversity &amp; endemism Acacia sp … Peak Charles NP, Oct https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/9/15/head-of-bight monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013681268-O44WDSMH7427K9R72R5W/P9150035-2.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour Head of Bight, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013754433-CY2H98BEIB7FSPG7LQ1D/P9150023.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013859298-Y7WUDTWSBU13QLTIRU5F/P9150262.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013766562-2KDYH85KJ32C3EP5RU4L/P9150024.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013876789-OS2XEKRYE5BD6HRFB7AZ/P9150269.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014145134-VXGPO4QUA2O7VOCGXEHX/P9150039-2.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour mural at Nullarbor Roadhouse, just 30km from Head of Bight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013946462-FVQICU9IG2AGCLQJBW6A/P9150036.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013974231-GXUNSMVPIDA7GF09P6MH/P9150210.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537013982360-RCDA0FP7V6MPVFP2ESHX/P9150231.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014052387-UWZUETJC63XOTIDOOJQY/P9150280.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014414089-9T7V1L9L3AZ8AJSVY6GL/P9150160.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour Rolling on her back like this, the mother is apparently discouraging her persistent calf from its attempts to feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014591102-TLV68SIJM4I1P1TVN24V/P9150314.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014678431-TCYHG7UMBJJAGKIK2EB9/P9150317.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014689422-NLAV63VYAAR4MX7II7J7/P9150318.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014812612-LK07WVSPI1FAYK6OG7HH/P9150319.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014822182-4VUAHF3AVDCE8LOBUTIV/P9150321.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014957765-5UAEG6XHE6YEVXB52JWF/P9150327.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537014958925-30TG56ESVMHPPDCYSFAI/P9150328.jpg travel stories - Southern Ocean, Southern Right Whales, and a surprising bird behaviour https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/9/12/hattah-kulkyne-contrasting-environments-in-the-mallee monthly 0.5 2018-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536733066353-DJ58ZRT88M26O5SHQHF2/P9080104.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee Lake Mournpall at dawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536749729283-0PV5RBG11KP7CCD51P1E/P9080517.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Hoary-headed Grebe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536749972266-3ZF5KB6ZPLIXMKCJ2X16/P9080132.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Australian Shelduck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734257425-300S0BHZLCSKELFL2YM6/P9080113-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734095408-BC44KRQRFDQ8L8R6YJO8/P9080123-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536737351919-8FB824IZVT5UCFS8LFTW/P9080141-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee River Red Gum buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536733981477-KCV5FYKOA51XZ8PKAKNA/P9080122-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee A band of what I assume are River Red Gum saplings lies just offshore. The orange marks on the trunks of this group shows how high the lake can rise when the Murray floods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734481441-CFH8SR6DABPSDHYLSQXI/P9070035.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734528778-NNVQGPL6EPTTRLJSUKVL/P9070038.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734824096-OPRHR1GH0SUS60278XSE/P9080376.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - 'Yellow-type' Crimson Rosella A subspecies of the Crimson Rosella, and a specialist of the Murray River floodplains and River Red Gums. Platycercus elegans flaveolus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734635315-ERQ8Z0QQF0ISDZAFN20W/P9080289.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Little Corella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734695075-BIN63OU8S5TZCYR99LEW/P9080263.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Regent Parrot - male This eastern subspecies breeds only in the River Red Gums of this region, and is listed as Endangered. Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536750976432-OUIX8S0G4C4KQNIDN3RB/P9080213.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Regent Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536751078649-XP06B3UJZ7UHJOSMZGMX/P9080281.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Mallee Ringneck This subspecies (Barnardius zonarius barnardi) is found throughout the inland areas of the eastern states, but does not adapt well to agricultural land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536748902673-ALJ6ED1GJGWQJ8BDAGQ0/P9080166.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Whistling Kite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536748969825-Z78HJNY9B5KP7JEDD9SH/P9080277.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734881825-6HLDXK1ZMXV9FVLN0QQO/P9080362.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536734955038-L5PWUI4SMCQ9393SCODB/P9080305.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Pied Butcherbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536735005215-BYUJQZ38CV91NAINQ4VU/P9080351.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Blue-faced Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536737474833-KWZ3GNS6M3SL3KNS07AA/P9070065.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - The villains - Noisy Miners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536738807483-NNFZNZU4Y03N90PY8CG7/P9080357.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Blue-faced Honeyeater is swooped https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536748761013-WE9BYE7HFRRU6IS4AZYS/P9080148.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Whistling Kite gets same treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536736377869-K9SM6NFGJZV29434D1U2/P9070101-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536736406643-Z5O29DLJHPHOKUL7L3LI/P9070105.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536739267080-721BLMELRHV7VJEBK7LJ/P9080296.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536739222637-ASI2E47FGJ3GLJB5O8PO/P9080127-2.jpg travel stories - 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Porcupine Grass (Triodia scariosa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536739901065-J5FUPV4LO36LJXSKOAOY/P9080147-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee Clumps of Triodia often grows outwards in a ring, leaving a central bare area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536740202360-DS8ZH7AO6H9KCC4YU0MK/P9080155-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536740463275-273IN0IYR2HQLI7NQW0J/P9080130-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536740481191-HAL01QJ52L3QHPVE58IZ/P9080150-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536740508990-8T1WV66X6OPOP55K6OPK/P9080153-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536740634105-6FH4UXVVKSUIC9RDJH7F/P9070059.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536740892511-9SD6REBPU74PBGRQNNCT/P9080489.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Red-capped Robin - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536743698749-R8RG69SOTJ1OZLNT1XK1/P9080467.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Weebill Perhaps Australia’s tiniest bird! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536743692555-0K3B7RVLQXSF8300UJYO/P9080454.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee - Splendid Fairy-wren - female We did get a brief look at the beautiful blue male, but they are always much more secretive than the females … and therefore much much more difficult to photograph! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536744059820-N67F3D3RK01TIK0ZV1IQ/P9080157-2.jpg travel stories - Hattah-Kulkyne: contrasting environments in the mallee Shingleback or ‘Sleepy’ Lizard - this subspecies (Tiliqua rugosa aspera) is found from the Nullarbor Plain to eastern QLD … but there’s another, more colourful subspecies we hope to see in WA’s south west! https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/7/11/dorrigo-rainforest monthly 0.5 2018-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531303131898-AJWIP85A3UM608FRMUZB/P7090001-2.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531303209782-52PE5U7EIBQ044D0G58G/P7090005-2-Pano.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531304324881-6QF3SP94NCYS27Q72TH7/P7090008-2.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531304351094-LGN997S4X2HLL49D3XWB/P7090010-2.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531305298665-NQKZXPIFMH3GQWSP6J5U/P7090041.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Australian Logrunner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531305329329-XZ0IZ5YD2I1HZHSNV23Y/P7090046.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Australian Logrunner A sideways kick of the large feet unearth their food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531306691404-UUO1PDFNDJ729DJ0KJVB/P7090143.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Pale-yellow Robin Like our familiar Eastern Yellow Robin, these birds perch sideways on tree trunks while scanning the ground for prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531306719940-0TQGUA6R0631JGNWR45E/P7090174.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Eastern Yellow Robin This is a different race to the southern Eastern Yellow Robin we get at home. It has a bright yellow rump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531309234415-JPJMGXEP3VXWES3TVE3Z/P7090155.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new The Yellow-throated Scrubwren shows a different pattern of hunting behaviour to the robins, hopping around on the ground - just like the White-browed Scrubwren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531309261200-KVT2EWSLSAKEMF72YB29/P7090151.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Yellow-throated Scrubwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531309284847-8PXA29XQRFBWJQ144AKS/P7090153.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Yellow-throated Scrubwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531307359705-63JDRY9YFPKJX9GTA7LJ/P7090165.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new Grey Shrike-thrush, a familiar bird from home. Our birds are much more wary than this individual, which was happy to hunt just a couple of metres away from us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531307411539-1HLM0SS37E2BXHJNDE3Y/P7090170.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Grey Shrike-thrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531307390952-KBHXW3634W0VVYGSVHAV/P7090169.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Grey Shrike-thrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531309402048-TSFMKIEQ381XE2P8CO1E/P7090107.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Australian King-Parrot This bird seemed strangely out of place to us, as we’re used to seeing it our dry sclerophyll home forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531309422722-TJVQLTAP92KE9J2J0OOM/P7090114.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Australian King Parrot An adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531309441131-9KAP8BUZ67DHJLHCZ1ZC/P7090117.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Large-billed Scrubwren This tiny bird behaves more like a thornbill than a scrubwren. It moves about in the middle storey of the forest, searching for insects amongst the branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531310363633-HGGUOI5YPJ0UQXGRP5ZJ/P7090059.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Paradise Riflebird (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531310398335-SGX9SOSHS3ALB8EJ931M/P7090073.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Paradise Riflebird (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531310420307-O791WIAYR6R68JJ1UJ7L/P7090080.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Paradise Riflebird (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531310906670-NIXCPVEMA5LQTV7F3PAQ/P7090125.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531311228640-FVTVHEJ9B9VVPHEKC75P/P7090180.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Pied Currawong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531311248345-QCPHIF18VA3IE5YIDFQP/P7090182.jpg travel stories - Birds of the Dorrigo rainforest - something old, something new - Pied Currawong https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/7/10/life-among-the-mangroves monthly 0.5 2018-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531219978799-K57HX9VHQCW2SG34NDHJ/P7100011.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531220667477-8TG0W98LJC70YEL974NF/P7100007.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531220884711-VIAUUPD0IETFQPSDA2BV/P7100229.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Little Black Cormorants & Silver Gulls The water rushing out of the shallows, through a gap in the break wall, must have carried a wealth of small fish. It was a feeding frenzy - cormorants from below, gulls from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531220960437-QHQH10VDPDKMQYQQIGTU/P7100234.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Little Egret https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531220945648-5WAWBASDR9GO0G3U4252/P7100243.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Little Egret https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531221576549-PPG5VJCFA024B1KQN9GL/P7100261.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531221582958-MMS4X1K74RR0E0EOVTWU/P7100272.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531221600459-9Z2ETIGH0TIVCZZVQKP9/P7100283.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531221633656-EMQXA6F3N47GT5TP4JB0/P7100293.jpg travel stories - 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Life among the mangroves - Fiddler Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223226320-VBMC3KZWZHG9EJQSP4FQ/P7100532.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Fiddler Crabs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223258218-Y0F7C5LR6X6CGA85DBOX/P7100538.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Fiddler Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223285468-KRRL3MJJZMP2JYXT9RSE/P7100545.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Fiddler Crabs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223305975-11MTXH0XFLRJ6NS4A258/P7100550.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Fiddler Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223358741-X5V1QQF3BVBYDY5NJTAP/P7100535.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Fiddler Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223955956-5ZPGDF0VS84ADKTJND3H/P7100509.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Semaphore Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223967884-NX8PCTNWPKX0374R9SNL/P7100505.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Semaphore Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531223978983-PQW8CQMNRPRT9RZB2GW0/P7100515.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - Semaphore Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222684518-WWBWQ4YNDCSNHX6TDJA0/P7100683.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - immature, preening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222684535-BBCPCD3QRGD3O817J7BZ/P7100684.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - immature, preening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222689733-GO4GIXDQILW31KIC94E8/P7100693.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - immature, preening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222716838-ZOFZHF049QMF6MZ5Q7KA/P7100739.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - immature, practice flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222716852-REA00PFIQ8HII1GHZEWU/P7100740.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - immature, practice flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222721730-VTM88M7CIMKEFQDRQSZP/P7100741.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves - immature, practice flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531383527129-A7PELHAWBV71NRD8IOOX/P7100756.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531383567699-O47E9UGZIUV5SIM0LH15/P7100759.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531383589256-BI241NPR40KA99I3LQ65/P7100760.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222972989-SVYCWG4NERWJQ8I681VX/P7100296.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222981296-YRZ4524ZG8OQSQE1PZSB/P7100298.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531222985019-0JLB3JKFOP8XW6U6EYFF/P7100306.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531224401645-VZTE3MBLKF0ON6KIFFQ5/P7100614.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531224411732-8O86FHM7IYLQD3AYU3LH/P7100618.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531224657611-S0HHXLKL1FU4YXKNGA9P/P7100452.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531224665278-11C6RT3YU6ACWU46BKFC/P7100578.jpg travel stories - Life among the mangroves https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/7/8/clarence-valley-truly-a-true-birding-hotspot monthly 0.5 2023-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531044059397-KNARSQ1W9VFU0AQJU44O/P6300021.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998411320-54H98B0ZSABGAKKTOGHH/P7010076.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Osprey Once again, a pair of these raptors has chosen to nest on the purpose-built platform Kerri’s father erected in his front yard. This provides a great opportunity to observe them at close quarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998418026-FGA0KGVOER7H2BF90KB5/P6300544.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Mangrove Honeyeater A specialist mangrove resident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998067675-7PAXPS8F5334Z2O9E07I/P7040027.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Royal Spoonbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998030559-QDJQX4N8IHYU2JG00DZZ/P7040149.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Great Egret (above) and Intermediate Egret We were lucky to see these two species on the same tree, allowing us to directly compare their size, neck length, head shape and bill length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998111673-M44W4HRY83ILD6K72RYO/P6300300.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Double-banded Plover This wader from New Zealand overwinters on the East Coast of Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530997999113-NAIA0U5BGAK4J7ANP5JX/P6300020.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998041256-852PMEV8143TBWAPG8PP/P7040199.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Nankeen Night Heron We saw 15 or so of these birds roosting in a large tree on the banks of a tributary of the Clarence River. They were quite “flighty” and all except two took off as we approached. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998093379-VT8FFYWR05W5JIV23FL6/P7040260.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - White-necked Heron This bird was the sole resident of a large pond adjacent to the Clarence River. This species is normally quite wary, but this individual allowed us to observe it hunting from quite a close distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998131665-M6J7ZFQKAC4UCN9CO0ID/P6300417.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Sacred Kingfisher It was strange to see 3 of these birds on the sandflats of the Clarence Estuary. We know the species as a Summer resident of our southern forest. They used small mangrove trees as observation towers as they hunted for soldier crabs emerging from their holes in the sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998150528-D78M96ZW6NV44R6JL4GB/P7010087.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Australasian Darter This waterbird swims with almost all of its body submerged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998169587-GYTWT8D3HBVKX2H9C215/P6300597.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Australasian Darter This bird uses the pontoon in front of Kerri’s parents’ house as a roost to dry out its wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998192904-L60S25ZJU21IEVBAKLLX/P6300433.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Sacred Kingfisher A successful hunting foray! Soldier crab firmly held in the beak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998222789-DL0MLZKAAXMI509BVJFV/P7040237.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Pied Cormorant Close quarters! We were surprised to see a large number of these rather large birds nesting in a rather small tree in the middle of a wetland near the Clarence River. Not surprisingly, this lead to a good deal of squabbling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998392958-B9ASCIZXAHMGVRZG9XRI/P7040032.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Royal Spoonbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998402132-N4O0RT93KB1K4S4BKY0B/P7010098.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998452762-2ZKPTVGYMM9O4HNE7PNO/P6300298.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Cotton Harlequin Bug This outrageously colourful bug, Tectocoris diophthalmus is often seen in large numbers, feeding on young shoots of the Cottonwood Hibiscus Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530998422334-8ZL8W2IB98KIKC6H2IO5/P6300287.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Cotton Harlequin Bug Tectocoris diophthalmus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530997981071-Z8Q52JDUW6YYV3MLXCTT/P6300009.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531045743738-G7M3J9NGQ3XVAKZAFAEH/P7080013.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531045743822-IWI5XMUA7LK9H9URXDZT/P7080021.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531044449801-YSOEGJ19YVZ9B8N282QS/P7060059-2.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531044464286-S7G7HW9U9MHL9KCXA9RA/P7060062-2.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999024559-WCER232C0N48MVLUWJYF/P7020141.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Olive Whistler The most northern race of this species. We were surprised to see this bird close to the coast. It is said to inhabit subtropical Nothophagus forest at high altitudes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999042672-6X3I54Z0J9ZHDBS1P2DS/P7030141.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Noisy Pitta We counted ourselves very lucky to find this colourful bird. We watched it for a half hour or so, hunting worms in the leaf litter of its littoral rainforest home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999239307-LGCD7BXW2H0QVNPVUWRD/P7030205.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Noisy Pitta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999258756-D4482URTBR3NJANE0GB8/P7030326.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Noisy Pitta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999032037-07BB6GASIUOMT2DSYEYZ/P7020185.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Yellow Robin The northern race of this species differs from the southern race we see in our home forest in a very obvious way. It has a bright yellow rump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999012140-TVFKEXH305SX45T3PK7S/P7020137.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Willie Wagtail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999038769-I067K25N3HA9VELYA1WP/P7020204.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Eastern Yellow Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999859591-YOPGEG9EYWK4DN8HLS10/P7060062.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Lewin's Honeyeater This was by far the dominant honeyeater species in the littoral rainforest of Iluka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1530999864223-4RXAU14N2BR9892NM63Y/P7060068.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Common Crow butterfly Euploea corinna. We were close to the southern limit of the permanent breeding range of this species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531045826942-UNC2BYIK3MV158W6M1DX/P7060043.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Giant Golden Orb-weaver Nephila pilipes. This was quite a find! This tropical species is only occasionally seen in northern NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531045836377-90OPD5Z4RUYKXEXB83S9/P7060076.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Common Crow butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531046773428-D21ROLWYTJXZ6V3W5HUY/P7020111.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Large-billed Scrubwren This is a rainforest bird. It rarely forages on the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531046804102-F2GN9JGZ2R59L3AUVRWU/P7020155.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Large-billed Scrubwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531046824986-GAHQM7LBUP6UT9TJ02NS/P7020196.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Australasian Figbird These large, noisy birds are one of the most commonly sighted species in the littoral rainforest. These two females are feasting on berries in the canopy of the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531046813005-83CMTLY4EWXEIPOURLX9/P7020241.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Little Shrike-thrush This species inhabits rainforest and moist lowland forest. It is invariably seen actively turning over leaf litter, searching for a variety of invertebrates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531046855688-PHKGFKUT8EUWYWX9M8AZ/P7020193.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Australasian Figbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531045247331-T0DUAUBXF98UFD6JUEOJ/P7070152.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531045252870-CXG0CK5LEYMWHT2QSGUR/P7070122.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000091327-BM0HRFJT4ZCZM21MKCEZ/P6300476.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Lewin's Honeyeater This bird is found in a wide variety of habitats - from rainforest to heath to remnant bush adjacent to farmland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000112962-4CSI0KE91VK9LEXGBFPO/P7040012.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - White-headed Pigeon This large pigeon is often seen on the fringes of cane fields and forest of the Clarence Valley. It is an obligate fruit eater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000132261-JUAFELPHMLXWNLET1HFI/P7040100.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Musk Lorikeet We saw a flock of these lorikeets feeding in flowering eucalypts in forest near the Clarence River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000144392-LLKF26I5VLDPUE42MK5O/P7060142.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Pied Butcherbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000164030-ARTK0PO3PJ64CGPRLU8J/P7060097.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Yellow Migrant? Catopsiloa gorgophone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000185643-14QCSFRL6QPJLCQZAOE3/P6300477.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Lewin's Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000195631-IZ86L7HP9GZ3OQ9TK9DW/P6300570.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Little Wattlebird Probably the most common bird in the coastal heath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000211937-V7G5UZJECIRIVCE937AT/P7040041.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Scarlet Honeyeater A summer visitor to our southern forest. It was a real treat to see it here in its winter abode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000226150-MX7LHQ591JGR2YXV0PT3/P7070184.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Brown Honeyeater One of the several bird species we saw feeding on the Banksia blossom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000239057-ATZ4BNDSDCVG0TPAIRFH/P7070236.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Blue butterfly We saw many of these attractive, small butterflies on the coastal heath and forests. Species identification is a work in progress… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000366955-CDYE5A2CESDRXCLIPFQJ/P7040116.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Jacky Winter We saw these birds in their familiar habitat, in cleared areas of farmland, perched on fence posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000394790-FAHHAM4L2LC7QE1X6C9Q/P7070323.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000372708-6OUPOZXEWE98XOZWSPGQ/P7070336.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Native bee The birds weren’t the only animals feeding on the Banksia blossom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531000455245-QKO6C41YGW8BJGGXTFHM/P7070406.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Common Crow butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531046971651-79EXULQDCC5V1OQ29MQ4/P7020122.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Brown Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1531046976133-8SHYRUUJXIK4B8M8YUFX/P7070267.jpg travel stories - Clarence Valley - truly a birding hotspot - Masked Bee The flowers of this Persoonia species were visited by several native bees. https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/3/14/tasmania-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2018-03-15 https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2018/2/15/wasps-water-and-mud monthly 0.5 2018-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518674030019-F678ZOX8XGZLHZBNVVL7/P2080012.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud - Mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron laetum Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Sphecidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518674090281-NRTEZ5VUTYYPKU1LAQZ5/P2080191.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud - Potter wasp Abispa ephippium Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Vespidae; subfamily: Eumeninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518674071485-ZFU4MEKEKNTICBMDWYOZ/P2080170.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud - A second Potter wasp Eumeninae Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Vespidae; subfamily: Eumeninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680802133-3OYLCMQW9M8FBN83Z1DK/P2080131.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680802135-B05VZ2H8LOHX9VWYD7WN/P2080132.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680806267-BB4VLB1LL6VOEO40WCRL/P2080133.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680806561-T5EMZOFHM4PGR4OZO703/P2080134.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680810381-RUG3KZND09AC9MF8NZ15/P2080135.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680810959-OGK298CU43PJVL0ZUYV4/P2080136.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680814695-X9BTXL4SD4I1SPRQN9JS/P2080137.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680815267-BMCF5QS0ME7WJ9DCR3FQ/P2080138.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680819004-AHEMV84DRUGFCCLTLWZK/P2080139.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680819579-SKF2CRZCGC9BLV4PR11H/P2080140.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680823204-63Q0R0OM478CQ51AQMYJ/P2080141.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680823497-9XS5IEZ242CC39E3UK2U/P2080142.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680827818-91U840R10WAB2CA5USH7/P2080143.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680828727-BK95EY8L7EL555642JRJ/P2080144.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680832029-RXLX9H8059UOCVAX2FDL/P2080145.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518680832654-AD4G5DFB9PB7KON6T7AZ/P2080146.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518681103917-H0P885TX3TIZMWRH0918/P2080226.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518681104206-2XS7P9Z54VSMNEV06MVQ/P2080237.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518681107799-DCRNAX4ACTO6KJTSSSLA/P2080245.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518681108711-98I535CNE4H54LNH3M76/P2080247.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518685704033-EI484FL7QEDMI82IL4JE/P2080191.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud Abispa ephippium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518685744471-VCCFAHZUR0D461HR7XUY/P2080170.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud Eumeninae (subfamily) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518687854098-CXU9QK41AS4KGFECKKNV/P2080045.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud Polistes chinensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518687866308-G4RN5ET77UOUFG4TL9JZ/P2080065.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud Polistes chinensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518687831898-63KMF41RJVHDHUY1YRD6/P2080110.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud Vespula germanica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518687887682-P2FHY58RLDPVPKZDZOV0/P2080111.jpg travel stories - Wasps, water and mud Vespula germanica https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2017/8/14/a-couple-of-weird-ducks monthly 0.5 2017-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502709236253-JGGEOVO0G7GLONUIDBMM/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders Both male and female Pink-eared Ducks (Malacorhynchus membranaceous) have a rather inconspicuous pink patch of feathers behind the eye. But it is the beak that is truly eye-catching! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502709481767-W4XE4VKTGTXQ3YVWBCV3/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502709592483-8TSJ3GXJGI350149T1W8/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders A pair of Pink-eared Ducks filter-feeding on the wind-tossed waters of the lagoon ... along with an opportunistic Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502709857980-UVBHAV0CQDGNSI1YVFNS/P8100338.jpg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502709863315-BDHOIYUTQ5QIS3K4NHHO/P8100334.jpg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502709873768-5HJN34R8CIUZOON1YD37/P8100353.jpg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502709948579-ZQFIOH3S369TOUS3AB3T/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502710428864-28L4UEF5CEQ2W8P5OAHN/P8100358.jpg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502710426090-RB06XYY9EMCH4VSU1WHV/P8100357.jpg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502710561885-2Q7A2ZEAUBH2DVJN107X/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) - the female (left) is superficially similar to a Grey Teal ... until you see the beak! The male here is in breeding plumage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502711408426-GQIYF207D1WQ59AKU7GT/P8100217.jpg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502710918973-DKQZ1L0M23XWZVJWA43Q/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders Female Australasian Shoveler, closely accompanied by a male. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502712051114-2U5VPSKZDZUNH2MWX193/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - A couple of weird filter-feeders https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2017/8/5/nesting-osprey monthly 0.5 2023-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502602972758-NB00OUO0S7KWLIXHFW87/Osprey.jpg travel stories - Nesting Osprey Pandion cristatus - Eastern Osprey. The larger female is on the right, with her distinctive, brown-tinged necklace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502605360638-VTXJBV63DA0RHF2CF9YG/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502603542088-EOG1YIJ73118PBAF67UX/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501989194982-JZQWSMQQDQP6J9L6Y7Z7/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501989429071-IT0XWIIIL2ADZDW1ERLX/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502603908811-A2PBS5U108CO5K3YA9HH/P8030464.jpg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502603917501-66VB22L15X5LBIWZSQWN/P8060175.jpg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502603934638-09BTZQG9M91DAUGJVOPQ/P8040070-2.jpg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502604499555-1W2H6EHOFCGQCOZEU1Z9/P8070321.jpg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502604509230-AH2I4GELBMG0ZVQ59PU2/P8070337.jpg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502607043182-7IJB0L3YUVV5LPW52QXC/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502604191248-BGZGOAI0UG8GHFPV64X4/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502603145773-AZ263QK0F0BCYLGJH3DQ/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey The flagpole alongside the nest affords views of the river - and provides another opportunity for courtship. The female's tail is often raised, suggesting a willingness to mate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502603167541-CUCJ7KV9MLRNJ7G7FAF6/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey The female (below) is trailing nesting material from her legs. She is slightly larger than the male, but otherwise quite similar. The two can be difficult to distinguish at times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502604795998-3LOEQ91P6DLS0S4C3AMP/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502604820295-2I6WPU6Y8T6P0MKQ58O8/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502604849974-EMRT5L9V926VVFJPUQUC/image-asset.jpeg travel stories - Nesting Osprey https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2017/7/20/varied-lorikeets-a-spectacular-blossom-nomad monthly 0.5 2017-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500771716329-FOV5630NFIB0UOR0S019/Boodjamulla+National+Park travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad The creek has carried spring water for millions of years, cutting this deep gorge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500622739853-IDY8WMRW82WSNP49LDPV/P5100007.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Sandstone cliffs ... ... in the early morning light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500624115398-0952EEXXIDDT51QY1UU8/P5100009.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Ancient seabed The rocks formed at the edge of a shallow sea, millions of years ago. They were later uplifted to form these ranges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500621774782-IU88KA9ZX6DBRU815RKI/P5100193.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Seven-spot Archerfish Toxotes chatareus Freshwater pools and creeks across the Top End are home to these 'spitting' fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500613352051-GZDUKI5KIBI8EJWGOZJ0/P5100048.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Crimson Finch (male) Neochmia phaeton Widespread across the Top End, always in riverside vegetation such as these Pandanus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500613366607-K6FHFDQB2PPWNP9ZIHXF/P5110071.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Crimson Finch (male) Neochmia phaeton Widespread across the Top End, always in riverside vegetation such as these Pandanus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500621760681-DOIMSW4HHOJ9TXKQ6K5K/P5100091.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Crimson Finch (juvenile) Neochmia phaeton Widespread across the Top End, always in riverside vegetation such as these Pandanus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500613384151-SQAQ25B1ME4XXRNTYOJ3/P5080132.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Buff-sided Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons Regularly seen feeding near the river, often in the vicinity of feeding Fairy-wrens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500609395158-9W9XBDGJZK84D1FJCAXZ/P5100101.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (female) Malurus coronatus Among the riverside Pandanus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500610864090-C99S4SGLS0CRZPU5GCFF/P5080221.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (male, non-breeding) In his breeding plumage he would be stunning ... imagine a 'full head' of black hair supporting a bright purple circlet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500611395180-TDNEL0YPX62EWFGKAVEC/P5090517.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (male, non-breeding) In full voice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500611408515-GFEQ1T3Y9PBG16YFKTDR/P5090502.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (male, non-breeding) With a meal - a moth, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500603507695-MQB3ZB0I71ZBEJBSRS3X/P5090387.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500603529090-050GWRR8AAZ3V1YAGWJA/P5090432.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500603546559-RK8Z38CRLJRZ68M09KO4/P5090468.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500611976347-FTX8QHIRXGT9ZJJJNZF4/P5090430.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Brown Honeyeater (juvenile) ... Varied Lorikeet, and insects galore (bees and wasps among them) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500612017571-2G12QDMVG4NB5F7CPSWM/P5090450.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Banded Honeyeater Sugamel nigrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500621892640-NNPH5F1JBDYS2P09OS86/P5090370.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula Like most 'honeyeaters', nectar is a luxury. Their mainly feed on the insects that are feeding on the nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500611992656-9WBIU41ICOS4COONEG3L/P5090441.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Koptortosoma sub genus) This is a female (the males have different colouring). Australia's largest native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500612357105-HBOBQMSGL4CZQZKIF4AK/P5110156.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500612257649-FGC34UQ9WB5O9V72FBYH/P5110117.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis laetior This subspecies is uncommon, but widely distributed across the Top End, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500612275569-Q9JEOYQEDHFGFCH67KVY/P5110113.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis laetior The subspecies is distinguished by its colouring - and is known as the 'Golden-backed Honeyeater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500612326354-ELL36WKQGQZ7EYPYYU68/P5110139.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis laetior   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500612371174-5VACBCA7UZLPMVB8HWGQ/P5110143.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula The same genus as the Noisy Miner and the Bell Miner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500612345457-14L0M9UYYAP40S7UPNQ2/P5110145.jpg travel stories - Varied Lorikeets: a spectacular blossom nomad - Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula The same genus as the Noisy Miner and the Bell Miner https://southernforestlife.net/travels/2017/6/25/regent-honeyeater-sighting monthly 0.5 2017-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498438560062-89TN101SIQDP6M1JXTZ7/P6050059-2.jpg travel stories - Regent Honeyeater sighting This and the following shots show an adult male in a Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498438563307-QRW1SVLOD7CN02EABL7V/P6050077-2.jpg travel stories - 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Gang-gang Cockatoo (adult male) Callocephalon fimbriatum Feeding on Acacia terminalis fruit. These birds are quite approachable when they are feeding, and can spend hours in the same bushes or trees if there is sufficient food.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496978581696-F906RMNPPSAM91RZL8V5/PA290209-2.jpg Birds gallery - Gang-gang Cockatoo (adult male) Callocephalon fimbriatum Feeding on Acacia terminalis fruit. These birds are quite approachable when they are feeding, and can spend hours in the same bushes or trees if there is sufficient food.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496979650032-65MOH2TQHY52ICC95U0X/PA300012.jpg Birds gallery - Gang-gang Cockatoo (adult female) Callocephalon fimbriatum Feeding on Acacia terminalis fruit. Note that she is 'left-handed', as all parrots tend to be. Gang-gangs take a variety of seeds, including eucalypts and Acacia, as well as some insect larvae. We have not, however, seen them tearing at the bark to extract grubs in the way the larger Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos are wont to do!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496979867334-4JJUSYS4YYVR2E880YCM/P5140039.jpg Birds gallery - Eastern Spinebill (adult male) Acanthorynchus tenuirostris It is common to see these birds dusted with pollen from feeding on tubular flowers such Correa reflexa and Epacris impressa, particularly during Winter.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360280939-INCEB0CDGNFUNIK8AAYX/PC290114.jpg Birds gallery - Eastern Spinebill (juvenile) Acanthorynchus tenuirostris One of our more numerous breeding residents.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496989876141-MM8Z883PVJ5QI3IRVKV5/PC140028.jpg Birds gallery - Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera Adult, feeding here on nectar from a young Grass Tree spike (Xanthorrhoea resinosa). Little Wattlebirds are blossom nomads. They are less commonly sighted here than is their larger cousin, the Red Wattlebird.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360260469-LESTEKI2D41V2D96ZMEM/P8060034.jpg Birds gallery - Superb Fairy-wren (male) Malurus cyaneus A common bird of south-eastern Australia, this is the only Fairy-wren species we are likely to see in our area. The male here is in fully breeding plumage, displaying his 'threat-posture', with ear feathers partly raised. Perhaps I was impinging upon his turf!   Photo taken early August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533303547-XCO0RGZ4F16ME9GB58KN/March.jpg Birds gallery - Superb Fairy-wren (male) Malurus cyaneus At the end of breeding season, most males lose some or all of their breeding plumage. Older and more dominant males retain more of their blue and black head markings throughout the winter. This male is well on the way to plain, brown 'eclipse' plumage. His tail will remain bright blue.   Photo taken early March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360283095-B1R0D8BH48QCTNK2JBKO/PC290195.jpg Birds gallery - Superb Fairy-wren (juvenile) Malurus cyaneus These social birds nest in low vegetation, including among the ferns and Lomandra spp. around the house. They favour open areas for feeding, which is why they are such familiar birds around towns and parks. Female Superb Fairy-wrens look just like this juvenile but with blue tail feathers.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533114546-B41SMLPKL7JKUGS4M45U/P5060006.jpg Birds gallery - Southern Emu-wren (female) Stipiturus malachurus In the same family as the fairy-wrens, but a much rarer sighting! This photo was taken on the single occasion we've seen this species on the block. In May 2016 we saw a small group, including a beautiful, blue-throated male, amongst the sedges and shrubs in a secluded corner of the forest - a most unexpected treat. The species is not common and is typically restricted to coastal heath. We do see them on the heath areas of Nadgee Nature Reserve to the south.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533103798-0OJ1DPQWZZTZDMXSO6X4/P4180329.jpg Birds gallery - Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis One of the more numerous resident birds. They feed on insects and other invertebrates, usually taken on the ground when the birds 'pounce' from low, vertical perches.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360294582-K3E52QTBOA9WRAC3K9XN/P1170093.jpg Birds gallery - Eastern Yellow Robin (immature) Eopsaltria australis This rather scruffy bird is just developing adult feathers. Males and females are indistinguishable.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360294839-6RG9NMMMM0SVXXN7B4AL/P1170096.jpg Birds gallery - Eastern Yellow Robin (immature) Eopsaltria australis The brown feathers are remnant juvenile plumage.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360317242-GWJC4AFE1JZUEHQZU58B/P3020297.jpg Birds gallery - Rose Robin (male) Petroica rosea A tiny bird with a distinctive call, and a stunning colour in the male. They are resident here, breeding during the summer months in the most densely forested areas of the block.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360195777-BGJSZZH9EW09CGI8IW1E/PA110008.jpg Birds gallery - Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus A summer breeding migrant, arriving in September and departing to fly north again in March. Each year they raise one or two clutches of young. They nest in a tree hollow, high in an old Angophora tree.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360309230-L5ZCPIDVQDF3DQFMKRRO/P1060099.jpg Birds gallery - Sacred Kingfisher (juvenile) Todiramphus sanctus One of two chicks fledged in January 2017, this photo taken just 15 days after the bird left the nest hollow. The young birds range widely around their parental territory of 5+ hectares, calling and continuing to be fed by their busy parents for several weeks.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360218074-5KVCIFO85V4HH74IF1FO/PB260320.jpg Birds gallery - Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta These tiny honeyeaters are summer visitors to our area. During Spring, 2016, we were treated to regular sightings and the birds were clearly breeding here. We saw newly-fledged young and perhaps 8 or 10 individual adults.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360280937-W6QVC4Q01MS908G8JP4E/PC290151.jpg Birds gallery - Scarlet Honeyeater, Superb Fairy-wren, New Holland Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta, Maluras cyaneus, Phylidonyris niger During the very dry summer of 2016-17, every water source was precious. Our bird baths and frog ponds have never been so busy!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360231971-I7GTB6L7V215IQXRPJC2/P5060011.jpg Birds gallery - Spotted Pardalote (adult male) Pardalotus punctatus Tiny birds with a distinctive, loud call. They are resident, spending most of their time gleaning lerps from leaves in the eucalypt canopy. They nest in tunnels excavated in the soil.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360241273-KG44YD9069H7FU0T5L4X/P2050055.jpg Birds gallery - Glossy Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus lathami Sometimes called the 'Casuarina Cockatoo', this species feeds almost exclusively on casuarina 'cones' (Allocasuarina species.). Although widely distributed across Australia's east coast, their state-based status is either Vulnerable or Endangered. The main threats to their survival are loss of both feed trees and nesting hollows.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360271287-C2WB0LOKQ92K8F6FX7OA/P4210022.jpg Birds gallery - Glossy Black-Cockatoo (male) Calyptorhynchus lathami The males have a small head crest (contrast this with the huge crest of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo!) and lack the yellow facial feathers of the female.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360250369-TT58FSVLBR2T0KTEWMNU/PC090238.jpg Birds gallery - Glossy Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus lathami With their bright red tail panels, this species is sometimes mistakenly called a 'Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo'. The distinction is important, as although they are members of the same genus, the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (C. banksii) has a very different biology and distribution. The two species overlap in QLD and northern NSW, but we have only one - the Glossy Black-Cockatoo - this far south.   Click for more information on this species from Birdlife Australia   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360250381-I399T9WYCHZXYEMSQ1Y0/PC120185.jpg Birds gallery - Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus These are occasional visitors to the block throughout the year. They favour cool, mountain forest and are found throughout the southern alps. It is perhaps surprising, therefore, that they were so commonly sighted here over the 2016-17 summer, both adult and juvenile birds among them.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533140551-O4AQ4A0BK8T8IAAWE9YX/PC280097.jpg Birds gallery - Crescent Honeyeaters (female & male) Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus Our bird baths DO break our own rule of not interfering with the wildlife. However, unlike providing seed or other food types, we reason that water is at least a natural resource for them. The baths don't appear to impact on the birds' normal behaviours and the water is certainly a welcome resource - particularly during hot weather and long, dry periods. Plus we get a good look at some birds that might otherwise be difficult to spot!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360285559-BMSVQQ1RPECZKFUVSW0T/PC280033-2.jpg Birds gallery - Leaden Flycatcher (immature female) Myiagra rubecula A summer migrant to our region, arriving in October and heading north again in March. We know the moment the Leadens have arrived, as suddenly the trees are resounding with their distinctive calls as they establish breeding territories among the taller eucalypts. They are one of the key 'sounds of summer' in the south-eastern forests.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360304177-RICUB6KEPREE6TRDBUOY/P2270241.jpg Birds gallery - Leaden Flycatcher (immature female) Myiagra rubecula We have had many debates about the identity of these females. The female of the Shining Flycatcher is almost identical. However, based on their calls and behaviour as much as on their colouration, we're 99.9% confident that we only see Leadens in our dry sclerophyll forest. The other clue is that the Shining tends to favour wetter forest and mountain gullies.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533144851-QTHFS0WZ3G0YCV4F4T5E/PC290075-3.jpg Birds gallery - Leaden Flycatcher (male) Myiagra rubecula Leaden Flycatchers feed on insects, either taken in flight or picked from among the leaves. They generally feed in the mid-canopy.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533074961-B1PXBIDOK7TCPJ4PG8Z3/P1110143.jpg Birds gallery - Leaden Flycatcher (male), White-naped Honeyeater (juvenile) Myiagra rubecula, Melithreptus lunatus A male Leaden Flycatcher looking confusingly like a Satin Flycatcher, and a juvenile White-naped Honeyeater looking confusingly like a young Brown-headed Honeyeater. We are, however, confident of their identities.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498621389044-VLGR02JSYE4J3Q4VVYRH/PB260388.jpg Birds gallery - White-naped Honeyeaters (adult & fledgling) Melithreptus lunatus Flocks of noisy, bossy White-naped Honeyeaters make their presence known in summer. They breed here and we often see them with begging fledglings in tow. They are not strictly north-south migrants, but instead the flocks rove widely in Winter and we see them less often.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533078732-9HCYKAES8JRWIEO7ZV6U/P1120036.jpg Birds gallery - Australian King Parrot (female) Alisterus scapularis The King Parrots are our most common resident parrot. They feed an a wide range of seeds, fruit, flower and even insects. The berries of Leucopogon affinis (Lance Beard-heath) are an important food source for many of the resident bird species, large and small.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360316990-CMKIESEM7G4YX0IWDIJ5/P3020287.jpg Birds gallery - Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys For such a widespread and familiar bird, this is a species we rarely see on the block. Willie Wagtails feed mostly on the ground and tend to favour open country and avoid densely forested areas. We do get an occasional visitor to the more open area immediately around the house. The bird here is in the process of beating a hapless 'skipper' butterfly into submission. There are butterfly scales flying everywhere!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533097271-GD0SPNJ3E6L9ZIL0176C/P2280132.jpg Birds gallery - Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons A very occasional summer visitor. These beautiful, highly active fantails are more typically found in wet forest, gullies or mangroves.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533147190-99HN8SBBI0EFF18PJ0CG/PC290083-2.jpg Birds gallery - Grey Fantail (just-fledged juvenile) Rhipidura albiscapa A common and obvious species, present for most of the year and breeding here during the summer months. A northern migration of birds from the south east is reported in the literature, according with our experience - we see far fewer Grey Fantails during the winter months. This species typically feeds in mixed species flocks with a range of other small birds such as thornbills and pardalotes. They are a useful 'indicator' bird when bird-watching: if you hear and see Grey Fantails, there are likely to be other small birds in the vicinity.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360304539-02N3BSND0IE3CZC6AOL2/P2270459.jpg Birds gallery - Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella Seeing these quiet finches at home is always a special treat. They are not common and are typically in pairs or small groups, not large flocks. This is a species people often confuse with the much more common Red-browed Finch. Both have a bright red rump, but in every other aspect, including behaviour, the two species are very different.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360319299-4X64GS3YDZ40LPME19NJ/P3010120.jpg Birds gallery - Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis A common finch found in a variety of habitats, so long as there are seeding grasses available. Here they often associate with the Superb Fairy-wrens, the latter eating insects not seeds. Red-browed Finches roost and nest in shrubs or low-hanging tree branches, often among the dense tangle formed when twining vines overgrow a host tree. It is quite comical to watch them flying with long pieces of vegetation in tow. These small birds cut off grass stems - sometimes 500mm long! - and then fly back to their nest site, labouring under the load.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360306388-5S4QZ0JBS3HISJ8LCCDZ/P2280062.jpg Birds gallery - Red-browed Finch (adult & juvenile) Neochmia temporalis Young birds lack the red brow and bill, but do have the bright red rump.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533089518-SNCCAJ54MUB64PNI1XNQ/P2250120.jpg Birds gallery - Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus We commonly hear these birds, their duetting calls being loud and unmistakable, yet we see them less often. They are really quite secretive. Typically they will fly up to a perch above the fern cover only briefly, before diving back down to feed among the undergrowth. Whipbirds most commonly reside in wet forests. Although the block is predominantly dry sclerophyll forest, it does encompass several shaded areas with dense stands of Rainbow Fern (Calochlaena dubia). Whipbirds are a resident species, common in eastern Victoria and NSW.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533078970-6Y9S1C01T98MW3OAO7J9/P2100055.jpg Birds gallery - Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum These elusive ground-dwellers are supremely well camouflaged, which may partly explain why we see them so infrequently. It may also be, however, that they are not common and not always in the local area. We have seen them with dependent young in tow so they must breed here or nearby.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501501114515-XSU6CA6HBEV18IHVJWPA/P7250017.jpg Birds gallery - Spotted Quail-thrush (female) Cinclosoma punctatum The female Spotted Quail-thrush is even more cryptic than the male. Their spotted markings blend superbly with the leaf litter or sandy gravel of the forest floor. And their erratic stop-start movement also helps. When motionless, they are very difficult to see. We have typically spotted them from within the house (it serves as a very comfortable bird hide!) as they prey upon the Wingless Grasshoppers (e.g. Phaulacridium vittatum) that boom in mid summer.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533098014-XHHY41ENMETHIJMUFJAA/P3020187.jpg Birds gallery - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (male) Calyptorhynchus funereus These large cockatoos are frequent visitors throughout the year. Sometimes they arrive or fly over in flocks of 8 or more, but more typically we see family groups of three - a male, a female and a single, loudly begging juvenile.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533093091-7UFSADWZX66BXYEMPI0O/P2270179.jpg Birds gallery - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos are notorious for chewing through branches and 'damaging' trees. They certainly do rip apart branches and bark, extracting fat white grubs. Perhaps they are performing an accidental service by pruning infected branches. It is also common to see them feeding on Hakea and Banksia seeds. They are perhaps the only birds in this region with the strength to break into such large, woody fruits.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533086965-HKIKN76C7HEDCX0C9SKQ/P2250103.jpg Birds gallery - Fan-tailed Cuckoo (juvenile) Cacomantis flabelliformis From late winter into summer, the musical and distinctive calls of the Fan-tailed Cuckoo resonate throughout the forest. Like most Australian cuckoos, they are 'obligate brood parasites', laying eggs in the nests of much smaller species including Superb Fairy-wrens, Brown Thornbills and White-browed Scrubwrens. It is no wonder these small birds make such as ruckus whenever a cuckoo is in the area. Fan-tailed Cuckoos are insectivorous. They will sit silently on a branch, then fly off to capture an insect before returning to the same perch to eat it. They favour forest with a thick understorey.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533125746-XTBC804WFQ7Q71KJDXZX/PA040090.jpg Birds gallery - Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus Like the Fan-tailed Cuckoo, this smaller cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of small birds such as thornbills, scrubwrens and fairy-wrens. It is a specialist at preying on hairy caterpillars, typically feeding in the forest canopy. Heard more often than seen, it has a distinctive, whistling call.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533128081-SPFZHU9XTWZI3412WDIM/PB020044.jpg Birds gallery - Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla We have two resident species of thornbills present in significant numbers - Brown Thornbills and Striated Thornbills. Superficially similar in appearance, once you become familiar with their behaviours and calls it is not so difficult to distinguish these tiny birds. And they are truly tiny, weighing just 5-8g! Brown Thornbills feed in the mid storey and near the ground, and do not form large flocks - they are more likely to be in the company of Superb Fairy-wrens and Scrub-wrens than in groups of their own species. They build grassy nests in the Rainbow Fern (Calochlaena dub) thickets and among the Lomandra and sedges in secluded sections of the block.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533141823-WUE81QCH3B3M5KAKBB2T/PC280130.jpg Birds gallery - Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata We typically see Striated Thornbills moving through the canopy in large groups of 10-20. They pick insects from the leaves of eucalypts, chittering constantly. As they are reported to be sedentary within a few hectares of forest, and long-lived (10-12 years!), our resident birds are no doubt getting to know us. They certainly know where to find the bird baths! We have seen their fledglings but not their nests, which they apparently build high in the trees.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533151247-98KJAYP1MQD1E94NAZKV/PC300021-2.jpg Birds gallery - Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans (ssp. elegans) This species is highly variable, with 6 recognised subspecies. 'Yellow-types' and 'Orange-types' dominate in western Victoria and South Australia, but we see only the 'Crimson-type' in our region. The species goes by many informal names, including 'Mountain Lowry' in NSW. It is a well-known species and one readily attracted to bird feeders in parks and towns.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533152014-ZUBLEH9O2EM5SEW0WTR9/PC300022-2.jpg Birds gallery - Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans (ssp. elegans) Crimson Rosellas eat a wide range of food. Overhead clicking sounds and a rain of fruit falling from the tall Eucalyptus sieberi (Silvertop Ash) usually means that they're feeding high in the canopy. Lower down, they can be seen feeding on flowers and fruit, such as in this Indigofera australis shrub. We've also watched them keenly tearing open galls on Acacia mearnsii, no doubt feeding on the larvae inside.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533090749-2NKN0342ST4EQ0AZ7Q0E/P2250250.jpg Birds gallery - White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (dark morph) Coralina papuensis (spp. robusta) This is another highly variable species. There are five recognised subspecies and within each subspecies there are both 'light morphs' and 'dark morphs'! We usually see only the dark morph, and usually just a single bird. An infrequent visitor to our forest, the species tends to prefer open woodlands.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533109701-NJI72M9NA6H9KB50JOEJ/P4300209.jpg Birds gallery - Superb Lyrebird (adult male) Menura novaehollandiae The vocal mimicry of male lyrebirds is legendary. They may call for hours, loudly and precisely mimicking a myriad of other bird calls. Our resident lyrebirds are particularly good mimics of Eastern Whipbirds, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos and Pied Currawongs.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533110951-CO5NT570M6V1SI5XCKKB/P4300245.jpg Birds gallery - Superb Lyrebird (adult male) Menura novaehollandiae Several Superb Lyrebirds live on the block, year round. They feed and nest on the ground but roost quite high up in the canopy, Lyrebirds favour shaded forest, raking through the damp leaf litter with their huge feet in search of insects and other invertebrates. The males display throughout autumn and winter, typically at sites they have cleared for the purpose. They do not form pairs and play no part in nesting or raising the young.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533215476-5BQW50KAZ2MXBPQTTMJT/P1010022.jpg Birds gallery - Wonga Pigeons (adult in centre, juveniles right & left) Leucosarcia melanoleuca We enjoy the booming 'whoo whoo whoo' of the Wonga Pigeons, but I have heard many others cursing the monotonous call of the birds. The block is home to several of these plump pigeons, including at least one breeding pair. Wonga Pigeons build a nest of sticks high in the forking branches of large trees. We keenly watched a nesting pair through the summer of 2015/16 - conveniently nesting in a large Angophora near the house - but were concerned that they'd struggle to defend their chicks against marauding goannas and Pied Currawongs. They don't appear to have any active defence against such predators and instead seem to rely upon remaining unseen. Their markings are surprisingly cryptic when they're hunkered down in the nest. Having rapidly-growing chicks might also help. The pair successfully fledged two large chicks just 3 weeks after laying the first egg!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533326617-F2R52XFY862WSHE6CBL5/P2014880.jpg Birds gallery - Nankeen Night-Heron (immature, about 1 yr) Nycticorax caledonicus Only once have we sighted this species on the block. This sub-adult was seen early one morning, perching a couple of metres from the river's edge. As their name suggests, Nankeen Night-Herons are largely nocturnal birds and tend to roost quietly near water during the day. It may be that they're here more often and we have simply overlooked them. We spend less time at the river edge than we do in the higher, forested parts of the property.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533121148-JUPFMUVJG6FCOZ6LU92G/P6230002.jpg Birds gallery - White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster The resident Sea-Eagles are prominent members of the local bird fauna. Their goose-like honking resounds as pairs duet in flight during their winter-spring breeding season. They patrol the river adjacent to the block and nest a short distance upstream. Occasionally they are challenged by territorial Wedge-tailed Eagles, but the Sea-Eagles appear able to hold their own against the larger raptors.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533107386-R9ZZSXO8P7O7H5IFOB51/P4227494.jpg Birds gallery - White-bellied Sea-Eagle (juvenile, 1st year) Haliaeetus leucogaster Young birds are unlike their snowy white and grey parents. They gradually develop their adult plumage over 4 years. This photo was taken in April, so the bird is probably only 6-9 months old. It was perched alongside the river, eventually taking flight to glide further downstream and land in a large, bare tree.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533122129-UITW3CZQTLSCVP2KQ3TO/P8260020.jpg Birds gallery - Satin Bowerbird (mature male) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus The strikingly glossy, blue-black plumage of the adult male is not so commonly seen. We wondered about this for some time, surprised at the apparent gender imbalance, until we discovered that males don't attain their adult plumage until they're at least 5 years old! Also surprising is the fact that we've yet to discover a bower on the block. As Satin Bowerbirds are known to favour dense, wet forests, it may be that their bowers are further afield and the birds here are simply foraging rather than establishing breeding territories. This is the only bowerbird species found in the forests of south eastern Australia.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533124687-LYZ78ODUC2MAW2HI75UJ/P8260029.jpg Birds gallery - Satin Bowerbird (mature male) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Bowerbirds are voracious consumers of vegetation. The only way to grow vegetables in this area is to have the garden fully enclosed by wire netting. Any emergent plant tips are quickly nipped off! Their natural food includes insects and flowers too. Epacris impressa (Common Heath) is one of our most common forbs. It flowers for most of the year, peaking during the winter months. And it is a favourite of many of the locals, not just for its nectar. The Satin Bowerbirds, Pied Currawongs and even the wallabies happily devour entire flowers!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533133972-COTOZKQM4VP6GOBF8TMF/PC040201.jpg Birds gallery - Satin Bowerbird (juvenile) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Females and immature males are nearly indistinguishable, particularly when young. Both sexes develop the stunning purple iris very early.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533135260-VTDE508YI5BO4FEFRVND/PC040210.jpg Birds gallery - Satin Bowerbird (adult female or immature) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Bowerbirds will feed at any level of the forest and are reported to favour 'edge zones', where forests abut more open areas. The rather stocky birds seem as comfortable bouncing heavily across the ground as they do along a high branch. In this photo, the bird is feeding on the ripening berries of Leucopogon affinis (Lance Beard-heath).   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533137552-AMQF39GZRJ1OUQZ2B8UC/PC280004-2.jpg Birds gallery - White-throated Treecreeper (adult male) Cormobates leucophaea White-throated Treecreepers almost never come to ground. The only time we have seen them do so was to quickly grab some nesting material. They fly swiftly between trees, typically land on the trunk, then proceed to work their way upwards as they forage for insects. Ants are their main target. They do not peck holes in the bark, but will pull probe rough bark to get at their prey. Even when they come to the bird bath they retain a vertical, 'head-up' stance. It is quite comical to see them grip the rim with their huge feet and then lower themselves slowly, backwards, into the water, calling loudly all the while.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533105868-NAKJ9FMT4CFUPV92WKTW/P4180378.jpg Birds gallery - Red-browed Treecreeper (adult) Climacteris erythrops The Red-browed Treecreeper is quite similar in appearance to the White-throated, but less commonly seen. It also occupies a distinct niche. The Red-browed Treecreeper feeds on both rough and smooth-barked eucalypts, whereas the White-throated is a rough bark specialist. The Red-browed is also much more likely to feed along smaller branches and may even work its way 'down' a branch - something the White-throated almost never does.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533118380-IOWEA0XDDCXEAHFLPM10/P5250052.jpg Birds gallery - Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata A rather shy, unobtrusive bird, the Bassian Thrush feeds almost exclusively on the ground. They seem to come and go from the block with no particular seasonal pattern. At most there are 3-4 birds present at any one time, more typically only 1 or 2. Whether on the ground or perching, they are cryptic. They commonly 'freeze' for extended periods and their contact call is a soft, high-pitched 'peep' that does little to bring attention to themselves.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499222142926-E5MZOZ22G15IAZW1S6S2/P2040085.jpg Birds gallery - Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata Bassian Thrush have a very characteristic feeding behaviour: they make short dashes along the ground, head down, and then stop, motionless and virtually invisible against the leaf litter. They feed on worms, snails and other invertebrates, unearthing them with a probing 'flick' of the beak.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533117126-KKO2XRYJ8DU94ZJ437XB/P5150024.jpg Birds gallery - Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrike-thrush are common across Australia, advertising their presence with loud and musical calls. They are present here in the forest throughout the year. Although a predatory bird and reported to include small nestlings on their list of prey items, we have not seen them raid nests nor have we noticed small birds mobbing them. It seems that, here at least, they predominantly prey upon lizards and arthropods, including large moths and caterpillars.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533131174-0ETY5HB63VVAPF364TBB/PB120055.jpg Birds gallery - Golden Whistler (male) Pachycephala pectoralis The territorial call of the Golden Whistler was one of the first bird calls I learned to recognise when we came to live in the southern forest. We hear them throughout the year, although they are present in much greater numbers during summer, when the block becomes home to several breeding pairs.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533138794-XQ26XUDVTD809XWNO43J/PC280076.jpg Birds gallery - Yellow-faced Honeyeater (juvenile) Caligavis chrysops During the summer months, this is one of the most 'obvious' bird species in the forest. Not only are they present in large numbers, but they also call loudly and fly about at speed, at all heights, from the canopy to near ground level. They breed here and their boisterous flights seem to be a combination of territorial behaviour, the training of fledglings, and - at least it can seem - just plain fun. Most birds migrate north in Autumn. At that time, large flocks are seen flying high overhead most mornings. The majority of our local birds have left by mid March, returning again in August.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533144572-SRQJ03HXMINKG8OPNMH0/PC290038-3.jpg Birds gallery - Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus These striking birds are occasional visitors to the block, although they may be here more often than we realise. When we do spot them, they are typically in small groups and feeding high in the canopy. Their favoured prey are spiders and other arthropods that they glean from peeling bark. In this environment, therefore, they spend much of their time exploring the long bark strands that hang from the upper branches of Eucalyptus sieberi (Silvertop Ash).   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533148698-PAEKUCCFROJ3860WTW0L/PC290091-2.jpg Birds gallery - Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris The numerous honeyeater species we see vary remarkably in their social behaviours. The Yellow-faced Honeyeater, for example, is boisterous and vocal. The White-naped Honeyeater seems like the neighbourhood bully, loudly bossing other birds out of its way. And then there's the Brown-headed Honeyeater. This species is quiet, calm and non-aggressive - and their eye markings leave them looking permanently bewildered by all the fuss going on around them.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533326623-Z4D1DPG3O2GYJOVBVDNF/P2038682.jpg Birds gallery - Painted Button-quail (male) Turnix varius We hear the booming calls of the female Painted Button-quail in the summer months, but we rarely sight the birds. The low frequency calls are extremely difficult to localise and the birds are well-camouflaged and also hidden amongst the undergrowth.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533330052-K82O777UH4SCSTS35JKQ/P2128829.jpg Birds gallery - Painted Button-quail (adult male with chick) Turnix varius We were lucky a few years ago when a male wandered past the house/bird hide, with two chicks at foot! We have read that the males assume all parental duties and that females may lay eggs in the nests of several males in a season.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498621390997-CSK9P9B82L55CHB9H1Q3/PC230235.jpg Birds gallery - White-winged Chough (fledgling & adults) Corcorax melanorhamphos 'Family' groups of Choughs move through the block at irregular intervals. They clearly have a large home range, and we often see what we believe to be the same 'mob' feeding a kilometre away. The number in the group varies between about 8 and 12. Apparently such groups usually consist of a single breeding pair and the 'helper' young from previous years. It certainly seems that there are numerous adult birds involved in the care of each demanding fledgling.   https://southernforestlife.net/invertebrates-gallery daily 0.75 2020-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583661868-3MWOB28ZI698QFW8J6K9/P2270019.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis This attractive weevil has the distinction of being the first insect from Australia to be scientifically described - it was collected on Captain Cook's first voyage. Sightings here in the forest are quite common, although we usually see just a single insect at any one time. It is no coincidence that in this image the beetle is pictured on a wattle - Acacia terminalis. Adult females bore holes into the stem of saplings of particular Acacia species, into which they lay their eggs. After the larvae hatch out, they dig into a main root and feed off the plant tissues as they continue their development. The adults eat the wattle foliage and bore into twigs to extract the sap.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Curculionidae (weevils or snout beetles) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583661868-3MWOB28ZI698QFW8J6K9/P2270019.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis This attractive weevil has the distinction of being the first insect from Australia to be scientifically described - it was collected on Captain Cook's first voyage. Sightings here in the forest are quite common, although we usually see just a single insect at any one time. It is no coincidence that in this image the beetle is pictured on a wattle - Acacia terminalis. Adult females bore holes into the stem of saplings of particular Acacia species, into which they lay their eggs. After the larvae hatch out, they dig into a main root and feed off the plant tissues as they continue their development. The adults eat the wattle foliage and bore into twigs to extract the sap.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Curculionidae (weevils or snout beetles) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360439986-JTERL6GRG8QGQP6KKJ35/PA240003-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Elephant Weevil Orthorhinus cylindrirostris It's not hard to tell how this weevil got its name! Its host plants include the eucalypt Angophora floribunda, which is widespread on the block. The larvae tunnel into the wood.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Curculionidae (weevils or snout beetles) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501123283661-6C7D7HZJKVCWCPMNYMSA/P2090037.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Fiddler Beetle Eupoecila australasiae These large and beautiful beetles are also referred to as Horseshoe Beetles. They belong to a group of scarabs called flower chafers. They are active during the day, which is rather unusual for scarabs. The adults feed on pollen and nectar - particularly that of Eucalyptus, Angophora and Leptospermum - and play an important role in pollination.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamily: Cetoniinae (flower chafers) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501123283651-QU3N93427VKMJFDCUDNV/P2090052.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Fiddler Beetle Eupoecila australasiae The larvae feed on rotting plant material, including that found under fallen logs. Perhaps that was what this beetle was searching for. The pattern from this angle must look quite intimidating to a small predator!   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamily: Cetoniinae (flower chafers) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231701126-JUTGOY551JWAIOU0G2N1/PB220048.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Jewel Beetle Castiarina scalaris The long-lasting flowers of Ozothamnus obcordatus bushes attract many insects and spiders. Jewel Beetles are among the more colourful, feeding on the nectar and petals of the flowers. These beetles may play a role in pollination. The larvae of most Jewel Beetles are wood borers. The family Buprestidae is huge, with over 1200 Australian species described to date - and many others not yet named! We were fortunate that this species is a known one.   Order: Coleoptera: Family: Buprestidae (jewel or metallic wood-boring beetles) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500810573332-GIFX5ZJFVPXWNFUD9BYB/P2010007.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Longicorn Beetle Coptocercus biguttatus This image illustrates how this family of beetles was awarded its common name! The larvae of longhorn beetles are wood borers and play an important role in recycling the carbon in dead and dying trees.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae (longhorn or longicorn beetles) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501290563958-D2BU7AX0B1QTPP2YUVII/PB050286.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Net-winged beetle Porrostoma sp. (?) Occasionally in Summer, and for brief periods, these insects are a common sight in the forest. They are reasonably large and distinctive, both in colour and shape. And they often perch for extended periods on grasses and flowering shrubs. As adults, Porrostoma are reported to feed on flowers and nectar. The larvae live and feed in the leaf litter. Apparently this family of beetles is mimicked by various moths and other beetles. I am reasonably confident of the identification here, at least to family, but would need to examine one more closely to be confident of the genus.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Lycidae (net-winged beetles) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500605690486-LHD9KDCJRG9ATCR4G5NE/PB261178.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Golden Stag Beetle (male) Lamprima aurata This brilliantly-coloured male shows the prominent, antler-like mandibles that give the family its name. The larvae, which have the familiar "witchety grub" appearance, are wood borers. They are useful carbon-recyclers, living within sick, decaying casuarina trees, rather than healthy trees.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Lucanidae (stag beetles) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360538958-RUGA3J556DC9KCFTTY84/P1080013-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Stag Beetle (female) Lamprima varians This female belongs to the same genus as the Golden Stag Beetle. She lacks the impressive antler-shaped mandibles seen in the male.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Lucanidae (stag beetles) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583652107-WPNLB1M69LMRMLT94QW8/P1080028.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Garden Katydid Caedicia simplex This katydid is in the same insect order as grasshoppers and crickets, but can be readily distinguished from them by its long antennae. They go largely unnoticed during the day because they are well camouflaged within low shrubs, rushes and grasses. We see them moving around more actively on warm evenings. Katydids are herbivores, eating young foliage and petals. This image shows an adult emerging from its nymphal skin at night. The wings will gradually inflate through blood pressure and it is likely that, before it departs the scene, the adult will consume its cast off skin - excellent recycling!   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids, bush-crickets) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583655559-MU3TCUDIYOY7C69YOQ0R/P1100065-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Upolo Meadow Katydid Conocephalus upoluensis This katydid is similar in its habits and lifestyle to the 'Garden Katydid'. Its is also a nocturnal species, searching for its food - flowers and seeds of grasses and other plants - on warm nights in Summer, when we hear its low buzzing calls. The short wing stubs of the individual in this image shows that it is a nymph. Like other hemimetabolous insects, orthopterans go through a series of nymphal stages after hatching from the egg. The nymphs closely resemble the adult but they lack reproductive organs and have undeveloped or no wings.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids, bush-crickets) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161555182-1HQ15JLF5NAPQCXA6H31/P1120049.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Wingless Grasshopper Phaulacridium vittatum The common name for this grasshopper is not entirely accurate, as it does have wings - albeit short, non-functional ones. In fact, even that is not correct - some adults do have full sized wings and can fly. Don't you love common names!! The proportion of fully winged animals in a population increases as population density increases. We first start to see nymphs in November, and by December the area around the house is often swarming with adults. They take a toll on some plants in our vegetable garden but the native forbs don't seem to suffer too much. The grasshoppers themselves are avidly eaten by a range of birds, including Yellow-faced Honeyeaters and Spotted Quail-thrush. All good!   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501400273388-I6QLROF2ME3ZV1V8Z179/P2180093.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Wingless Grasshopper Phaulacridium vittatum This proves that these Wingless Grasshoppers are indeed the adults of the species, and not just nymphs! A mating pair - as usual, males are smaller than females.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501403185565-GEUHVFGRE7YWRPZAVXCB/P3190071.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Giant Green Slant-face Acrida conica We often see this grasshopper in late Summer among the long grasses and forbs. An unusual beast, with that elongated head! It would make a nice treat for a larger bird, such as a Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike, if the birds could sight it - it is superbly camouflaged. We only see them if they are disturbed and 'flush' from the vegetation.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501403243405-18C6N1OKKHIZX9LG5ZS3/PA160019.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Psednura Psednura sp. This nymph belongs to a small group of grasshoppers found only in Australia. Order: Orthoptera; Family: Pyrgomorphidae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204505140-OTVME9I0BMDDKNVV60C6/P3010061.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Wood Cricket Apotrechus unicolor We only chance across this species occasionally, as during the day it lives in the leaf litter in a shelter constructed from leaves and twigs. And it needs to hide! Such a large and soft-bodied insect would provide a good meal for many insectivorous birds and other animals. In fact we once saw a Spider Wasp hauling a Wood Cricket, paralysed, back to the wasp's nesting burrow. Apotrechus unicolor are large insects. The one in the photo is a nymph, and just 35mm long - we have found adult females with a body length of 50mm! Wood Crickets become active in the evening when they climb vegetation to feed. Other individuals we have seen had much longer antennae - we presume this one was damaged.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Gryllacrididae (wood crickets, leaf-rolling crickets) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231728916-V841GIEWHZ4P49TTMCXZ/PC130104.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Green Mantis Orthodera ministralis We generally encounter this species on shrubs in the more open areas of the forest, hunting small insects. This individual was quite small - only about 15mm long. Mantids really are the most elegant of insects!   Order: Mantodea; Family: Mantidae (praying mantises) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231728911-X9219CISTVPF5DGRMZWS/PC130110.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Green Mantis Orthodera ministralis This view from above gives a sense of how well camouflaged the insect is, particularly as it moves little, just sitting, scanning, occasionally swaying. This is a nymph, still wingless. We have seen the winged adult in April.   Order: Mantodea; Family: Mantidae (praying mantises) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305172054-MMPOL3OC661Q5LMTCB06/P1150008.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Boxer Bark Mantid Paraoxypilus sp. You'll have to imagine this beautiful little mantid in its natural bushland setting, on the forest floor, to appreciate how superbly well camouflaged it is. It is a tiny beast - only 20mm long. This one is a female - the male is winged.   Order: Mantodea; Family: Amorphoscelidae (praying mantises) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161557389-CM3W0OMXSOYYDU6NBN1L/P1270273.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Milk Vine Bug Oncopeltus sordidus This "bug" is a true bug, belonging to the insect order Hemiptera. Most hemipterans feed on plant juices, penetrating the surface of a leaf or stem with their specialised mouthparts. This piercing-sucking 'stylet' is a distinctive feature of hemipteran insects. There are two vines growing here that belong to the family Apocynaceae - Marsdenia rostrata and Tylophora barbata. And by mid Summer, both vines are covered in Oncopeltus bugs. The adults are winged and quite mobile.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae (seed bugs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161560820-2JOZWXGRP3YAYVVETXT2/P1310031.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Milk Vine bugs Oncopeltus sordidus The young nymphs clump together, gradually dispersing more independently as they grow. Like the adults, nymphs too are typical hemipterans, piercing the host plant and drawing out the sap. By late summer, the Marsdenia leaves are looking sick, with large pale blotches. Most groups of sap-sucking insects are attended by ants. The ants drink the sugar-rich secretions of the insects. We have never seen ants attending the Oncopeltus. Perhaps the toxicity of the Marsdenia sap makes the 'honeydew' of these bugs unpalatable, or even toxic.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae (seed bugs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305325650-BD2Y3ATT5TQ4TCIRPCYJ/P2214773.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Psyllid and lerps Glycaspis seriata Perhaps the most ecologically-important hemipterans in a forest ecosystem are the psyllids, or 'lerps'. These bugs and, most notably, their nymphs, provide food for a large number of bird species. Pardalotes are lerp-feeding specialists, and lerps also feature heavily in the diets of Thornbills and Rosellas. The 'lerp' actually refers to the cap that the larvae produce and shelter beneath. It is this sugar-rich cap that the birds are so fond of. Explosions in psyllid numbers can also cause significant damage to trees, and for this reason they are often considered a 'pest' insect. The adults are winged and resemble plant hoppers. In this photo, I have exposed one small nymph by removing its cap. Normally they would rarely be so exposed, but would instead enlarge the covering cap as they grow. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Psyllidae (psyllids) Photo taken in February Click to read 'Exuding Abudance', an excellent 2012 Birdlife article by Tim Low, reviewing the role of lerps in Australian ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501283460667-VFO6HJLSN8TPN6T8NKIP/PB050376.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Two-lined Gumtree Leafhopper Eurymeloides bicincta These are the most common leafhoppers we see. Most young eucalypt saplings are colonised by the bugs - and their attending ants. Typically all stages of nymphs as well as winged adults share a branch. They appear to feed from the stems rather than the leaves. The ants in this case are likely to be Iridiomyrmex.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501281324024-12N33ZPIPL9V2RJR06Q0/P3020030.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Leafhopper Brunotartessus sp (?) I took this photo only moments after the leafhopper had emerged from its nymphal skin. And a few hours later, the head and body of the insect had turned a beautiful blue! We commonly see the nymphs of this species on eucalypt seedlings. They are very alert, and quickly move to the hidden side of the leaf when disturbed ... making photography a tricky exercise. Leafhopper identification can be complex. Although superficially similar to Brunotartessus fulvous, I am not confident of the identification and so need to look more closely at this species.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305323257-XY5O3A2G5CURUPGF7KU2/P2150129.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Green Treehopper Sextius virescens Yet another ant-attended hemipteran species. This bug is feeding on Acacia longifolia - and bears a striking resemblance to the leaf buds on the plant!   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Membracidae (horned treehoppers) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583702431-HWBMQB5LZ4LCR6I0G6DV/PB230153.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Leafhopper Ishidaella sp. We discovered this particularly colourful leafhopper on a flowering grass head. There was just one, which is a little unusual. Typically, leafhoppers are found in large numbers and at various stages of development. Given that this lone insect was fully winged, I assume it was in the process of dispersing and had undergone its early (flightless) development at another site. At about 3mm, Ishidaella is larger than many of the leafhopper species we see.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501283448805-MRLH2LL3ZADW8Z3M1N2N/PA310151.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Red Mirid Bug Pseudopantilius australis We discovered just two of these large and beautiful bugs, one on Lomandra, the other nearby on a Leucopogon bush. Their colours are just stunning!   However, as a group, Miradae are not well-loved. Many species are sap-sucking agricultural pests.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Miridae (mirid bugs) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231715270-IVSJAUQVY1PTKTS6SYAG/PB250057.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Toad Bug Nerthra sp. (?) The plant-sucking hemipterans like the leafhoppers and aphids can be a pest in agricultural situations but, in the animal world, they are rather benign. The same cannot be said for all hemipterans, however. This tiny Toad Bug is a predator. It hunts under the leaf litter, in sand and muddy soil. And it is nearly invisible! We had lived in the forest for several years before I noticed them for the first time, yet they are quite common. Now that I recognise them as an insect - and not just a piece of dead vegetation! - I can find them quite readily.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583655333-QC6WP10YUH7Y7WQPL1J6/P1100012-4.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Ground Assassin Bug Ectomocoris patricius When it comes to predatory hemipterans, Assassin Bugs are perhaps the most ferocious. In the Reduviidae, the specialised hemipteran mouthparts have further evolved into a lethal weapon. And they are generally quite large insects! The Assassin Bug uses its massively-enlarged stylet for both prey capture and feeding. It impales another insect, injecting it with venom and also with digestive enzymes. Finally, it sucks pre-digested tissues of the unfortunate prey back up through the stylet. Handle with caution! To date we have identified three species of Assassins here in the forest.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Reduviidae (assassin bugs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128731342-VMXSGQY0FKKZ9I29RG01/P2210166.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Paper Wasps Polistes humilis Wasps, bees and ants belong to a single order - Hymenoptera. Some species live in colonies with complex social structures, but many others are solitary insects. Nearly all social wasps belong to the same family - Vespidae. Polistes build their colonial, 'paper' nests from chewed wood mixed with saliva. These nests are elaborate constructions, with new cells being added even as larvae are developing in the older cells. We have discovered several nests hanging in low shrubs - in this photo, in a Geebung (Persoonia levis).   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae (vespid wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305323911-30UNUIGKAF18LUWO2AW6/P2210164.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Paper Wasp Polistes humilis Polistes regurgitate collected food and feed it to their growing larvae. The nest cells are open, and a (careful!) close look inside reveals the growing young - fat, white 'grubs'. When they are fully developed, the cells are capped. The next generation of flying wasps then contribute to the colony as workers.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae (vespid wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305200894-10ZH0VJ7FHWPN9T7FM3F/P3200131.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Paper Wasp Polistes humilis When it comes to stinging insects, Paper Wasps have a rather fearsome reputation. We were warned by several people that we should remove the nests they were building, particularly from anywhere in the vicinity of the house. However, they have not been a problem at all. I gather people generally get bitten when they do try to remove them! Left alone, the wasps seem to keep to themselves and apparently are efficient caterpillar hunters - very welcome when they build near to the vegetable garden!   During hot and dry weather, it is common to see large numbers of wasps and bees of various species drinking from every available water source.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae (vespid wasps) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231822956-6926TS2VLGJ4DBWTJH9W/PC090058-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Dusky-winged Ichneumonid Lissopimpla excelsa (?) This is one of several, beautiful 'ichneumonid' wasp species we have sighted here in the forest. They typically appear to be searching, antennae flicking, as they rapidly walk over foliage. They are rarely large insects, always with long antennae. The ichneumonid wasps belong to the the largest of all the hymenopteran families ... there are 24,000 described species, worldwide! Most are parasitoids, the larva developing within the body of a living, insect host and eventually killing the host. The long 'stinger' is used to pierce the host and lay the egg. The host is often a caterpillar (Lepidoptera) or beetle grub (Coleoptera). Also called an 'orchid-dupe wasp', Lissopimpla males are reported to pollinate a number of orchid species, fooled by the flower which resembles a female wasp - at least to the male, anyway.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Ichneumonidae (ichneumonid wasps) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583658635-XUQ25IRG5CZPFEUCLOR6/P1270007.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Native Flower Wasp (female) Thynnus zonatus Like Ichneumonid Wasps, Thynnus zonatus is a parasitoid. Species in this group target beetle larvae as hosts for their own larvae. Many species in the family Thynnidae, including Thynnus zonatus, have wingless females. I discovered this female sitting at the top of an upright Patersonia leaf, about 300mm above the ground. She was quite motionless but dropped to the ground when disturbed. The following day she was back in place, in exactly the same spot! According to the literature, such females release pheromones to attract flying males. After mating, the female drops to the ground and goes in search of Scarabaediae larvae on which to lay her eggs.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Tiphiidae (tiphid wasps. flower wasps) Photo taken January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501068336443-HLLI5OLHM334J0EXNG91/P2080002.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Hairy Flower Wasp Austroscolia soror This massive, blue-black wasp caught our attention as it rested on a Gahnia leaf. This was an unusual sighting for us. Since then we have seen the species only a couple of times, and always in late Summer. As the name suggests, these solitary wasps feed on nectar from flowers such as tea-trees (Leptospermum spp.). Like Thynnus zonatus, their larvae are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. The rather tattered-looking wings in this Austroscolia are not tattered at all - this is their normal shape!   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Scoliidae (scoliid wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305172044-6GTLI2SWBE9DD0CKB443/P1200044.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Orange-collared Spider Wasp Ferreola handschini A common strategy among wasps is to lock a large, paralysed prey animal away in a cell with a single larva and leave the larva to develop in isolation, well-provisioned with 'fresh' food. Spider wasps (family Pompilidae) employ such a strategy. These large, robust wasps specialise in capturing spiders - sometimes very large spiders! - and have developed potent poisons and strong stings for the purpose. They are solitary wasps and usually have strikingly beautiful, 'warning' colouration. From mid to late summer we see numerous Pompilidae species hauling stunned spiders. It is no coincidence, I suspect, that the peak breeding activity of spider wasps coincides with the time of the year when spiders are most abundant.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Pompilidae (spider wasps) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332209523-ISKHZQD6GGGQFLPF43B4/PC280045.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Sand Wasp Bembix sp. Bembix are solitary insects - although we never see just one. Throughout Summer, sandy areas of the forest floor are abuzz with these Sand Wasps. They seem to be everywhere, having appeared from nowhere! In a manner similar to the Spider Wasps, Sand Wasps lay each of their eggs in a separate burrow, provisioned with dead or paralysed insects. Once developed, the larva will pupate in the soil. We surmise that the species here may overwinter as pupae, emerging as adults in Spring. This could account for the adults' sudden appearance - in large numbers - in November.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Crabronidae (sand wasps, mud-daubers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332205679-5CCLS48E1UN8RL3H1JQX/PC260150.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Sand Wasp Bembix sp. These medium-sized wasps rapidly excavate short tunnels, departing at intervals and then returning - often clutching a fly. Hover flies seem to be a favoured food here in the forest.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Crabronidae (sand wasps, mud-daubers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583658641-9D4HO86AZF9AQK82YAQ1/P2090022-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Cuckoo Wasp (female) Primeuchroeus sp. Pretty but parasitic! This striking iridescent blue-green wasp uses the same parasitic strategy to rear its young as many other wasps. But in this case the target host is another wasp, rather than a beetle or other insect larva - hence the 'cuckoo' moniker. Cuckoo Wasps lay their eggs into the nests of social wasps. The cuckoo wasp larvae feed on the larvae of the social wasp or on food that is delivered to the nest by the host workers. Interestingly, we saw the female Cuckoo Wasp in this image resting on the wall of our house, close to a Common Paper Wasp (Polistes humilis) nest. Just an innocent bystander?!!   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Chrysididae (cuckoo or emerald wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360507414-1JH763PXH25DEYX8P6BD/P2200041.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Nomia Bees Lipotriches sp. A slowly writhing mass of bees on a bush or plant stalk is a common sight on a summer evening. The insects crawl over and around one another, rarely flying, eventually settling in for the night. The following morning, as the day starts to warm, they become increasingly active and gradually disperse.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Halictidae (sweat bees) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161556419-ME4OGWWBDA5OS982RHRU/P1120058.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Nomia Bees Lipotriches sp. Although we have yet to find an authoritative reference for identification, we think these are Lipotriches, perhaps L. flavoviridis or L. australica. The genus belongs to a group of bees called Nomia Bees. The males are reported to congregate overnight, as we have seen, although the reasons for these gatherings are not clear.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Halictidae (sweat bees) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501122859137-L2QJVXQ7D5MBJT68UHOW/PB110015.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Nomia bees Lipotriches sp. Nomia Bees are not a social bee in the sense that they do not form a breeding colony with worker castes. Very few native bee species do. Females dig a burrow and in each 'cell' off the burrow they deposit an egg on top of a ball of pollen. They are recognised as important pollinators.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Halictidae (sweat bees) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501123250902-6748EE2R6813NB7WDGOT/PC130143.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Blue-banded Bee Amegilla sp. (probably Amegilla asserta) Blue-banded Bees are one of the better known native bees. They are quite large and attractive, and frequently pollinate gardens. They are also well known for their habit of resting by clasping a plant stem with their mouthparts, as this male is doing here - affording a rare opportunity for a decent photograph. They are more typically on the move and quite a challenge! We see them here in Summer, their distinctive buzzing alerting us to their presence as they visit flowering plants - including in the vegetable garden.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae (social bees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501278812620-SJ7JAAE3IBE2PJKUQEXP/PB040109.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Black Bull Ant Myrmecia tarsata The Black Bull Ant is common here in the forest. It is one of ten ant species we have identified on the block to date - although we have yet to really survey the ants in earnest. We typically see Myrmecia tarsata actively hunting prey - such as this caterpillar - from October, and throughout the Summer months. For a bull ant, Myrmecia tarsata is of medium size - about 22mm long.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583675376-V93380N47OH7MQDF5HET/PA210024.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Black Bull Ant Myrmecia tarsata 'Bull Ants' belong to the genus Myrmecia. There are more than 90 species and they are only found in Australia (plus one species in New Caledonia). Their stronghold is in the south east of the country - in other words, here! Myrmecia are rather famous for their painful stings and aggressive nature. So far we have recognised three species of Myrmecia in our local forest: M. tarsata, M. simillima, and M. chrysogaster. We are perhaps fortunate that we do not seem to have the VERY famous Myrmecia pilosula.... - the Jumping Jack Ant. Our local species are fine - they are not overly aggressive and we've not been stung for years - but living with M.pilosula might be a different story. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in October Click here to read 'Australia's stinging insects, an interesting 2016 'Conversation' article by David Yeates, CSIRO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500797323900-P26M14PY44RBZGW3TTBX/PC280014.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Black Bull Ant Myrmecia tarsata Bull Ants swim! One Summer morning I spotted this Black Bull Ant with a honey bee, struggling on the surface on the frog pond. To rescue it from 'drowning' I used a stick to lift it from the water, to the safety of the shore. To my great surprise the ant turned a circle, appearing to orient itself, secured his load of dead bee, and then purposefully stepped straight back into the water. I looked on as it swam very deliberately across the pond to the other side - where it was no doubt heading in the first place! On reaching the far shore, the ant reversed out, dragging the bee up and over the rocks, then off through the grasses. Lesson for me: best not to interfere with nature.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501281325752-KWRQ508ATSB34R4XC0UU/P3020130.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima This is the largest of the Myrmecia species we have on site. These ants immediately adopt an aggressive posture if disturbed, but we are rarely stung, perhaps because they are so easy to spot. They're big .... close to 25mm .... shiny, and when they turn to look at you they display their very menacing jaws. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501281324019-WPLWO17AK9WKMECY6DEW/P3020122.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima Bull ants can move quickly and therefore can be tricky to photograph. Here I was lucky. The ant was atop a sedge leaf, with nowhere to go. The colour, sculptured ridges, and the 'teeth' along the jaws are all useful in confirming the species identification. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501278821310-HFRIDHIQNDFHX9PEYG8K/PA110069.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima The other opportunity for a close look at this ant is when one of them is busy hauling prey. These ants are strong and persistent. The terrain that they work in - the forest floor - is full of obstacles, and their prey is often large and awkward. The ants usually walk backwards when carrying a load, feeling their way with their hind legs. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231680819-5QHY7855289NHSQ3I51Y/IMG_7451.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Spiny Dolly Ant vs Black Tyrant Ant Dolichoderus doriae (left), Iridiomyrmex rufoniger (right) The 'Dolly Ants' are an intriguing group. In warm weather they may be seen forming a seething ball among the grasses, sometimes up to 200mm in diameter. This 'ball' persists for days. It is the entire ant colony, shifting the larvae from underground to the surface, for added warmth. The tiny ant in this photograph is probably the most numerous ant species in the forest. Iridiomyrmex species are known to have huge colonies and to establish and defend large territories. It is this genus that tends Jalmenus evagorus butterfly larvae. The interaction in the photo was most likely a territorial battle. We witnessed several Iridiomyrmex tugging at this single 'Dolly's' legs and antennae, generally immobilising it. Dolichoderus and Iridiomyrmex both belong to the same ant subfamily, and both are generalist feeders and scavengers. They lack stings but can release strong-smelling defensive chemicals when disturbed.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Photo taken in April Click to see our blog in News & Stories for further insight into the relationship between Iridiomyrmex and Jalmenus butterflies.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155540583-HR1ZOZYLAY4W868RY6BR/P4170195.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Red-headed Spider Ant Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus These distinctive scavengers are usually seen singly, and typically hauling a dead insect. They live as colonies in the soil and will, at need, recruit other members to help with food retrieval. We see them most months of the year. The raised 'gaster' - end of the abdomen - and the long legs can give the impression of a spider. This stance is used as a defence posture, suggesting that potential predators may see the same resemblance that we do. Leptomyrmex belong to the same family as Iridiomyrmex and Dolichoderus - they are stingless.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500523656378-WVV7I604CRBVIKU24SVE/PA260047.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Flower-feeding March Fly Scaptia auriflua This fly belongs to the family Tabanidae, known in Australia as March Flies. March Flies are widely disliked because of their biting habit. In fact, only the females bite - the blood they extract is necessary for egg production. The males on the other hand feed exclusively on pollen and nectar. In the attractive species shown here, Scaptia auriflua, both sexes are nectar feeders. So no need to be alarmed if you're approached by a March Fly with colourful eyes!   Order: Diptera; Family Tabanidae (March flies, horse flies) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583695676-WYG5BCBNNIOPJIF9LWS0/PB190020.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly Simosyrphus grandicornis Hover Flies are one of the most important pollinators here in the forest. We see them in large numbers, hovering near and taking nectar and pollen from flowers of a wide range of plant species. Hover Flies play another important ecological role - their larvae feed on aphids.   Order: Diptera; Family: Syrphidae (hoverflies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305296320-MZ7RYMDQSBWD4B2FT5LW/PA180869.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Black & Grey Bee Fly Meomyia sericans The high-pitched buzzing of these attractive flies is a common sound in summer, particularly in areas of exposed, sandy soil. They often hover in place, motionless except for the blur of their wings. We see them land on the sand and appear to burrow. It is likely that they are able to locate buried larvae, such as Sand Wasp larvae, and then lay an egg in the burrow of this would-be host. Reportedly, these flies are quite opportunistic in their choice of larval host. The adults feed on nectar and may be important pollinators.   Order: Diptera; Family: Bombyliidae (bee flies) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305296077-EKVZEAUQ6TOEKHXVTKKM/PA180948.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Aleucosia bee fly Aleucosia sp. The dark patterning on the outstretched wings of Aleucosia is like a work of art. These conspicuous insects appear in small numbers in Spring, and are often in mated pairs when we see them. Like many insects, this coupled state lasts an extended time, presumably ensuring that the female remains unavailable to other males. If disturbed, they will fly a short distance and land, still coupled.   Order: Diptera; Family: Bombyliidae (bee flies) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360475111-7QWR1HYOA8NW5G3PSYMJ/PB250072.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Small-headed Fly Ogcodes basalis When I first noticed this insect clinging to a grass stem I thought something had eaten its head! These bizarre looking flies have grossly inflated bodies and small heads. Adding to their weird appearance is the fact that their eyes are fused together along the midline. Flies in this family are apparently quite rare and their biology not well understood. They may be parasitoids of spiders.   Order: Diptera; Family: Acroceridae (small-headed flies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500808120419-XV1F7D57KV922VGCHA88/P1240018.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Crane Fly Leptotarsus clavatus So far we have seen recognised six distinct species of crane flies on the block, but there are doubtless more than that. We almost always see them on casuarina - either resting or mating. Female crane flies mate almost immediately after they emerge from their pupal case. They lay their eggs in moist soil or in decaying wood. The larvae play an important role in the forest ecosystem, breaking down organic material and returning it to the carbon cycle. The adults don't do much except rest and mate. They drink water but don't feed at all.   Order: Diptera; Family: Tipulidae (crane flies) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500808936847-QAQ5B73ER9WZYHF5DLHL/PB060583.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Crane Flies Leptotarsus tortilis The reason we so often see Crane Flies on casuarina, as here, may have less to do with the casuarina (although it does seem to afford good 'foot-holds') than with the fact that there is a pile of old, decaying wood and bark nearby. It is possible that the adults we are seeing have recently emerged from larvae in that wood.   Order: Diptera; Family: Tipulidae (crane flies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500809978434-6EY7NRD1SZDY26V8T7IC/P2160086.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Robber Fly Colepia sp.1 Robber Flies are generally large flies and are active predators, eating a wide range of other arthropods, such as beetles, flies, dragonflies, moths, spiders and bees. We have seen at least eight distinct species on the block to date but, as with the crane flies, that number will no doubt grow when we make a more systematic survey. Robber flies take their prey in flight, pierce a soft part of the body with their sharp proboscis, and inject it with saliva containing neurotoxins and digestive enzymes.   Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae (robber flies) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500809144845-CXXSSZF0Z0VCH2HHY2C8/P1120131.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Robber Fly Colepia sp.2 This was the first time I'd come across an ovipositing Robber Fly. Normally we see these large predators either on the hunt or feasting on their catch. Instead, this female was slowly stepping her way backwards down a plant stem, gluing down a neat, tightly packed row of brown eggs as she went.   Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae (robber flies) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161552459-XNFZO258UULEVK5OQZLS/P1060221.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Orthogonis Orthogonis ornatipennis These Robber Flies are quite different in appearance from the more 'typical' members of the family Asilidae. We see them here in January-February, often as mating pairs. This is the female - the male has a splendid golden 'moustache'. Members of the genus are sometimes referred to as 'bee-like robber flies', perhaps due to their colouring.   Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae (robber flies) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128733029-K9GZLEMCK6RLD8BNBW4K/P2210177.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Spotted Brown (male) Heteronympha paradelpha Perhaps the most conspicuous group of butterflies in the south are the 'browns'. The local forests are potentially home to at least a dozen species of browns, including this Spotted Brown.   Heteronympha paradelpha adults tend to appear here in quite large numbers for a short period - perhaps a week or so - in late Summer. As is the case for most browns, the larvae feed on grasses. Here the grass favoured is one of our common species, Microlaena stipoides.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156159056-KDPEMJO7X5AHFUNSJHRZ/P1060354.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Eastern Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha The upper wings of nearly all 'browns' are variously orange, brown and black. This can make identification a bit tricky. However, this 'forest brown' is unmistakable when it perches with closed wings - the pattern is striking and unique. We do not see Geitoneura acantha in large numbers, which is perhaps surprising as one of their favoured food plants - Microlaena stipoides - is a common grass here.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156195237-SVR517D3DSGOHU8YVWYL/P3190086.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Ringlet Hypocysta metirius Common Ringlets have quite specific areas on the block that they favour and we can reliably find the adults there throughout the Summer. That they are so common here is a little surprising, as we are at the southern extremity of their distribution. Their range extends from the tip of Cape York all the way down the east coast - to us. They fly low to the ground and land frequently, often with wings open. As with all browns, they are a favoured food of birds and lizards. The eye spots on the hind wings must help avoid attacks to their heads ... but the wings certainly suffer as a result. Most individuals are sporting bite and tear marks to the hindwings.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128735159-JMIS9CKGBQPDICTLQE7H/P2210193.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona albifascia The Swordgrass Brown is quite large and definitely striking, with a slow, lilting flight. We typically see only one or two at any one time. Tisiphone are unlike most other species of browns, both in their colouration and in their host plants. Their larvae feed on Gahnia species, not grasses. Males patrol these sedges on the lookout for newly-eclosed females. There are five subspecies of Tisiphone aboena, each with a distinct appearance and distribution. The subspecies we see here, T.a.ablifascia, is the most southern and occurs across eastern Victoria.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156754445-MY4ZUIJLGAZZ4WAYKYTI/PB251136.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi The territorial behaviour of males of this species is quite astonishing to witness. It is really not something I expected to see from a butterfly! A male will guard his chosen patch of low-growing forbs and aggressively chase off passing butterflies of any species - except, presumably, receptive females of his own species.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203426722-FW6EORLAL9S3M1B2YEM4/PB110081.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi For a couple of years, Vanessa kershawi was by far our most numerous and conspicuous butterfly species on the block. The genus is renown for its migrations so, perhaps, in those years we just happened to be included in their flight path. They remain a significant part of the butterfly fauna every summer, but have not been such a dominant one in the past couple of Summers.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156173298-PTS63MKIMYA7OG53428F/P1160022.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Painted Lady (chrysalis) Vanessa kershawi I discovered this stunningly gold chrysalis hanging on a small eucalypt seedling. Not knowing what it belonged to, I collected it - and three days later a perfect Vanessa kershawi emerged.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501137486749-DDYK3K1OGGQZX1N0RHO4/P1150020.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Imperial White Delias harpalyce This is a 'southern jezabel', a member of the family Pieridae. They are quite large butterflies but we usually only see them fleetingly, as they tend to fly high in the canopy. Their larvae feed on mistletoe, so here in the forest they no doubt use the dominant mistletoe species, Amyema pendula (Drooping Mistletoe) - which tends to grow on high branches of the tallest trees, usually at least 20 metres up. Delias harpalyce are reported to be distasteful and perhaps even toxic to vertebrates. Presumably the classic red-yellow colouration is aposematic, a warning to insectivorous birds.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Pieridae (whites & yellows) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501160049927-SDR84FPYOM1E8TVSHVPX/P1060269.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagorus We tend to first notice this species when we spot a denuded Acacia sapling surrounded by butterflies. As is the case for many species within this family, Jalmenus evagoras has a well-studied association with ants. The feeding larvae and pupae are tended by Iridomyrmex ants in a commensal relationship. The 'hairstreaks' belong to the very large and diverse butterfly family, Lycaenidae.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in January Click here to see our blog in 'News & Stories' for more images and videos of the ant-larvae interactions, and the extraordinary mating behaviour of the butterflies.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203428750-7BN6M19DJYTOG0QDNMPQ/PB190091.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Bright Copper (male) Paralucia aurifer These tiny but brilliant butterflies almost glow in the sun. The larvae feed on Bursaria spinosa, a species with a limited distribution on the block. The spiny plant, in the same family as Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae), only grows on the rocky slopes leading down toward the river. The adults range more widely, feeding on flowering plants in all areas of the open forest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157884033-5H4DV47IEPOMRQ1TCKZL/P9120031.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Bright Copper (female) Paralucia aurifer In this species, the underside of the female's wings are almost as beautiful as the upper surface. The breeding biology of this species is fascinating. We have yet to witness this, but apparently the later instar caterpillars are nocturnal and ant-tended. No real surprise there, as ants associate with many species in the Lycaenidae family. The surprise is that the caterpillars then pupate within the ants' nest! The female in this photograph is feeding on nectar from Leucopogon affinis - a flowering shrub that seems to feed dozens of the local species, invertebrate and vertebrate alike!   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157882272-0H47KS29ZT6UU8S4UX1U/P9120018.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Dusky Blue (male) Candalides hyacinthinus Some butterflies are neither large nor showy. One of the most common groups flying around low flowering plants in Summer are the 'blues'. Newly-eclosed males, like this one, can be strongly blue-purple, but many others appear worn and dull, with few coloured scales at all. Like most butterflies, this adult is opportunistic in seeking nectar - feeding here from Leucopogon flowers. It is the larval stages that are host-specific. The caterpillars of Candalides hyacinthinus feed on Cassytha vines.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157862027-FVUQ5X8DZIOZ8WFX7NKR/PA210073.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Yellow-spot Blue (male) Candalides xanthospilos The Yellow-spot Blue is small, like the Common Dusky Blue, and behaves in a similar manner. It is instantly recognisable, however, by the bright yellow spot on the upper forewing, and the much whiter undersides when the wings are closed. These are our two most common Candalides species, and their larva occupy distinct niches. Whereas C. hyacinthus caterpillars feed on the parasitic vine Cassytha, which scrambles over grasses, forbs and tall shrubs alike, C. xanthospilos larvae feed on the low-growing shrub Pimelea linifolia (Slender Rice Flower). Due to grazing by wallabies, the Pimelea here rarely grow more than 50cm high.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156751292-6RRX79JQHLOSINKR1KZK/PB220019-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Fringed Heath Blue Neolucia agricola Yet another small 'blue', the Fringed Heath Blue is easily overlooked. The upper wings are brown and the patterned underwings provide perfect camouflage against dry vegetation. In this image, the butterfly is resting on Lepidosperma latens. This species is common in heathland, including among heath plants in forests such as this. The larvae feed on a range of Fabaceae ('pea' flowers) including some that are particularly common on the block, such as Aotus ericoides and Bossiaea cordifolia.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501124196242-T9RF2FPOAANBFXAK59HJ/P1240026.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Splendid Ochre Trapezites symmomus In Summer, we see these 'skippers' regularly patrolling clumps of Lomandra, particularly Lomandra longifolia, and males rigorously defending their territories. The larvae are reportedly nocturnal feeders on Lomandra, but we have yet to search for them in earnest. The Splendid Ochre is one of the most common and recognisable species of what is otherwise a difficult group. We see many other, smaller skippers too but have yet to get serious about surveying them. Perhaps next Summer!   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hesperiidae (skippers); Subfamily: Trapezitinae (ochres) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155713933-G233A6O6KDORXFH5HNCK/PC090039.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Spotted Sedge Skipper Hesperilla ornata Another skipper and - helpfully (!) - easily recognised by the spotty patterning of the underwings. The larvae feed on Gahnia which, here, means they are using Gahnia radula (Thatch Saw-sedge).   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hesperiidae (skippers); Subfamily: Trapezitinae (ochres) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128661856-EN6K0I67BXADS2BRY2DL/P2240006-3.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Heliotrope Moth Utetheisa pulchelloides Moths and butterflies are not so very different. They share a common ancestor and are grouped into a single order, Lepidoptera. In Australia, there are more than 80 families within Lepidoptera - and just 5 of those are called 'butterflies'. Most butterflies are colourful and fly during the day. They have antennae with some form of hook at the end. But many of the day-flying, colourful lepidopterans are actually moths. This Heliotrope Moth is a migratory species, widespread across Australia, southern Asia and the Pacific. It is not a common species here in the forest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae (footmen & tiger moths) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128661849-3XGKH28UG436I6BT31MX/P2240043.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Lydia Lichen Moth Asura lydia During late Summer we see many of these distinctive 'tiger' moths, particularly in the most shaded, damp parts of the forest. They are sluggish in the early morning, but soon become much more active. The colouration is presumably aposematic, the moths distasteful to birds due to something in their diet as caterpillars.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae (footmen & tiger moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128787766-MCYDKBDT5FTVYY40O5NP/P2050018.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Spotted Tiger Moth Amata nigriceps Although superficially similar to Asura lydia, this Amata species is considerably larger and we often see it flying in the early morning. It is also more likely to be found in open, drier parts of the forest. The caterpillars of Amata nigriceps are thought to feed in the leaf litter. The reported peak month for sightings of adults in the south (i.e. eastern Victoria) is February, in accord with our own observations.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae (footmen & tiger moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128665479-G4O9UYEUFHO1YS2UJLMF/P2240102.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Grass Moth Hednota pleniferellus This Grass Moth is one of many species of tiny, inconspicuous moths - no doubt a group that makes a significant contribution to the food chain. Fairy wrens and other ground-feeding insectivores can often be seen feasting on small moths such as this. Fairy-wrens use the twitching of their upright tails to flush tiny moths that are otherwise concealed among the grasses. Hednota pleniferellus caterpillars feed on grass such as Poa meionectes (Snow Grass).   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Crambidae (grass moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156753973-Y5AS5F83C9BQBJDCSEVQ/PB230027.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Yellow-shouldered Cosmet Limnaecia sp. Another tiny moth, yet quite spectacular when seen up close. And more food for the Fairy-wrens, I imagine! Limnaecia belongs to the 'seed borer' family, Cosmopterigidae - along with nearly 400 other named species in Australia! Although we don't know exactly what the caterpillars feed on here in the forest, the larvae in this family generally feed inside plant stems and seeds - hence the name 'borers'.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Cosmopterigidae (seed borers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203426490-H46I7SLUJKJGJR48J7RE/PB110002-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Southern Old Lady Moth Dasypodia selenophora At 90mm from wing-tip to wing-tip, Dasypodia selenophora is a truly conspicuous moth. As this species flies at night and is attracted to lights, these beautiful moths are well-known for entering buildings or settling on walls. And the coloured eye-spots are spectacular. We find them here, occasionally, from October to December, and usually just a single individual. I do find the common name a little unsettling, though. Or maybe I'm just taking it too personally ... I think I'll adopt the alternative common name of 'Moon Moth'.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155698172-N23KNV4OKBB1KSBSMB4U/PC050026.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Spring Taxeotis Taxeotis perlinearia There are many medium-sized, nocturnal moths that rest on the forest floor during the day, flying only if disturbed. This Taxeotis is one such species. Their camouflage is superb. The only way I can see (and photograph!) them is if I watch very carefully where they land. Their peak flight month in southern Australia is October - hence 'Spring' Taxeotis.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128593871-0YLULE7AYCGS58TC60PJ/P2270008.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Pale Grey Heath Moth Dichromodes estigmaria Another well-camouflaged moth that sits motionless on the forest floor unless disturbed. It belongs to the same group as the Taxeotis - Geometridae.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501222829995-JNN2UDV89VRE8K1WXXVJ/PB020016.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Golden-winged Epidesmia Epidesmia chilonaria Yet another secretive Geometridae moth. This species does fly more readily by day but will also sit totally motionless, to the point that you may almost touch it before it moves away. The upper hind wings are bright orange - hence the name - but are completely hidden when the moth is at rest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501222829995-NRRRWO2HIMQZ0Q5WMXG3/PB040131.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Golden-winged Epidesmia Epidesmia chilonaria A distinguishing feature of Epidesmia chilonaria and related species is the way they hold their labial palms locked together and pointing forward. Looks rather like a long nose, and quite comic.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156747560-UEQBBOJX0DQSPTS52O4X/PB100098.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Cryptic Emerald Aeolochroma mniaria We discovered this striking looking moth on the wall of the house one morning. Although this was our first record of the species, they could easily go undetected in the forest, resting on lichen-covered tree trunks. The common name suggests as much. Another Geometridae, but this one in the sub-group called 'Emeralds'   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156750631-WBSTJ6O00YJMHNCG8P4E/PB130069.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Whistling Moth Hecastesia fenestrata This species is not cryptic at all. The hindwing and hairy body are bright orange and visible in flight. But not only is it day active and brightly coloured - it also audibly announces its presence! In flight, males emit a sound that I think of as clicking but others clearly hear as a whistling. Either way, their spiralling early morning flights are hard to miss. This species belongs to the family Noctuidae. Most members of this family have hairy caterpillars.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501227441949-Y9C1NEDTU8LYOTREFN74/P2190005.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Whistling Moth Hecastesia fenestrata The larvae of the Common Whistling Moth are quite large, and simply stunning! They feed on the parasitic vine, Cassytha.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583702646-KHPLYCNOUCLQFR9JQDVS/PC060036.jpg Invertebrates gallery - 'Milk vine' caterpillar Fodina ostorius The caterpillars of this moth lack defensive hairs and are certainly not camouflaged! It seems likely that their spectacular colouration is aposematic, and that the caterpillars are distasteful to most predators. Fodina ostorius caterpillars feed on 'Milk Vine' (Marsdenia species) or, as was the case when we discovered this one, on Tylophora barbata, another shiny-leaved vine in the same family as Marsdenia. Many plants in the family Apocynaceae produce alkaloids or potentially poisonous saps.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501228299309-Q136NXWT9H23N753CCPC/PC120049.jpg Invertebrates gallery - 'Milk vine' caterpillar Fodina ostorius Just days after collecting the yellow caterpillar shown in the previous photo, we discovered two near-black individuals on other Tylophora barbata vines. They seemed identical to the yellow one, but with much more extensive black markings. In order to unambiguously identify the species, we collected the two black caterpillars and raised them on leaves from the host plants. They synchronously pupated after four days in captivity.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501228274217-FEV9TV1427V6G8JSBG76/P1020006-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - 'Milk vine' moth Fodina ostorius The two collected caterpillars emerged in synchrony, just 16 days after pupating! Each shiny, brown chrysalis - which had been formed without cocoons - split open in the space of one hour. The strikingly marked black and white moths that emerged confirmed the species identity for us. We photographed and then released them back to the forest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128727377-MIKFD9C6G7YLKT17J257/P2210117-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Ghost Moth Elhamma australasiae This night-flying species appears in quite large numbers, particularly in February and March. They have highly variable colours and patterns on the forewings, and typically purple hindwings and body. Elhamma australasiae is a member of the family Hepialidae. We also see large numbers of another two Ghost Moth species - Oxycanus dirempta and Abantiades labyrinthicus. Ghost Moths often emerge and fly after rain.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hepialidae (ghost moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583676822-DX6N0U7MWGA8O9OJW9K8/PA210091.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Wandering Ringtail (male) Austrolestes leda Various species of dragonflies and damselflies are seen in the forest. There is a large body of fresh water not far upstream, and many Odonata species range quite widely from their site of emergence, in search of food and mates. A major motivation for constructing a small frog pond alongside the house was to encourage more visits from this group of insects, and so that we might see them up close. And it has worked! The pond is less than a year old, and already it has attracted breeding damselflies and dragonflies. Austrolestes leda was the most numerous pond visitor last summer.   Order: Odonata; Family: Lestidae (spreadwings, reedlings) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583682002-SQE06F8RO2C89VRTVS9H/PA280001.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Cup Ringtail Austolestes psyche Australia is home to more than 300 Odonata species. Based purely on their reported distributions, nearly 100 species might be seen in this corner of the country. However, in reality, the number we are likely to encounter in the forest is much smaller. 'Riverine' species don't travel far from the site of their larval development. And even some more 'wandering' species are found only at higher latitudes or in non-forest environments. In that light, the 14 species so far seen on the block seems like a respectable level of diversity!   Order: Odonata; Family: Lestidae (spreadwings, reedlings) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583689975-C3HZN6RL8J77ENW3G1I9/PB030204.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas The two pairs of wings of damselflies are usually similar in size and shape. This is not the case for dragonflies, the forewing typically being longer and the hindwing broader. Most damselflies perch with their wings folded back along their bodies - but not all do! Damselflies in the family Megapodagrionidae rest with their wings spread. These small Flatwings, with their extraordinary coppery-green shine, are quite often seen in the forest here. At the pond, they tend to sit on the surrounding rocks, standing tall on their very long legs.   Order: Odonata; Family: Megapodagrionidae (flatwings) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583697935-KO7QUM57LXU21G7JFZAK/PB220026.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Aurora Bluetail Ischnura aurora This beautiful species is a much rarer sight than the previous damselflies, although the species is found across Australia and beyond. Ischnura aurora is one of the smallest damselflies we have seen here. When visiting the pond, they tend to hang well back from the water, perhaps intimidated by the territorial (and larger!) Austrolestes leda. The females were unaccompanied by males when egg laying.   Order: Odonata; Family: Coenegrionidae (pond damsels) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583685543-X3FBZB16JELXAGQA4E8W/PB020050.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda Odonata eggs are laid in or (rarely) near water. The nymphs are predatory, feeding on whatever small animals they can find in their aquatic habitat. Mosquito larvae make excellent food for developing damselflies - one reason we have no concern that the pond alongside the house will generate a local mosquito plague.   Order: Odonata; Family: Lestidae (spreadwings & reedlings) Photo taken in October Click here to read the blog in News & Stories , for more of our observations of damselfly breeding.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375429022-PDJV12EPEIONY7B3XHMH/P2200072.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Blue Skimmer (female) Orthetrum caledonicum This is the typical pose of a resting dragonfly, with wings outstretched. Many of Australia's Odonata are endemic. Orthetrum caledonicum, however, is a very widespread species. It occurs throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and on some Pacific Islands.   Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae (skimmers, perchers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332209733-XBSUH2GMWDO51IGT85R3/PC290091.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum Identification of Odonata on the basis of colour can be tricky. Colours vary with age - newly emerged insects, in particular, are typically quite pale and may look radically different a day later. Another challenge to using colour is the varying degrees to which individuals develop 'pruinescence'. This refers to the waxy layer that obscures the underlying colour and often reflects as white. Pruinescence is particularly common in the families Lestidae, Coenagrionidae and Libellulidae - and these happen to be the three families best represented here in the forest!   Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae (skimmers, perchers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360520800-ZZV771V0D55ZPJZT4UZG/PC010240.jpg Invertebrates gallery - dragonfly Just when I thought I was coming to grips with dragonfly identification, this brief sighting of an egg-laying female has me stumped. The facial markings are like those distinctive for Hemicordulia tau (Tau Emerald) but the colour patterns on the abdominal segments seems wrong - more like Orthetrum caledonicum (Blue Skimmer) ... but not quite that either. A mystery for another day.   Order: Odonata Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375375281-NMFSED71E8ULJBZWWRYB/P1110137.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum Odonata are aerial predators, capturing prey insects in flight. They have excellent vision, as the size and shape of their eyes attests.   Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae (skimmers, perchers) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332206156-KILEK5EHN19KPW30S9K8/PC260119.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau Some Odonata spend a lot of time perching, making them wonderful subjects for photography. Others, however, are almost always on the wing. The Tau Emeralds were the dominant dragonfly at the pond during summer, males constantly patrolling above the water and for a good distance all around. They hover, dart, hover, dart .... very tricky to get a shot. But occasionally I would get lucky. This pair joined on the wing but then landed, albeit quite briefly. The male is the one holding the plant stem as the female is reaching upward to collect the sperm.   Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicordulidae (modern emeralds) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375456707-YXS1PYMNVH900CDJXLT3/P3200157.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Emerald Hemicordulia australiae Towards the end of Summer there was a shift in the dragonfly balance-of-power. The two species that held reign earlier - the Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) and the Tau Emerald (Hemicordulia tau) - were replaced by the territorial prowling of male Australian Emeralds (Hemicordulia australiae). This species has a strikingly green sheen to the eyes and front of the face, a colour that is clearly visible even when they are flying about at speed. Again, as with the Tau Emerald, the best chance for a photograph was on the rare occasions when they would land - which usually was only after the male had secured a mate.   Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicordulidae (modern emeralds) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516853896076-GDCKXCOZT90VDRSP8IFH/P1060346.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Blue-eyed Lacewing Nymphes myrmeleonoides This is a nocturnal lacewing, resting during the day beneath a leaf. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Nymphidae Photo taken in January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516855171253-BN13ZM8J3LUSW1HSFVZI/P5030010.JPG Invertebrates gallery - Golden Eye Lacewing Mallada sp. This is another nocturnal lacewing - this specimen was attracted to our house lights in the evening. Golden Eye Lacewings have a varied diet, feeding on pollen and nectar, supplemented with small arthropods. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Chrysopidae Photo taken in May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516853876403-96USVZS7X0T6MPPVGYWP/P1040002.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Angular-wing Lacewing Periclystus circuiter This large lacewing is perfectly camouflaged in the forest. Its larva is the familiar "antlion", which constructs a pit trap in loose soil to trap prey. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Myrmeleontidae Photo taken in January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500383402791-KSVTSB16IDO8E8T3FIXY/P1080022.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Christmas Jewel Spider (female) Austracantha minax Small it may be (8mm wide), but this orb-weaver has a striking shape and colouration. We often see this spider in groups, with their webs strung between low bushes or rushes, such as Lomandra.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken January   NOTE: Spiders belong to the class Arachnida, a totally separate arthropod class to the insects (class Insecta). But spiders are not the only arachnids. The spiders are grouped together in the order Araneae. We show representatives of two other orders - Trombidiformes and Scorpiones- toward the end of this image collection.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500382707023-VU42KO3J5K211U85XBNI/PB200960.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Australian Christmas Jewel Spider (male) Austracantha minax The expanded pedipalps show that this is a male. It is smaller than the female and has less prominent spines. This individual was not in a web, but roaming around low vegetation near the females.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583662334-FQB3RKDV024FTHK700ZB/P3020046.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Common Triangular Spider Arkys lancearius This group of spiders evolved from orb-weavers, but abandoned the mode of prey capture typical of that group. Instead, they hunt by ambush - lurking in foliage then jumping on their prey and grasping it with their greatly enlarged forelegs, which bear inward pointing spines. The spider shown here had recently mounted a successful attack on a wasp. Arks typically hunts at night, hiding in foliage during the day. This shot was taken in the early morning, so perhaps they take any chance that presents to secure a meal.   Order: Araneae; Family: Arkyidae (ambush hunters) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583672838-44M5RXN0K954BW8YL8X0/PA160077-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Flying Peacock Spider Maratus volans This beautiful, tiny (5mm long) spider belongs to the jumping spider family, Salticidae. As the name implies, this group of spiders catch their prey by stalking, leaping and pouncing on it. The name 'peacock' comes from the fact that this species raises the pair of brightly coloured flaps over the abdomen during courtship. We see Maratus volans throughout the summer months, typically on low bushes and grasses.   Order: Araneae; Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) Photo taken November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500460344989-DVE14IOCT9NNTL00AFM2/PA310070.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Flying Peacock Spider Maratus volans The pair of large, central eyes is a diagnostic character of jumping spiders - and one that adds to the popular appeal of this group.   Order: Araneae; Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) Photo taken October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501290424495-YCNARWW8IID081RZPTN8/PB050323.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Jumping Spider These tiny predators are everywhere. This one was clearly guarding her nest, coming forward to check on me, but quickly disappearing again into this well-camouflaged little hide in the seed head of a sedge.   Order: Araneae; Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) Photo taken in November As Robert Whyte and Greg Anderson say in their new book 'A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia': "Jumping Spider Diversity - so many species, so little time" (p.224)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583691382-Q4TSKV863SHUITL0G1MF/PB080029.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Lozenge-shaped Flower Spider (female) Australomisidia pilula (?) Small, colourful spiders that adopt a sit-and-wait hunting strategy are a photographer's delight. In Summer, you don't have to search the forest for long before you find an intriguing and tiny hunter, lurking in the vegetation. Australomisidia pilula is an ambush hunter, like the Common Triangular Spider, but unlike the latter, Australomisidia hunts during the day. It is commonly found lurking amongst flowers. scuttling out when its prey approaches. It preys on insects and even other spiders.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500524510913-154MW6H7EH3LC9M7O81Q/PC120073.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Lozenge-shaped Flower Spider (female) Australomisidia pilula This female is guarding her brood of spiderlings, hidden inside a folded leaf, held together with silk.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501207208131-WN0L6AVGPKXYM5GULYEU/PC120037-4.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Bearded-legs Crab Spider Stephanopis barbipes These tiny ambush predators blend in beautifully with the leaf litter of their hunting ground.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501207173097-1B1C3Z5PFJ0F5ZEQ4IQ6/PC120033-4.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Bearded-legs Crab Spider (male) Stephanopis barbipes Only the males have hairy legs! Presumably, therefore these 'beards' are involved in courtship.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231808293-WNPKPLSTXCLSZ3YCOFHR/PB160072.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Pointy Orb-weaver Araneus acuminatus (?) Sitting atop this Ozothamnus flower head, the little hunter is beautifully camouflaged.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500524931007-V1J24AORIJ69SDAYEMID/PA040169.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Half Orb-weaver Araneus dimidiatus In Spring and Summer there are folded leaves hanging suspended from scrappy-looking webs throughout the forest shrub layer. They are all spider retreats. Each leaf is rolled over and held with silk. Here I have peeled open such a leaf in order to view the occupants. In this particular species, male and female spiders share the same retreat. The male appeared to actively guard the fat-bodied female, posturing and concealing her with his own body. Many different spider species use curled leaf retreats. During the day, the only sign of these spiders are their protruding leg tips. At night the spiders emerge to feed on insects trapped in a familiar orb web, woven in a low bush. This is clearly an important food resource for many of the insectivorous birds. We see species such as the Yellow-faced Honeyeater systematically searching folded leaves, trying to extract the spiders inside. For a 'retreat', I often think the folded leaf actually advertises the spiders' presence!   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204760505-V7V9J2WVS143YWOYVYDB/P2140049.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Garden Orb-weaver Eriophora transmarina ? This large, bright-orange beauty sat 'hidden' among the leaves of a single Persoonia (Geebung) bush for a couple of weeks. Perhaps a different colour might have helped with the camouflage (?) Eriophora show great variety in colour and patterns - yet another tricky spider to identify with any degree of confidence.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231808537-Y6UECTETA34EDQP6L3Q6/PB110010-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Tailed Orb-weaver or Knobbed Orb-weaver Araneus senicaudatus or Eriophora pustulosa ... ? These mid-sized orb weavers can be so tricky to identify. In general, they hide in the bushes during the day, building their orb webs afresh each night.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128701191-VWJ1RUFBFC7LG18FT89C/P2220087.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Union-Jack Wolf spider Tasmanicosa sp. Now for a group that are REALLY tricky to identify to the genus or species level. Wander through the bush at night and you quickly realise that wolf spiders are everywhere! They are nocturnal hunters, seeking and capturing their prey on the ground. They have a distinctive eye pattern, and their eyes are highly reflective in torchlight - making them ridiculously easy to find.   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501205325220-X9K64MCYS87HVN24R5EA/P1080010-3.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Union-jack Wolf spider Tasmanicosa sp. At least some of the local wolf spiders build burrows in the sandy soil. Vegetation is often used to line the entrance, and sometimes to obscure the burrow. The spider disappears in backwards if disturbed but will otherwise peer from the doorway. They can be coaxed to pounce on a teasing grass blade, no doubt demonstrating the technique they use to attack passing prey.   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305164130-RKEGQ2MDO7Z02K6JYCFQ/P1070026.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Wolf Spider Hogna sp. (perhaps) And this is what wolf spiders are particularly famous for! In many species, the female will carry around a silken egg sac until it hatches - and then she carries all the little spiderlings safely about on her back.   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305164126-YRGQ5X90YIAIS1L62IEV/P1070026-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Wolf Spider Hogna sp. (perhaps) A close up ... just in case you missed it!   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128727887-U5OH61ROOSNXIOTWJKMC/P2210027.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Rainbow's Dew-drop Spider Argyrodes rainbowi The silver patches on this species are eye-catching. It is otherwise an easily overlooked spider. Argyrodes are tiny. They usually inhabit the webs of other spiders, 'stealing' from the larger spiders' catch or, perhaps, collecting the scraps. We found this individual in the web of a leaf-curling spider (Phonognatha graeffei). The related Dew-drop Spider, Argyrodels antipodianus, we reliably find wherever a Nephila spins her large golden web.   Order: Araneae; Family: Theridiidae (comb-footed spiders) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155202394-7906JBVCTEDA8PZL8XVL/P3200026.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Eastern Golden Orb-weaver Nephila plumipes Each Summer we see only one or two of these large, distinctive and well-known orb-weavers here in the forest environment. Once established, an individual female may occupy the same site for many weeks. The female is the obvious spider. The males are tiny in comparison. The golden silk of the webs is strong and the webs are often large - several metres across. Despite the strength of the silk, however, they do suffer damage from errant birds and large, trapped insects. The webs become progressively untidy, 'patched', and filled with old prey, until what was once a gleaming work of art is really quite a tatty 'mess'.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (orb-weavers); subfamily: Nephilinae (golden orb-weavers) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501205325513-001LLNW6KTB1MFF1IUQQ/P1150006.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Huntsman Neosparassus sp. (perhaps) Huntsman of all sizes and many species are a feature of Summer. Some become quite large, others are small and fragile. This one may even be a juvenile. They are active, nocturnal hunters and it is common to find them in the morning, consuming moths.   Order: Araneae: Family: Sparassidae (huntsman spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204648736-90NUS45XP7K14HLWD2LM/PC140044.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Ant-eating Spider Habronestes sp. This pretty, ant-eating spider is displaying its characteristic ant-mimicking stance: the front legs mimic antennae. We often see them moving about the ground cover, no doubt on the hunt.   Order: Araneae; Family: Zodariidae (ant-eating spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231811689-ZZ0LCRHL6SJRRTMLT4Q7/PB220082.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Silver Orb-weaver Leucauge sp. We don't really know a lot about this spider. I am tentatively identifying it as a Tetragnathidae (long-jawed spider), but need to make more observations - and images. Such a pretty thing!   Order: Araneae; Family: Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Spiders) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231739630-613QCVIAHME53VCNKZFR/PA280007.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama This is where we leave the spiders, but not the arachnids. Scorpions belong to a distinct order within the class Arachnida. This rather fearsome looking predator is quite small - just 30mm long (not counting the impressive 'tail'). We often find them under wood and bark. They apparently feed on any invertebrates they come across, such as beetles, cockroaches, and millipedes. The family Urodacidae contains just this single genus, 21 species, and is only found in Australia. Order: Scorpiones; Family: Urodacidae (Australian burrowing scorpions) Photo taken in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583668319-F1GQ8MVIQ7CMH0UHPUYI/P4160009-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama This individual is no doubt feeling a bit unhappy at being disturbed. The outstretched tail is ready to strike. The white, feathery structures seen protruding between the second and third pair of legs contain specialised vibration receptors which help the scorpion detect nearby prey. I have been stung by one, once. It hurts, but not for long. I didn't see the scorpion while I was digging in the garden - no gloves! - and obviously managed to dig through its burrow. No wonder it got cross.   Order: Scorpiones; Family: Bothruiridae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583669252-BABDDZU25PMYDTLJTF7T/P5060011-2.jpg Invertebrates gallery - Red Velvet Mite Trombidium sp. Yet another arachnid that is not a spider. We often find these mites crawling around the surface of the soil in Autumn. This image shows a larger mite - 4.5mm long - surrounded by a cluster of smaller individuals - 1.5mm long - which we presume to be males trying to mate with a single female. Adult mites eat insect eggs.   Order: Trombidiformes; Family: Trombidiidae (red velvet mites or rain bugs) Photo taken April   https://southernforestlife.net/plants-gallery daily 0.75 2017-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505720077160-FEU9JHT381L9DUDPKQQW/P9180016.jpg Plants gallery - Woolly Tea-tree Leptospermum lanigerum This tea-tree blooms in September - one of the earliest of the Leptospermum species to come into flower. Tea-trees are a magnet for insects, many of which depend on the nectar and pollen they provide. In turn this species depends on insects for pollination as each flower is either only male or female. Family: Myrtaceae (eucalypts, tea-trees) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505720077160-FEU9JHT381L9DUDPKQQW/P9180016.jpg Plants gallery - Woolly Tea-tree Leptospermum lanigerum This tea-tree blooms in September - one of the earliest of the Leptospermum species to come into flower. Tea-trees are a magnet for insects, many of which depend on the nectar and pollen they provide. In turn this species depends on insects for pollination as each flower is either only male or female. Family: Myrtaceae (eucalypts, tea-trees) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583580951-1JDX2Q5ZVJ9OVR0X3E82/PB010087.jpg Plants gallery - Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea The Tiger Orchid blooms in October-November and we typically see over a dozen flowering stems, each with several flowers, on the block. These are visited by Common Hover Flies.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360589753-UYOESJAAV4FN5301RP67/PA140025.jpg Plants gallery - Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major We have seen just a few examples of this bizarre orchid on our block. It really does resemble its namesake! It flowers in October-November and each stalk has a couple of flowers.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501325706424-IWLVYYTMBZ4UIC63E2J4/P4170092-2.jpg Plants gallery - Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa This is one of two Banksia species on the block. It is typically a low shrub, about 1m high. The flowers are pollinated by several species of bees, ants and moths and we regularly see the Eastern Spinebill feeding on the nectar - as shown here. However the most effective pollinators are reputed to be mammals, including at least three species that occur on the block - Eastern Pygmy Possum, Agile Antechinus and Sugar Glider.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501271936934-F4Z748QUEN4GIWKKEDEI/P9300052-2.jpg Plants gallery - Saw Banksia Banksia serrata The wet gullies on the block are dominated by stands of Banksia serrata trees - some of which are over 15m tall. This species can live for up to 100 years. The trees in the foreground of this image are Banksia serrata. A number of old flower spikes - commonly, but technically incorrectly called 'cones' - can be seen in these.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in December     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063941853-JBR1N9G2XNP2NYK9FQ89/P1080024.jpg Plants gallery - Saw Banksia Banksia serrata The large, creamy grey flowers of this species are seen from November to April. Rainbow Lorikeets and Common Ringtail and Brushtail Possums feed on the blossom. The plant is also host to larvae of the Banksia Longicorn Beetle (Paroplites australis). We look forward to adding this species to the list of four longicorns we have already seen on the block.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501273000644-OP8QGLULUNBXKI5VUSIL/P8112309.jpg Plants gallery - Saw Banksia Banksia serrata An old flower spike or 'cone' of this Banksia. These were the inspiration for May Gibbs's "Big Bad Banksia Men". The forest floor under these trees is sometimes littered with old spikes that have been torn apart by Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos as they extract the seeds. This image also shows the leaves whose shape gives the species its name.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913584381-CO7MVZFB60VPFZ8O63PZ/P1240032-2.jpg Plants gallery - Large-leaf Hop Bush Dodonea triquetra Female flowers of Dodonea triquetra, Large-leaf Hop Bush. Male and female flowers are found on separate plants and lack petals.   Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269063509-0PGXED8AJTUYMIKNDFQ6/P1240047-3.jpg Plants gallery - Large-leaf Hop Bush Dodonea triquetra Male flowers of this species, which grow on a different plant to female flowers.   Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913610839-7GMQRXN26V1B10OJQTRZ/P8222993.jpg Plants gallery - Drooping Mistletoe Amyema pendula Many of the eucalypts on our block are parasitised by this species. Note that the Amyema leaves resemble eucalypt leaves. Mistletoes commonly evolve leaves to resemble their host. For example, mistletoes that parasitise casuarinas have needle-shaped leaves.   Family: Loranthaceae (mistletoe) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913631407-GHAF9QKFHH8X2IRBNUNQ/P8222996.jpg Plants gallery - Drooping Mistletoe Amyema pendula This species comes into bloom in mid Winter. The flowers provide a valuable source of nectar for several of the honeyeaters at a time of the year when few other plants are flowering - particularly in the canopy.   Family: Loranthaceae (mistletoe) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913709220-58MPE4R2O04OJX3PUSKZ/P9300026.jpg Plants gallery - Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona This plant flowers in late Spring. Several low shrubs grow at the base of a cliff, fronting the river.   Family: Myrtaceae (eucalypts, tea-trees) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913888072-HCMNG0I0FCW09HP3VOR4/P9300082.jpg Plants gallery - Hairy Pink-bells Tetratheca pilosa This low growing forb is widespread on the block. The attractive pink flowers appear in late Winter.   Family: Elaeocarpaceae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913743397-K0BYBHUKZ1J1P3WRT15K/P9300048.jpg Plants gallery - Guinea Flower Hibbertia fasciculata This is one of four Hibbertia species found on the block. It is a low growing forb, which flowers in late Winter through to late Spring.   Family: Dilleniaceae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269526051-IMNZBBWZ0UC50XQT7XWP/P8070012.jpg Plants gallery - Guinea Flower Hibbertia fasciculata A close up view of the flower of this species.   Family: Dilleniaceae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913855190-439IKPYZIJTKVVU0T6O1/P9300075.jpg Plants gallery - Pink Fingers Orchid Caladenia carnea This attractive orchid flowers in late September. The flowers are about 2cm across and vary in colour from white to bright pink.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913779825-VMV8FK3VYWFB9CD8Z2J9/P9300066.jpg Plants gallery - Golden Tip, Clover Tree Goodia lotifolia This is one of 21 species on the block that belong to the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae (legumes). It has the typical flower shape of the legume family, but the leaves have an unusual 3-foliolate arrangement. It flowers in late Winter-early Spring. This is a diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913869733-PS264JGQHONM7JMYA14G/P9300077.jpg Plants gallery - Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia major This is one of several orchids that flower on the block in September-October.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913823012-HZ5RCCPA1RDXIWLSZHKQ/P9300070.jpg Plants gallery - Burgan Kunzea ericoides Burgan or Känuka, as it is also called, is a medium sized bush, which flowers profusely in November-December. It is quite a fragrant bush when in bloom.   Family: Myrtaceae (eucalypts, tea-trees) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500181123635-5BEV7JY6KXYIPYFR2QH3/P9110024.jpg Plants gallery - Love Creeper Comesperma volubile This plant grows as a low, twining vine. Its purple flowers make an attractive show throughout Spring - appropriately named!   Family: Polygalaceae (milkworts) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913942599-H22ZQ4TQ01W0YT1ZUUUE/PA160013-2.jpg Plants gallery - Long Purple Flag Patersonia occidentalis Large numbers of these purple flowers appear in clusters on the block in late September. The plant has a long, unbranched flowering stem, which bears several flowers. The flowers appear in the morning on sunny days and each lives for only a single day. We lie at the northern limit of this particular Patersonia species.   Family: Iridaceae (irises) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500187070637-VWH9EXNNWXPO5G04K7L8/P8290025.jpg Plants gallery - Leafless Sour-bush Omphacomeria acerba This is a hemiparasite, which taps into the roots of a neighbouring plant to extract nutrients. Its leaves are reduced to small scales, which are shed soon after they form. Its flowers are tiny and male and female flowers form on different plants. It develops a succulent fruit, which although small, is quite tasty.   Family: Santalaceae (mistletoes) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500186407865-Q1QG615Y1RCKWKPQLY9I/P8243443.jpg Plants gallery - Leafless Sour-bush Omphacomeria acerba A close up of a male flower of this unusual plant.   Family: Santalaceae (mistletoes) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913924865-RG8HSMYE4MXGLSEFZUBU/PA140008-2.jpg Plants gallery - White Fingers Orchid Caladenia catenata This orchid closely resembles the related species C. carnea, but it starts flowering earlier, in late Winter. Like C. carnea, the flowers persist for some weeks.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269550898-SP0XNCPKKBJL1GI8A6V3/P8090010.jpg Plants gallery - Slender Rice-flower Pimelea linifolia A widespread, low-growing shrub on the block. It flowers through most of the year, peaking in August to October. It is pollinated by a wide range of insects, including moths, butterflies, flies and native bees.   Family: Thymelaeaceae (rice flowers) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269573500-Y2AG6TKI6SPTJXPWHQOJ/IMG_0698.jpg Plants gallery - Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada This low shrub grows in clumps up to 60cm tall. It has a simple form - the straight stems branch only once, the leaves are very small and the flowers even smaller. Male and female flowers are found on separate plants. Male flowers are shown in this image. Amperea flowers through most of the year, with a peak in Spring to Summer.   Family: Euphorbiaceae (spurges) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063971719-730QO7DLBJL2VSCJRDRT/P8180005.jpg Plants gallery - Tree Broom-heath Monotoca elliptica This plant grows as a large shrub or small tree with a stout, rough-barked trunk. In early Spring it produces masses of small, white flowers, which attract large numbers of bees.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269656798-HE6VAU4QSIZ63E2A00EB/P8183327.jpg Plants gallery - Tree Broom-heath Monotoca elliptica Close up of the small flowers of this species.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501380856740-J7ZVKCR2SWR9L6ZYVGLY/P8192868.jpg Plants gallery - Common Correa Correa reflexa Another species that flowers in the Winter. In fact, its bell-shaped blooms can be seen for most of the year, except for the peak of Summer. It is one of the 'signature' plants on the block - being widespread, having an eye-catching flower and blooming for much of the year. Like the similarly shaped flower of Epacris impressa, Correa is an important food source for the Eastern Spinebill. The Red Wattlebird, Crescent Honeyeater and New Holland Honeyeater also take nectar from these flowers. The purple flowers in the background are Hardenbergia violacea, the Purple Coral-pea.   Family: Rutaceae (citrus) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501380283015-BVFTEQYKPSW9ELJTAZMU/P7300093.jpg Plants gallery - Common Heath Epacris impressa In Winter the block is covered by the pink, red or white flowers of this plant. Its provides an important food source for the Eastern Spinebill, which has a beak superbly fashioned to extract the nectar from the tubular flowers. A number of birds, including White-winged Coughs, Pied Currawongs and Crimson Rosellas use a less subtle method to gain nourishment from the plant - they snip off and eat whole flowers. E. impressa is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501379661610-Y145AMK3KMWW0922ROHA/P4200047-2.jpg Plants gallery - Native Cranberry Astroloma humifusum This is a low forb, which is restricted to the steep cliff faces overlooking the river. It produces a reddish, slightly succulent fruit, which inspired the common name.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269674007-540SC045BA7F3GU9FEPO/P8200028.jpg Plants gallery - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis This species grows as a medium-sized compact shrub and is one of the most widespread on the block. It flowers profusely from early August to October. On sunny days in Spring a strong scent of vanilla from these plants wafts across the block. The fruit is a round, red berry, which is avidly eaten by several of the larger birds on the block, including Satin Bowerbird, Pied Burrawong, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, King Parrot and Crimson Rosella.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269963838-736AX0T0WNLSNSSBTIQ7/P9120028.jpg Plants gallery - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis The Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer is one of several butterflies and other insects that feed on and pollinate the flowers of this species.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269692939-976JCE07253WGC3GU2VV/P8203426.jpg Plants gallery - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis Close-up view of the flower of this species, showing the "bearded" petals from which the plant gets its common name.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501294595679-EJ2J88G8V4N9GPB454VO/PB251440.jpg Plants gallery - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis The fruit of this plant is a berry which turns from green to orange to red as it ripens. The birds seem to prefer the red ones but we have also seen them take the orange and green berries.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269743520-RDJCAW9PZK39EJGOL1EG/P8290062.jpg Plants gallery - Rusty Velvet-pods Hovea pannosa Another of the 21 species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae (legumes) that grow on the block. The attractive purple flowers appear in August-September and the plant grows as a prostrate herb. The species gets its common name from its hairy pods.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501325738983-GDRQVZHQILMCF5WHK1H5/P9180399.jpg Plants gallery - Willow Needlewood Hakea macraeana This Hakea species grows into a large bush or low tree - up to 7m tall. The leaves take the form of cylindrical spikes. The seeds from its woody fruit are a favourite food of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos. When in full bloom it makes quite a show!   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270071514-PJMMI6OWYK1EST9KKJ5H/P9120008.jpg Plants gallery - Willow Needlewood Hakea macraeana Like other members of the Proteaceae family, Hakea macraeana has a specialised pollination mechanism. Normally, the stigma, the tip of the style, receives pollen brought in from another flower by a pollinator - a bee, fly or other insect. In Hakea, the stigma picks up pollen from the anthers inside its own flower while the flower is still closed. The flower then opens, the style loops out and presents that pollen to the pollinator. Several curved styles - 'pollen presenters' - can be seen in the flowers in the bottom part of this image.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501397371975-QZSUHK3ZFJZ8BU6KUDGZ/P7300004-2.jpg Plants gallery - Narrow-leaf Geebung Persoonia linearis This is a very common large shrub (up to 3m tall) on the block. It has a long flowering period - from December to July.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksia, grevilleas) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501390911921-ZDBY404H0EMW2XGXOUL9/PB151324.jpg Plants gallery - Narrow-leaf Geebung Persoonia linearis The fruit of Persoonia is a green, fleshy berry and is a well-known bush tucker. It is also eaten by Satin Bowerbirds. I don't muchcare for it myself, personally.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269991590-XGLINLPN1B3JWQZM3NMI/P9290062.jpg Plants gallery - Golden Glory Pea Gompholobium latifolium This plant grows as a medium-sized bush with dense foliage. The leaves are sub-divided into three narrow leaflets. The flowers are larger than many other peas.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269827331-YP9B7BKJEZAF47GVQONF/P9100370.jpg Plants gallery - Moss Rosulabryum capillare This moss is sporulating. Green spore-bearing caps, sporophytes, are present on the tips of the red stalks (setae).   Family: Bryaceae Photo taken August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269848877-EP8J6PDHDFSPABZWO259/P9100374.jpg Plants gallery - Austral Indigo Indigofera australis A straggly, medium sized shrub. Large numbers of striking, pink flowers appear in late July and the plant continues to bloom through to October.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501389482616-ECC3AYR4XL8NY7PALZI5/PB071280.jpg Plants gallery - Grey Everlasting Ozothamnus obcordatus This medium-sized bush puts on a spectacular show when it flowers in late Spring. Like all Asteraceae, it produces flowering heads made up of many individual flowers, as can be clearly seen in this image. We have seen only two plants on the block to date, but each is visited by hordes of pollinating insects when in flower.   Family: Asteraceae (daisies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269861019-GXYQLRMIN6Y6NJSVJ5CS/P9100379.jpg Plants gallery - Tall Everlasting Coronidium elatum This perennial herb is a coloniser of disturbed soil. We found many on the block after we bought it. The fruit is wind dispersed and thus readily spreads over long distances. The flowering heads are tall - often over 1.5m high - and appear in early Spring. We have found 15 species of Asteraceae on the block, two of which are introduced weeds.   Family: Asteraceae (daisies) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269939252-7I4H2PPY780YEJDHZ6ON/P9110042.jpg Plants gallery - Gorse Bitter-Pea Daviesia ulicifolia This low shrub has spiky leaves (actually phyllodes, as seen in many wattles) and flowers in September.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269881518-ADAGDV3DSWE0TDTVM1TN/P9100381.jpg Plants gallery - Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans Numerous clusters of these orchids are seen on the block from late July to September. All Pterostylis species grow in association with a fungus in the soil, which is required for germination of the seeds of the orchid. Like many other orchids, parts of the flower resemble the sex organs of certain species of gnats and mosquitoes. As the males of those insects seek to mate with the bogus female, they transfer pollen between flowers.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269979896-VI3VTN376EFEQUWSONG0/P9170004.jpg Plants gallery - Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides A medium-sized shrub with large, paddle-shaped leaves. The plant is host to the larvae of the Fringed Heath Blue butterfly (Neolucia agricola). P. daphnoides is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269904538-D6K9R0RQA9W67M4TF5CZ/P9110015.jpg Plants gallery - Blue Flax-lily Dianella caerulea Another widespread, low herb on the block, which flowers through Spring and early Summer. It is buzz-pollinated by native bees, such as the Green and Gold Nomia Bee (Lipotriches australica). D. caerulea is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Hemeracallidoideae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063931328-FN6N1XCXGXQ16YRW7TXN/P1110027.jpg Plants gallery - Blue Flax-lily Dianella caerulea The fruit of Dianella is a purple berry, which is eaten by birds such as the Yellow-faced Honeyeater and Wonga Pigeon.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Hemeracallidoideae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501326387738-0X8BY24SDJ0MZGI5FJ8M/PC103123.jpg Plants gallery - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis This casuarina species is a very widespread tree on the block. In some sites, such as in the shallow gully shown here, it is the dominant plant. They are the ones with the dark, ridged bark. We often hear and see Glossy Black Cockatoos high in these trees, feeding on the woody fruit. The seeds they extract are virtually the sole item of their diet. Allocasuarina is a common coloniser species - it has regrown vigorously on the block in areas of disturbance. Many trees die at a young age - perhaps due to damage from cerambycid beetle larvae or Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos searching for the same.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375864491-A49HGTI0SPTARBRMFCBV/P7300014.jpg Plants gallery - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis The tree on the right is a male, the one on the left a female. Both are flowering, but the male inflorescence is much more showy. A. littoralis is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501329030171-OBJ4OSHONTQU1NHHWMQ4/P4170045-2.jpg Plants gallery - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis Casuarina has a number of unusual features. Its leaves have been reduced to minute scales, seen in the image as brown whorls spaced at regular intervals on the green, needle-shaped branchlets. Photosynthesis is carried out in these branchlets, which bear a superficial resemblance to the needles of pine trees. Casuarina is however a flowering plant (Angiosperm), not a Gymnosperm. (Confusingly though, its fruit does resembles the cones of conifers). Male and female flowers grow on separate plants. This image shows three female inflorescences. Each contains multiple carpels, so the fruit ('cone') developing from it has multiple seeds.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375877511-4YHF3N4GMIVTJ6ZJ03YY/P7300010.jpg Plants gallery - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis The male inflorescence of this species. The ends of the needle-like branchlets are densely covered in hundreds of individual male flowers, each of which bears a single, tan-coloured anther. Imagine the amount of pollen they must release!   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501396094587-ELBOUHRLZD5L96GB1RTI/P7300018-2.jpg Plants gallery - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis A collection of fruit on a female A. littoralis tree. Each of the several dozen valves in a fruit (which haven't yet opened in this image) contains a seed.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270001790-6HH7FKL4RH41UAMOAYW6/P9290040.jpg Plants gallery - Spiny Bossiaea Bossiaea obcordata This low shrub has small, roundish leaves and bears numerous spines on the branches. It is one of the 31 Fabaceae species on the block. Like all plants that can fix nitrogen, Fabaceae do well in low nutrient soils, as occur widely on the block.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270014750-OH1NA8CQDV2VWM5RMRB1/P9270017.jpg Plants gallery - Lilac Lily Schelhammera undulata Schelhammera is a low growing herb. Its striking flowers appear in many areas of the block in Spring and the blooms persist until early Summer. S. undulata is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Colchicaceae (autumn crocuses) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501463154698-KGFLR8CIGPMHT70OHKB2/PA040147.jpg Plants gallery - Popoto Burchardia umbellata This is a low growing forb, quite widespread on the block. Its attractive flower appears in Spring, growing on a short, elevated stalk. It and Schelhammera undulata are the only two members of the family Colchicaceae we have found here.   Family: Colchicaceae (autumn crosses) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501294610398-T7N38HLKG1S2U2KDJLWA/PB080026.jpg Plants gallery - Purple Fan-flower Scaevola ramosissima This plant grows in shaded areas of the forest. The attractive flowers appear in early November.   Family: Goodeniaceae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501323043523-19EAV1QXI26JDRF59SMR/P5311096.jpg Plants gallery - Rainbow Fern Calochlaena dubia We have large, almost pure thickets of this attractive fern in a number of areas on the block. The fronds can be up to 1.5m tall. It is in the same family as the tree fern Dickinsonia antarctica and is not at all closely related to the Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum, with which it is often confused. This is one of 8 fern species on the block.   Family: Dicksoniaciae Photo taken in May   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375851559-1F5NDL5U584HO1W2DI5N/P7300020.jpg Plants gallery - Rainbow Fern Calochlaena dubia A typical thicket of Rainbow Fern. The plants spread sideways by rhizome growth. These thickets provide ideal habitat for a number of the smaller birds, including the Brown Thornbill, Superb Fairy Wren, White-browed Scrubwren and Eastern Whipbird. They take refuge, feed and nest in these densely vegetated areas.   Family: Dicksoniaciae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063953729-RKVXDBWM13PS95R46O5W/IMG_1301.jpg Plants gallery - Pale Grass-lily Caesia parviflora Another low shrub on the block, which flowers from October to April.   Family: Anthericaceae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270033429-9N6T23BV3R7Z85ZZSVQA/P9200048.jpg Plants gallery - Bossiaea Bossiaea cordifolia The fruit of this Bossiaea shows that this genus belongs to the family Fabaceae - legumes. This is one of the most common plants on the block. Butterflies such as Candalides hyacinthina take nectar from its flowers. It has very spiky leaves.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270053401-HMBV6SKSLBU6XNG6S406/P9200032.jpg Plants gallery - Tall Sundew Drosera auriculata This is a small herb with a distinctive character - it is carnivorous. The leaves of this plant are highly modified. They are covered in hairs which secrete a mucilaginous substance that traps insects and enzymes that digest the prey. Drops of these glandular secretions can be seen at the tips of the red hairs in this image. Carnivorous plants are often found in sandy soils with low nutrient levels, as occur on our block. Carnivory supplements their nutrition.   Family: Droseraceae (sundews) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501120956393-10091SJIDHP6ZXQDNET0/P4190036.jpg Plants gallery - Red shaggy-cap bolete Boletellus emodensis A large and distinctive mushroom that grows among the grasses and leaf litter. Fungi identification can be difficult. It is acknowledged that there are a huge number of undescribed species in Australia. In addition, the appearance of any given mushroom varies considerably as it ages. We are reasonably confident of this one, though.   Family: Boletaceae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501154863653-PMLD9W2RPTVBCDB6N8CS/PB020074-2.jpg Plants gallery - Fringe Lily Thysanotus juncifolius This low growing forb starts flowering in late October and right through to February we are treated with a spectacular display of purple blooms. It belongs to the same family as Lomandra, which one would not readily guess from its habit.   Family: Asparagaceae Subfamily: Lomandroideae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501229010549-IGHLWGSUHIO3FH4DKVBR/PC120013.jpg Plants gallery - Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides A small, inconspicuous herb with similarly small, inconspicuous flowers. However, this is one of the most widespread plants on the block and is a diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Haloragaceae (watermilfoil family) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501229029646-UHATY59DMBBLLPGXVK6O/PC120014.jpg Plants gallery - Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides The small flowers of this low growing, but widespread forb. The styles branch profusely to give a feathery appearance to the flower.   Family: Haloragaceae (watermilfoil family) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501465499974-NRUYEFZWM8YM76NPGWU1/P2030007.jpg Plants gallery - Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides While Gonocarpus may not have the flashiest flowers, it is a plant much loved by Eutrichopidia latinus, the Owlet Moth. This image shows this moth ovipositing on the plant, which is a key food plant for its larvae. The anthropocentric view of the world is so limited!   Family: Haloragaceae (watermilfoil family) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501271779523-CNJBQDAQI6ITFH4RXVGR/P9300052-2.jpg Plants gallery - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa Large areas of the block, particularly the higher parts, are covered with this species of grass tree. Unlike many other Xanthorrhoea species, X. resinosa does not have a trunk. The trees in the foreground of this image are Banksia serrata.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501396283112-N91INKESAQLU4EQMAO3Z/P7300014-2.jpg Plants gallery - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa A single, young Xanthorrhoea plant.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501225957976-NBUUA9RVVOEIWDTXAQR5/PC150017.jpg Plants gallery - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa In October a single tall, woody flowering stem grows up from the centre of the plant and hundreds of tiny white flowers develop on this scape in a spiral arrangement. In any given year, only a small percentage of plants flower. Butterflies, hoverflies and several species of honeyeaters visit the scape, which flowers for some weeks, to feed on the nectar. The image shows an Eastern Spinebill hovering in a stationary position just before it extracts nectar with its long tongue.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501228040944-D41A58YK7T0CMWEQAFQ7/PC070126Dec.jpg Plants gallery - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa A closer look at the flowers on a X. resinosa scape - here visited by Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady). Eventually the entire length of the scape becomes packed with flowers.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231115846-0DXAWJHW9Z66H9WDUOKA/P2057004.jpg Plants gallery - Coast Sword Sedge Lepidosperma latens This is the dominant plant species in the undergrowth across the block. It grows in clumps, which spread sideways by rhizomes. It looks like a grass, but it's not - they come later. It's a sedge. Sedges grow well in poor soils, as found on the block. The leaf margins on this species have a sharp, cutting edge - hence the common name.   Family: Cyperaceae (sedges) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231294210-5WKTHO657M3F2PB515YA/P2056999.jpg Plants gallery - Coast Sword Sedge Lepidosperma latens This sedge flowers from December to April. The yellow and white tufts protruding from the brown flower spikelets are the anthers and styles, respectively. The fruit that develops from these flowers is a dark brown nut - probably good tucker for some critter.   Family: Cyperaceae (sedges) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375841257-H8OTNOCARFBKDLIA9NTS/P7300022.jpg Plants gallery - Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia While it also superficially resembles a grass (Poaceae), Lomandra actually belongs to a different family - Asparagaceae. Five different species occur on the block. L. longifolia has the longest (up to 100cm) and widest (up to 2.5cm) leaves of those and is a popular cultivated garden plant. All five species are key food plants for a variety of butterfly larvae. L. longifolia is the host plant for the Splendid Ochre butterfly (Trapezites symmomus) - one of our home species.   L. longifolia is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Asparagaceae Subfamily: Lomandroideae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501334787447-5EHSQ0ACCBWMB32IZQLL/PA241098.jpg Plants gallery - Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia This image shows the spectacular male inflorescence. Female flowers are found on a separate plant.   Family: Asparagaceae Subfamily: Lomandroideae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501275781459-2X1GWEJYDKJ999P3TIWJ/PB130129.jpg Plants gallery - Stout Bamboo Grass Austrostipa ramosissima This is one of 18 species of native grasses - belonging to the family Poaceae (true grasses) - on the block. Some, like this one, prefer open areas but several species are found in shaded sites in the forest. The stem or culm, which bears the flowering head or inflorescence appears in November. This image shows a young inflorescence, which is just beginning to open, on the long culm typical of this species. The culm in A. ramosissima bears a number of long leaves.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501273716825-03HXYCTFL2G7DP4JL2GJ/PC140014.jpg Plants gallery - Stout Bamboo Grass Austrostipa ramosissima A close up of the inflorescence of this grass at a later stage of maturation. A small orb-weaver spider (Araneus sp.) has set up home here. Warning! Serious botany ahead! Grass flowers have become highly modified in the course of evolution. Petals and sepals have turned into a variety of structures unique to grasses - glumes, lodicules, palea, lemma and awn. However, the reproductive bits of the flower, the stamens and pistils, are still present and correct - albeit hidden from view at the stage of development shown in this image. Each of the purple/green elongated oval objects in this image is called a spikelet. In this species it contains an individual flower or floret. The long thin extension at the tip of the spikelet is an awn - this is the bit that gets stuck in your socks or the fur of another passing mammal. One diagnostic feature of this grass species is the long length of the awn.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501286910481-2CNBDHCPHL4C240ZZ87G/PB090031.jpg Plants gallery - Fine-leaved Snow Grass Poa meionectes This is a low growing tussock grass with narrow leaf blades which are tightly inrolled. It is a favourite food of the Eastern Grey Kangaroo - the leaf blades never get very long! It is the most common tussock grass on the block. Several culms are present on this plant and most of the inflorescences have shed their seed. It flowers from November to January.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501273746997-OW8CPM5UO5432T46NWW9/PC060299.jpg Plants gallery - Fine-leaved Snow Grass Poa meionectes The spikelets in this grass have characteristic purple tips and they lack an awn. Each spikelet contains 3-5 florets, which have not yet opened in this image. An Orb-Weaver spider (Araneus sp.) has set up shop on the inflorescence. It can be difficult getting a photo of a flowering grass without including a spider or insect in it. This highlights the important role played by grasses in the forest ecosystem.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in early December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501288354811-ZXLDLBIADGOUIGIOY77M/PB300001.jpg Plants gallery - Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides This is the dominant grass in open areas on the block - particularly around the house site and in areas of water run-off. In those locations it forms a continuous mat - seen out of focus in the background. It's the closest we have to a lawn. It is a favourite food plant for the Eastern Grey Kangaroo and the Red-necked Wallaby. So we don't need a lawnmower! Unlike most of our other grasses, Microlaena flowers throughout the year, as long as there has been sufficient recent rain. This image shows the characteristic "weeping" flowering culms, from which the plant gets its common name.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501289637993-41UV355VIOO3MR8WW6NE/PB300013.jpg Plants gallery - Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides A close up of the inflorescence shows the long awns characteristic of this grass. The spikelets have opened to reveal the white anthers, dangling in the breeze. Grasses are wind rather than insect- or bird-pollinated. This explains why they don't have colourful flowers and why the inflorescences generally have an open, extended form.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501290862416-V0WF1RKNVD187XP26QMR/PC010004.jpg Plants gallery - Wiry Panic Entolasia stricta This grass has quite a different flowering habit to many of our other natives. A long straight culm develops in late November and bears a large number of closely packed awnless spikelets, each with two florets, only one of which is fertile. It favours the same open, well-drained sites as Xanthorrhoae resinosa.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in early December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501293520714-7KOZ8D0KAT3NQWS05N0T/PC193203.jpg Plants gallery - Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra This is without doubt the most spectacular grass on the block. Not surprisingly, it is a popular cultivated plant in home gardens. We value its aesthetic beauty but just as importantly its place in the forest ecosystem - it is the food plant for the larvae of a number of our home butterflies, including Heteronympha merope (Common Brown) and Geitoneura klugii (Klug's Xenica).   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501292051833-F8LTCDKASIKP1A3BAD71/PB230016-2.jpg Plants gallery - Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra This close up gives a better idea of the complexity of the Themeda inflorescence. Anthers can be seen drooping from the spikelets below, while purple styles are evident in those above. Each spikelet contains 4 sterile florets and one bisexual floret. Themeda has long awns!   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501292062983-5V02BQHUS7B5032GLTKV/PB230004-2.jpg Plants gallery - Redanther Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma pallidum Another very attractive native grass, which flowers in November. We have only seen a small number of these plants on the block to date and in just one location. This species has an expanded inflorescence - a panicle - which assists wind pollination.   Family: Poaceae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501294561100-3Y69NXD4ZT0J3E23BZ9S/PB080020-2.jpg Plants gallery - Redanther Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma pallidum A close up of an opened spikelet of this species shows its spectacular red anthers. The purple, feathery styles are pretty cool as well! Each spikelet contains 2-6 florets.   Family: Poaceae Photo taken in November   https://southernforestlife.net/travels-gallery daily 0.75 2017-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519216956-3IKJ32OV6HHM9IGFKKTX/P3290402.jpg Travels gallery - Common Glider Tramea loewii This dragonfly species is widespread across Australia, New Guinea and the western Pacific, so it is possible we'll see them at home some time. Our first sighting, however, was about as far from home as we could get without actually leaving the mainland. Broome, in March, seemed to have as interesting an array of dragonflies as it did birds, and that is saying something!   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519216956-3IKJ32OV6HHM9IGFKKTX/P3290402.jpg Travels gallery - Common Glider Tramea loewii This dragonfly species is widespread across Australia, New Guinea and the western Pacific, so it is possible we'll see them at home some time. Our first sighting, however, was about as far from home as we could get without actually leaving the mainland. Broome, in March, seemed to have as interesting an array of dragonflies as it did birds, and that is saying something!   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360634949-49XGU2O9HYFIJY05GQHY/P4120713.jpg Travels gallery - Gouldian Finch (male) Erythrura gouldiae This iconic (and endangered) finch was certainly on our wish list during our northern birding adventure of 2015. We followed the advice of a guide book and went to check a creek bed in the town of Wyndham. It was the middle of the day, at least 40 degrees Celsius, and our expectations were not high. But there they were! About ten birds, including some juveniles, feeding on the seeding grasses and drinking from the drying creek pools. An amazing opportunity to watch Gouldians in the wild. Sadly, most people can only ever hope to see them in a cage.   Wyndham, East Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500447401624-AP09LIYPEBJWDPJH1JZP/P4120686.jpg Travels gallery - Gouldian Finch (male) Erythrura gouldiae The face colour of Gouldian Finches varies. Most have black faces, like the previous photo, but about 25% are red-faced. There are apparently rare yellow-faced birds, but we were not lucky enough to see one.   Wyndham, East Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500440499833-HHH26HG90G4QV4ZI22WD/P5050210.jpg Travels gallery - Black and White Tiger Danaus affinis These butterflies are known to favour swamps, where their larval host plants grow among the waterside reeds. And it was certainly wet under foot where we came across huge numbers of adults, mating and competing for mates.   Mataranka, Northern Territory (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143466877-3X0ZYDCYSQ760ODIXOC6/P4090511.jpg Travels gallery - Blue-winged Kookaburra & Darwin Stick-insect We bore witness to the final moments of this huge phasmid (Eurycnema osiris). The Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) is a distinctive bird of Australia's north, shyer and generally less numerous than its southern cousin, and with an even more extraordinary call.   Windjana Gorge, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143504075-XQQ0U1QC4WEVK7ATNDXC/P5030109.jpg Travels gallery - Wandering Pennant (male) Macrodiplax cora 'Wandering' makes sense for this dragonfly, as the species is migratory and found throughout the tropic and subtropics. I haven't found any migration studies for this particular species, but it is known from various studies that some dragonfly species undertake long-distance migration, travelling many hundreds of kilometres.   Victoria River, Northern Territory (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360645925-Y0XR7YLXRUODNKM6TTAK/P5270021.jpg Travels gallery - Australian Pied Oystercatchers Haematopus longirostris With its distinctive appearance, Pied Oystercatchers are well-known birds of coastal rivers and estuaries. It is therefore often a surprise for people to realise that the species is classified as 'Vulnerable' in NSW. In 2016 there were reported to be only 200 breeding pairs in NSW. The Clarence River in northern NSW, where this shot was taken, is a recognised stronghold for the species.   Yamba, New South Wales (May, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143507662-F2PLDM9R4KLA2YMG52R7/P5060021.jpg Travels gallery - Blistered Pyrgomorph Monistria pustulifera (?) This large grasshopper, with its amazingly pattern of coloured dots, is perfectly camouflaged against the stony desert ground. I'm reasonably confident of the species identification - the habitat we found it in certainly accords with that for M.pustulifera, also called the Inland Painted Grasshopper. The area was hot, dry and with a sparse scattering of desert bushes. An inspiration for dot painting, perhaps ...   Tennant Creek, Northern Territory (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519223157-TEQ7JP6CFHOFXULOQLLA/P3221066.jpg Travels gallery - Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax In central Australia, the Wedge-tailed Eagles make short work of road kill. And they guard it quite jealously, too!   Stuart Highway, south of Coober Pedy, South Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143511273-EH55OGNU5ES618ZTVN3H/P6070843.jpg Travels gallery - Painted Grasshawk Neurothemis stigmatizans Within a small patch of rainforest inside the town limits of Mission Beach, we discovered a wonderful, hidden lagoon. While most other tourists were lazing on the beach or leaping (parachuted & screaming) from small planes, we were crouched among the biting mosquitoes photographing dragonflies. I think Odonata might be my favourite insect order.   Mission Beach, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143514449-G0HUNGZ3T6ZTVBZ2XAKM/P6080268.jpg Travels gallery - Painted Grasshawk (male) Neurothemis stigmatizans Another look at that extraordinary wing venation.   Mission Beach, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143515161-53ICZT7CNZ18XCPRQYMA/P6221085.jpg Travels gallery - Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses These large, brilliant butterflies are a stunning sight flitting among the coastal rainforests of northern Queensland. They are simply mesmerising. And they can be incredibly difficult to photograph! They rarely land for long, and when they do it is usually with closed wings. We spent hours one day trying to photograph Ulysses as several of the insects teased us in a national park, occasionally landing but only in the canopy. And then we stumbled on the secret. Simply wait to find them visiting showy garden flowers!   Daintree Village, northern Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500454485231-PVXWDHYLWAIEL420VWMQ/P6221089.jpg Travels gallery - Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses With wings closed, the Ulysses is much more cryptic, especially when hanging among the leaves of a native tree. Note that the 'swallowtails' and tips of the hindwing are dusted with pollen.   Daintree Village, northern Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712407146-XVIR5BA62KSLXNM76NNG/P6210969.jpg Travels gallery - Olive-backed Sunbird (male) Cinnyris jugularis The other blue flash commonly seen in the QLD tropics, particularly near the coast. These tiny birds take insects as well as nectar and are quite often seen in parks and gardens.   Cairns, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143518223-JNWN33VN4RWDDO610RVN/P6221153.jpg Travels gallery - Cairns Birdwing (female) Ornithoptera euphorion This huge, slowly-fluttering butterfly can easily be mistaken for a small bird as it flies by. As with the Ulysses, I took advantage of showy garden flowers to get a close look at these beautiful insects.   Daintree Village, northern Queensland (June 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360649925-UJQHYINAO1FUBVQJ3QRA/P3310631.jpg Travels gallery - Flame Robin (male) Petroica phoenicea These stunning robins breed in the high country and, reportedly, might be seen in our home region during the Winter months. We have, however, never seen them in our local forests. Flame Robins apparently tend to favour more open areas. So we were delighted to see dozens of the birds around the historic Mount Buffalo Chalet in the national park.   Mount Buffalo National Park, Victoria (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498913472120-1UVVSTA94VMZLFPCP0V8/IMG_7292.jpg Travels gallery - Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus are shy and so any sighting is a special event. I considered myself very lucky when this one obliged by surfacing not far from the river bank where I stood, camera in hand. They tend to be most active around dawn and dusk, as was the case here. Population estimations are difficult due to their elusive behaviour. They are not listed as a threatened species, but it is acknowledged by the IUCN that their status should be monitored.   Thredbo River, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360658931-DMVFNAJF8H243KS2HJOT/P3100903.jpg Travels gallery - Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops This is a species that we see at home only rarely. We are therefore pleased to discover large flocks of the noisy, active birds when we visit the forests around Chiltern.   Chiltern - Mount Pilot National Park, Victoria (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143518473-FXDWO4YJS3JOQ056WTBV/P6230378.jpg Travels gallery - Peppermint Stick Insect Megacrania batesii We discovered these amazing insects through a tip-off from Daintree's legendary river birding guide 'Sauce'. On returning from one of his morning river cruises, and discovering we were interested in 'bugs' as well as birds, Sauce told us a little secret. "Drive north into the Daintree, stop by the beach, and check out the Screw Palms". We did - and "WOW!" Megacrania batesii is only found in one particular Pandanus, Pandanus tectorius, and the plant only grows in a couple of locations in Australia. The plant and the insect are also found on some tropical Pacific Islands.   Daintree National Park, northern Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360644054-W31L70V67H1GH3G86NAZ/P5280109.jpg Travels gallery - Australian Logrunner (male) Orthonyx temminckii For us, this was the find from two days birding in the rainforests of the Queensland-NSW border. Their noisy, territorial calls dominate the forest in the early morning, but it can still be tricky to get a good look at these stocky little ground birds. They scratch about in the undergrowth and run, rather than fly, when disturbed.   Lamington National Park, southern Queensland (May, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519216737-ZL3D10UJS8R1S1X0M92X/P3170550.jpg Travels gallery - White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis This species is widespread in the south and east, and we do see them at home occasionally, typically in winter. They are noted for the wide variety of habitats they can occupy, from mountains to deserts and mallee. Indeed, we came upon this one in true mallee - hot, dry and wonderfully wild country near the border between South Australia and Victoria.   Ngarkat National Park, South Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519219928-F3EU7QZU5AC4Q0EHE8P0/P3270250.jpg Travels gallery - Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera One of the most fantastic pigeons! Not only is the 'hairstyle' profoundly comic, they also move in an almost mechanical manner. Our first ever sighting of this species were two birds in Ormiston Gorge, near Alice Springs. A week later we came upon another small group alongside the road at the end of the Tanami Track, a 1000km desert road that runs northwest from Alice Springs to Halls Creek.   Tanami Desert, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360659381-2ZAHRCKVXWCU2E8AH5E6/P3100930.jpg Travels gallery - Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes A truly tiny carnivore, weighing in at less than 40g. We were doing some serious twitching in the national park near Chiltern (a site renown for its bird life), when we spotted this plucky little Yellow-footed Antechinus. Based on her behaviour and the time of year, she probably had a litter of young in the tree stump she was peering at us from.   Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Victoria (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519219934-K5AZHZBFWIDE9MBVCGOR/2015-03-24+11-12.jpg Travels gallery - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Although Australia does have many endemic dragonfly and damselfly species, there are also many - such as this one - which have a wide distribution. This species is found across Australia and on many Pacific Islands. Only the male attains this brilliant scarlet colour. The female is yellow-green.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519226659-QQAYZ77B9EDR0SITXTSH/P3300143.jpg Travels gallery - Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus A summer breeding migrant in Australia, with most individuals overwintering in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The distinctive calls of Rainbow Bee-eaters were with us throughout our trip across Australia's north during March-May 2015.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519222926-ADA8KXIA5289BM5YD4LP/P3300126.jpg Travels gallery - Rainbow Bee-eaters Merops ornatus Here a male displays his insect catch to his mate. This species apparently forms a strong pair bond. The male can be distinguished by the longer tail streamers.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519226906-Q5QN4JC2ZH07IWQB0GOP/P3310266.jpg Travels gallery - Barking Owl Ninox connivens Early one morning, not far from our campsite at Broome Bird Observatory, we looked up to discover this amazing sight. Most nights during our camping trip across northern Australia, we fell asleep to the endearing 'woof-woof' call of Barking Owls.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534563319-3HQWYFZCB7QROGWCSYZ0/P4021014.jpg Travels gallery - Migratory shorebirds Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-tailed Godwits, Red-necked Stints, Curlew Sandpipers, Red Knots ... and probably others (shorebird ID can be challenging!) The principal purpose of our trip to Broome in 2015 was to witness the gathering and departure of the migratory shorebirds. Roebuck Bay is a major staging area and the Broome Bird Observatory is an ideal base from which to witness this astonishing event. Tens of thousands of shorebirds of various species depart from the shores of Roebuck bay and fly to their breeding grounds in northern Asia/Siberia.   Roebuck Bay, Western Australia (April, 2015) Click this link for more from BBO about the shorebird migration   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534566732-DWAS7I8718671465ORN6/P4060093.jpg Travels gallery - Ruddy Turnstones, Crested Terns & Lesser Crested Terns It's not only the migratory shorebirds that collect around Broome's coast. We discovered this large mixed flock roosting on a rocky section of coast fronting the open ocean, north of Roebuck Bay.   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534570704-I3Q8OO5KLEOHL70EBE3G/P4060159.jpg Travels gallery - Crested Terns & Lesser Crested Terns Thalasseus bergii, Thalasseus bengalensis The bright orange bills of the Lesser Crested Tern distinguishes this species from its larger cousin. The range of the Lesser Crested Tern does not extend into NSW. They nest along the Kimberley Coast, north from Broome, and also off the QLD coast.   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534563063-PGO8ZMTSCHJX1GO5SYYH/P4030066.jpg Travels gallery - Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida Widespread and particularly common in the tropics, the range of this attractive little dove also includes most of NSW - except for our home corner in the far south east.   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534566724-60BJ06PVTGUYAHA7A5Q5/P4050103.jpg Travels gallery - Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis This is the largest of Australia's ten bowerbird species and is found across the north, from Broome to the central QLD coast. The Great Bowerbird shares two obvious characteristics with the related Spotted Bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata) of Queensland/northern NSW and the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) of central and western Australia: 1) they decorate their bowers with mainly white and green objects, including shells and bones, and 2) the males have a patch of bright pink neck feathers that are normally hidden but can be raised in display (or after bathing, as was the case in this photo).   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500538623316-WO0EH3AM7KO90B1R5IYA/P6290206.jpg Travels gallery - Spotted Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata This was our first sighting of a Spotted Bowerbird. He had a small, concealed bower not far from our campsite.   Macquarie Marshes, central northern NSW (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534570507-AAJ15969KWOD9HX30IDL/P4120097.jpg Travels gallery - Masked Finch Peophila personata We discovered a pair of these striking finches during an early morning walk at Parry Creek Farm. The 3-hectare camp ground is a recognised birding spot, located within Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve. Masked Finches feed on seed, although this bird was clearly transporting the seed head for display or nesting material. This is the same genus as the Black-throated Finch (Peophila cincta), a species much in the news in 2017 due to threats posed by proposed coal mining activities in QLD.   Wyndham, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534573862-TBWWXYT7Z0289QYKAQQE/P4120217.jpg Travels gallery - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata This is a summer migrant species, breeding in Siberia during the northern hemisphere summer. A common shorebird bird usually seen in flocks, we came upon this single individual feeding in the beautiful, protected, Marglu Billabong.   Marglu Billabong, Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534574304-GG619JT9ICLJNMJIESKP/P4120415.jpg Travels gallery - Graphic Flutterer Rhyothemis graphiptera These striking dragonflies were present in huge numbers at Marglu Billabong. We came across them again at various lakes and swamps across the Top End.   Marglu Billabong, Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534577244-E2V2VJG1QQL0GEGCUMGU/P4120782.jpg Travels gallery - Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus A distinctive honeyeater only found in the tropics, near freshwater. And that's exactly where we found this bird: at 'The Grotto' in east Kimberley, feeding on flowers overhanging a freshwater pool.   near Wyndham, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534577441-1MUSI9S0IH9TSZQZ0MS0/P4150097.jpg Travels gallery - Star Finches Neochmia ruficauda This was our first sighting of these stunning finches - and our only encounter with them to date! The species has a rather restricted range, but given how easy they are to recognise, and the fact that we were looking very hard, they do not seem common. We discovered a small group feeding on seeding grasses in a roadside irrigation ditch, along with large numbers of Double-barred Finches.   Kununurra, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534580257-9NSZ5G9ZRDK02LKF6XAT/P4250136.jpg Travels gallery - Shining Flycatcher (female) Myiagra alecto In a patch of rainforest at Howard Springs we were treated to a full concert by these delightful birds. Males and females both, with heads thrown back, breast feathers puffed up, were calling in high, musical notes.   Howard Springs (near Darwin), Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534580537-K0Z6KMT3Z6E7QG4Q9VS8/P4250165.jpg Travels gallery - Shining Flycatcher (male) Myiagra alecto The males are glossy black - a stark contrast to the three-colour female.   Howard Springs (near Darwin), Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534583573-5HHWSIQSSAXUR9A02RZA/P4280379.jpg Travels gallery - Partridge Pigeons Geophaps smithii smithii A Top End endemic, we were hoping to find these birds in their stronghold of Kakadu National Park. The guide books describe their preference for 'recently burnt areas' ... and that's exactly where we spotted them. These two birds were 'ash-bathing' in a burnt patch not far from the road. They were too engrossed in the activity to be bothered by us stopping the car to take a few photos. Ironically, given their fondness for ash, the population is declining and has been declared 'Vulnerable' - due largely to the loss of ground cover through too-frequent burning, combined with predation by feral cats.   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534583809-N17WUU09NPT4B9DQZ7PJ/P4300194.jpg Travels gallery - Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus banksii There are six recognised sub-species of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, each with a distinct appearance. This subspecies, C. banksii macrorhynchus, is largely confined to the tropical Northern Territory and the Kimberley. During a walk in Kakadu, we heard the characteristic cracking sounds of feeding cockatoos. A short distance away we came across a family of three.   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534585826-U0R0C1I12WF7ESUBE0GK/P4300223.jpg Travels gallery - Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (male) Calyptorhynchus banksii The adult male has an amazing crest!   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551404647-V77DFMCXIRYTA2PVTYFV/P5010285.jpg Travels gallery - Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhyncus asiaticus This huge bird is Australia's only stork. The species extends beyond Australia, with populations in India and Papua New Guinea, and is now listed as 'Near Threatened' across its range. The Australian population is reported to be the largest. Its stronghold is in the wet tropics and subtropics, although the species was once quite common - and actually bred! - on the NSW coast south of Sydney. The bird is now a rare sighting in the south-east. Preservation of wetlands with nearby large trees is essential for the species' survival. Kakadu National Park, therefore, provides an ideal habitat for this hunter of frogs, snakes and fish. They are rather shy birds, and we encountered this male while taking a sunset boat cruise on Yellow Water, Cooinda.   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551408406-DBVRGD4POG5VGCX98H12/P5110156.jpg Travels gallery - Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor Varied Lorikeets are endemic to tropical Australia and are 'blossom nomads'. That is how we found them. The dominant 'eucalypt' in the region around Riversleigh is a bloodwood, a Corymbia (Corymbia terminalis, we think). At the time of our visit, most trees were covered with unopened buds but there were a small number in full bloom. And these trees were a magnet to all manner of nectar feeders, birds and insects alike.   south of Boodjamulla National Park, Queensland (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551417359-6DWICLOR6TJ5ZXEK2UXH/P5210158.jpg Travels gallery - Striated Heron Butorides striata There is wide colour variation in this species - pale grey, dark grey, and even a warm reddish brown. And the juveniles are different again, being very heavily streaked. Despite this potential for confusion in species identification, this is a recognisable bird in mangroves around the Australian coast. Its shape, stance and behaviour are unmistakable. Perhaps surprisingly for a sedentary species, the Striated Heron has a huge distribution. It is native to Australia - and to Brazil, Kenya, Israel, Thailand, UAE, Bangladesh ... and dozens of other countries!   Daintree River, far north Queensland (May, 2105)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551417372-USPA45S2G9Q467AN2E0Y/P5230427.jpg Travels gallery - Blue Tiger Tirumala hamata A day walk through the varied habitats of Cape Hillsborough National Park yielded a surprise. Descending from a ridge, we passed into a rainforest gully - and there were hundreds and hundreds of butterflies! They hung from the vegetation everywhere we looked, and flew about us in clouds as we passed through. Magical! Most were Blue Tigers, a migratory species known to form such congregations along the east coast.   Cape Hillsborough National Park, near Mackay, Queensland (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551419305-68JDRG54Q1YP2008OPC5/P5290857.jpg Travels gallery - Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata Our first ever sighting of these distinctive hawks was quite an event. Walking along a ridge above the beach, among tall trees, we were treated to several Pacific Baza hunting in the canopy. And it was clearly successful hunting! They were snatching large mantids from among the leaves, then leisurely devouring each insect, bite-by-gruesome-bite.   Cape Hillsborough National Park, near Mackay, Queensland (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500637851378-DQYOUKDXG7DHCYSOPNSG/PA010294.jpg Travels gallery - Sooty Oystercatchers (male & female) Haematopus fuliginosus Unlike their beach-based cousins the Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris), Sooty Oystercatchers feed and breed on rocky headlands and offshore islands. The species inhabits the entire coastline of Australia. The population as a whole is considered stable, but in New South Wales its conservation status has been declared 'Vulnerable'. The bird behind, with the longer bill, is the female.   Montague Island, NSW (October, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500638081633-YINGQ1598GHTKHQ6D53L/PA032392.jpg Travels gallery - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophorchroa leadbeateri Our first sighting of this uncommon, and beautiful, cockatoo species. We were just leaving the National Park, heading south through farmland, when we spotted a flock of 20+ birds sheltering from the wind among a small copse of roadside trees.   Murray-Sunset National Park, Victoria (October, 2013)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500710576712-TOVHZ1UCW4KF1BAZHM6K/PC230738.jpg Travels gallery - Red-backed Fairy-wren (female & male) Malurus melanocephalus Early one morning, in the sand dune vegetation above a beach, we heard fairy wrens calling. I just had time to ready the camera when this pair popped up to look at as. A very lucky morning walk indeed! Particularly as this was our first sighting of this predominantly northern species. The male (on the right) is in full breeding plumage.   Yamba, New South Wales (December, 2013)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500710576983-K8OG99ZV0BVGY5WOOH9K/PC260060.jpg Travels gallery - Pheasant Coucal (adult male, breeding) Centropus phasianinus We heard the bird's repeated booming calls from quite a distance and were relieved that, by the time we climbed the hill toward the sound, he was still there. And in a tree, clearly visible! Pheasant Coucal are quite common in the Clarence Valley, living among the sugarcane, but they tend to be elusive birds.   Yamba, New South Wales (December, 2013)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712403178-KAXSS85X2QWPTVSZMZW5/P6010207.jpg Travels gallery - Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris Crabs are the stable food for this prehistoric-looking species. The birds are typically most active at night, spending the day sitting motionless and concealed among the mangroves. We were therefore very lucky when gloomy weather coincided with a very low tide - and we happened upon three Beach Stone-curlews feasting on Soldier Crabs. The Beach Stone-curlew is found throughout Indonesia, PNG and northern Australia. However, the overall population is small and decreasing. The species has an international listing as 'Near Threatened'. On several occasions we have seen Beach Stone-curlew in northern New South Wales, and consider ourselves very fortunate. It is listed as 'Critically Endangered' in NSW - surveys in the year 2000 reported the state's population at just 13 birds!   Tin Can Bay, near Fraser Island, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712403160-AHB1K2JP439QTH4OSPCQ/P6030151.jpg Travels gallery - Brown Falcon Falco berigora It is easy to become complacent about sightings of the Brown Falcon. A common species, they are found across Australia, often sitting on power poles or fence posts. Seen up close, however, they are quite a beautiful bird. They favour open habitats and have a broad diet. It is unsurprising, therefore, that the Brown Falcon has adapted so well to agricultural landscapes.   near Mackay, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500783952722-97K1S0OUI189KOAR3N18/P4200080.jpg Travels gallery - Tropical Golden Orb-weaver (female) Nephila pilipes These long-legged spiders can be a bit intimidating, even for us - and we rather like spiders. The body of the female can be 50mm long and, including the leg span, the animal may be 200mm across! Not only are they huge, but they tend to be found in large numbers, their golden webs festooning the bush ... including across walking tracks!   Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712407154-1EK7WZHSDPVLUDB2P6HB/P6090070.jpg Travels gallery - Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus Although quite a common bird in north Queensland, a Spectacled Monarch sighting always feels special to us. They are confident and curious birds, and so attractive - in a slightly comical way. Like so many rainforest species, however, they can be difficult to spot (and photograph!) among the dense vegetation.   Atherton Tablelands, far north Queensland (June 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712411007-OZORWD8FQJ5F17SN886Q/P6230670.jpg Travels gallery - Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana It was only after hours of searching the Daintree River with 'Sauce', a local boat operator and bird guide, that we finally came upon this heron. These large birds are shy, and are only found along forest-fringed tropical coasts and estuaries. So you need a boat. And some luck!   Daintree River, far north Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712414129-OIHETJK26LKOLIMUKPDQ/P6231329.jpg Travels gallery - Wompoo Fruit-Doves Ptilinopus magnificus Despite the fact that they are quite common in tropical rainforests, and even around the subtropics, we still get a thrill each time we spot these beautiful birds feeding in the treetops. These two were gorging on a fruiting palm alongside the Daintree River.   Daintree River, far north Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712414642-33XVAQFD8CCUGNFHZRI2/P6240998.jpg Travels gallery - Yellow Honeyeater Stomioptera flava A visit to Tyto Wetlands yielded even more sightings of woodland birds than waterbirds. This Yellow Honeyeater seemed to almost glow in the late afternoon sunlight. Yellow Honeyeaters are common in north Queensland but do not extend south beyond about Marlborough (north of Rockhampton).   Tyto Wetlands, near Ingham, north Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500805166285-T1433SZT2IVIRT7AHS0R/P3201271.jpg Travels gallery - Pacific Gull (adult & juvenile) Larus pacificus Fishers Point is the name given to a remote rocky point near the southernmost tip of Tasmania. It is part of the Southwest National Park, a wild and remarkable place. We were camped on the shores of Recherche Bay and took a late afternoon walk along the shore to the Point. And the sight was extraordinary. Hundreds of seabirds were gathered - predominantly Pacific Gulls, Kelp Gulls and Crested Terns - all feasting on small fish. The birds would fly sorties out to where the leatherjacket were schooling, and then return to shore with their catch. Or, at least, they would try to. It seemed the Crested Terns were doing most of the fishing while the much larger gulls preferred to steal a meal.   Recherche Bay, southern Tasmania (March, 2014)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502608981215-TFXF0GH1BGSSUJ97EQXF/P8070343.jpg Travels gallery - Eastern Osprey (adult male) Pandion cristatus 'Osprey' are found in many parts of the world. They are generally recognised to belong to two separate species: our 'Eastern Osprey' (Pandion cristatus) occurs in the Australasia and Pacific Islands region. Yamba, New South Wales (August, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502608993021-MS7M9EUI4UXZ5A55N53S/P8060178.jpg Travels gallery - Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus These large raptors have a wingspan of around 180cm. They are unique among the eagles in having a 'reversible' toe. This adaptation allows the birds to firmly grip large and slippery fish! While visiting family in Yamba, we were able to watch this beautiful bird and her mate hard at work preparing a brand new nest. It is likely that they'll use this same nest for many breeding seasons to come. Yamba, New South Wales (August, 2017) See 'Nesting Osprey' in News & Stories for more about our August 2017 sightings of this pair.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502844343904-V5WKO3GBNYT0IAPIGJ2S/P8030353.jpg Travels gallery - Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus We have often sighted these birds on the north coast of NSW. This one was part of a mixed flock, which included Little Wattlebirds and other honeyeaters, feeding on Banksia blossom in the early morning light on the coast near Port Macquarie.   Bonny Hills, New South Wales (August, 2017) https://southernforestlife.net/other-animals-gallery daily 0.75 2018-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505737026742-B72JRP0ITBNZID6P5IKJ/P9170005.jpg Other animals gallery - Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor Swamp Wallabies only occur in forest with stands of dense undergrowth (lots of it on the block) which is where they hide during the day. This is the most secretive of our three macropods. We seldom see "swampies" during the day and they bound away with a heavy thud if we disturb them. Swamp Wallabies have the most varied diet of our macropods - they prefer bushes and forbs over grass but seem to eat almost any type of the former vegetation. They are also avid eaters of fungi.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505737026742-B72JRP0ITBNZID6P5IKJ/P9170005.jpg Other animals gallery - Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor Swamp Wallabies only occur in forest with stands of dense undergrowth (lots of it on the block) which is where they hide during the day. This is the most secretive of our three macropods. We seldom see "swampies" during the day and they bound away with a heavy thud if we disturb them. Swamp Wallabies have the most varied diet of our macropods - they prefer bushes and forbs over grass but seem to eat almost any type of the former vegetation. They are also avid eaters of fungi.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498912713113-DII08A2WRYDIKPRKF7FI/P2040044.jpg Other animals gallery - Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus We chanced across this individual when searching for insects and spiders at night. It may also have been looking for insects, as they comprise part of their diet. They mainly feed on nectar and pollen from Banksia, Eucalyptus and Callistemon species, all of which are found on the block.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Burramyidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498911064947-TD3K1FG1E8PA124RYLNW/P3190016.jpg Other animals gallery - Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis We have seldom seen this small dasyurid in the flesh as, like most marsupials, it is nocturnal. However, we have recorded its antics on a night-vision video camera and we inadvertently trapped the individual in this photo. Like all Antechinus species, A. agilis is a carnivore, mainly eating arthropods such as beetles, spiders and cockroaches but also taking skinks. They probably also forage on Banksia flowers.   Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Photo taken March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498910735048-P9ZK4T70X1RKEEWLHLEC/P3230025.jpg Other animals gallery - Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi We have seen a number of different bats on the block, flying around the house at dusk hawking insects. However this is the only one that we have been able to positively identify, after finding a dead individual on the road nearby. This species is found throughout Australia. It roosts in a variety of habitats, including dead trees. In Summer it hunts throughout the night, till dawn.   Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498911407920-C68J9MD5PJI9EN3E6T2M/wombat.jpg Other animals gallery - Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus The block is home to several wombats. We often hear them at night, munching on vegetation outside our bedroom window. We seldom see them during the day - only on rare occasions when it is overcast. The image shows a young animal, which ventured out in the early morning. But their cubic scats are found all over our walkways and there are several burrows at different sites on the block.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Vombatidae Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498911868660-Y8AFKWGZEY2GOU4AIJWG/P7140004.jpg Other animals gallery - Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus This Ringtail Possum was one of a pair sighted at night in an Acacia mearnsii tree a few metres from the ground. Ringtails eat leaves, flowers and fruits of a variety of plants in the family Myrtaceae - primarily eucalypts.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Petauridae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498913202896-0DW683FL215KYSETWYIU/PB220051.jpg Other animals gallery - Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula A major item of the diet of Brushtail Possums are eucalyptus leaves, but they supplement this with flowers and fruit. They typically take 3 or 4 different plant species on a foraging trip to get sufficient nitrogen.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Phalangeridae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501238842793-ZUMKXZDVX50LIB5OUQMS/P7280014.jpg Other animals gallery - Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula This Brushtail was sitting in an Acacia longifolia tree, which was in bloom - probably feeding on the blossom.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Phalangeridae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157582032-OGEL4ICOSJX2N1YM1GSW/PB170304Nov.jpg Other animals gallery - Red-necked Wallaby (male) Macropus rufogriseus banksianus The Red-necked Wallaby is a forest species, widely distributed in south-eastern Australia from south-east SA to the Tropic of Capricorn. We frequently seen it on the block in the early morning or late afternoon. It is usually alone but sometimes we see pairs of females. It grazes on grasses, low shrubs and forbs. During the day, it rests in dense vegetation, such as rainbow fern thickets.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501158723020-VY47FCBA15V3MA1MPQR5/PA180873.jpg Other animals gallery - Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus banksianus Joeys remain in the pouch for about 40 weeks. This little guy had not yet left the pouch, but probably wasn't far off it. Females can give birth to young in all months.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501159541531-G8N8GZ0MJD7TUXYPLPSJ/PA180890.jpg Other animals gallery - Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus banksianus The young gets to graze at the same time as the mother. The white object above the female's eye is a tick. Our macropods commonly carry a heavy load of these parasites - without any apparent ill effects.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501160885429-IHYVL11S5PYT7THD5SEO/P4166412.jpg Other animals gallery - Eastern Grey Kangaroo (male) Macropus giganteus giganteus The Eastern Grey is the largest of the three macropods found in our area. It grazes on grasses and forbs, with a much more restricted range of choices than Red-Necked and Swamp Wallabies. These are our maintenance-free lawn mowers! We often see a group of several animals, usually a male in company of several females, grazing on the more open areas of the block. They are more tolerant of our presence than the wallabies and can often be seen grazing in the middle of the day - especially when it is overcast.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501167171938-UJD3NWG042MYEKP8W44N/P4270017Apr.jpg Other animals gallery - Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus giganteus This little guy is very young indeed. It will be a while before he justifies his species name 'giganteus'.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203156085-6USFO35N8GUSFG4LYK67/PC020010.jpg Other animals gallery - Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor This image shows the thick-set, stocky build of the Swamp Wallaby in comparison to our other macropods. They also have much darker fur. Our frog pond has become a favourite watering hole for the wallabies and kangaroos. However it was still a surprise to see this swampy drinking at the pond as they are very shy animals. Their gait is very different to other macropods - they jump with their head kept low and their tail straight. A number of behavioural, anatomical and genetic differences lead to the Swamp Wallaby being placed in a different genus (Wallabia) to other macropods (Macropus). So, surprisingly, the Red-Necked Wallaby is more closely related to the Eastern Grey Kangaroo than it is to the Swamp Wallaby.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516403477189-RSD6CU9J38Q67LDHM738/P1200101.jpg Other animals gallery - Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes The Bush Rat is a native Australian rodent. It is an omnivore, taking fruit, arthropods, seeds, grasses and fungi (and in summer, the tomatoes from our vegetable garden!). We seldom see them as they are nocturnal. We trapped this one in our tool shed - the big, protruding eyes are a distinctive feature of this species. Note that the tail is about the same length as the body - unlike the introduced Black Rat (Rattus rattus), in which the tail is noticeably longer than the body. I was surprised to discover how many native rodents we have in Australia - 54 extant species. We had another 10 rodent species, but they did not survive European invasion. Rodents first arrived in Australia between 4-6 million years ago and underwent an evolutionary radiation to produce 57 different species (the 'old endemics'). Then about a million years ago a Rattus entered from New Guinea and evolved into 7 species (the 'new endemics'), of which Rattus fuscipes is one example. Europeans brought another 4 rodents with them, including the Black Rat, Rattus rattus.   Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516190979675-EGG7JEP76WUUUCHPRDBI/PC030051.jpg Other animals gallery - Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus The Swamp Rat is another of the 'New Endemic' rodents, which evolved from a single species of ancestral rat that arrived in Australian from New Guinea a million years ago. The Swamp Rat is very similar to the Bush Rat - just a bit smaller and lacking the bulging eyes of that species. It also moves around during the day, unlike the Bush Rat which is strictly nocturnal. Nonetheless, Swamp Rats must be quite cryptic because the only individual we have ever seen on the block is this baby. Swamp Rats eat grasses and sedges and some insects.   Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063865644-2PREQXWX8S3CESJ1Z3P0/PB300032.jpg Other animals gallery - Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis This is one of six venomous snakes - belonging to the family Elapidae - that we have on the block. In fact, we have the full set of Elapidae species for our region! We see the Eastern Brown rarely, but have sighted it all over the forest. It is most commonly found on the west-facing rocky headland overlooking the river, where it basks in the afternoon sun. The colouration of Eastern Browns is highly variable - ranging from brown to black. The juvenile is a striking creature with black narrow stripes on a tan background! The adults feed on other reptiles and mammals, but will occasionally take frogs and birds.   Order: Squamata Family: Elapidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501209926449-0L114DADF2D054HUKELA/P5020001.jpg Other animals gallery - Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus This is the snake we most commonly encounter - not surprising, as one often takes up residence in the bottom of our compost bin! While they are rated as dangerously venomous, we have never felt threatened by them. They slither away quickly when discovered. They are a large snake - most of the ones we have seen are between 1 and 1.5m in length. The prime item in their diet is frogs, but they also take other reptiles and small mammals. Check out our blog "Red-bellied Black Snakes love water" in 'News & Stories'.   Order: Squamata Family: Elapidae Photo taken in May   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501122048964-D43E1C07XVZ5ATIT0K64/P4150030.jpg Other animals gallery - Eastern Small-eyed Snake Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens This is another dangerously venomous home snake. However its retiring nature and nocturnal habits mean that it presents little risk to us. We have only sighted it when lifting sheets of corrugated iron, boxes or rotten logs. It is smaller than the other elapids - the ones we have sighted have been less 50cm long. It is reported to feed on lizards and frogs.   Order: Squamata Family: Elapidae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063853755-VEHM9JLA9DBNG9QTX46E/P8180006.jpg Other animals gallery - Grass Sun-skink Lampropholis guichenoti We generally encounter this species in more open areas - in leaf litter around the house and in the vegetable garden - devouring small grasshoppers and other insects. It is the most common and one of the smallest of the 7 species of skinks found here. By mid Autumn we see large numbers of very small individuals - presumably the progeny of the previous Summer's breeding.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501124853541-78VZL59MCSW5JFGLW9TP/PB140413.jpg Other animals gallery - Garden Sun-Skink Lampropholis delicata This small skink (up to 50mm long) is found in similar habitat to the similarly-sized L. guichenoti - in more open areas, foraging in the leaf litter or grasses for insects and other small invertebrates. The individual in this photo is taking advantage of an intermittent feeding bonanza, which many other creatures in the forest partake in - a termite swarm.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501154806314-10SCJGH8NHVWQZIIN01E/P1060244.jpg Other animals gallery - White's Skink Egernia whitii We have seen this moderately large (up to 90mm long) skink in only one location - on a dry, rocky, west-facing cliff top overlooking the river. They are usually found sunning themselves on a rock. This site is a favourite hangout for a number of our reptiles.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501124114862-X0CEL6SX8R0HKP2PRYZW/P2140010.jpg Other animals gallery - Black Rock-Skink Egernia saxatilis This is our largest skink - up to 125mm in length. It has a characteristic thick trunk. It is typically found on the same rocky cliff top location as several other of our reptiles, but at least one individual also inhabits our wood heap.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157069584-4US7NQHWUAT09WFU2Q56/PB010026.jpg Other animals gallery - Yellow-bellied Water-Skink Eulamprus heatwolei We have sighted this moderately large (100mm long) skink in a few places - on the riverbank, on our wood pile and on a tree stump close to our vegetable garden. The animal in the latter location - shown here - suns himself on the log, in between catching insects in the vegetable garden. I have a sentimental attachment to this species, as it is named after a former colleague at the University of New England, Hal Heatwole - one of Australia's leading herpetologists.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501129073448-AYE27U961NO28TLYAHCN/PC280022-2.jpg Other animals gallery - Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus This is one of two 'dragons' that call the block home. Jacky Lizard is quite a large creature - up to 35cm long when fully grown. They are quite territorial, often taking up a prominent position on a tree stump to survey and guard the surrounding domain. We have seen a lizard launch off his log and rush towards and grapple with a competitor that came within 10m of him.   Order: Squamata Family: Agamidae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501130039875-ESNKS2IF3C40RUBOX63L/P2210053.jpg Other animals gallery - Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus This juvenile Jacky Lizard is basking on a flowering stem of Coast Sword-sedge, Lepidosperma latens. It was so well camouflaged that I barely noticed it at first.   Order: Squamata Family: Agamidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501212289928-48HYGCTNDVU7C08V0F9B/PC140132Dec.jpg Other animals gallery - Eastern Water-dragon Intellagama lesueurii howittii This is our other 'dragon'. We often see an individual on a fallen tree trunk overhanging the water upstream of the block, above the limit of tidal flow. It drops into the water to escape if we come too close. They can apparently remain underwater for up to 90 minutes. But this guy was sighted on the water's edge immediately in front of the block. They are a diurnal species, feeding mainly on insects but also small rodents.   Order: Squamata Family: Agamidae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501211174569-B9XCNQETVU4YKOYO6QFZ/P1260001.jpg Other animals gallery - Lace Monitor Varanus varius This lizard - easily the largest on the block - can be rather inquisitive! I photographed this guy through the loungeroom window. It then wandered off and checked out our vegetable garden. We see Lace Monitors after they come out of hibernation in late Winter/early Spring, then right through Summer. They will take live prey, such as chicks at the nest, but they are generally seen cleaning up a carcass of roadkill. Indeed they play a vital role in the ecosystem as recyclers of dead bodies - including other lace monitors! Our blog 'Lace monitor recovery' in the 'News & Stories' section tells this story.   Order: Squamata Family: Varanidae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360535079-004DZ9EZ4CAB3YI3LAVT/PC240003.jpg Other animals gallery - Emerald-spotted Tree Frog Litoria peronii This is the largest of the five frog species we have sighted here. The mating call of the male sounds like a maniacal cackle. The frogs call throughout the year but they are particularly vocal during the breeding season in Summer. The pair in the photo is in amplexus. The male grasps the female tightly and fertilises the eggs as they are released from her body.   Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204402236-QEW8DLVQDZRAWOQOGPN3/PC250039.jpg Other animals gallery - Southern Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii This is a widespread, common species and is an agile climber. One individual spends the day wedged in a crack in the supporting column of our deck umbrella! Our frog bog is apparently very acceptable breeding habitat. We have found spawn, tadpoles and froglets of this species in the pond in December and May.   Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Photo taken in December https://southernforestlife.net/17-sept-2017 daily 0.75 2017-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505616443283-W157RIOF5OEGRP2WGGNZ/P9170148.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Honeyeater numbers continue to grow White-naped Honeyeaters are one of many honeyeater species settling into the forest for the summer. They're already making good use of the pond and bird baths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505616443283-W157RIOF5OEGRP2WGGNZ/P9170148.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Honeyeater numbers continue to grow White-naped Honeyeaters are one of many honeyeater species settling into the forest for the summer. They're already making good use of the pond and bird baths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505616456812-QJ666ZMNGJFWK6Q4V3K1/P9170141.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Grey Fantails are back Since making a showy reappearance a few weeks ago, several Grey Fantails have taken up residence again and seem to be carving our feeding territories of their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505616469847-WN7J1NOJ813GOO4BENJW/P9170018.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - A territorial stoush This morning the forest rang to the calls of Golden Whistlers. We watched on as several males AND females spent an hour or more loudly calling and chasing one another. We assume that we were witness to a boundary dispute. Things have since settled down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505616515488-SKJ19JDB5DF2VNNF2XI1/P9130486.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - The first damselflies! Iota Ringtail (Austrolestes io) is a new species for our home list! AND the first damselfly sighting for the Summer. AND flying in tandem and laying eggs in the pond vegetation. Odonata season has begun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505616611552-M2RG1L8GVLUTZS1YC444/P9140037.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Mystery caterpillar A newly-moulted caterpillar ... so I'm hopeful we'll be able to raise it through to the adult, and so work out what species of moth this is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505616635125-1ECH0CK5LJGEZJBT52YK/P9120008.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - More of the caterpillar buddies Another two caterpillars currently in care, awaiting metamorphosis, identification, and release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618016702-XEOQ3Y93D1JBLP5RE5ZM/P9100042.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Residents now, apparently The cryptic Bassian Thrush have become regular sightings around the block over the Winter months - and they're very welcome to stay for the Summer! In the vegetable garden they do a good job of eating pest snails and slugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618038907-EKWJIINVR8CJ6GL2V270/P9120035-3.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Back into breeding plumage Many of the male Superb Fairy-wrens are now sporting their stunning breeding plumage. This one was busy feasting on termites during one of several swarmings we've had this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618042989-FKSE4GYQO4L9A4EYJSIH/P9120039-2.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Pockets of purple colour This is not the only splash of colour in the forest this week, but certainly one of the most garish. Purple-coral Pea (Hardenbergia violacea). It's a tough, twining species, and is often used in revegetation programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618027612-ZV16TZ9KHV78E45FJOQ1/P9110031-2.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Wolf spider identification Wolf spiders (Family: Lycosidae) are notoriously tricky to identify to the genus, let alone species level. It just happened Paul was working on such a project this week ... when he discovered this beauty. It's a male and, unusually, was found on the wall rather than the ground, in the web of a House Spider (Badumna insignis). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618048207-Q8025VS3B9C95VZ5IRLY/P9125966.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Identification confirmed! Venatrix pictiventris (Four-spotted Huntress) The collected spider was surprisingly sluggish ... and dead the following morning. The Badumna had obviously won their battle. But this was a happy moment for Paul, as the only way to unambiguously identify the species is belly-up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618061333-JI79909NYHELVWZ9FAKK/P9130128.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Tiny native bees This tiny native 'reed bee' (Exoneura sp.) was one of many feeding on the nectar and pollen of the equally-tiny Leucopogon flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618066992-KZUOWMPK0S4BFNDMFUF9/P9130194.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - More butterflies reappear One of several Candalides hyacinthus (Common Dusky Blue) butterflies to appear this week. The immaculate condition of the wings suggest it has only recently emerged, no doubt having overwintered as a pupa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505618034009-3QJF0T9T1N4S9ZADCY3E/P9120025-2.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - New insects are appearing daily I've yet to identify this bug. It is very similar in overall appearance to the well-known Oncopeltus sordidus (Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae), but the colours are wrong. Could be the winter coat for the species ... bit more checking for me to do to ID this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505626073425-N8WEX3IO2NC9IJMY7RMN/P9140072.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - Our first sighting It's not everyday we get to add to our home mammals list! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505626072966-1R2NI0UWDZD7BLEWBY5S/P9140025-2.jpg 17 Sept 2017 - More than just spines A close look shows that Echidnas are really furry mammals after all! https://southernforestlife.net/24-sept-2017 daily 0.75 2017-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505717621976-RMC2WYF0SLDJH80SR3GK/P9180001.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Peas in profusion A number of our native Fabaceae (pea) species come into full bloom in late September - like Daviesia ulicifolia, the Gorse Bitter-pea. More to come! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505717621976-RMC2WYF0SLDJH80SR3GK/P9180001.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Peas in profusion A number of our native Fabaceae (pea) species come into full bloom in late September - like Daviesia ulicifolia, the Gorse Bitter-pea. More to come! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505717637159-NMX91V97Z1ELXYB5MQLE/P9180015-2.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Hard to miss this one The Showy Parrot-pea, Dillwynia sericea, is another of the Fabaceae that flowers in early Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246003687-PT7K8BGJHCGQ8GEGF2S1/P9180136.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - An unusual sight Acacia flowers do not produce nectar. So what is this Dusky Blue (Candalides hyacinthinus) butterfly doing? Perhaps it's actually seeking the sugary secretions made by the wattle leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505717647149-I4JTPJGVTEKB1DQHB6TD/P9180016.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - An early teatree The Woolly Teatree, Leptospermum lanigerum, is the first of our home teatrees to flower in Spring.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246002713-ZUHMREUUN95NTB13POXY/P9180241.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Pretty parasitoid Braconid wasps are small but strikingly coloured. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of species in Australia ... and most of them come in various ensembles of black, orange and white! This one is using its back legs to groom its wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246033334-3AAOQF29RN9Q15JQHW2V/P9210054-2.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Probing for prey Yet another species of Braconid wasp. We watched her probing a fallen log with her long ovipositor, no doubt laying eggs on or inside insect larvae ... probably wood-boring beetle grubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246016338-J2V14O30BUAC751M823K/P9180331.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Butterfly feeding Another look at that fantastic butterfly tongue, the subject of my blog this week. This is a male Bright Copper butterfly (Paralucia aurifer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246016562-ZXACURTBQ413OO9P8POY/P9180351.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Bright Copper The stunning colours of the Bright Copper butterfly (Paralucia aurifer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246041481-AFO4ZUDXN1HHJ01FB4WM/P9230048.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - A relative of citrus Correa reflexa flowers nearly all year, providing a source of nectar for long-billed birds like the Eastern Spinebill. Family Rutaceae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246049529-7Y079M0NNZ7TOGT2UHTG/P9230108.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Nocturnal wanderer Cockroaches can be quite beautiful. This 'litter runner' (Platyzosteria sp.) is native to Australia and was, true to the common name for the group, wandering about amongst the leaf litter. Its head-down posture ia a defensive strategy ... it did this whenever I 'bothered' it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246045015-GKPT1YYY7M7ANAIUMLBN/P9230104.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - An imposing view Raising the abdomen and extending the legs, the cockroach reveals its striking yellow and black markings. It would be rather intimidating to a potential predator such as the wolf spider I photographed nearby. And apparently it can emit a nasty chemical as further defence. I (happily) didn't experience this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506246031196-LZJLW4CPZSQ9OQVACWNG/P9210045-3.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Nocturnal hunters Suddenly the forest floor is alive again after dark. Wolf spiders are everywhere! Many are tiny, but this female was a little larger ... and very beautiful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506248524051-XU6FVVRNSQOYJUB71JCP/P9220005.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Lizards big... On an exploratory tour of our west-facing cliff face I came across a resident who has been missing for several months - a Tree Goanna (Varanus varanus) soaking up the sun. I suspect that fat belly is full of possum. I found a tail of a Brushtail Possum nearby - and that's all! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506248698464-7QNTDWDYFYTD4E66V7V8/P9220134.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - ...and small. This Southern Weasel Skink (Saproscincus mustelinus) made the most of a termite swarm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506248548040-SJDPMNKZZ5J0KIBO1DFC/P9210083.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Orchids a plenty The Dainty Bird Orchid (Chiloglottis trapeziformis) was one of seven different species we discovered on a trip to the forest behind the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506251529684-OUWM8UUIRF4JTBKKNU3V/P9200025-2.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Blunt Greenhood We managed to sight the sciarid fly that pollinates this orchid (Pterostylis curta) and a number of other local Greenhood species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506248573222-C0TZB6SWAT0NYJSRNFY6/P9210078.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Maroonhood festooned with webs The forest floor was blanketed in parts with Pterostylis pedunculata flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506248460804-NR1EDXC08GHYBH6G7O5J/P9200167.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Mayfly Orchid - aptly named Acianthus caudatus looks more like an insect than a plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506248505373-XNLJSOBXKIGCUJ0CH59R/P9220064.jpg 24 Sept 2017 - Dagger Fly - a romantic killer In the last week we've seen swarms of these large flies (Hilara sp.) flying back and forth over the surface of our frog pond. The fly stabs a small insect with its dagger-like proboscis, wraps it in silk - made by glands in those swollen front legs - and presents it to a prospective mate. https://southernforestlife.net/1-oct-2017 daily 0.75 2017-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506429373365-AMVT39BDC5IK4X2QKXTO/P9260123.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Rufous Whistlers return! This week has seen yet another of the iconic Summer birds return to the forest. Rufous Whistlers have a large, musical repertoire so we always know when they're back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506429373365-AMVT39BDC5IK4X2QKXTO/P9260123.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Rufous Whistlers return! This week has seen yet another of the iconic Summer birds return to the forest. Rufous Whistlers have a large, musical repertoire so we always know when they're back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506844330600-2T62VA8X94BMILUC60UD/P9280317.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Floral feast I watched on as this old, battle-scarred male Swamp Wallaby devoured masses of newly-opened Indigofera flowers. (sigh). This is the same guy that we watched ripping into the flowering wattle last month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506429368434-ZRTDS8K9ZC1F5VU6QZ5E/P9240063-2.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Emerald Moth This pretty species has been a common sighting for several weeks now. They fly to lights and so we often see them on the windows of the house. (I confess to laughing uproariously when Paul first showed me this photo). Golden-fringed Emerald (Chlorocoma assimilis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506429369122-I980NUMTQ2Y2D5HNK1UA/P9260019.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Taddies galore The frog pond is teeming with tadpoles of all sizes. And some are soon-to-be frogs! This is a Southern Brown Tree Frog (Litoria ewingii), the species we showed in detail in earlier tadpole blogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506896302602-XV4LTQH4XU3SYM4WODOI/P9270039-2.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Orchid season continues Pink Fingers orchids (Caladenia carnea) are perhaps our most common orchid species here in the forest, and they made their first appearance last week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506844357086-9U0DXXE7GSERVETZYTJW/PA010066.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Preening fairy wrens These two Superb Fairy Wrens found a patch of late afternoon sun in which to dry and preen their feathers. Some males are in full breeding plumage, but this one has a way to go yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506845965879-SKF0IYT86PRGCFSM3PF8/P9260056.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Bright Copper A male Bright Copper resting between bouts of aerial display. Whenever another male Paralucia aurifer arrives on site, the two spiral about one another in a contest for which the rules are unclear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506845966390-JRZ8MGJCLICIJBW0UHRG/P9260178.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Brand new butterfly This is the first Yellow-spotted Blue butterfly I've seen this season. They'll soon be quite a common sight feeding on low-growing bushes and forbs. (Candalides xanthospilos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506845974139-DKRSV0L89TE68CG25W3X/P9270187.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Pimelea The host plant for the larvae of the Yellow-spotted Blue butterfly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506845978115-I3QJR7P3Q49JEZOBDRUJ/P9270247.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Wolf Spider Whenever I check in on her during the day, this Tasmanicosa is peering out from her tunnel in the sandy soil. Perhaps she pounces on passing prey, although I imagine that at night she leaves the shelter and hunts in the open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506844328680-3X0IFO4NQFXCO8R92XY5/P9280006-2.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Southern Emu-wren It was a special treat to see several of these tiny birds during a visit to Ben Boyd National Park this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506844328671-XV3ZYIPWFBBNF0HXEDI1/P9280002.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Tall Leek Orchid The Green Cape heath in Ben Boyd National Park is apparently ideal habitat for orchids. There are a number of orchids that we've only seen at this location - including this one, Prasophyllum elatum, as well as the following two orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506856045489-03COXZSY95IWIFNO9NDP/P9280140.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Now you see it... Spotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) in all its glory at 12:03pm on the Green Cape heath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506856057367-KHZKJVKZAW140Z7QL9LJ/P9280258.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - ...Now you don't Exactly the same plant at 2:23pm. Sun Orchid flowers only open when the sun is in the right position in the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506860217402-Y0OQPYZNSKWLQNLF2V5U/P9280170.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Brown Beaks A rather prosaic common name for what is a spectacular orchid. Its scientific name Lyperanthus suaveolens is a bit classier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506857190373-X0ZDIR9PTJ078EMMQ9XH/P9280026.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Erect Violet-bush Hybanthus vernonii is a member of the Violet (Violaceae) family. The apparently single petal gives the flower a striking appearance. In fact, it has 5 petals, but one is much longer than the other 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506896092832-IITSNL1EHLSXHUXVVCPN/P9280048.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Leafless Bossiaea We have quite a few Bossiaea species at home. But this one, Bossiaea ensata, which we saw on the Green Cape heath, isn't amongst them. The leaves in this species have been reduced to tiny scales - a common strategy amongst plants growing in infertile, sandy soils to reduce water loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506859764074-BYRGPARZYYN5VDU2ST92/P9280110.jpg 1 Oct 2017 - Blue Dampiera This showy plant - Dampiera stricta - belongs to the family Goodeniaceae. Another Green Cape heath species. https://southernforestlife.net/8-oct-2017 daily 0.75 2017-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507373900233-WOH2UUHTJSKWC0UWIAD2/PA030131-2.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Our regular kingfisher pair returns The returning Sacred Kingfishers are perhaps the loudest claimants to the local forest. They arrived back two weeks ago and have been noisily announcing themselves ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507373900233-WOH2UUHTJSKWC0UWIAD2/PA030131-2.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Our regular kingfisher pair returns The returning Sacred Kingfishers are perhaps the loudest claimants to the local forest. They arrived back two weeks ago and have been noisily announcing themselves ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507373914907-N6ZOPBCTD12PIZW54U85/PA070317.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Fan-tailed Cuckoo Several species of cuckoos take advantage of breeding Fairy-wrens, Robins and Thornbills, laying their own eggs in the nests of the smaller birds. This adult Fan-tailed Cuckoo was hunting caterpillars among the shrubs and grasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507257628391-U3PTG062CQMOCDOF7NR7/PA050313.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Orchid colour variants Caladenia carnea - Pink Fingers - is not always pink. It is the most common orchid flowering in the forest this week. Some are white, while others are pale or even bright pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507257634370-FMA8G6IZKO5YLM9E83N7/PA050299.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Waxlip Orchid Glossodia major has begun to put on a show. Like many orchids, each individual flower is surprisingly long-lived, lasting for many days or even weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507373908453-ZW11ALEUCACTL8LKG9PZ/PA050022.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Short-lived flowers In contrast to the orchids, each Purple Flag flower (Patersonia) lasts less than a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507371804250-CURY1HFO90N5FA7YBJMO/PA070258.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Sedge Moth Another new moth species for the home list - Glyphipterix cometophora. No doubt they have always been here, but I'd not noticed them until this week. Small - and easily overlooked - but very pretty up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507463682173-714EKGWORYVJ3FVZG12H/PA080452.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Hover Fly Hover flies have just reappeared, and will become an increasingly common sight as the weather warms. They are valuable pollinators for a wide range of flowering plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507451960205-G6LW79PG2D9P1HAG6ZC3/PA080370.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Orange lauxanid fly These pretty little, slow-moving flies are around in large numbers this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507373904577-X4ZWNS0VRW5VLH1OXR20/PA040038.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Fly scrub up I enjoyed watching this lauxanid fly washing its face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507373908170-4U60DFLLR1O6VPZZNRJG/PA050158.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Paper wasp For several weeks now, a single wasp has been constructing this nest made from chewed wood. She is clearly feeding developing young in the open cells. The colony is sure to grow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507451513523-BCNE8HV2Q7DLSCVBLLIW/PA080269.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Mud wasp After some web trawling, I'm reasonably sure this is Paralastor sp., a 'Potter Wasp' in the group renown for building their nests from mud. The one I saw was not building, however, but rather seems to be feeding rush flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507461236562-YUP76XTTGIY8N6TXXD91/PA080371.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Creamy Candles Stackhousia are small, erect herbs that produce a showy display of tiny white flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507373912486-5X00X2Y5DXURZGJ9RCDH/PA050237.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Flower-feeding beetle This Wasp-mimicking Longicorn Beetle (Enchoptera apicalis) is just one of the many insects to feed on Stackhousia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507461223425-LZKE5TNYZ6PV17ADJV41/PA080376.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Bee Fly The decorative wings of this large Bee Fly (Aleucosia sp.) are amazing for their artistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507461249073-H1CHVFQBXAKDI121D2LV/PA080090.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Damselfly season begins The Wandering Ringtail damselflies are back! I spotted this female resting in the undergrowth - the first Austrolestes leda sighting of the season. Later in the day a tandem pair were laying eggs in the pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507462965911-QG3WBOU7E1ZWPFA0700R/PA030020.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Frog on the deck We nearly stepped on this Emerald Spotted Tree Frog while hunting wolf spiders late one night. (That is, we were the ones hunting wolf spiders ... not sure what the frog was hunting) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507462997722-8VOQ3OQPVAB7648L5D36/PA030088.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Sundew flower Early October seems to be the peak time for flowering of the Tall Sundew. They're all over the block right now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507463034458-YSVAFCT02DRPOALDT4BC/PA060021.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Yet another weevil This is the sixth weevil we've found on the block to date. Bound to be more - there are 6,500 described species of this beetle family in Australia. We think this is Meriphus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507464338433-LV1BVNYGQVNTJ4RJYK0D/PA070058.jpg 8 Oct 2017 - Stiletto Fly As Spring gets into full swing we discover a new fly species almost every day. It took me the best part of a day to work out who this one is - Ectinorhynchus variabilis, the Stiletto Fly. It's a new family for us - Therevidae. They're related to robber flies. https://southernforestlife.net/15-oct-2017 daily 0.75 2017-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890003119-YBD41IA5RPBM29JEJE0W/PA100044.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Rufous Whistler These Summer visitors are now well-established in the area. This female was one of several we watched during a visit to Merimbula, an hour's drive to the north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890003119-YBD41IA5RPBM29JEJE0W/PA100044.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Rufous Whistler These Summer visitors are now well-established in the area. This female was one of several we watched during a visit to Merimbula, an hour's drive to the north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890007519-DJ5D2GW6AR0Q4Q8N0PPA/PA100101.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Rufous Whistler Both males and females were calling from the trees lining Merimbula Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890003656-5M3DG3EVWXF2GI6A7Z78/PA100016.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Rufous Whistler The streaky plumage distinguishes the female Rufous Whistler from female Golden Whistlers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890008092-LGWVT4MHGHSO6WME13JF/PA100122.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Rufous Whistlers The males are quite unmistakable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507889856484-YAHWJ8JWM1GFNKVQMPJX/PA090225.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Lilac Lily This is one of several small lilies that flower in the forest at this time of year. It grows low to the ground, usually as a single plant and flower. Schelhammera undulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507892799644-O8ZK3QN5HG6GWKDBL4ND/PA110531.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Waxlip Orchid Yes, the orchids are still flowering! Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507889864157-12SLKTUGU30VF1BUNAWH/PA090238.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Pink Fingers I couldn't resist including these again this week. A cluster of four plants made quite a display ... this pair of tall flowers ... Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507889877451-K7Z5M289TH0R9Y8BWNA1/PA090241.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Pink Fingers .... and another pair lower to the ground. Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507889900988-XF612B6QWYQUWQ754NLE/PA090032.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Honey Bee One of many Honey Bees feasting on Gahnia pollen. This 'great event' lasted only a couple of days - the pollen is now completely spent and only the female parts of the flower are now showing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890085148-CZ7MGGMBSCLBV0XLE6BS/PA110196.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - A native bee One of several species of native bees I've been watching this week ... and trying to identify. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890183954-0E5JV6G4K1BG372N32QG/PA110287.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Common Hover Fly Hover flies are important pollinators, visiting flowers to feed on both nectar and pollen. Unlike bees, however, they don't feed their larvae on pollen. The larvae are carnivores ... they eat aphids! Melangyna sp. (Probably M. viridiceps) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890455477-S0HQK74AA7U1JDB94I3A/PA110185.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - A different Hover Fly It came as something of a surprise to us when we identified this as belonging to the Hover Fly family. They don't look or act like typical hover flies ... they don't even really hover! Cyphipelta rufocyanea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508105423251-BHQ26Q3XCBJH1U3RT6R2/PA150432.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Not another fly, Paul!! Sorry. Couldn't resist this one, particularly as I managed to identify it to species level after a hard day's work. It's Senostoma punctipenne, a long-legged tachinid fly, seen here extending its proboscis to suck up nectar from this teatree flower. And I think it's rather handsome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507892770979-UA59EWKWI4PR89I1Y2UJ/PA120041.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo A family of three make regular visits and their behaviours are quite predictable. The male sits high in the tree, on guard, while the female tears at shrubs and branches in search of grubs ... and the baby sits and begs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507892771313-4J11YBI2M5ZCKHVLVUVN/PA120045.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo This 'baby' must be nearly independent ... it is adult-sized, has quite a crest, and is very alert. But it still begs noisily and continuously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507892773496-GQ9BZL95KZX628OYOSMP/PA130090.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Superb Fairy-wren (male) This male was noisily and actively courting a female. The dappled sun flashing on his blue feathers was quite beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507892796536-8A0I5JI19QG0TM7BMPVM/PA110498.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Eastern Spinebill No doubt these birds are off nesting, as we don't see them in the open so much at the moment. They do return to the bath regularly, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508099747898-FXB5MY4B9T633G0W6CZR/PA150022-2.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Sacred Kingfisher The local pair has started nesting and they're well-settled into their territory. This one had clearly just finished bathing. They mainly eat lizards, spiders and insects, but perhaps they're developing a taste for the tadpoles in the frog pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890249451-W12MO6B7UG7M4501QM85/PA110026.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Wandering Ringtail A male patiently waiting at the pond for a mate to arrive. Austrolestes leda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1507890249142-1J4DFH9YCPQ011ER0U4A/PA110032.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Wandering Ringtail Only the males have the striking blue thorax. Austrolestes leda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508102082633-MRORH6Y92QWIOD0ZZ9UK/PA150029.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - When camouflage doesn't work We first saw this beautiful moth, the Cryptic Emerald Aeolochromia mniaria a couple of years ago. Like this one, it was on the wall of the house. Our chances of sighting it in its natural habitat are probably very low. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508102103313-717LDQI4TDEJQ492FRBS/PA090008.jpg 15 Oct 2017 - Huge jumping spider! Well, it's actually only 10mm long. But that's relatively large for this group of spiders. This is the first time we've seen this species Servaea incana on the block. She has taken up residence somewhere on our front deck so we'll almost certainly be seeing more of her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508102115513-NU38ESIRYN1U543XFGF7/PA090010.jpg 15 Oct 2017 And yes - she did turn her head to look at me! https://southernforestlife.net/from-21-oct-2017 daily 0.75 2021-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508706998188-KZIODPP5Q3DZ382654PT/PA210193.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - stick insect nymph This is a nymphal stage of a stick insect - probably either Podocanthus typhon or Ctenomorpha marginipennis. Hard to tell till it grows up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508706998188-KZIODPP5Q3DZ382654PT/PA210193.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - stick insect nymph This is a nymphal stage of a stick insect - probably either Podocanthus typhon or Ctenomorpha marginipennis. Hard to tell till it grows up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508707311726-STOO50C172U9HSS8DYIM/PA210199.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - stick insect nymph These amiable animals feed on vegetation of a variety of plant species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508707106529-N7X9KZANVRQHAW7NZ6RW/PA200048.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Tiger Orchid In the last week we've sighted the first Tiger Orchids (Diuris sulphurea) of the season. These ones were gone the next day - swamp wallabies love them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508707767723-K68V5FK88PMUBX0QSPOJ/PA210172.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Flying Duck Orchid We sighted dozens of these plants on an orchid hunt in Nadgee Nature Reserve a month ago. At that stage the flowers had not yet opened. We returned to the spot with friends a couple of days ago and were delighted to find many of the plants in full flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508707224390-RPTIJVEQPZTCGWW0MSAY/PA200082.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Green Long-legged Fly The zucchini and pumpkin seedlings in our vegetable garden have now grown decent sized leaves. And as happens every year a couple of species of small, colourful flies have taken up positions on these leaves - I presume to stake out mating territory. This is one of them - Parentia vulgaris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508707267905-KGK0ZHMUPWQ4P887O8BA/PA200083.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Long-legged fly This is another species of these long-legged flies. I haven't been able to identify it yet, but it certainly belongs to the family Dolichopodidae. A long family name for a rather small fly - 2-3mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508736852131-IDP9TASTNW6AV45XW29Z/PA200085.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Long-legged fly Pretty elegant beasts, I think. This and the previous species are predators. They catch and eat even smaller insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508709824398-RHMB5WE1CBEV637VBLM6/PA150515.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Paper Wasp The very earliest stages of nest construction and colony establishment – just one of several such developments underway at our friends' nearby property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508709827997-NM5NJ0H947SPMA8JWNRK/PA210132.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Pied Oystercatcher Beach-nesting shorebirds often wear identifying flags, as part of long-term study and conservation programs. H5 is well-known to us. Wonboyn Beach, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508709832314-UYXGPLJQFT17UXD5WU86/PA210133.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Pied Oystercatcher It's worms, not oysters, that these birds are usually pulling from the beach sands. H5 was banded near Melbourne in 2007 and is now at least 14 years old! Wonboyn Beach, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508709835674-U1NVP8JDSF2S4D105DYE/PA220854.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Blue Ringtail Austrolestes annulosus, numerous at a beachside lagoon about an hour's drive to our north. Bournda National Park, NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508709843881-2KEEYC5XKNOG2OJEDFUV/PA220887.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - It's called the 'wheel' ... ... but looks like a heart! Blue Ringtail damselflies demonstrating the classical Odonata mating position. Bournda National Park, NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508709868051-HE5RXGZ5BJ3LCGL1QABY/PA220244.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Common Dolphin We watched a pod of Short-beaked Common Dolphins surfing alongside the boat during a wonderful whale-watching cruise yesterday. Eden coast, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508710089545-W8SAJZ7HFB56U3MFP28E/PA220204-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Australasian Gannet One of the more common seabirds of the nearby coastal waters – this one briefly cruising alongside the whale-watching boat, backlit by the early morning sun. Eden coast, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508710040906-PEHGWPF66UD8C18D3PQC/PA220789.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Baby Humpback at play By the time they reach our coast on their first journey to Antarctic waters, this years' youngsters are about three months old - and very active! Eden coast, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923112753-LERA7F1E5KKMT6MNSTMN/PA280009-4.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - tiny metallic green fly Most of the photos this week were taken during a quick trip to southern Victoria and the Australian Alps. This as-yet unidentified fly was displaying on a fallen leaf in the Gurdies Conservation Area, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923123507-O14WN2BDBXWDHNX1SBTQ/PA280044-4.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Knobbled Orb-weaver This is probably Eriophora pustulosa, although it's difficult to be sure - the genus is widespread, highly variable, and under revision. The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923157620-2JRB3K801PIXL2J75WRY/PA280254-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater These vocal birds are regular visitors to the southern forests, including throughout south-eastern Victoria. The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923161349-0FEC7JEGSYARBOA76U6P/PA280258-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - White-naped Honeyeater A bossy little species, commonly seen flying and feeding alongside Yellow-faced Honeyeaters. The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923338029-0CAMZ80JRVM96NSHKGJA/PA280073-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - More bees I initially thought this was a wasp, but I'm now convinced it's a bee. Species? I'm working on it. The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923341439-9O2BAY1QJ2JGDRGPYKV6/PA280079-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - 'Bubbling' bee Many native bee species have been reported, and photographed, 'bubbling'. They regurgitate a bead of nectar, presumably as a way of making it more concentrated by evaporation. The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923226953-NF2T0G73MOYZ7VUB62K2/PB010407.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Flame Robin The high country is the best place to see Flame Robins. The extraordinary colour of the male makes them difficult to overlook, even in an Alpine forest. Kosciuszko National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923231509-IK62YDZSXP1X7FW0ZBPX/PB010384.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Flame Robin Kosciuszko National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923236856-3J41DKS2TXE0MEQZEVTM/PB010311.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Flame Robin This male Flame Robin spent some time beating a caterpillar against a branch, before swallowing it. Guess he doesn't like his meals to wriggle on the way down. Kosciuszko National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509960679555-1YH46P7MIMOXS7AZUU1I/PA310083-3.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Striated Pardalotes The calls of breeding pardalotes rung out in the forest lining the banks of Thredbo River. Kosciuszko National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509960694802-4VYSBG0WVIL0PZ1YHYIE/PA310201.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Striated Pardalote Peering from a nest hollow. Kosciuszko National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509960682428-X880ZMP8QG93C7FANBOY/PA310107.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Striated Pardalote Kosciuszko National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923207076-4I7DTL2R1Y3JICW0ECZP/PB010266.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - More bees My obsession with bees continues. Kosciuszko National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923255869-OSO7VCRSK7H9ICH5ZIQZ/PB050196.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Another tiny bee Yesterday I discovered that the Carpobrotus ('Pigface') flowers at the beach are full of tiny native bees. Wonboyn Lake, NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509923294919-UTI1BSY2CP65L9QRHAO6/PB050129.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Another tiny bee These tiny bees completely disappear among the stamens, no doubt diving down to the where the nectar is pooling. Wonboyn Lake, NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1509919158697-2MZP0H8HBC6IPFFF7XGB/PB040052.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Sacred Kingfisher Most of the photos this week were taken on our travels in Victoria and the Australian Alps. This one, however, is one of our home birds. The pair is now well-settled and they almost certainly have eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755193619-VHWOUH46IUNK6Y75W614/PB260001.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Wombat Berry This pretty vine has finally flowered! We've been waiting for a couple of years, unable to confirm the identity - until now. Eustrephus latifolius (Wombat Berry) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511853143019-XVQWR2JG9Z4CUH1HU36F/PB260006.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Wombat Berry The species is typically found in rainforest, so our single plant is a little out of its comfort zone. I guess a bird planted it after feeding on the berries. Eustrephus latifolius (Wombat Berry) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755114023-6UCLQ9KRD78I3YLSN54L/PB090241.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Huge longhorn beetle This massive and impressive beetle was hard to ignore when it crash landed among the grasses. Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755158892-TY0C7O0LRRDM6TCF9DX7/PB260090.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Masked Devil The number of cicadas currently calling from the treetops is huge - and so is the noise! We have both orange and green forms here, many of them with extensive black markings. Cyclochila australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755117322-T2MUIC17OBTQJWE25FZD/PB100009.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Tiny moth This tiny, snowy moth with the extraordinary hairdo caught my attention as it rested on a leaf. The larvae feed on rushes (Juncus sp.) Family: Crambidae; Species: Tipanaea patulella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755119049-Q6I4OSUTRQV9QCPEPYJ1/PB100014.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Small-headed Fly These weird-looking flies parasitise spiders. We've seen the adults rarely, and only in November. Family: Acroceridae; Species: Ogcodes basalis(?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755121883-EEXWAS4MWUGDH3Z37ZN3/PB100077-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Ichneumonid wasp Many species of solitary and slender wasps in the warning colours of orange and black are busily flitting about in search of host insects into which to insert their eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755123651-ZPG9H3ALR1GPA2MM0GWY/PB100102.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Bee Fly An interesting approach to flower feeding - keep flying, and reach. Order: Diptera; Family: Bombyliidae; Genus: Staurostichus   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755125772-RM45CG9GQOFJJASKJQAQ/PB100140.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Weevil An alternative approach to flower feeding - dive right in. Order: Coleoptera; Family: Curculionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755142496-8CZK6MTXB4C7ASM6E2C4/PB220188.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Masked Bee My fascination with native bees continues: The Leptospermum continentale flowers are attracting numerous tiny bees with yellow spots. I'm thinking these are Masked Bees - Family Colletidae, subfamily Hylaeniae. I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755134715-NDEJ7HF8BO7QENBHPKDM/PB220044.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Another tiny bee So small that at first I thought this was an ant. Identity remains a work in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755146743-3KZJX4LF6GM0U4YG1L3I/PB220219.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Bees love Dianella If you want to see native bees, check out flowering Dianella. It's a bee magnet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755151936-ZIWHMU50SSELZY8JKUVJ/PB250018.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Fringe Lily ... with bee! Now that I'm looking for them, I realise that there are bees everywhere! Well, everywhere that there is nectar and pollen, at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755139023-9V7SR6LEVVJM3OF95WQI/PB220083.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - NOT a bee The Sand Wasps that I featured in a post last week also visit flowers. They take a quick sip of nectar and move on, unlike the pollen-gathering bees. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Crabrondiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755141494-UF39DDYWVI9U7ZGSQGVC/PB220095.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Imperial Hairstreak The Leptospermum flowers attract many nectar-feeders, including this Imperial Hairstreak seen egg laying on Acacia just moments before. Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755151622-MYRWJHL1HYP2FXOHZU0N/PB240119.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Crab spider An ambush predator fully alert, having moments before this photo just missed nabbing a visiting bee. Red-tipped Crab Spider (Sidymella rubrosignata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755113747-HQTMX2LLJSJ395GH6ZQL/PB090019.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - mouse spider Missulena sp. Another spider ready to pounce, but this one is a little more intimidating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755147063-CONFJS6A61YG2YX2BM76/PB240008-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Blue Skimmer A common Summer visitor to the frog pond. This male has taken charge of the territory for a week now, although there are still relatively few competitors about. Orthetrum caledonicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755136838-QQ1DOPBWHO9AZP493FRP/PB220078-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Red-bellied Black Snake After cruising the pond in pursuit of frogs and tadpoles, our now-resident snake rested on the rocks ... whether yawning or swallowing, I'm not sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755156571-LSI6DUEUBEKVVZAUB7RA/PB260049.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Leucopogon berries Remember those white Leucopogon flowers that were such a hit with the insects? Well, the ripening berries are now proving even more popular with the birds! Leucopogon affinis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755132827-Q8TZG2DL350XPLMCF0J8/PB150934.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Tree Martins A common species, appearing in southern Australia during the Summer breeding season. Several nesting pairs were sharing this large eucalypt on the shores of the Gippsland Lakes. Metung, Victoria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755485448-ABZ5R4SX2D2HQUL0QGU4/PB150736.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Little Pied Cormorant The smallest of the four species of cormorants common across much of Australia, Little Pieds are usually solitary during the day but may gather to roost at night. Metung, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755500602-JCU8X9UVIOBMR5BAUP0P/PB150741.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Black Swans Such a commonplace bird that I rarely bother to photograph them - but when they show their ruffles off like this, and when I'm with a friend from Germany, I look at them anew. Metung, Victoria   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755504658-ABIUUWDXKA8OQD7O6O1S/PB150784.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Australian Pied Oystercatchers The immature bird may be 2-3 years old. The legs and bill gradually deepen in colour, with the brown tip to the bill disappearing at 3-4 years of age. Metung, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755509201-8TK1A2J68NS3TRY3D3V8/PB160957.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Long-billed Corella This sighting was a 'first' for us, and therefore very exciting. Despite being on the lookout for these (common!) birds whenever we've travelled in southern Australia, we hadn't seen them before. Kyneton, Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755128312-LQ7CDH155DURQP8YHNDE/PB120171-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - At the Lighthouse Wombats in broad daylight! The area around Greencape Lighthouse must seem a safe haven for the healthy population there. Greencape, Ben Boyd National Park, NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511756139966-G7O2ZRGG8QYS2C7NF1F9/PB140468.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Last of the migrants With the Humpback migration almost over for another season, we were lucky to see several mothers and calves passing Greencape Lighthouse during our overnight stay there (in mid November). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511755130697-L2FXPNLPDJUN50KZCKCE/PB130255-2.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Bees and peas I was fascinated to see how this little bee prised open a Gompholobium flower to access the pollen. Ben Boyd National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1511756155869-YADRZXFDUSC7K35NAIZ6/PB130322.jpg from 22 Oct 2017 - Bees and Pigface The gaudy flowers of Carpobrotus glaucescens are packed with pollen and, unsurprisingly, packed with bees of various species. https://southernforestlife.net/12-dec-2017 daily 0.75 2017-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950328084-BQNS6OZ3PHRV356GFXFB/PB240072.jpg 12 Dec 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950328084-BQNS6OZ3PHRV356GFXFB/PB240072.jpg 12 Dec 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950332826-AU833FVWVD5E1VEBLQ3K/PB280064.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Fringed Heath Blue Neolucia agricola   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950333430-50V2UPNPAHC2MEF8LLU2/PC040109-2.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950337391-HMH87KATNEQVSXDU8FE8/PC040275.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950338340-9YML21GDKMGDBV4LCRLP/PC040280.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950342825-ZDXB6RRKHZSUACT20JYB/PC040329.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater Drying off, after a quick bath in the frog pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950345531-LDI9L40D1A4LFEUKFJH7/PC070024.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Common Brown Heteronympha merope Newly enclosed and emerging from among the grasses. After a few minutes the wings were fully expanded and this male took flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950351238-SHDZVRD23JR0MXBNXK3C/PC070096.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Common Brown Heteronympha merope Newly enclosed and emerging from among the grasses. After a few minutes the wings were fully expanded and this male took flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950355849-DNWG42V8QCAT86WL5AH9/PC070103.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Common Brown Heteronympha merope Newly enclosed and emerging from among the grasses. After a few minutes the wings were fully expanded and this male took flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950346771-868DNRUSNYOMZUU85W90/PC070029-2.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Stick insect Ctenomorpha marginipennis Now that this female has completed her final moult, we are able to be confident of the species identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950349147-Z8OBOMP8VUYVVOU6JWRH/PC070058-2.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Stick insect Ctenomorpha marginipennis Now that this female has completed her final moult, we are able to be confident of the species identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950360752-NLUG2MZYYM3MNQZ327ZF/PC070196-2.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Stick insect Ctenomorpha marginipennis The short wings that confirm her identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950365611-F3HYZM7DSLNXNK612R2D/PC070251-2.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Stick insect Ctenomorpha marginipennis Recycling the cast off exoskeleton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950354316-8WPWE1Q13Q8IK4E0T1IH/PC070102-2.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Stick insect Ctenomorpha marginipennis I'll release her soon ... although I fear that when I do she'll quickly become food for the voracious birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950358969-LYRQB44O66GZ3RXUM73Y/PC070159.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Red-bellied Black Snake Now a regular visitor to the pond, here with a mouthful of frog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950363101-5QKZL9DOD62WU3LARPAR/PC070228.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Scarlet Honeyeater Another visitor to the frog pond, and our first sighting of the Scarlets this Summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950377475-8FFMUNA6RTI8BFJKBM4N/PC090190.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Sacred baby Newly-fledged Sacred Kingfisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950367712-WE3K59IFDM8HQFKFXPQG/PC090037.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Sacred Kingfisher Calling for food, but otherwise surprisingly independent and confident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950372513-8QB4IG762COX4FOQVWFM/PC090100.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Olive-backed Oriole Summer breeding migrant, although never here in large numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950373716-4U5EKN1UC5I8IE5D6ZWO/PC090126.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950381080-IIQZWBMJFRISUZAI0802/PC090210.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950376845-G2MXICF98AHO01IF2JSW/PC090138.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950381660-RHEIWLAPNH8FEI33QFHE/PC100315.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1512950383752-ZSDU8Z6BZA0MEKMHCASG/PC100316.jpg 12 Dec 2017 - Grass Trigger-plant Stylidium graminifolium https://southernforestlife.net/5th-jan-2018 daily 0.75 2020-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137160431-9EMC89RIOCMPI201VUDS/P1050594.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Lewin's Honeyeater These large(ish) honeyeaters are here all year, but never in big numbers. This bird is mid-moult ... note the new flight feathers growing in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137160431-9EMC89RIOCMPI201VUDS/P1050594.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Lewin's Honeyeater These large(ish) honeyeaters are here all year, but never in big numbers. This bird is mid-moult ... note the new flight feathers growing in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137111596-JYA5KXPTMVBH994091G7/P1050227.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Hairy Colletid Bee Leioproctus bees are important pollinators of Geebung (Persoonia spp.) They pry the anthers apart to expose the pollen, and effectively transfer pollen between plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137116297-QFTJLAI396UEZLGVMR54/P1050333.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Reed Bee on Bursaria Reed Bees (Exoneura sp.) are very small bees belonging to one of the 'long-tongued' bee families, Apidae. They are generalist feeders and often take pollen or nectar without necessarily providing effective pollination.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137088908-0FK8MEB7IJYU6LEKMKQ3/P1040057-2.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Leaden Flycatcher (male) The calls of these Summer visitors are quite distinctive, as is their habit of tail-twitching when they land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137120449-RZZFZLRC96728YZP9T3Q/P1050386.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Grey Shrike-thrush This species - aptly named Colluricincla harmonica - provides arguably the most musical song in the forest. This particular bird appears to be an adult female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137080873-Q9M9OLUS5G6P5LNL6WJH/P1040022-3.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Grey Shrike-thrush (juvenile) This very young bird is quite different in appearance from the adults, and will not attain its mature plumage for three years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137139085-IG455K8JC67B8KIHZFDH/P1050497.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Rufous Fantail These stunning little Summer migrants are driving me crazy this week. They loudly announce their presence, but jump, twitch and fly such that photographing them is proving a real challenge. I will persevere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137159401-7Z7UMH5SWJDF5BRBA8EV/P1050555.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Varied Sittella Another bird that is a photographer's nightmare. Sittellas move through the canopy in large, cheeping flocks, working their way up tree trunks and along branches in search of insects. Even our guide book describes them as 'hyper-active'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137088253-RGJPU2I0A8OYRC1D2I0Q/P1040051-2.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Bull Ant One of our largest bull ants, Myrmecia simillima. Although Myrmecia species live in colonies, each worker forages alone. They kill their prey with a sting, and are reported to have the most potent venom of any insect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515669012654-RRMKGA81BSNQ93RC7R6Y/P1040002.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - An adult Lacewing A new species for our home list - Angular-wing Lacewing (Periclystus circuiter). And large, at 40mm! This particular species belongs to the group of Neuropterans famous for their 'antlion' larvae - predators that construct sit-and-wait pit traps for unwary ants and other small insects. Order: Neuroptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515216596355-UAMLYLQKRCZ7D3H5SKBX/P1060346.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Blue-eyed Lacewing Yet another new addition to the home list, and yet another Lacewing! Nymphes myrmeleonoides is active at night, resting beneath vegetation during the day. The larvae are active hunters and live amongst the leaf litter, not in sand pits as antlions do. Order: Neuroptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137136659-851EECPZKILC0RXME5UX/P1050491.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - White's Skink These skinks are typically about 11cm (head & body) plus the tail. They live on and around a rocky section of the forest. Their pretty patterns of spots and stripes blend in surprisingly well with the lichen. Liopholis whitii   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137080606-8TZ37HZ4NKS349S2DMH0/P1010064.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Wandering Ringtail A female Austrolestes leda, emerging from her pupal case just a short distance above the surface of the pond. The larvae of damselflies are aquatic predators. Order: Odonata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515137121396-3SXHTS0U2GG71AVW3621/P1050472.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Common Flatwing These small, long-legged damselflies typically perch, for extended periods, on pond side rocks or vegetation. They are unusual among dragonflies in that they typically rest with their wings spread, not folded. Austroargiolestes icteromelas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515400534076-YEUEUZAD6TNA60FOATOZ/P1081109.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Nomia bees During Summer, in the late afternoon, large numbers of these native bees gather to roost atop the stems of sedges or other low-growing plants. In the morning sun they become increasingly active and gradually fly off, one by one. These two were among the last to leave their overnight commune. Lipotriches australica (Family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1515400589178-GMR8OV4B8HJE9RY3S7L0/P1080648.jpg 5th Jan 2018 - Rose Robin (fledgling) There is something delightful about Rose Robins. They are tiny, secretive, large-eyed - and males are a beautiful pink! This new fledgling has just a single pink breast feather ... so far. https://southernforestlife.net/18th-jan-2018 daily 0.75 2018-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516273370575-S5VXCHMFLMK2D0JUPAKV/P1170086-4.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Tau Emerald A newly-eclosed dragonfly showing the elaborate wing attachments that enable the insect's speed and manoeuvrability. Hemicordulia tau (Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicordulidae)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516273370575-S5VXCHMFLMK2D0JUPAKV/P1170086-4.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Tau Emerald A newly-eclosed dragonfly showing the elaborate wing attachments that enable the insect's speed and manoeuvrability. Hemicordulia tau (Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicordulidae)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516275723613-TJ7IK2HINHYC4RKLDDCB/P1170099.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Tau Emerald   Hemicordulia tau (Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicordulidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516273352843-XS5H8CVWVFANVXT4AAJ2/P1170011.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Blue Skimmer As they mature, many dragonfly species develop a bluish, waxy coating. This Blue Skimmer was yellow and black when younger. Orthetrum caledonicum (Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516275743587-CZASRSL8DBCJF9C72393/P1170018.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Blue Skimmer As they mature, many dragonfly species develop a bluish, waxy coating. This Blue Skimmer was yellow and black when younger. Orthetrum caledonicum (Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516277095686-MMAS6URDCL3A497SF6N5/P1120012.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Backswimmer These small (5mm long) bugs abound in our frog pond. They prey on small submerged animals, including mosquito larvae. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Notonectidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516273325931-DUSSYHRHB9X8QJE8TG12/P1170092-2.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Lipotriches These male bees are still roosting on the same sedge flower head - it has been more than a week now, and the troop seems to be growing. Lipotriches australica (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516273338778-AX1Y4MK0MORHGHP3E593/P1170065.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Milk Vine Bugs These really are bugs. The nymphs form writing masses on their host plant, often competing with adults for feeding room. Oncopeltus sordidus (Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516275764515-BVEKS428D8N9NG5WF1M6/P1170050.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Milk Vine Bugs These really are bugs. The nymphs form writing masses on their host plant, often competing with adults for feeding room. Oncopeltus sordidus (Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516273615336-91LHKHV8EUAEETU6B0CZ/P1130168.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Yellow-spotted Blue This pristine butterfly, with its perfect and undamaged wings, represents the second wave of the species for the Summer. Larvae that overwintered in 2017 emerged in Sept and Oct and are now gone. This is one of their offspring. Candalides xanthospilos (Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516273635625-S1DBJ7OT5X7D8RI37D95/P1110037.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Jumping spider Like most spiders, jumping spiders trail a safety line when they leap. Hypoblemum albovittatum (Order: Aranea; Family: Salticidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516277116198-SSI4YZZKL7XWK958ZU3N/P1170012-2.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Lacewing eggs We discovered this clutch of eggs, laid in typical neuropteran fashion on long silken threads attached to a daisy stem. We hope to witness hatching of the nymphs. Order: Neuroptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516278576612-0OQY1KEL30WB52B63RN0/P1150047.jpg 18th Jan 2018 - Enamelled Spider (female) The Enamelled Spider captures small flying insects in its sloping web. It hunts mainly at night, hiding in vegetation during the day. Plebs bradleyi (Order: Aranea; Family: Araneidae) https://southernforestlife.net/25th-jan-2018 daily 0.75 2018-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516402247846-DAWCPUQZ4Y5ERTDHDHG6/P1190069.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Garden Wolf Spider warming egg sac This Garden Wolf Spider has made her burrow in a clear area close to the house, giving her a good view of passing prey. Here she is munching on a moth while warming up her egg sac in the morning sun. Tasmanicosa godeffroyi (Order: Aranea; Family: Lycosidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516402247846-DAWCPUQZ4Y5ERTDHDHG6/P1190069.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Garden Wolf Spider warming egg sac This Garden Wolf Spider has made her burrow in a clear area close to the house, giving her a good view of passing prey. Here she is munching on a moth while warming up her egg sac in the morning sun. Tasmanicosa godeffroyi (Order: Aranea; Family: Lycosidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516883411463-3CK0CUDWSXJCX30UQ47K/P1220130.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Angophora flowers Several of our Angophora floribunda trees have come into full bloom in the last week. Angophora flowers differ from those of the other eucalypt genera - Eucalyptus and Corymbia - in possessing petals and sepals. The pink-edged, white petals can be seen in this image. Angophora floribunda (Family: Myrtaceae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516883420491-AFGGASB74IF6ZYPRRANH/P1220124-3.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Angophora flowers A rear view of Angophora floribunda flowers, showing the triangular, brown sepals alternating with the white, pink-edged petals. The prominent ridges on the cup-like hypanthium at the base of the flower is another distinctive Angophora feature. Angophora floribunda (Family: Myrtaceae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516883725441-MI7J6XEEKNTTO24OX2PY/P1220112.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Lacewing eggs in a row Several species of lacewings lay their eggs on long silken stalks in a tight alignment. This may prevent the voracious larvae from eating their neighbours straight after they hatch. Order: Neuroptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516883594660-NJAO73P2ATEES2ULQ20Z/P1220149.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Lacewing larva This green lacewing larva has just hatched from the egg on which it is standing. The long hairs on the back trap debris as the larva moves around, providing effective camouflage. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Chrysopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885265126-JXAYY25GZBU05QVKB6SV/P1220345.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Robber Fly This particular species of largish robber fly has been a common sight all week. They are such obliging subjects for photography ... they perch prominently and are completely motionless. Ommatius sp. (Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885255484-X2G1R1JGDK24T4JEOGYE/P1220328.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Robber Fly Ommatius sp. (Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885335067-D9TV0FT77KEDVNB4K3EE/P1250294.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Flower wasps Females are flightless. They climb up a stem when they emerge from pupation underground, releasing pheromones to attract a mate. Epactiothynnus sp. ? (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Tiphiidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885427329-1WB47C64F4NK7YU9SRQL/P1250324.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Flower wasps The male brings gifts in the form of liquid food. He feeds her during their extended mating, and may even carry her to nearby flowers to feed. Epactiothynnus sp. ? (Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Tiphiidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885381251-XK6U5TAMBVTQ1F70UW1V/P1250127.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Brown (Common) Ringlet A newly-minted butterfly warming its wings in the early morning sun. Hypocysta metirius (Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nyphalidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885350333-5BTXSPUOKYK0I3PU8SZK/P1220161.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Sword-grass Brown Another newly-emerged Nymphalidae butterfly, but this one much larger and showier. This species flutters slowly but lands only occasionally. This one rested briefly on seed stems of Gahnia, the host plant for its larvae. Tisiphone aboena (Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885355433-ND5N352D0BPH5YA9AN4P/P1190027.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Sword-grass Brown It's amazing how much damage butterfly wings can take, and still the insect is able to fly. Tisiphone aboena (Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885393541-8IS5ODOXDKP2V771VQVH/P1210312.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Splendid Ochre The fat bodies of 'Skipper' butterflies make them look rather like moths. Trapezites symmomus (Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hesperidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516885401832-O2CNF3E7G7F33I5QIY6V/P1240355-2.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Tiny bee on Caesia These beautiful white flowers are proving to be quite a bee magnet. In addition to a number of small species, I've seen Blue-banded Bees buzzing about this plant.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516912256738-R6ZKCKYIA4YXV672TDND/P1240420.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - Pollen loading Bees like this one collect pollen with their front legs and then pass it back to the middle legs ... which in turn pack it into the specialised carrying hairs on the hind legs. Quite a feat, really. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516911900486-W5BDSL7QT7PUPPC0MKH0/P1220187.jpg 25th Jan 2018 - First contact This Oncopeltus bug had no sooner become trapped in the web than the spider came to investigate. After a couple of leg taps, however, the spider retreated. Apparently the bug was either too large or too toxic. Moments later it broke free. https://southernforestlife.net/1st-feb-2018 daily 0.75 2018-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294096038-DG1PJHEJH5WSXUWFX2XF/P1290045.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Spotted Tiger Moth Amata nigriceps These moths are a frequent sighting at this time of the year - particularly in the early morning. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294096038-DG1PJHEJH5WSXUWFX2XF/P1290045.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Spotted Tiger Moth Amata nigriceps These moths are a frequent sighting at this time of the year - particularly in the early morning. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294167008-T95MHE2UG82U1J5FJELK/P1290155.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Common Dusky Blue Candalides hyacinthus Large numbers of these small butterflies have reappeared in the last week - apparently the progeny of the adults that were seen in early Spring. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycenidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294175942-21RU6UF7J3Q4QXPHWBXU/P1290010.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Scarlet Percher (male) Diplacodes haematodes We watched these brilliant red male dragonflies patrolling and defending breeding territories on the Bemboka River. Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294205097-CQ2PYOS7OEHWJ8C129SA/P1290168.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Common Bluetail Damselfly Ischnura heterosticta The males of these strikingly coloured damselflies contrast with the rather drab females. Order: Odonata; Family: Coenagrionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294213798-O2WJ8EN3HZEZFEDS1KAD/P1290191.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Common Bluetail Damselfly Ischnura heterosticta Order: Odonata; Family: Coenagrionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517372482755-XDP6EDRCN2Z3DSJBF8X4/P1310401-2.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau Early one morning this week I spotted a dragonfly emerging from its pupal case. This is the first time we've caught a large dragonfly in the act of eclosing. It took its first flight soon after this photo, heading straight up into the forest canopy. Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicorduliidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294115192-6QQ11JEOH8QS2A0MTNTQ/P1290200.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum Order: Odonata; Family: Libelluliae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517294229258-JE2ARSO0G462ZV0U8326/P1290089.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Orange-collared Spider Wasp Ferreola handschini Wasps in this family provision their nests with spiders, which may be even larger than themselves. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Pompilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517479370357-HPZTYJELZV79YRHS1QC3/P2010503.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Orange Legged Robber Fly Colepia sp. This robber fly has landed after spearing its prey - a small wasp - in flight with its sharp proboscis. Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517479387883-Q6DHSRVE1OEOVFFF0GQU/P2010320.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Rutilia Fly Rutilia sp. These large, striking tachinid flies are nectar feeders and important pollinators. They are often seen resting on tree trunks. Rutilia sp. (Order: Diptera; Family: Tachinidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517479478410-FWQ1YN102WHGH2RLHSDF/P1260143.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Yellow-striped Hunter Austrogomphus guerini Another of the many dragonflies we saw on our recent visit to the Bemboka River Reserve. The widely spaced eyes are a feature of the family Gomphidae - our first sighting of a member of this group. Austrogomphus guerini (Order: Odonata; Family: Gomphidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517479523032-RU7185FPTL67052JUZ3W/P1260036.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Common Archtail Nannophlebia risi There is decidedly nothing "common" about this stunner! We saw several individuals on a small tributary of the Bemboka River. Nannophlebia risi (Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517479564959-D23G4VYIRXABM5EVD28U/P1260337.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Scarlet Percher (female) Diplacodes haematodes Like many dragonflies, this species shows a marked difference between the sexes. Mature males are bright red and have a yellow patch at the base of the wing, rather than the tip. Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517479581824-FKYLKAN48L5E47I1MDIJ/P1260455.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Aurora Bluetail Ischnura aurora A tiny jewel with an entirely appropriate common name. Despite its striking colouration, this damselfly is almost impossible to see until it flies off to rest on another grass stem. Order: Odonata; Family: Coenagrionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517483474775-07XNEPJ1XU9NI62JIYOZ/P1220324.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Yellow-faced Sand Wasp Bembix sp. A fast shutter speed captures the wing movements of this wasp, as it hovers close to the ground over its sandy territory. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Cabronidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484528672-AR5GL3CAB49LHZJDB1BU/P2010068-2.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Green Lacewing larva Mallada sp. This is the unlikely larval stage of a delicate, attractive insect, the Green Lacewing. Think of them as the ugly ducklings of the insect world. The larvae are voracious predators. They display the rather grotesque behaviour of carrying around the corpses of their prey on their backs, stuck to long hairs. This affords them excellent camouflage. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Chrysopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484540968-MZAUE6JYS15IDP7PXY4K/P2010058.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Green Lacewing larva Mallada sp. It's not hard to see what's been on the menu of this Green Lacewing larva! Two other corpses, apart from the ant are psyllid nymphs. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Chrysopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484658100-9DX8NNIIZM8A8OB18YOC/P1280028.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Green Lacewing hatchlings Mallada sp. Green Lacewing larvae resting on their egg cases after hatching. Several lacewing families deposit their eggs in this fashion, on long silken stalks on a flower stem. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Chrysopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484551407-EPO8V9NX5AV3XNXKNL7Q/P2010029.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Garden Orb-weaver Eriophora sp. This is a small, juvenile form of one of our common orb-weaver spiders. Order: Aranea; Family: Araneidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484585003-VOQMLS14584R3M5623T4/P1290011.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Psyllids with attendant ants Glycaspis sp. The sugar cone shaped objects on this Eucalyptus leaf are secreted by small bugs, called psyllids. This covering, called a lerp, protects the soft-bodied insect beneath. The ants swarming around the lerps are collecting some of the sugary substance as the psyllids excrete it. The psyllids are afforded a degree of protection by the presence of the ants. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Psyllidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517484608848-W2YH15EXFX1B84JSJVAD/P1280124.jpg 1st Feb 2018 - Eucalyptus Psyllid Glycaspis sp. This shot shows a psyllid in the act of constructing its lerp - an elegant piece of engineering. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Psyllidae https://southernforestlife.net/8th-feb-2018 daily 0.75 2018-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517691359534-4BYBZB8F0K05XF6YA8E7/P2030059.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - green longhorn beetle Beetles with antennae like this are readily recognised as longhorn beetles. This is the first green one we've seen. Rhytiphora nigrovirens Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517691359534-4BYBZB8F0K05XF6YA8E7/P2030059.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - green longhorn beetle Beetles with antennae like this are readily recognised as longhorn beetles. This is the first green one we've seen. Rhytiphora nigrovirens Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517691372676-C9OO1QRDG4ZNCG6WWWQH/P2030009.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - green longhorn beetle The insect is beautifully camouflaged. And there is something endearing and puppy-like in the way it is hunkered, 'nose-down', on its perch. Rhytiphora nigrovirens Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914958132-6X91SGRJO3S3BJUX1YSN/P2020005.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Belid Weevil Weevils come in all shapes and sizes ... and cover several families. Unlike many other weevils, adult Belid Weevils usually feed on pollen. This rather attractive insect was simply resting on a Juncus stem in the early morning. Rhinotia sp. Order: Coleoptera; Family: Belidae (primitive weevils) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517913687860-USHKUDWRB6K1CHUQJ3NK/P2026855.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Eucalypt Psyllid (male) The psyllid Glycaspsis seriata is an important insect in the forest ecosystem. Its nymphs extract large amounts of sugars from eucalypt leaves and are in turn a key food source for many birds. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Psyllidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914957726-5R3CX9L8FDXELAS3W2JL/P2020077.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Tip-wilting bug Most of the truly bug-like bugs we see are quite small, so this one really caught our attention. It was probably 20mm long (although I didn't check, exactly). Bugs in this family feed on young plant growth and can cause it to rapidly wilt. Amorbus sp. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Coreidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916928176-VQ5PK9QQ1WXK4P9IROM3/P2060344.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Milk-vine Bug Early morning, before the Summer's day heats up, a walk through the low foliage is always rewarding. The leaves are beaded with moisture, and the insects that will later become active or wary are just starting to wake. Oncopeltus sordidus Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914975961-MQ2S77AY8AZ9U06AQCXO/P2040166.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Hoppers This hasn't been a particularly 'big' season for grasshoppers. Some years, February sees the grasses awash with nymphs and adults, small and large. There are some, however. Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916924863-1AOJURIATGVT8VEMGAY0/P2050157.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Slug-like caterpillar There is a family of moths that are often called 'Cup moths', because their pupae look like open flasks or cups atop Eucalyptus leaves. But they are also called 'Slug moths' - because their colourful and well-defended caterpillars move more like slugs that typical caterpillars. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Limacodidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517913701384-LI0ZJ0R85SLYSZOG7R2T/P2060022.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Gum Leaf Skeletoniser The larvae of this moth mine the cells in eucalypt leaves, leaving the veins behind. Uraba lugens Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nolidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517913733623-GHOULXQDGN4L51PJHOMT/P1310010-3.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Eastern Grey Kangaroos This large male has been generally making a nuisance of himself for a week or more. He never lets the female far from his sight. Once she is no longer in oestrus, we rarely see the males and females together.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914964325-JVYPLDX39WQX9ZM0RWJ8/P2020096.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Double-spotted Cicada The explosion of Masked Devils that we had in early Summer is long over, but we are still seeing (and hearing) some other cicada species. Galanga labeculata Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914969054-LYBPKFUM8BV0ZA1UAHLN/P2020123-2.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Robber Fly This is quite a small robber fly. The slender body and extremely long legs distinguish it from the hundreds of other species of Robber Fly. Leptogaster sp. Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae; sub-family: Leptogastrinae   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914969408-ENYPJB9WMSA5R3MU0868/P2020136.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Wasp season February is definitely 'wasp-month' in the forest. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: tbc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914977972-BEH0HYWUQE06CKMQR3RE/P2040214.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - a parasite of beetle larvae Braconid wasps are often strikingly coloured in various patterns of black, orange, yellow and white. Despite this, they are very difficult to identify beyond sub-family. These wasps lay eggs into wood-boring beetle larvae. I suspect this female was searching for such grubs. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Braconidae; sub-family: Braconinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916915008-GRPBKMTMLRZXWD2I2JFE/P2050029.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - another new wasp I'm recording any new species I sight - the task of trying to sort out just what it is will come later. Update! It's called a Velvet Ant, although it is considered a wasp. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Mutillidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916929058-K25PCHG58K31SU2MEFSE/P2060352.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Digger wasp Water is a great place for wasp spotting. They are regularly visiting the pond surface to drink - and just occasionally they lose their footing. This wasp survived a near drowning - and the jaws of voracious diving beetles - to clamber up this stem to dry out. Sphex sp. (I think) Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Sphecidae; sub-family: Sphecinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916915312-YW3KVOGV7GMJKMEJP3Y8/P2050079.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - More bees Despite the distraction of the wasps, I'm still keenly bee-watching. This small bee may be a Lassioglossum sp, here grooming and packaging pollen from a Blue Bell (Wahlengbergia) flower. Order: Hymenoptera: Family: Halictidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916919542-WS2ERBOBD0IDPAQZY3RI/P2050125.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Geebung bees are still about Having become familiar with this Geebung specialist, I see Leioproctus bees whenever I check out the flowering Persoonia bushes. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Colletidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916919541-KYFCGBV1ZNOEIILIRGKS/P2050141.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Baby Jacky There are suddenly many tiny Jacky Lizards about. This one is only about 50mm long. Perhaps this explains why we are not seeing quite as many grasshoppers as usual ... ? Amphibolurus muricatus   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517916925154-K28RWX15DD34MYNNE3WS/P2050198.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Margin-winged Stick-insect A true master of camouflage. Ctenomorpha marginipennis Order: Phasmatodea   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517914963243-2V4MY0IFUMZNG31D6CPN/P2020079.jpg 8th Feb 2018 - Splendid Ochre Trapezites symmomus Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hesperidae https://southernforestlife.net/22nd-feb-2018 daily 0.75 2018-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519004160524-T57VLOPUFHN7I4NTW5RJ/P2150123.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters We are now seeing very few of these honeyeaters. Most migrate north for the Winter, but they don't usually leave quite so soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519004160524-T57VLOPUFHN7I4NTW5RJ/P2150123.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters We are now seeing very few of these honeyeaters. Most migrate north for the Winter, but they don't usually leave quite so soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519004226001-BIZMS1RMJFBO0ZED8927/P2150068.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Crested Shrike-tit These distinctive birds are probably here more often than we realise. They typically feed on peeling bark, high in the canopy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518998573264-SC2JA6MDLW0FP8RLBIXA/P2180116.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Rose Robin A young male, I think, just coming into his pink breast feathers. Adult females look very similar, but the brownish wing feathers are more like remnant juvenile plumage. But I could be wrong ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1518998573878-WRNJ29QEKVAU7O23RDK5/P2180118.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Rose Robin The Sacred Kingfishers have left, migrating north for the coming Winter. And it is no coincidence that shy birds like these Rose Robins are suddenly showing themselves once again. The kingfishers are very bossy birds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519003470344-KTWS1BHNUSC5OVBOU4VA/P2160086.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - White-throated Treecreepers The treecreepers have fledged their chicks. This female, with the orange cheek patches, is looking a little harried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519003470633-S0CZVW7BOC1WGAYB1TN4/P2160092.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - White-throated Treecreeper Female, and busy mother. Her son is just out of sight, lower on the tree trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519003309359-V448CH6EPECP9VS8S884/P2160135.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Thin-tailed robber fly Leptogaster sp. These tiny robber flies are currently quite numerous, but unlike their larger and colourful cousins, Leptogaster are easily overlooked. Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519017884979-6UAFN48IQP8Y41D55U0T/P2180038.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Cup moth caterpillar Doratifera quadriguttata Two weeks after collecting it as an early instar, this caterpillar is growing well on a steady diet of eucalyptus leaves. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Limacocidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519282233774-RVZZOLMO8ED62JH70WVF/P2210036-2.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Common Grass Blue Zizina otis A tiny butterfly motionless in the dew of an unseasonably cold Summer morning. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519282246576-ELCASFRZIJPSU6RZBEWV/P2210091.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Common Grass Blue Zizina otis As the sun crests the trees, a butterfly spreads its wings to catch the warmth. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519282263660-8D7XS0NCZBYR53RKB72Z/P2210125.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras Another chilly butterfly catching the early sun. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519290429862-IJR5HV5EHQAZW1CNHS22/P2100042.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Sawfly Spitfire larvae These are the larvae of a wasp (Perga sp.). The female wasp deposits a batch of eggs on a eucalyptus leaf, which the larvae proceed to devour as a pack after they hatch out. To defend themselves, the larva spit eucalyptus oils which they store in their foregut - hence the common name "spitfires". Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Pergidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519282381331-0DS3B79C9BCGGFRF0OTJ/P2200044.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Tricolor Soldier Beetles Chauliognathus tricolor The larger female in this tandem pair is just 10mm long. She will lay eggs among the leaf litter, where her larvae will prey upon small invertebrates. Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cantharidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519288425071-TCPAGS8E347J6B662ADP/P2210005.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Hairpin Banksia flower spike If you read my blog on flowering of Banksia serrata, you'll recognise this immediately! This species, Banksia spinulosa, our other home Banksia species, started producing flower spikes a month ago. This specimen shows the yellow tepals of the several hundred flowers, which project from the spike. Family: Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519297064974-KTN848N86N6WVGTSK565/P2100017.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Bronze Orange Bug Musgraveia sulciventris This rather spectacular bug is a native species, but it has taken a liking to planted citrus. A friend who lives nearby found it -along with many of its friends - feeding and breeding on her lemon tree. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Tessaratomidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519282280787-ZH94E5BRQO5KCZOD3CK6/P2210156.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Blue-banded Bee Amegilla sp. Perhaps the best known group of native bees, this one was resting - jaws clamped on the garden wire - while it groomed in the cool of early morning. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519289469419-AZMKYK9E2GP6FSMY5U3A/P2170031.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Leafhopper nymph This leafhopper nymph (Brunotartessus sp.) escaped from a container with eucalyptus foliage I brought into the house. It turned up later on the stage of our microscope, which explains the unusual substrate. Check out this very cute video sequence of it examining me as intently as I examined it - before it did what its name suggests it's good at. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519290027241-33NIT7B9WV4XEPU00JJD/P2117177.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Leafhopper exuvia This is what the leafhopper nymph leaves behind when it turns into an adult - its old skin. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519004469124-LQEDA5T51GKXF748NHUX/P2150004.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Emerald Spotted Tree-frog Litoria peronii It's now a frog, but just. Still only tiny, and not quite out of the pond. The remaining tadpoles are now huge (for tadpoles). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519294336224-KRY6H8VOSHNMMSRDLX0H/P2210300.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo A noisy flock has been feeding here and nearby for the past week or more. It is apparently common for families to group together in small flocks after breeding season, and roam the coastal forests to feed. Juvenile (left) with Female (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519294335917-BQNZRK7A3EK5REDON4LL/P2210201.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Pair bonding between bouts of feeding and childcare. Adult female (left), Adult male (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519294330501-I3AO6U95CMRT552IPW90/P2210040-3.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo The flock has been feeding on fruit and insect larvae. This female is tearing apart an Acacia branch in search of wood boring moth or beetle grubs. Other birds were also putting their strong beaks to good use, cracking open woody Hakea fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1519294330799-LS80XFZJVBR89IACUH8B/P2210153.jpg 22nd Feb 2018 - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo I've read (albeit in a rather old book) that only the birds of the east coast feed on larvae - those of Tasmania, Western Victoria and South Australia are reported to be strictly vegetarian. Adult female https://southernforestlife.net/tasmania-2018 daily 0.75 2018-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521013950203-X6ORFDH6IPHTI22ISSEN/P3080528.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Pink Robin (female) Although not an endemic, Tasmania is the stronghold for this tiny bird. And this was a 'first' for us! The females are very difficult to tell apart from other robins. The males, however ... Species: Petroica rodinogaster Mt. Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521013950203-X6ORFDH6IPHTI22ISSEN/P3080528.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Pink Robin (female) Although not an endemic, Tasmania is the stronghold for this tiny bird. And this was a 'first' for us! The females are very difficult to tell apart from other robins. The males, however ... Species: Petroica rodinogaster Mt. Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521013930131-LCXVST5KJWXRL7U7OBNI/P3090716.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Pink Robin (male) Our first-ever sighting of this stunning bird! The males are wary and secretive. While the immatures and females were busily feeding on the ground, this adult male left the cover of the trees only briefly - and was constantly on the lookout for ravens and currawongs. Species: Petroica rodinogaster Mt. Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521013768849-IFA1JZ3QA3ZBFFGP31Z3/P3080612.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Black Currawong A Tasmanian endemic (i.e. not found elsewhere). This species has less white than the other two currawongs (Pied and Grey) and a particularly massive beak! Species: Streptera fulignosa Mt. Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521013994548-2XK7MFQGC0ZIX53OXSCL/P3030107-2.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Green Rosella (juvenile) Another Tasmanian endemic, and seen throughout the state - here feasting on blackberries. Juveniles are green, while the adults are mainly yellow with blue-black wings and back. Species: Platycercus caledonicus Lucaston, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014622978-R3QXR4NYJ0JBJR6NVWB2/P2280290.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Mountain Heath Dragon The only member of this genus and the only 'dragon' in Tasmania, this species also occurs in parts of Vic & NSW. It varies in colour from grey to brick-red. And we now realise that some of the grey 'Jacky Lizards' we have sighted at home are actually Mountain Heath Dragons. That's another one for the home list! Family: Agamidae; Species: Rankinia diemensis Freycinet National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014679700-5M8VXGE8O5F4HVS5HCF4/P2280167.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Spotted (or 'Ocellated') Skink Another Tassie endemic! This species is found in rocky lowland areas of eastern Tasmania and offshore islands. It was one of the many skink and lizard species we saw during a warm-weather walk along the rocky coastal fringe of Freycinet. Family: Scincidae; Species: Carinascincus ocellatus Freycinet National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521013883737-HRB8DNOCWP55UQZYPXH7/P3080496.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Superb Fairy-wren (eclipse male) This common wren of Australia's south-east is Tasmania's only fairy wren species. The island's population is considered a distinct sub-species. Sub-species: Malurus cyaneus cyaneus Mt Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521013899713-E23O390YZWJPFQ17T3NH/P3060083.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Superb Fairy-wren (female) Fairy-wrens favour habitats where dense bushes grow adjacent to open grasslands. For this reason they are quick to take advantage of urban gardens and farmland. This female was dashing in and out of roadside blackberries, a safe retreat from marauding currawongs and kookaburras. Sub-species: Malurus cyaneus cyaneus Lucaston, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014000476-IZVQ4NRCZ30KNMUI256O/P3040037.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Scarlet Robin (immature male) Another species which has adapted well to farmland but only where there is tree cover nearby. The Tasmanian population is considered a distinct sub-species. Sub-species: Petroica boodang leggii Lucaston, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014182044-LTSSKC95X2VIWH15D9QR/P3060340.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Garden Katydid (nymph) This is the same species we commonly see at home. Nymphs may be red when young, but this one has probably reached the final juvenile stage. Its next moult will reveal a fully-winged adult. Family: Tettigoniidae; Species: Caedicia simplex Peter Murrell Reserve, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521088158758-1FPVPAHEZ4OSC6X55S2B/P3060338.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Garden Katydid Katydids (Tettigoniidae) are easy to distinguish from grasshoppers (Family Acrididae) by their incredibly long antennae. Family: Tettigoniidae; Species: Caedicia simplex Peter Murrell Reserve, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014165343-B2IHT22UXJS9RFF1GHEF/P3030318.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Reed Bee Some of the most obvious insects in Tasmania are introduced species. Honey bees and bumble bees abound, particularly in the apple-growing areas of the Huon Valley. And, worryingly, we saw European Wasps everywhere, including in the national parks at Mt Field and Lake Pedder. Yet a closer look also revealed many native bees and wasp species, such as this tiny Reed Bee. Family: Apidae; Species: Exoneura sp. Lucaston, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014194531-HRRB6ZPGUGE9P256QUNM/P3040462.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Wasp-mimic bee (female) Many bees in this family can be easily mistaken for wasps, but perhaps none more so than this species. Even the wings appear folded and wasp-like! It is distributed along the east coast, from southern QLD to Tasmania. Family: Colletidae; Species: Hyleoides concinna Lucaston, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014194527-N9AUJDZV56RA07T3NDJW/P3040355.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Wasp-mimic bee (male & female) I spent a (happy!) hour or more in a friend's garden, watching a range of native bees and wasps feeding on Banksia. Several yellow-masked males were attracted to this large female - although she appeared to be quite oblivious as she dived for the plant's nectar. Family: Colletidae; Species: Hyleoides concinna Lucaston, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014036285-JKLYD9MHT56I23TPUAAY/P3070078.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Tasmanian Scrubwren Like its mainland counterpart, the White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis), this Tasmanian endemic favours dense undergrowth. We came upon this individual just after it had bathed in a rainforest creek, affording us a rare, colourful view of the otherwise brown plumage. Species: Sericornis humilis Mt Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014058439-47JD1ACFPW2B1G7SFQX4/P3030013-2.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Silvereye Tasmania's Silvereye is remarkably colourful. The rich red flanks distinguish this sub-species from the many mainland populations. Sub-species: Zosteris lateralis lateralis Crabtree Creek, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014071962-GT9J7C4YU9S9TSYY3R2N/P3080471.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Tasmanian Thornbill Now, is this the Brown or the Tasmanian Thornbill? Tricky!! Both species are found throughout Tasmania, and the differences are subtle. Based on the rich brown flight feathers I'm saying 'Tasmanian' for this one ... but I could be wrong. Species: Acanthiza ewingii (or sub-species Acanthiza pusilla diemenensis if it's the Brown) Mt Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014113812-DRS8NHBK3LF5H6CSJCCG/P3030101.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Tasmanian Froglet? Another tricky identification. This loudly-calling male is either the Common Froglet (Crinia signifera) or the endemic, Tasmanian Froglet (Crinia tasmaniensis). Foolishly, I didn't record its call. Species: Crinia sp. Lucaston, Huon Valley (What looks like a mid-dorsal stripe in this photo is actually the shadow from a reed - photos can sometimes be misleading!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014361338-940MJF9Q89U3NQKHTX7U/P3070175.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Lesser Tasmanian Darner One of five dragonfly species found only in Tasmania, and yet another 'first' for us. Order: Odonata; Family: Telephlebiidae; Species: Austroaeschna hardyi Mt Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014485758-RSNNP91OU6LAMVFUFZDQ/P3070112.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Lesser Tasmanian Darner This male was guarding a stretch of rainforest-lined creek, just downstream from a waterfall. Order: Odonata; Family: Telephlebiidae; Species: Austroaeschna hardyi Mt Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014540841-4KBRROZ2GNSUATWXCK73/P3070023.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Lesser Tasmanian Darner Another male, guarding a patch further downstream. Order: Odonata; Family: Telephlebiidae; Species: Austroaeschna hardyi Mt Field National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014271534-91BI4CIN0ICJ1K0HNFH9/P3030206.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Blue Ringtail Tasmania has 29 species of dragonfly and damselfly. Most, like this one, are also found on the mainland. Order: Odonata; Family: Lestidae; Species: Austrolestes annulosus Lake Pedder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521014588466-GV7840XA7QN8ES6BBFGC/P3030038.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Eastern Swamp Emerald On a small farm dam at our friends' home I discovered six species of dragonflies and damselflies. Although the distribution of this one includes Victoria, it was yet another 'first' for my Odonata list! Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicorduliidae; Species: Procordulia jacksoniensis Lucaston, Huon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1521079076180-1WAKM4P2665KQ2ZHX6JG/P3030187.jpg Tasmania 2018 - Blue-spotted Hawker Dragonflies in this family are strong fliers and rarely land. They therefore represent quite a photography challenge ... unless you catch one egg-laying! This female was probing with her abdomen, inserting eggs into the submerged vegetation. Order: Odonata; Family: Aeshnidae; Species: Adversaeschna brevistyla Lucaston, Huon Valley https://southernforestlife.net/29th-mar-2018 daily 0.75 2018-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324297899-LZKHOMFXTNUVZOFCETJM/P3270084.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Beautiful Firetail Another rare treat this week! And making good use of the frog pond. Stagonopleura bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324297899-LZKHOMFXTNUVZOFCETJM/P3270084.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Beautiful Firetail Another rare treat this week! And making good use of the frog pond. Stagonopleura bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324297941-CNC2N9B55S5776H9X58V/P3270086.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Beautiful Firetail Beautiful Firetails are sometimes confused with the much more common Red-browed Finches. Both have the red rump and beak, but they are otherwise very different in appearance. Stagonopleura bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324303590-IEYE2IUEFX6XAWAHVYIP/P3270094.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Beautiful Firetail Beautiful Firetails favour heathy woodlands, particularly where there is heavy cover, including banks of ferns. They are also known to love bathing, and are rarely found far from water. Stagonopleura bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324315601-CDAM5136UKQX0KEYK2OB/P3270182.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Banks' Brown Males, like this one, are aggressively defending territories throughout the forest this week. Family: Nymphalidae Heteronympha banksii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324525914-9PGK7YLNU48LAMKHRWH1/P3280056.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Banks' Brown The males patrol from their 'lookout' perches, typically 2-3 metres above the ground. I rather delight in being attacked by a butterfly as I wander through his patch. Family: Nymphalidae Heteronympha banksii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324325582-SCB3FAVMGJ80GXL89JQ5/P3270336.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Glossy Black-Cockatoo Taking a break from feeding and 'pair-bonding'. Calyptorhynchus lathami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324507245-AHE41UWEBSJU3PXZOW99/P3270377.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Glossy Black-Cockatoos The male displaying his brilliant tail feathers and glossy wings to his mate. These birds are believed to form long-lasting pair bonds and may live for 20 years or more Calyptorhynchus lathami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324344673-IUYYTGWCVND6YSNWJO8J/P3270503.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Grey Fantail A common sight throughout Summer. And 'grey' doesn't seem such a fair description. Rhipidura albiscapa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324309397-RG6LSPX8J8VT2EL5BDCV/P3270157.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Spider Ant Unlike many small ants, Spider Ants usually forage individually. Leptomyrmex sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324485373-CMVHQODU4G9BE6A4RTKU/P3270136.jpg 29th Mar 2018 I've yet to identify this rather large, winged insect. Is it a Spider Ant alate? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324485288-XZT1SMDEQRPLB6W7RARA/P3270115.jpg 29th Mar 2018 I've been spotting quite a few this week. They have suspiciously long legs and antennae, similar to Spider Ants (Leptomyrmex), but I'm not convinced. Further investigation required ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324369581-WY9CP4EQRC2S0AF1JC6Q/P3270485.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Eastern Yellow Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324377871-QNSDMU64OJUYNAIWKDLO/P3280040.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Yellow-bellied Water Skink The skinks, large and small, have been particularly active this week. Eulamprus heatwolei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324383228-LD4TDXEV2CW677FDI66W/P3280608.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Braconid Wasp Another species I've yet to fully identify. It's a work-in-progress. Stunning insect though. This is a female ... note the incredibly long ovipositor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324390727-Y5I40LW3CHCWER2C75F3/P3280642.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Sedge Moth When I saw several of these tiny moths yesterday I assumed they were the same species I photographed in October ... Glyphipterix cometophora. Wrong! A comparison shows that the pattern is really quite different. Another one for the to-do list! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1522324396004-ZQCPFRB6Q5AE8AVRBI38/P3280649.jpg 29th Mar 2018 - Sedge Moth I'm predicting they'll be closely related though - perhaps another Glyphipterix species. They have the same 'sparkly bits' and show the same display behaviour ... rhythmically flaring their wings and extending their hind legs, as this one is doing. Update: Glyphipterix gemmipunctella https://southernforestlife.net/12th-apr-2018 daily 0.75 2018-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536302181-NM5Y7U2S0FMXZOKCUZLM/P4090077.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Slender Leaf-shaped Orb Weaver Araneus talipedatus Order: Aranea; Family: Araneidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536302181-NM5Y7U2S0FMXZOKCUZLM/P4090077.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Slender Leaf-shaped Orb Weaver Araneus talipedatus Order: Aranea; Family: Araneidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536284768-RVQCNJKIT0TZGMX3G6Q2/P4090072.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Slender Leaf-shaped Orb Weaver Araneus talipedatus Order: Aranea; Family: Araneidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536302617-POBGXY9SRBDRDQZQAZQB/P4090081.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Slender Leaf-shaped Orb Weaver Araneus talipedatus Order: Aranea; Family: Araneidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536287484-9616SC9Q3E9GF11O9GAC/P4080051.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama Order: Scorpiones; Family: Bothriuridae   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536535863-QJ0O4OQW9Y1VUZVT3HMI/P4090451.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Common Ringlet Hypocysta metirius Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523537040681-JV6I0X9MY6V3CN2PT4DS/P4080433.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Common Ringlet Hypocysta metirius Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536496944-3HJO9JAJXI90HCEFEDDF/P4090257.jpg 12th Apr 2018 Caledia captiva (male) Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536555221-VG6OVJQOZM9DEQ91K8QF/P4090506.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Banks' Brown Heteronympha banksii Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536576203-5C87TNP2QLOVQYEER8UL/P4080182.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Banks' Brown Heteronympha banksii Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536582644-Q21FBSVL0VIQWJB21L0P/P4080204.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Crane Fly Leptotarsus sp. (possibly) Order: Diptera; Family: Tipulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536953639-SF9XJAPDU2M8QX9F7G5A/P4080196.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Crane Fly Leptotarsus sp. (possibly) Order: Diptera; Family: Tipulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536864249-N95ORKIVPQ2K2U4ZH2QT/P4080240.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Braconid wasp This photo is almost identical to one I took 2 weeks ago. Same place, same insect (?!?) Order: Hymenoptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536544960-U7T3WOY8W19TUKNLY07X/P4090465.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Robber Fly Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536893166-RYIAZE2GPEQV8XYJIC70/P4080095.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Red-and-Black Spider Ambicodamus southwelli Order: Aranea; Family: Nicodamidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1523536915759-8U947KDJH76X6NXY2ZLH/P4080123.jpg 12th Apr 2018 - Red-and-Black Spider Ambicodamus southwelli Order: Aranea; Family: Nicodamidae https://southernforestlife.net/19th-apr-2018 daily 0.75 2018-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135769098-AU1636CQ3M4S90S2G87F/P4150634.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Common Heath Many plants are suffering from the latest long, dry period. Epacris impressa, one our our most common shrubs, is flowering, but sparsely. Family: Ericaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135769098-AU1636CQ3M4S90S2G87F/P4150634.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Common Heath Many plants are suffering from the latest long, dry period. Epacris impressa, one our our most common shrubs, is flowering, but sparsely. Family: Ericaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135777300-1SRW8A46L1BK25Z0BH3V/P4150630.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Stealing nectar The long, tubular flowers of Epacris exclude many nectar feeders ... unless someone creates a shortcut! This Hypocysta metirius butterfly is taking advantage of a tear in the flower to gain access to the nectar.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135859293-NDQECFYSIQ9LMN27QA9M/P4150695.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Salt-and-Pepper Moth For several days this week, these colourful moths were everywhere. Yet today, I didn't find a single one. Utetheisa pulchelloides Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135889326-KG8FJ723909IG5TFPCJ8/P4150657.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Salt-and-Pepper Moth They look white in flight, their colours only evident when they land. These colours are a warning signal to predators ... they apparently taste bad. Utetheisa pulchelloides Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135734208-VKG7WBB7PRSCQW7UW1BV/P4180074.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Sedge Moth This species is rather special. There are very few records in the national biodiversity database (ALA) - yet there are many of these beautiful, tiny moths here in the forest this week. Glyphipterix gemmipunctella Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Glyphipterigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135696560-Q1MQUXO9AHHKMV632KZK/P4180058.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Sedge Moth The first, and only, mating pair I've seen! Glyphipterix gemmipunctella Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Glyphipterigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135594128-U0ZZC5SV1QQYANW4G38Y/P4180095.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - unfamiliar moth This fluffy white moth is a new one for our list ... although we're not sure what to call him/her yet. Trichiocercus sparshalli (?) Order: Lepidoptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135615332-B2ZEYIRPMWCZYS5O4OCO/P4180114.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - another unfamiliar moth This tiny moth with lovely green eyes is another new one for the home list. Order: Lepidoptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135528120-KP49TM5GR7XEKWWD018Q/P4090055.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Banksia The fantastic structure of a Banksia flower. See Paul's earlier post for a full account of how Banksia flowers develop. Banksia spinulosa Family: Proteaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135522591-BI6MAEQ8M5LJL3IDNRT0/P4160011.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Bullant An unusual find - a winged (alate) female. This is the second ant species we've seen in the last month with wings - the Black Tyrant Ant (Iridomyrmex rufoniger) is the other. Myrmecia forficata Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135522634-WPP9BX6DXDHKXCEI1SJK/P4160006.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Bullant Paul spent many hours reviewing the literature on the identification of this genus ... only to conclude that it is indeed the species we originally thought. Myrmecia forficata Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135527802-Y65CX6IC63XXEESB0LL7/P4197944.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Tiny parasitoid wasp Butterfly eggs, a tiny wasp, and a microscope ... that describes much of Paul's week. This wasp is just 3/4mm long! See Paul's latest blog, titled Reproduction: Russian doll style Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Scelionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135661349-OVUONAXPD8W83LKB3N5O/P4180176.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Mating grasshoppers See last week's post for more about these grasshoppers. Caledia captiva Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524135661724-2YM9TK0EG76T3FGBCXKL/P4180216.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Grasshoppers Still here, and still feeding! Caledia captiva Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524136028690-Z57T7L2ZVXM8OI3EUHYR/P4140178.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Spotted Button Beetle Paropsis maculata Order: Coleoptera; Family: Chrysomelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524136753365-YZEJC25JRGSJWPG9PPU7/P4140191.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Spotted Button Beetle Paropsis maculata Order: Coleoptera; Family: Chrysomelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524136076167-755V5HB6VA9BVI6GNBLK/P4140534.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Robber Fly A species that is quite familiar to us. Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524136268163-OP7FSNALNFBP43BXAQDU/P4190111.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Garden Soldier Fly And a large, rather wasp-like fly we've only seen a couple of times before. Exaireta spinigera Order: Diptera; Family: Stratiomyidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524136132337-032A92ZQ3PBVRAOHYWXG/P4140266.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Native Bee Exoneura sp., and the subject of a post this week. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524136201246-PBAQRERQSKSL7QXIDBMS/P4140160.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Native Bee Exoneura sp., and the subject of a post this week. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524136233173-S7WTY464FLJHZOIUPKFA/P4140282.jpg 19th Apr 2018 - Native Bee Exoneura sp., and the subject of a post this week. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae https://southernforestlife.net/26th-apr-2018 daily 0.75 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524570428024-KWC3L5RDVLRMAAVJBLIV/P4240054.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - A new robber fly Yet another new insect for our home list! Not sure what to call it yet. It’s very similar to the so-called ‘wasp-mimicking robber flies’ (Daptolestes spp.), but it may belong to a different group altogether. Does look to be mimicking a wasp though, and it’s definitely a fly … Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524570428024-KWC3L5RDVLRMAAVJBLIV/P4240054.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - A new robber fly Yet another new insect for our home list! Not sure what to call it yet. It’s very similar to the so-called ‘wasp-mimicking robber flies’ (Daptolestes spp.), but it may belong to a different group altogether. Does look to be mimicking a wasp though, and it’s definitely a fly … Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524570440284-P1XYV0VIPSFZ5VSQ7WV6/P4240147.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Rose Robin Such a contrast! Both tiny, but the Rose Robin is so eye-catching while the Brown Thornbill is so … nondescript. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524570932542-UB4IKDTBTR2DCH6UHK5G/P4240135.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Rose Robin Male, in fine plumage. Their colours are not always quite so intense (and, no, I didn’t push up the colour saturation). Rose Robins reportedly migrate north in Autumn, yet we see them here year round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524635592682-6MEJ6VEKT6V1TAD90L7N/P4250338.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Parasitic wasp These rather large and beautiful wasps are largely nocturnal, and spend the day hidden away among the foliage. We rarely see them. Their larvae are external parasites of large moth caterpillars. Enicospilus sp. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524638941954-KS202G07WWEJLJWPZ1ND/P4230007.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Psednura This tiny, cryptic relative of the grasshoppers hides very effectively by aligning itself along grass stems. Lucy, a young friend, spotted it. This one has lost a foot, but that will be restored at the next moult. Order: Orthoptera; Family: Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524640813302-FATTQEAXFT2LGU8BT047/P4240008.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Sword-tailed cricket Not only a new species, but a new family for the home list! A relative of the grasshoppers (Gryllidae) and katydids (Tetagoniidae), this cricket is a ‘trig’ …. family Trigonidiidae. Trigonidium sp. (most likely) Order: Orthoptera; Family Trigonidiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524642626112-L1BIOWDUHOKWBVFN4KXK/P4240012.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Sword-tailed cricket This is a female - note the rather massive ovipositor. Hence the ‘sword-tail’ common name for this family. She is very small – body length about 5mm. Order: Orthoptera; Family Trigonidiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704884020-LR3AUNNNOSJACFUS8E9D/P4250037-2.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Wood Cricket We were delighted to find this pair of Wood Crickets on our late night ramble. This group lives in the leaf litter during the day, making a shelter by binding together leaves and twigs. At dark they climb vegetation to feed and mate. The male is on the left, the female, with her long ovipositor on the right. Which species? … a work in progress. Order: Orthoptera; Family: Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704897295-MFKW95XJNYMJV9US6VHP/P4250049.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Wood Cricket A close up shot of the head of the male - they have impressively long antennae! Order: Orthoptera; Family: Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524696177032-5VXB0A70JO0U6SJ2GE76/P4250029.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Jumping Spider With the vegetation motionless on a day of no wind, I watched this small jumping spider moving between bushes on a fine strand of silk. Order: Aranea; Family: Salticidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524696202359-CNQ8641CTS2U2YM77HSH/P4250037.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Jumping Spider It spent some time hunting from the very tip of a Gahnia leaf. With a bundle of silk at the ready, it would suddenly drop off the leaf toward the ground, and then haul itself back up, rebundling its silken bungie rope as it did so. Order: Aranea; Family: Salticidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524696221497-32FZTMFIM3Z1F1JWHJG4/P4250397.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Jumping Spider Not all silk was immediately recycled. Some threads remained anchored between plants. I can only assume it was using these to hunt … to detect prey, to move along, or perhaps both. All quite a variation on the usual stalk-and-pounce strategy of ground-hunting Salticidae. And fascinating to watch. Order: Aranea; Family: Salticidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704815076-FZKTH7HIBW7I7LTF4G9A/P4250018.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Whip Spider Perhaps a better common name would be ‘twig spider’. These small spiders hunt from a web, around a metre above ground, so we weren’t too surprised to discover this one alongside the track during a spotlighting walk last night. Its prey … a smaller spider, probably Plebs sp. Ariamnes colubrinus Order: Aranea; Family: Theridiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704757626-Z59GCMNS31HNT3YQQ5FM/P4250011-2.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Mating moths A pair of mating Culladia cuneiferellus moths, caught with a flash during a spotlighting walk last night. Family: Crambidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704827023-IQJRBD27XQ8GEQ15X18N/P4250030.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Cockroach Cockroaches are the archetypal nocturnal insect and sure enough we saw several species on our late night walk around the block last night. They’re surprisingly difficult to identify, but we think this is a nymph of the genus Balta. Order: Blattodea; Family: Ectobiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704918545-BSBIE2NWZEZY5F3UYCOQ/P4250016.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Cockroach A different individual, perhaps a different species. This one an adult …. and really quite an attractive specimen! Order: Blattodea; Family: Ectobiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704836980-EEJYVSH5NVKXMYS6EHEU/P4250034.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Bull Ant We often sight this species during the day, so it was somewhat of a surprise to see it hunting at night. Myrmecia simillima Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704854146-41Y9JKJ0E466KRXGV6EC/P4250058.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Bull Ant This one has made a successful hunting trip! Myrmecia simillima Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704864291-7BQNPVX1LBNVEOIJV53Q/P4250073-2.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Badge Huntsman On our late night stroll through the bush last night we sighted numerous spiders. This is a familiar species, which we’ve often seen in the vegetable garden when collecting parsley at night. Here it is in a more natural setting. Neosparassus diana Order: Aranea; Family: Sparassidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524708156513-88RTIX6SLA7X6WLYOOZC/P4250050-2.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Badge Huntsman Another Badge Huntsman - this one showing the “badge” on the ventral side of its abdomen. Neosparassus diana Order: Aranea; Family: Sparassidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704956204-PD8JBDML6DCQ4HJXWP8K/P4250007.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Hunter Spider This is the most common Wolf Spider seen in the more open area around the house. Dozens can be sighted at night with a head torch, their large, forward-facing eyes reflecting the light beam back to the observer. Venator spenceri Order: Aranea; Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524705444117-95T8ZCZ7CF3DOTXJJERN/P4250076-2.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Wolf Spider This smaller Wolf Spider is found in the more heavily vegetated areas of the block. It has a distinctive pattern of white and black dots on the abdomen. I haven’t yet been able to find a similar pattern in described species of Lycosidae, so it may be a new species! Order: Aranea; Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1524704873913-7UDDJROAGB4W2XE75IJ9/P4250086-2.jpg 26th Apr 2018 - Garden Wolf Spider This particular girl has featured in previous posts but she looked so endearing sitting in the mouth of her burrow that I couldn’t resist taking another photo. Tasmanicosa godeffroyi Order: Aranea; Family: Lycosidae https://southernforestlife.net/3rd-may-2018 daily 0.75 2018-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525218973881-NRGW47ZS8NQX050BM7FU/P5010023.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Spotted Swift Spider Nyssus albopunctatus Order: Aranea; Family: Corinnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525218973881-NRGW47ZS8NQX050BM7FU/P5010023.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Spotted Swift Spider Nyssus albopunctatus Order: Aranea; Family: Corinnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525218036253-OE5ZOS32CRKPVLIHR5PK/P5010033.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Spider Wasp Fabriogenia sp. (?) Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Pompilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525131057448-Q9KBMGWWJM6QDK9N7ADS/P4300102.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Crescent Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525131057808-4UR7Y5KYJL5J8VT3D0W9/P4300105.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Crescent Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525131052383-JEKJ3C2NHJIPFFEL4D20/P4300060.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Eastern Yellow Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525131052390-UGN35K5KII1PRHIPQCRZ/P4300066.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Eastern Yellow Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525348713170-7WJFD5WLEPBT5V3MQLV2/P5030015.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Netcaster Spider Deinopis subrufa The spider weaves a net using an elastic type of silk and hangs in a vertical position watching with its huge eyes for a prey item to pass beneath it. Order: Aranea; Family: Deinopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525348694073-GASQTVO6ND3NFQSG4YBG/P5010048.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Netcaster Spider Deinopis subrufa The huge central pair of eyes of this spider enables it to hunt at night. Order: Aranea; Family: Deinopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525348707457-5YLXQJ8S6Y5PQ8VCITY3/P5030004.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Netcaster Spider Deinopis subrufa The spider weaves a net using an elastic type of silk and hangs in a vertical position watching with its huge eyes for a prey item to pass beneath it. Order: Aranea; Family: Deinopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525131062700-PV44EHO1OC8KLUJGJ1HB/P4300112.jpg 3rd May 2018 - White-winged Chough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525131062368-2QIHSLITFTZ2W1EQW9R8/P4300110.jpg 3rd May 2018 - White-winged Chough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525347816042-CGTUB9Q9LXUQ70NYFG9U/P5020062.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Clara's Satin Moth Thalaina clara Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525348720058-P4T8590I2EUN1MNVSCIB/P5030020.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Crest Moth Fisera sp. Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525217991353-0DMMURD7GTTIN1ZMLMN1/P5010006.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Golden-fringed Emerald Chlorocoma dichloraria Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525218046896-YOKSMGUK13I6G4K1B02I/P5010040.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Bank's Brown Heteronympha banksii Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525226378738-OHZ9G7OJP909YRIP3S4D/P5010091.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama Class: Arachnida; Order: Scorpiones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525226378724-R8LS4DPK3TINTR4ARINL/P5010093.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama Class: Arachnida; Order: Scorpiones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525348675819-Y366CZMFI3H8VXMN9OT0/P5018251.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Egg parasite wasp Trichogramma funiculatum This tiny wasp - about half a millimetre long - emerged from a lacewing egg in which it developed as a parasite Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Trichogrammidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525348685541-NW2EPN3Z9OQ6U85530Q4/P4298194.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Egg parasite wasp Trichogramma funiculatum Here is the same wasp at a larger scale. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Trichogrammidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525348725770-VM6Y9XX5X0R048AGLEOD/P5030088.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Common Eastern Litter Runner Platyzosteria melanaria Order: Blattodea; Family: Blattidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525262222036-W9QKM6JVIEKZ8FPSWGAG/P5020095.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Jumping Spider Hypoblemum albovittatum Order: Aranea; Family: Salticidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525262222491-F6QHZ3J78APPHAWDKA5V/P5020102.jpg 3rd May 2018 - Jumping Spider Hypoblemum albovittatum Order: Aranea; Family: Salticidae https://southernforestlife.net/10th-may-2018 daily 0.75 2018-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525606995628-QYJN41Z52Y4BTMEQU784/P5050095.jpg 10th May 2018 - Banksia and Spinebill Hairpin Banksia - Banksia spinulosa Eastern Spinebill (male) - Acanthorynchus tenuirostris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525606995628-QYJN41Z52Y4BTMEQU784/P5050095.jpg 10th May 2018 - Banksia and Spinebill Hairpin Banksia - Banksia spinulosa Eastern Spinebill (male) - Acanthorynchus tenuirostris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525606922558-X7OEAP40T6Y1R8X0JL8B/P5050092.jpg 10th May 2018 - Banksia & Spinebill Hairpin Banksia - Banksia spinulosa Eastern Spinebill (male) - Acanthorynchus tenuirostris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525606989482-J80SFQKHAJBDRMXMSCSK/P5060052.jpg 10th May 2018 - Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata Taking a break to bathe, before returning to digging through the vegetable garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525607005684-W9ERQ2DXRF17ZPGMINES/P5050002.jpg 10th May 2018 - Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525863716638-WRSO9ZFBL08XX6G0HW3K/P5050011-4.jpg 10th May 2018 - Batwing Gum Moth - male Chelepteryx collesi Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Anthelidae Wingspan = 140mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525863730637-D1TZF6MFXXG7S9A7DB2C/P5050004-4.jpg 10th May 2018 - Batwing Gum Moth - male Chelepteryx collesi Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Anthelidae Wingspan = 140mm … an impressive insect! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525863744097-K7E2HN1AATMN68J9U7BF/P5090005-3.jpg 10th May 2018 - White-stemmed Wattle Moth - female Chelepteryx chalepteryx Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Anthelidae Wingspan = 110mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525863755687-HQ6BSM0I71NCPBLR8HXP/P5090012-2.jpg 10th May 2018 - White-stemmed Wattle Moth - female Chelepteryx chalepteryx Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Anthelidae Wingspan = 110mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525863842468-M9ZR8R4HF4GTX74L39Z9/P5098286.jpg 10th May 2018 - White-stemmed Wattle Moth - eggs Chelepteryx chalepteryx The female in the preceding photos laid a large number of these eggs. They measure 2mm x 1.8mm … that’s really quite huge for a Lepidopteran egg! Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Anthelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525863781415-M3TTW11FMUHNCC5L5NOY/P5090035-2.jpg 10th May 2018 - Shiny Orbweaver - female Poecilopachys australasia Order: Aranea; Family: Arananeidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525863791684-5Y3PHP31MIYCTJTDE99S/P5090040.jpg 10th May 2018 - Shiny Orbweaver Poecilopachys australasia Order: Aranea; Family: Arananeidae 6mm wide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525864449405-X4L01HVYV0Q1G3HB93AJ/P5090027.jpg 10th May 2018 - Shiny Orbweaver - female Poecilopachys australasia Order: Aranea; Family: Arananeidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525866349315-Z3K339MWAZBKJDQ33Z92/P5080057.jpg 10th May 2018 - Crimson Rosella - juvenile/immature Platycercus elegans elegans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525866342349-0TH5SH2M493FST3EDV4B/P5080015.jpg 10th May 2018 - Crimson Rosella - juvenile/immature Platycercus elegans elegans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525606989526-DHX5SXMP9R1YL70DR9FW/P5060058.jpg 10th May 2018 - Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525866342350-A6T9AFFPLUM53B0ZHL3W/P5080033.jpg 10th May 2018 - Crimson Rosella - juvenile/immature Platycercus elegans elegans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1525866349315-7QD4THG3L8T2B6VQQOTM/P5080041.jpg 10th May 2018 - Crimson Rosella - adult female Platycercus elegans elegans https://southernforestlife.net/17th-may-2018 daily 0.75 2018-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338433395-X7ZLKLZFLWRDF63LRUB5/P5140010.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338433395-X7ZLKLZFLWRDF63LRUB5/P5140010.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338428385-3KXLU0JF3TURRXCQZVC5/P5140013.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338440895-2T02PARQVSZ0U73YVK11/P5140049.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338453911-KBUGV9GWJMOU52UPAP3W/P5140094.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338400123-F88HX52JTYLRCZCJTJRI/P5140067.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338384467-4D3RGL4AAIF9VFM6YGIQ/P5140068.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338546247-OX7D2DM6TEGKHCRJ47E4/P5130070.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338484191-F0K97FH56Y5CFJM9XPD0/P5130030.jpg 17th May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1526338556283-1PPPIK838522V5V2W34V/P5140043.jpg 17th May 2018 https://southernforestlife.net/14th-june-2018 daily 0.75 2018-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971443354-3O3KXNS7D41OKSR3V4M2/P5310080.jpg 14th June 2018 - Cossid Moth Ptilomacra senex Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Cossidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971443354-3O3KXNS7D41OKSR3V4M2/P5310080.jpg 14th June 2018 - Cossid Moth Ptilomacra senex Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Cossidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971454002-0BUFA0XVV2WPNF5EPNC5/P6010025.jpg 14th June 2018 - Cossid Moth Ptilomacra senex Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Cossidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971449471-6BZQ90AKN05UHRI2PASZ/P6010004.jpg 14th June 2018 - Eastern Spinebill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971449478-1GJCI5OVN00WA7JHZDV2/P6010021.jpg 14th June 2018 - Eastern Spinebill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971454351-XHJ6AMYL316JEMDLQZWD/P6010034.jpg 14th June 2018 - Rose Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971459854-Z5XYM49TCDERDEYE950P/P6010090.jpg 14th June 2018 - Superb Lyrebird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971499864-2SLFRC2EXBLX7GA1PDKR/P6080450.jpg 14th June 2018 - Superb Lyrebird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971465586-RCVCGF0Q693J55JXBXR8/P6030005.jpg 14th June 2018 - Brown Thornbill The small, insect eaters will go to any lengths to secure a meal. Every tree and bush gets a regular working over. There really is nowhere to hide for small moths. Acanthiza pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971466312-SBERLCK9AP1JHERPTI0I/P6030006.jpg 14th June 2018 - Brown Thornbill The small, insect eaters will go to any lengths to secure a meal. Every tree and bush gets a regular working over. There really is nowhere to hide for small moths. Acanthiza pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971471085-7EXM3PIISFB2XYN2LE3H/P6030009.jpg 14th June 2018 - Brown Thornbill The small, insect eaters will go to any lengths to secure a meal. Every tree and bush gets a regular working over. There really is nowhere to hide for small moths. Acanthiza pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971471090-YROEPR5EN7K1BEC7LA3I/P6030030.jpg 14th June 2018 - Sulphur Tufts This common, clumping fungus grows on buried dead wood, such as old tree roots. The greenish gills make it easy to recognise - and it’s poisonous! Hypholoma fasciculare Fungi; Agaricales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971476720-MF2ZHDK6ZCJ8FNYVDQT4/P6030049.jpg 14th June 2018 - Knobbled Orb-weaver Eriophora sp. A comm on group of spiders, although we never see many. Perhaps the birds eat them. This one certainly disappeared the day after I first sighted her. Family: Araneidae; subfamily: Araneinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971480684-WRQEGKYFNIAQ31SBQDQX/P6030062.jpg 14th June 2018 - Knobbled Orb-weaver Eriophora sp. A comm on group of spiders, although we never see many. Perhaps the birds eat them. This one certainly disappeared the day after I first sighted her. Family: Araneidae; subfamily: Araneinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971481372-3JUNFY63KIIQNIJC96XV/P6030065.jpg 14th June 2018 - Common Heath Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971487769-B3HK3K8R34NTIN0SEPHH/P6030074.jpg 14th June 2018 - Ghost Moth Oxycanus dirempta Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hepialidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971492525-AJWTLKNCRH8X7WYTW8UK/P6040043.jpg 14th June 2018 - Beyeria Beyeria lasiocarpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971494331-N9P4SQ7ATSBS4I0KVS55/P6040047.jpg 14th June 2018 - Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971498486-F8TV918FC2C6JTBCJIHP/P6040061.jpg 14th June 2018 - Correa Correa reflexa var. speciosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971503038-C05R43OFHZBOWLUQ3U8B/P6100462.jpg 14th June 2018 - Processionary caterpillars unknown species - but that might change, if I don’t tire of feeding them before they grow and pupate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971505181-L118BZ2O9P5T5ZEJIBPX/P6110041.jpg 14th June 2018 - Prowling Spider Miturga sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971507132-PECJ30LS95A5W5G91483/P6110044.jpg 14th June 2018 - Prowling Spider Miturga sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971517978-1JOKFNLGPOJ47KCMRP8Z/P6130012.jpg 14th June 2018 - Cortinarius If you find a bunch of large, overlapping mushrooms bursting from the soil, with rust-coloured spores and a ‘veil’ covering the gills when young - it’s probably a Cortinarius sp. This may be the largest genus of agaric mushrooms, with 2000 species worldwide! Fungi; Agaricales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971518316-YQDM6N7N1YZ96HQNHO0J/P6130039.jpg 14th June 2018 - Mycena The wettest parts of the forest floor are covered in tiny, bell-shaped mushrooms on long, thin stems. They are simply everywhere. And they come in varying combinations of brown and cream. Some Mycena species are brilliant red or blue … I’ll keep looking! Fungi; Agaricales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971523608-88RL5J6M0H2GRVDF5TXF/P6130051.jpg 14th June 2018 - Golden Scruffy Collybia These stunning, tiny mushrooms are almost global - occurring throughout tropical and temperate regions. The fungus grows on dead wood. Cyptotrama asprata Fungi; Order: Agaricales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971524653-CU12IWNDME0P1D08BA0E/P6130052.jpg 14th June 2018 - Golden Scruffy Collybia The mushrooms begin as tiny, fuzzy, brightly coloured balls. Cyptotrama asprata Fungi; Order: Agaricales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971528152-3SN7NSJ4HU5CSIR9SQHF/P6130072.jpg 14th June 2018 - Golden Scruffy Collybia There is something quite un-fungus like about these mushrooms! Cyptotrama asprata Fungi; Order: Agaricales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1529048690726-RCZ3ZH4W414NRZY524TL/P6150004.jpg 14th June 2018 - Ant Beetle There were several of these tiny (<5mm long), velvety beetles crawling about a fungus-covered log. Lemodes coccinea Order: Coleoptera; Family: Anthicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971534598-YR9I3MPZBK0D7POG5A81/P6140037.jpg 14th June 2018 - Ant Beetles - mating pair The brilliant red hairs shimmer and glisten, but with a defined pattern of circles. Lemodes coccinea Order: Coleoptera; Family: Anthicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971539379-VE7EYSHRGWPUL06KEE7P/P6140073.jpg 14th June 2018 - Dung Roundhead A tiny, golden-headed mushroom that grows on herbivore poo. It’s a cosmopolitan species, probably introduced to Australia with livestock. Fungi; Agaricales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971529504-L2OF87SKOWANZ840OMWH/P6135707.jpg 14th June 2018 - fungal spores Collected from Dung Roundhead, growing on wombat poo. The fungus is doing a good job! scale bar = 10um (1/100th mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971512615-ZINQ2MF0NCHCI35FUP01/P6125702.jpg 14th June 2018 - fungal spores The colour, shape and size of spores can help identify a fungus. Many are ‘white’, such as these. scale bar = 10um (1/100th mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971512285-5BXCVHNLDVCO4TKZ9EW6/P6125705.jpg 14th June 2018 - fungal spores We collect the spores by placing a piece of the fungus onto a microscope slide. In just a few hours, the fungus dries and drops the mature spores. scale bar = 10um (1/100th mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528971539720-8CRD6T6GTAOI7NNEGZNM/P6145744.jpg 14th June 2018 - fungal spores We then add a drop of water, a coverslip, and view using a high-power compound microscope, with a camera attached. Paul is making good use of technical skills honed during his research career! scale bar = 10um (1/100th mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528978920668-UQD5KA4IH8GMEIECP7MA/P6120030.jpg 14th June 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528978920743-TR50Q0P8Z4HGBOYQSGFZ/P6140066-2.jpg 14th June 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528978926635-NLO68IS0EZDZ8C7VW9XV/P6140067-2.jpg 14th June 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528978926255-UF2Z9FFY4BK8NCXRVCA2/P6140092.jpg 14th June 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528978931433-TFI6XH4R9T2AKKGZB9LE/P6140095.jpg 14th June 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1528978932809-Z8U13K1816Y9PM0JB9IB/P6140102.jpg 14th June 2018 https://southernforestlife.net/27th-july-2018 daily 0.75 2018-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589377021-T3RMSEXXUGQK3DY994S5/P7240007.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589377021-T3RMSEXXUGQK3DY994S5/P7240007.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589377346-L6QXD8HHZNTKONS4KKT2/P7240016.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589382368-PA53OCB2QE0U6A635A28/P7240047.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589383027-26KPC10GKDVZONYD78O2/P7240060.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589388590-8W1MKD661B5OOOYCZXDI/P7240066.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589388954-IIXYSKLHBI15VDGAQFZR/P7240067.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589394017-EG6KEJNRHP5IDC44OPNF/P7240080.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589397475-YUHH9RPAU3VLFO5NNBG2/P7240082.jpg 27th July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1532589398509-XMR1WYP40CWD6A46H68Z/P7240124.jpg 27th July 2018 https://southernforestlife.net/17th-aug-2018 daily 0.75 2018-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458313941-UO0H5ULBQ84A3AS7UYIG/P8110169.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Termite swarm The temperature suddenly rose, the barometric pressure fell - and thousands of termites took flight! This was the first swarm of the season, and provided a welcome food-boost for a few tiny skinks that also appeared from nowhere. Coptotermes frenchi (I think) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458313941-UO0H5ULBQ84A3AS7UYIG/P8110169.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Termite swarm The temperature suddenly rose, the barometric pressure fell - and thousands of termites took flight! This was the first swarm of the season, and provided a welcome food-boost for a few tiny skinks that also appeared from nowhere. Coptotermes frenchi (I think) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458303525-ZK0GCVD1ODFIDVAH9EY4/P8110043.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Pied Currawong Currawongs have a reputation as raiders and killers. Fair enough. But, like their cousins the butcherbirds and magpie, they’re actually opportunists. The termite swarm was an opportunity indeed! Strepera graculina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534461839283-49SL9DPXLQOUJRDFLNPS/P8110080.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Pied Currawong When pecking at tiny, fast-moving termites, such a massive bill seems a distinct disadvantage. Strepera graculina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534462669241-T0MQE8OXEODCPJT079M1/P8120282.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Common Heath Flowers of the Common Heath are rather less common than usual this season. The drought is no doubt to blame. Many buds are simply dropping off without opening. Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458318152-MHJTX6FPUKP3JGLQ0CG6/P8120244.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Red-necked Wallaby ... & Epacris The wallabies are boldly devouring anything palatable … and some plants that seem a little less then palatable! Macropus rufogriseus banksianus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458326351-NJA5F8F7EXCTJX7LP1GP/P8120260.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Red-necked Wallaby Epacris impressa has hard, pointed leaves that are spiky to touch. This defence isn’t quite enough to save the flowers. Macropus rufogriseus banksianus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458338139-RB0IR2BH9OVTDXUPZ1RZ/P8140025.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Trim Greenhood We had to search quite hard to find any orchids, due to the drought. A low-lying area behind the beach is usually covered in blooms in Aug-Sept. We found only a handful. Pterostylis concinna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458414329-SU8OTJNP4C2FEE53EO2D/P8140054-2.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Iota Ringtail We were surprised to see dozens of these tiny damselflies swarming over a beachside lagoon this week. Austrolestes io https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458418210-3FNV0834FIY74BX0OVJF/P8140050-2.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Iota Ringtail Surprised because it’s early in the season. And surprised because I’m sure the lagoon is brackish, not fresh. Austrolestes io https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458277495-QH8KDJM4DEHIX40ALRKE/P8140151.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Whistling Tree Frog The frog chorus around the pond has been building for a few weeks now. Torch in hand, I discovered one of those responsible a couple of days ago. Litoria ewingii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534458236054-M7FIK8MYBD68ZQYX7XTJ/P8140164.jpg 17th Aug 2018 - Whistling Tree Frog Litoria ewingii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534460466497-EHS581EP9LHK661QW4NK/P8140160.jpg 17th Aug 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534460470176-ES5KZM718O1IMZIIPQ4U/P8150034.jpg 17th Aug 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534460473867-NZID4FZ8WBHJGOK3V2RQ/P8150036.jpg 17th Aug 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534460477458-LFRLE9IYU2ZN1QM8NZ2J/P8150038.jpg 17th Aug 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534460481344-N4L61N77JKUJKOFCAKW5/P8150039.jpg 17th Aug 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1534460462419-QKWH2LIMFKDZGDS6TFLB/P8120278.jpg 17th Aug 2018 https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018 daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/11/4/mid-north-sa-back-to-my-roots monthly 0.5 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541328931940-80O8JQVQ54MNDK1G0BUK/PA310155.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots Wirrabarra (pronounced with stress on the second syllable and “bra” in place of “barra”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541329959373-ASI6FCSVA5VV54R3V72L/PA310156.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots More of Wirrabarra. God, I love the stobie pole! - a South Australian icon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541329402468-ZJ6RZKZGZ5YGULGPBZ6F/PA310168.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541353918831-OSF8IWV2XVU7O7TTS2X2/Paul%2BMark%2BSpotty.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - My brother Mark and I in Laura, 1956 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541353910526-LBS3NEE2Z5L8DZGZ902L/PA310175.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - The Prodigal Son returns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541330227602-GJ8W2SKE6G7ZXTGDHSM9/PA310193.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots The chocolatier is in the main street across the road from where I used to live. Unfortunately, our old house is gone, replaced by an ugly hardware store, built sometime in the last 10 years, I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541330603969-2W0KQA2R77L6M17AHFKQ/PA310201.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541353596836-0ZOB10TL8S0H0EPPNSUB/PA310194.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - All you need to know about Laura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541354226441-PYI5ETHRWTOM9WJF4OQ8/Golden%2BNorth%2Bfactory%2BLaura.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - Golden North Ice-cream factory My father used to be manager of this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541352731582-GLYVNEC00VSQI0DQVM8Y/PA310182.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - The Old Mill My brother and I used to break into here to play. Some local kids did the same recently and set fire to the building! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541352742936-GTS6OB6DTXHN265ETJTS/PA310188.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - Laura's last remaining hotel My brother and I used to collect long necks (not sure where from) and sell them to the hotel for pocket money. We would have been 6 and 5 at the time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541352748737-CEL1S5AJR549YB85M83Q/PA310196.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - The Uniting Church On the next block to our house. I have a vague memory of breaking in here and vandalising hymn books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541352753127-K1MNN2BLELZ120AAZKCL/PA310198.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - Shop front This looks old but of course wasn’t here in the 50’s. Something like this was considered to be pornography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541352756980-H46F2LIOP811BJCF3V7E/PA310205.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - A Stobie Pole becomes artwork The red ribbons are for a 50 year Laura celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541353590698-H9PHW7S6WSELZL7LGK4N/PA310206.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - Another brand of religion in Laura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541354137194-Y84OS1P1T7UUGL8S064F/Mattiske%27s%2Bstore%2BLaura.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots - Mattiske's - our local lolly shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541332072231-D6HL7IQG9TRXTH7XVY6Y/PA310220.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mid-North SA: Back to my roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541332612501-JIN4O005385HV5VA83RD/PA310209.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541319662569-7358GHKUZ03OJ2LWF7RB/PA290003.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands One section of Wild Dog Hill, viewed from the flat land at the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541362568414-ALNH3ZXH7XXYPBS2W8GO/PA290047.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Singing Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541362574996-KAZUYU6JSU5WRVT6UZS2/PA290064.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Welcome Swallow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541363273040-5WKMZSF5XE94I2D8W7Z0/PA290053.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541323156125-NSZB4HAADO7HT1LAXP79/PA290019.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands This bush may be 300 years old. Western Myall, with its understorey of Bluebush, is reportedly the preferred habitat of the Western Grasswren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541362911766-PZ6B9WEJZ8ZHMP6XKNK1/PA290007.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541363026764-BNJM060I2VE8180YVEMW/PA290022.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541362990117-W0Z3R80JW5ZHU9CMC9KC/IMG_2923.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541362967213-EITIP54D7223ZT6JGEZQ/PA290011.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541363122605-0B4JPHWHTJ72S5UBBT65/PA290017.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands The view from atop Wild Dog Hill. That’s our trusty little car down there, waiting for us in the baking heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541320005846-CG0GOYWCEU0AU25RB383/PA300085.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541319841543-F4QFMKNWV0CBSPHSNV83/PA310152.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands Almost like ‘free camping’ in the bush … but with power, toilets, and hot showers. Luxury! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541319947348-Q0GU2M5U35E5SQ3UXXG1/IMG_2930.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands This old girl had two lambs in tow. She was part of a small flock that regularly stampeded through camp, on their way to the water trough … which just happened to be right outside the shower block! Her coat looks well overdue for a clip, but she seemed happy enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327022685-ID6GDTEPCYWDGOHCEHOP/PA300204.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Red-rumped Parrot (male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327027847-NP3MLKOC3D78GZR7UBA8/PA300227.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - White-plumed Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327039023-XTLND2ML999UVSR9E2KW/PA300297.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - more Brown Treecreepers than we've ever seen, anywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327047100-81ZCWF0FXV2GT7N5WEKN/PA300303.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Rainbow Bee-eaters, investigating nest sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327050974-92TFULDTTGZ79AY9PIN6/PA300312.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Peaceful Doves, courting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327541615-E2JY22U1292R257XUPQ3/PA300081-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Apostlebird - just one of a large troupe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541363368519-0USVT77T1HIY51DM7FO1/PA300151.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Brushtail Possums - mother and young one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541363383357-4DMPB4ABLFHJR3IAX5QT/PA300121.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - a very large huntsman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541320118815-ZUCTQLWFNQ5G5GRQASH6/PA300035.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands With temperatures climbing into the high 30s, the gorge was a cool retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541320156989-YPZOTCGOG773S1EFTIS1/PA300040.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541320200492-3IS2ML2QXMBAHV36NOWC/PA300067.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands It’s difficult to capture the grandeur of these cliffs. But if you look carefully you’ll see me … dwarfed by the vertical red rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541320264802-GB1DZ1WPV7KGQN7VVQ59/PA300031.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541326897421-QX573I443KP77OVJ1WP3/PA300121-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541326906217-K5RWBWAREQ2NOZVAR50P/PA300152.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327165296-HWASIG9LKARQKIPDU3TP/PA300198.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - Yellow-faced Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541327215956-AO4WT1TR2EK9S8XQ5GG9/PA300190.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands - ... with a mouthful of nesting material https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541363595352-NQ1150FFLYI6JGNP93TZ/IMG_0831.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541363599081-S4Q22NDFB9DC2U57UDBU/IMG_0832+2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable NP, SA: one last look at the arid lands https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/28/port-lincoln-sa monthly 0.5 2018-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541204259539-RI1AYH5AN3W1AL8CYDMF/PA250283.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA Beach in front of our caravan park. That’s the Lincoln National Park in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541204306760-ZV63YAWWD5YAGTFJBMNM/PA250299.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA The tranquil waters of Spencers Gulf - not always so! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541203369223-4UX9U86RPSOXAAJTIKT9/PA240064-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541203512143-Z1STHHRZM1EF8SDDTCBM/PA240064.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541205625890-0MOS3Q84437KD59PYUM3/IMG_2898.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541205661580-P6RVW23OC8B8J4W44IQC/IMG_2902.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541209835315-3A4V7BGZLH0YFAN0R9JS/PA260063-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541207443175-V8SA3SBGCXUDCS9LMS1V/PA260044.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541207581828-UYGKAJY3KHE0BRZKVUWA/PA260122.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541207316412-GUV8ZF23N9QYWOFQ90IH/PA260127.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541207328996-VVI6Q22ZXPRO4OCKLHIU/PA260128.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210244376-M787F1PE6EOKATH6BEP3/PA250075.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - Golden Whistler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210141749-W3W7R46UTWXCQ3BYWJS3/PA250127.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - Melaleuca sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210150664-534P9U8HTQALZIID8RQG/PA250203.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541216540876-6HJXXG4DAE93V3YZ181B/PA250176.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - Silvereye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541214739665-Y8J7TRLHUVEB5V74B4XO/PA260082.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210132198-YHAKZFUEC1I2HLQ7XPP2/PA250072.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - Cockie's Tongues, Templetonia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210305708-5BYOBNXFB86OWX61797X/PA250380.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - Australian Ringneck, Port Lincoln Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210965646-1SJA1HK73DSA64H1DB1N/PA250218.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - White's Skink, Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210284992-DK3KWC8DBQKWR3QJWA5F/PA250226.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - White-browed Scrubwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541210220926-Y8X8UARHCEAKSBC88O0N/PA250311.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - Pied Oystercatcher feeding chick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541211832626-V09HVQH7XFVDZJ7BG7U9/PA250094.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA We disturbed one group of three chicks with several adults as they were drinking at a water hole on a salt lake. They dashed off across the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541211478658-NR4N7YJQB9BBA532BSOX/PA250005.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA Old Man Emu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541211295522-HV6KJLRF76DJ55I4R2LQ/PA250404.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA The other group of four chicks was feeding with dad on a grassy plain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541213380616-YW8CWZVCZPWYPA8TO0IY/PA250421.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541213386624-KDZMOJB28ZRUCMCX3OLH/PA250425.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541214551083-FLREBSYFXCQE0NW4HWEV/PA270038.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541214614244-HUQZVEXQM6ZM32ZHHID5/PA270044.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541215984158-4BDC0TC9SQ9VV73PF8YD/IMG_2917.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA Rock Parrot habitat. They roost and nest on the island in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541215057575-LCEHR1MLB9T9YGCC187Z/PA280002.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541216951170-S7S9DLH5QY1Q52NZUNBE/PA280007-2-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541217802457-URDL43RCTWFSFBYD2WVD/PA280100.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541218268483-LCLW3NGW0Z0GC3J4HNF2/PA280126.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541217329582-DPQ0I3AUBG0KRX9V1MPF/PA280043-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA - time to return to the island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541217459917-NBCIONSKKNPYFI8J0M65/PA280045-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541217103793-4R0J4O76FDBWTMQBJ420/PA280016-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA And a pod of four dolphins got into the act! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541215436043-LDN6HYE05ZGIZJ0V90BF/IMG_0808.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA Before the oysters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1541218615386-X9556S4ONMAY7A85AY05/IMG_2906.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Lincoln, SA Part of the complex set of waterways in Coffin Bay National Park https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/26/gawler-ranges-np-sa monthly 0.5 2018-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540557606192-O7H22Y0V86N1OD0PV7E4/Kombi+1974.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA 1974 model Kombi … current asking price on Carsguide = $28,000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540511389805-94IRRL8ZXLEYRC0XH9NG/PA220018.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA Streaky Bay is a rather attractive town on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. The wide, shallow bay actually faces north east, so we nearly had an ocean sunrise … starting to feel a little like home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540523261765-EH5LMNHDLUL8A5XQ7XGP/PA210025.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA Common Greenshank … this is a juvenile, just arrived on its first visit to Australia from the breeding grounds in Siberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540514126172-Y1O1Y2IVFE16B50RKUYX/PA230205-2-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540513046199-UGUSQ88X4GVOBU35NSC5/PA230140-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540514201131-H1MW44AV5CKMYQGV8CNA/PA230217-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA These columnar rocks have a volcanic origin and are likely to be around 1500 million years old. This is Kolay Mirica Falls … apparently a waterfall after rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540522837336-BI3BCQ86QFZ7UE17ACKG/PA230152-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA There is a species of Hop Bush (Dodonaea) endemic to the Gawler Ranges … not sure if this is the one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540522731008-H9WGU3IRAB19F5NYXS2S/PA230278.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA Pterostylis sp. … a ‘Bird Orchid’ of some kind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540523120450-9F01H1L4PDZ3W0OOYN2O/PA220186.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA Large numbers of Red Kangaroos, Western Grey Kangaroos and Emus made us extra cautious when driving in the Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525206622-G0G4R0T7ZKCP05QEF9HN/PA230202-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525210867-3XAPQ5QJ3TOMEH4865TN/PA230401.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525395519-OBRXMVIHZQWZZD54HTZA/PA230397.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525482493-AFNSCADSST30XQMMNJSU/PA230398.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540513897618-R1H005K3N854Z28DATU1/PA230138-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA Just the two of us …. and about 2 million tiny bush flies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540553851737-16MEYO8JOMNGH3Q6NJXP/IMG_2893.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540553858862-JE56I5VJAP9RYZJAEBR8/IMG_2894.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525732168-PCTOWCAP8QMQO6P3860Z/PA230212.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - White-winged Triller - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525737419-7HMQ6DL5YUKQ7JOTXTLP/PA230143.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Mulga Parrot - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525745430-3P9EKLMD4D74CWY88TW5/PA230348.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Port Lincoln Parrot (Australian Ringneck) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525774232-Y8LOP1K9K2QLAZ3ND8AQ/PA230480.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Red-capped Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548630033-ZMWB0FVLFSLN311NUOZY/PA230006.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - White-browed Babbler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540525782595-O8VI8AFCM968D0WXX0PD/PA230518.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Rainbow Bee-eater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548591235-E81866PIQAX5931KOV1Z/PA230322.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Chestnut-rumped Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548609038-RYED51856ERTOO4UBYA6/PA230445.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Southern Whiteface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548660677-7XAMUVYST56T2B26NI76/PA230242.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Tree Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540547771270-CI7ASHY3604147BZE2E4/PA230103.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Crested Bellbird - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540547709801-JWXWKHFJQKAJVNI0X8T5/PA220150.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Crested Bellbird - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540547690107-2ONBSJMKXRY1SMKR9DXZ/PA230090.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Crested Bellbird - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548053492-8U4XR35XB8CFVZ18CCHP/PA230172.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Tree Martin, feeding young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548062782-PWTGMO62QVOJ7H1HBO63/PA230191.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Tree Martin, guarding nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548106496-ZOTJ116G4K1NB72ENBGQ/PA230477.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - nest-building Weebill, with a prized feather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548296845-FOBZU73ZM397PRJBQH1I/PA230487.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - juvenile Red-capped Robin, less elusive than its father https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548323429-MRCHAWFJAX0MSGPA0XUP/PA230122.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - scruffy juvenile Southern Whiteface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540548079697-NGGCU3SZKQ2UE7FQT9MT/PA230264.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Striated Pardalote, nesting alongside the Tree Martins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540513788262-J6ME7SGCXKVBCVWFH8TN/PA230156-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540514493135-YB9ECK3OY9UPADSSOUBE/PA230164-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540514505101-H0OJIGZM6DMIAQWLMFG0/PA230198-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540514525101-71VA163S4RZVJN6E8GQS/PA230183-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540513988974-CR4CR9U5R44OLA3GDPO0/PA220034-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA Sunset after the heat of Day 1 was quite a treat! 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Fine red dust, everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540553421725-373MCICAT1Z9TWLIQWQA/IMG_2892.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540549635264-QD7VCPCK88RBBGDWBL7F/PA240281.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540549672772-B7M565NV9D76CMTGIU1J/PA240279.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540549753117-00WGKFRRBKLHMA6WZBGE/PA240031.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Rufous Treecreeper - adult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540549752661-2QIE9XLH545BL93DN96H/PA240026.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Rufous Treecreeper - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540549802527-QBX0F9O1HV9Y16LPQJ34/PA240021.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA - Rufous Treecreeper - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540553658885-P3FSK09NMH77T8CH8U83/IMG_0803.jpg WA trip 2018 - Gawler Ranges NP, SA https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/19/peak-charles-wa monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540073618374-H3994SCP5QJDOFSPAGAN/Great_Western_Woodlands_location_within_Australia.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA By Vivi Lins [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539957276290-8UHBDBEF4LCLNMLCY14I/PA190115-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539985909939-VII8FK52K88D08X0EI7X/PA190117-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539988607906-2UVHE09DY2DH6Z64R8UC/PA190093-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539988634284-S146SRGS51M1BWHHDMDG/PA190662.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539990240366-19E94QNYM2G4OWNT510Z/PA190386.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539988736944-MEY8QNCBJCUAO7W6PGLR/PA190129.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993216187-H3NRKX8V4N15TID5QQ17/PA190105-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539988779543-E713QIBRVV616Q0GG9PK/PA190100-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993205693-0AYGG6VCWOAHTTEUH591/PA190099-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993310612-YYUD3U5RKI4C7Y3QMPGR/PA190675.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993196000-FLIC43D0J6TQ60CWBK4B/PA180073.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993223227-MZNJ3D5AZKBIBSOQZC28/PA190113.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993300691-EV9BZTCYA756RR0BN6AL/PA190419.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993235462-ZJ63JZ45WMXFQHXLLT0K/PA190186.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993318229-6727JI58IB7ZPHRL9QYZ/PA190677.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993418321-FHYYTPQOK1N2S0JDTQ3B/PA190213.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993262368-ITL9QFPFYWZS2F91ROUN/PA190210.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993701946-D65PAI6RSHXK7HM79JA8/PA180041.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993713918-P9LNAR83HWR2712SZO23/PA180039.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993735227-YUEDHE8M9ZR2DNVOM487/PA180044.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539986583938-FNV75LUQAZCXJVIN0POO/PA180046.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA Peak Charles is in the centre of the image. The peak to the left, in the background, is Peak Eleanora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539991262555-2SA4NVNG957I3HUXGEHW/PA180054.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539991329923-240SWA299Z58T4HEK03D/PA190067-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539987418492-QSD7763L3MUWO62VHXTA/PA180061-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993656142-7QWLZCSVME5M4BJ7Z1R6/IMG_2877.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540074441118-9HBKUJZH40KNYHL0GZZX/IMG_2874.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539993475029-07MF150SN53KPIT4UAPW/PA190389.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Eucalyptus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539990033950-KQ3OKUIZ4XJLF6WVZYI1/PA190364.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Sand Mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539990044723-ZR1U5A0TQBTOP7DFEGDA/PA190383.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Sand Mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540074562816-LQWOGG3PK0ZXE017KX9O/PA190368.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Sand Mallee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540076451546-DBC3ZAKTGEUJQF24ZFP1/PA190224.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Purple-gaped Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540076461311-ZEUUP9P0HTL2PHJCZ6Z5/PA190349.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Spotted Pardalote https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540076471891-G0TRBFDNEHGJSF68Z7ZW/PA190394.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Western Yellow Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540076489598-59Z0XT0JAW35REOX176L/PA190595.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Rainbow Bee-eater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540076498721-NDZCW6JSX1KZQZX3KT86/PA190618.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - White-fronted Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540076626032-9ZVPOVH1SVZ2AC1UCU53/PA190443.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA - Grey Fantail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077078280-0DT7QDKUTL0EHOES3LXH/PA190296.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077091110-XRPPPFMROANP6BS2AT9D/PA190307.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077277915-ISFHTL82X8T66D1763EG/PA190323.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077294379-CXX7W8BSIH8G9IR6BLE8/PA190316.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077469564-3NU5WFAIX6568PGJ1NVG/PA190664.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077670347-CEZ8507WRRPXN8C3JTLA/IMG_2879.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077864134-DNDH4YJQ9OSCMARBQPSW/PA190518.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540077932369-BWB7QQ3P29VSRHT7XW2G/PA190575.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1540078298529-S83MLGPONH89CE4C9VSR/PA190072.jpg WA trip 2018 - Peak Charles NP, WA https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/18/east-mt-barren-fitzgerald-river-np-wa monthly 0.5 2018-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539818595039-9O8KEB0A7JHANZDNWS2Z/PA160611.jpg WA trip 2018 - East Mt. 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Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, WA Lucky Bay pano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539985330628-LZGZF05747WW5MO3IYYZ/PA170034-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - East Mt. Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, WA Hellfire Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539985374614-XIGEQ2BV0VBUK4J2IKG5/Hellfire+Bay.jpg WA trip 2018 - East Mt. Barren, Fitzgerald River NP, WA Hellfire Bay pano https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/17/hammersley-inlet-1 monthly 0.5 2018-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539782065822-88E5RBMWQ63UEQZ5LYOZ/PA140023-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA Stirling Range National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539782229653-TCH2OTIBDYCD5A4SZ982/PA140028-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539782395347-EEMEHEVANPT0XBW9WILO/PA140006.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA A flock of about ten Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos were feeding on what I assume is a young wheat crop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539782705238-ZR2WUJCXI7TRRMMB7C35/PA150049-2-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA Hamersley Inlet, looking west from a ridge just above the campground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539782976587-S0JISA6192FS2293JGQN/PA150062-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539784677732-MZKUEXTWZF5QD5BCF3O0/PA150123.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539784680943-DLYU0HPSEYDD3DAHHVSC/PA150124.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539784688199-9TXXDN5943DVFOV0QLP4/PA150125.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539784954002-A29QOUQMLDF0F3OTRN3G/PA150391.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA Heath Goanna (Varanus rosenbergi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539785622436-9EYG2NGVQWHQWGXHQ9UW/PA150055.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539785627623-GZUZB78GLJI15RDJC0B8/PA150059.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Barren is an impressive sight from the lookout at Caves Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539788006368-FK9OUOV983Z1KR4LYYDS/PA150488.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539788012538-XRC9A5ED37ISROOS33MI/PA150489.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539788072693-64DOO7XFMZCY7NAGCRVD/PA150495.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539788049585-AP6IFFJDQC54RI3KG3Y3/PA150575.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539787830142-RJAAHJ0ZQ7HJ1DYKL56Q/PA150504.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539787834939-VNQFXYXFLB0HSAGN7KVS/PA150519.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539787848291-TQ7KCZ2YVGZXL8WSIHZU/PA150524.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539787854773-W5IQKKHAPUMPBC3IV4EM/PA150530.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539788445927-15COSPPSL1Y2EL1GG51V/PA150217-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539788629861-MUKGMVO1FJW8CNI5D0ZE/PA150243-2-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hamersley Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, WA Sunset over Hamersley Inlet https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/13/mt-barker monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539439659161-VB8NOBTEF1QSZ3XSO3FB/PA120054.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539440169081-SHCVA9YBISVCOD8V04K3/PA120021-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539440695649-AM51W2L70FRGCDDYE1I5/PA120030.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539441282247-1ACIIN6YC27QUALH6PLS/PA120245.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Rufous Treecreeper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539441268102-5EHSFWFLG0OFWYYO5MNP/PA120235.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - White-breasted Robin - a WA endemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539441398315-KU2PCJHX9TE3ERW3DCKK/PA120045.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Tree Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539441736533-E26ZGK9639C9VWMXNJW7/PA120269.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Inland Thornbill - beak full of food for its young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539442016854-ZQ7JO2AS9C8M6Y0WWJOG/PA120276.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Inland Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539442056550-ST8UZWNN06GUGT25GSOY/PA120081.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - White-browed Scrubwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539442563357-WY6ISZDCEY5VZ8FRLOOC/PA120288.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Splendid Fairy-wren - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539442592553-V52A026WK3K61T8T18QU/PA120328.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Scarlet Robin - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539442578155-12MRYST1RG2SU8YMH7MF/PA120339.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Red-winged Fairy-wren - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444813387-WDDLX67CM44OWC0JUUSI/PA130110.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444205349-1BXUM04JHHJ62UYAB75I/PA130017.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Butterfly Orchid Caladenia lobata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444211185-W7K1PFKG45CQZ0O0BA7R/PA130004.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Butterfly Orchid - another Caladenia lobata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444388375-QO0FXZC5YT8X77UV4XFO/PA130058-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Butterfly Orchids - still more! Caladenia lobata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539472720751-PN4V811O68VQCYJCP3P7/PA130252-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Rusty Spider Orchid - a first Caladenia ferruginea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444883748-2H7XXQTS3L258UDAVRKL/PA130093-2-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Purple Pansy Orchid - another 'first' Diuris longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444887267-UFHEV1NBW5HH82YFYC1Y/PA130053.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - King Spider Orchid - yet another 'first' Caladenia pectinata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539476144253-GNI676X6K1ZA8R56E0CY/PA130243.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Zebra Orchids - another exciting first Caladenia cairnsiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444989664-WRR7IVDBVPGE61HFR0SS/PA130211-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Jug Orchid - a first Pterostylis recurva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444932789-KNGAFZPQXBLOFNNJDL30/PA130207-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Rattle Beaks - yes, an orchid, and one we've seen before Lyperanthus serratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444913987-N626HXJC8CTKM3TSAVUZ/PA130121-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Rose Coneflower Isopogon formosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444927504-UDTCESRAF5KQX1WJUMDZ/PA130166-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Tinsel Lily Calectasia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444938557-F1H7HXWV4YXSUV2UW67T/PA130223-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Grevillea sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539444724280-JT1CXRSCZGQD5CODNLJN/PA130072.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA There were three generations of this family out spotting orchids. And they weren’t even obviously nerdy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445100807-OIVWV4582AQT7E7XOHH7/PA130264-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Splendid White Spider Orchid Caladenia splendens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445111583-8N7M13JMKUDSEA465IGJ/PA130268-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Yes, you guessed ... Caladenia splendens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445126051-P634IUYXE48I8YVQ24SQ/PA130273-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - ... another first! Caladenia splendens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445374744-EM4RFWJ6FV9U6N0KGVV2/PA130371.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Pink Enamel Orchid Elythranthera emarginata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445379222-1NDOYJX7VFTN0PMMJEE1/PA130375.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Pink Enamel Orchids - they tend to cluster Elythranthera emarginata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445397856-ZOH6Z81PT4ZAMTFRXT74/PA130510.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Pink Enamel Orchid - much larger than their Purple cousins Elythranthera emarginata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445349900-W22OZG43LMFGEXKPC0WC/PA130253-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Purple Pansy Orchids Diuris longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445360683-U785295QY8G9UKIZXOXW/PA130336.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Dragon Orchid - yes, another 'first' Caladenia barbarossa (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445385533-HSRC6F5A2BC9VKYBK10F/PA130383-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Dragon Orchid Caladenia barbarossa … or possibly another species of Dragon Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445394104-WSVTYYQUCURXEP8G030M/PA130487.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Red Leschenaultia Lechenaultia formosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445355945-PX66SSFHXRUVSCMBG2T3/PA130288-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - mmm ... I forget. Will have to check https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445513051-7DNDA6R0L4UPQPAZ5KFL/PA130390.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Lemon-scented Sun Orchid - barely open, unsurprisingly Thelymitra antennifera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445569778-RHMXQV8FBE0YYVAP8FZ2/PA130285.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - spider on a spider orchid ... how appropriate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445613157-VZNZMGOA7KJ13EB7IK0B/PA130354-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a large bee fly ... stuck and unmoving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539474887455-BD0341GPDGY6SG3LEMDP/PA130358-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - not sure how ... but perhaps paralysed by a spider (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445641425-OJACIFRTCD0RXKEXKQKL/PA130321.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - yep, Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445617611-13A39DXD6RGVPDRIUYDR/PA130366-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a sap-sucking bug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445881603-SQL4LKVX8J08G8XUK0W0/PA130156-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Yellow-winged Pachysaga Thanks to David Rentz for identifying this katydid Pachsysaga croceopteryx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445914855-4A7WWBHKWKE65T4J1ZES/PA130163.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Yellow-winged Pachysaga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539474859227-SWG8HP6BXTL1G6YMOXAH/PA130218.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a grasshopper nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539474841367-ZUD93D6OGX53U0O0XIZQ/PA130144.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a tiny cricket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445929284-JNWRRJIOTX3VJTU671J0/PA130197.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a tiny moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445945530-OK0ZILMKDI25AF5LOGZ1/PA130260-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a Swift Spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445967435-W5ZNIKU4E6GHQ4ZSHYO1/PA130084.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a small stick insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445978097-SBQ48BEITD455QPLCZOL/PA130066.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a leaf-eating beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445982240-34J8N418YVHVEXTT6YJP/PA130108.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a tiny beetle (I think) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539445987622-W83AKMTR9CLVVVH17ULG/PA130124.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a flower-eating beetle - these were everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539446060315-BAHYMAI4P39CMT17R7LO/PA130161-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - more flower-chomping beetles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539446014076-U4U6EUH4MAI4X9BXNCGE/PA130145-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Bibionid Flies ... but commonly called 'love bugs' Bibionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539446018888-HTTDKBQI32LP2H88GBGW/PA130149.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a tiny, 'long-legged fly' Parentia vulgaris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539474354715-0DOXN2R7FFE8RN2U9WPR/PA130407.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - a damselfly, and an unfamiliar species I think! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539474379834-UIO4YLIJQQ3QOOM6YMXG/PA130317-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Barker &amp; Porongurup NP, WA - Wandering Percher - a widespread dragonfly Diplacodes bipunctata https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/nannup monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539337196793-ZELOHP8GL3COBCDCU1ZO/PA110013.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA South-western subspecies of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii ssp. naso) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539338181824-DGEBMNQFAPYRI3SYY9KS/PA110032.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - juvenile (left), adult female (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539338189597-VC8ABOU1YX6FI83FCFZZ/PA110074.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - adult female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539338422920-WJPAE55765EKUDHPUM8A/PA110007.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA male (left) and female (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539338810315-X5KIUZSDVNCNINQ3LL1R/PA110045.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539338836925-V4PZ0YLR55DV9LYD0UO2/PA110054.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539338797644-K2F9ITEZ038ZC93S136R/PA110101.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539338991142-TWULCNVTNCU8GSCBBS0N/PA110078.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA The male (left) flares his tail in what is clearly a deliberate communication directed at the female (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539339143760-C3MWD9Q3WGTQ5LAOHKU8/PA110096.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539339449845-WS6UFKUXJEIXLJKEO6MC/PA110123.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - Pimelea lehmanniana, Mountain Banjine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539339453834-93LGWMB0IE8PZJ5PDSAA/PA110126.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - Pimelea rosea, Rose Banjine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340073834-2ZFF1CIOLCBET9IW541U/PA110131.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - Thelymitra crinita, Blue Lily Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340077354-8163EZI83TCI36D6MF26/PA110133.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - Thelymitra crinita, Blue Lily Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340081921-1TJFMG22GPD6G434AVS2/PA110161.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - Patersonia umbrosa, Yellow Flag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340089313-M7QOCP8CLDTRHJDNCWBO/PA110191.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - Grevillea sp ... I think https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340093920-U0ZKB2TZEEMXIPNOJBO6/PA110217.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - hhmmm ... another new one for us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340101810-L8GYJF57PS7F22A0QF5R/PA110259.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - Elythranthera brunonis, Purple Enamel Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340228826-N5T8PDME0BOWBHSS0XB3/PA110172.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - a tiny native bee, covered in pollen (Exoneura sp. ?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340246316-JUJ2PL4Z3KJ99XE48IP6/PA110257.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - a lone Wanderer, and our first real butterfly sighting! (Danaus plexippus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340216424-KKOBR71QZMDPXUJLNDT2/PA110143.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - many bee flies probed the Pimelea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340219447-U43X5IEJH2OY4MRQ7Y4U/PA110150.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - long legs and long proboscis of the bee fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340259686-9U7GQZYX8VUULT73KX2T/PA110276.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - these darkly metallic moths were everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340235768-NYQL5X8TVJGRAGRGHG17/PA110210.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - in flight and when feeding they might be mistaken for butterflies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340250244-W76ARA1XL3SQWZUR63XT/PA110266.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - another bee fly, and this one likely to help pollinate the Stylidium (Trigger Plant) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539340242357-KKVLF6MKNCH69AD5XNC4/PA110234.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA - a wasp, perhaps ... need to have a closer look, as we are also seeing many flying ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539341891860-DKGZ9KMFV2478HYHJSL3/PA110292.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539341189438-RZ45K03QSP2CLF6H3VLK/PA110368.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539341193425-9MDHULEUHIY1OLSPMXKC/PA110375.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539341226703-XEK22Q7KW77QT5IDSJQQ/PA110350.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nannup, WA https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/12/southwest-capes-wa monthly 0.5 2018-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539348720549-020IUQQQ03E5DQSFBYS9/PA080159-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539348276893-HQWENO78DLAP8KS9U7KZ/PA080358.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539348434222-1HWBGXD407LWRXWRZFRY/PA080160-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539350271375-PWR6ZKUUURG79WVRL6JU/PA090135.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539351053158-5UGSHIFGOCOJZEHZD15N/PA090007.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539351992601-1X9F9R33P9ST36BERNHQ/PA090008.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539351818744-KH430PDS9MTUR038UPN1/PA090013-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539352815299-HTY8ZZHQAPXXO34ZAGKV/PA080012.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539353528666-I941H1E55N06Z2UXPQO2/PA080081-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Stylidium calcaratum, Book Trigger Plant There are sooo many species of trigger plants in this state! This one is called Book because the flower closes at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539353638997-EC72TP7KVTWP1GVZBA8H/PA080052.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Stylidium calcaratum, Book Trigger Plant This species comes in different hues, ranging from white to pink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539353511724-AC3OFNCN50Q8E49Q1O91/PA080095.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Philotheca nodiflora, Blue Pepper and Salt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539353848081-O6QEUGSMSJGJHC2K58V5/PA080102-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Utricularia multifida, Pink Petticoats Commonly seen in wet, swampy situations. A tiny plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539353593071-AZCSX9869W5P7TMPXA7P/PA080043-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Patersonia umbrosa, Yellow Flag We had no idea that Flags came in yellow as well as the familiar purple we have back home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539353607472-M0UQTEZIUE1E5OESVBPQ/PA070041.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Patersonia occidentalis, Purple Flag This is the same species as we get back home. I now understand why it’s called “occidentalis” (west)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539353950757-6ZY0S4XXVUZ8SM5SONGL/PA090034.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Anigozanthos manglesii ssp. manglesii, Mangle's Kangaroo Paw An iconic West Australian plant, the floral emblem of WA. Great excitement when we first saw this near Gracetown! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539354070534-LXKX1UAPX9M6CVCFVRIA/PA090137.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Anigozanthos manglesii ssp. manglesii, Mangle's Kangaroo Paw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539354032093-ZE0ZC2OOFBVCDMI1JX0U/PA090129.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Anigozanthos manglesii ssp. manglesii, Mangle's Kangaroo Paw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539388588939-MWA6ZSVH0E5OKZ0868OE/PA100080.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Lomandra purpurea, Purple Mat Rush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539388674754-OJAEPB6UIUCNX6PNPTY5/PA100084.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Burchardia multiflora, Dwarf Burchardia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539389671612-ROFQ4WBDB1VBJQPZQW06/PA100060.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - Xanthorrhoea preisii, Grass Tree The grass trees over here in the Southwest Capes have HUGE spikes! These were about 4m long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539355801677-UI5ATKEFR4U6CEVBN4B3/PA100024.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539356604671-8YZQ7ZS7FN4RTE9YV3TU/PA100025.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539356312632-C4CUCC2WYUT94C4F8AT9/PA100010-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539356920376-50383B2TBKNHZB1KRHKC/PA100009.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539357258035-SS4KBY05V5UIS5XOMXN7/PA100007.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539357427348-BB08INRGGGRLYXSX8AP8/PA100005.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539391538093-R8S8W3I8CMRTMB6GCMGO/PA100005-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539391659720-2DU8I16Y4YPSE9X5KL9L/IMG_2823+2.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - first course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539391678078-7HDER3UAAQDOZ8Y7F3IF/IMG_2829.jpg WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA - mains - feed the man meat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539397287224-GF7B0KZ97C0C5F7CZYNR/Screen+Shot+2018-10-05+at+5.59.34+pm.png WA trip 2018 - South West Capes, WA https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/12/orchids monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539306226693-CBEXZVL1O6MR409LMR3B/PA080088.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Rattle Beaks (Lyperanthus serratus): near Augusta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539306259579-9A1XPDY3PJEWM514V4EW/PA080236.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Forest Mantis (Caladenia attingens ssp. attingens): near Augusta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539306297032-O8LF9TV5CYQ5V1L5X1FV/PA090047-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana nigrita): Gracetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539306345855-YZCTDB4EZDRTYE9S3F08/PA100071.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Tall Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum elatum): near Margaret River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539307713204-4KW3YX6VGPEVP8LI4WZD/PA090067-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession Duck Orchid (Caleana sp.) … post pollination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539307291534-WCR3P0MSE1ZTQ4WBH2Y1/PA080160.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession Twisted Sun-Orchid (Thelymitra flexuosa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539308173444-GBKR7NG825M7BIF48HQK/PA090109-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Lily Orchid (Thelymitra crinita) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539308131478-9ARVZRH6UXK92JTIGG0W/PA080187.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Cowslip Orchid (Caladenia flava) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539308054083-D1I21LTHHJL5MMSYMGRS/PA090065-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Purple Enamel Orchid (Elythranthera brunonis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539308430999-SWDBPY2K3AUXX0DCWKDC/PA090046-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - King-in-his-carriage (Drakaea glyptodon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539308603071-MK3KPBREA6NG8H31GJ1I/PA080322.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Funnel-tipped Spider Orchid (Caladenia infundibularis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539308784146-NKISQJPZ8SB9FBM7BP24/PA080263.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Forest Mantis Orchid (Caladenia attingens) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539308922697-XFZ04DUZXGVURR58BJWQ/PA090132-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Swamp Spider Orchid (Caladenia paludosa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539313228034-85EV2ALVPMMVAT8P8YGE/PA090041-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession Drakaea glyptodon labellum … apparently, to the male wasp, this looks (and smells) just like a female wasp of the same species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539310048240-REGCRXE8YQNR53V5HWM6/P9300457.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession Mating flower wasps from an earlier post, at Cheynes Beach - not sure which species of wasp this is … yet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539310348933-0YROFX2OEXJ7VQEGJ1IM/PA080094-2-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession Orchid-hunting at a site near Augusta this week. This patch has fairly recently gained protection as a declared floral reserve, apparently in response to lobbying by locals and visitors. Well done to the folk involved! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539310473009-8QOHKXTD92K98VJ4RUOH/PA080118-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession It turns out that the perfect lens for orchid photography is a long focal length ‘bird’ lens - my 840mm-equivalent Olympus combination works a treat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539310737647-22GXZQVT5NVJ0JJWM9IU/PA080144.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession Splendid Fairy-wren at the orchid site near Augusta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539313142337-04D11T99XHJFYVZ2NVUO/PA080202.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539311969663-KTO4XC23HFGD7D5VQRST/IMG_0785.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539311999229-AI37VBD55LSMZV1V4I5Q/IMG_0786.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession We were staying in a park at the junction of Caves Road and Cowamarup Road … so the short drive to SW 19 was high on the agenda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539311140553-3ROAZ1F3M4E2F6SIGPAO/PA090103-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Thelymitra crinita - two https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539311247453-EBY56G4FSSTA4IUDVCOG/PA090023-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Caledenia thinicola - many, although most were ageing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751931434633-DGV8JZTI51WMIUGZ5CGD/Caladenia+paludosa.jpeg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Caladenia paludosa - just one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539311156299-NZCMPVKT3HVB8FM8W2XH/PA090064-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Elythranthera brunonis - lots! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1539311219817-3VK38GMVXWD53AT305KQ/PA090083-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - an orchid obsession - Caladenia attingens - just a few https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/6/walpole-nornalup-np-wa monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538836354318-N0XNNB93QSQZX1OGNLRF/PA060192.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA Nornalup Inlet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538818610891-QD98NVZIE3BPH8LQ3ACI/PA060185.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA Habitat typical of the Western South Coast - on the Orchid Loop at Nornalup Inlet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538832650068-I3EC5917E7YX3JE9BBRR/PA050009.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538816269088-ZXJNELM94BKKRH9GI1AO/PA050017.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538817618531-HSOKK0X2HNE5YTGABTL2/PA050025.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538817651097-UUXJH53W3NARNZ3EBN4Z/PA050027.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538815050534-GKB8L6HPNODH5502HJG3/PA050019.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA A Western Rosella’s eye view of the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538815092200-LIYOIPIMTAUS5HVPKEUP/PA050023.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538814993006-9GZA3UPDSK93V9LY352N/PA050014.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538815557459-PP3R43SD1YA1NQPZLD69/PA050034-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA A Red Tingle. This species is found only in a small area around Walpole and Nornalup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538815608579-J7SCCII5PZPUA65RLPWJ/PA050038-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA The smooth-barked Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) is the tallest tree species in the forest, growing up to 90m high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538816592983-EW6ZQZKO5JL8WXV6KXQX/PA050046-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538830715813-0DD71RL3XRO8DPLR0527/PA050050-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538831988832-735MA1420KZOI3CA5LJD/PA040076.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538832034626-1RPKZOGFEJML007OYZQB/PA040078.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538831485694-O2LR7V09CF4GKLUNWZZG/PA050056-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538870211108-T93M9EO1RTGJHOBWPWKP/PA060299.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538872509725-MYZTR9S4DAKBUKLKV3TP/PA060036.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Drakaea livida, Warty Hammer Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538872534034-WBXVULVPI0QXHSO3O04Q/PA060446.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Drakaea thynniphila, Narrow Leaf Hammer Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538872595781-50PP62BMZCYBSZOW1HK1/PA040222.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Drakaea glyptodon, King-in-his-carriage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871094573-QV7B4K1X2TJ9CXFP4ST2/PA060190-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Caladenia latifolia, Pink Fairy Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871132161-3LKKF3J4AB6U193MPYS8/PA060030.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Caladenia flava, Cowslip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871173968-YUWFAZ70KLL227H7GD6B/PA060199-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Caladenia hybrid, Cowslip x Pink Fairy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871289178-HSVSQINEB8HZU287ZWET/PA060015.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Caladenia magniclavata, Big Clubbed Spider Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871763156-L8CRXTDXTOUT20WAG3MN/PA060328.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Caladenia macrostylis, Leaping Spider Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871350587-4WLD4E2IH81VIXDDELMO/PA060346.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Cyanicula sericea, Silky Blue Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874119190-261ICMYQJSPA16R3AQMR/PA040055.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Thelymitra flexuosa, Twisted Sun Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871547033-XXP9O75697A5HP9Z9LRX/PA060429.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Calochilus sp., Beard Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538872415123-FJOD64M9PRW529T9SCE9/PA060199.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Cyrtostylis huegelii, Midge Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538872923660-0ZUWM7CB5UFHFJTB4EUB/PA040283.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Pterostylis barbata, Bird Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538871203973-7HNT2RAGIZL0PWH34K2O/PA060325.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Pterostylis sp., Greenhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874486575-881DQ1AT6NNTSPRCZHJL/PA040244.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Elythranthera brunonis, Purple Enamel Orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538873976514-SRCMNOMQAXNFTP11P9OU/PA060005.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Stylidium schoenoides, Trigger-Plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538875298028-X6LNBX8H1AA5DSOQD894/PA060411.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Stylidium schoenoides, Trigger-Plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538873998702-BA7Z8E864VFLQDW9TPKC/PA060302.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Chorizema diversifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874036777-XNM9JBDFM9BVEWBEMNUK/PA030129.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874386864-5EC2KMIR3RO0HFA7GY61/PA040061.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Anizoganthos flavidus, Tall Kangaroo Paw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874405273-TV3JKSL1DZHEFYY93VHT/PA040230.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Anizoganthos flavidus, Tall Kangaroo Paw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538875423746-LLC5E6AAEPM3A638ACA8/PA040251.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Gastrolobium sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874584236-RWYAWR20O1KKHXQY0OCS/PA040248.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Chaemaescilla corymbosa, Blue Squill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874611282-HDFA0Z5T9GWSYMAGH0EM/PA040299.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Philotheca sp., Pepper and Salt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874629127-0WT5HH97Q416D2JGP4JT/PA040303.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Dampiera hederacea, Karri Dampiera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538875385337-T49WJWMKCAZPQEZR8OD5/PA040202.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA - Johnsonia lupulina, Hooded Lily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538874667511-RSKELIAWMJ4CZU83834N/PA060357.jpg WA trip 2018 - Walpole-Nornalup NP, WA https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/2/cheynes-beach-amp-waychinicup-np-wa monthly 0.5 2018-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483567296-NVZ3OO22UM9HZPJL7G8R/P9300147.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA Scarlet Banksias everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482013645-LCNIYZKZ1BEKBB7RI7WB/P9300008.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Spinebill on Scarlet Banksia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482035735-4QA41ALFDL15QW8P8QDF/P9300763.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Exoneura (native bee) on Beaufortia micrantha (Little Bottlebrush) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482416973-9MT2TNPDMHXG3M8E2BMF/P9300167.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Purple Enamel Orchid (Elythranthera brunonis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482398866-FX8C9CKEMDD5WIO4MPEW/P9300823.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Southern Emu-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482746577-GSNBNZESV15GCTQCRZZZ/IMG_0696.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Whipbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482578430-MI48MPNEEIZXX35DJ7WU/IMG_0695.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Noisy Scrub-bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482585190-20LMZDCLPWPV7LBWEHN0/IMG_0699.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Bristlebird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483135484-GQSQ6YUOYFE62MYGUFXA/IMG_0694.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538482995325-W0LJG7F16O4BPNSBSKMT/IMG_0693.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538485426830-ECLTZWG7MP0G6U3GFO45/IMG_2527.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA Day 1, at the point - with a very strong (and cold) wind blowing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538481789489-X2Z0YZHWTSG1XKXVKJTU/P9300099.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA The view from our campsite - seriously! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483480780-XYDEVBMQXSNSLLAOVCOE/P9300016-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA Chilly breakfast preparation … after our first twitching session! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538476362467-4B3JAI2ZSIB9SIPTMOVR/PA010309.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538476366227-MEEUO7OODZY896HR67Q2/PA010311.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483771343-O6HNODSANKDN2DJN569Y/P9300032.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Bristlebird sighting #1 - Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483821816-7UYE1DNJS1TZMZ18HR08/P9300044.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Bristlebird sighting #1 - Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483857651-2HMDIMEIFL8KZAHQQQ5H/P9300829.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Bristlebird sighting #2 - Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483865028-YK2HZJ3I1HTB7PP8850X/P9300835.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Bristlebird sighting #2 - Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484069862-43LUMAUZVNWRCUWG3NJM/P9300280.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Whipbird - only real sighting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484070472-84LLLG1UN32V776CFRY5/P9300281.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Western Whipbird - only real sighting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483324224-LW7RXZCSYTEXO1AUO20M/IMG_0691.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538483317933-HGKNGFWNN52L5Y6VCJBD/IMG_0692.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538549582102-D98EIBYE76IKILQKQ4SH/IMG_0774.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA ‘the spot’ … this is where we stood … and where the famous Noisy Scrub-bird made his fleeting appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484364125-ZD448D3DX43K2R63GF2D/P9300210.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Hakea cucullata ('Scallops') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484294088-M94YYMAS0IP49460R1B7/P9300019-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Hakea cucullata ('Scallops') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484336380-MJBKZ7BHKK6D3SDJHID8/P9300143.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484305987-BK6CWA6PPYN94XJYMLS1/P9300081.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Drosera menziesii ('Pink Rainbow') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484320139-K965GQ63ES4YXNQ3G7BR/P9300084.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Drosera menziesii ('Pink Rainbow') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484495623-UVPP799ISY5Z01IDIVQE/PA010044.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484393247-H18ZMBQYD6ZY6QATB3Y9/P9300252.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Conospermum coerulescens ('Smokebush') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484397829-1GXGN4KT30891MH5ZZCJ/P9300253.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Conospermum coerulescens ('Smokebush') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484406446-2NCLJY9PRDVCRXADRPDW/P9300265.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Xanthosia rotundifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484427288-3NIT9GJY7P4FYWB5Y18N/P9300326.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Andersonia caerulea ('Foxtails') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484480730-UJMQ2L1V4PK9KK2JUQG2/PA010050.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Lambertia echinata ssp. citrina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484476216-ZVMEB2KYP5E6KECDEQ0H/PA010054.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Lambertia echinata ssp. citrina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484454654-BXLU5PLSAFPMVOQSI5TJ/PA010012.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Adenanthos obovata ('Basket Flower') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484459580-43I80OZ7ZJDE28YJFXF0/PA010015.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Adenanthos obovata ('Basket Flower') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538484517418-UM0VXGMPIEKL644JWMVP/PA010236-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Stirlingia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538487122292-JFVAMWTOJ8PS946W4Y5L/PA010020.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538487417172-DBFEA3VEE2TFKC1UZ5G7/PA010316-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538487440799-AP7IAHJQ14SB6UFW1RR4/PA010329.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548756566-9J9INW1SEVKP6P0RNG3Y/P9300584.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548668701-5APO2UPM2CP3K6QAV7U1/P9300402.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548676659-8XZ1P2TPE5PF7SBHPF8T/P9300457.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548901575-1HKR2MHJ2FRFPUJZ0NWT/P9300154.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA Insects! Happy me!! Well worth the 3 hour hike. We are getting quite fit. 4-5 hours walking most days, sometimes longer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538549134416-X50UYD7T1WHN96H81YVR/P9300538.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - huge wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538549143576-QYO5OXOCOX1TIX2POJHU/P9300502.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - tiny reed bee (Exoneura sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538549163902-QSOZ0JLNOAJUWHOEEFXY/P9300716.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - more mating flower wasps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548237892-ZX09H0TL0GD1O9DPP91D/IMG_2548.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA Shoal Bay at low tide. When Paul took this shot we were already half way out onto the sand spit! Albany in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548341170-R1SWW9JGBD8VRG3VTE8Q/PA010205.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Red-necked Stint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548345823-49IMZ2WCJLV6HJ1RQ7MD/PA010299.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Pacific Golden Plover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548425042-FYUO5AOC90UZX2WQ4CWP/PA010090.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Fairy Tern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538548428392-FWGQX8OPYMZ1WYKMQX5P/PA010092.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Fairy Tern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538487201566-TRADKEMPXFZN7OL1C58Q/PA010080.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - Red-capped Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538487207594-F93WB617EIQ5QFF58SC8/PA010084.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cheynes Beach &amp; Waychinicup NP, WA - the closest we've been to these crazily colourful birds, as they hid among the foliage https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/10/2/stirling-range-np-wa monthly 0.5 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538458376008-MUT60PDVYYELJTQ3KRXM/P9280208.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA View of part of the Stirling Range. The highest peak, seen in this image, is Bluff Knoll, 1095m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538458694966-J5AGWN0O4VERN4U5A7WG/P9260022.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA A closer view of Bluff Knoll - as seen from near the Stirling Range Retreat - showing the mix of mallee and woodland in this part of the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538459953431-7IUFQZA0HMYOZTR20FTN/P9300217.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Daggy clothing - yes; long lens - yes; elderly - definitely not! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538485842988-GFJZLRLDJSHB7K5O9J08/P9190179.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - meets all of the above criteria - except lens is short https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538460473136-CUVVQIXGER9KFJSDHJ9K/P9250928.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538460594877-ZXQNP233UGFLACJLD9OI/P9260303.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA Regent Parrots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538464196337-RFW4QQJ89H9J373PNCJY/P9260164.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA Elegant Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538460657808-MD9L4B97LB4QMY3LEYYR/P9260231.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA Western Rosella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538460771768-O020O5DD4KF2ZOJ2M0GQ/P9250911.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA Gilbert’s Honeyeater, with a pair of New Holland Honeyeaters in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538462732974-SF6DMYQHRJ60OVJPZVI8/P9260032.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA Crested Shrike-tit looking a bit tatty after a bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538461047592-PY1L0OMOJ5VI22TKQNVF/P9280932.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538461110954-HHEVJ1U4GQ1N723HHOKL/P9280928.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538461912976-TWAO7ZSRLF5N343CDE4L/IMG_2521+2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463565981-X23FNAIGFDKXD0SF4EKX/P9260151.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Regent Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463589113-W4T0FCAYCDM75N6P3T14/P9260196.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - White-browed Scrubwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463605061-C24DTCLSFSLJMP2IWQIH/P9260258.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Twenty-eight Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463629393-18GFCBON5T77DBD8BU8L/P9270402.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Scarlet Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463643424-4F7G1JWL1FQ6TWWIDYUO/P9270595.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Western Yellow Robin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463661313-XH90H2BUPS5CEUUBGDIS/P9280955.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Elegant Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463670766-CY0QQ4WWU5AA24WQ886D/P9280958.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Elegant Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463685337-LYMLSR57KBBBLVDY6FEP/P9280970.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Purple-crowned Lorikeet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463704119-CU6T5L9S2MRASM7MUNFF/P9280996.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Purple-crowned Lorikeet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463713341-41S9XQDX202H5ZLHQ95G/P9281028.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Yellow-rumped Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538463721200-S0M5RJYNYD6OBJFB9Z6J/P9281089.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Western Rosella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538464505421-CW8G6OVZEWW3YRRNFYGH/P9270328.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465334174-AMTJ2GTXJ44C7HQDWN9Z/P9281153.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Anigozanthos humilis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465398639-C7L2Y8G5B98SLHRSZHUQ/P9281140.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Caladenia flava https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465438632-ZLGU3IT0BOCGIJ0ZT01X/P9270455.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Caladenia longicauda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465483999-5CRQ08W04J62FTKX6LD5/P9270408.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Conostylis pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465535625-4LWH851N7L6NO7MF95QF/P9270371.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Elythranthera brunonis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465597071-2FORB4XY2VWOLBD265RE/P9270375.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Hovea sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465629047-NTVJYUEK6XXW5YH2700O/P9270486.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Orthrosansus laxus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465700311-SM1JP5B3A0UYNM82LQYC/P9280825.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Sphenotoma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465743071-HSV18QZUKCQNFAJ8D4IM/P9280748.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Synaphea acutilobia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465786610-FDTI6SHKI6PD3U8EPH1L/P9281175.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Thelymitra antennifera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465857242-4PW5J2O12JBDFOM5RGTP/P9270365.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Chorizema sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538465877301-PX94DB8AKBMXH6W6W74J/P9270552.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538466015721-F4449FWT0L40VT7XZGSZ/P9280765.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Beaufortia schaueri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538466029185-CQCMXFJLCPH2E46C1O2G/P9270562.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Craspedia variabilis (Billy Buttons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538466042470-HQD8KHKBMMMVY7NRC490/P9281157.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Lechenaultia formosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538466939124-5GAGUJ57WO1A09N1Z7T1/P9270043.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Diurus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467057097-GR27L44I2J8TQT9OZ6PM/P9280234.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - ? actually it's Xanthorrhoea platyphylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467099492-01DA74VJIOAEFAV2C7FT/P9280222.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538469070668-9EZMPT3O2C1IKR724WBI/P9280150.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA Almost at the top! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538466467005-SMYKQHRLUW302KR15QP8/P9280901.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA White-breasted Robin - a WA endemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538466762790-IYPGJ0S2ZGAHMZZOSXM1/P9280832.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Darwinia leiostyla These Mountain Bells are one of the Stirling Range endemics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467757729-H6TV12SXP28OUBZ5Y3P9/P9280104.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Darwinia leiostyla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538466770769-H0JKZ8BPC72G19D0IG6O/P9280783.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Dryandra formosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467701818-WI2ARZXQRVI1I1XHT5XC/P9280813.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Boronia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467730124-D93RJF8R8ES1MEIOWBGO/P9270443.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Thysanotus sparteus A tiny version of a genus we get at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467775887-3V25ZNQD4D8F8MO9VT39/P9280073.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467800448-MOQRUIPYONPLO1HYVAQA/P9280137.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Isopogon sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467829581-XRR9VZ3GTB5KYPSKGKJI/P9280138.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Isopogon teretifolius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538467840930-PCJR5HUVR00B6T2ILDX2/P9280147.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Isopogon teretifolius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538468690714-SLL82ALABU0M77SXVQ75/P9280133.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538468832888-1XI1VADACQUUPM966RZV/P9280172.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538468820653-9WJ41E1WZUTWB2EJ1GJ5/P9280177.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Each plant has multiple flowering heads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538618345407-110FQJ87OF8FM5W1IICW/P9280130.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538468842415-AE3U1ZECTH6QS5CY0J0Q/P9280178.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA - Old flowering heads with seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538469170717-OE3ICES13GRWXYOLNXNS/P9280167.jpg WA trip 2018 - Stirling Range NP, WA https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/9/27/fitzgerald-river monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033295450-3Q0QZHX4WNH66YUI5XKE/01.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA Western end of Fitzgerald River National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033370679-X5CIUEYZBU8KHK6BO4VI/02.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA Heading out for a walk in Fitzgerald River National Park - binoculars at the ready, and camera in hand (as always!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033457572-0LPQZGQVACY35SPC2X1F/02b.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA View from atop West Mount Barren … that’s our little car at the end of the gravel road. More about this walk later in the post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033570399-W4223M8SZS6W1EY999KG/03.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033582958-E1B9NU8Z4D0CJBQI7ECT/04.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033594878-EDM72Z2I1K2QM14KXZ1F/04b.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033782638-BRKJPGHXXITEKM1IOW8O/05b.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA - Isopogon formosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033786607-YC3OJ0U9SH14LN94KF0E/06.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA - Banksia coccinea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033791564-OWHSAL24DWOD0F8RBJ00/07.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA - Dryandra sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033794981-8BO6ZGVOXYCR25XQ4JPF/08.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA - Grevillea tripartita https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538108821065-WJ8CEQTXSAFR8HQR7GE9/09.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA White-cheeked Honeyeater - larger and less common than the incredibly numerous New Holland Honeyeaters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033949807-GEWJ8QME4JW8J1M89MC3/10.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538033931004-8W88Z5ROGXSAAKMA93QR/11.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034042207-CN8ANNKURKBT2XUEBCA6/12.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA A short walk from the homestead there is a viewing tower … actually, an old water tank stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034132527-ISKSPKWTIEMD16QV5GKM/13.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA The glorious flowers alongside another of the walking tracks from our campsite at Quaalup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034285505-TFQDWJCNWZII0M2U9HW7/14.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034290718-XVSA6MZVOIIPC558YIYP/15.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034294684-D5SS4Y75SOUSEFZYCI20/16.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034621554-NWCIH8LJE74V0QF948IL/spider+orchid+1.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034625483-T16GPYUC9MYD7KNLOOFH/spider+orchid+2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538034629744-SS7BW3WCQY5TVV1KO2GP/spider+orchid+3.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538035201871-2MEMEKFX0F3049S5DJ7D/17.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538035217211-UMLIQPN4BMFDGAXYH00R/20.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Fitzgerald River NP, WA Western Spinebill - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538035727469-PT30XB7YF5JK44DWSB6H/noct+2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538035731704-B6M27Q5R6IMNJ42KC68G/noct+3.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538035766185-WMIF5BCUCKMFEUQMX231/noct+1.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538035772351-OIK709ZYCYXB3DGPHMXU/noct+4.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538035777544-Y30CQ94HWJOL65UJAM9X/noct+5.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036539447-6SXOS6GMGDD60X6737AM/dugite+1.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA - 1 metre long 'Dugite' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036542829-PHUC3B0MI3TMCUUEJGU6/dugite+2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA - Pseudonaja affinis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036546566-WEUNCQZEOYDUD2MQJOJ2/dugite+3.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA - same genus as our Eastern Brown Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036840255-VHEJR4ZMY38O8CHDYQOU/wren+1.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036848822-JC0LQ6LAFZ4OB3YDQ8FM/wren+2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036852607-JKV9FMFL1UFYADMFL3T5/wren+3.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036855863-OX004KSOHCGGZ3RTD9CY/wren+4.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036858936-5MOR3FQ8RXI5D8WQVNRO/wren+5.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538036862155-NCK3MFSLWOAV4RUKJ7DC/wren+6.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538037244481-0FTJAOIJV5J9J701DYWZ/point+anne.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA A chilly wind was blowing - very handy hoody on my jumper! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538037284074-OA55W1U1WIN7IKLC6O6K/point+anne+4.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538037341192-4VFNPYKTC31HK3PIPJWF/whales+1.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538037367370-07DSZ5OZUFVN8AXM92JF/whales+4.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538037371364-F121XQZMRX2FHW92SRDT/whales+5.jpg WA trip 2018 - Fitzgerald River NP, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538037375287-0YIHEHK0ZIZZ5DHA7DRC/whales+6.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA Lunchtime! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538040031773-M5RM9F3K8X7RV1TZGMKK/P9190015-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA Vegetation around our campsite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538040399804-AXMUHHQVABVRKJ0QS5F4/P9190057-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538040323030-R8BP3GRC373KLJF1ALTT/P9190054-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538040296877-SQUMBE3UKQNBONIX3AMP/P9190053-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538040762941-OVIHYMZPDWZ6ZB5SLCJZ/P9190021-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538040777601-ER01XNGNJPO6G0GQC4Q2/P9190022-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; 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Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Thelymitra antennifera (Lemon-scented Sun Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043684543-M8BK1ERMIRHCVQZ6HUQV/P9200691.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Thelymitra antennifera (Lemon-scented Sun Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043706233-C7S28NYDJYJZ7VY88Q5H/P9200648.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Caladenia attingens ssp. attingens (Forest Mantis Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043725994-M6SSZJEPXMT9M1AY384N/P9200619.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Thelymitra granitora (Coastal Sun Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043742315-5SOF9RFARYBGAML4S9W9/P9200599.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Diurus pulchella (Beautiful Donkey Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043757280-ID5FQJ3WBH3WSTSD5SS6/P9200586.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Caladenia exstans (Pointing Spider Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043787589-7WZUBNFP0MI4C60PGXVG/P9200562-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Caladenia longicauda ssp. eminems (Stark White Spider Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043798945-5AS1MP3QKCFG4680FB0H/P9200551.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Caladenia microchila (Western Whispy Spider Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043822100-VVFS40GIMCNO6TCQ2DI3/P9200518.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Caladenia exstans (Pointing Spider Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043836559-861AJHJBCP7KI04KYXPB/P9200506.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Caladenia latifolia (Pink Fairy Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043869496-NOG6DFZIH7YEGE119JJC/P9200633.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Diurus pulchella (Beautiful Donkey Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043916413-HLWQAUPY79SEOBLLVD4E/P9190199-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Diurus pulchella (Beautiful Donkey Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538043982828-7CUTHLU2SJK7MRWSBIPB/P9200266.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA - Diurus decrementa (Common Bee Orchid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538044155125-1AJXM5IXRB1PZL8HZLKR/P9200225.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538044172962-M96YBR71BNYHVEY0TC5J/P9200295.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; Cape Le Grand National Parks, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1538044182300-U2GIS5L17G78G89QZ8HF/P9200297.jpg WA trip 2018 - Cape Arid &amp; 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Species tbc … I forgot to check the leaves!! We’ll stop by the site on our way out of town this morning and take a closer look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537319003005-S7SDMZS8DOSU81KPUNWF/P9180350.jpg WA trip 2018 - Plan for touring the southwest, WA Common Bronzewing … a species that seems identical to ours at home, but is much less wary! https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/9/18/nullarbor-postscript monthly 0.5 2018-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537274970394-8ITS8KA9UWMI91LA0EC9/P9160008-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537274555337-CG041MJNGV3Y57IJQW8E/P9160019-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA One of the viewing points along the Nullarbor stretch of the Eyre Highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537273883497-Z93YNJ5ZDYHRQ7MOQ7Q8/P9160012-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA Looking east from this viewing point - the 200km long line of the Bunda Cliffs stretches away to the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537274823520-RO8BHG261GT4MZJOMUMY/P9160025-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA View to the west at a later viewing point. The Southern Ocean is so blue! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537275506694-SHK6F8TN59NU6DMBKTEL/P9160038-2-Pano.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537276774676-RHT0V687Z2S1PC1TS3B8/P9170116.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537276602001-UT114L7KW7MJN5CVNKCH/P9170114.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537319525222-SD5D6BMQ5L317WNWMOJ9/P9160043-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537277042544-2H6PPRQ06P74VW37N2GF/P9170052.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor postscript and on to WA The view from our camper at dawn. https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/9/15/nullabor-sa monthly 0.5 2018-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537016953582-57X7DKUMYI4FDP0X98DG/P9140004.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537016999768-C7TUH2HOITSS1C7HV1DR/P9140007.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537016570678-GYD9QIO8JSM2VMJTJN1A/P9140011.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537017446574-V936OHMJ5KVHEPQHRFBQ/P9150021-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537017347747-ZF29Y5ZDIW1RBGK53VD6/P9150035-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537017738811-NROS4T1Q1KGUVBENHNKO/P9150029-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018406567-5FD4H1CHD0ZSH541H324/P9150023.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018407978-LPK8W6C3LHZVOAAMN9F4/P9150024.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018419106-EFRKSEB9IOFMBUZUNOEH/P9150160.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018422010-REKMMMFQONT5OBUV632T/P9150175.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018656537-P4KFX3S0ZAQR00AYDIYB/P9150210.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018656942-3ISF01N0UNUW0XUTOEUT/P9150236.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018668662-8J9QZIV5IXLDH1Y5VX2I/P9150262.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018669022-F4D1DD8Z5L2GOBKYATW4/P9150291.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018907127-DSY0443HEU1EEHMORI37/P9150317.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018908906-FBLLEF7988E73ZMP3S9Z/P9150318.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018916139-UDNONI1FI0FE7KNCGZTC/P9150319.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018917758-880KOLGF7YGVTBTRMGWO/P9150327.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537018921809-FGWABXEOUGXWRCGL38KB/P9150328.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537019074847-RJM8HLMNKHPKYGDT29ZR/P9150046-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537019137273-U0N89TN9SOFXL3G8LT5W/P9150051-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537019105763-G41WQ2S7R6D9K87YT590/P9150052-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537019729172-92E3GGDBB7AXQ49U0FDF/P9150120-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537019799912-DF7VZIUHHYFR5OR9G7M0/P9150079-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1537019653858-N6TB64G32E7P9VZ280AU/P9150047-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Nullarbor, SA Kerri stalking her prey on the access road to the Nullarbor Airstrip. Perfect bird habitat! https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/9/13/port-augusta-sa monthly 0.5 2018-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536842745475-8Z8ZE51C3A6AH1IQLKVQ/P9100041-4.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536843142223-5IHWMILYWME6GL7Y2MMG/P9100044-4.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536843303860-XAJ6QREJ6RR6SHG97OPK/P9100053-4.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536843040654-B7R8CR46JEX1W1CMZV7Q/P9100060-3.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536844355018-DY3OM61ZJJLI4XEN1QVK/P9100067-3.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536844913113-PDP4VBWE0FQLL3OYU6UA/P9130246.jpg WA trip 2018 - 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Port Augusta, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536878678446-GDV3HJLEUXJL904R27ZQ/P9130099.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA - Chirruping Wedgebill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536878679653-GDKPZL52V1SNW320GCN9/P9130171-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA - Chirruping Wedgebill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536878692560-STOJL3L9KE6E0H4DKDQV/P9130209-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA - Redthroat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536878694460-OUSZ6N7P2DVMJR9P8XTO/P9130227-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA - Redthroat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536878550315-32HF6C7QBUN0EGWSTKU6/P9130235.jpg WA trip 2018 - Port Augusta, SA https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/9/13/mt-remarkable monthly 0.5 2018-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536834056367-40F1HNK3GAVLHWVDGIRB/IMG_0588.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536834967949-UOI11U47UPCWZOIRKUAH/P9100019.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA View from our campsite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536834777929-1MZHM8CZS9P4LJRIDSTD/P9100009.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA Wonderful campsite … hot showers, no power, no internet … and (nearly) no neighbours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536838931752-SY4YSNMDZJH0S66WJO26/P9100039-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA … and no drones! Perfect!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536835052530-FX9DJCXUZRTOVDCDFR1M/P9100074.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA For two out of three nights, our only neighbour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536835508939-FWH839JK0Q9EOEI44H60/P9100028.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536835543243-J0R510Y8NMWHWYHRXZAZ/P9100067.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536835577733-ZXJ12URG1NS6YZDUJONZ/P9100064.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA That’s our little Cub camper to the left of the picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536837106942-ZDJUI82XCRYPOI1XYSJR/P9100036-3.jpg WA trip 2018 - Mt Remarkable, SA Rufous Whistler - male 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2018-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536406414836-FSFMDNLIUGSHI46M7NSW/P9070082-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536405585460-FRG1MSUJWM2DIPBYJJIC/P9070083-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536405620220-QHX3JPDOI6OG4VAXBH0Y/P9070087-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536406075090-7GOQYTKOWQBXRLHCLZL2/P9070035.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536406103831-33GGQTRZ6RRD7J2EE219/P9070038.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536407578134-PVY4B3QMMKGIVJZAUGMQ/P9070059.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536408654792-N5KPCUN8VCVRKIIU1D32/P9080252.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC Regent Parrot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536408482833-3F5I9TJ1ZQYIXC2E8TYF/P9080148-2.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC Spinifex ... habitat of the elusive Mallee Emu-wren (but despite searching, we didn't see one) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536409096906-ID5UJ87AMY1ZHRZLW5EH/P9080240.jpg WA trip 2018 - Hattah-Kulkyne, VIC https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/2018/9/6/start-here monthly 0.5 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536237122436-T0N6K7L8HGGOT223E8LP/IMG_0645.jpg WA trip 2018 - Start here The Rig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536237172199-0BR02PAHG0I4JHZNJQBM/IMG_0646.jpg WA trip 2018 - Start here Kilometre Zero 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536232958053-BVFDX6MHWVTCX642KVCC/IMG_0651.jpg WA trip 2018 - Start here - master bedroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536232963231-Y13FXION3KEKB89X1CBX/IMG_0652.jpg WA trip 2018 - Start here - the lounge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536232963903-4E1BCA34SKBZEMS0I0B4/IMG_0655.jpg WA trip 2018 - Start here - a palace! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536278926704-6JLL09QK5580X3P5PSBR/IMG_2934.jpg WA trip 2018 - Start here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1536278947032-NE80ZS9P6Y4PN2ZZO73S/IMG_4011.jpg WA trip 2018 - Start here https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/category/Orchids monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/wa-trip-2018/category/more+from+WA+2018 monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/20th-jan-2019 daily 0.75 2019-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952426422-86YBCBZJ3GCW6X7PGIGJ/P1070188.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952426422-86YBCBZJ3GCW6X7PGIGJ/P1070188.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952498188-EI52U0TT02EWMWTQKVBD/P1010057.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952570498-4A1MMO3G7A26MAK548IT/P1020120.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952576939-R7RAJN8MAZKGOI6D770S/P1020037.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952600976-FUSOMXCKG42500OOK30W/P1020017.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952756116-VGKLH2SFLCKA49TC656H/PC280289.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952826685-PAOBZT6T9FU2809TKR2P/PC280191.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547952852635-3CJ7SH6RGKP6XI74OVRI/PC280201.jpg 20th Jan 2019 https://southernforestlife.net/rockpools-jan-2019 daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208953152-PI2UW2OS60KI9DVJP60I/P1170023.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208953152-PI2UW2OS60KI9DVJP60I/P1170023.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206248300-MRHC083O033D7Y9PO4TK/P1170045-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199977901-OURM63CIV7YQN7Q2PLDQ/P1170026.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199838475-CSORC22OM2C78PEZC00U/P1170001.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Parvulastra exigua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206287741-EQ3GFU3YU9ZD5XHYTGH3/P1170048-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199849758-PPR0TW3NDNE4OTNJN8Y9/P1170005.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Parvulastra exigua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199928874-CUZX81REG3CXBRE7JPTF/P1170015.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Oulactis muscosa (Decorator Anemone) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199909140-8PEUQUFK2PHY3QCVP0HC/P1170012.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Heliocidaris tuberculata (Black Sea Urchin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199939185-ZBA6C4MCU1KN2MFOMMUZ/P1170018.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Heliocidaris tuberculata (Black Sea Urchin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199919000-S0H9B2K5EEH494AN17GC/P1170013.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Meridiastra calcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199892828-CZWEETO44BHUUTZKZIF4/P1170007.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Meridiastra calcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206361268-UU8NL8CEPYSPSOOMWOVG/P1090018-4.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Holopneustes purpurascens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199947805-003FPZRZVFY0H612VYT8/P1170020.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Purple Sea Urchin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200072588-PRLBIOBERPKFOX5QS8IZ/P1090030-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Heliocidaris tuberculata, Heliocidaris erythrogramma & the seastar Meridiastra calcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199966473-IQ3H73OZ3KQ9XYWDT4AU/P1170025-3.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199955528-3282W7F7HTZHWDQIB5A9/P1170025-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 These fern-like structures are probably Hydrozoa - animals in the phylum Cnidaria, not algae as they appear at first glance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199998006-H2JDSSJ9JRXKC6ZBJV8D/P1170036.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200007856-XYXKOJEKPS92MLPZO42G/P1170039.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200021688-NZSRJWO74XPPX0OPQO6L/P1170056.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200030576-PZHA7NGP2PCYR2HPV97V/P1090012-3.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Anthopleura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200038759-Q4ZMWKHYP7FK5M7WR8MQ/P1090017-3.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200046391-GIQBKL99U694VF36SQ28/P1090020-3.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Meridiastra calcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200054261-FWZT6HY4QCZKKUBU8JM0/P1090023-3.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Meridiastra calcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200062351-GSGTNWYCWAB4FJS9NHNR/P1090024-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Meridiastra calcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200080235-XXSF71QHCHC3ZNU7MOMP/P1090068.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 The disc-shaped species, with spots, is probably Synarthrophyton patena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200093902-Q2QN8UZEG5VVKLFSOA1G/P1090069.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548200101725-V168SSM9K6DNHEIVG676/P1090040-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Oulactis muscosa - Sand anemone or decorator anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206189034-BDNITSKWQZ3FA8ITKS1I/P1040024.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Hypselodoris bennetti … a nudibranch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206195178-OZFHPOXGYE6JIISQVNSP/P1090055-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Phlyctenanthus australis … Brain anemone or Mulberry anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208847729-ZQTE4FJ50IGQM5XDWW0U/P1180117.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Sabellastarte sp. … Feather-duster worm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208855000-ULZSOWCRBL2588KTKGEG/P1180110.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Sabellastarte sp. … Feather-duster worm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206202075-KSBF0WYYMYZWKBMEKLXY/P1090058-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Sabellastarte sp. … Feather-duster worm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206210030-TQAB73OOTG1DJIGJR3U7/P1090060-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Sabellastarte sp. … Feather-duster worm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206266333-U2A2T0EQFMR1SWK4ISJ9/P1170047-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206284883-R961DGMSHQTUF1J61I2B/P1090051-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Verconia haliclona … a nudibranch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548206340683-ST9I8JTSWYSQ9CV4QCAA/P1090010-3.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Meridiastra calcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208896468-M3PYDRQC4574MLCGV8K2/P1180098.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Aulactinia veratra … the green snakelock anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208904015-1IYZ6G1D44CQXLEJM5WN/P1180084.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Davusia glabra … Shiny Bait Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208918982-HEUAS140VYP7PPN8CXNA/P1180064.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Palaemon serenus … Rock-pool Shrimp or ‘Red-handed Shrimp’ … although its hands are hidden here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208926164-OGQ0SBZJTEHCAROCDFRE/P1180063.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Palaemon serenus … Rock-pool Shrimp or ‘Red-handed Shrimp’ … showing those red hands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548208972952-G7RGAAW8RTM3COX8Y5OZ/P1170022-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Leptograpsus variegatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548230356196-278OSQJMA1GFMFPISBSA/P1090050.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Cabestana spengleri … a Trumpet shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548230361869-6Q9MBO7W2STJKJ2D6LA0/P1090039-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Scutus antipodes … Elephant Snail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548292965929-U2TPPKQ41GXVULYKOCZ9/P1040088.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Trygonorrhina sp … Banjo Ray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548292978206-VD3N77454AW788JGBA2I/P1040122.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (?) … Estuary Catfish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548292987264-XN1PSB3JE0XGMU6OEG4N/P1040123.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Trygonorrhina sp … Banjo Ray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293004797-HZNST8OF7IGL7MMO01MW/P1090012-4.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Tesseropora rosea … Rose-coloured Barnacles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548297881116-E2XKEX6VSZXQR8Y7AIMJ/P1090013-4.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Tesseropora rosea … Rose-coloured Barnacles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293019634-Z52QNMP2Z1Y3U0SZSIJL/P1090024-3.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Phillippia lutea … Yellow Sundial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293025982-K3OMCRXHD4ZOIXGLSUK9/P1090044.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293032041-65I1FOA27UJMI6KSTC6K/P1090046.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Actinia tenebrosa … Red Waratah Anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293037310-8KTVYMSFMABXHEJ6CW2R/P1090051.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Phasianotrochus eximius (perhaps) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293043461-W69MXHT70KMJAEZHX16V/P1160022.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Aplysia sydneyensis …. a sea-hare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293049211-Q3P1HRJWFNZCKX2E4J1I/P1160027.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Pyura stolonifera … Cunjevoi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548294326151-F0YKXBPPWNCDFHMDEMZA/P1040039.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Atypichthys strigatus … Mado https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548294321333-EXBBIOVHKGLXORFC2UKT/P1040032.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Atypichthys strigatus … Mado https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548199901303-VLF6J32DNPQ15IHX18I2/P1170008-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Gymnothorax prasinus (Green Moray Eel) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293057059-WRPOYL7FSIE7WB97QIF0/P1170042-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Gymnothorax prasinus (Green Moray Eel) …. frequently coming out of the water … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293053247-JE8ARD5XYGRM9G9M16XY/P1170037-2.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Gymnothorax prasinus (Green Moray Eel) …. frequently coming out of the water … in pursuit of rock crabs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293060064-Z2YL7NK7I613D5YUYPTF/P1170060.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Plaxiphora albida … Giant Chiton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293063605-QSANGPDMG4EZH060QEB3/P1170061.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Austromegabalanus nigrescens … Giant Rock Barnacle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548293066854-M9U0MJRA5TMZ0T6TD8RV/P1170062.jpg Rockpools Jan 2019 Austromegabalanus nigrescens … Giant Rock Barnacle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548294320922-F3I9UB8KHYRD4W5E95BV/P1040038.jpg Rockpools 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570187304564-TKUF85EBNA7ZKXZ71TC7/P9220071.jpg Spring Colours 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570187375831-6P7BD7CVPPQ5O52B7AO4/P9220070.jpg Spring Colours 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570187209873-FB8KD6KZE5OO1FJSNK85/PA010010.jpg Spring Colours 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570187401806-A3UAXIFJSRXTWWGQTBMG/P9220057.jpg Spring Colours 2019 https://southernforestlife.net/2nd-nov-2019 daily 0.75 2019-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676115199-PS4JOKKMKSKDJRCQH8NZ/PB010002-2.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Blue Bells (Wahlenbergia sp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676115199-PS4JOKKMKSKDJRCQH8NZ/PB010002-2.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Blue Bells (Wahlenbergia sp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676455103-1WNKHW3VJRFL5A02N3UY/PA290009.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Tiny colletid bee, Euhesma … a genus that includes Wahlenbergia specialists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676012626-ZLIQCV8Z1M7O4ZL2XGKV/PA230006-2.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Lilac Lily (Schelhammera undulata) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572677219568-5LTPEEICUSFKWOLQMZCT/PB010090.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Milkmaids (Burchardia umbellata) … another lily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676118853-8DU91NNZ4YQY5619NQ8D/PB020025.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Orchard Swallowtail, female Papilio aegeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676022525-NUYDGPYM051K7G6N3USC/PA240102.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Gum Moth (Opodiphthera helena) - tbc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676033402-EJ8M7O4PLAGXO5LLLUCG/PA250074.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Bright Copper butterfly (Paralucia aurifer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676051081-YRBT8LE4STPH7FNZC7X6/PA250143.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 St. Andrew’s Cross spider (Argiope keyserlingi) with ladybird beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676056282-0RRP3DLU7I9W1W40WTSM/PA270347.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Flower wasps … a moment before he grabbed her https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676659294-1P60XIYIQ684S3MPLDQG/PA270361.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Flower wasps … the catch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676065676-IQAFPIQ5EVDIFXLDK9EC/PA290001.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Bee, bug and ant sharing a Leptospermum flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676221450-ECT53MSKPEZUYHMKV8K4/PA210122.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 The huge Green grocer cicada (Cyclochila australasiae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676070077-6GG2R7YD9XAI5B1X7AIN/PA290032.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 The very small Black Squeaker cicada (Atrapsalta sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572677199657-LL9Y1HGA33GKD4463OWU/PB010010-2.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 The very small Black Squeaker cicada (Atrapsalta sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676107067-1OCZ85IJ485RZJAVWVK1/PA290064.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Backswimmer (perhaps Enithares sp.) … a bug (Hemiptera; Notonectidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676154639-5WTNTRZ8UC9ZG8WAXAS8/PA130229.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Dull Heath Blue (Neolucia mathewi) on Love Creeper (Comesperma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676199657-X6DJ00RIAEOORF7GSVKE/PA230135.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) on closed Blue Bell (Wahlenbergia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676258516-39EBA018MEBSNT7538TE/PA230205.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Lilac Grass-skipper (Toxidia doubledayi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676358486-X5N7HXQI9LTDHED6Z46C/PA270278.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Bee fly (Meomyia sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676403215-45BRBMQZN5U2NK36WK78/PA270445.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Tiger Orchid (Diuris sulphurea) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572677195015-4FM3SKOXJC0MBWEY2L5E/PA250215.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Tiger moths (Amata sp.), mating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572676505601-GBDGXUD8DO2N5BI4KHC8/PA241079.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Emerald moth … identification in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572677209980-DTRHP7P734JB6YH8J2LJ/PB010056.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 Bee at the site of her future nest burrow … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572677215866-HAF89UO79GT5WXHI8247/PB010058.jpg 2nd Nov 2019 … she begins to dig moments after this shot (identification in progress) https://southernforestlife.net/27th-jan-2020 daily 0.75 2020-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580107616918-7B7FQ5WCLW5CH68A4EOZ/P1260005.jpg 27th Jan 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580107616918-7B7FQ5WCLW5CH68A4EOZ/P1260005.jpg 27th Jan 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580186941879-HMVIFGEPUGLU21Y13R18/P1220087.jpg 27th Jan 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1580186957646-97RL6NEI1OV74QPWZ1FU/P1240107.jpg 27th 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383009411-DP8842QM91E89VGUC4ZE/P4140444.jpg Feb 2020 Diptera - 029 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383318520-AO32S1RGB47HZS63R1KR/P4140461.jpg Feb 2020 Diptera - 030 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383382931-W22O1QP5BLUPDHGU1LMK/P4140475.jpg Feb 2020 Diptera - 031 Agromyzidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383451239-85HR2AID4B02AX395HGM/P4140499.jpg Feb 2020 Diptera - 032 Ephydridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383532099-O9BT3T8PUY9KMW4FQNT8/P4140516.jpg Feb 2020 Diptera - 033 Teratomyzidae ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384060786-L0FET3PILSVR6N4ED6V8/P4140526.jpg Feb 2020 Diptera - 034 Cecidomyiidae 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007 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373827326-SVUKD9HITIWUXGFUJDOB/P4120095.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 007 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373922393-SJ1B9IJEEPI6PO1EGNRK/P4120115.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 008 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374170770-R9INRLSK2UE47BIFDOOG/P4120141.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 010 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374263240-0ELF2IVDTH06APSVPYKE/P4120153.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 011 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374336608-UPXBH9MNQRFDH7OB6FVK/P4130170.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 012 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374617544-FMAIJZRI9SY3LDLK80SZ/P4130183.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 013 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374712640-P5WWNPX9A0RK2D0FSSW2/P4130193.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 014 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374754937-TDFY7K3W66EMURRHUMYE/P4130201.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 015 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587388643459-2C3I7CRTUBAJ6P56XL1A/P4120129.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 009 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588839405448-FBPTAXDXKVOQ85OP2NE5/P5010370.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 140 Scelionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588831290407-7BHL6YFQ4DX9UVAKV60B/P5010471.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 146 Pompilidae, Epipompilinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312282132-YAE2E3CCWZLQKRFFT72G/P5260049.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 154 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312791633-Q7CMWKPD5EF06XBUIXP2/P5260091.jpg Feb 2020 Hymenoptera - 157 Hymenoptera ??? https://southernforestlife.net/feb-2020-all-other daily 0.75 2020-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587372880556-RCFGVIRAHE0WEK7WAUCJ/P4120015.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 001 Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587372880556-RCFGVIRAHE0WEK7WAUCJ/P4120015.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 001 Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373047717-ICNM5LKZFZGKHKIIMCV4/P4120028.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 002 Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373267958-SGF4WAX64DOKPWJC2HWH/P4120034.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 003 Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373366934-RV66LPFD1VYSTRY8KXXA/P4120059.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 004 Psyllidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373612146-7R2Z2CTWP1YEYOZL2JHT/P4120065.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 005 Aleyrodidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373705619-PM816QBWSU3VE8REJV7C/P4120079.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 006 Cicadellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588818621040-6GY0ZUU4H7K69YQY6IYG/P5010484.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 147 Araneidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588817495359-T8DS7EWO8QMY7S1R2N2I/P5010507.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 148 Chrysopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588836560686-I8TX1MW1WW6ZKFA1AQ76/P5010407.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 143 PSOCOPTERA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593308519814-XEGQEXQZV8DAPIED1JPI/P4210242.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 96 Collembola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593311453028-4Q536EX7UF4WT3KWT4QE/P4210274.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 97 COLLEMBOLA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593311823929-U232R8T4IJ8CI1WRB269/P5260005-3.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 152 Acarina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312014157-FN1NV7VS33LIGUXOTY9C/P5260037.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 153 Diptera?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312524954-4QD6XNXZAW4NLBNZ4W50/P5260069.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 155 TRICHOPTERA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312645390-HKAK12W7K5573TV85GE6/P5260079.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 156 ORTHOPTERA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312835551-EBRMC5V3Y7BSZ1NJT4OM/P5260091.jpg Feb 2020 all other - 157 Hymenoptera ??? https://southernforestlife.net/malaise-collection daily 0.75 2020-06-27 https://southernforestlife.net/malaise-collection/diptera-feb-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374829076-T6T8EN0TU2YYFQAXQ35H/P4130227.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 016 Therevidae?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374930766-MZKHNHXVGUJQV9Y4M7AM/P4130245.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 017 Dolichopodidae - female Amblypsilopus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587380851990-M41G9HBY5D04KBN2VB29/P4130274.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587380911405-LOJMC0S5BLT2F3J17H90/P4130305.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 019 Tachinidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587381812281-TBFRS3FSD1C2OAVB3ARB/P4130319.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 020 Schizophora - Chloropoidea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587381932906-4T4R1Y17YX9JJUY27WW6/P4130341.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 021 Chloropidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587382043776-J5BUPUNSG2TA6MHT8AT8/P4130354.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587382129620-815D77JWT19EQ4E05PEL/P4130361.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 023 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587382319377-RQ2JHRFHZBNLYIE01FZC/P4130374.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 024 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587382648747-VGAE4389HU9D75WPB7B6/P4140400.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 025 Hybotidae? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587382775681-ZFUIOIOM153FCT55I958/P4140408.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 026 Scatopsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587382847002-ELSHTKCWH98PCVAFHPUW/P4140417.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 027 Scatopsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587382922569-BYNQJQ3U4AQTIXZ3IE6N/P4140427.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 028 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383009411-DP8842QM91E89VGUC4ZE/P4140444.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 029 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383318520-AO32S1RGB47HZS63R1KR/P4140461.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 030 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383382931-W22O1QP5BLUPDHGU1LMK/P4140475.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 031 Agromyzidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383451239-85HR2AID4B02AX395HGM/P4140499.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 032 Ephydridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587383532099-O9BT3T8PUY9KMW4FQNT8/P4140516.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 033 Teratomyzidae ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384060786-L0FET3PILSVR6N4ED6V8/P4140526.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 034 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384130665-NKS6VCO1XIV2N8FXXV1H/P4140554.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 035 Ephydridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384186673-QOE04FQAHG5LS7LFOEO2/P4140575.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 036 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384248275-VIIUUBAV02VIAQNGUQKY/P4140587.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 037 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384329990-30IUJYY3KN8P6CTT0XRQ/P4140603.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 038 Ephydridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384502032-UQHOMAUH45K4KBJGPGFM/P4140608.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 039 Ephydridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384567307-ZHSXHN16WV8A4TQ5IIK5/P4140615.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 040 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384618116-DLX9IRMSPNUQEU7P3WSH/P4140622.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 041 Chironomidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384677404-J3ITMX1HP9FQAUDLSCV8/P4140635.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 042 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384727261-9O4U6Z3KB0MY5BG36JCX/P4150652.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 043 Chironomidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384805584-T3BTP5S22R49RFSNLQ1W/P4150669.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 044 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384855369-N1AA6YL2F1W4VVBYNVSO/P4180681.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 045 Empididae-Empidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587384922442-DBDFQCT04OW3UDCUQXZ1/P4180003-2.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 046 Chironomidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385338674-L5HARK8MOLJ35CLG4BC7/P4180032.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 047 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385418612-HYO69XZEEQAR2D9TFPN2/P4180041.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 048 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385426489-ZYBWNFCWKSDBGHP95RHC/P4180049.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 048 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385543244-DOU4TIT2NV2CYPLZ9DN5/P4180051.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 049 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385648492-AY6PB4BT6TKSM47WWTFS/P4180089.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 050 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385731373-UEO1QB3Z7LJID5G3QKGI/P4180095.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 051 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385809771-AYN8NU8C5KB1LRLFZLHC/P4180121.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 052 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587385963105-SVAF3BCQKXTJ2TWTFRAW/P4180147.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 053 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587388988060-HI34HPCW7WY20RX5I13B/P4180155.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 054 Psychodidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389179454-D14MYAUFMCFQQZWNJ974/P4180193.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 056 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389132586-SVBP3KTEPWLXVIFIDOBV/P4180180.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 055 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389235371-0R4ZIRC4E8495J3MKNVF/P4180202.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 057 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389313880-C469F1DRLKUNR7DQQHHM/P4190251.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 058 Chironomidae - subfamily Orthocladiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389325948-HY331GWPIJ5RIM4YFZ7M/P4190219.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 058 Chironomidae - subfamily Orthocladiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389407423-A1UO4IYU4JTOY2KP41W1/P4190278.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 059 Chironomidae - subfamily Orthocladiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389461951-ILH68T2Q2JCQH0V9DTOP/P4190298-2.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 060 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587389535734-MX1W7IQPE5XAFNJ1CA9A/P4190317.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 061 Chironomidae - subfamily Orthocladiinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1588832475111-U6HFTRWR9MD0857HWDR3/P5010454.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 145 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593302879454-FR0US5AXHDO4E0LXJQUR/P4190358.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 63 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593302980174-FXLPN5P5ST42FDYO214Q/P4190345.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 62 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303061292-UR7UFAT7J2RW1AV84NLI/P4190395.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 64 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303145748-E91HKR5J42VBVTJZYSBP/P4190451.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 65 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303218502-7ZM5PXWU8M6GJ3WUD6M3/P4190464.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 66 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303281670-H92B6MSK122XEQW5R7W5/P4190499.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 67 Keroplatidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303665077-NNOYXYK3ICEVSO5S62XY/P4190517.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 68 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303758619-VT5SLVLE5CNTPMY613IE/P4200541.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 69 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303810239-0QIUN8QPB97XF3H6HGKO/P4200573.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 70 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303884424-8WKAZEAP51APTV4SG0Y9/P4200035.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 71 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593303951816-193U18VCXVII8I78OOAH/P4200054.jpg 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304376206-SYHAHFSWL5IM7XHEDYJU/P4200204.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 78 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304459258-LZ7Z1LVPP1WTC391XPIR/P4200224.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 79 Sciaridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304528883-GIAN5O5UTXRVCWKV17QT/P4200235.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 80 Cecidiomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304655798-3HQXSSFWATJ93YC67IBM/P4200251.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 81 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304735769-SIEUR2WGRFBZHJ6S5N8R/P4200267.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 82 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304808758-ZHWN9NSFAO4XI7RW51GD/P4200304.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 83 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304869913-CCT87XJW4XP9J2Q03ZRN/P4200314.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 84 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304925100-YZ0HYNYMXRHILAY1L0XN/P4200351.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 85 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593304972620-QNR8OQDUVBYKFVNPNZMZ/P4200382.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 86 Phoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593305059905-8CFF9PUJRNK5PRIMEV7G/P4210010-3.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593307969496-1FR7Y3XOMRSO0YY3RUYG/P4210021.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 88 Sciaridae 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collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 94 Cecidomyiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312158549-WC7MFLXP8CSBPJXMNRAY/P5260037.jpg Malaise collection - Diptera Feb 2020 - 153 Coccoidea - male alate https://southernforestlife.net/malaise-collection/hymenoptera-feb-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373827326-SVUKD9HITIWUXGFUJDOB/P4120095.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 007 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587373922393-SJ1B9IJEEPI6PO1EGNRK/P4120115.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 008 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374170770-R9INRLSK2UE47BIFDOOG/P4120141.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 010 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374263240-0ELF2IVDTH06APSVPYKE/P4120153.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 011 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374336608-UPXBH9MNQRFDH7OB6FVK/P4130170.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 012 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374617544-FMAIJZRI9SY3LDLK80SZ/P4130183.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 013 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374712640-P5WWNPX9A0RK2D0FSSW2/P4130193.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 014 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587374754937-TDFY7K3W66EMURRHUMYE/P4130201.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 015 Formicidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1587388643459-2C3I7CRTUBAJ6P56XL1A/P4120129.jpg Malaise collection - Hymenoptera Feb 2020 - 009 Formicidae 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Malaise collection - all other Feb 2020 - 152 Acarina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312014157-FN1NV7VS33LIGUXOTY9C/P5260037.jpg Malaise collection - all other Feb 2020 - 153 Diptera?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312524954-4QD6XNXZAW4NLBNZ4W50/P5260069.jpg Malaise collection - all other Feb 2020 - 155 TRICHOPTERA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312645390-HKAK12W7K5573TV85GE6/P5260079.jpg Malaise collection - all other Feb 2020 - 156 ORTHOPTERA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1593312835551-EBRMC5V3Y7BSZ1NJT4OM/P5260091.jpg Malaise collection - all other Feb 2020 - 157 Hymenoptera ??? https://southernforestlife.net/malaise-collection/category/February+2020 monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/malaise-collection/category/all+other monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/malaise-collection/category/Hymenoptera monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/malaise-collection/category/Diptera monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/16th-august-2020 daily 0.75 2020-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548901595-8ZGRWBC7QQM5PAJE9GHK/P7300146.jpg 16th August 2020 - Fan-tailed Cuckoo Preparing to take advantage of nesting fairy-wrens, thornbills and scrubwrens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548901595-8ZGRWBC7QQM5PAJE9GHK/P7300146.jpg 16th August 2020 - Fan-tailed Cuckoo Preparing to take advantage of nesting fairy-wrens, thornbills and scrubwrens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548907266-FDOZZ4Q97IJD7KET525D/P7310160.jpg 16th August 2020 - Australian Wood Duck This female spent an entire morning in and out of this tree hollow. The male watched on. We’re not sure if she’s chosen this site but if she has we’ll have a fine view as the ducklings make their first leap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548889845-CFXQDW1X5U6UZTZRA59Y/P7190090.jpg 16th August 2020 - Red-browed Finch I was surprised to see these birds feeding on Allocasuarina seeds. Surprised because they usually feed on the ground. And surprised that any seeds remain in the cones, dead and split wide open since the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548921863-O2RC4BM1J0K48CPKXE5O/P8010006.jpg 16th August 2020 - Laughing Kookaburra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548929681-V7D6AYDOHB16S3OACZCB/P8020376.jpg 16th August 2020 - Saw Banksia Banksia serrata started resprouting months ago, and the new leaves just keep coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597549126286-GRDLTR1DFKQC49D447ZZ/P8160038.jpg 16th August 2020 - Saw Banksia Epicormic growth on the trunks of Banksia serrata trees is now quite lush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597550706055-GVLRMZSXEGIVM955CE1Q/P8160075.jpg 16th August 2020 - Hairpin Banksia Sprouting from the rootstock of burnt Banksia spinulosa bushes continues to be vigorous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597822272593-SM694LCTDP3IHPABRIST/P8190002-2.jpg 16th August 2020 - Milkmaid flowers The first flowers of Burchardia umbellata opened in mid August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548935193-5HTLV1PGXM56AVM09QIH/P8050390.jpg 16th August 2020 - Kangaroo Apple Solanum aviculare responded extremely vigorously to the fire and is now flowering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548914153-PKKPOQXPXOFX31K4VG46/P7310237.jpg 16th August 2020 - Lilac Lily Schelhammera undulata started flowering in mid April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597549098360-87FQ88HIQ9CRN44IM71A/P8130046.jpg 16th August 2020 - Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna is another fire responder. Plants are more widespread and numerous than before the fire. Flower buds will open before long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597549116869-BFRVX2HDA34O8F2732DK/P8160026.jpg 16th August 2020 - Mat-rush Male flower buds have just started to appear on the rush, Lomandra confertifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597550693807-THYXYFTC1N1RZ5QVVFKH/P8160060.jpg 16th August 2020 - Austral indigo Indigofera australis plants shot up all over the place after the fire. The profusion of flower buds on many of these promises a colourful start to Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597549122805-6LOAK4VPXBMATVEB0TQS/P8160036.jpg 16th August 2020 - Tall Sundew Many Drosera auriculata plants shot up all over the forest in mid July and their flower buds are just beginning to open now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597550718632-PIZCZCLC2YCUTBOSBLNC/P8160082.jpg 16th August 2020 - Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans is one of the five orchid species that have flowered in the forest since the fire. We saw the first of these plants several days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597549134027-F3IQ8QEX5SOEGANC1XOD/P8160042.jpg 16th August 2020 - White Orchid A veritable grove of Caladenia catenata plants appeared several days ago in the same patch as we’ve seen them previously - but in much larger numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597550710898-L61Z6VODYP8Y2L7GNQSB/P8160078.jpg 16th August 2020 - Gnat Orchid We found a few plants of this tiny orchid Acianthus pusillus in mid July in a spot in the forest where they hadn’t been previously sighted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597550689978-IO8IDQ0J93K3LM47W1A9/P8160059.jpg 16th August 2020 - Fruiting fungi Rain and cool temperatures is perfect for fungi. This species is growing in dead wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597550733458-IVK0E8AQM3XWP56QW2ON/P8160089.jpg 16th August 2020 - Fruiting fungi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548893023-QHRJHSMMN2V01Q0O56LF/P7190111.jpg 16th August 2020 - Bracket fungi These huge bulbous fruiting bodies are growing high in a living eucalypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548909966-MNZFBL2K3WE7O39SBI20/P7310203.jpg 16th August 2020 - Hover fly These flies seem to be setting up breeding territories, flying sorties from the shiny leaves they use as perches. Melangyna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597549076539-SOARCT7NP18H3ZEQG0F8/P7310220.jpg 16th August 2020 - Parasitic wasp A species I’m not at all familiar with. Probably a male – no ovipositor and it seemed to be on patrol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597548918159-KJM0HMICWO5MORTX7NQY/P7310240.jpg 16th August 2020 - Parasitic wasp The braconid group of wasps include many like this … black, orange and white. This is a female in search of wood boring insect hosts for her eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597550726663-WZCRN1NU2FVAU4RYVV96/P8160086.jpg 16th August 2020 - Torticid moth We’ve seen a few small, day-flying moths in the forest undergrowth in Winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597549081284-RW3O4II85BAUHXLPPQ3D/P8130041.jpg 16th August 2020 - Common Spotted Ladybird This ladybird Harmonia conformis is one of the few beetles we’ve seen out and about in Winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597551369183-OWD0JBZUHCNRAOV9WYT8/P8130011.jpg 16th August 2020 - Leaf beetle This beetle was hunkered down, motionless, among the leaves of a grass tree. Family: Chrysomelidae. Genus: Paropsisterna (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597551330807-OYO1D4DOBWV5D26PSIY6/P7010060.jpg 16th August 2020 - Funnel-web spider Atrax sutherlandi, the southern cousin of the Sydney Funnel-web. This very large female was unearthed when the plumbers were digging a trench alongside the water tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1597551327446-N8FDZ0EQ0GVD2PX3CWY1/IMG_4578.jpg 16th August 2020 - Wonboyn River, in flood A very welcome 255mm fell in July, much of it over just a few days. This is the view looking upstream, and as high as we’ve ever seen the river! https://southernforestlife.net/270820 daily 0.75 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598572663087-730JJC6EM780VG5PSFA9/P8270003.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Sand anemone Oulactis muscosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598572663087-730JJC6EM780VG5PSFA9/P8270003.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Sand anemone Oulactis muscosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598606526098-S4XWFS1D7T41TJ2VJFQY/P8270005.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Sand Anemone Oulactis muscosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598609352356-E9OU63AIOG6VGSTXDR27/P8270011.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Blue Mussels Mytilus edulis … (I think) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568730626-ZCW33ORWX9UR69NXPPW4/P8270011.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Fur Seals Arctocephalus sp. The long whiskers and pointed snout suggest this is A. forsteri (the New Zealand Fur Seal) rather than A. pusillus doriferous (the Australian Fur Seal) … both species occur here, and I’m not confident I can distinguish them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568734711-NKVU4I9UCOV3HGWYETA9/P8270016.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Fur Seals Arctocephalus sp. The long whiskers and pointed snout suggest this is A. forsteri (the New Zealand Fur Seal) rather than A. pusillus doriferous (the Australian Fur Seal) … both species occur here, and I’m not confident I can distinguish them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568715356-VKWVASPR5V37ROIX8XH7/P8270005.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis intermedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598609568850-H1S6O20NZGRDZHM43BJX/P8270006.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis intermedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568746047-4F3CV7D0088JJHJLOE2J/P8270067.jpg Ben Boyd NP - White's Skink Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568740697-16NUPZI4W712PRUJU0CE/P8270045.jpg Ben Boyd NP - White's Skink Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598578048192-5KMQ5192DHW1JH0OH93U/P8270115.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Brown Beaks Lyperanthus suaveolens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568737487-4QN4X2LOCKTK434S79Q1/P8270030.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Hoverfly on Coast Beard Heath Melangyna sp. on Leucopogon parviflorus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568820794-2BQD9R4Z8VI86QYFWSLM/P8270130.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Brown Beaks Lyperanthus suaveolens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598578070706-18Q0XG60QF3YT6OKH8U3/P8270123.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568784434-2KP15SHI11VT2Y706LGO/P8270091.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Leopard Doubletail Diuris pardina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568766719-YVDAR2W29WE6HGVH5ZLH/P8270075.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Twining Fringe Lily Thysanotus patersonii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568790166-8361HVFD2D2J96I046G9/P8270102.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Heath Milkwort Comesperma ericinum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568748384-YDT1IV5BFYDTV5RAJ2Q1/P8270071.jpg Ben Boyd NP Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577597147-QM1L4ZEIKHGN7SJ3YDJB/P8270090.jpg Ben Boyd NP Daviesia corymbosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577582393-82WT80SY6LQ89EVEA33N/P8270074.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Sword Bossiaea Bossiaea ensata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577285279-KDVZVV7AFVQPBPL4T92K/P8270054.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Common Heath Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577196264-FRZILV2X3YB38D0ARPOD/P8270046.jpg Ben Boyd NP Hibbertia empetrifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577191135-ASYDFJSNRC70GRR9HNBQ/P8270039.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Erect Violet Hybanthus vernonii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577198514-5UDLCHZ28D3BX0S6O2ZE/P8270051.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Narrow leaf Logania Logania albiflora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577288486-BBF97U22W542TE90K8J3/P8270062.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Bushy Needlewood Hakea decurrens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598580268656-CCMZQ3UAG1QT81OU92TL/P8270043.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Woolly Grevillea Grevillea lanigera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598578043507-I2WQ3K9L4OD0KA9AWZ85/P8270112-2.jpg Ben Boyd NP Correa reflexa var. speciosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577979787-L30KWTWVWM0885336OJ6/P8270105.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Scrub Sheoak Allocasuarina paludosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568823937-MFZHR7JYJMNMW0LJOYBT/P8270140.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Sundew leaf Drosera sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598580044862-DG6RB3ENEX34OSPCP81S/P8270096-2.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Sundew Drosera sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568799041-TD8ZSWT7TU2B63APZZGX/P8270114.jpg Ben Boyd NP Tetratheca pilosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598581082529-43XOMF7WK31P5P3VR8KL/P8270010.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Coast Beard Heath Leucopogon parviflorus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568772650-62BIZRS5F0IO5D4GYUXP/P8270080.jpg Ben Boyd NP Acacia ulicifolia … with hoverfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598581891820-6CEFXUPCJHSYHZICGBCW/P8270111-2-2.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Nodding Baeckea Euryomyrtus ramosissima subsp. prostrata (… with fingertip for scale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598568753708-PK39JXSVIENOEQRKXNJE/P8270073.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Gliciphila melanops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577187558-C6YBOWCUIAKHF5N929UU/P8270018-2.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Jumping Spider Family: Salticidae …. species tba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598607162782-W6IUHNO59O6EPMIKJ2ZE/P8270022-2.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Jumping Spider Family: Salticidae …. species tba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577592299-Z70ZY5EE9BSMWQL4VPSN/P8270086.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Daphne Heath Brachyloma daphnoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598577969795-S351ZQ9MSXVYL1A3EP9Q/P8270095-2.jpg Ben Boyd NP - Daphne Heath Brachyloma daphnoides https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1 daily 0.75 2024-09-23 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2023/10/nadgee monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/01f496ce-1122-4941-9176-4afa33ddf164/PA250739-Enhanced-NR.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Make it stand out Whitewater Rockmaster (Diphlebia lestoides). Aptly named, resting on rocks alongside a rapidly-flowing section of the creek. This is a damselfly (Zygoptera), although with its thickset body and outstretched wings it’s easily mistaken for a dragonfly (Anisoptera). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698733512379-PIIAC7JJZJTJ1D68DJNE/helipad.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698733650229-NOBDE6M2O88ZMFWYGV44/creekside+2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698733696430-P09TGDEQEHXGONTK6QG0/IMG_8829.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698733742020-OY01DCVT9NTNEINAPD17/IMG_8832.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2023/10/14/off-beowa-coast monthly 0.5 2023-10-18 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2022/10/5/wallagaraugh-road-trip monthly 0.5 2022-10-06 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2022/9/22/nadgee-nature-reserve monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2021/10/13/nadgee-nature-reserve monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634160987436-IH1JZ2UYLBTOAXHUVWPP/IMG_5743+2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Make it stand out The site has had a rather recent slashing, to the detriment of small bushes (and therefore cover for reptiles) but perhaps it’s a positive for the orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116586812-LHMR0ATZVX5JW4IMIYPR/PA130010-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125350445-Q1Z33SIW7KMZK53DO4DM/PA130145.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116617648-OA9I6ZZJ6354L8HJRWCH/PA130028-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Diuris sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116606364-UFZWWNDHAMCCXAOD1STI/PA130022-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125143965-HQ946KNBBMIUC0WGXSBG/PA130127.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116689650-Q0MZZ4H25QFMYRQG0WU5/PA130049-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116858791-92QVGOWZFVYN6JZEFHJ2/PA130206-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116655606-8BJ5J7E42XKYIOAQK38H/PA130060-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123334752-XT8WURBQOTF73O4Q3KYV/PA130002.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116861222-WBU848G6VE4NUWICBX75/PA130210-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Burchardia umbellata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116703195-EFN9ITRLP0XF8G112UHK/PA130139-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Caladenia mentiens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116762443-GGF8HQ99O3ZN5BFO30FM/PA130032-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116793333-LP69DLU7UF7A8QQB70VU/PA130157-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Scaevola ramosissima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634124097769-NGTF29CV5UNIK2A2R7R9/PA130087.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Lagenophora sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116849138-KWTQQ57GO22B2SS3CCYE/PA130169-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117105148-EZJ6THH59FVR3MUO3136/PA130170-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116885248-8ZSUG7NWRE0B3VNP2PIK/PA130209-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116900034-S9ZQZXBXCIEXHGQXVMW0/PA130055-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123387938-F0HGEGYP1ZEBSOJKFF56/PA130007.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Mitrasacme polymorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123706710-4678J5E6OCENB06IHES0/PA130025.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123815526-6TGUYXPWQAJIH07K04P5/PA130035.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123451030-Z2EKO70TVCCMAOS5OUVV/PA130010.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Schoenus apogon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123771344-95KCHMFF2YCY64RMKUIH/PA130033.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Mirbelia rubiifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123668962-DLVTSXWENM9PCZQ2KZ2G/PA130024.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Anisopogon avenaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117043665-2C1SDYSXUCV0XKVLX9F4/PA130124-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - moss sporophytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123939445-NS99WQ27K5TE89516XQT/PA130065-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Lichen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117004337-SXE6WQUMSXMQX7IU7GQC/PA130096-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Leptotarsus, caught by sundew a crane fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117008077-MUFVBABBQDLISUBU88UO/PA130104-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Leptotarsus, caught by sundew a crane fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117093393-8ZAW0SZLOHJP6LNCRPQ4/PA130161-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Liopholis whitii A young one, at burrow entrance. There was an adult nearby, outside another burrow. Presumably all part of a single network of tunnels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117086214-E4HOAU8UA30C0NJM4M8E/PA130201-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123622689-HB59FNKFEVVKZV0JGM72/PA130197.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125182440-JKDE2NEYAMUB4XFCHXHH/PA130141.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Philobota arabella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125407489-DLWSSSYJCG66OY79AM77/PA130072-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125515846-4TMSHGY6HEA5ILCOTYIH/PA130206.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117111108-90TQCYN0OAIVDY4WNMGT/PA130147-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Bobilla (a field cricket) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125530489-VRX21W7ZLQUHQHINXX1C/PA130225.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Bobilla sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634124919712-QOKSZSI7DF8W987ZWL7Q/PA130095.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Pigmy grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125393117-KMYCNLG43P15IQT8Q1QQ/PA130192.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Family: Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125387200-6M6TPG84E9GJASHFA26Q/PA130185.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Family: Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117150160-53RTU1PO8TH4WU25LBAT/PA130118-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Anabarhynchus (a stiletto fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125041930-ZOSM7F6BLKP6WGNG9POJ/PA130116.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Paratettix argillaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125088638-WX2FMPGWBV1T4KRJT9H8/PA130125.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Venator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125542972-AKNDFZRKRI3HXZ3VO658/PA130242.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125418462-3PHQH6Z83RD9JM90YMWE/PA130164.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125469101-IA6KG29AZIS539U9XBAB/PA130159.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125507187-MG79OKUKXFH05PLOK9S6/PA130197.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117652612-J7199V5EK89HZH7FP24P/PA130220-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Calytrix tetragona, creekside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125551236-KFL08GGW8V85AC84RSCK/PA130269.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125561816-UQ9XSHCH734UU8IM1F86/PA130272.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125566454-H5OK2LOLPAJDWTKK0Z4T/PA130294.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117680123-8W545FV5JM8SHLCNKIT3/PA130226-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117684459-8UHU1OG75V53DVVHXKIJ/PA130242-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Drosera garden, creekside https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2021/10/10/ben-boyd-greencape monthly 0.5 2021-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837134992-NQWCJIYXW4WCVXLAF4EA/PA090068-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837116129-GTBQ4T3V02WTDS1PWYZ9/PA090042-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - bees in Carpobrotus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837075666-JJQ630F9KECCR06U05PA/PA090034-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - bees in Carpobrotus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846139545-BNL0HT2NPOSALBJZE93H/PA090044.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Amphibolurus muricatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846147411-FWSW70CZO8BWS8P3AVHQ/PA090063.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Amphibolurus muricatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837147406-MWTNNJJOLV9OXWVZOVKC/PA090107-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Polyzosteria aenea, feeding on a dead Jacky lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837157150-BIQ7OQ43RTI3M7H8OXRH/PA090118-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Polyzosteria aenea, feeding on a dead Jacky lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837141084-AW3DLK43DHQYS62XKNVK/PA090079.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Grevillea lanigera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837143933-OGP7AQBXP6FDGSCLQVB0/PA090098-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Daviesia corymbosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837159861-DEC3CGF0B5FNAWBWC7XQ/PA090159-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Anabarynchus (Stiletto flies) iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837164001-9F5NYXEGORJ8ZKO5PXVF/PA090163-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Anabarynchus (Stiletto flies) iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837177293-CTREFAM1RTBEIA8F4DRW/PA090223.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Harpobittacus australis iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846034344-U46BRXQF3KAFS4E1S4KA/PA090013.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Plecia sp. - male. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846044059-2CXQW9ZH3XZRN7NQMGXP/PA090021.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Pollanisus viridipulverulenta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846118534-M46R2AOYOE8XUJW1S742/PA090032.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Pterolocera sp. - probably P. leucocera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846125273-HC1QCZ3RQIR38UOVTAI0/PA090037.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846130086-Q8II3K4I8UXMOUENDRY9/PA090043.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846143177-739YFP9KHADI71CMWEPY/PA090056.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Fur seals, rafting off the cape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633848455213-MA4Q34V3XFNBWZIDJQIF/PA090083.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Conospermum taxifolium (Paint Brush) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633848813607-NWA1GSK57T1211QJS039/PA090087.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Anisopogon avenaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633848914890-M8FNX2LNZNGFKGMIRP9B/PA090091.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - New Holland Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849090000-SC5P585GUDRTOFBL5J3M/PA090092.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Prasophyllum elatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849353965-ACO1BOS27HP0U08VV0CO/PA090193-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Striated Fieldwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849355664-2Q9DSWREYJ03JS2J0HM8/PA090198.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Striated Fieldwren Striated Fieldwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849877580-GI8WUAACFFN9R4MCQZIP/PA090104.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Tawny-crowned Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850865859-929U1AT4HCFD11ER4ACL/PA090117.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - New Holland Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850910710-MDQDYM9LUZUFLOA7C2JS/PA090128.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850995804-HZASFA3TN2POWC0UFCJU/PA090177.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850001365-IE5INK9WA2SMHNH0UQRY/PA090109.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850341414-GX81XNLQYHZS8Z1K5J56/PA090113.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - jumping spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850403279-KHMMKUBX6LMM7RF2K4O5/PA090115.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851069222-XM6KUBTSV1Z7GPU66JG7/PA090165.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - a flowering grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851354548-7LIBSYI20UH8WP5S0GYD/PA090162.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Merocroca automima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851574833-N2ODMJIPKLLD7PYHG4VC/PA090146.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Black-shouldered Kite (juvenile) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851658864-FV3VILTG6UIZWRJDTBQM/PA090147.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Black-shouldered Kite (juvenile) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851724724-4URMQ09BJDJST3C266G8/PA090150-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Sphaerolobium minus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633852628612-QLDT8TN57EPULHDJYXJX/PA090153-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Sphaerolobium minus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633856493298-65HYP2EI9IM4EL8HO2J1/PA090151-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP &amp; Greencape - Sphaerolobium minus https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2021/9/27/nadgee-nature-reserve monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632816649364-YHWD3DH3RS4FOAUZSN9T/P9270011.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813725219-UHKV9RJU93P42XMKO6FF/P9270239-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Bobilla sp. - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813735010-4C28WT5P8ECO0BTDST9R/P9270210-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Hover fly on Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818135042-XC0CD5TT91WW4ZE4TQZO/P9270125.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813769291-XKPE4T1ZVC9INFOW5C45/P9270323.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Venator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822810626-K9BL0U0B8NCJ2NQ75MFW/P9270220.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Venator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813797565-D1D654GYFKAOIBQ86MV9/P9270174-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelymitra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813811740-RESI0HUE8TS5YESLDZPD/P9270187-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Caladenia mentiens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813816527-M12258VRU5K9DME98KLM/P9270194-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632816286026-YCWX1U45BMBWRAF7J30A/P9270003.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813833100-3R2QWZMRI6NHX3LPZ399/P9270228-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Caladenia clarkiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818023695-2MKYAP7GYYLYGHDIZQXE/P9270123.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Caladenia clarkiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813839913-66LABVRGGQCWS7OQAQQ8/P9270293-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Caladenia mentiens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817041469-Q8SN9BZAFSST9HK21WAY/P9270057.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Bossiaea prostrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813681575-BHPM9929TO5Q8CBZQBR8/P9270202-2.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817574744-Z4TGY0MQZEAYMRWA7HKJ/P9270082.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822142829-XCUTPBRX7AR9DUVQ1B9I/P9270194.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Goniaea australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818805516-W68QOC2E5W7BZMP1AU2E/P9270138.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Schoenus apogon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822585305-EFOF2775V7D61XYY8FZE/P9270207.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Goniaea opomaloides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818265205-E0R71RMYS2UZL5C4ODRA/P9270127.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Rhytidosporum procumbens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822341823-HP8CXPXJPAPA2NF9M874/P9270198.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Lomandra glauca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632827275837-ISWKW090FYKB516N9LJ5/P9270019.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Concealer moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818922987-JBUOB1JYICFO8CC40DVN/P9270156.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Short-horned grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822015183-TRXC8ZLI5I238W5KDQPN/P9270184.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817815491-BKB8NQBTDU8CW3GQP0EC/P9270100.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Short-horned grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817823541-K9CQQ2T5BYLE5U3S9YTP/P9270104.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Short-horned grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822659769-CTXRGBA5WYL290IQUD2Q/P9270211.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Drosera peltata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632824751212-L37IT5FEUAU0Y91WPMVW/P9270044.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Crambid moth? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818618677-46Q1L0VH0N9MMZDO8259/P9270130.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Geometrid moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813779887-58ECZX0JP1IRMPPGZ2NO/P9270334.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Goodia lotifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822986158-Y9YFJWRGZU6OPF24VJZ5/P9270244.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Epacris microphylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813852647-1GJFM9CC2OG25S44W06L/P9270342.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813857656-2PYD3UDKCJ6L6PDA13MD/P9270348.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632824106419-199ZWI3YJOX1LLIN1LFW/P9270264.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632826160991-IMSBN3VXXF3ERJ3NNTF8/P9270313.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632826749762-KSU9OBR8BCJ2DDK0FA2A/red-bellied+black+snake.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Red-bellied Black Snake retreating into the Merrica River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813864222-65FJE9BVNXXNA6ERJE0A/P9270365.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Crinia signifera (Clicking Froglet) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813881710-PCE85WFDD6VYZ1IRDX1L/P9270431.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Water Strider triplet Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813886349-OLRLRH7YZF3AN3MEP4QE/P9270393.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Water Strider triplet Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632823676018-G3MTP9JOVGSI33T2V2XJ/P9270251.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Gippsland Water Dragon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632824252767-53AEQ53H63ADBBCRO7LO/P9270297.jpg Day trips - Nadgee Nature Reserve - Yellow-bellied Water Skink https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2021/2/5/merrica-creek-crossing monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2020/10/21/nadgee monthly 0.5 2022-09-22 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2020/10/23/nadgee-nature-reserve monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2020/9/22/nadgee-postfire monthly 0.5 2022-09-22 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2020/8/28/ben-boyd-np monthly 0.5 2021-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1598606756942-JE795ETII00F0YBD5E9P/P8270005-2.jpg Day trips - Ben Boyd NP View to the east from City Rock, a rock shelf on the southern side of Green Cape https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2019/10/11/life-on-a-helipad monthly 0.5 2022-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782214603-98OBXYDIQ17V3PW7R8LE/PA100169-Pano.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782686381-01E2V25V26UVSNQ3CL5Q/4237146.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Purple Flag Patersonia sericea var. sericea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782704782-AX7FD5PLAV9UJUF2G5UM/PA100096.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Purple Flag Patersonia sericea var. sericea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782722940-24LL9V17DYXHR6DP4G51/4237163.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Heath Wattle Acacia brownii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782754772-C2TVPM3ZBPU4OMC2U62Y/PA100334.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Heath Wattle Acacia brownii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782776868-2MOJ0FGLLMFOPRM7FQNU/PA100299-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Sundew Drosera auriculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782792947-0KVG18CO3EN73T1AAGFD/PA100306.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Sundew Drosera auriculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782817974-97HMX6RZWWU5P4CX0901/PA100322-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Heathy Mirbelia Mirbelia rubiifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782841662-IKMVHKUDC7MUL2NPWP78/PA100180-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Common Aotus Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570783037595-DTLU18EYZJYQY4QRRB1U/PA100323-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Dillwynia rudis Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782858915-IX2IVQV9QPON6AKO6E3D/PA100147-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Dillwynia rudis Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570791261786-8HYPC29JJMI65WBKRWO9/PA100209-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Coast Coral Heath Epacris microphylla var. microphylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570783093348-CBG5ITE6SRVCRQMA0DT4/PA100470.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Coast Coral Heath Epacris microphylla var. microphylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782966534-IN6QEXD598LFLZOS4S3J/PA100142.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Lichen Not a plant, but none the less attractive or interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782876510-BWXG626M3ZG50NEJILHQ/PA100110.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782893930-R5MX18P44UCK4W98IONT/4237176.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782905483-28VNRHR0FXJZ9U4DN2IL/4237170.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pale Mat-rush Lomandra glauca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782915664-3MCYN35XEC7AKBPG42G4/4237162.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Blue Dampiera Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570782947364-V1JWESJBKF22KEF4MG2A/4237179.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Varied Mitrewort Mitrasacme polymorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570789750391-U093WLR602FCTWFW1JY4/PA100094.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Slender Stackhousia Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570791361214-Q6O0C0HUCK4BQUHLOFIV/4237161.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - White Marianth Rhytidosporum procumbens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790504946-4Q6PA9RVJVUV78OH1CTC/PA100184.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pink Fingers Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790571824-5DLJWTEXAFGFID6A6A7H/PA100524.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pink Fingers Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790577179-VSZCFJ7Q1HC8LACZJ6C5/PA100529.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pink Fingers Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790605005-9NW9W6SOF6IWOGGZS77W/PA100570.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790637987-OS0DYJ7QA1VQE302BU4Y/PA100521.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790866977-TRUSOJO26PE4TUE520H5/4237200-3.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790621098-MET8HXQ3PI98NJ9JR4H0/PA100579.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Small Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790730046-ABZ5FBRYULSB7EEEZE30/4237201.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Small Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570790756011-7PA8ZOGIHMCA5HB2LJ4X/4237201-3.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Small Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570792304496-T2ZPY0MYZ85QTR1H36F7/PA100554.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570792320571-VYYC9FTPR64E24N55ZUA/PA100436.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570792428271-P9V2F9ITLYH1S1C93T5N/PA100033.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572260473696-13CQMIN2NTR9O42MG8MI/IMG_1344.jpeg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Dotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572262191223-SGK0ANCFRQE26GBGR0CF/PA241239.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Dotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572262159802-49OCM1YE8ZU9C1QHMFF3/PA140079.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Dotted Sun Orchid - just opening Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572260738650-V4MOSES9O39L84CGZ285/IMG_1346.jpeg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Slender Sun Orchid Thelymitra pauciflora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572262138065-KQXWIGXEFKCB4PPU5EXV/PA140057.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pink Sun Orchid Thelymitra carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572262148037-VKOI58ZQFEO1QHQU9WHG/PA140023.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pink Sun Orchid Thelymitra carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572262174153-R01WD9PTH59VHYGC45IZ/PA150194.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Red Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572262863466-P2ZTS3GS1E6P11HNHSBO/PA150185.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Red Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572262196369-C3Y52BVSY98Y9EI5Z4AP/PA241286.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Tiger Orchid Diurus sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793611845-PCNRI2V7BX43GRPHI2SC/PA100483.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Long-legged Bristle Fly Senostoma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793621668-2RBTFTQV6MF85S3HP5NP/PA100485.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Long-legged Bristle Fly Senostoma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793800433-1XMO4I1F22HB24HTFOD4/PA100415.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Hover Fly Melangyna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793808877-RM3NJP25Z6CC0LBOUO98/PA100405.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Hover Fly Melangyna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793817507-DA7C8VWNBNJ55W1SOWV0/PA100379.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Hover Fly Melangyna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793835197-BNJG8DKF45TZ4WMHEZML/PA100368.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Hover Fly Melangyna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793710597-YVRCW1NYD28I76YL30P9/PA100468.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Halictid bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793715817-FZCW32HBP78Y6VLHR5V6/PA100466.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Halictid bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793727198-OX16NFPE6QKLJH9S707U/PA100463.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Halictid bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793861047-VXSXNQ4XNF0YH9LHU10L/PA100284-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Scarab Beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793855758-CNBLHX6FAEL3UTIHC2G3/PA100278-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Scarab Beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793897575-4F3IZTVQXT26SDUQCPIF/PA100219-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Scarab Beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570794111869-NBZ81KW2IE8KRZHJZLUO/PA100506.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Scarab Beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793890182-T6R60GKX0I3C5OY0QLC4/PA100221.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Forester Moth Pollanisus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793744248-RQHBF3S2FIKAGD2H9C9R/PA100458.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Bristle Fly Rutilia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793755922-6RJRX1XKRQMW6NUY1ZW2/PA100448.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Bristle Fly Rutilia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570794517357-2NRJKG9YDFJJGAPH73KU/PA100451.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Bristle Fly Rutilia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793762920-V3VH5LTE0R2M15DRB4SZ/PA100445.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Bristle Fly Rutilia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793965241-5QNVLOD0OW9QE7XNC6HZ/4237142.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Concealer Moth Philobota arabella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793936762-EX3X5DXX8QLRFF7VM35A/PA100162.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Concealer Moth Family Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570794382345-PR24HDEP22LEHWB5HH29/PA100431.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Crambid Moth Eclipsiodes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793874306-VEBBPK6FQUWD4UREDMRI/PA100273-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Hover Fly Family Syrphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793916804-DIEJLWGXQ9VCDD0C29W1/PA100201-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Hover Fly Family Syrphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570793880793-ZJT4OUU8ADHMZ1ESVEPI/PA100270-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Hover Fly Family Syrphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572259084473-2EEERM9TS0QLAKX5YE73/IMG_1341.jpeg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Ceremonial Heath Moth Dichromodes confluaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572259319804-M27WHAMJC0GTCYI62XFA/IMG_1342.jpeg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Torticid moth Scolioplecta comptana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1572259546650-0Y5DUS08X9R1ASY6JF9Y/IMG_1343.jpeg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Crambid moth Hednota bivittella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795158481-1UHRGI06NK1GG8JFKZ8B/4237158-2.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pygmy Cricket Bobilla sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795217574-3CBEOF2T2Z0A0R1P83EG/PA100207.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pygmy Cricket Bobilla sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795178298-PC4O8T2ATQ3OYR6EBYQ0/PA100102.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Common Eastern Litter Runner Platyzosteria melanaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795191057-BRMNQ1BMV388F21Z6SFJ/PA100105.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pink-tailed Heath Cockroach Polyzosteria aenea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570838962849-SL63IV0431GXO6S247AO/PA100098.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Pink-tailed Heath Cockroach Polyzosteria aenea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795198322-TNJ90APAAYXUOVKFTNXW/PA100120.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Grasshopper Nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795508435-F5Q8JL4NGMKZF9ZW4BPM/PA100618.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Garden Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa godeffroyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570840270196-PSIXOVIHADZZB9CY3BEJ/PA100620.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Garden Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa godeffroyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795566905-2XADHFBL7AOTP2ILO0G4/PA100157.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Wolf Spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795533250-628C0CDGAI1G0A91VWPE/PA100262.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Unidentified Wolf Spider Family Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570840844849-3CPTT52TWKEBTRYPDHN1/PA100247.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Unidentified Wolf Spider Family Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570840969764-S7SJDR5KLSLAYPCW61S5/PA100182.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Unidentified Wolf Spider Family Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795832485-V0ROYOAFHMA9PJLC8DRV/IMG_1572.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795875285-D75GJ7DXICHIY17M44XM/4237141-3.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795879486-6EEF4UE9QAP5C1F0KNE1/4237141-4.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570795883985-V30703ZJBZL0EVKI9OIH/4237141.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570837880319-8H6QOLHSVDME13PXRPVV/PA100023.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570837759111-OE8P19MLPEK9D21EXM9A/PA100164.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad - White's Skink - see if you can spot it! Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570797595218-N0P2EMNQJY0D2D1KSOSC/PA100601.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570797601513-ZNYA1B5QQ4WHV5ZYORMO/PA100595.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570840431897-GU54IB2NTVYUZBX6HAJY/PA100603.jpg Day trips - Life on a helipad https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2019/2/6/life-abounds-in-a-highland-swamp monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493396171-UJBJUHVXFKYWN6KBIT36/P2030183.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Waxy Bluebell &amp; a metallic bee The Waxy Bluebell (Wahlenbergia ceracea) grows only in moist sites, in high alpine areas. The bee: family Halictidae, Homalictus sp. (probably) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497135849-PNJB47YHO7OJXUFPE74P/P2030153-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Ornate Carpet moth Chrysolarentia perornata - a moth of the high country and mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549539220814-7WBIHX9JELQSJJMFPOZ7/P2030146.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - small carpenter bee Exoneura sp. (Family: Apidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493395191-URM4OGQ63UVMIADJSC4X/P2030156.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - darkling beetle family Tenebrionidae … although this beetle is a bit of a mystery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493445007-UQPBVTASX2WRKQGH2AY7/P2030839.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Macleay's Swallowtail Graphium macleayanus … more adapted to cool climates than other members of the family (Papilionidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501354451-DXUV1DSD38V5ITGCV59E/P2030143-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Swamp Everlasting Xerochrysum palustre … another specialist of boggy ground atop the south coast escarpment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493398637-YLDD3546O87RGP1C4Z12/P2030211.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - another metallic bee A female Homalictus sp., with pollen packed below her abdomen (family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493399879-ZMLJZ7L84HJU3GNSOYWT/P2030229.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - tiny dance fly Hybos sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497117690-KSDBLRBX1JS4G1ABGAUS/P2030111-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - a small crane fly Gynoplistia sp. (family Limoniidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493440101-BYQ3RZMYZ4EAENGJU3F3/P2030739.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - a huge crane fly Ptilogyna sp. (family Tipulidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493403228-F1K4Z8JI7MMMD4G0LUNN/P2030285.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Scarlet Percher a female Diplacodes haematodes dragonfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493442872-6V4DDTQZH4TM5XDN9JE3/P2030766.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Metallic Ringtail Austrolestes cingulatus … male damselfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493429870-C8N37NGVCPVUCR1DFGBP/P2030647.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Metallic Ringtail pair Austrolestes cingulatus … mated pair, with the female ready to lay eggs amid the vegetation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493412627-PK5YKH3O6U7YCC0OOW5X/P2030445.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Southern Pyrgomorph grasshopper Monistria concinna … a flightless species most commonly found in montane grasslands (family Pyrgomorphidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493408169-TPIAGOKSO8CM789LB7PF/P2030342.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Swamp Tigertail Synthemis eustalacta …. a male. Breeds in bogs and seepages, including alpine bogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493438605-GBW8LL1UTEJ3F6APZ9V0/P2030709.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Swamp Tigertail pair Synthemis eustalacta … mating pair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497086202-7C2716G84MAULMB53GCG/P2030050-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Short-winged Grasshopper Praxibulus sp. … another flightless grasshopper, but this one highly cryptic and in a different family (Acrididae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493404132-AUVZ3UR3MJQ1157XB6A0/P2030315.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Ochre butterfly A skipper, perhaps the Southern Silver Ochre, Trapezites praxedes (family Hesperiidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549517103409-YZ4O4SDQXB8ML0SP0CKZ/4192878.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Pygmy grasshopper family Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493408174-2RR0BGHKRE8FWLQSA1UV/P2030350.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - cylindrical leaf beetle Cadmus sp. … the larvae of beetles in this subfamily typically feed on leaf litter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493412340-HK3LZ0IBE1OJG59YEUGR/P2030483.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Bright-eyed Brown butterfly Heteronympha cordace … another species of highland swamps, the larvae feeding on sedge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493416854-PY4UH6D41IVJV3BFTL6W/P2030536.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi … pollen covered, feeding on Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501405854-9UWFN6QB1NM7LEYXYTQI/P2030298.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Lasioglossum bee Lasioglossum sp. … a large genus, with many bees nesting communally in underground burrows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493416878-FCQTAZCK9I1PSPGL5HMC/P2030541.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - unidentified fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501412410-ZADBCOETNPIXA8NRWPQG/P2030556.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Austral Ladies Tresses orchid Spiranthes australis … the pink flowers spiral around the stem, maturing from the lower flowers first https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493420983-OY37Y5M3HDAK0PRLJXT9/P2030586.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Exoneura bee feeding on orchid Exoneura sp. (family Apidae) taking nectar from deep inside the orchid flowers (Spiranthes australis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493421267-JTP60XRI48ZSX5BLJEXL/P2030594.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - bee with orchid pollinia attached the sticky pollen packets attach to the bee as it feeds on the nectar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493448393-43IAGBKNGOJ7SA9SSHL0/P2030857.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Eastern Pygmyfly Nannophya dalei … a mature male dragonfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549493435186-FTRDFBPCE4MC9A39TZJJ/P2030680.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Eastern Pygmyfly Nannophya dalei … a young/immature male dragonfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497071097-FR0BPCYNS6428FD1ELR7/P2030031-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - tiny assassin bug nymph family Reduvidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497082631-A9R1OF54C2P2SBMPYZYP/P2030040-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Pygmy field cricket Bobilla sp. … this is a winged male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497093645-LYCM9L3XD34ZO7URLVIV/P2030066-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - unidentified fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497097852-U2IQH7Q55IFVHX6JFYOW/P2030076-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Checkered beetle Eleale pulcher … pollen-dusted and feeding on daisies (family Cleridae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497101685-CXLKH8A749IU1XIC7OG3/P2030080-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Alpine Triggerplant Stylidium montanum … yet another high country specialist, restricted to alpine swamps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497112358-CMSFQ85WNZ7MQUMU29P9/P2030088-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - plume moth Platyptilia sp. (tbc) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497121876-DMV31KN3CM97OQFF0TDS/P2030120-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - jumping spider large, and patrolling the top of a large Greenhood orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497128201-FDMEQ9QPDWSNQU6LOUQ4/P2030131-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Stilt fly Metopochetus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549497148476-K6CIM0X10LBISVQJGS3Q/P2030213-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - bee fly Villa sp. … it is a fly (Diptera), and not a bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501021290-48KRU7YFN9TU3KR70EQF/P2030032.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone aboena … the larvae feed on Gahnia in a wide variety of habitats, including highland swamps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501026777-DNOKRQOECYNBG3QZ8VW5/P2030034.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - native geranium ... with drama an assassin bug has impaled a pollen-covered native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501383986-6TVERIMQTRALGF4CI0U5/P2030238.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Tumbling flower beetle family Mordellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501353596-HTXC19LX7Y562R089UAQ/P2030157.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Lasioglossum bee on geranium Lasioglossum sp. (family Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501047865-0IAFID3NVTVVPHHVDQY4/P2030070.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501360929-TCJQ9UH4LQWROVEONK99/P2030206-2.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Fringed Heath Blue butterfly Neolucia agricola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501325341-KC0R5DX1NISEM2UVWCY8/P2030083.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Darkling beetle family Tenebrionidae, tribe Lagriini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501383559-G6NF17UXATUDVAAX2LYX/P2030258.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - Waxy Bluebell &amp; tiny fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501390915-4E8GCYZZLRBBPJ2JSPV5/P2030278.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - grass moth Hednota sp. … (family Crambidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549501406270-Y8C3CUHGT5DCYBC1U97O/P2030349.jpg Day trips - Life abounds in a highland swamp - hover fly Melangyna sp. https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2019/1/23/marine-life monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548290634926-SR7FUFN360RCUCM375WF/P1170077-2.jpg Day trips - Marine life: rock pools and shallow waters https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2018/1/28/insects-of-a-native-grassland monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517117574300-R3TZEAMHO682AL1N6PCO/P1260088-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517117584426-KUWALU7LLWQTI80GY6KI/P1260087-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland In some areas, Themeda seed heads dominated the landscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517117597345-ELKH5H6FG3EXEB57H450/P1260117-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Tricoryne elatior, Yellow Autumn-lily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517117604961-QZ4N1SBKG9CSWB8C60SL/P1260120-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Sorghum leiocladum, Wild Sorghum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517115264251-2Q8LOKWL5IEGWZV23RTN/P1260002.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Nannophlebia risi (Common Archtail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517115726073-5MM2Q9RLU2L5C8CQMVM9/P1260052.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Nannophlebia risi (Common Archtail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517115269470-OELW4I41SC80GO6W86G8/P1260036.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Nannophlebia risi (Common Archtail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517111457840-RRDL4QV5ODMF11RH54IK/P1260021.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Nannophlebia risi (Common Archtail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517111467482-RED165OARKJ5IGBF1FT4/P1260056.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Nannophlebia risi (Common Archtail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517111471704-XXEAX71QXMQU57I6VZ53/P1260065.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Nannophlebia risi (Common Archtail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517111478734-9EO99HULCK5QFUDHQ24E/P1260074.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Nannophlebia risi (Common Archtail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113582224-08K8CCP52KLZNABKE7VK/P1260337.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113669880-C7WC6DX77J9BK6AB0P8M/P1260216.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113624012-ZDD87519KM64KYC5QBDA/P1260481.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113737869-RJID9CV94FJLUNIB863V/P1260215.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113312607-NFKOZKAVOE71YYI80HH4/P1260303.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - immature male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113179288-NWERJWFL1PQ9176WTGXG/P1260116.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - immature male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113274207-RT1BH4W4KNA1YKNXIM2A/P1260268.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - immature male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517113281163-GJT80FFT5BNSL6OREP68/P1260275.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Diplacodes haematodes (Scarlet Percher) - immature male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517119640332-Y4USIZB58SKOKYAVOGQL/P1260150.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517119606546-OET9D9WGQYDIXIRNHVY9/P1260147.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517119621278-EHIKF8OSXKGSF722R0TW/P1260164.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517119695526-MMYJV82TUBROBTJ15SXO/P1260474.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517119830996-UAW65MHJVW2YJDWDFJZ5/P1260499.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517119834486-YM7FAXA70QWMNC7GV9NJ/P1260505.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517119835353-Z5GZ4XX92GC9X9MW624F/P1260509.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517120079525-1FJXMLR4ZALBI51008Q1/P1260440.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517120087206-YON6NPYGD05O43DQ7CZ0/P1260427.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517120120584-REFWBHYZOT88249FS5JI/P1260191.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Orthetrum caledonicum (Blue Skimmer) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517122158203-7QUWXIL3QIHXJMPCUH1G/P1260388-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Ischnura heterosticta (Common Bluetail) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517122233098-8JDCZ93HS5LMT8ORUNNB/P1260415.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Ischnura heterosticta (Common Bluetail) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517122186132-ZC9CZ2JKPWKD0GENU4UE/P1260405-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Ischnura heterosticta (Common Bluetail) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517122250287-J9WTA687K07SG3YJKRE6/P1260416-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Ischnura heterosticta (Common Bluetail) - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517122892255-NV681CQU0CLFJ44KGZ74/P1260449.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517122901041-8TVXC0AZUDNTX9FYLTEQ/P1260458.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123352447-UXGML6JT2Q8S7S1MHBB4/P1260519.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Blue-eyed Lacewing Nymphes myrmeleonoides Order: Neuroptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517221264686-GH3TLFYV34Z1XWF3RZ3I/P1260127.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Striped Ladybird Micraspis frenata Order: Coleoptera; Family: Coccinellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123386143-8LQ4CQSVULLIWGRW5682/P1260081-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Striped Ladybird Micraspis frenata Order: Coleoptera; Family: Coccinellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517218347361-S3G9N0HVMSAAVDKSROQO/P1260141-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Ladybird pupa Order: Coleoptera; Family: Coccinellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517218378477-X4QBWH350ESV1XIY86YG/P1260140-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Ladybird pupa Order: Coleoptera; Family: Coccinellidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517218387299-5AMKH5X9XWGA67N6G90S/P1260127-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Leaf Beetle Dicranosterna immaculata This genus is endemic to Australia and feeds on Acacia Order: Coleoptera; Family: Chrysomelidae; subfamily: Chrysomelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517218326779-HC45WWG2WNT85YZ8KMJ1/P1260071-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Leaf Beetle Paropsis atomaria - both the adults and the larvae feed on eucalypts Order: Coleoptera; Family: Chrysomelidae; subfamily: Chrysomelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123409193-7PLJXAMKP663OROT431N/P1260139-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Leaf Beetle Edusella sp. (perhaps) Order: Coleoptera; Family: Chrysomelidae; subfamily: Eumoplinae (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123291510-GNXXM2C5VBWA44IXD4O9/P1260548+copy.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Dingy Ring / Dusky Knight Ypthima arctous The larvae feed on Themeda triandra ... no wonder we were seeing these butterflies! Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123316290-AVPNILP8C5PF13JDRIZ0/P1260184+copy.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha The larvae feed on a range of grasses ... including Themeda triandra! Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517218391373-45ZAWSCDD5WQH76R39CH/P1260309.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Skipper Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hesperiidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123368732-GULC14TZUKHW4T3C678C/P1260074-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland a grasshopper nymph Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517218230124-HYX06IEZYNTIVEL3PFK3/P1260083.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland a different grasshopper species, this one a winged adult Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123422975-JELEZEKTHKZOZ8GJIYUI/P1260124-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Robber Fly Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123416064-LBKOWTFMKJ7I3U7HSH74/P1260145-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - mysterious eggs these are probably shield bugs eggs Order: Hemiptera; Family: Pentatomidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123439780-FJ69BOAHU5AM2R89BR6D/P1260092-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - False Garden Mantid Pseudomantis albofimbriata ... chomping on a Honey Bee Order: Mantodea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517123445399-GEA5JNUPC7OWG6OSJA9A/P1260115-2.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - False Garden Mantid Pseudomantis albofimbriata ... chomping on a Honey Bee Order: Mantodea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1517218070244-Q451S4MMX4JPOGX6V7D5/P1260247.jpg Day trips - Insects of a native grassland - Orange-collared Spider Wasp Ferreola handschini Wasps in this family provide paralysed spiders as food for their larvae Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Pompilidae https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2017/10/24/ocean-life-off-ben-boyd-np monthly 0.5 2021-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508829465000-PVUZJTISR3SIBGVI1WGQ/PA220285.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508827561388-2AW2UKQUND7Q08L32RPD/PA220143.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826339531-0IVMVYRKYPI2M3SBE27D/PA220581.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826300215-4IAAKLLM5AAMS75T4Z0Z/PA220789.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826275018-IOGRSN8IY4RYJV9F35GV/PA220790.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826943753-35PBNYCLCCW9P9N84X2M/PA220116.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826419509-6C15ZDLRLV81OE2T0BLI/PA220480.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826993041-N1EAFYOWHOG8HSS5O4CJ/PA220176.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826571236-JQISD893TJ72IDZO6IT3/PA220718.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826676883-R7FFGNNW6KN8OFGZ0ZIO/PA220641.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826128087-47A6B5WF7DABMX2A5RSW/PA220203-2.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508826180319-X927Z7232AVQC75OTRMB/PA220204-2.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508827790445-9AIXVVX6PEKJ9OV8DHVV/PA220244.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508827764769-WKRRS0U7752TO5CIAX2L/PA220242.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1508829490752-IW8SSG68YMCM2LK31AJL/PA220283.jpg Day trips - Ocean life off Ben Boyd NP https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2017/9/28/regeneration-of-a-coastal-heath monthly 0.5 2021-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506602214491-VV1FNDO5WZNVY24F42QG/P9130070.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506602809488-LE9IRNZB0ZGYRPC4QEJ4/P9130116.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506602831885-3UBBQX2XECOB3F0AGWGL/P9130060.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506606483000-S1GLXYYI9FSK257QVZ9Q/P9280197.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506604148005-Q1JQNT42UU1M0A0FDIR1/P9280189.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506604190665-X7W5L0RTNM1YLP26G9NG/P9280192.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605552711-46SVK3069N46GH2SQTLY/P9280004.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605650697-W5EERDWA7TFTO67BAJJW/P9280026.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605790528-KP9YHKT3YWQ14TUXWS1L/P9280041.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605867189-E29OJ4WNA6WZ58XRSVOI/P9280140.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605984474-VFYJ0U62CYK5T3QQ1T5J/P9280046.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506606108730-RFZ5SH6AKYYUJZN9E9VI/P9280005.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506606189148-2DGO26JOVL2NRHAPO6MY/P9280055.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605593442-0245EWN5VUIGYQTVG4T1/P9280048.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605688476-EV6D0M7FG5K76A28JUFW/P9280053.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605820423-GDNBC5K0IZW0ISYN6Y98/P9280110.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506605935302-N4EDBQ5M96Y4IKRFPCTP/P9280151.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506606019861-NPLO3KSXE6ST4LBFPU65/P9280206.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506606068447-R8II7H7DYPB6MAY5T80H/P9280211.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506606248589-UBVVB9BOMT5FR3291JS6/P9280073.jpg Day trips - Regeneration of a coastal heath https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2017/9/28/birds-of-the-windy-heath monthly 0.5 2021-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506597234977-7P99AV9K6M1IZOEGG8FA/P9280263.jpg Day trips - Birds of the windy heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506597034781-AN09HCJ7MY89C90Q2Z6V/P9280006-2.jpg Day trips - Birds of the windy heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506597668838-HG9CHY65JTRM7KRUZRPT/P9280001-2.jpg Day trips - Birds of the windy heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506598164626-TQ1BDELVQT1DK1IKDL09/P9280009-2.jpg Day trips - Birds of the windy heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506598663036-NYIQ6DQ6YHLEMHG811AQ/P9280206-2.jpg Day trips - Birds of the windy heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1506598680066-HIN2P1C3Q9O5WBQLENTW/P9280225-2.jpg Day trips - Birds of the windy heath https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/2017/8/27/contrasting-honeyeaters-on-the-coastal-heath monthly 0.5 2021-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503821805747-E60NYVSFKK6NOSWJWUI1/Greencape.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath Greencape, looking south, with Point Hicks (and the NSW-Victoria border) in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503818133446-2HIK8FJ5V6AEVMROAQH7/Tawny-crowned+Honeyeater.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Glyciphila melanops) - a sub-adult, still with the yellow throat feathers of its juvenile plumage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503819234762-3L16FXOO10VR5UU3ZGQO/Tawny-crowned+Honeyeater.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath The same individual, still taking in the ocean view ... and the warm sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503819711226-0YTKDZA1FOWUL3ZV322U/New+Holland+Honeyeater.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) - adult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503819873722-NDTTORP924H80QU811OK/P8260045.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503820928949-0JKHHMWON1O6VFPYLKAD/P8260095.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath - Superb Fairy-wrens eclipse male (left), female (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503820928467-11SDO7IVJSUY2DSCY6DE/P8260096.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath - Superb Fairy-wren female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503820875906-YR6EZLC10ZXPJWXX17QC/P8260033-2.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath - Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1503820879475-2JX811ERLMKCG7BGW2SO/P8260133.jpg Day trips - Specialists and generalists in coastal heath https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/category/Fairy-wrens+%2B monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/category/Honeyeaters monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/category/Orchids monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/category/INSECTS monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/category/PLANTS monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/category/BIRDS monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/category/MAMMALS monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/New+Holland+Honeyeater monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Glyciphila+melanops monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Stipiturus monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Common+Wombat monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Tawny-crowned+Honeyeater monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Damselflies monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Phylidonyris+novaehollandiae monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Malurus+cyaneus monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Superb+Fairy-wren monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Dragonflies monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Glyciphila monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Phylidonyris monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Vombatus monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Nadgee+NR monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Greencape monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Malurus monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Stipiturus+malachurus monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Vombatus+ursinus monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/day-trips-1/tag/Southern+Emu-wren monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/early-september-2020 daily 0.75 2020-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599275129684-5WX093F1702SP3L3493B/P9050016.jpg early September 2020 Nyctemera amicus (Australian Magpie Moth) - probably freshly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599275129684-5WX093F1702SP3L3493B/P9050016.jpg early September 2020 Nyctemera amicus (Australian Magpie Moth) - probably freshly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599460516050-1T6NO07YAG8YWVNLXJQU/P9050028.jpg early September 2020 Kerri spotted this stunning Light Ermine Moth (Spilosoma canescens) resting on the foliage of a Grass-Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599278865764-TBXVSYQVUSTX6Y0RAQGI/P9020016.jpg early September 2020 Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia) is appearing on many of the ash-covered patches of soil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599275348898-37X3R5UMCF5LYXOQ21CI/P9040031.jpg early September 2020 Lindsaea microphylla (Lacy Wedge Fern) - a new home fern! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599275365654-9UCGCSMHAQ07GUPLVB2M/P9040035.jpg early September 2020 The distinctive pinnules of the Lacy Wedge-Fern, each housing a row of sori under the folded outer edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599276879805-1FCNNDRVPOMZ832X64YN/P9040007-2.jpg early September 2020 Nymph of the Trilobite Cockroach (Laxta sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599277120927-VWVVW2FDKX6QMK0OJIG7/P9040023.jpg early September 2020 Almost every day we see new flowering spikes in our Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea concava) sea. One of our 10X10m quadrats now has 39! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599278505038-AC2Q006UK8KIIUUX2EC4/P9020012.jpg early September 2020 Pink Fingers (Caladenia carnea) are everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599278306168-Z0MWWQL3KRS4932M6DTW/P9030035.jpg early September 2020 Creamy Candles (Stackhousia monogyna) are now blooming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599278637665-8MCM0BYVKX00CW5YH9DV/P9020002.jpg early September 2020 as is the Austral Indigo (Indigofera australis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599389232869-A3TYCNCVQ7RZJJ82YM8M/P9050133.jpg early September 2020 These hairy little native bees are fond of pea flowers. This time last year … same flowers, same bees. Trichocolletes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599530985475-XSJCH11V1G7OTL0MSP6E/P9070076.jpg early September 2020 Another bee, this one shaking the anthers of a Solanum flower. Possibly family Halictidae … identity TBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599531002337-7BOUH2K372WNHKO3QWDV/P9070203.jpg early September 2020 Yet another species. These were swarming about the Indigofera australis. Females were trying to feed, males were trying to grab the females. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599277460960-61SULRB8V78KZ75U60D0/P9040017.jpg early September 2020 All of our Lomandra species have now begun to flower. This one is Lomandra filiformis ssp. filliformis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599278153451-O2JY2L17NZRPXSIYH0HA/P9030001.jpg early September 2020 Many-flowered Mat-rush (Lomandra multiflora), with its dark inflorescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599460081043-ODTM541ESH5HORJAERTS/P9070001.jpg early September 2020 The female flowers of Pale Mat-rush (Lomandra glauca) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599459390867-KJ1Z8Q9AQ4QNEBALK8UK/P9060177.jpg early September 2020 Lomandra confertifolia featured in an earlier post. Its flowers are now at a more advanced stage of development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599459534744-9N3UKI5LTG5GN9DX8W8C/P9050004.jpg early September 2020 And finally, here is Spinyhead Matrush (Lomandra longifolia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599280143826-B1R43DRW2O91A7CEKQQR/P9030017.jpg early September 2020 Hard to believe but this is a native species. Crimson Passionflower (Passiflora cinnabarina) appeared for the first time after the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599279250642-SN9KC32XT01D7QA5FJQL/P8300151.jpg early September 2020 The Black Rock Skink (Egernia saxatilis ssp. intermedia) was one of three skink species Kerri spotted on our cliff top, feasting on a swarm of termites on a warm, sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599279609434-FYIQI8RHQUYRKNLY7DQ1/P8300224.jpg early September 2020 She spotted at least 10 of these White’s Skinks (Liopholis whitii) at the same spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599459753982-MSGMRCBX1ZD0KAKZLA8C/P9060172.jpg early September 2020 The orchids keep coming! Maroonhoods (Pterostylis pedunculata) appeared a couple of days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599459910537-XY27AGQLYE9GBYT75BO8/P9060161.jpg early September 2020 It looks good from all angles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599524821442-AUQLBWDRCUE5JPYV3AFZ/P9030028.jpg early September 2020 Gum leafhopper, this one a fully winged adult. Eurymeloides bicincta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599524827554-SIJK1TQAJBOSJNAGLCEM/P9030015.jpg early September 2020 Flower wasps, paired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599524830001-QCITRJYVQFM8GBWVEGTA/P9030010-3.jpg early September 2020 The first butterfly of the season! (not counting Cabbage Whites, that is) Paralucia aurifer (Bright Copper) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599524906661-3V0Y0RU2KKFACMARPKZ2/P9060076.jpg early September 2020 Viola hederacea (Ivy leaved Violet) … the leaves are everywhere, but this is the first flower we’ve seen this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599530988909-K9W99A613LOBQAVXOV4Z/P9070140.jpg early September 2020 Burchardia umbellata (Milkmaids) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599530970699-FD98Q9SEBHTFYC4PQSFP/P9050111.jpg early September 2020 Stiletto fly (Ectinorhyncus). They’ve just started swarming. This male is performing the characteristic arm-waving trick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599532050145-CK478WR70G75L16QNB5G/P9080180.jpg early September 2020 Lobelia dentata … I think is the first sighting we’ve made since 2003! https://southernforestlife.net/mid-september-2020 daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599725577768-D8NT7SIKM2FPD2IIZ7LL/P9080106.jpg mid September 2020 - Wonga Vine Pandorea pandorana … a species we’d never recorded here before the fire, now growing on the rocky cliffs above the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599725577768-D8NT7SIKM2FPD2IIZ7LL/P9080106.jpg mid September 2020 - Wonga Vine Pandorea pandorana … a species we’d never recorded here before the fire, now growing on the rocky cliffs above the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600904764572-0BURU14B97149DZP98FX/P9090027-2.jpg mid September 2020 - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599725718072-1QKCE3XPBZQAG2I3L0JY/P9090042-2.jpg mid September 2020 - Feeding on Pimelea flowers Vanessa kershawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839184228-3ZM40YVO1U6HP4M4ASDD/P9210143.jpg mid September 2020 - Yellow-banded Day-Moth Eutrichopidia latinus, tongue coated yellow with pollen grains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832129375-MRIVD7WXIY355PQYR5UT/P9210160.jpg mid September 2020 - Yellow-banded Day-Moth Eutrichopidia latinus. Feeding on Stackhousia flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599725643778-SC8HSTIBSWSKSPUJU9UV/P9080250.jpg mid September 2020 - Braconid wasp Family: Braconidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599725649320-CN2X9POU3PM95PMB3OEY/P9080297.jpg mid September 2020 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops … with nesting material https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599726849518-X4W1UF26CCDAJT76557T/P9080087.jpg mid September 2020 - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599895964753-W8MWFGIMLVP9Q3JWEZSQ/P9100066.jpg mid September 2020 - Grass Triggerplant Stylidium graminifolium, a single plant in flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599895970422-NS17HA8PCNIACZYNCQWB/P9100073.jpg mid September 2020 - Grass Triggerplant A close-up of the flower shows the “trigger” in its cocked position, folded downwards between the petals at 8 o’clock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599895974375-AYVL4BP7ASJO6W1M6M6L/P9100054.jpg mid September 2020 - Green Lacewing Lacewings have appeared in recent days, including this Green Lacewing Pseudomallada edwardsi, seen here during daylight, hiding under a leaf blade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599895979731-HS4GMLTBJZ7CABA0SCCT/P9100021.jpg mid September 2020 - Button Everlastings Coronidium scorpioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599895989628-Z5407CYVAVI4R0JB3ZYT/P9100026-2.jpg mid September 2020 - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839121984-6ZSHW03DVYHN3IQWFFN4/P9210028-2.jpg mid September 2020 - Fishing Spider Same spider, two weeks later. Dolomedes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599895997867-DGJNIWNGICDSSBS12U4M/P9100029-2.jpg mid September 2020 - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600831599867-V5M542JO3L7ANF5OAJZ6/P9200007-2.jpg mid September 2020 - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839154395-IIYCZHQLHRJASM8CDVRW/P9180039-2.jpg mid September 2020 - Peron's Tree Frog ... in log colour Litora peronii …. like many frogs, these guys seem to quickly adapt their colour to their surroundings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832157441-UDMMZSAW7P0MLHQ5WGFP/P9180038-2.jpg mid September 2020 - Peron's Tree Frog ... in sand colour Litora peronii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600904773825-XAQF7PCZNP7DY8063B2R/P9240032.jpg mid September 2020 - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600831622015-ONRXDSTIN4DJAV5UVFFR/P9210125.jpg mid September 2020 - Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda … the first damselfly sighting for the season. Hopefully the first of many! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1599897883417-FDJL5FVAKFDH0S8TM2IW/P9090002.jpg mid September 2020 - Raspy Cricket This nymph (probably Paragryllacrus combusta) dashed out of a hollow burnt casuarina trunk, as I chainsawed it into rounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839089387-DW5SMZP3973ECGLJH5EE/P9130003-2.jpg mid September 2020 - Short-winged Heath Grasshopper Rhitzala modesta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839102998-AA7RNZHRG6PXJTH6KWCF/P9130018-2.jpg mid September 2020 - Grass tree flower spikes The proliferation of flowering spikes continues. Xanthorrhoea concava https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832136398-W3RXJY6LAUW9TC6M5JSR/P9210104.jpg mid September 2020 - Eucalypt Leaf Beetle Paropsis maculata, resting (and perhaps grazing) on a Xanthorrhoea leaf. Family: Chrysomelidae subfamily: Chrysomelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839113537-OPKI6I71V6OFKXT9YQOH/P9200103.jpg mid September 2020 - Leaf Beetle Paropsis atomaria Family: Chrysomelidae subfamily: Chrysomelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839145182-JX45508DBHTM4JYY961S/P9120176.jpg mid September 2020 - Leaf Beetle Paropsisterna octolineata Family: Chrysomelidae subfamily: Chrysomelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839149326-8OBWK4LN7FEIVQRNDO30/P9160113.jpg mid September 2020 - mating Stiletto Flies Ectinorhynchus sp. https://southernforestlife.net/22-sept-2020 daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770540983-BMFZ5X544DB3ZN73D0I3/P9220062-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Waxlip Orchid Glossodia major …. in huge numbers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770540983-BMFZ5X544DB3ZN73D0I3/P9220062-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Waxlip Orchid Glossodia major …. in huge numbers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770513754-KE8GG0RG573CM7TTUGZU/P9220008.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Small Waxlip Orchid Glossodia minorata … hundreds of these, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770784080-ZJVOB6PLB7RXDED68V7F/P9220273.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Glossodia, en masse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770530336-8QEA7RTQOZKIWY2L3N47/P9220023-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Pink Sun-orchid Thelymitra carnea … many open, many yet to open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770556738-07AVTUZBGWIQXEP30GYD/P9220028-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Tiny Caladenia species Caladenia mentiens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770632661-EYSZR6BSVAOYR98MNH08/P9220174-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major …. again, more of these than we’ve seen in a long while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770658545-OUW2F2HZVAUL5BPUTYP8/P9220046-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major …. not yet opened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770687206-19J8BKOI3TQ5E5THMCZ6/P9220089-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Spotted Sun-Orchid Thelymitra x irregularis … this is a naturally-occurring hybrid between T. ixiodes and T. carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770692716-0X74SSV2KLEHY4VEU630/P9220094-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Spotted Sun-Orchid Thelymitra x irregularis … this is a naturally-occurring hybrid between T. ixiodes and T. carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600815948743-61P8KLI66TGY0UN2MDO4/P9220254.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Running Postman Kennedia prostrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770838092-NGNAKEPJBTMX9ZW7YXKE/P9220051.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770875493-PE97WYSMXQA7FEJ8SGO0/P9220175.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Sword Bossiaea Bossiaea ensata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770882545-R9KUCRJMQJ8C05HS93W9/P9220190-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Dillwynia rudis Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600770969993-9O8FZCZZ6Y4SR3YHEHPR/P9220185.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Blue Dampiera Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600771066860-VKEJ495E9EFR4RQ63WFM/P9220120.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Common Bog-rush Schoenus apogon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600771072384-UXLAHL0R3S0G4PU4UMLX/P9220327.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Hairy Bog-rush Schoenus villosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600771089485-J38NSK8E06IJTJ9P6IA2/P9220072-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Pale Sundew Drosera peltata … flowering alongside the taller, pink-flowered Drosera auriculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600771094281-SG9QOH4A9C98FIB6LO0K/P9220073.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Pale Sundew leaves Drosera peltata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600771112879-DIWCO9TLAFGNT37QWC5U/P9220071.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Coast Coral Heath Epacris microphylla var. microphylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772483927-V93NXT7FVA77L84AOSZY/P9220043-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Hoverfly on Tall Sundew Hoverflies are known pollinators for these plants. Hoverfly: Melangyna sp. Sundew: Drosera auriculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772417946-IUBDKV9VAX7H30INL0GL/P9220337.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea opomaloides nymph. This is one of several grasshopper species on the helipad - excellent prey for predators such as wolf spiders and skinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772384814-E40HZ8GGDL067WY5G0JV/P9220088.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Common Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772399958-ZZX1XGZUFB3VJ5VYMRWW/P9220157-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Variable Cirphula Cirphula pyrrhocnemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772366673-9XEGFCQS4JAIEE5NHDG8/P9220024-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Variable Cirphula Cirphula pyrrhocnemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772424592-7JMLUJKJ95VW31L3L2A2/P9220364.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Variable Cirphula Cirphula pyrrhocnemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772411947-SYXR5IUH7T2LQH0LSOWA/P9220209.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Pygmy Cricket Bobilla sp. - a male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772371229-S9WYOKU0SY5BICET7881/P9220024.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Pygmy Cricket Bobilla sp. - a female, with a long ovipositor. These tiny crickets can leap vast distances (relatively speaking) to escape predators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772486392-EPMOS41KUHKA9CY68QTT/P9220060-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Crane Fly Family Tipulidae … perhaps Leptotarsus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772500519-P1VFZKULCF56SYF11HEY/P9220064.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - White-barred Heath Moth Dichromodes stilbiata. We’ve seen three species of this genus at the helipad, each with distinctive wing patterning. Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772506861-Z52ROF1O93BENAZPZ6U4/P9220081-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Yellow-banded Day-moth Eutrichopidia latinus in the typical head-down pose. The caterpillars have been recorded on Gonocarpus (Raspwort) … a plant growing nearby. Family: Noctuidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772517636-8W9NTO2F7G23LMWYMZFP/P9220093.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Concealer moth Philobota sp. There were dozens of these small concealer moths flying rapidly from one bush to another on the day we visited the helipad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772595139-KP6T4AQV1Z3357B0MGO3/P9220249.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Wolf Spider Family: Lycosidae - probably Tasmanicosa godeffroyi, the Garden Wolf Spider. We saw a host of these spiders roaming the helipad in search of prey - insects and other spiders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772598526-WA6Y4V3WBGZSW2CR3S2C/P9220213.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Wolf Spider Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772622128-9WFKCLHKXJDNJCQZ71Z0/P9220132.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Wolf Spider Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772645665-GTTCV2CTAD6ZPZY7THET/P9220352.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Jumping Spider Family: Salticidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772654069-YIA72RBBZLXLU5CW7DJL/P9220415.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Concealer moth Philobota arabella. We saw this species on our last visit to the helipad in October 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772660880-GTJBQHH0UGHYMZD17KJJ/P9220320.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Concealer moth Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772723137-E8VZJAS5KDSR5HYKX8SS/P9220292.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Pink-tailed Heath Cockroach Polyzosteria aenea … a flightless, day active native cockroach that is often seen basking in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772768487-6O92R6T0EUPA47BJ0O4H/P9220403.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - moss-loving mushrooms Lichenomphalia chromacea … a fungus in a symbiotic relationship with moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600772762512-WU3TH4P2GFLDEKGK4LBH/P9220028.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Waxcaps Hygrocybe sp. … another group of fungi thought to grow in association with moss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600773461692-V3DT543189V6F99ZGAZ3/P9220193-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Water Striders .... the striding wave Tenagogerris euphrosyne …. the female is the larger insect, and in control of locomotion. The cross-ripples in this image were made by other tandem pairs nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600773465319-FLGMCPGGI6VMHRTNCNB8/P9220197.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Water Striders Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600773494055-1FUZBFDVUBUUL1M2VZUU/P9220117.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Garden Skink Lampropholis delicata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600773503259-WOYLE8K5U12L0P67R86L/P9220173.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - White-lipped Snake Drysdalia coronoides A small snake that feeds almost exclusively on skinks. Not dangerous (to humans), which is fortunate because I nearly sat on it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600773570820-PMBEWLD4BO3QRA193XAE/P9220220-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei A common sight on the river rocks, and no doubt well-fed – every rock pool was literally teeming with tadpoles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600773573858-CWHNDOENEB7JDTN4YNR1/P9220228-2.jpg 22 Sept 2020 - tiny damselfly The only damselfly I found, and tiny. Female Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail) … I think. The males are more distinctive and much more spectacular. https://southernforestlife.net/september-2020-house-walls daily 0.75 2020-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832211911-NX3MP3PX11XMQOZNQJ5Q/P9110089.jpg September 2020 house walls - Wolf Spider (species 1) Venatrix sp. (perhaps V. pseudospeciosa) - male Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832211911-NX3MP3PX11XMQOZNQJ5Q/P9110089.jpg September 2020 house walls - Wolf Spider (species 1) Venatrix sp. (perhaps V. pseudospeciosa) - male Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839776239-8GOGSJSKZW2RM8VAITXR/P9190117.jpg September 2020 house walls - Wolf spider (species 2) Ventatrix sp. (perhaps V. australiensis) - a female. Actively hunting moths and other spiders attracted to the window lights. Family: Lycosidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832226273-8GLV5VV3NBC0T85KX56S/P9120121.jpg September 2020 house walls - Huntsman (species 1) Isopeda prolata … one of our largest spiders and a regular inhabitant of the window shutter housings. Family: Sparassidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840360574-ZSENE8EII44SIDZM3X7L/P9210046-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Huntsman (species 2) Holconia insignis … the very first of this species that we’ve ever seen here. That now makes 5 huntsman species for the home list! Family: Sparassidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832221896-IVQ393NB456E77RN1DVN/P9110108.jpg September 2020 house walls - Little Tarantula Mituliodon tarantulinus … not actually a tarantula, which are mygalomorphs. Common names can be misleading. This species belongs to the family Miturgidae, ‘Prowling Spiders’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832236395-MCEHSF5WCUM4N08ZA65X/P9190067.jpg September 2020 house walls - Flat Spider Hemicloea sp. Extremely flat, extremely fast. Family: Trochanteriidae (previously considered to be Gnaphosidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839795983-F90U8GSEZEHOXOMKJYWP/P9200066.jpg September 2020 house walls - Australian Garden Orbweaver Eriophora transmarina. She hides away by day, rebuilding her web in the same place each night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600937415577-2PVRSVMRNQHJT65ELYJO/P9170008.jpg September 2020 house walls - Trapdoor spider Unsure of the species identity but this is definitely a male trapdoor. They wander in search of females, whereas the females always remain in their burrows. Not sure why it’s climbing the walls though. Family: Idiopidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839790859-K2ZHDSTUKSW0EWUBDTEC/P9200062.jpg September 2020 house walls - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama. Another insect hunter, although these scorpions often fall prey to the White Porch Spiders (Cryptachaea gigantipes) adorning the eaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839771394-UBMGMF4NEWD79OKPX610/P9190081.jpg September 2020 house walls - Centipede Cormocephalus esulcatus. Here on the ground, but moments before it was hunting insects on the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840310757-20COSLWZISCXS25U29XL/P9210035-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Round-backed millipede Family Cambalidae (I think). Not hunting, simply exploring. Most millipedes are detritivores and play an important role in breaking down leaf litter. Superorder Juliformia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600908870498-KTGU1RMDZHGBHGU1H8EZ/P9190120.jpg September 2020 house walls - Flatworm Platydemus victoriae. This species was first described from an 1891 collection made by Baldwin Spencer in nearby Croajingalong NP. It seems this particular subspecies is rarely recorded – there are few photographs online. A hunter of earthworms, slugs and the like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832231609-8VRG690LU6FJ4TQ1RU7W/P9180030.jpg September 2020 house walls - Garden Soldier Fly Exaireta spinigera. True to name, this species loves the enriched soil and compost of the vegetable garden. This is a male (females are wingless). Family: Stratiomyidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832217493-AHRJSZAKB92X7P6BBHJU/P9110107.jpg September 2020 house walls - Parasitic wasp Netelia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839787745-IA5G5678X3A8NFPUIIQ1/P9200018-3.jpg September 2020 house walls - Mecynata Moth Chrysolarentia mecynata This moth often behaves like a butterfly, holding its wings vertically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839913035-XFBCEZV96OKL31XX732A/P9090017.jpg September 2020 house walls - Thallogama Moth Thallogama sp. Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839916202-Y87LHBJKNQ6S11JF28RC/P9090057.jpg September 2020 house walls - Finely-lined Carpet Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839919660-KC0P6DYFTHZJ9WVDXBKU/P9090064.jpg September 2020 house walls - Geometer Moth* Dichromodes mesogonia Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839973074-SMUL2NRQJCCNHTTRS385/P9100005.jpg September 2020 house walls - Twig Looper Ectropis excursaria Common names can be very confusing. This and many other moths in the family Geometridae have common names that reflect the looping movements of their caterpillars. The adult moths don’t ‘loop’ at all! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839977310-5FSUUOR15XAM4PI66AU8/P9100007-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Leafroller Moth Subfamily: Olethreutinae This group of moths is notoriously difficult to identify below subfamily level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839980796-4QRV1V8AQGST47S98ZOT/P9120012.jpg September 2020 house walls - Subidaria Moth Epyaxa subidaria This species comes in a wide range of colours and patterns, several of which we’ve seen over the last week or so. Compare this one to the other Subidaria Moth on this gallery. Makes them tricky to identify! Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840049916-TGRYPNJBSUXD3ZO3EIV4/P9130003.jpg September 2020 house walls - Apple Looper Phrissogonus laticostata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840053682-TVX9U11MIC24A5UV4A2B/P9130005.jpg September 2020 house walls - Varied Wave Moth Scopula optivata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840092631-UKLTWGDWB8VC0GK76TTO/P9130010-3.jpg September 2020 house walls - Simplicia Moth* Simplicia armatalis Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840096955-QX2QBLR54IOS32K8DRAX/P9130016.jpg September 2020 house walls - Hoplostega Moth Hoplostega ochroma Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840119517-ELDFVTZ2ZZLBQ3A2NWEO/P9140020.jpg September 2020 house walls - Cosmet Moth Limnaecia cirrhosema Family: Cosmopterigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840124673-M96G8S92FV6VAATYMAG5/P9140029.jpg September 2020 house walls - Common Gum Emerald Prasinocyma semicrocea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840128857-JTSLAWW17RDVJMWKIM0Y/P9140037.jpg September 2020 house walls - Geometer Moth Cernia amyclaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840133335-0FP97V3A30A76NPF3Q5U/P9170003-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Geometer Moth Didymoctenia exsuperata Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840136929-0D5P32DEC53CJIHL6UPM/P9170014-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Red-lined Looper Crypsiphona ocultaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840142423-QDF6BX4EUZLQAR4CU3WU/P9170015.jpg September 2020 house walls - Short-winged Heath Grasshopper Rhitzala modesta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840145654-BA3H1GKX6S47XK6TTD5O/P9170018.jpg September 2020 house walls - Moss-eating Crambid Snout Moth Scoparia exhibitalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840151305-0M67LE51R276KOR0N0K3/P9180001-3.jpg September 2020 house walls - Tussock Moth* Iropoca rotundata You can see where this group of moths get their other common name - Woolly Bear Moths Subfamily: Lymantriinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840172732-X9GT8DH353R678CWJREN/P9180004-4.jpg September 2020 house walls - Subidaria Moth Epyaxa subidaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840175662-O6DMIS0DJFI0MZW0RSZ1/P9180013-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Boletobiinid Moth* Laspeyria concavata Family: Erebidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840179430-QADR86G26HW6DZSLLG3Z/P9190003.jpg September 2020 house walls - Geometer Moth* Dybatus stenodesma Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840184020-CAM14BVGP1K694XSX4YX/P9190009.jpg September 2020 house walls - Three-lined Snout Meranda susialis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840280788-NXRB9ELHB5O118L5RJDY/P9190033.jpg September 2020 house walls - Emerald Moth* Cyneoterpna wilsoni Subfamily: Geometrinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840284932-H68GX6SEYL4EQLQT8TG1/P9200002.jpg September 2020 house walls - Geometer Moth Gastrinodes bitaeniaria Family: Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840327393-C9XT0QUBTTUX8WZXML7D/P9210040-3.jpg September 2020 house walls - Crane Fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840289494-EX8KT1GQ26FDU3ALJKQ7/P9200015.jpg September 2020 house walls - Non-biting Midge Subfamily: Chironominae This male is showing off his extravagant antennae. His green abdomen is pretty out there as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600832203706-Q0SJ267MQE9NB3MZ46F9/P9110063.jpg September 2020 house walls - Bone Beetle Omorgus sp. Bone Beetles feed on dry bones and animal hides … hence the names, common and scientific. They’re among the last insects on animal carcasses, cleaning up whatever is left over after the goannas and other scavengers have had their fill. So why are they visiting us (?!). Apparently they’re attracted to light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600839745756-P5IYMF56F64J7F26GI6L/P9200015-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Chafer Yet to be identified, these large beetles have been a common nocturnal sight recently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840296963-ZLLWK90U4DKXLSXJ7O77/P9210029-3.jpg September 2020 house walls - Frog on chafer Seconds after this shot, the frog (Litoria peronii) grabbed the beetle. And quickly spat it out again – I don’t know why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840331529-6DXURNZM4708YR4N3X66/P9210041-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Mecynata Moth Chrysolarentia mecynata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840351445-WGNVV2TB384FU1Y9B87P/P9210042-3.jpg September 2020 house walls - Apple Looper Phrissogonus laticostata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600840355586-CYD2AVDGVNRBMVNYOSF3/P9210044-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Concealer Moth Probably Philobota sp. Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600904815853-U3USKEFNDX7AI03R7J4Q/P9240026-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Red-bellied Black Snake Psuedechis porphyriacus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600912089601-2987E52V7AXDU9E9YKA8/P9190061-2.jpg September 2020 house walls - Pearl Moth Nacoleia rhoeoalis This moth’s vertical antennae readily betray its identity. It’s the only species I know that does this. Subfamily: Spilomelinae https://southernforestlife.net/early-october-2020 daily 0.75 2020-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646642976-B4K8DR0ALR08IFMMCTR1/PA030653.jpg early October 2020 - Globetail hoverfly Sphaerophoria macrogaster … a very small species Family: Syrphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646642976-B4K8DR0ALR08IFMMCTR1/PA030653.jpg early October 2020 - Globetail hoverfly Sphaerophoria macrogaster … a very small species Family: Syrphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647025841-JG9Y5T7YEOG2GOZDZVKQ/PA110431.jpg early October 2020 - Mating Globetail Hoverflies Sphaerophoria macrogaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647157530-344AX9YKNLG7H2UBGA7C/PA130339.jpg early October 2020 - Common Halfband hoverfly Melangyna viridiceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602744829413-YHIV278Z3MMKDDT9CZT3/PA010345.jpg early October 2020 - Eastern Wallflower Orchid Diuris orientis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602744829347-XBPZ5SAHBRA8G5MR6TOS/PA010362.jpg early October 2020 - Eastern Wallflower Orchid Diuris orientis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646770896-25ZI3K9JE6YZ9URVG7K2/PA040065.jpg early October 2020 - Hoverfly on orchid The hoverfly Melangyna viridiceps visiting the orchid Diuris orientis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646815024-43ZXFGW8SSKOXZEIJURD/PA040283.jpg early October 2020 - Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602746715763-74HW88IL3I0TRJAA4CSR/PA030460.jpg early October 2020 - Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646728024-SB1CCWHE1Z9XYBN258ZJ/PA040062.jpg early October 2020 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824052030-2DF27I17P9Q8O6C1BKH2/PA090011.jpg early October 2020 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827231070-R8Y3MZAYGYHVTPC7K7EU/PA150080-2.jpg early October 2020 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824056588-G0EA0V2V7N05IDWQGLF2/PA090019.jpg early October 2020 - Large Flying Duck orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647151477-TPA9SM7AX9XMM3BIBPFB/PA130313.jpg early October 2020 - Copper Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824047902-LN76SE1LA23YNXU1IYC3/PA090006.jpg early October 2020 - Copper Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602744756188-WNX238FVO1VBI1TNMCJT/P9290141-2.jpg early October 2020 - Flower wasp - pair Thynnidae: Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646328184-TAN5LGJ1NS07CQ7ZZBNQ/P9290170-2.jpg early October 2020 - Mating flower wasps Thynnidae: Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646763018-JF3RAQ7OJK35ON3Q6925/PA030537.jpg early October 2020 - Flower Wasp Thynnidae: Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647128413-9QX8AJWNBE83A7VKG3B6/PA130086.jpg early October 2020 - Flower wasp Thynnidae: Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647145747-UXH4P4SAHV3XZRIG9KEL/PA130305.jpg early October 2020 - Square-headed wasp Crabronidae: Crabroninae Pison sp. (probably) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646809949-IJOY36N31OK67F36N0O6/PA040084.jpg early October 2020 - Katydid nymph Tettagoniidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646294314-VYVA0DYJWGDB69UQBDCF/P9270090.jpg early October 2020 - Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825458229-QO5VUDGV2TKDP317YDH9/PA150085.jpg early October 2020 - Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646832908-JU88ZKSM8FERZUNNV7HZ/PA010333.jpg early October 2020 - Flatwing damselfly Austroargiolestes icteromelas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602908164326-4HNDFDT867I0ZWBOQ642/PA010329.jpg early October 2020 - Flatwing damselfly Austroargiolestes icteromelas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646926182-9PKA1YL8HX99TPHF0SLQ/PA080030-2.jpg early October 2020 - Wandering Ringtail damselflies Austrolestes leda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646937272-NXIXIHAL3A0M5AAXSCEN/PA100065-2.jpg early October 2020 - Bee fly Meomyia albiceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825462575-HND15G3A3SF1VIHDBJRJ/PA150160.jpg early October 2020 - Wandering Ringtail damselflies Austrolestes leda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646841612-RWSZFIB5HBJAKD0E6SF1/PA030669.jpg early October 2020 - Bee fly Aleucosia calophthalma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646806161-GRTG8UJNX9YJJWNOTO12/PA040069.jpg early October 2020 - Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647080205-Z2VFJQ7M59AC7CTO6I65/PA110516.jpg early October 2020 - Tiger moth Amata nigriceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825666769-74HJFYSM0T6XJFF5VQII/PA100324.jpg early October 2020 - Yellow Admiral butterfly Vanessa itea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602746463985-B40QM2EF34CEBHSF8GRI/PA030042.jpg early October 2020 - Tea-tree Emerald moth Aeolochroma metarhodata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647075602-HYCRMYGJED55JCY0M0JX/PA110508.jpg early October 2020 - Beetle on Lomandra flowers probably a false blister beetle (family Oedemeridae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647138149-ID84FPVJZDILAF1RIVER/PA130178.jpg early October 2020 - Golden-tailed Bull Ant Myrmecia piliventris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647154001-8L0YLA0KEY2AX3VI9221/PA130326.jpg early October 2020 - Bluebell Wahlenbergia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602746456814-XIPHU4DKYOKINUF7YNOO/PA030013.jpg early October 2020 - Callitris seedlings We were beginning to worry that we’d lost the Callitris rhomboidea, but we are now confident that these are they! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602647140246-W9ZWNPFZD8Y8OLTPF0EX/PA130217.jpg early October 2020 - Leaf beetle Paropsisterna cloelia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602822714557-7IJ3CMPLUSI4P5Q0N84Y/PA030583.jpg early October 2020 - Long-jawed Spider ... with lunch Tetragnatha sp. Family: Tetragnathidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602822844603-H2C3ZKRJUWMGWVWNJ0BN/PA040063.jpg early October 2020 - Hairy Pink-bells Tetratheca pilosa Family: Elaeocarpaceae … the Quandong family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823060422-GMUO2PEUBC14HKW253DP/PA080037.jpg early October 2020 - Many Flowered Mat Rush (a Lomandra) Lomandra multiflora … with moth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602895042460-HRO5P4YNR5GQQAR66MV3/PA080039.jpg early October 2020 - Orb weaver spider Araneus …. probably https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823769806-I62I3ZHBI61HUYD6J5Q0/PA080045.jpg early October 2020 - Common Aotus Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823920926-07ZU1IBCLZ2PWLHTTSJ2/PA080049.jpg early October 2020 - Lilac Lily Schelhammera undulata Family: Colchicaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823939327-IVXGQ35BRE3O3WVN1ABC/PA080051.jpg early October 2020 - Slender Rice Flower Pimelea linifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823953153-L3QGIAF189SP9SQ97KV1/PA080055.jpg early October 2020 - Slender Lagenophra Lagenophora gracilis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823953115-V8UXET92NWJLOSFEQFEV/PA080068.jpg early October 2020 - Ivy-leaf Violet Viola hederacea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823957731-HWR0K5IETFB7MOGB0SW9/PA080077.jpg early October 2020 - Slender Lagenophora Lagenophora gracilis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602823963705-IVFP74XA6YIOZPH3R6M4/PA080085.jpg early October 2020 - Kopata Pelargonium inodorum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824436922-26OSCFN6L34DJM9MCU7O/PA090029.jpg early October 2020 - Button Everlasting ... with robber fly Coronidium scorpioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824444384-M13DEHKIZ1KMJAWZISOF/PA090048.jpg early October 2020 - Wonga Vine Pandorea pandorana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824664304-3MYP4Q06CI04PRMADLIG/PA090078.jpg early October 2020 - Mustard-bellied Snake Drysdalia rhodogaster A small, elegant snake - about a foot long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824446617-PDKD733LFG4DL7KLEW4B/PA090050.jpg early October 2020 - Moss We’ve never seen such profuse growth of moss before. It is now dying back, having produced sporophytes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824663265-HM0Q340XPF4VJI6H57KB/PA090085.jpg early October 2020 - Mustard-bellied Snake Drysdalia rhodogaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824683259-XO298ORZMM2VXTGMJITR/PA100236.jpg early October 2020 - Weevil Aoplocnemis rufipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824687349-237GGURS8UZCNMB0P71Z/PA100258.jpg early October 2020 - Common Grass Blue butterfly Zizina otis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825101871-3QUJFF3HZHYVJ0AZRQC6/PA130026.jpg early October 2020 - Golden Weather-Grass Hypoxis hygrometrica This flower, which we saw for the first time soon after the fire, has now reappeared in Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825107755-KXAYNZHXXAND3WEF59Q5/PA130028.jpg early October 2020 - Garden Soldier Fly Exaireta spinigera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602895038172-4PSIXAS1RN50W4PVJRSG/PA110446.jpg early October 2020 - a very large lauxanid fly Family: Lauxaniidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825116790-MVDLNQISL245X4ZROW5T/PA130052.jpg early October 2020 - A tiny lauxanid fly Sapromyza sp? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825120797-ZXHWA1LIE57915FASTVN/PA130059-2.jpg early October 2020 - A small scarab beetle … perhaps a flower chafer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825126150-OX8Z9AR6SLBTZTP56UA1/PA130076-2.jpg early October 2020 - Hairy Fan-Flower Scaevola ramosissima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825383680-AJ2E29YG5JE60KSTCSEY/PA130091.jpg early October 2020 - Lacewing eggs Order: Neuroptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825392892-ZVUBH20YJHJTKHMCLE12/PA130097.jpg early October 2020 - Lauxanid Fly Poecilohetaerus aquilus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825396802-LCU39VNORQ4J6WQICYIU/PA130148.jpg early October 2020 - Superb Jumping Spider Sandalodes superbus This large jumper raced up and down the trunk of a Mountain Grey Gum sapling, hunting insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602895029087-8FPOVKXP0MFLAMOUON8R/PA130245.jpg early October 2020 - Superb Jumping Spider Sandalodes superbus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825455276-IOL4AP9M0N9IHMIMNWRY/PA150013.jpg early October 2020 - Flax-lily Dianella sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825462258-E99MFLSEGLHS829YQ1RK/PA150108.jpg early October 2020 - Checkered Beetle Eleale sp Family: Cleridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825467473-F5NCGGK5Q7Z2HYT7XT00/PA150162.jpg early October 2020 - Wandering Ringtail damselflies Austrolestes leda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602908422132-SEM1BWXK3LOOUFA3810F/PA150170.jpg early October 2020 - Ringtail competition Male Wandering Ringtails compete for a mate, even as she is laying (Austrolestes leda) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825599717-4NQGRK52R0ZBSYENC51H/PA030746.jpg early October 2020 - Sacred Kingfishers return … the pair arrived at the end of September. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825468658-7E6DXNB0OE4C8NNXCRXP/PA150189.jpg early October 2020 - Wandering Ringtail damselflies Austrolestes leda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825600188-834834SQ7KHSMX12DDCG/PA030768.jpg early October 2020 - At the nest hollow door Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825471963-ODLPTRJ4QECLU08VR3C1/PA150205.jpg early October 2020 - A tiny bee on Wahlenbergia flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825603321-74NT2IVJTL8GQJWAAI2A/PA030774.jpg early October 2020 - To and from the nest as they cleaned out the debris Sacred Kingfisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602646933105-APN0TQ9LA8QJC317KLCV/PA080037-2.jpg early October 2020 - Settled in for the Summer … and wet from bathing in the frog pond Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825473162-80JN7NMXDBIZATUKP802/PA150284.jpg early October 2020 - A larger bee on Aotus flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827207184-NTOINNWE4YU4AOQIYF0H/PA070010.jpg early October 2020 - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827211807-XXHF6CGDGH964ATTK7YH/PA150051-2.jpg early October 2020 - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827239596-AEGDBPRSWL4D1Z4RG4AT/PA150083-2.jpg early October 2020 - A section of the sea of spikes - Oct 15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602824071221-9O9GXLYJB5QME1M2AZZ2/PA090025.jpg early October 2020 - Small Tongue-Orchid .... the beginnings The steadily growing flowering spikes of Cryptostylus leptochila https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602825303808-AT1YO1IZFEBHNCP30BE6/PA130085-2.jpg early October 2020 - Close up view of flowering section of a spike - Oct 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827224249-D9M2DXBTZ49W05SX8PHN/PA150079-2.jpg early October 2020 - First two spikes with opening flowers - Oct 15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827219204-MYGIXSFMR91AH3QVUE2W/PA150077-2.jpg early October 2020 - Close up view of the opened flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827329194-WFYKXURW6WDR99R2O0R8/PA150025.jpg early October 2020 - more and more frogs! Peron’s Tree Frogs (Litoria peronii) at the frog pond. It’s breeding time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827324055-RELC55ZA2BV3DBX6YGWC/PA150019-3.jpg early October 2020 - it's called amplexus Peron’s Tree Frog (Litoria peronii) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602894982287-KW3MV7YEQ03JFP8SRUKS/PA150093-2.jpg early October 2020 - Small-headed Fly Family: Acroceridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602894988626-VBMRVMR2T767ER5CKK9X/PA150068.jpg early October 2020 - Purple Flag Patersonia glabrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602895008392-LZ1KZOVDKIO0XC3QDE5H/PA150033-2.jpg early October 2020 - Cap viewed from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602895023517-UJY228BIFRQ0LEPCO8MB/PA150008.jpg early October 2020 - Side view of the fungus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602894963087-7AK625ZDPW4VX74HKLHK/PA160003-2.jpg early October 2020 - Pores on the underside of the cap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602927636499-MSY8XUGGQO9VGNR03VY4/PA160015.jpg early October 2020 - Spores revealed at high magnification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602895931261-4I9UC6L4Z4QOBWAHP53J/PA160007-2+2.jpg early October 2020 - Collembolan emerging from a pore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602895926623-VM62TH95ZSINJDQNPCW4/PA160010-2+2.jpg early October 2020 - A pair of eyes, antennae and a segmented body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602827335936-BZG3K3USDQB54S3XEG9H/PA160005.jpg early October 2020 - Showing off some of its six legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1602894971502-FEJ8FXA4MEOOOEXV9IVD/PA160001-2.jpg early October 2020 - This is a seriously small critter! https://southernforestlife.net/21-oct-2020 daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320770710-IVW0UAXYCGRAYPX7LOVD/PA210275.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320770710-IVW0UAXYCGRAYPX7LOVD/PA210275.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603278830054-M5DYJQUGXCLXMRNCDCYV/PA210273.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603278837170-B2AXO56ZOQZBJ9ZWP0WB/PA210315.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603278837224-ONHTN2JPG644AZOSQKYK/PA210294.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603278839703-9QQ53XQTYRFP57AGP33L/PA210317.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603278830046-DILX2OGBFU7O9KCCFYDB/PA210278.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279515229-XMHN9U53BWXDMKVLUYMU/PA210345.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Checkered beetle Family: Cleridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603324235942-MZGESYQDXWPOPRSZN6CA/PA210018.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Leaf beetle Paropsis ornata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320782801-HM8QNO466MNE98S5EW5W/PA210507.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Leek orchid Prasophyllum sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331147576-3WYEW6MVQ99YADJP1FPY/PA210119.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Leek orchid Prasophylum sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603324629861-A6MK4CHNOON334RXNN2U/PA210034.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Onion orchid Microtis arenaria (or perhaps unifolia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603324629864-4B79LB2R9KQI6EBGFLS6/PA210032.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Onion orchid Microtis arenaria (or perhaps unifolia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279514569-0Z1HF9OX54YBGQF56M1B/PA210355.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279520011-INOD3E36ZECTE74KXHHS/PA210362.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid (hybrid) Thelymitra x irregularis (T. carnea x T. ixioides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279519592-BP94SGCD2BJC55N7UK8Q/PA210356.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279558184-1B1J9EE2Z19ZPQ5CTPKA/PA210370.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Slender Stackhousia Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603323748265-0YLUZRBCQPDSF951EZ1J/PA210005.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280124901-NASDJLUT8ZUWVR3Z4C2V/PA210604.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280396490-JKKH4ILXESAUV72C7GHY/PA210493.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Longhorn beetle Family: Cerambycidae … (I think, based on eyes wrapped around base of antennae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279559897-DE3RYES82EJSVMVPWVL5/PA210374.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Bee Fly Meomyia albiceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603323753225-2TH6Z6514LQTKCCKCPDV/PA210008.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Red Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331602550-0K88PDR3NKB377DH5LQM/PA210184.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Red Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279647273-T3OTTOQD5T17HKF4WCKE/PA210467.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279562368-JPBUFNOYBKQ0G3WZ7VQI/PA210378.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Bee Fly Meomyia albiceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603325469183-1BFXPUZPQ2Q1W61TBN94/PA210045.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Bee fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279664916-U6BMXVSANVTQZA753NZT/PA210470.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279723111-XS1UZ8SCHSC9B83M3IQR/PA210475.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279756877-3MDI47JONC0ZHE31KW3X/PA210446.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603279683166-Y33PC7YK3GQA0ZU3IOB6/PA210487.jpg 21 Oct 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280653328-8A939MZCI7YPPT1ZBPZM/PA210579.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Globetail hover fly Sphaerophoria macrogaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280680236-HI5XDZ0A7JYNNEYESIOV/PA210584.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Globetail hover fly Sphaerophoria macrogaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280430511-LZ38NUYRBR5R8TQ1S1M5/PA210519.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Hover Fly Melangyna viridiceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331641946-T3EUY6I0JB83QUHXPSK1/PA210200.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Hover Flies - mated pair Melangyna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331608442-APKWD0J4UX0RGAKE2AND/PA210191.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Nomiine bee Lipotriches (Austronomia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280592093-QPEEEKBYTT1JHS2NBZ6X/PA210526.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Nomiine bee on Burchardia Liptriches (Austronomia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280594845-CVBJMUCUMMX7OUB0FMBE/PA210544.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Nomiine bee on Burchardia Liptriches (Austronomia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603329095571-UAEPJMW3I5ACLCKGGWR5/PA210085.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Nomiine bee on Mirbela Lipotriches (Austronomia) on Mirbelia rubiifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603329094816-3Z74WZEQYP5FHYJNLWR8/PA210078.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Nomiine bee on Mirbelia Lipotriches (Austronomia) on Mirbelia rubiifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320783822-0202CZXK9YR6LIQR9DFT/PA210502.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603330991059-AM4EPC04Y0KUUELL7ZGD/PA210041.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603280604029-TVYT8UHU2BDSN8EJ8JLC/PA210558.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Large Flying Duck orchids Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603281032397-S6T7MT0D7NA940OKF758/PA210648.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603281062707-9RM9S1LCB5NSBH92FTCX/PA210652.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - fly identity tbc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603281079490-EPYH6XA4HEWPD9KJJIAI/PA210668.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Water Striders Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603281115638-M9K8PN17U87J9LU7ZDEH/PA210677.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Whitewater Rockmaster damselfly Diphlebia lestoides … with remains of crane fly lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603281117482-E6QIM1SRL4TCKMQ5Q4A7/PA210691.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Whitewater Rockmaster Diphlebia lestoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320769901-LJX4WF3ZJ8XXFCEX17QN/PA210223-2.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Wolf spider Venator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331665544-Y73WTC7HMK4IW23IEPG0/PA210209.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Wolf spider Ventator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320777723-X0ENX1A8KFLZUE8VX5HP/PA210333.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Flower wasps Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320778781-6SL5FSK9SVOAONVMRVF0/PA210366.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - March fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320786423-UYK5S8L8NQ8G06IUCPFI/PA210509.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Lemon Flax Lily Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603320787807-1391MVSHUBKX3SNRKRKU/PA210511.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Lemon Flax Lily Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603323748673-AKJXZ7ZHY7AMDBD9LWJE/PA210007.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Dillwynia Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603323753225-6PWHJWN1RNVH2V1XX7ED/PA210010.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Slender Stackhousia Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603324237392-WCEEDNUOKPGBM79B0Z4L/PA210021.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603324240921-O1LKG2S03WPKEXPN9T54/PA210022.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Fly ... (hover fly?) ... atop sundew fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603324241739-5CZE0VKO011SQHZCRL0Y/PA210025.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Gumleaf grasshopper Goniaea australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603325469852-19DY2A95XXQROT62ZYRC/PA210049.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Flowering grass Anispogon sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603325474221-1GTDASTHCSFX41SRTJPD/PA210052.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Heathy Merbelia Merbelia rubiifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603325478605-O68AESLBMPIQN8NNWE9I/PA210071.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Common Bog-rush Schoenus apogon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603330055399-RTFGVLZTVAQXHEJA4REY/PA210239.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Mauve-tufted Sun Orchid Thelymitra malvina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603330055398-ZVQ84NLJ0WVU0FP0GEWX/PA210241.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Mauve-tufted Sun Orchid Thelymitra malvina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603330561460-CGEDLGN0GVKAZM65EOSS/PA210037.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Slender Sun Orchid Thelymitra pauciflora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603330564491-S12TJKBWYGW5AKC8B9I3/PA210499.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Slender Sun Orchid Thelymitra pauciflora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331016009-2MZVRX16VLX0HD7OX5R0/PA210090.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Purple Flags aplenty! Patersonia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331038594-JMW1IXQBG1KZZLJYL36L/PA210099.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Variable Cirphula Cirphula pyrrhocnemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331213257-PWCK39335J5XZBVKPYIP/PA210144.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Purple Flags Patersonia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331214092-AY3RT5DRXKB3ME8L00CR/PA210145.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Purple Flags Patersonia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331236658-SE69QOQ9IF7KTPS51R42/PA210149.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Gompholobium Gompholobium sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603325476463-XH17VPC183VSRAGFKYCZ/PA210068.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Heath moth Dichromodes ainaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331163497-YH6DVR8QCQL7EJ8CCPB3/PA210130.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Crambid moth Hednota sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331571365-SMNYTXWSXRV4TJD1MQTR/PA210154.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Crambid moth Hednota sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331596867-F4QXYZP9SY3ID4B4J5OY/PA210174.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Tiger moth Amata nigriceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331589899-6XSVJY92MSZTUNBKIFZU/PA210162.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Grass-lily Caesia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331645538-6RYO58TC7UZXZTUUUKBC/PA210204.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Fan-flower Scaevola sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331668857-10PAXPMXCOVKG16ASW2R/PA210219.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603331685548-AMP1M1030ASILAKZU6VS/PA210224.jpg 21 Oct 2020 - All together too bold! Eulamprus heatwolei https://southernforestlife.net/29-sept-2020 daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346168900-MHFEC95SME13HS8Y8P70/P9290030.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Grass skink Lampropholis delicata or guichenoti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346168900-MHFEC95SME13HS8Y8P70/P9290030.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Grass skink Lampropholis delicata or guichenoti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346169836-E781HGIA01CQIH1R7909/P9290035.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Spikemoss Selaginella sp. Class: Lycopodiopsida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346174346-MZCA93BRG7I5T014VRMP/P9290037.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - moth caught by sundew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346967257-HEG54Y6SAYEEEG6972MO/P9290137.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - moth caught by sundew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428407028-MHZDCCO5ZYY56EVSAL1C/P9290248.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Crane fly trapped by sundew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346200363-XJ1NFI1RUA49WG2UH8J1/P9290047.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus A ‘legless lizard’, family Pygopodidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603432216533-564FJ38YPZ2QY04AHRAU/P9290046.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus A ‘legless lizard’, family Pygopodidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346204235-4AS7CK1QSCLPVYBN8D6L/P9290064.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Crambid moth Hednota sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346204559-P8BXLJBFFPRGMZDTHFWT/P9290068.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Slender Stackhousia Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428414351-CV287JLPKLMIS44414XX/P9290255.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Small Waxlip Orchid Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346238854-OL82AZ1HBB46Z65W91FF/P9290075.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Crane fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346244165-UMJRM3RN21FAR2KZZSIZ/P9290077.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Crane fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346245348-RKVJCNOMZJMFUMQW7XXO/P9290080.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Jewel beetle on Dillwynia Melobasis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346907198-6NU04HMXK1KCFH8ITWHH/P9290082.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Heath Wattle Acacia brownii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347141492-6G2ZIXTIRCJ0I9UTASQL/P9290231.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Crane fly on Dampiera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346979654-E9NVK9CLT1R60P9V7KJ7/P9290159.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Variable Cirphula nymph Cirphula pyrrhocnemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346944793-VCMD7OM8V3OP0ODFV7M0/P9290116.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Variable Cirphula adult Cirphula pyrrhocnemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346911412-TB7TEIVCG21CCJQEU0W2/P9290089.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Paratettix argillaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346939469-SZYBUB4POHFQFGGFEJ68/P9290105.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - White's Skinks – mating Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346940414-M0KXPLJ6PS2U89FX4QZH/P9290109.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - White's Skinks – mating Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346944437-J0PNRQV6RCUN1IL90P68/P9290111.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - White's Skinks – mating Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346966911-L0HFAV0U8K7JCJL3ZNEV/P9290136.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Red Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428386718-1FZTCBPHQ99AXL7NQETI/P9290244.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Red-beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346912620-24BQVIDMNGRQWGEC5X47/P9290097.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346972041-CHCZ5VJCE85KP7RKL72I/P9290147.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Australian Painted Lady butterfly Vanessa kershawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346976124-37Q590DQMDBE7IR4ZZAS/P9290151.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Wolf spider Venator sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347080822-VBV6Q30DAI544RCSPJCT/P9290168.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Flower wasp Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346984572-YNO6EAEKMBT6MZ9KR6GK/P9290165.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Flower wasp Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347083343-956ZP4OE2MDK032QAPOZ/P9290175.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Pygmy cricket Bobila sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603346981451-NX7S8OY8D0XUF47X6HX2/P9290160.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Lemon Flax Lily Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347101267-4U2B858Q7JWJKA6UKYQL/P9290191-2.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Mayfly, newly emerged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347091941-6WQBRO9CPDQIK2RHVVUU/P9290185-2.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Mayfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347107486-QMHJUIJ1EKJP3RNAPNYV/P9290194.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - White's Skink Liopholis whitii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428365231-ULHFR1YEKGECQUOOCSQM/P9290216.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid - hybrid Thelymitra x irregularis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347132292-5DQPQYB2F4RP0SXR0AFC/P9290215.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid hybrid Thelymitra x irregularis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347137027-FYH07YKXMQIZ446VZTKY/P9290228.jpg 29 Sept 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347147245-KGCRVPS8BMRXVYYUW2UX/P9290258.jpg 29 Sept 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347147298-3TS3FGW8JGJG1F5E7B6H/P9290262.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Jewel beetle Melobasis propinqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603347150513-RY8VLH5EX01NMPMWAMW9/P9290288.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Jewel beetle Melobasis propinqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428351133-SQ5K3Y9X5GI0KP1BERJI/P9290192-2.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid - hybrid Thelymitra x irregularis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428354811-XZW5RQQQJ7J1FOH3CNWP/P9290196-2.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra x irregularis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428361095-SNYV9EUN1Q1DQKPZRO0U/P9290198-2.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Spotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra x irregularis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603428409618-9U0J71DN7TTKRWP7PQ0I/P9290251.jpg 29 Sept 2020 - Crane fly https://southernforestlife.net/october-2020 daily 0.75 2020-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435112558-SXY8SOEF87YDWP5LB79B/PA220108.jpg October 2020 - Square-headed wasp Crabronidae: Crabroninae: Podagritus sp. First time we’ve seen this species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435112558-SXY8SOEF87YDWP5LB79B/PA220108.jpg October 2020 - Square-headed wasp Crabronidae: Crabroninae: Podagritus sp. First time we’ve seen this species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435018310-Q4HRDBSXOX939IC171KD/PA220232.jpg October 2020 - Masked Devil (Greengrocer) Cyclochila australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435073541-MKQV1Q8LCLH9NZN48ME1/PA220040.jpg October 2020 - Black Squeaker Atrapsalta encaustica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435181841-R5RUOGCO9I8XCG0S4I4D/PA230003.jpg October 2020 - Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604053550598-WC7A4AN1LB9F20YYSMW9/PA300013-4.jpg October 2020 - '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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435203138-DDWY6AMXPNF5FNFRHI07/PA230043.jpg October 2020 - hover fly Melangyna viridiceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435254387-6W53R6JWJ4W6RBINAFRH/PA230077.jpg October 2020 - masked bee Hylaeus sp (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604053594464-WGOLI5CBVCDR0LTPPRQA/PA300197.jpg October 2020 - hover fly on Stackhousia Melangyna viridiceps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435165464-E1WHZQ9KN2NX4G999HT2/PA180029-5.jpg October 2020 - Lilac Grass Skipper (butterfly) Toxidia doubledayi … a male, feeding on Pimelea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435254386-MQG0XURZ9YECUDWLQ9KF/PA230082.jpg October 2020 - Blue Flax-Lily Dianella caerulea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604057341234-FSDZ10F7C50NXJ1F90U7/PA240088.jpg October 2020 - Common Fringe-Lily Thysanotus tuberosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604129896015-AONBTDHRX3GVKLJ19V5Q/PA310080.jpg October 2020 - Common Fringe-Lily Thysanotus tuberosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603919786106-I1NH3EH9ZTH83BZKKVLM/PA280011-3.jpg October 2020 - orb-weaver Tiny, dark, and clearly a male. Araneinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603919791531-VNE0L5TFOSSSAL0J71Q9/PA280024-3.jpg October 2020 - Sacred Kingfishers ... our breeding pair, with skinks! Todiramphus sanctus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603919795999-WWA371XBIXY1QDGF9O31/PA280097.jpg October 2020 - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603919798757-CIF5TRC7MIK1J3O0I8LG/PA280015-2.jpg October 2020 - Threatening Jumping Spider Helpis minitabunda … rather impressive fangs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1603435014314-HU02BS53KVH11K244Z4I/PA220230.jpg October 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604053581119-OAGHVA8SXNB6EZC7U8C9/PA300078.jpg October 2020 - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604053586262-J7HEX5AZ894DY1BYN08Z/PA300176.jpg October 2020 - cycad weevil Rhinotia sp. Family: Belidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055588443-POQFOE3CGU27TPPWPUXP/PA290017.jpg October 2020 - weevil Aoplocnemis rufipes Family: Curculionidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604053590854-5169MYX4IE8GOY0PMXZL/PA300192.jpg October 2020 - Painted Apple Moth caterpillar Orgyia anartoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055594094-K60UELPSA677FOYGZ09E/PA290020.jpg October 2020 - Ruby Bonnet Cruentomycena viscidocruenta … seriously tiny, extraordinarily brilliant red https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055663682-IX79ZTSXPNOBC7QLHYQV/PA300025.jpg October 2020 - Ruby Bonnet Cruentomycena viscidocruenta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604057344424-026FITJWJ396JW0XTNXT/PA280023.jpg October 2020 - Shining Cinnamon Polypore Coltricia cinnamomea … are popping up all over the place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055629454-XB7Y7IMI2YY73ID2SN78/PA300004-2.jpg October 2020 - geometrid moth Epyaxa subidaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055635385-M3QHLF0TQHO374GGKSB0/PA300007-2.jpg October 2020 - Kangaroo Grass Themeda sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055640913-LCK4B3WKGOZHTILKRUER/PA300016-3.jpg October 2020 - caterpillar now in care, awaiting identification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604058588586-3HCW59FE0B22QM8JZ0W0/PA300005-3.jpg October 2020 - caterpillar now in care, awaiting identification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055657072-8BEGEDUX6PDEMTAFLCD4/PA300020-2.jpg October 2020 - triggerplants Stylidium graminifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055650396-34DPQGEKLDXT89WCXVSN/PA300019-2.jpg October 2020 - Blue Flax-Lily Dianella caerulea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055694693-9XDAVNA3PBUGFMS9JY1I/PA300033.jpg October 2020 - tree fern Cyathea australis and a bit of bracken fern too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055696934-YKKPSSTULN5PG7V747NO/PA300040.jpg October 2020 - grass tree flowering spikes Xanthorrhoea concava https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055720387-9H71HTCQSKWHSK171XVK/PA290032.jpg October 2020 - tiny Raspwort flower ... just 2.5mm high Gonocarpus teucrioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604119559069-79LK0VI3LMUHFVN5D965/PA280024-2.jpg October 2020 - Wallaby Grass anthers, stigmata and ovary Rytidosperma pallidum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604119761340-W6P7MDSKAD3VY227I7PO/PA300016-4.jpg October 2020 - Wallaby Grass florets removed from spikelet Rytidosperma pallidum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604057348818-PFBSBFQB5NWE1JV5O863/PA300031-2.jpg October 2020 - hairy flower stalk (pedicel) of Rough Cranesbill Geranium gardneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604129932821-NTKJUTKK76Q9GLJZRELX/PA310165.jpg October 2020 - bee fly ... a big one! Comptosia sp. … the first time we’ve seen this species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604130110082-4XZJVDSCI397PC4BDHYN/PA310005-3.jpg October 2020 - longhorn beetles Pempsamacra dispersa (larger) & Pempsamacra tillides (mated pair) Family: Cerambycidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604129953559-R2R0LTCN3HECAJENWRER/PA310154.jpg October 2020 - Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604129948506-YL7SIZ6J8GI3DUNAKZQZ/PA310197.jpg October 2020 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604129942582-0ZCFKY4GX6JMW308MN1N/PA310176.jpg October 2020 - beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604129994997-ZYIQR7DWQBGTFPYYIMFS/PA310076.jpg October 2020 - Common Brown (butterfly) - male Heteronympha merope … first sighting of the season https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604129936731-Q6XVWBW84R16DJLU9T2K/PA310220.jpg October 2020 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1604055740097-U7GF6PA2MLK7G7IUZ9YN/PA280075.jpg October 2020 - 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 https://southernforestlife.net/early-november-2020 daily 0.75 2020-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435789410-CP6YG0B8P25U3630BHEN/PB140094-2.jpg early November 2020 - Red-anther Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma pallidum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435789410-CP6YG0B8P25U3630BHEN/PB140094-2.jpg early November 2020 - Red-anther Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma pallidum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331301468-BQJ2JG2PDEGGV0PV47L8/PB090046-2.jpg early November 2020 - Kangaroo grass Themeda triandra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335040728-4HPCL6X790IITUFH3COO/PB080029.jpg early November 2020 - Hedgehog Grass Echinopogon ovatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435507403-55MYUVP0Z38L3UZO0MUB/PB080083-2.jpg early November 2020 - Red-anther Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma pallidum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335109084-FQBMX5Z7BEOR62NUPQV1/PB130064.jpg early November 2020 - another species of Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma monticola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435525442-DEUSZ8FLGAUDIHFLASPI/PB080308.jpg early November 2020 - Large Spotted Ladybird Harmonia conformis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331321288-NH2HO8IUAT15FG668C2Y/PB100178.jpg early November 2020 - Slender Ringtail damselfly Austrolestes analis … my first ever sighting of this species! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331328321-U5V5MBH2Z3NAZGEQBVEO/PB100216.jpg early November 2020 - Robber fly Leptogaster sp. … quite small (perched here on the Dianella flower buds) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331368974-88SVCW6GE91C001X8MVW/PB070054.jpg early November 2020 - Signal fly Duomyia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335046914-K7W0XE5CQ2NSGVDVN7W5/PB080332.jpg early November 2020 - Chafer beetle Diphucephala sp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331403693-TF3GASSOCEPNG6M09LAO/PB080185.jpg early November 2020 - Rufous Fantail - juvenile Among the tangled branches of a large fallen tree … Rhipidura rufifrons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331410553-BOYZFQIAP5F87JG93418/PB070025.jpg early November 2020 - Scarlet Honeyeater - adult male Visiting the frog pond and our first sighting of the season. We’ve yet to see them on the grass tree flowers … but we’re on the lookout! Myzomela erythrocephala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407583671-BJXKENDTS7NKE8PXQQUB/PB070029-2.jpg early November 2020 - Scarlet Honeyeater – adult male Myzomela erythrocephala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435129456-I1QYO6WT6E324OV44O0Q/PA310025-3.jpg early November 2020 - Grass Triggerplant Stylidium graminifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331466031-144KSGHCRQX76G82A9TJ/PB020271.jpg early November 2020 - Grass Triggerplant and reed bee Flower: Stylidium graminifolium Bee: Exoneura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435500317-AHHIDTIH2KLWSL9GBBIE/PB020200.jpg early November 2020 - Bluebell sheltering a masked bee Flower: Wahlenbergia stricta Bee: Hylaeus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407691837-QNVYESKAW4NBLYM5TBIK/PB010051-3.jpg early November 2020 - Bluebell with tiny reed bee Flower: Wahlenbergia gracilis Bee: Exoneura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335710379-5F1M05EQONRJS562Z5RS/PB130241.jpg early November 2020 - Blue Flax-lily with tiny reed bee Flower: Dianella caerulea Bee: Exoneura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335715080-4HF03G8HZFDJISEGK7IV/PB130253.jpg early November 2020 - Blue Flax-lily with larger reed bee Flower: Dianella caerulea Bee: Exoneura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331606455-8KREUZ96NNDVNRWKPT9I/PB030406.jpg early November 2020 - Masked bee Hylaeus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605332467180-0DSLWNOON06P12S07ZLU/PB040021.jpg early November 2020 - Termite swarm meets frog pond Low pressure systems in Spring trigger termite swarms. And the pond surface is fatally attractive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331615735-4IPVYHSD0RFGFOI49Y4A/PB040037.jpg early November 2020 - Fishing Spider ... with termites Dolomedes sp. She’s usually active at night, but I guess the termite swarm was too good a chance to pass up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331620551-3AQITD50NZ91L02PPLVV/PB060150.jpg early November 2020 - Black Squeaker cicada Atrapsalta encaustica … a small and rather cryptic species that calls from low vegetation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331701159-LWT3J95SS5AK4XK9HQ2Y/PB060252.jpg early November 2020 - Flower wasp Thynnidae … one of the larger ones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335003341-J23L5V77QLQTA0Q4762A/PB020159.jpg early November 2020 - Flower wasps This is the rather unusual feeding behaviour I described in a post last month (‘Getting to know flower wasps’) Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605334994852-59Y3ESPLY2B3PA9RLAM4/PB010011-2.jpg early November 2020 - Prowling spider Miturgidae … perhaps Argoctenus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605334999205-V4FBQDWC429X520HTQ6L/PB010110-2.jpg early November 2020 - Bee fly Staurostichus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335011783-6VGW4ZCP3JPQF7Y9O94T/PB020342.jpg early November 2020 - Grass tree spike providing this beetle with a perch Xanthorrhoea concava https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335016403-O8DLF05N9AK0VDXAD471/PB030033-2.jpg early November 2020 - Jewel beetle Castiarina scalaris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335027151-W6R7P2VV993XTG4T9EUA/PB030048.jpg early November 2020 - Golden Everlasting with Longhorn beetle Flower: Xerochrysum bracteatum Beetle: Pempsamacra pygmaea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335087570-WAID88TEDWAWWY0JJ944/PB100308.jpg early November 2020 - Button everlasting daisy with a pollen-laden bee Flower: Coronidium scorpioides Bee: ID a work in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335032376-WONV56HQA3HUGA8ZDS8A/PB030054.jpg early November 2020 - Stiletto fly Ectinorhynchus pyrrhotelus (a species complex) … our first sighting of this ‘species’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335036858-NWT47VBSLJCLID7NI53D/PB080027.jpg early November 2020 - Common Onion-Orchid Microtis unifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335054140-HLTC0BHZ53YHAKFGBB6S/PB100019.jpg early November 2020 - mating flies identification in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407435823-3WT3VZQ2SR0Y2B2RW57H/PB100263.jpg early November 2020 - Brown Thornbill – juvenile It was not happy by my presence, boldly scolding me as I wandered past. Acanthiza pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335067427-FQ990V23AFSX71OUZ9S1/PB100272.jpg early November 2020 - Brown Thornbill – juvenile A family has laid claim to this fallen, dead casuarina Acanthiza pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335081835-MEWGWLCVR75251IW3QZY/PB100284.jpg early November 2020 - Brown Thornbill – juvenile Acanthiza pusilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335097030-J2DEZCMBOUXBUO8ST8JS/PB130014.jpg early November 2020 - Reed bee 'tapped' by trigger plant Bee: Exoneura Flower: Stylidium graminifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335100165-EDUI29B2Q8RUPL79KFDZ/PB130025.jpg early November 2020 - Shrubby Platysace – the very first flowers Platysace lanceolata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407499225-AIPN6QHL8IVJJ31IFWNQ/PB100130.jpg early November 2020 - Shrubby Platysace - unopened flower buds Flowers: Platysace lanceolata Hover fly: Simosyrphus grandicornis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335104787-5UFBSRAHZ2TEN65USQXL/PB130045.jpg early November 2020 - Wolf spider with egg sac The first mature, egg-carrying female wolfy we’ve seen this season. Venatrix australiensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335117174-IAKBQWQLBAAQOAVOSHCN/PB130169.jpg early November 2020 - Common Brown - male guarding his patch Heteronympha merope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335703523-25L6LYF33Z19V04D7EI8/PB130175.jpg early November 2020 - Olive-backed Oriole – adult Oriolus sagittatus … they’ve been calling loudly of late, perhaps nesting close by https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335706995-9RPOULDEQVFOWJ86NOPA/PB130204.jpg early November 2020 - Common Bronzewing - with nesting material Phaps chalcoptera … their low, booming calls currently a feature of the forest soundscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335718279-PQ896YXH113XW4495O5N/PB130257.jpg early November 2020 - Reed bee on St John's Wort Bee: Exoneura sp. Flower: Hypericum gramineum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335721748-O36W6LCH6T9GSJIWKFLN/PB130296.jpg early November 2020 - Kopata with bee fly Flower: Pelargonium inodorum Fly: Staurostichus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335726921-GI2GOAGJZM1225DSLCMZ/PB130324.jpg early November 2020 - Crane fly Leptotarsus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331785143-6Q9RLAU7U06P2F960GCR/PB030756.jpg early November 2020 - Superb Fairy-wren - male, with caterpillar for chicks (3/11/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331882682-O2VMU9NV3GG04K21I0HY/PB030837.jpg early November 2020 - Superb Fairy-wren - female, with termite for chicks (3/11/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605331807181-IMTYQ6IHC8M9268B15SZ/PB030817.jpg early November 2020 - Superb Fairy-wren - male with spider for chicks (3/11/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605335779693-3FDPSMGVIA05ZEWR2TJV/PB070067.jpg early November 2020 - Empty nest ... fairy wren chicks lost to breeding Currawongs (7/11/20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407493427-NV52QYDYC099LEE7QKWP/PB090105.jpg early November 2020 - Bee fly Meomyia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407527088-C5HVRPN0ASE50QTXKTHR/PB100317.jpg early November 2020 - Bee on bluebell Bee: species ID a work in progress Flower: Wahlenbergia stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407547379-4OSK1LDKT98JVHYM8ZAD/PB090082.jpg early November 2020 - Bristle fly Cylindromyia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605407598034-H16716CU8ELJA1L6JXB8/PB080158.jpg early November 2020 - Crabronid wasp Podagritus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435145951-PGTLR8WXZVLQMK83KUUH/PA310046-2.jpg early November 2020 - Longhorn beetle on Golden Everlasting Beetle: Pempsamacra pygmaea Flower: Xerochrysum bracteatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435145591-41C3H5AIMNCVV4WS8POE/PA310089.jpg early November 2020 - Jewel beetle on St. John's Wort Beetle: Ethenion sp Flower: Hypericum sp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435149921-WV0KYMLCRP3R0UIDJFPS/PA310117.jpg early November 2020 - Checkered beetle on Golden Everlasting Beetle: Eleale simplex Flower: Xerochrysum bracteatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435504577-J57H4901IXLL5BLR2KLK/PB020357.jpg early November 2020 - Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1605435544902-IDJ073M8O236URNSNLM7/PB150010.jpg early November 2020 - Sand wasp ... first appearance for the season (15/11/20) Bembix sp. https://southernforestlife.net/early-january-2021 daily 0.75 2021-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610259879051-9WGZOJJRFIGFEITTPV5I/P1020021.jpg early January 2021 - Red-browed Finches – with fledgling Neochmia temporalis. We discovered where these guys have been hiding out - in the grove of Kangaroo Apple bushes above the river. Parents displaying a young one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610259879051-9WGZOJJRFIGFEITTPV5I/P1020021.jpg early January 2021 - Red-browed Finches – with fledgling Neochmia temporalis. We discovered where these guys have been hiding out - in the grove of Kangaroo Apple bushes above the river. Parents displaying a young one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610311779904-4WU56ALES2AVUYTKGS90/PC270137-3.jpg early January 2021 - recently-fledged Sacred Kingfisher The parent birds were successful again this year. Two young left the nest hollow in late December. Todiramphus sanctus - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610312031655-54WR9KZMFENVN4AXX9D2/PC270157-2.jpg early January 2021 - food waste disposal Like many hunting species, kingfishers regurgitate undigestible material as a pellet. I’m guessing that this pellet includes the exoskeletons of many cicadas! Todiramphus sanctus - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610262303366-H00CQFXWUP49WK19SR3Q/P1100062.jpg early January 2021 - 5-day old ducklings in hiding I found our pair of Australian Wood Ducks with their clutch of 6 five-day old chicks hiding out in the undergrowth. Female with 4 of the youngsters shown here. Keep your head down junior! Chenonetta jubata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610311938278-RD80C91FRMTY9DED47CT/PC270600.jpg early January 2021 - Collared Sparrowhawk A rather regular visitor of late, and a real threat to the various juvenile birds we’re starting to see. Accipiter cirrocephalus (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610253769347-O4RHY8HSMX0FEH4CWHDZ/P1060103.jpg early January 2021 - Long-legged Fly A handy predator, with aphids and mosquitoes in the diet Family: Dolichopodidae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610254759582-PEW7S793DIBOPQPZ9E1E/P1080089-4.jpg early January 2021 - massive March Fly A rare shot on a natural substrate. These huge flies favour boots, buckets, and anything black or blue. Triclista guttata (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610254216322-FVXV22Y40RK57FBXSFS6/P1060253.jpg early January 2021 - ground-nesting wasp Cerceris (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610262962292-CJI0FN33UYTNQ7CPV7MD/P1090048.jpg early January 2021 - Competing males Flowers continue to open on our tongue orchid, as do mating attempts by male wasps. This pair got into the act at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610254329104-0HXDITQTVS2YWJT28IUX/P1070008.jpg early January 2021 - Antlion A large lacewing that spent its youth as an ant predator living in a sandpit. Glenoleon pulchellus (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610255158970-TSA1M3PCNJ6HM27XE8DI/P1080119-4.jpg early January 2021 - katydid nymph perhaps the Garden Katydid, Caedicia simplex. Nymphs are always a challenge to ID. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610264241306-RTN2UTV7AWKPRPNMBR4F/PC030032.jpg early January 2021 - tiny katydid nymph This tiny nymph landed on the unopened flower of a Holly Lomatia. The opened flowers can be seen in the next image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610264708837-VJB1HWZ3QE0CB87WKMJ8/PB240098.jpg early January 2021 - the long-awaited Holly Lomatia flower Lomatia ilicifolia. Family Proteaceae. This plant only ever flowers after a fire, so this is the first (and hopefully last!) time we’ve seen its display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610253489319-Y5XAGCTZYB5T5VCUC4TM/P1020032-2.jpg early January 2021 - tiny bee This Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gracilis) is just 8mm wide … so the pollen-laden little bee is truly tiny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610255747205-J7G82DT3SILC8LT6TZYB/P1080213-2.jpg early January 2021 - Angophora blossom!... with Green-and-Gold Nomia bee Of course, the bee was my target but the flowering of the Angophora is exciting! Every tree burnt a year ago. Every tree now heavy with blossom and luxuriant leaf growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610254997617-TDW1ORH4IALB7SS4E7XC/P1080116-4.jpg early January 2021 - leafhoppers Unusual colouring and I’ve yet to find a species match. Eurymeloides (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610255940228-SY0U4HGTEVGI32DHWXNZ/P1090029-2.jpg early January 2021 - leafhopper, with attendant ants Eurymeloides bicincta (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610255952505-MERITF3N155XB1ZWNQ9G/P1090015-3.jpg early January 2021 - another leafhopper First time I’ve spotted this species in years. Ishidaella sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610256229512-RCW2PE1QJK3F6RXQEMGJ/P1100077.jpg early January 2021 - Leioproctus bee A Geebung specialist, they are currently swarming about the flowering Persoonia. Leioproctus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610256443600-KHR852L8BBYUMIF4LD44/PC270087.jpg early January 2021 - tiny crab spider Not much more than 10mm … counting those long front legs! Sidymella hirsuta - male (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610260256417-41FH3G9RG4Y59CW24EGL/P1070128.jpg early January 2021 - Cuckoo Wasp in search of another's nest Primeuchroeus sp. I sighted this beautiful green creature inspecting tiny holes in the bark - looking for a bee or wasp nest to deposit her eggs. Her young develop at the expense of the original occupants. See iNaturalist record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610261533244-MM9E5QH1NSAWIECC842E/P1090007-2.jpg early January 2021 - the pattern of spore sacs identifies a new fern Harsh Ground Fern (Hypolepis muelleri) has appeared for the first time since the fire. See iNaturalist record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610263591582-MELWWBTLSHOKP6MSCIOK/PC270367.jpg early January 2021 - Australian Emerald Hemicordulia australiae. A regular presence at the pond, patrolling his territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610261692397-ZRQ62B1OX2L04DOLIB0G/PB270036.jpg early January 2021 - mating dragonflies The “wheel” position adopted by mating dragonflies - male above, female below. Australian Emeralds (Hemicordulia australiae) See iNaturalist record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610260901467-EY3RD20C6GI5J2RYAKK5/P1080004-3.jpg early January 2021 - egg-laying damselflies The female deposits eggs in a reed stem while the male provides support and wards off other males. Wandering Ringtails (Austrolestes leda) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610262136715-FGKJMRTKOD7GQT7QOQYI/P1100032.jpg early January 2021 - Cosmopolitan Plume Moth Stenoptilia zophodactyla. I found these moths with their bizarre wings fluttering around in the undergrowth. See iNaturalist record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610260714613-X273BTBRK7B3NB08S52I/P1080016.jpg early January 2021 - roosting flower wasps The seeding head of a grass is an ideal spot for a group of tiny thynnine wasps to spend the night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610262710404-YPM69FG1BGT8M1MKZL5V/P1090013.jpg early January 2021 - blue-legged grasshopper Peakesia coeruleipes. Another new one for the forest, obligingly showing off his blue tibia to enable my identification (see iNaturalist record). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610263287516-GBM94LL2FV0GUZSQ7IOE/PC290023-2.jpg early January 2021 - Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona. Regularly seen near the house patrolling one of its food plants, Tall Saw-Sedge (Gahnia clarkei). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610263823243-K5TGS8L4JSZY05XSAY9G/PC240101.jpg early January 2021 - the parasols of liverwort reproduction Marchantia sp. I discovered these primitive plants with their umbrella heads bearing sex organs in the hollow left by a burnt tree stump. See iNaturalist record. https://southernforestlife.net/5th-feb-2021 daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506548259-UQX9F2ASB6OEUEC7RKXB/P2050116.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Jade Hunter Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) ochraceus Family: Gomphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506548259-UQX9F2ASB6OEUEC7RKXB/P2050116.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Jade Hunter Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) ochraceus Family: Gomphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506482926-29NVF4R65MKLLWJ57772/P2050086.jpg 5th Feb 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506537500-U2SSECPOQ42Y69L6ART2/P2050102.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506476783-U60LZQ3EW76PUNCFPW2N/P2050083.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506491606-JOQVRR3DTW9L8KBQ7F9G/P2050097.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506544571-AV8B4UXPMMLG64F7WP9A/P2050111.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Jade Hunter Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) ochraceus Family: Gomphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506471153-NN2DSOJNC06LHZZ9JIWI/P2050071.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Jade Hunter Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) ochraceus Family: Gomphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506552463-E0BFLR2T0HOR3M5KEMHM/P2050119.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Jade Hunter Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) ochraceus Family: Gomphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506395781-BNILM441A5DEXLDYIDCW/P2050024.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Water Strider pair caught in spider web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506407111-X4YUDGWFWI6URSQADGFP/P2050027.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Long-jawed Spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506421826-YH23DA5EFTSLQAS6MERI/P2050039.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Water Strider pair plus nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508649813-885EVU1T8XCYER3A0LPQ/P2050150.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Water Strider pair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506412787-4DVTIX4E7TUREMDQOFFR/P2050030.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Caddis fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508411233-EKA0YFKZ0J07TQHFHZL0/P2050024-2.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Caddis fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506418303-V39PC6GYUG4OOAAINL3Y/P2050033.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - March fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612506488001-B1JYJJ3658D0HQ3YAFY0/P2050096.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Austral Ladies Tresses orchids Spiranthes australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508598712-00750TEK5334MH46KPFU/P2050030-2.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Forked Sundew Drosera binata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508598109-8ZO7HK4AQRYVZ6GWB2HT/P2050032.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Forked Sundew Drosera binata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508653610-EGENZMQN0SUVQ5UNVYR6/P2050158.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508622195-UXM2SU6XJV8HBK7N8T2P/P2050129.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508643559-D2E5079O2E34F359N5Q1/P2050140.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Long-jawed spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508646794-386BR4G2PFXPP9XUD4OJ/P2050143.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Long-jawed spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508658844-26BTK1ZRNE47FRNB5Y90/P2050169.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Family: Libellulidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508663480-NG0FUXNY6B3MLTEMZU1H/P2050182.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - Jade Hunter Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) ochraceus Family: Gomphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508599839-BT3TJ7W6KN386G6AX4A9/P2050069-2.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - egg-laying dragonfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508612856-4PXGIGJO5Q7ZT3HAP65I/P2050073.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - egg-laying dragonfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1612508611420-CSJE5BULMCE81LSUKYPQ/P2050071-2.jpg 5th Feb 2021 - egg-laying dragonfly https://southernforestlife.net/early-february-2021 daily 0.75 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629903048-N87IPUGP3U8MWRQL9M1C/P2170235.jpg early February 2021 - March fly ... with pink eyes! Scaptia sp. A species we’ve never seen before. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629903048-N87IPUGP3U8MWRQL9M1C/P2170235.jpg early February 2021 - March fly ... with pink eyes! Scaptia sp. A species we’ve never seen before. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629804172-QP05G1UD3OH5V8IZP2VT/P2170052.jpg early February 2021 - March fly ... a compliant photography subject Scaptia sp. A species we’ve never seen before. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629806608-LOGM92VWCZ8DDUAPIHUY/P2170065.jpg early February 2021 - mantis feasting on a beetle Orthodera ministralis see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629899416-J7WIT30ZCDARQ0VRW1TD/P2170098-2.jpg early February 2021 - the blue spot is a distinguishing feature Orthodera ministralis see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629808812-F2VBS8479PE8NIEZWTHP/P2170078-2.jpg early February 2021 - surprisingly cryptic for such a large insect Orthodera ministralis see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629733029-V0P3R4Y5ZCXPZVXAGKVT/P2100136-2.jpg early February 2021 - Broad-nosed weevil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629735815-YJP39LI3L2AZSJR7WJ5N/P2100196-2.jpg early February 2021 - Broad-nosed weevils ... a pair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886881187-8A5CHOBKTNLKDZ7FUW3F/P2070020.jpg early February 2021 - Australian Emerald ... in flight Hemicordulia australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629804071-IDBG6DPBXKGIF5UIR212/P2130020.jpg early February 2021 - paired Australian Emerald dragonflies Hemicordulia australiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629738162-92PRYY2M40MGO5LVEPAU/P2130007.jpg early February 2021 - Australian Emerald dragonflies Hemicordulia australiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629899421-NES2FQJJK5R16P9NU0KX/P2170107-2.jpg early February 2021 - large crane fly Leptotarsus clavatus see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613629729935-O9RMJV05RUDFAIN827SU/P2100089-2.jpg early February 2021 - the large and colourful 'Mustard Ghost Moth' Abantiades hyalinatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886821234-NIA69413T1O86Q6XLF4X/P2180054.jpg early February 2021 - Black-faced Monarch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886823271-ST7D93RZ8F17CBPRU2GX/P2180073.jpg early February 2021 - Black-faced Monarch with captured moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886825288-NYJIALJQQSO2AU57MGGW/P2180093.jpg early February 2021 - male Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886829426-X6M1YZ3FZ71ADPLEF3C0/P2180096.jpg early February 2021 - female Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886852671-BIOG05016Y21VLX8FQJQ/P2040438.jpg early February 2021 - Blue Flower Wasp ... being uncharacteristically clumsy These large wasps have been circling a couple of tree stumps, in numbers! Austroscolia soror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886851100-FJFTUJQOOOQZSBY3DIN0/P2040412.jpg early February 2021 - Blue Flower Wasp, displaying bright blue wings At the right angle, their wings flash brilliant blue. Austroscolia soror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886893027-RBKQQH97U9QDDQOUGXC5/P2180018-2.jpg early February 2021 - Goanna heading for a possum-filled tree hollow Varanus varius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1613886887475-YGJH35NEMIGDJYBW4A6T/P2180013-2.jpg early February 2021 - descending, defeated by the defensive mother possum Varanus varius https://southernforestlife.net/may-2021 daily 0.75 2021-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621560265255-ODSLDBBWQK7JIW9G2AI4/P5100433.jpg May 2021 - a Spotted Swift Spider, hunting (Nyssus coloripes) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621560265255-ODSLDBBWQK7JIW9G2AI4/P5100433.jpg May 2021 - a Spotted Swift Spider, hunting (Nyssus coloripes) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571396017-IH0QZN802CYELKT6GGNT/P5100013.jpg May 2021 - another, even faster species of Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571385759-T6EW0IESSLN22YO348D1/P5100027-2.jpg May 2021 - so many legs! spiderlings feast on an orange-legged spider ... while the striped-leg mother stands guard below well, that’s what we think was happening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621559785513-7OQ7BBOVDL6OKRBB597D/P5080175.jpg May 2021 - tiny, hairy lacewing larvae just starting to hatch Neuroptera - see our earlier blog about lacewing larvae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621559887446-M3M8Z9SPSAVARF9472HU/P5100002.jpg May 2021 - the Epacris is flowering Epacris impressa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621572713684-K154IQSAOOE5XXF3PAMH/P5210010-3.jpg May 2021 - a new species for the home list! Pomax umbellata see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571349504-DVS9HMNSMCCVP6SXD264/P5210017.jpg May 2021 - first glimpse of Variable Bossiaea flowering, post-fire Bossiaea heterophylla see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621559893663-DDGO65I4YZTA2PQW3U7W/P5180060-2.jpg May 2021 - huge male batwing moth (Chelepteryx collesi) Family Anthelidae one of 7 males drawn to the lightsheet during a moth survey this week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621559816122-OIYNJ9Y2034QVDVQW3Y1/P5180046-2.jpg May 2021 - another of the Batwing moths Chelepteryx collesi Family Anthelidae drawn to lights at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571379223-E9O4OTM3DPMNPCLGZ6MF/P5190024.jpg May 2021 - a second Chelepteryx makes an appearance, this one C. chalepteryx Chelepteryx chalepteryx Family Anthelidae A single male of this species came to the moth lightsheet this week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621559825134-ZK4W8XW3JHQ457H3TLBA/P5100467.jpg May 2021 - winged ant on a mating flight (species unknown ... yet) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621560126780-T3YN3RTK0IYNLTV538CH/P5030481.jpg May 2021 - lone ant tending aphids on a seeding grass , with honeydew the reward Grass is Wiry Panic, Entolasia stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571764647-5IV1R8SMCN75UYCR7C23/P5080201.jpg May 2021 - spiny Dolly Ants massing on a log Dolichoderus doriae subfamily Dolichoderinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621560096069-8MIG4ML6UCIA7ZFX0Q0U/P5020418.jpg May 2021 - an ant harassed this spider wasp as she collected mud for a nest Fabriogenia Family Pompilidae see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621559867866-DPA4JVNJF0D6DWI775U7/P5100048.jpg May 2021 - a common hover fly feeding at wattle nectary Melangyna viridiceps (on Acacia terminalis). Such extrafloral nectaries are common on Acacia, producing lipids as well as sugars. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621560073831-0TMXSL0QHBEGYEYK9HHD/P5020247.jpg May 2021 - seriously tiny flies, hovering in tandem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621560290823-FZIUBY0S3ZWVBMY70O8P/P5100484.jpg May 2021 - a fat-bodied Signal Fly, wings waving Family Platystomatidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571106831-EQPFRSVML9AATUB1AQFJ/P5140007.jpg May 2021 - wingless native cockroach, the Common Eastern Litter Runner Platyzosteria melanaria see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571382807-NCCDH5G5BPHXQ33W5GCF/P5100476.jpg May 2021 - the leaf beetles are still around Paropsis atomaria (?) Family Chrysomelidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621572420396-9YJABE8Z971LV3O9LZPX/P5130019-2.jpg May 2021 - a native snail, active after the wet weather Pommerhelix mastersi Family Camaenidae see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621572037511-QSU1DFBFL9J3NC1KV28K/P5210002-2.jpg May 2021 - a jelly fungus commonly called Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica growing on a dead casuarina (Allocasuarina) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621572234334-RDSFTUABECO7RKQHJD19/P5210038.jpg May 2021 - a hairy splitgill mushroom, growing on fire-killed tree trunk Schizophyllum commune see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621572313766-JFK9790XOP6UT2QIN4BB/P5210032.jpg May 2021 - a common leather fungus, Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum growing at the base of a dead tree see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571269116-KSHJ6Y7NSSSZUSCLT7X6/P5090063.jpg May 2021 - a coral fungus, looking rather like cauliflower Ramaria, perhaps Ramaria capitata see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571243201-WA3QIRWL6U40TV44A42Z/P5080055.jpg May 2021 - a mycorrhizal fungus of eucalypt forests across southern Australia Amanita xanthocephala see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571272002-UNZZE056LUGZZGJNKAJP/P5090126.jpg May 2021 - a particularly tall species, growing on dead, buried wood Oudemansiella radicata (‘Rooting Shank’) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571270571-KMKPEPPYKDE3T13VNV4X/P5090120.jpg May 2021 - yet another mushroom Laccaria ? see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621571241266-ER2NR21TSN7W64RHHOK9/P5080037.jpg May 2021 - extremely small but hard to overlook ... a waxcap, we think Hygrocybe firma see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621582445801-QFJUBXECYDSN07YJZJ0D/P5020184.jpg May 2021 - I'm so tempted to caption these two ... Red-browed Finch (left) with Superb Fairy-wren (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1621582448472-3P8HULGZTOSUMQA8SN0W/P5020187.jpg May 2021 - ... but I'll resist Red-browed Finch (left) with Superb Fairy-wren (right) https://southernforestlife.net/early-september-2021 daily 0.75 2021-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660244291-NM7U73OCKOAOIKKYN7F0/P9010064.jpg early September 2021 - Leucopogon ('Beard-heath') Leucopogon affinis in full bloom yet to attract many insects. Many of these shrubs regrew from rootstock after the fire, but they didn’t flower last year at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660244291-NM7U73OCKOAOIKKYN7F0/P9010064.jpg early September 2021 - Leucopogon ('Beard-heath') Leucopogon affinis in full bloom yet to attract many insects. Many of these shrubs regrew from rootstock after the fire, but they didn’t flower last year at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660957536-URCO2L1NSKJIINALVEJA/P8310021-2.jpg early September 2021 - Bossiaea Bossiaea cordifolia - one of our most widespread and numerous pea shrubs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661052725-NYAF7ITF298CKL2B9MEP/P8310111.jpg early September 2021 - Dillwynia Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660881196-ATNJ3PX4WYU1EK36YCLW/P8300275.jpg early September 2021 - Pultenaea - this one with tiny flowers Pultenaea linophylla - a low-growing, spreading species with flowers less than 10mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661059685-N8TCEK1Y31EY0M1YRW28/P8310118.jpg early September 2021 - Daviesia - just one plant that we know of Daviesia ulicifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660269754-5QX6ZU8LZKHDRVT0V5QN/P9010158.jpg early September 2021 - Hardenbergia - a vigorous climbing pea Hardenbergia violacea - regrows from roots after fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630713936157-O0AJA5QQZ3AUXYUA6EYB/P9010081.jpg early September 2021 - Hovea Hovea heterophylla - another plant I’ll be watching for visiting bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661236161-ZG3V4JLSUAPTZIEDZKMM/P8310001-3.jpg early September 2021 - Indigofera ('Austral Indigo') Indigofera australis - growing in healthy, dense stands since the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660252986-Z1SP80BYG4I4LRU5DBCI/P9010067.jpg early September 2021 - flower wasp - male Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660262629-UMQOMWFVSQASJIO5BF6C/P9010102.jpg early September 2021 - flower wasp - different species Thynnidae - I use the yellow markings on the thorax to help me distinguish this particular species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660389985-N5VP7C57YRSBC7J2GWU2/P9010291.jpg early September 2021 - flower wasp - male with flightless female Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660470321-TM6A0ZMQIE0IVO6WECX2/P9020024-2.jpg early September 2021 - flower wasp - another pairing Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660502372-S2SHFPIJKDWE9KZEM87T/P9020041-2.jpg early September 2021 - flower wasp - currently the largest species Thynnidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660291709-EVY6EO233WAUWQKX84BC/P9010204.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - sun bathing Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660695696-1JBMGUKHF1C5144F6O7B/P8300052.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - a brief landing Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660481465-6E93FSEMVXVM2QDJ95CU/P9020035-2.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - a braconid Braconidae - a very large family with many orange+black+white species! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660442491-UDTA743F916W8XRXJTZJ/P9020016-2.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - a species I've not seen before Ichneumonidae (I assume) … perhaps Lissonota (?) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660361832-TYC8WVQL3SQS8W2SL73X/P9010242.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - blue and orange! Theronia maculosa (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660337866-UJO27N9I3RYUDHN1UTUQ/P9010271.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - a quick glimpse Theronia maculosa (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660620521-BBD5ZDL1DSQ29CT06NKU/P9030147.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - antennal maintenance Echthromorpha intricata (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714786061-JMG2VGOBE30RZ91I3BKH/P8150094.jpg early September 2021 - more antennal cleaning Echthromorpha intricatoria Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660646014-W09O6FZ7OX2JRI7YVPIZ/P9030228.jpg early September 2021 - parasitic wasp - antennae at work! a large species I’ve not seen before, thoroughly probing a dead, burnt eucalypt sapling (see iNaturalist record) Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660494361-OQKV2RT2EZDCU04MGW4T/P9020039-2.jpg early September 2021 - Tetratheca ('Pink Bells') Tetratheca pilosa …. although I need to take a close look. There are other candidate species. family: Eleocarpaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660504499-6073DI7GH24XKZ3UEJAO/P9020052-2.jpg early September 2021 - Schelhammera ('Lilac Lily') - first flower! Schelhammera undulata … always photogenic family: Colchicaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660973174-V240N4Z5F6C325T6EJLS/P8310023-2.jpg early September 2021 - Hibbertia ... an unusual species here Hibbertia calycina. We have several Hibbertia species, and some are common. But this species is a new one for our home list, and rarely recorded so close to the coast. (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660475730-7RDZ42MOGK5SEKNRC3XZ/P9020031-2.jpg early September 2021 - Patersonia ('Purple Flag') - a leafy iris Patersonia glabrata … each flower opens in sun and lasts just one day family: Iridaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714011656-O066QKS3CE0ENKP44AB8/P8150003-3.jpg early September 2021 - Solanum stamens, with hover fly Solanum vescum (‘Kangaroo Apple’) grew strongly post-fire, and continues to do well this year. The hover fly is the common species Melangyna viridiceps (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630713971783-6NCCB186MS03EK3EUIZU/P8310115.jpg early September 2021 - Kennedia - decorating burnt trees Kennedia rubicunda (‘Dusky Coral Pea’) family: Fabaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660950150-KJ5RI3RI31ZGXFD0KOUB/P8310004-2.jpg early September 2021 - red = bird flower! a Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding on Kennedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630713877996-CMT6Y2K1SGOCS0ECKS1M/P9030155.jpg early September 2021 - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters - here to nest Before the fire, these were perhaps one of our most common Summer-visiting birds. But last year, post-fire, we saw very few. It’s nice to see them appearing this Spring in large (and noisy!) numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660522641-L5EWFT5RP5GWDV0CWVBE/P9030004.jpg early September 2021 - Fantailed Cuckoo - they're back! Another Summer visitor, and also ready to nest. Kind of. Fairy-wrens and other small birds, beware! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660770265-6KKGROSUBWLOVRUCVVMQ/P8300197.jpg early September 2021 - male Rose Robin - curious & territorial The males called through late Winter, so I suspect they’re already nesting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660812144-NKZY7CH02S85JY7IQ9LS/P8300220.jpg early September 2021 - common hover fly Melangyna viridiceps (‘Common Halfband’) - both widespread and numerous, but photogenic nonetheless family: Syrphidae subfamily: Syphinae (‘typical hover flies’) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660637641-3O5YMA91815KV07G7BL4/P9030179.jpg early September 2021 - large, colourful drone fly Cyphipelta rufocyanea - this hovering fly is indeed rather drone-like. family: Syrphidae (‘hover flies’) subfamily: Eristralinae (‘drone flies & kin’) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660299789-U64VH5IE5QND30271KB2/P9010220.jpg early September 2021 - thick-headed fly ... a bee parasite! Most species in this family are internal parasites of bees and stinging wasps. This is a group I’m keen to learn more about. family: Conopidae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660726847-ZY5FDSHRJU6ICG87904C/P8300070.jpg early September 2021 - flower-feeding March fly Scaptia (probably) - probing a Pimelea flower with its very long proboscis, and getting covered in pollen in the process family: Tabanidae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714103138-RJGNFL2MSJTDSGB2L6Q3/P8230155-2.jpg early September 2021 - dagger fly - a predator of other flies family Empididae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630730153863-GULVFNFYZMOW3XQNIU1J/P8300032.jpg early September 2021 - Burchardia - first flowers for this lily Burchardia umbellata - a species that came back strongly post-fire. The first flowers this year have just appeared … time will tell how many more we see. family: Colchicaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660785718-EA0FUY72J9TDV73LS5SS/P8300206.jpg early September 2021 - Caladenia ('Lady Fingers' orchid) Caladenia catenata … just a few flowers so far this year, in contrast to the mass flowering of 2020 family: Orchidaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714902148-NKH55K3HWMHSWZJGCMZM/P8300211.jpg early September 2021 - rainbow sundew leaf (not a flower) Drosera auriculata … a species I studied (and photographed) extensively last August (see Rainbow Sundews post) family: Caryophyllales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660798464-PEZBVJXM2YVRHW1J5FVZ/P8300210.jpg early September 2021 - rainbow sundew – with trapped prey Drosera auriculata … a species I studied (and photographed) extensively last August (see Rainbow Sundews post) family: Caryophyllales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660870969-362WAC5LWRIZG1W82XS8/P8300259.jpg early September 2021 - sawfly larva - large and alone Perga sp. - when smaller, these larvae are typically seen in large groups, feeding on leaves. This one was alone, perched atop a burnt and broken tree stem … and largely motionless. Soon to pupate, perhaps. Or even parasitised. (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660997852-AB850S3LCZUFRLY8QQH9/P8310034-2.jpg early September 2021 - Trichocolletes - first (native) bee sighting! Trichocolletes sp. These bees favour pea flowers, Hardenbergia in particular. family: Colletidae (‘plasterer bees’) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661018850-W17TL9R0WE0O53NDMTNM/P8310059.jpg early September 2021 - Trichocolletes - on Hardenbergia flowers Trichocolletes sp. Unlike many of our native bee species, Trichocolletes can easily be mistaken for introduced honey bees. They’re a bit smaller, faster and noisier, however (and much more welcome here in the forest). family: Colletidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661023653-AVADWWJ4JFK89ORTR3WR/P8310071.jpg early September 2021 - Lasioglossum - a much smaller bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) … also feeding on Hardenbergia family: Halictidae (‘sweat bees’) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661044636-TNHNZOQJPHF1ZOEXAGQO/P8310092.jpg early September 2021 - Lasioglossum - cleaning up Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) … same bee, now cleaning up after her feed family: Halictidae (‘sweat bees’) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660682698-A8MP6C34KBJS3YDI735X/P8300050.jpg early September 2021 - Bright Copper - Spring's very first butterfly! Paralucia aurifer … a male, and the first butterfly I’ve sighted this season, feeding on Pimelea (30th August) family: Lycaenidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630661190308-4LSQJY0RVSQEU9559VFH/P9030130.jpg early September 2021 - 'Bright Copper' indeed! Paralucia aurifer … this sighting made on 3rd September. Again a male, and perhaps the same individual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630714722331-SO5Z8UMQ0B0E27J9QFO5/P8220011.jpg early September 2021 - the first grasshopper Rhitzala modesta (‘Short-winged Heath Grasshopper’) … an alert denizen of small-leaved, woody shrubs. The wings never grow longer than this, so it probably can’t fly! (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660340727-XCI9URSQ7IWEPVWNBRYV/P9010276.jpg early September 2021 - female peacock spider - with lunch Maratus scutulatus … this little jumping spider is one of the most commonly seen species. family: Salticidae (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660718827-K6YPCPFAZG7A4BSKFVS0/P8300067-2.jpg early September 2021 - small Garden Skink - one of many! Lampropholis guichenoti (I assume) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630660626675-M6LDF6V19FHR6CPP65YP/P9030163.jpg early September 2021 - large Water Skink - out of hibernation Eulamprus heatwolei (‘Yellow-bellied Water Skink) … now active on warm days, particularly after termite swarms! https://southernforestlife.net/27th-sept-2021 daily 0.75 2021-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632816649364-YHWD3DH3RS4FOAUZSN9T/P9270011.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632816649364-YHWD3DH3RS4FOAUZSN9T/P9270011.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813725219-UHKV9RJU93P42XMKO6FF/P9270239-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Bobilla sp. - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813735010-4C28WT5P8ECO0BTDST9R/P9270210-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Hover fly on Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818135042-XC0CD5TT91WW4ZE4TQZO/P9270125.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813769291-XKPE4T1ZVC9INFOW5C45/P9270323.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Venator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822810626-K9BL0U0B8NCJ2NQ75MFW/P9270220.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Venator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813797565-D1D654GYFKAOIBQ86MV9/P9270174-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Thelymitra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813811740-RESI0HUE8TS5YESLDZPD/P9270187-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Caladenia mentiens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813816527-M12258VRU5K9DME98KLM/P9270194-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632816286026-YCWX1U45BMBWRAF7J30A/P9270003.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813833100-3R2QWZMRI6NHX3LPZ399/P9270228-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Caladenia clarkiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818023695-2MKYAP7GYYLYGHDIZQXE/P9270123.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Caladenia clarkiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813839913-66LABVRGGQCWS7OQAQQ8/P9270293-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Caladenia mentiens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817041469-Q8SN9BZAFSST9HK21WAY/P9270057.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Bossiaea prostrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813681575-BHPM9929TO5Q8CBZQBR8/P9270202-2.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817574744-Z4TGY0MQZEAYMRWA7HKJ/P9270082.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822142829-XCUTPBRX7AR9DUVQ1B9I/P9270194.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Goniaea australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818805516-W68QOC2E5W7BZMP1AU2E/P9270138.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Schoenus apogon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822585305-EFOF2775V7D61XYY8FZE/P9270207.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Goniaea opomaloides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818265205-E0R71RMYS2UZL5C4ODRA/P9270127.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Rhytidosporum procumbens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822341823-HP8CXPXJPAPA2NF9M874/P9270198.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Lomandra glauca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632827275837-ISWKW090FYKB516N9LJ5/P9270019.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Concealer moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818922987-JBUOB1JYICFO8CC40DVN/P9270156.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Short-horned grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822015183-TRXC8ZLI5I238W5KDQPN/P9270184.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817815491-BKB8NQBTDU8CW3GQP0EC/P9270100.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Short-horned grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632817823541-K9CQQ2T5BYLE5U3S9YTP/P9270104.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Short-horned grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822659769-CTXRGBA5WYL290IQUD2Q/P9270211.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Drosera peltata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632824751212-L37IT5FEUAU0Y91WPMVW/P9270044.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Crambid moth? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632818618677-46Q1L0VH0N9MMZDO8259/P9270130.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Geometrid moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813779887-58ECZX0JP1IRMPPGZ2NO/P9270334.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Goodia lotifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632822986158-Y9YFJWRGZU6OPF24VJZ5/P9270244.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Epacris microphylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813852647-1GJFM9CC2OG25S44W06L/P9270342.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813857656-2PYD3UDKCJ6L6PDA13MD/P9270348.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632824106419-199ZWI3YJOX1LLIN1LFW/P9270264.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632826160991-IMSBN3VXXF3ERJ3NNTF8/P9270313.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Red-bellied Black Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632826749762-KSU9OBR8BCJ2DDK0FA2A/red-bellied+black+snake.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Red-bellied Black Snake retreating into the Merrica River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813864222-65FJE9BVNXXNA6ERJE0A/P9270365.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Crinia signifera (Clicking Froglet) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813881710-PCE85WFDD6VYZ1IRDX1L/P9270431.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Water Strider triplet Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632813886349-OLRLRH7YZF3AN3MEP4QE/P9270393.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Water Strider triplet Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632823676018-G3MTP9JOVGSI33T2V2XJ/P9270251.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Gippsland Water Dragon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632824252767-53AEQ53H63ADBBCRO7LO/P9270297.jpg 27th Sept 2021 - Yellow-bellied Water Skink https://southernforestlife.net/event-dates daily 0.75 2021-10-04 https://southernforestlife.net/event-dates/2021/10/4/hypocysta-metirius-reappears monthly 0.5 2021-10-04 https://southernforestlife.net/event-dates/2021/9/30/black-faced-monarchs-return monthly 0.5 2021-10-04 https://southernforestlife.net/event-dates/2021/10/4/rufous-whistlers-return monthly 0.5 2021-10-04 https://southernforestlife.net/event-dates/2021/9/29/diuris-sulphurea monthly 0.5 2021-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632878373470-AYJX6B6HI22J9G0QD5GH/P9290002.jpg event dates - Diuris sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632878459106-KD8CSE58X6LD4ZIAKOJW/P9290004-2.jpg event dates - Diuris sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632878538595-RQL4NDNOBVX7EBEHJMQN/P9290012.jpg event dates - Diuris sulphurea https://southernforestlife.net/event-dates/2021/9/29/sacreds-return monthly 0.5 2021-10-04 https://southernforestlife.net/event-dates/category/orchids monthly 0.5 https://southernforestlife.net/10th-october-2021 daily 0.75 2021-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837134992-NQWCJIYXW4WCVXLAF4EA/PA090068-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837134992-NQWCJIYXW4WCVXLAF4EA/PA090068-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837116129-GTBQ4T3V02WTDS1PWYZ9/PA090042-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - bees in Carpobrotus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837075666-JJQ630F9KECCR06U05PA/PA090034-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - bees in Carpobrotus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846139545-BNL0HT2NPOSALBJZE93H/PA090044.jpg 10th October 2021 - Amphibolurus muricatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846147411-FWSW70CZO8BWS8P3AVHQ/PA090063.jpg 10th October 2021 - Amphibolurus muricatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837147406-MWTNNJJOLV9OXWVZOVKC/PA090107-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Polyzosteria aenea, feeding on a dead Jacky lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837157150-BIQ7OQ43RTI3M7H8OXRH/PA090118-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Polyzosteria aenea, feeding on a dead Jacky lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837141084-AW3DLK43DHQYS62XKNVK/PA090079.jpg 10th October 2021 - Grevillea lanigera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837143933-OGP7AQBXP6FDGSCLQVB0/PA090098-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Daviesia corymbosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837159861-DEC3CGF0B5FNAWBWC7XQ/PA090159-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Anabarynchus (Stiletto flies) iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837164001-9F5NYXEGORJ8ZKO5PXVF/PA090163-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Anabarynchus (Stiletto flies) iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633837177293-CTREFAM1RTBEIA8F4DRW/PA090223.jpg 10th October 2021 - Harpobittacus australis iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846034344-U46BRXQF3KAFS4E1S4KA/PA090013.jpg 10th October 2021 - Plecia sp. - male. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846044059-2CXQW9ZH3XZRN7NQMGXP/PA090021.jpg 10th October 2021 - Pollanisus viridipulverulenta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846118534-M46R2AOYOE8XUJW1S742/PA090032.jpg 10th October 2021 - Pterolocera sp. - probably P. leucocera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846125273-HC1QCZ3RQIR38UOVTAI0/PA090037.jpg 10th October 2021 - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846130086-Q8II3K4I8UXMOUENDRY9/PA090043.jpg 10th October 2021 - Superb Fairy-wren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633846143177-739YFP9KHADI71CMWEPY/PA090056.jpg 10th October 2021 - Fur seals, rafting off the cape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633848455213-MA4Q34V3XFNBWZIDJQIF/PA090083.jpg 10th October 2021 - Conospermum taxifolium (Paint Brush) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633848813607-NWA1GSK57T1211QJS039/PA090087.jpg 10th October 2021 - Anisopogon avenaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633848914890-M8FNX2LNZNGFKGMIRP9B/PA090091.jpg 10th October 2021 - New Holland Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849090000-SC5P585GUDRTOFBL5J3M/PA090092.jpg 10th October 2021 - Prasophyllum elatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849353965-ACO1BOS27HP0U08VV0CO/PA090193-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Striated Fieldwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849355664-2Q9DSWREYJ03JS2J0HM8/PA090198.jpg 10th October 2021 - Striated Fieldwren Striated Fieldwren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633849877580-GI8WUAACFFN9R4MCQZIP/PA090104.jpg 10th October 2021 - Tawny-crowned Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850865859-929U1AT4HCFD11ER4ACL/PA090117.jpg 10th October 2021 - New Holland Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850910710-MDQDYM9LUZUFLOA7C2JS/PA090128.jpg 10th October 2021 - White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850995804-HZASFA3TN2POWC0UFCJU/PA090177.jpg 10th October 2021 - White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850001365-IE5INK9WA2SMHNH0UQRY/PA090109.jpg 10th October 2021 - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850341414-GX81XNLQYHZS8Z1K5J56/PA090113.jpg 10th October 2021 - jumping spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633850403279-KHMMKUBX6LMM7RF2K4O5/PA090115.jpg 10th October 2021 - Eucalyptus sieberi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851069222-XM6KUBTSV1Z7GPU66JG7/PA090165.jpg 10th October 2021 - a flowering grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851354548-7LIBSYI20UH8WP5S0GYD/PA090162.jpg 10th October 2021 - Merocroca automima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851574833-N2ODMJIPKLLD7PYHG4VC/PA090146.jpg 10th October 2021 - Black-shouldered Kite (juvenile) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851658864-FV3VILTG6UIZWRJDTBQM/PA090147.jpg 10th October 2021 - Black-shouldered Kite (juvenile) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633851724724-4URMQ09BJDJST3C266G8/PA090150-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Sphaerolobium minus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633852628612-QLDT8TN57EPULHDJYXJX/PA090153-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Sphaerolobium minus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1633856493298-65HYP2EI9IM4EL8HO2J1/PA090151-2.jpg 10th October 2021 - Sphaerolobium minus https://southernforestlife.net/13th-october-2021 daily 0.75 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116586812-LHMR0ATZVX5JW4IMIYPR/PA130010-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116586812-LHMR0ATZVX5JW4IMIYPR/PA130010-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125350445-Q1Z33SIW7KMZK53DO4DM/PA130145.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116617648-OA9I6ZZJ6354L8HJRWCH/PA130028-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Diuris sulphurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116606364-UFZWWNDHAMCCXAOD1STI/PA130022-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125143965-HQ946KNBBMIUC0WGXSBG/PA130127.jpg 13th October 2021 - Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116689650-Q0MZZ4H25QFMYRQG0WU5/PA130049-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116858791-92QVGOWZFVYN6JZEFHJ2/PA130206-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116655606-8BJ5J7E42XKYIOAQK38H/PA130060-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123334752-XT8WURBQOTF73O4Q3KYV/PA130002.jpg 13th October 2021 - Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116861222-WBU848G6VE4NUWICBX75/PA130210-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Burchardia umbellata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116703195-EFN9ITRLP0XF8G112UHK/PA130139-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Caladenia mentiens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116762443-GGF8HQ99O3ZN5BFO30FM/PA130032-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116793333-LP69DLU7UF7A8QQB70VU/PA130157-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Scaevola ramosissima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634124097769-NGTF29CV5UNIK2A2R7R9/PA130087.jpg 13th October 2021 - Lagenophora sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116849138-KWTQQ57GO22B2SS3CCYE/PA130169-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Aotus ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117105148-EZJ6THH59FVR3MUO3136/PA130170-2.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116885248-8ZSUG7NWRE0B3VNP2PIK/PA130209-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634116900034-S9ZQZXBXCIEXHGQXVMW0/PA130055-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Thelymitra ixioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123387938-F0HGEGYP1ZEBSOJKFF56/PA130007.jpg 13th October 2021 - Mitrasacme polymorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123706710-4678J5E6OCENB06IHES0/PA130025.jpg 13th October 2021 - Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123815526-6TGUYXPWQAJIH07K04P5/PA130035.jpg 13th October 2021 - Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123451030-Z2EKO70TVCCMAOS5OUVV/PA130010.jpg 13th October 2021 - Schoenus apogon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123771344-95KCHMFF2YCY64RMKUIH/PA130033.jpg 13th October 2021 - Mirbelia rubiifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123668962-DLVTSXWENM9PCZQ2KZ2G/PA130024.jpg 13th October 2021 - Anisopogon avenaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117043665-2C1SDYSXUCV0XKVLX9F4/PA130124-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - moss sporophytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123939445-NS99WQ27K5TE89516XQT/PA130065-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Lichen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117004337-SXE6WQUMSXMQX7IU7GQC/PA130096-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Leptotarsus, caught by sundew a crane fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117008077-MUFVBABBQDLISUBU88UO/PA130104-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Leptotarsus, caught by sundew a crane fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117093393-8ZAW0SZLOHJP6LNCRPQ4/PA130161-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Liopholis whitii A young one, at burrow entrance. There was an adult nearby, outside another burrow. Presumably all part of a single network of tunnels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117086214-E4HOAU8UA30C0NJM4M8E/PA130201-2.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634123622689-HB59FNKFEVVKZV0JGM72/PA130197.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125182440-JKDE2NEYAMUB4XFCHXHH/PA130141.jpg 13th October 2021 - Philobota arabella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125407489-DLWSSSYJCG66OY79AM77/PA130072-2.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125515846-4TMSHGY6HEA5ILCOTYIH/PA130206.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117111108-90TQCYN0OAIVDY4WNMGT/PA130147-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Bobilla (a field cricket) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125530489-VRX21W7ZLQUHQHINXX1C/PA130225.jpg 13th October 2021 - Bobilla sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634124919712-QOKSZSI7DF8W987ZWL7Q/PA130095.jpg 13th October 2021 - Pigmy grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125393117-KMYCNLG43P15IQT8Q1QQ/PA130192.jpg 13th October 2021 - Family: Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125387200-6M6TPG84E9GJASHFA26Q/PA130185.jpg 13th October 2021 - Family: Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117150160-53RTU1PO8TH4WU25LBAT/PA130118-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Anabarhynchus (a stiletto fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125041930-ZOSM7F6BLKP6WGNG9POJ/PA130116.jpg 13th October 2021 - Paratettix argillaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125088638-WX2FMPGWBV1T4KRJT9H8/PA130125.jpg 13th October 2021 - Venator spenceri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125542972-AKNDFZRKRI3HXZ3VO658/PA130242.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125418462-3PHQH6Z83RD9JM90YMWE/PA130164.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125469101-IA6KG29AZIS539U9XBAB/PA130159.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125507187-MG79OKUKXFH05PLOK9S6/PA130197.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117652612-J7199V5EK89HZH7FP24P/PA130220-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Calytrix tetragona, creekside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125551236-KFL08GGW8V85AC84RSCK/PA130269.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125561816-UQ9XSHCH734UU8IM1F86/PA130272.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634125566454-H5OK2LOLPAJDWTKK0Z4T/PA130294.jpg 13th October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117680123-8W545FV5JM8SHLCNKIT3/PA130226-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Tenagogerris euphrosyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634117684459-8UHU1OG75V53DVVHXKIJ/PA130242-2.jpg 13th October 2021 - Drosera garden, creekside https://southernforestlife.net/october-2021 daily 0.75 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636161928355-WBK38QPHQ6G5GL71VD6S/P9260030.jpg October 2021 - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi … a common and widespread species, here nectar-feeding on Stackhousia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636161928355-WBK38QPHQ6G5GL71VD6S/P9260030.jpg October 2021 - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi … a common and widespread species, here nectar-feeding on Stackhousia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636162221956-NIDJR3QJZY4EUWFMXWO3/P9280031.jpg October 2021 - sedge moth Glyphipterix cometophora. Small, day-active moths that flash their shining wings in rhythmic motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636162581388-JVH4VKERVPXR2TZFFZO4/P9280071.jpg October 2021 - stiletto fly Ectinorhynchus … low-flying, breeding swarms are a common sight in October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636162887567-9ND34SFWWA020BLO4H37/P9300155.jpg October 2021 - Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda. A female, deep in the forest – well away from the pond with its patrolling males. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636184079120-2EAEQCWUD3IQJ25DR4UN/PB060326.jpg October 2021 - Slender Ringtail Austrolestes annalis. Paul discovered this immature male resting in the forest … and I mistakenly assumed it was another Austrolestes leda female. I should have looked more closely … clearly a male, clearly distinct in shape and markings. And a new species for our home list! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636163541963-BA8X516TJ4W31LKYXZ96/P9300040-2.jpg October 2021 - Black Jezabel Delias nigra, feeding on Stackhousia. This species is an uncommon sighting here … we are the southernmost extent of its reported range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636163808463-QOJHH60NUQ4Z28ZIHVR3/PA030065-2.jpg October 2021 - Imperial Jezabel Delias harpalyce, larger and more common than Delias nigra. The Stackhousia were attracting these butterflies down from the canopy, where they are typically searching for mistletoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636165402462-GTOY413DY9SFR141UCM1/P9300224.jpg October 2021 - sweat bee A medium-sized native, possibly Halictinae, laden with Aotus pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636168686325-BGAZACCPZFUY357ZYB93/PA030020.jpg October 2021 - Fairy Orchid Caladenia alata, with particularly tiny and short-lived flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636169347474-3H0SCOEAYZJIWHLYN1NE/PA030140.jpg October 2021 - Spotted Sun-Orchid Thelymitra ixioides … a common species, but this is the first time we’ve found it here in the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636172281009-YPGMOLDGYBXZKGK2T7LE/PA040059.jpg October 2021 - Spotted Sun-Orchid Thelymitra ixioides. Thelymitra species typically only open in warm, humid weather. This particular species is less particular than many, and opened most days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183092881-CNHFV4M0DC2Q6GE1E6ZV/PA230117.jpg October 2021 - bee fly Aleucosia, one of dozens of species in this genus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636170038966-KAUY46XWKBHQZ3E2PMGT/PA030181.jpg October 2021 - Graceful-legs Lynx Oxyopes gracilipes … an ambush predator, awaiting flower-visiting insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636170693290-5T3SRO50ULLG85UWM0PO/PA030426.jpg October 2021 - Green-and-gold Nomia bee Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica are medium-sized, ground-nesting bees. This female was one of several bees species collecting pollen and nectar from Aotus flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636171399352-DH7WLJCFZ7DTQRYA9T1R/PA030330.jpg October 2021 - European Honey Bee Apis mellifera, an introduced species. They are larger than most of our local native bees, and are unwelcome competitors for scarce resources. Best recognised by the waxy balls of pollen carried on each flattened back leg and her very hairy eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636171959653-YMJA9RLZN9Q5MVWOUO77/PA030496.jpg October 2021 - Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer, the first butterfly species to appear this Spring. Like this one, many are starting to look rather worn. Battles for mates and attacks by birds take their toll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636172765317-S1PJZVXTAK3KTVX738KN/PA040054.jpg October 2021 - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas … one of the more common damselfly species of the forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636173059211-XHO3MS1M8MJ9MB3W6YC0/PA040068.jpg October 2021 - crane fly perhaps Gynoplistia … and not a species we’ve seen before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636173296167-YFSL24AYFPRC6LTEXOM7/PA040078.jpg October 2021 - concealer moth Philobota arabella is one of the many small to medium sized moths that flutter from their low perches when disturbed by our wanderings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636173693718-CQ6SBQFL3HT8IJVGJ88K/PA040108.jpg October 2021 - katydid nymph Genus Caedicia. It will probably change colour quite dramatically as it moults and grows … many katydid nymphs do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636173981378-W2Z10Q6902FXLSEQCL7F/PA050036.jpg October 2021 - Golden Everlasting Xerochrysum bracteatum, a native species that has given rise to a variety of cultivars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636174302839-3O24MPQ313Q5TEX8AG4U/PA050040.jpg October 2021 - Common Donkey Orchid Diuris orientis. We first recorded the species here last year, and were delighted when it flowered again this Spring, and in the same spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636174534232-9EXSUF38Y3WGI42YT4FP/PA130071.jpg October 2021 - Podagritus wasps Podagritus, a ground-nesting wasp species I watched for many hours last year. But in that time I never did spot a mated pair. Paul captured this pair on 13th October, our first sighting for the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636178365604-71C5VX8Z1ZMEDF6T1Y46/PA140388.jpg October 2021 - bubbling bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (probably), concentrating nectar by bubbling to evaporate excess water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636178727045-K3DR6PAHDJZT8HXPIDGD/PA140358.jpg October 2021 - skipper butterfly Pasma tasmanica, a species we’ve not recorded here previously. But then again, skippers are notoriously tricky to identify, and many of our older photos remain in the (slightly) too-hard basket. For now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182333905-WYTSX3U0DIQVMXPMQ999/PA230247.jpg October 2021 - Sacred Kingfishers Todiramphus sanctus. They’re back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636178973840-52ASPZ445V1OBHKXFXVF/PA140402.jpg October 2021 - Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus. Having wintered in the north, a pair have returned to their regular nest hole. We assume it’s the same pair … seems a good bet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636179457179-XZ5MET7EHOM4OAVLLWDH/PA150003.jpg October 2021 - parasitic wasp Yet another small, colourful wasp that we can’t yet put a name to. Almost certainly an ichneumond, but that is a very large group! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636179778049-LYLXPELFAT9GJSH14VH7/PA170030-2.jpg October 2021 - Long-nosed Lycid Beetle Porrostoma rhipidium … at least, I think it is. Porrostoma rhipidium has excellent mimics including jewel beetles, weevils, longhorn beetles and even flies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636180244635-IM9FTT1KNBDPBNFWBH0L/PA220023-4.jpg October 2021 - Long-nosed Lycid Beetle Porrostoma rhipidium, resting after rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636180381929-8Q0KMT2KN8UI7X9ANLQC/PA170061.jpg October 2021 - mating flower wasps Species unknown (to me), as is the case for nearly all flower wasps. This shot was taken just seconds after the male managed to connect with the flightless female. He had been holding her with his legs, but now the coupling is secure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182158548-PTK1T01RO0CVRBOFEONN/PA170194.jpg October 2021 - bee fly Meomyia fasciculata (perhaps) … but certainly a species we’ve not noticed before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182215491-I1UXCOBRJCIBVU9M4HV0/PA170210.jpg October 2021 - plant bug Pseudopantilius australis. A rather large, sap-feeding bug known to feed on Pultenaea, Hakea and Leptospermum. This one was perched on Leucopogon, but not apparently feeding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182313907-ZFXM009GHQL88OMW0UIR/PA220014.jpg October 2021 - katydid hatchling This small insect and its many siblings are the stars of Paul’s latest post, ‘Breaking Out’. We watched on as they each pulled free of their egg case and immediately underwent the first (rather difficult) moult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182359492-6TIZSUGV8IWSJQX2PWWT/PA220028-4.jpg October 2021 - Blue Flax-Lily Dianella caerulea … this, the first flower of the season, opened on 22nd October. At that time many of the distinctive plants, with their broad, bright green leaves, sported tall, budding flower spikes. But then the wallabies got busy, and now most are topless. It happens every year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636242445438-DXCWDYHFSLYRUU41LJWR/PA220075-2.jpg October 2021 - bee fly We’re seeing this rather small, plain bee fly quite often of late … but it’s not a species we know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182457499-86FW3897WZLK060SPSR2/PA220099-2.jpg October 2021 - bee fly Systoechus perhaps?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182508117-NQTGH8OM0UCROBMNRKF1/PA220115-2.jpg October 2021 - parasitic wasp Metopius. A parasitoid of caterpillars, particularly those that live in rolled leaves. She has no sting – but her shape and colour might fool predators into mistaking her for a stinging paper wasp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182512291-8J1NXQ8ZW3A4KB9XL4BG/PA220123.jpg October 2021 - Mustard-bellied Snake Drysdalia rhodogaster. A small, day-active snake … and just the second snake we’ve seen this season. The other was a Red-bellied Black-Snake, swimming (and hunting!) in the frog pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182639038-CPWX1YN6RXJN9EKT4RO1/PA230003-3.jpg October 2021 - Crimson Bottlebrush Melaleuca citrina … until quite recently known as Callistemon citrina. This plant regrew from rootstock, post fire, and these are the very first flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182689196-QT7117ED8T60NHJ2D8H4/PA230008-3.jpg October 2021 - grass weevils Aoplocnemis rufipes. We regularly find these small weevils - individually or in tandem – on the tussock grass Poa labillardierei. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636182745287-ZWDKMXXJPJ5DD93J9AWX/PA230021-3.jpg October 2021 - frog eggs The pond is a multi-species chorus of frog calls of late, and is rapidly filling with frog eggs. Tree Frogs (Litoria peronii), Toadlets (Pseudophryne dendyi), Froglets (Crinia signifera), Marsh Frogs (Limnodynastes peronii) … and perhaps others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183062180-U1WP3WAONS83MHCHQWET/PA230034-3.jpg October 2021 - long-jawed orbweaver Tetragnatha (most likely). These slender spiders are common above water, and the frog pond is festooned with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183085707-Z790DVNFTA9R8EOLEBR8/PA230044-2.jpg October 2021 - Common Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius. We are at the very southern limit of this species’ reported distribution. Indeed, there are currently more than 1000 records on iNaturalist – and all are north of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183102251-WPC2ZEVT3B7GCXF3YYE2/PA240014-2.jpg October 2021 - bee fly Staurostichus. Reasonably large, reasonably common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183146879-M98BPM3BEONH6WBCN3DL/PA270022-3.jpg October 2021 - bee fly Meomyia albiceps, arguably our most common bee fly – but apparently less widespread or well known than the similar-looking Meomyia sericans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183958733-LKW378AMSEPOQZJBPJXF/PB060137.jpg October 2021 - bee fly Meomyia albiceps. Paul noticed several of these bee flies repeatedly hovering and landing on a patch of firm soil. He has done some follow up reading and is planning a blog about this quite fascinating behaviour. It’s not quite what one might think! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636184020188-NE5D30HUR5WHDU51EG3K/PB060267.jpg October 2021 - cuckoo wasp Primeuchroeus really are very small. This one was searching the leaf litter, presumably seeking the burrows of ground-nesting bees or wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183179368-KGHO83F4WAJX5GDMRJ6X/PA280025-2.jpg October 2021 - Slender Sun-Orchid Thelymitra pauciflora … an exciting find for us. This is the first time we’ve seen this species here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183181925-VA5LXS98KCCYTY6WYSLK/PA280095-2.jpg October 2021 - Slender Sun-Orchid Thelymitra pauciflora. Given that the small flowers opened for just a few hours, on just one day, we feel very fortunate indeed to have seen this orchid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183287789-O2JJTCMT44NNGWL8ST7D/PA280030.jpg October 2021 - Sooty Orbweaver Cyclosa fuliginata, a very common species in south-eastern Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183308269-I006R10UU09S9KXZL3U9/PA280120-2.jpg October 2021 - checkered beetle Eleale pucher. As an adult, this small beetle feeds on flowers. The larvae are reportedly found under loose bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183349240-MWA8A6N0G588N2T9F2AF/PA280111-2.jpg October 2021 - spider-hunting solitary wasp Pison … this species is smaller than many in the genus. Pison paralyse and gather spiders on which to raise their larvae. They typically use mud to build cells in nooks and crannies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183359434-U0M2BXBGJA92YGSQ6GQQ/PA280148-2.jpg October 2021 - chafer Diphucephala, arguably more attractive than the typical brown or black beetles of this family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183370717-607VQLBODDH758ZU1VI9/PA280224.jpg October 2021 - Masked Bee Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) … an extremely tiny bee, just 3-4mm long. She releases pollen from this Hibbertia by vibrating the anthers. Like other members of the family Colletidae, she transports pollen by swallowing it (rather than carrying it on her legs or body). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183442131-837C7MGOFWCX8EONNAYE/PA280359.jpg October 2021 - Masked Bee, in hiding Hylaeus. Wahlenbergia flowers are a favourite haunt of small masked bees. This one would hunker down in the bell of the flower, periodically emerging (as in the cover photo) to posture, groom or sun itself. I presume it’s a male on the lookout for a mate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183393920-8H43G4ICIHYZLE2785G6/PA280175.jpg October 2021 - leaf beetle Mecynodera coxalgica. Despite the large back legs and the common name ‘Kangaroo Beetle’, this species doesn’t jump. They feed on pollen … and this one was found on flowering Gahnia, with pollen-laden anthers readily accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183431900-JUJ57BCB9HT7XADWF5HA/PA280230.jpg October 2021 - White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis. This juvenile was one of several birds noisily foraging among the densely regrowing wattles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183458495-W8QOJF47QLYF7F712RD8/PA280467.jpg October 2021 - mating flower wasps Subfamily Thynninae, species unknown. The wingless female is feeding from a drop of liquid supplied by the much larger male. Most species feed head-to-head, but this one regularly adopts this posture. I’ve not seen this reported in descriptions of flower wasp behaviour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183569982-DKMDQQ2HZZ0AZMLG5SK0/PA280507.jpg October 2021 - Flying Peacock Spider Maratus volans. The males are small but glorious, and bold hunters among low vegetation and leaf litter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183585985-N0EEK93T05EMOTBXMPG1/PA280509.jpg October 2021 - Flying Peacock Spider Maratus volans. In 1894 when this species was named, it was thought to use the side flaps of the body to fly … volans means ‘flying’ in Latin. They don’t fly, but they do raise the brilliant gold flaps in courtship. I would love to witness this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183654842-WAQOXQM9NN3L9EHJ2QRE/PA280526.jpg October 2021 - lynx spider Oxyopes, a mature male sporting very large, showy pedipalps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183689070-4194LLQ2YC1W2JFZ4UWD/PA280582.jpg October 2021 - Large Flying Duck Orchids Caleana major. These two are among a group of about 20 flowers … quite a flock. Their close proximity suggests that they have all grown from the tubers of a single plant. Indeed, this is the site where we first spotted the species … just one flower, in October 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183693383-HNK4EPK0Z34ET9ZAYWKJ/PA290610.jpg October 2021 - Outback Orb-weaver Backobourkia. This genus is often associated with western regions … hence the very ‘Australiana’ name. The most common outback species is apparently quite large. Its eastern cousins, like this one, are of a more modest size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183697008-EIH1Q4XAV94FQZOMVSWI/PA310097.jpg October 2021 - parasitic wasp Yet another unidentified ichneumonid, and definitely a parasite of moth caterpillars. I watched on as she repeatedly explored the case hanging in the shade of the leaves. She injected her long ovipositor into the case, several times, in several places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183704099-X7P5JOC5CR6A9GAISST0/PA310157.jpg October 2021 - case moth caterpillar … newly parasitised! Having watched the wasp inject her eggs, I moved the leaves to get a better look at her target. The plates of bark the moth has used as camouflage and protection were clearly not enough. The caterpillar will continue to live and feed until the wasp larva has fully grown. Unless another parasitic wasp comes along in the meantime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183751188-DYVB47QCJA4YQM4H1VF1/PB010036.jpg October 2021 - ground beetle Carenum bonelli. This burrowing, predatory, flightless, (and beautiful!) beetle is yet another first for our home list. It is a large, Australian genus, and we are only able to identify it to species level thanks to experienced coleopterist Mark Hura (via iNaturalist). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183760005-XBIWEGYKO3JOD4JP2M1M/PB010155-4.jpg October 2021 - Badge Huntsman Spider Neosparassus diana. This rather delicate huntsman species hunts at night and is a common sight in low forest vegetation. They apparently prey on various arthropods … including rather large moths, such as this ill-fated anthelid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183768790-TVOO9IQ8FVPKW96IHLQY/PB010195-2.jpg October 2021 - Hairy Spotted Beetle Anoplognathus velutinus … a Christmas Beetle! Although not quite as iridescent as some other members of the genus, this large beetle is nonetheless eye-catching. Several were attracted to our moth light sheet this month. And it’s another first for our home list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183774558-4BLXQ7C10VAABJIBTACY/PB020008-5.jpg October 2021 - Triggerplant Stylidium. The first flowers opened on 2nd November, considerably later than last year when it bloomed from mid September. I’ve been eagerly awaiting them, not only because they attract a range of bees, but because their pollination mechanism is quite dramatic. (for more, take a look at last year’s blog) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183873938-5QN4IHB4QOIRG6F3IVJF/PB020045-3.jpg October 2021 - Triggerplant Stylidium. We have assumed this to be Stylidium graminifolium, but there is another possibility … Stylidium armeria. Paul is currently re-imaging, re-measuring leaves, and researching. Whichever it is, their floral mechanism is likely to be identical. (see iNaturalist discussion) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183788372-CCIHCH7UEW6818515GJS/PB020031-6.jpg October 2021 - longhorn beetle Amphirhoe sloanei. The larvae of this day-active beetle develop in the dead or dying branches of Acacia. Well, we have plenty of those! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183781172-HS0YC4PNRKBF7DZVYAL2/PB020026-6.jpg October 2021 - longhorn beetle Amphirhoe sloanei. This distinctive species is found from Rockhampton (QLD) all the way around the coast to South Australia. Yet we’d not seen it before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183890188-QTHICKQ0BIQ69RFOX5PI/PB060029-2.jpg October 2021 - Black Squeaker Atrapsalta encaustica. The soft, repetitive calls of this species are becoming the background soundtrack of the forest. It is quite a small cicada, and well camouflaged against the bark of dead or burnt trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183967156-KT2DGUH7A7R7VTSV8N0H/PB060183.jpg October 2021 - spider wasp The long legs with prominent spines, combined with the characteristic ‘jump, hop, wing-flick’ behaviour identify this as a spider wasp. They’re an increasingly common sight of late, various species and a range of sizes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636183970619-R5426LF47WD1E9TDAQG2/PB060189.jpg October 2021 - Spotted Ground Swift Spider Nyssus coloripes. Although it’s called a ground spider, this particular species seems to favour fallen branches as its hunting ground. It is reported to be a mutilid wasp (‘velvet ant’) mimic … although I can’t see it myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636184056481-T3NU8S8BO0DDJ7E6RYAB/PB060232.jpg October 2021 - Red Beard Orchid Calochilus paludosus. We’ve been on the lookout for this species, which flowered in early October last year. We spotted this one yesterday, well past its prime. Clearly we’d overlooked it for weeks … which is surprisingly easy to do with these orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636244981655-W6WKS73HWNQKJDCXSF9Z/PA310020.jpg October 2021 - banded bee fly Villa. This genus has a worldwide distribution, although I suspect that most of our species are endemic. The larvae develop inside their insect hosts: usually caterpillars, but sometimes fly larvae or beetle grubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636244969172-A96SYKH7GQ60TI4CYL3D/P9290002.jpg October 2021 - Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea. A common and widespread Diuris species, currently flowering throughout the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636244993134-OPRRNT9IXFQJEDTMY3N1/PB010003.jpg October 2021 - Elephant Weevil Orthorhinus cylindrirostris. This rather large weevil was apparently attracted to the house lights. Larvae feed inside eucalypt stems, while the adults eat buds and young shoots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636244996003-CW4UV1WVYB8HS92I0YMH/PB010182-2.jpg October 2021 - anthelid moth Anthela sp. … alive and well, but not for long. A short time after I took this photo I noticed a huntsman spider making a meal of this very attractive moth. Life, and death, in the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636245047393-DZHQBD3KIISY2PFK6Y1C/PB060322-2.jpg October 2021 - Common Fringe-Lily Thysanotus tuberosus. We spotted the first of the season’s flowers just a few days ago, and now they are blooming widely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636245075951-QJIX4HDDNX968NZ185QC/PB060341.jpg October 2021 - sweat bee Lasioglossum (probably). I was photographing this flower when a photo-bombing bee arrived. She vigorously ‘buzzed’ the anthers and was soon covered in pollen. https://southernforestlife.net/paralysed-spiders-nov-2021 daily 0.75 2021-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636971543057-893BY9PS9VNHB1664NME/PB140361-Edit.jpg paralysed spiders Nov 2021 Phonognatha sp. family: Araneidae subfamily: Zygiellinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636971543057-893BY9PS9VNHB1664NME/PB140361-Edit.jpg paralysed spiders Nov 2021 Phonognatha sp. family: Araneidae subfamily: Zygiellinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636972899387-23HG8X1Z7ZLZAJDE8WRC/PB140354-2-Edit.jpg paralysed spiders Nov 2021 Plebs eburnus family: Araneidae subfamily: Araneinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636973141038-W215DDZ43QL0X2TL5N17/PB140350-2-Edit.jpg paralysed spiders Nov 2021 Plebs eburnus family: Araneidae subfamily: Araneinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636973355418-7C7AX8V4LQT9KA52FFH2/PB140345-2-Edit.jpg paralysed spiders Nov 2021 Phonognatha sp. family: Araneidae subfamily: Zygiellinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636973656067-8LWQLJ01JAH0S2T7UEOH/PB140342-2-Edit.jpg paralysed spiders Nov 2021 Plebs bradleyi family: Araneidae subfamily: Araneinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636974154808-P2AF86QV4PNCK1FRRCRT/PB140041-2.jpg paralysed spiders Nov 2021 Eriophora sp. family: Araneidae subfamily: Araneinae https://southernforestlife.net/leptospermum-blog-nov-2021 daily 0.75 2021-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638333920082-4CBI19NZERNASK9RVGVH/PB140342.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bee Fly Staurostichus …Bee flies gain their common name from their fat, fuzzy bodies and their hovering style of flight. But the shape of its proboscis betrays it as a fly - as would its single pair of wings, if they were motionless. These flies were one of the most frequent visitors to the teatree flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638333920082-4CBI19NZERNASK9RVGVH/PB140342.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bee Fly Staurostichus …Bee flies gain their common name from their fat, fuzzy bodies and their hovering style of flight. But the shape of its proboscis betrays it as a fly - as would its single pair of wings, if they were motionless. These flies were one of the most frequent visitors to the teatree flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638337514473-FXSA4J5WV308C60S4HZN/PB170342-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bee Fly Staurostichus …this one has landed and is eyeing off the flower and its contents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638335265364-ZI6UKEWRAX10GBT5SMKV/PB140352.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bee Fly Staurostichus …down to work! The fly sweeps the floral bowl with its long proboscis, sucking up nectar. Those wings almost never stop beating, even when the fly is at rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638337216880-O84Y379M57SKO4JW1X24/PB170086.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flesh Fly Sarcophaga…Now this is a more normal looking fly. Definitely just one pair of wings. And it’s a rather attractive example - particularly, if you’re a Hawthorn supporter! The three parallel black stripes on its back place it in the family Sarcophagidae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638339179282-97UQRRHP43AM8HQSLK47/PB170106.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flesh Fly Sarcophaga…The common name ‘Flesh Fly’ reflects the fact that the larvae of several members of this family develop in cadavers and carrion. The adults are found in the same locales, depositing their larvae and gaining nutrients for egg production from the products of decomposition. Probably not your favourite insect! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638339485351-HP5J7732R2HY3RSO8KRI/PB170420.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flesh Fly Sarcophaga…The adults are often found in more pleasant places - at flowers, satisfying their own energy needs by eating nectar. They use the same instrument as the bee fly, the proboscis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638345643501-CSAQY2UTIMHPTT7Z69CP/PB220454.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Signal Fly Duomyia…some signal flies wave their wings back and forth. This type lifts its legs up and down to attract the attention of mates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638345341026-S0Q2PH3SK0ZEU85G554Z/PB170224-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Signal Fly Duomyia…but these flies were preoccupied with feeding rather than mating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638352116140-RLYOO5KRGS5T5B04HYHD/PB220302.jpeg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Small-headed Fly Mesophysa…a very strange looking fly. The tiny head is dominated by the large eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638352061928-UBNW2SZREH2S9BW6CCOW/PB220148-2.jpeg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Small-headed Fly Mesophysa…a side view of a feeding fly shows those huge eyes to good effect. The larvae of these flies are internal parasitoids of mygalomorph spiders - including funnel-web and trapdoor spiders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638353433895-WKIOBWREDL0IANES8XCF/PB170178-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bristle Fly Senostoma…these large, bristly long-legged flies are often seen feeding on flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638408044788-4NS7IS4S4RWNGJD1PN8N/PB170210-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasps sub-family Thynninae…The male carries the smaller, flightless female around, coupled end to end. He pauses occasionally to allow her to feed on nectar. We saw at least 4 different species of this sub-family, which is taxonomically poorly resolved. We called this one species 1. Click here for more details about this group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638408347937-V7EYI21WPQ3S41QW8XXV/PB170098.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasps sub-family Thynninae…species 1. The male is taking the opportunity to feed, while the female hangs off the end of his abdomen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638402372986-4AFV26G0PCS5CQYAOJQ7/PB180049-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasp sub-family Thynninae…species 2, a different species of flower wasp. The female is markedly smaller than the robust male in this case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638410335832-7RWLNKW2YNUUX0608K8O/PB230066.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasp sub-family Thynninae…we sighted a single female low down on the tea-tree bush. We suspect she was dropped by a male of species 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638415147192-8GMPVKSIF2336UM65TEK/PB170301-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasps sub-family Thynninae…species 3. The male is about the same size as in species 2, but the female is much larger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638415519562-682HMDQDE1XCRVKR6H5U/PB170349.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasp sub-family Thynninae…species 4. Same sub-family as the flower wasp species 1-3, but this one is tiny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638415651125-RFHK61265031UC8OJDQW/PB170345.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasp sub-family Thynninae…species 4. This one fits neatly inside the floral cup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638417451027-FFL9B6CJ3XXRHEJFJGDU/03.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Flower Wasp sub-family Thynninae…species 4 approaching the teatree bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638358392330-RH7C73P43VPLWPWWW7LF/PB140301-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Spider Wasp Calopompilus species 1…spider wasps feed their growing larvae paralysed, but still living spiders. The female stings a spider, carts it back to her burrow and places it in one of the cells, housing a single larva. As it grows, the larva gradually ingests the spider. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638358407610-16B6GB1FV69OHFMB2WU1/PB140300.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Spider Wasp Calopompilus species 1…nectar in the teatree flowers supplies the adult spider wasp with its energy needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638359162100-AUYRB2CZDROJPJLTV9KC/PB170207.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Spider Wasp Calopompilus species 2…we sighted at least 3 species of spider wasps on the tea-tree flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638416405674-4EWF7M8V525S7VF9ESD0/PB170296.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Spider Wasp Ctenostegus?…This spider wasp was very active, pausing only briefly on the flowers to take nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638416424001-262MTV7BH9QF1O1MJBS6/PB170297.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Spider Wasp Ctenostegus?…It had a distinctive, black and white striped abdomen and large spines on the mid and hind legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638402949562-NII42JGGLJFVNDQRKP1D/PB180158.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption…This family of wasps has an extravagantly-elongated abdomen. The ovipositor, here marked with a white tip, is also a sight to behold. Coming in to land… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638402521764-TH707UAYC1DS9Z9ZE04L/PB180152.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption…busy feeding on nectar. We sighted at least 3 different species of this strange wasp genus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638403383249-0PPJZ4F5IBOI4SI3I4EH/PB180222.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption…a male, judging from the lack of an ovipositor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638407616250-BHDMJ3RD1D21GIOP4ZW2/PB170250.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption…yet another species of this genus - with an outrageously long ovipositor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638409416526-TCFCZEWKJ3RXF8RLDQ3W/PB140392.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Digger Wasp Podagritus…a much smaller wasp, which provisions its developing larvae with stung, paralysed flies. Read all about it in Kerri’s post from last Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638409516109-7R108GKOKXO5SXCJ9IR5/PB140385.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Digger Wasp Podagritus…here seen feeding on nectar from the teatree flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638443768271-H142J3O96C5VG0IX3243/PB230172.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Hatchet Wasp Hatchet Wasp…an extraordinary, small wasp. It continually beats its hatchet-shaped abdomen up and down as it takes nectar from the flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638444368003-8M8ADHKY5B9XU4TBP3M0/PB230180.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Hatchet Wasp Hatchet Wasp…these wasps also have an unusual life history. Their larvae are parasitoids of mygalomorphs, including funnel-web and trapdoor spiders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638358520363-D8H8TISPWLAULZAS3GEF/PB170066.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Masked Bee Hylaeus…a very small, hairless bee that looks more like a wasp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638358981307-MWMVDYH6VYFEX3FX077K/PB170154.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Masked Bee Hylaeus…it is small enough to gain ready access to the nectar in the teatree flower, pushing aside the stamens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638414329125-I52IKI5J6VY7E5ILVZH4/PB170349-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Masked Bee Hylaeus…females ingest collected pollen and carry it back to the nest in their crop together with the nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638420631615-5Z02WWWIKSPV8FN9Y854/PB170336.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Euhesma Bee Euhesma…another tiny bee, these were one of the most common insects on the teatree flowers. The lower bee can be seen lapping up nectar from the floral bowl with its tongue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638421318247-T72VJH0L6MXW5P38JDWE/PB170531.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Euhesma Bee Euhesma…like Masked Bees, the female Euhesma transports the pollen and nectar back to the nest in its crop. They live solitary lives, nesting in a burrow in the soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638418151838-8JGVMY6SUIW8MAE9R2YX/PB170607.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Sweat Bee Lasioglossum…a rather large bee, about the size of a honeybee. Females collect pollen and hold it in special hairs (scopae) on the hind legs and underside of the abdomen. They are solitary and nest in burrows in the ground. However, several females may share a common entrance to their burrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638418686664-JAD11IPHG3MO2ZCLXO9S/PB170578.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Sweat Bee Lasioglossum…this photo shows the short tongue (glossa) connected to a long extendible arm, enabling the bee to reach all parts of the flower bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638419264495-YDL4VKM5G21K2T5MJZGG/PB180004-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - European Honey Bee Apis mellifera…a large bee, about the same size as the Sweat Bee seen nearby. The hairy eyes are a diagnostic feature of this feral species. Thankfully, we saw few on this teatree bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638419921204-EMMKVN0UDNPHVTGLAALV/PB180020.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - European Honey Bee Apis mellifera…like the Sweat Bee, the Honey Bee holds its pollen in baskets on the flattened segments of the hind legs. This individual was more intent on nectar, rather than pollen collection - as shown by its bare legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638423719160-VJ4T3UE5I7P78O2JIL9K/PB180189.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Pin-tail Beetle Mordella…these small beetles were abundant on the teatree flowers, where they were feeding on both nectar and pollen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638424042274-GF7YH1U6GEDDV6GVEFJM/PB170317.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Pin-tail Beetle Mordella…the strongly serrated antennae place these beetles in this genus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638423835330-1WRNY4SAW9UOV5CN1OK8/PB170137-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Pin-tail Beetle Mordella…they were very active - befitting their other common name of tumbling beetles - and flew off quickly if disturbed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638423875323-SND2CAX9C2JJBTIRX1L5/PB170146.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Chafer Phyllotocus…swarms of these large, slow-moving beetles were found around and over the teatree bush, feeding on both pollen and nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638423958385-BWT7K4705RWVXSS7U0GW/PB170186.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Chafer Phyllotocus…their large size and rather clumsy movements meant they were continually brushing against the anthers of the flowers. This behaviour, together with their hairy head and pronotum makes them important pollinators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638424100255-8URMDQQ9LQ8RICD5VZAX/PB170366.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Chafer Phyllotocus...this one can be seen taking nectar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638424184027-PLX6XKJKT5CZRK5ZJ7SO/PB180089-3.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Kangaroo Beetle Mecynodera coxalgica…despite their enlarged hind femora - which lend this species its common name - these beetles can’t jump. Instead they crawl slowly around the teatree flowers, consuming pollen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638427129662-30VXH5VYV3X7V2DNPEW1/PB180175.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Kangaroo Beetle Mecynodera coxalgica…this shot shows those ‘kangaroo’ legs to good effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638486751065-NSR85WZYLNOI61W86XZU/PB240169.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Kangaroo Beetle Mecynodera coxalgica…another view of those impressive hind legs. Remember, you can’t jump! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638423773511-V8HAW5OUMAFA83FTVK4O/PB140267.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Click Beetle Click Beetle…searching for pollen. Another potential pollinator, as seen by the grains on its back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638445961179-CJZ93O1J156EZGGEYDVV/PB240103-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Checkered Beetle Eleale pulcher…this striking beetle was definitely targetting pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638445768555-3B4TJHZF97W6CU3MIZRH/PB240129.jpeg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Checkered Beetle Eleale pulcher…its bold body patterning and colouration deters potential predators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638446191758-U5KUOR8IV3M7HGS8ZP81/PB230065-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Punctate Flower Chafer Neorrhina punctatum…this large, striking flower chafer - like other beetles in this group - is an important pollinator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638446569525-E11O4RBEG5MHC31247FY/PB230042-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Punctate Flower Chafer Neorrhina punctatum…it is seen here feeding on nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638444646817-AF6CVIWAGTBPSC7X5AIF/PB230139.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Net-winged Beetle Net-winged Beetle…advertise their unpleasant taste to birds and other predators with bold colouration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638425975908-ZESI65RY94WM8S1PL3RG/PB170124-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer…butterflies were infrequent visitors to the teatree flowers. The Bright Copper was one of the few species to make an appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638443557283-COAZZQKS0MP08WFU0V22/PB240135-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer…a side-on view of the feeding butterfly shows its long proboscis, sucking up nectar from the bowl of the teatree flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638428048364-4TLNVAEXSC356WOA5CH7/PB180009-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Lilac Grass-Skipper Toxidia doubledayi…an occasional visitor to the teatree bush. Its larvae feed on Weeping Grass (Microlaena stipoides), one of our most common grasses. The long proboscis reaches nectar in the floral cup from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638442988164-S28BAQN4PG89TE2C8Q89/PB240027-3.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Common Brown Butterfly Heteronympha merope…the most common butterfly currently in the forest. Its long proboscis is almost overkill for accessing nectar from the expansive teatree flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638440576429-50L9MLJ1ZEF1VPN45SOT/PB250065.jpeg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Lozenge-shaped Crab Spider Australomisidia pilula…this small spider relies on camouflage to avoid detection while sitting still astride a teatree flower. It dashes out quickly to grab an unwary nearby insect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638441639985-V9860JNCICMCJUTKJKA9/PB250089.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Lozenge-shaped Crab Spider Australomisidia pilula…the long legs of the spider enable it to tackle prey much larger than the modest size of its trunk. Its green and brown colouration mimics some of the parts of the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638445239274-V8DQ8SDXMZAI09RTC74Q/PB220535.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Bull Ant Myrmecia…A single ant was seen wandering around the teatree bush, looking for unwary prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638447789380-OGLRN4XW642UM4U8YNZI/PC010142-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Wood Cockroach Wood cockroach…We sighted this small cockroach grazing on the anthers of the teatree flower at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638448140805-T37BOMB6WJJ6NVDA4ZQL/PC010143-2.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Wood Cockroach Wood Cockroach… probably contributes to pollination of the plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638483913883-5RWHQFXMWES4E0D983L0/PB230041.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Golden-tailed Bull Ant Myrmecia piliventris…another predator looking for an insect meal on the teatree bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638486179362-CMJDY24QU3A56RMAG0DP/PB250140.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Garden Orb Weaver Hortophora…this small spider had spun its web low down in the teatree bush amongst the flower buds - watching and waiting… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638492038774-4OS1QSF3EH271U2CKY3M/PB220517.jpg Leptospermum blog Nov 2021 - Orb-weaver Spider Orb-weaver Spider…this predator has already made a successful capture of prey - looks like a bee. https://southernforestlife.net/woombah-visit-2122 daily 0.75 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641604790528-G0PRWI81JIKAPEKXXS3D/P1010151.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria. These tiny black bees are one of the very few species of native bees to form true colonies … and the only one found in NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641604790528-G0PRWI81JIKAPEKXXS3D/P1010151.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria. These tiny black bees are one of the very few species of native bees to form true colonies … and the only one found in NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641604950261-MNCD6P76UC10DLKMI1B6/P1010059.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria. The hive will be hidden away inside the hollow of a tree branch or trunk, perhaps 10 metres or more above ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641611855955-YPUVYLNPB8WT5B4YHJJO/P1020039.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Jumping Jack Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta … a small, day-active bulldog ant that typically forages among the foliage of shrubs and trees, and can leap up to 10cm between leaves! This one is carrying prey back to the colony, which may include around 1000 individuals within an underground nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641612488316-8FWWKIXFQYP4PQEFRB5K/P1020114.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - cuckoo wasp Primeuchroeus. This female was hanging about watching the nesting activities of other wasps. Her aim? To sneak in, lay an egg, and leave. Her larva would then eat the host’s egg and then its stash of food … cuckoo-style! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641614119897-L2YEXX432GD9FKF3RXIV/PC260017.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - small blowfly This rather pretty little fly is blowing bubbles. Not only does this concentrate its liquid meal, but it can also help to cool the insect in hot weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641614719515-Z8ZEP10K8FMYG5VCSSPP/PC260023-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - cockroach Ellipsidion australe … a day-active species that is commonly seen sunning itself on leaves. This one is an adult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641619819888-MTXJR5S1IVUH5QU8HTLY/PC260130-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - cockroach Ellipsidion australe. This nymph has yet to develop wings but otherwise it behaves like the adult, active in the day on vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641615799367-U5DDQCKTZTEHPY5TLY60/PC260035-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - leaf beetle Aporocera … the larva feed in the leaf litter, on dead leaves and twigs. Adult beetles in this family eat the leaves and flowers of eucalypts and wattles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641617121119-0JJSBVW5FV9WFCL9IYIU/PC260037-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - long-legged fly Tiny, shining flies in this family are a common sight on low, moist foliage. The adults hunt small, soft-bodied prey such as springtails and worms. The larvae are also predators, feeding in the soil or under bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641685740596-2MSC8BWSN8BA6D17CXLP/PC280224.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - long-legged fly Austrosciapus … another of these tiny predators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641617880625-D6GUSHAACWO5PS7PML7T/PC260057.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - baby leaf-footed bugs Five pretty bugs which had apparently just hatched … note the five empty eggs alongside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641618401755-I4NNPTGHPQEC3B5898PJ/PC260086-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Green Jewel Bug Lampromicra. Both adults and nymphs feed on plant juices, but are not considered a significant garden or crop pest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641619260377-HLPECKT1UAI9ZYVFVT9R/PC260102.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Blue Triangle butterfly Graphium choredon. A rainforest species that rarely lands except when feeding on nectar from flowers, drinking water from pools … or laying eggs, as this one is doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641619554876-KYEAN3R3UMRO3DNIGJ16/PC260114.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - mating flower wasps Pairs like this are a common sight in Summer, as winged males carry flightless females on protracted mating and feeding flights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641620210647-GJ5B8I7S9COJ3ITMUZYY/PC260160-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - march fly These large flies are well-known and widely disliked due to their habit of pestering humans for a blood meal. Interestingly, insect repellants have limited effect as march flies hunt by sight, not smell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641685932858-UMG74FCV4LK7RXK9ARLH/PC280231.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Evening Brown butterfly Melanitis leda. A very tatty individual, perhaps many weeks old and a near-miss victim of hunting birds. They tend to fly at dawn and dusk … hence the common name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641686221262-2JK4XZBO5JVER54MAPO0/PC280277.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Wandering Ringtail damselfly Austrolestes leda … this one a female. A widespread species of eastern Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642031354257-83Z1527PYGO0UEK5IV4P/PC290034-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Large Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe. A wet-season migrant from the far north of Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642031359007-RG7XMHRCJDPN2Y838XE3/PC290009-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Lemon Migrant Catopsilia pomona. An occasional visitor, although sometimes in very large numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642031379251-J7A6RILKTHKBEGQSD7Q2/PC300117.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Scarlet Jezebel Delias argenthona … usually seen flying high in the canopy. Larvae feed on mistletoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642032501368-YG9FGQP8VXR6FLJWH7ZX/PC260233.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Davies' Ant Spider Subasteron daviesae … a predator of ants, this species inhabits forest margins, including rainforests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642033815282-E8DG5XPFZFPMJUQXK732/PC290204-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - rhinoceros beetle Haploscapanes … a truly massive beetle, 36mm long, and with an incredibly strong grip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642033827555-X4DI1FT1OZU4HREJJSAO/PC290098-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - shining leaf chafer Repsimus aenus … glorious colour, and with very long back legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642033831660-M1EZ4CFUYV7EZCTUKI56/PC290093-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - shining leaf chafer Repsimus aenus … a rather special sighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642033966791-AXJS8NN60GCD1551VSV2/PC290109-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - flat-faced longhorn beetle Oricopis umbrosus … at least, I think it is. Beetles in this family can be a challenge to identify. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642033970987-W88N3ZXL07O5GI3ELX0C/PC290133.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Eucalyptus longhorn beetle Phoracantha punctata … the larvae of most Phoracantha feed on dead or dying eucalypts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642035760751-C9S3752K42IW2UG1RX28/PC300138-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - tiger beetle Myriochila semicincta … a ferocious predator, this one usually found on tree trunks near flowing creeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642035780839-OKGU91KYEYXM4OZSF8X8/P1020049.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Brown Bunyip cicada Tamasa tristigma … a species most common in coastal regions between Sydney and Brisbane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642035787083-NDP1PD0AFBKGZ8L1I97M/P1010181.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Yellow-striped Flutterer dragonfly Rhyothemis phyllis, living up to its name in constant, fluttering flight. It was a rare treat to spot one perching after rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642035794270-IRYD9CYYYABLJ1I705OO/P1010146.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Small Green Banded Blue butterfly Psychonotis caelius. One of several small blue species rarely landing but filling the air with colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642037022624-3DZO5C9MR61H1344QJQ5/P1010141.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Speckled Line-Blue butterfly Catopyrops florinda, not an uncommon species but one with particular habitat preferences … including rainforest edges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642035812273-XUV4I1THTPW0OL1DPG86/P1010127.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis, a predator of various insects … including stink bugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642035824838-UYYD40QYBJD52ZAIVG57/P1010077.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Common Crow butterfly Euploea core … widespread throughout Asia and northern Australia, this species is protected from predators. It is quite inedible due to the chemicals extracted from food during the caterpillar stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642035826318-Z0TE8I6NT81AWNWVWTHI/P1010101.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - potter wasp Despite its striking appearance, I’ve yet to come up with an identification. It probably builds a mud nest, but just where and what shape I can only guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642038599303-2FPMP8O2VMTLJGPY8V8G/PC300123-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Christmas beetle Anoplognathus porosus, an attractive beetle that typically emerges from the soil in late December in eastern Australia. It is a familiar sight in our southern forest too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642038628482-DCXML6QQ9GJQNWJI21UA/PC300160-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - click beetle This large beetle was one of many beetles attracted to the light sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642038634397-NUKQV1Y4QKY80DYNNX4E/PC300180.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - stag beetle Cacostomus squamosus … this rather large, day-active beetle is well camouflaged against this rough-barked tree. Larvae feed on decaying eucalyptus wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642038647295-T2DXE9NWFDGW3L8YYB8S/PC290005-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - weevils Rhadinosomus lacordairei … very small and elongated. As with many beetles, mating can be quite protracted as the male monopolises the larger female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642053685217-LM0K71HD36ZMGNSRVV6M/PC290095.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - antlion Riekoleon furcatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642053964254-SB1F4E2MJK4OJWSDK8UK/PC300088-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - antlion Myrmeleon acer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642054090514-7SQS80IU93WYGS7JEESI/PC290065-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Blue Eyes Lacewing Nymphes myrmeleonoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642055029018-9N24W6X02K1USQH8787N/PC290122.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - mantidfly lacewing Theristria stigma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642055376131-GDPB61PS2JEIHOEC32SY/PC300071-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - antlion Glenoleon pulchellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642055661486-U7878RIQJDN6X8LPI3F7/PC300162-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - antlion Bandidus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642054325815-15ZYMJIGI2BR8SJ8E547/PC290080.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Gum-leaf Katydid Torbia viridissima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642054560657-IQS1Q9EYGNVJBDDT1GPW/PC290004.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - 32-Spotted Katydid Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642054724562-4APC1BDUHOQIO6C4FFXZ/PC280253.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - a tiny, cryptic grasshopper Psednura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642053447836-HWFNZAXXSCOIX1KEQN6R/P1020053.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - spur-throated grasshopper Epallia exigua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642055529261-H17K24KR2NVSLWWGVEKL/PC300092-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Little Black-Knees grasshopper Methiolopsis geniculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642055881338-ZBOS7DLLQR4O6GC9VLEE/PC300051-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - spur-throated grasshopper Adlappa erythroptera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642056131898-HRCCWTKBYITUZ8F0CF3I/PC300090-4.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Black Field Cricket Teleogryllus commodus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642056150749-7ZNF7X8VX5561A2ZOY72/PC300285.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - raspy cricket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642058711367-UC8MFFW0R400NSNBFHSZ/PC300004.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Tessellated Stick Insect Anchiale austrotessulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642058714754-KCY0ZGK1QJ8G26VH2WY8/PC300005.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Tesselated Stick Insect - close up Anchiale austrotessulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642058959571-KXRMVMJ2RSA8HYVAHY9R/PC300096-4.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - male bull ant Myrmecia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642059019062-NHP5W62J07S7QQVOF9ZW/PC260168.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Common Triangular Spider Arkys lancearius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642059037788-QI6GHABKP4F85MRSUKS2/PC280013.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - wrap-around spider Dolophones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642059199385-32GIUDYMH162BZPSXZ9F/PC280041.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - lady beetle larva Cryptolaemus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642059206613-4QS3APD6DMLFFSFSKCL3/PC280260.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Fiery Skimmer dragonfly Orthetrum villosovittatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642059218637-P264JGT7MINNAM1MR8FB/PC290019-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - short-tailed ichneumonid wasp Leptophion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642059235275-1DFIPDWZHJ2QSIFE515V/PC290060.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - jumping spider Maratus scutulatus. Another widespread species. We’ve often seen it at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642059276268-BB0CDRF1IBKU2DASWQUO/PC290087-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Australian Garden Mantis Orthodera ministralis. This is Australia’s most common and widespread mantis, found in a wide variety of habitats. Including lightsheets! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642068157646-XSMSINQ1Z66B3NW4B81L/PC300051-4.jpeg Woombah visit 2021-22 (b) - Broken Leaf Moth Circopetes obtusata. A distinctive and familiar moth to us, often seen in our southern forest. It is found all around the east coast. https://southernforestlife.net/woombah-visit-202122-a daily 0.75 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641950233506-6PLKNUF8ZOY0M2WIV1FA/PC290029-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Adrapsa ablualis. A good example of a North East Coastal moth. There are reports on iNaturalist from NSW central coast to far north Queensland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641950233506-6PLKNUF8ZOY0M2WIV1FA/PC290029-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Adrapsa ablualis. A good example of a North East Coastal moth. There are reports on iNaturalist from NSW central coast to far north Queensland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641954880947-770WMKR79SWYMO9B06ZE/PC300053-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Edosa tyrannica. There are only 7 records of this species in iNaturalist. All except this one are from Queensland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641950818344-W6KGFHA1W9BOQKFHXUCL/PC290175-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Aglaopus pyrrhata. This attractive moth is widely distributed from Mackay to western Victoria. We haven’t yet sighted it in our forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641953545255-G2LXDD2KKLAUBGSX158H/PC290114-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Comibaena mariae. Another North East Coastal moth, ranging from Taree to Cairns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641953919216-4KMNHLS4O2ZAZ5C34B5J/PC300078-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Donuca castalia. The genus Donuca contains relatively large moths with an eye-catching spot. This one, a tropical/subtropical species, has been observed as far south as Coffs Harbour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641955944788-I9FY6UVHA3B2W9349MAR/PC300039-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Thysanoplusia orichalcea. This moth has a distribution which extends into SE Asia. Pretty, but a pest of vegetable crops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641957253529-P2JLYQDI5CHC7HX4AJF4/PC300128-2.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Axiocteta oenoplex. Another NSW central coast to far north Queensland species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641957752950-0ZA1NI3EJ7YAJWWW3VWS/PC300020-3.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Chezala brachypepla. This moth has a wide distribution on the East Coast - from Bundaberg to Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642030663874-WT10BVNJK3AIMOAG7AI1/PC300261.jpg Woombah visit 2021-22 (a) Speiredonia spectans. This exotic-looking species is found all the way down the East Coast, from Cairns to Eden. We’ll be keeping an eye out for it! https://southernforestlife.net/chlorobapta-sighting-jan-2022 daily 0.75 2022-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642564531649-77AOY3VZC2IBIYR27Q5D/P1170026-3.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 - my first glimpse 12:20:53, 17th January … my first glimpse as it clung motionless at the top of the stump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642564531649-77AOY3VZC2IBIYR27Q5D/P1170026-3.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 - my first glimpse 12:20:53, 17th January … my first glimpse as it clung motionless at the top of the stump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563299033-7WS66FM0K17MX0M5YIK4/P1170287.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:21:05, 17th January … clinging to the edge of the ‘cliff top’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563299041-47WDX58KOXMWPKMP5Z5A/P1170289.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563301344-5EHAZUCUBNGJSHCI1PYJ/P1170293.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:21:39 … antennae fold down, perhaps in reaction to my presence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563303436-XGVEC40BG30YMN1VH9H9/P1170295.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563305604-MDVUDU9ZNFAS96AYHBTF/P1170296.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:22:37 … I move to get a lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563308164-DOV8WIM97PXNU981I12A/P1170304.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:25:27 and it decides to take a few steps forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563310256-VCHD9E2TJPVYF17SPXGH/P1170332.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:25:57 … but soon turns and descends again into the shelter of the stump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563312965-SSRHQZMI4GU39A12GM1V/P1170351.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:29:04 climbing up again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642563314961-F2AU1JEZT51R8NHILEQ3/P1170361.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 - retreat 12:29:57 but a quick change of plans and back under the leaf litter accumulation in the rotting centre of the stump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642564819074-U3ICYJET7Q0K39J3MI6D/P1170448-2.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 - reemergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565100149-PL0818VDPD7FIOMFBYEC/P1170444-2.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:38:14 … reemerging from under the leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565119296-BSF9LV7FXCP00D2BBVLT/P1170451-2-2.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:38:56 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565508020-0MGBG4E44FN75TNHRFE1/P1170473-2.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:42:04 ... the scale of the climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565286185-G2PWKBAKS78PIBP8KC7N/P1170459.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565287073-F5XJPL4PZQ3GKP38YS13/P1170461.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565288749-N6HKQE2VQOK9M433A3FY/P1170463.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565290443-7AM8N8K1C8HZ3NTQTCPC/P1170464.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565292967-IUSJSNF35FXR84NJ8T5R/P1170466.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565295035-TH54VFFSUEMCQZX0579Z/P1170481-2.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565298760-1X22GS9ENEJUUEOGK7TK/P1170497.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565300528-8QB5LAAO4YRMDILECUCX/P1170500.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 12:46:13 … made it to the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565302920-DGEFLVW8K0OPFTWA948G/P1170502.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565305075-5YMPL8CWH2WXBX5B4YT3/P1170505.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 - testing the wings! 12:47:09 … note elytra barely lifted yet hindwings in rapid (blurred!) motion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642565308699-RL6DZZ8NEINNVKPRCIWK/P1170507.jpg Chlorobapta sighting Jan 2022 - a brief rest before ultimate take off 12:47:16 … a very brief rest after the initial 15cm flight, before heading away skyward https://southernforestlife.net/notes daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/bembix-olba-plus monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d679e26d-4555-42f6-a23a-f7067176a72b/thumbnail.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - Make it stand out Click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<100kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774316878689-MP8P3P44VPVQ1D3ZNVTD/SAMA_bembix_olba_HT_dorhab_1.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba (male, holotype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774316912245-AEOJ13RGUJYSVFQMBP9F/SAMA_bembix_olba_HT_dorhab_2.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba (male, holotype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774316947642-LE4J749S3CVH69F4PMS7/SAMA_bembix_olba_HT_face.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba (male, holotype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774316978069-K93OQEIJVI0R8P18AD3Y/SAMA_bembix_olba_HT_lathab.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba (male, holotype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774317010805-KXADM8CW99VSTHF9MTFG/SAMA_Bembix_olba_HT_latventhab.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba (male, holotype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774317042538-8PHJ9S2GC2LC0QS9UDM3/SAMA_Bembix_olba_HT_protarsus.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba (male, holotype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774316726624-OGJAAAKMFU4F01DO11Q2/SAMA_Bembix_olba_HT_antapex.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba (male, holotype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774317144008-6YN5TVD0C3PUYLLK3JNQ/SAMA_Bembix_wilcannia_PT_dorhab.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. wilcannia (female, paratype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774317149490-XZ5TUYPR90P4VTYF7VHR/SAMA_Bembix_wilcannia_PT_face.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. wilcannia (female, paratype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774317157593-7757PKLZATOPPVXAAZJ3/SAMA_Bembix_wilcannia_PT_lathab.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. wilcannia (female, paratype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774317161569-6AIKWE8F5TXM50BQV6YK/SAMA_Bembix_wilcannia_PT_latventhab.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. wilcannia (female, paratype) © Ben Parslow, South Australia Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335034218-UEE1QUXCWBT6E2HPE7Y4/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+page+19.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - key to males (p. 19) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335039852-D27RCM14Q2ZR701UFXDZ/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+page+31.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - key to females (p. 31) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335336340-WSR6AB4B8QHDCF209U88/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+page+130-1.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. aureofasciata (pp. 130-1) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335051316-TBJCYG5QTOQ3LHTR7DLW/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+page+132-3.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. aureofasciata &amp; B. olba (+ map B. wilcannia) (pp. 132-3) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335356797-Z7TXXY1JIHXB9DXTK26K/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+page+134-5.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. olba &amp; B. wilcannia (pp. 134-5) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335372034-MWOX2ECH9747WIMONATN/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+page+136-7.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. wilcannia (pp. 136-7) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335385876-QU56XSX657PBPICOHLRK/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Fig+1.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. wilcannia (female) (Fig. 1) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335400606-HB6EDY0DU2Z0PM89EOPO/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Figs+48-59.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - front tarsi (females) (Figs. 48-59) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335414856-XF3ETIRKMC38MLY11IJF/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Figs+60-71.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - front tarsi (females) (Figs. 60-71) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335456515-O4EUK7FMCQJH209GM3R9/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Figs+86-93.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - front tarsi (males) (Figs. 86-93) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335468526-JLLZETCGTCUH8GSAZEM8/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Figs+136-155.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - male antennae (Figs. 136-155) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335484631-L64V9UAYEZU0TLXTKK1O/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Figs+176-193.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - middle tibia &amp; basitarsi (males) (Figs. 176-193) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335499091-F4T45BHXFLV5JWYRZX5R/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Figs+212-241.jpg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - middle femora (males) (Figs. 212-241) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774335515343-0X1EGCIN4RR2SDHZWSGZ/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+Map+11.jpeg notes - Bembix olba, B. wilcannia &amp; the like - B. aureofasciata (Map 11) extract: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/1/30/pterygophorinae-larvae monthly 0.5 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772003092733-VZAEIE23SXDGJVS452G3/Screenshot+2026-02-25+at+6.04.29%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. analis - from Schmidt et al (2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772003250425-K787XB855XWBF25KFRSC/1024-25.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. analis - BOLD: PERGI005-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772131018036-TQXBCANBHHADY20APJ8V/Screenshot+2026-02-27+at+5.35.36%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. analis - from Schmidt et al (2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773736960471-YCRT90EUMIS1MUP3RJDW/original-377.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - straddling the leaf, sawsheath in contact with leaf edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773736973431-OO79ZHTVFF69HSGWYOAV/original-386.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - sawsheath still in contact with leaf edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773736987436-UN38UV7N87MOY8A8E65Y/original-387.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - abdomen raised to allow saw to penetrate leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773806554625-XA5PFFVAZ8FYNA9XBDN9/02sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 2 secs - sawsheath contacting leaf margin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773806573272-BJG6CZ0NECQO874NIKGK/03sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 3 secs - abdomen arched, saw protruded (hidden) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773806588615-44PKOK7UCSYCEWWA7C33/07sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 7 secs - saw visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773806794737-T39ES3IU0XCW0XKULJFQ/10sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 10 secs - abdomen moves down, saw pushed into leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773806860822-E2TVSDJXNMK2HZVNBYWW/13sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 13 secs - abdomen pulled up, saw retracting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773806937526-1W9I2FQ7BSE15E80NBZ4/19sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 19 secs - abdomen arches, full retraction of saw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807008801-F8HNQ370S4NB969DCXET/20sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 20 secs - abdomen moves down, saw reinserted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807094890-XRELVECRYIPZTYCNYQP4/24sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 24 secs - saw fully reinserted (visible inside leaf) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807159921-ZVI6VARWSMZ2OTSO1CKO/28sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 28 secs - saw being retracted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807197383-GH8GJTQIIESCKSVRO690/33sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 33 secs - forelegs change position to pull body forwards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807294602-5G4WQC7JPK4YTOBPTLQ4/37sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 37 secs - abdomen pulled forwards, saw (hidden) pushed into new position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807364838-HZX37L00V1LAH2BUIKZ1/42sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 42 secs - saw being retracted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807411791-WCP4P4W08SZ2UGA5F542/45sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 45 secs - saw reinserted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773807461310-C908DRIU7356BBAUV8TE/48sec.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - 48 secs - saw visible inside leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772131797881-FD4MQ4Z9HB62WDJHFTWH/original-476.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772131884673-JU2DRAE0X7E825I8KA6R/original-477.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772131900585-79SXFOU5ELAY2L3IO635/original-478.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772003469664-X7W266VIHATO1W9Q46QH/Screenshot+2026-02-25+at+6.10.43%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. interrupta larvae - from Takeuchi &amp; Zaluchi (2021) Group feeding of L. interrupta is accompanied by midvein cutting (arrow) and petiole snipping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773808250929-7YS4Z6CR45G7BHP8WZAI/original-498.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - female L. interrupta ovipositing - lisa_kanimbalong iNaturalist observation. Note that the eggs are laid in clusters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993775269-27JMSEK0CD1G528W2B79/original-399.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - saw separating cuticle from epidermis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993793246-0YO8IECPK9335NFPCIT9/original-400.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - saw pushed backwards to lay an egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993804474-89GMQOMKOVZ1JQ6QN8SE/original-401.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - saw retracted, newly laid egg visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993817757-OTB96N96PHMFTQ13K1DF/original-402.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - resting with sawsheath on leaf edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993890056-4NG31MYTQ4EOIXX09FF0/original-404.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - body moves slightly forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993943989-I39VGRY69S8QAKHCO81A/original-408.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - saw protruded, touches leaf edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993929822-R8AKEO8RFWXNHOFEKMFO/original-407.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - saw tip inserted into space beneath cuticle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993905558-3JOWDOYF6PM7QJRKDTJF/original-405.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - saw pushed further in to separate cuticle from epidermis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773993918059-8VZ1Y06S8JCBCP1T8LY2/original-406.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - saw pushed further beneath cuticle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772131234506-5KZB3MN0YK1E6BJPZD8Y/original-475.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. leachii ovipositing - mattreidphotography iNaturalist observation Pomona, Qld. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773733328196-ZBGEBWFB7XEES70I33HQ/original-366.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. leachii ovipositing - donnamareetomkinson iNaturalist observation Gympie, Qld. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772001931219-MV1B2TGS22PL70EYPUKI/original-471.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. zonalis - danielandclaire iNat observation Mitchell Plateau, NW WA L. zonalis is only Pterygophorinae sp. found in that location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772001969617-3I40T3MLPHZVRN9EYXCN/original-472.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. zonalis - danielandclaire iNat observation Mitchell Plateau, NW WA L. zonalis is only Pterygophorinae sp. found in that location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772002608520-D8WPO1M5F07YY8IGL0QM/1024-22.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. zonalis - BOLD: PERGI007-12 Specimen Depository: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Sequencing Center: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:A.-M. McKinnon Specimen Identification: Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772002729674-RS348CXX1G69IPDK3LR8/1024-23.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. zonalis - BOLD: PERGI005-12 Specimen Depository: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Sequencing Center: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:A.-M. McKinnon Specimen Identification: Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772002860226-KYINOQDFQCI0Q0KP4MND/1024-24.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - L. zonalis - BOLD: PERGI066-12 Specimen Depository: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Sequencing Center: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:A.-M. McKinnon Specimen Identification: Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773748036483-OSYJBKH3DYYCRGL7HQN3/original-392.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773748081605-OMIMPUII0BF555EMZLR7/original-396.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773748102821-WCJ42VBS344CYD5127TO/original-394.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773184735407-NXOOG1F8W6B7J9HHYQDO/original-493.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773184901069-LNUZUFCUM1DT7NJPWNAL/original-494.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773185119964-GECMQE33N49LTGG6WUAO/original-496.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/acc2e464-b3a5-4767-90c8-f7559b5b9ad1/P3110012-2.jpg.webp notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773734735665-MXUMVA9XWIP42MGD9SEM/original-367.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773734750330-MIJ5UTKNK46S8QWOQES2/original-368.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773734816398-I6WBDOM6JRU7679AZXQI/original-369.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773838062835-F059LP0XNXKEUBL3MC7X/original-397.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - iNaturalist observation by jenncxoxo iNat observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773838045533-QL0CQ7PTESHFXR2HFE7T/original-501.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - iNaturalist observation by crbailey iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773838092178-0ZP6FOZ8MOTJIOACRB7F/original-398.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - iNaturalist observation by aidamatthews iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773834692556-I4OPJ0TK86SYDT63IRB0/P2170059-Edit-Pano-labelsjpeg.jpeg.webp notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - Perga dorsalis sawsheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773836399809-AB6OIFZ5PZNGBBE5WHD6/P3110003-2.jpeg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - Pterygophorus cinctus sawsheath the sheath lacks the serrations and hairs present in Perga dorsalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772005580355-I8X5YMVF9RBXCTGYAM8R/1024-26.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - P. insignis - BOLD PERGI036-12 Specimen Depository: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Sequencing Center: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Photography: Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors: S. Schmidt & J.-L. Boeve Specimen Identification: Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772005722712-JOZ4ZQNC5V9KCE1D8WYW/original-473.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - P. turneri - jewell111 iNat observation - Lamington NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772005819902-30UJDOHDI77ZDD1W8WD7/original-474.jpg notes - Pterygophorinae larva identification &amp; breeding biology - P. turneri - profmollusc iNat observation Mullaway, NSW https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/3/12/pterygophorus-sp-pw103 monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/rhopalum-coriolum monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772586296412-PXZ45EKC2ZT0MGXKWDR0/P9020063-2-Edit.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - 2308A - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772586482423-7CI12T2LEJ8P0DIMUTOW/P9030007-Edit.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - 2305A - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772611707650-NW6UAGAS4JNFF8QVEVEC/P3040002.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - 2308A - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772610221796-4W9FO390RXDXKK6UAMES/P9030088.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - 2305B - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772587583512-EKZBZVKGED3VGF42OM6I/Screenshot+2026-03-04+at+12.25.29%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - Key steps 2-22 (Leclercq 1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772584572785-IT2GDGCDIASYVYXUZ6ZV/Leclercq+1997+key+steps+23-34.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - Key steps 23-34 (Leclercq 1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772584578444-TJOKT3B02PNAS6FA0JK4/Leclercq+1997+key+steps+41-51.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - Key steps 41-51 (Leclercq 1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772591807381-Q07K7PXGC2YH56DC01E1/Leclercq+1997+key+steps+52-54.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - Key steps 52-54 (Leclercq 1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762740383661-321LESNNHIJRNXE4X1YJ/specimen-labels-for-t-11665-4228-medium.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013418 Accessed 10 November 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762740363885-2D0P5REJFA81AC7M2N2X/rhopalum-rhopalum-coriolum-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-11665-4227-large.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - T-11665 Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013418 Accessed 10 November 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762740364996-O5TOHGQ55MYQH7JC4KJ1/rhopalum-rhopalum-coriolum-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-11665-4229-large.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - T-11665 Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013418 Accessed 10 November 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762740523071-UVYCZICO8AGEU9YGXA2N/rhop_head_1.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - T-11665 Holotype female (T-11665). Image provided upon request, September 2022 © Ken Walker, Museums Victoria, CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762740524222-3QKJP8A0N4CYQ7T5DAM2/rhop_head_2.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - T-11665 Holotype female (T-11665). Image provided upon request, September 2022 © Ken Walker, Museums Victoria, CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773700523729-NKJX46DTVANOYSWA562D/Rhop_cor_headfront.jpeg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - T-11665 Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013418 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773700528622-OOKGX28IY3SPZWWILY2N/Rhop_cor_headside.jpeg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - T-11665 Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013418 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773700533180-URZTZPKSOLQIH1DMN87V/Rhop_cor_lateral.jpeg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - T-11665 Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013418 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772660015030-LL0XJN6VUHCHBRRGHFKZ/P9100021-2.jpeg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - 10th September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772659998302-MF1NZ1A6T2LYVJUFX10M/P9080961.jpeg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - 8th September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772580728701-K6V1EO7BWA4TBL209O4T/Rhopalum+coriolum+Leclercq+1957+p.+210+plus.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - R. coriolum (description: Leclercq 1957) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772580742822-1LIBVTP9ST8WR9648KVA/Rhopalum+Leclercq+1957+key+steps+1-3.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - Key steps 1-3 (Leclercq 1957) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772580748836-2OF8SGG3Z1DNUW3KR7XI/Rhopalum+Leclercq+1957+key+steps+4-6.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - Key steps 4-6 (Leclercq 1957) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772580765367-FQ7MM46QBVNVZBTPU4JR/Rhopalum+variitarse+Leclercq+1957+p.+209-10+plus.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - R. variitarse (notes: Leclercq 1957) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772580769072-QYNQSA6WGQYM7M8YK0ZW/Rhopalum+variitarse+Turner+1915+p+89.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - R. variitarse (description: Turner 1915) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772581102564-X2K3W51CO6911R6BEY1M/Rhopalum+coriolum+%26+variitarse+Leclercq+1997+descriptions.jpg notes - Rhopalum coriolum (Crabronini) - R. coriolum / R. variitarse (notes: Leclercq 1997) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/11/podagritus-leptospermi monthly 0.5 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/72900829-1ccb-48b7-929b-e248601ced37/Leclercq+1998+p.+286+Podagritus+vs+Rhopalum.jpg notes - Podagritus leptospermi (Crabronini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763435797481-000YBEBP1UJVGXS5V1DN/Turner+1915+P.+leptospermi.jpg notes - Podagritus leptospermi (Crabronini) - Turner 1915 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772149483095-WXQT0ZBJH23B9IW4NWRF/Leclercq+1955+Podagritus+leptospermi+description.jpg notes - Podagritus leptospermi (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1955 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772149496376-3KT5RW0MICSJUMQPL0T2/Leclercq+1998+Podagritus+leptospermi+description.jpg notes - Podagritus leptospermi (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1998 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/arpactophilus monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9e34ecc5-c20b-4732-a302-df48c5a8418f/thumbnail+Arpactophilus.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Make it stand out Click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<400kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718505437247-4QPMJ690KHNGHZDXH6T8/Key+part+1.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - extract from Matthews &amp; Naumann 2002 (p102) Matthews, R.W. & Naumann, I.D. 2002. Descriptions and biology of nine new species of Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with a key to described Australian species. Journal of Hymenopteran Research 11(1): 101-133 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718505439286-E603FDA0686XJ8NE72OQ/Key+part+2.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - extract from Matthews &amp; Naumann 2002 (p103) Matthews, R.W. & Naumann, I.D. 2002. Descriptions and biology of nine new species of Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with a key to described Australian species. Journal of Hymenopteran Research 11(1): 101-133 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771724050415-FRE4G5GRLYUIE7SUGO5Q/Arpactophilus%2BMatthews%2B%26%2BNaumann%2B2002.jpg.webp notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - A. queenslandis, A. sulcatus, A. deserticolus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771914850633-P8R3IMOZ8A273WWOLVM9/Turner+1908+p.+459.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - A. steindachneri (Turner 1908) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771914863593-RYRVXO788ETOTT2CR7ZE/Arpactophilus+mimi+Matthews+%26+Naumann+1988.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - A. mimi (Naumann 1988) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771914876840-C9J49DT2JYHDULYVKF0E/Arpactophilus+queenslandensis+plus+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - A. queenslandensis (Turner 1908) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771914921235-H230LCLBZ7SUL18D45XU/Arpactophilus+sulcatus+head+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - A. sulcatus (Turner 1908) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771914933600-VNY9OHZSCGZ327GAEC1H/Arpactophilus+tricolor+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - A. tricolor (Turner 1908) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771914950478-BV0E1C9HE9DW9KCFK9DS/Arpactophilus+Turner+1916+key+%28to+Austrostigmus%29.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - various Arpactophilus (Turner 1916) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771914961686-1ER9Q5FNZ1EZDW8ZLZWX/various+Matthews+%26+Naumann+2002.jpg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - various Arpactophilus (Matthews &amp; Nauman 2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771722711941-19HWPTCWA7MQ2ZZKNUF3/68bd9288-f4b9-49a9-b0ea-b31026ea0c0c.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus steindachneri deserticolus (Type) - BNHM (now listed A. deserticolus) NHMUK010644147 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/486a44f6-fc1f-468c-bbe1-1ed4f6c91562 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771722715841-N2NVCQ73V35FC371GCTK/fb11e403-3e3a-48ab-a44a-adbae19e60d4.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus steindachneri deserticolus (Type) - BNHM (now listed A. deserticolus) NHMUK010644147 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/486a44f6-fc1f-468c-bbe1-1ed4f6c91562 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771722719385-42H7FI5H5VGY5PP62E83/fcf6e588-6a97-48cb-a1f6-312c893febd0.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus steindachneri deserticolus (Type) - BNHM (now listed A. deserticolus) NHMUK010644147 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/486a44f6-fc1f-468c-bbe1-1ed4f6c91562 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771723256606-RMERHJG8XCQS31WQ97UH/b723f25d-2fcc-4778-b029-1e36e489a3cf.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus bicolor (Type; not in Aus) - BNHM NHMUK010644146 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b676c2f-554f-4e7e-8ae5-f55d5c72b465 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771723258999-QZ1XX1N2J5ZCCK2XOXRN/8f3d96fa-7342-44e7-b482-e7477f530585.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus bicolor (Type; not in Aus) - BNHM NHMUK010644146 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b676c2f-554f-4e7e-8ae5-f55d5c72b465 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771723275516-ISTV6OFLEV01CGAM7Y1C/167b1aa0-6fc4-4ddc-9a7b-2dfd82c093cd.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus bicolor (Type; not in Aus) - BNHM NHMUK010644146 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b676c2f-554f-4e7e-8ae5-f55d5c72b465 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771723281127-GHFJGVC60J6C2L8G6QHP/8b0f5698-61c6-42f7-862e-fa950965e367.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus bicolor (Type; not in Aus) - BNHM NHMUK010644146 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b676c2f-554f-4e7e-8ae5-f55d5c72b465 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771723622808-VCSBLLKWT6S8QM2QAF2N/e58776d9-4c6e-4652-8165-e441d568fa57.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Arpactophilus kohlii (Type) - BNHM NHMUK010644148 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/46a76934-fff4-47af-a690-5cd72488e37a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771723630639-MSJ08S1WBOV54PYF5KDB/68f20a59-7d71-409a-b72a-b5742449e9ca.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Pergagrapta kohlii (Type) - BNHM NHMUK010644148 British Natural History Museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/46a76934-fff4-47af-a690-5cd72488e37a https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/pemphredoninae monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ce70dc90-ae4f-4b9a-b144-566d8909fc94/Pemphredonini+thumbnail.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Make it stand out Click image to open or download latest version as pdf (<500kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771553752429-FS4Z09YFKR7LJX5RCSRT/Allostigmus+Melo+%26+Naumann+1999.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Allostigmus (Melo &amp; Naumann 1999) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771553804569-S2S20ZJDXD33ICFBWDAH/Ceratostigmus+Melo+%26+Naumann+1999.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Ceratostigmus (Melo &amp; Naumann 1999) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771553798559-UIBO7LD5L59AUAN48OF6/Arpactophilus+Matthews+%26+Naumann+2002.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Arpactophilus (Matthews &amp; Naumann 2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771629941411-QQH2DZOB4KHM3N247KXB/Turner+1907+Polemistus+exul.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Polemistus exul (Turner 1907) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771629619307-27OFN0VKHNGFHNWTGTM2/Rajan+et+al.+Polemistus+India.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Polemistus (Rajan et al. 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771635490636-KTI6P3HU4QYV3QLZRMUC/Paracrabro+Finnamore+1995.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Paracrabro (Finnamore 1995) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771635522909-RWLZZMT5T3I94PNZB35R/Paracrabro+froggatti+Turner+1907.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Paracrabro froggatti (Turner 1907) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771635570828-XL6HY77315MCJL3DMFO1/Stigmina+key+Melo+%26+Naumann+1999.jpg notes - PEMPHREDONINAE - Stigmina (Melo &amp; Naumann 1999) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/podagritus monthly 0.5 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/296abbd2-cb2b-4c0c-9e91-2307b5461404/Podagritus+vs+Rhopalum+table.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774936280939-DHI8U8ZODSH4ELM6ZRNU/mesopleural+architecture+Podagritus.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771218757111-IU1GUEYMNXS69V5IP4CR/Podagritus+image+with+labels.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e3919a70-eee7-4f6a-90dc-b1f225f0e5a6/forewing+labelled+Podagritus.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771281301343-41I6PL54AF37E2YXE8QM/Podagritus+leptospermi.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus leptospermi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771281317095-N3S8ZSBJRL2GL2FCKOYU/Podagritus+anerus.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus anerus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771281333787-B7XNTNK206MXKFQYF9BQ/Rhopalum+coriolum.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771281346474-G2M2FF2I0CL5JCOTN76H/Rhopalum+sp.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cd949ab4-28c3-4834-a38f-9e24e644cd54/thumbnail.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Make it stand out Click to open/download as pdf (<400kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314907624-4PG80PVKTNV0IBTRRIU3/Key+page+1.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Key steps 1-6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314912761-3RRGAYW1WZ9ERHRDXYFF/Key+page+2.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Key steps 7-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314917805-GJEXDDMDYCLG1L55CCY8/Key+page+3.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Key steps 11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771315029784-VC18M8Y4NYOAAK0RIG4Z/Key+page+4.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Key steps 15-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771315034915-829FN9RQ6X7WFQRRKJA3/Key+page+5.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Key steps 20-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771315044738-Q00GQM3K5G4YNPLHD549/Key+page+7.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Key steps 26-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771315039883-AHRD8SN5LKN3IF1EU7QB/Key+page+6.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Key steps 30-33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197535053-4T8ZX8X12LL9CMIXPAY9/Leclercq+1998+extract+terminology.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Terminology (Lecercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197498649-1V5Y4CBVUW6HPYVU2LRY/Podagritus+schematic+Leclercq+1957.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Mesopleural architecture, Podagritus (Leclercq 1957) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197538223-UBGV7BRY60KJYGIQJ9NN/Leclercq+1955+extract+p+314.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus head shape (Leclercq 1955) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197494646-ARA5KGK8CZ13BEW1YYQ0/Podagritus+Rhopalum+vs+Podagritus+Leclercq+1957.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum vs Podagritus (Leclercq 1957) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197530341-WV4YGS14FO7DET5FJ3GE/Leclercq+1998+sub+species.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus sub-genera (Leclercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197507407-SINWLX4BJ0ZJ0WP4CMA8/Tsuneki+1977+P.+australiensis+male+head.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus australiensis (Tsuneki 1977) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197520018-INAKYVD9EKOPWVL8R7C2/Podagritus+australiensis+Tsuneki+1977+.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus australiensis (Tsuneki 1977) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771197511994-ZRDM469RTQ6P7BWXPZBZ/Tsuneki+1977+P.+australiensis.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus australiensis (Tsuneki 1977) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771381924216-GDZHSL2DDOIWL7M16LOF/Leclercq+2000+Rhopalum+diagnosis.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum diagnosis (Leclerq 2000) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771381959126-MK2XDI35XTCXNMMYEHAA/Leclercq+2002+Rhopalum+prepectus+definition.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum prepectus (Leclercq 2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771212668323-SIT3X50FOGVLSGZJUI49/podagritus-echuca-kiatae-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-270-344842-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus kiatae (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013432 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Source: Museums Victoria Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771382925704-JI1IH1WM97XQC04CKXJQ/podagritus-echuca-burnsi-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-268-344748-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus burnsi (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013415 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Source: Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771383919755-14K5YQLRH35XJ3QSY3YM/podagritus-echuca-burnsi-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-268-344746-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus burnsi (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013415 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Source: Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771384222396-YJWTZD17TKZJMO1PPERY/podagritus-echuca-doreeni-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-272-344694-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus doreeni (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013413 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Source: Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771384651863-PMMVNVJW11ZQFE93FHD2/podagritus-echuca-anerus-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-271-344687-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus anerus (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013416 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Source: Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771384756224-KTCZTO0S39ON9LZKWLVR/podagritus-echuca-anerus-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-271-344689-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus anerus (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013416 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771384922298-BA3F0X8H27L86USCFSV5/podagritus-echuca-alevinus-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-7970-344700-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Podagritus alevinus (holotype) - now P. anerus https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013431 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771213000467-TORXUI8F1LKIUWNXXFNF/rhopalum-rhopalum-neboissi-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-538-4338-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum neboissi (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013430 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771393586545-381AQO68CAKB96P3ASPY/rhopalum-notorhopalum-carnegiacum-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-8893-344843-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum carnegiacum (holotype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013423 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Source: Museums Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771393722002-4F8EK227KSKTMWYEXA4G/rhopalum-rhopalum-kerangi-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-syntype-registration-no-t-11668-9373-large.jpg notes - Podagritus (Crabronini) - Rhopalum kerangi (syntype) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013434 Photographer: Kristy Hoath Source: Museums Victoria https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/bembix-trepida monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/042ab8c6-d217-4caf-bc7b-3f3739119b68/P1020002.jpg notes - Bembix trepida (Bembicini) - Make it stand out Gift from a friend … a mystery box of insects, provenance uncertain. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/1/30/lophyrotoma-larvae monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769757695730-ZNJ4E5CVF6EETXQS2ON8/P1130012-4.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home - 13 January 5:01pm The larvae have started on a new leaf, moving back from its tip in a row. They devour almost all of the leaf cells, leaving only the vascular tissue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769757894860-6KBQAUNP6VPBBIUUC05F/P1140001-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home - 14 January 7:50pm the group has progressed further back, leaving a wasteland on the leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769758077459-7XSBXO1MT325SPGGVC6W/P1180009-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home - 18 January 9:15am A side-on view shows how the larvae attack the leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769758340942-ZNFHU06DN2JZ2I59CDUU/P2020005-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home - 2 February 9:51am A fortnight on, the larvae have grown substantially. They discard their old skins (one seen behind the group) every time they moult. They now possess white nipples around the perimeter of their body, but are otherwise little changed in appearance. We see them feeding both day and night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769758433993-Q1L8PAMU24RQ9G6NFUSD/P2100023.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home - 10 February 9:08am Still feeding and still growing! There’s not enough room on a single leaf for the whole cohort now. So they split up into separate feeding groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769758560117-2LKNZ0N3IZPUMVW6FWRR/P2220016.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home - 22 February 10:37am A new clutch of young Lophyrotoma larvae has appeared on the bush - some distance away from the original clutch. While I haven’t seen Lophyrotoma adults for months, adults must have been around the place recently to make these larvae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769758721319-HLGMS722X0K1U31T34RU/P3020013.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home - 2 March 10:37am The larvae are now so large that there is only room for 2-3 on each side of a leaf. Leaves are disappearing fast, so the cohort has spread out over the bush to gain access to fresh food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769753690521-BLG3PSR3IES0ARJ5MHMB/P2020122-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769753717699-GP6FHI1D3PLA9NWP3I7U/P2020126-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769754179534-B92CWQD00EYZX3HRWX1Y/P2040067-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769754291129-ZRNCJ6OJF0ORWC5KMO41/P2040069-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769754461117-ZWBJX0Y51UXVHZXL8RVW/P2080039.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769754477720-0QOGS9N1EE4CEXGKJW93/P2080040.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769754687013-T4QBP9TDHR3BJ22CNUF2/P2100029.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769754703701-CMTZOAQBPSZNMWFWWIWU/P2100030.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769755069218-R3LB2HBMJ21N4A4H9QUX/P2120011.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769755555674-9DXICGTJOIO0CEBZDCZD/P2140002.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769755571725-W5KNER6CUP9D88UJ5BSE/P2140001.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769756726179-2SGFAUFG8Y0OSSESII3L/P1230584.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769739017313-NUEQTZ0V4509KTHAPVTB/P1240055-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769739054147-S53J0QAVCGMQ89A1Q5RV/P1240055-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769739065043-B91Y2XS7SX4JKIEERSVY/P1240059-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769739345935-A1RNJXXET91PPBFVCHRL/P1300020-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769739362450-SCOMQGE1597CS21XVX5G/P1300023-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769739939604-V9NGYMNOVKR90HGCIB3Z/P1300022-2.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma larvae seen at home https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/1/19/xyloperga-halidaii-vs-amenaida monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a024842d-6776-4b74-81fc-c51a1b2d0437/Xyloperga+specimens+A%2C+B%2C+C+comparison.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0a8b07dc-63a5-4ed4-a747-9cef1b42ef53/Xyloperga+iNat+obs+comparison+to+specimens.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a95bce67-1a60-4003-a0c4-f546b24cd567/Xyloperga+amenaida+vs.+halidaii+original+descriptions.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/599822b6-e64b-467d-b6a2-0f60a04e7e72/Xyloperga+specimen+ID+by+features+in+original+descriptions.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769319543029-O06BBVE96CHPXSMZAZI7/1024-20.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Xyloperga halidaii male - BOLD dorsal habitus https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/SICOD1430-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769319555081-0JNYRTLL4YRKR82DW8H9/1024-21.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Xyloperga halidaii male - BOLD lateral habitus https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/SICOD1430-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770187039036-LUJGZ6QCYBY52JJQ9WWU/SAMA_Xyloperga_amenaida_unit+tray.jpeg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Xyloperga amenaida - male left, female right det. Forsius (1927) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770187076435-1CAKPFCVCFC7YSK16Y32/SAMA_Xyloperga_amenaida_det_leftspecimen.jpeg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Xyloperga amenaida - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770187092700-NDWT5Z2X1ARO6AC8X7RH/SAMA_Xyloperga_amenaida_det_right+specimen.jpeg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Xyloperga amenaida - female det. Forsius (1927) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770187467376-HOLOGDWPLPATFKBU8P6O/SAMA_Xyloperga_halidaii_unit+tray-1.jpeg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Xyloperga halidaii - unit tray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770187535310-O8JT6UKIMRTQDA4QL4G1/SAMA_Xyloperga_halidaii_det+specimen-1.jpeg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - Xyloperga halidaii - female (missing head, most thorax) det. Forsius (1927) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775163795421-RWC72M3YUFUO2R4E3CJ8/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_lateral.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - X. halidaii Westwood syntype - female lateral habitus photograph ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775164057454-H482T6O2KNZZI4E66GF1/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_dorsal.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - X. halidaii Westwood syntype - female dorsal habitus photograph - body length 14.7mm ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775164073086-8QGXMMOE1Q8HR2QE0YPM/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_labels.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - X. halidaii Westwood - syntype label specimen label ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775164102060-P4CVS670KCLDG96OTSDI/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_syntypes.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - X. halidaii Westwood female syntypes photos of two syntypes - other photos of bottom specimen ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775164090349-F86A48LX10G9QUN670EG/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_ovipositor2.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - saws dissected from X. halidaii syntype ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775164171045-8WU5NJ4A35FFK3CP0OMU/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_ovipositor2.jpg notes - Xyloperga halidaii vs. Xyloperga amenaida - saws dissected from X. halidaii syntype ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2026/sawfly-anatomy monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720223152114-CV567VD4ZZTK5EWH2AFL/Screenshot+2024-07-06+at+9.42.45%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Sawfly anatomy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720223177112-T5KAFI6F5E4BEBQVO0MC/Screenshot+2024-07-06+at+9.43.00%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Sawfly anatomy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d1ab0851-edea-4e33-8fd3-a8d8a3d3d18f/Lophryotoma+interrupta+female+dorsal.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 1 - Dorsal view of the female of Lophyrotoma interrupta. The terga (dorsal cuticular plates) T1-T8 of the abdomen, the thorax, the base of the head the fore and hind wings are visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1d4d61c2-1abd-4b6d-b2cb-eb922f51d7b2/Lophyrotoma+interrupta+female+ventral.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 2 - Ventral view of same specimen showing names of leg segments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e2831678-4541-4c2f-ab7b-79b0f1adb2ca/Hind+tarsus+Lophyrotoma+interrupta.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 3 - segments of the hind tarsus in the same specimen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732683842309-1MKC6U27C3CTHAH0XPGI/Lophyrotoma+fore+wing+veins+Benson.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Fig. 4A. Lophyrotoma interrupta fore wing veins (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732683956741-84TL9EMVKZ4AJJA37P52/Lophyrotoma+fore+wing+cells+Benson.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Fig. 4B. Lophyrotoma interrupta fore wing cells (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732684054221-JACGFQGCFSTHHY3W6FH7/Pseudoperga+ferruginea+fore+wing.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Fig. 4C. Pseudoperga ferruginea fore wing cells (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732684353934-ZRDR5ZM7X5IQKPWPHGDN/Clarissa+sp.iNat222980389.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Fig. 4D. Clarissa sp. fore wing cells. Image kindly provided by Ellura Sanctuary (Copy) https://www.ellura.info/Diptera-Hymenoptera.html#Clarissa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/807a2b6e-f353-4550-b4e5-d0d45b90b47f/Sawfly+wing+nomenclature+comparison.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5ff5a8f3-e7c7-44bf-a836-291e6c7ce181/Lophyrotoma+interrupta+antenna.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 5A. Lophyrotoma interrupta female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2a0253e4-010e-4ff9-888e-c017d0123b64/Lophyrotoma+male+antenna.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 5B. Lophyrotoma interrupta male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/3dd993f0-0464-45df-83fa-a6ce11e5424d/Pseudoperga+ferruginea+head.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 5C. Pseudoperga ferruginea female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bdeb204e-d9b3-4fb7-b90b-932c2c0c725d/Perga+thoracic+sclerites+unlabelled.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 6A. male Perga sp. Photo kindly provided by cgrant64 (CC BY-NC) from this iNaturalist observation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/af933d49-87fa-4021-912f-e288f580c38c/Perga+thoracic+sclerites+labelled+iNat109410741.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 6B. same specimen labelled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d270307e-6eed-4db8-8fa7-2f1b15affd8a/Reiner150439345+dorsal+unlabelled.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 7A. female Perga sp. Photo kindly provided (CC-BY) by Reiner Richter from this iNaturalist observation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e8a902c4-976c-407c-a0de-f0c2f8f5712d/Reiner150439345+dorsal+labelled.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 7B. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1781ef62-0959-47f5-a440-c89cde5b6878/Reiner150439345+lateral+unlabelled.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 7C. Photo kindly provided (CC-BY) by Reiner Richter from this iNaturalist observation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ac4b4224-9324-488b-8040-dad9b0b95804/Reiner150439345+lateral+labelled.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 7D. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/42a9e67a-5f56-4933-b979-fdad9e3e53a9/Pergagrapta+37940728+lateral.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 8A. Pergagrapta latreillii. Photo kindly provided (CC-BY) by Reiner Richter from this iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/eca2d99f-fab0-40ce-9176-7b3fb96ac256/Pergagrapta+sp.+Reiner+anterior.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 8B. Pergagrapta latreillii. Photo kindly provided (CC-BY) by Reiner Richter from this iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e4795883-128e-44c5-9857-1b0ec3af43f0/Perga+polita.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 8C. Pergagrapta polita. Photo kindly provided (CC-BY) by Reiner Richter from this iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1bcf49c4-350f-4d5b-acc3-1bd4f7a4a4c2/Reiner+X.lalage+194491624.jpeg notes - Sawfly anatomy - Make it stand out Fig. 8D. Xyloperga lalage. Photo kindly provided (CC-BY) by Reiner Richter from this iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770950213135-2SFYJ0TBAYDZY67DVFSA/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.36.09%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - whole lancet + lance - Morice Pl. XIII fig. 4 Pergagrapta (Perga) castanea fig. 5 Pergagrapta (Perga) gravenhorstii fig. 6, 7 Xyloperga univittata fig. 8 Zenarge turneri fig. 9 Philomastix nancarrowi fig. 10 Phylacterophaga eucalypti fig. 11 Pterygophorus uniformis fig. 12 Clarissa divergens fig. 13 Diphamorphos minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770960701388-FQY04Z3A9H19GGGNS0VD/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+4.26.12%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - detail of lancet - Morice Pl. XIV fig. 1 Perga dorsalis fig. 2 Perga affinis fig. 3 Perga agnata fig. 4 Perga klugii fig. 5 Perga kirbii fig. 6 Perga schiodtei fig. 7 Perga affinis (intricans) fig. 8 Perga brevitarsis fig. 9 Pergagrapta (Perga) polita fig. 10 Pergagrapta (Perga) castanea fig. 11 Pergagrapta (Perga) esenbeckii fig. 12 Perga vollenhovii fig. 13 Pseudoperga (Perga) lewisii fig. 14 Pseudoperga (Perga) ferruginea fig. 15 Pseudoperga (Perga) guerinii fig. 16 Antiperga (Perga) antiopa fig. 17 Pseudoperga (Perga) belinda fig. 18 Acanthoperga (Perga) cameronii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770961896400-37A0D4WN5C8KJMB28KXV/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+4.50.03%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Sawfly anatomy - detail of lancet - Morice Pl. XV fig. 1 Perga brullei (vacillans) fig. 2 Pergagrapta (Perga) latreillei fig. 3 Pergagrapta (Perga) spinolae fig. 4 Pergagrapta (Perga) glabra fig. 5 Pergagrapta (Perga) bella fig. 6 Pergagrapta bella (Perga divaricata) fig. 7 Pergagrapta bella (Perga rubripes) fig. 8 Pergagrapta gravenhorstii (Perga hartigii) fig. 9 Pergagrapta (Perga) gravenhorstii fig. 10 Pergagrapta (Perga) bicolor fig. 11 Xyloperga halidaii fig. 12 Xyloperga aurulenta fig. 13 Xyloperga univittata https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/12/24/pterygophorus-windellama monthly 0.5 2026-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772169952970-1I0CL3A5F2SL50ZZLHS3/4+M.p+bush+with+ovipositing+Q++Pc.+Kings+Hway+011-2.JPG notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - near Warri Bridge 26/12/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772169492126-IFZBY1PYMEQJ1VCCPNN2/1+Site1+Kings+Hway+012.JPG notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - 1 km east Warri Bridge 22/2/26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772169564840-DQ3M83ETKFP3D7YNJORT/3+Site+2+Kings+Hway+025.JPG notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - 1 km north Mayfield Rd intersection 22/2/26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/61d91485-4e1b-474f-a93e-e5d2e4ad16ec/PC230051-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - Make it stand out High resolution image of lancet of saw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767937189731-M3PBQB5JXITG7DJ95PZU/2+P.+cinctus+ovipositing+Q+on+M.p.+Kings+Hway+006-1.jpeg notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - Warri Bridge 26/12/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767937216572-DJ9K7GX309K51J8IX97Q/3+P.+cinctus+on+M.p.+Kings+Hway+018-1.jpeg notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - Warri Bridge 26/12/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772170540409-2ISCQR2Z7YNNC017W23Q/2+Site+1+Kings+Hway+009.JPG notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - 1 km north Mayfield Rd intersection 22/2/26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767934858598-OOOC2GJAJ463BALTJXDN/Pterygophorus+sp+on+M.parvistaminea+Scott+NR+014-1.jpg notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - Scott Nature Reserve - April 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767934882693-WXQ6J88MJHGS7RVIQI69/Pterygophorus+sp+on+M.parvistaminea+Scott+NR+007-1.jpg notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - Scott Nature Reserve - April 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772172259767-NIFZHGST22KFVCP91ZK1/4+Kings+Hway+013.JPG notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - north Mayfield Rd intersection - 22/2/2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772172347015-1QREER346MEGVQYLCD81/5+Kings+Hway+017.JPG notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - north Mayfield Rd intersection - 22/2/2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772172373636-UI5XDQBR0566E97L02QM/8+Kings+Hway+020.JPG notes - Pterygophorus from Windellama &amp; Kings Hwy - north Mayfield Rd intersection - 22/2/2026 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/crabronid-id-clues monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270568676-G9KCUWBYZYUDF5RYCH6C/Sphodrotes+2.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - Miscophini (genus Sphodrotes) - with bug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270588225-IP5EEHPD0R39P4ZMCOAZ/Rhopalum+2.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - Crabronini (genus Rhopalum) - with fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270599197-UMXEL4KEBTTC7TQ0X578/A+bellicosus.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - Bembicini (genus Austrogorytes) - with leaf hopper Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676270602297-L5QRZCUFFGQQR5CCPGRJ/Austrogorytes+frenchii.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - Bembicini (Austrogorytes) - with leaf hopper Austrogorytes frenchii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676274138103-SHDVS1S1P7PR7PR8Y4N9/Bembecinus.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - Bembicini (genus Bembecinus) - with leaf hopper (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676274168263-3OSP8HBR7LCTAMBKTMXT/Bembix.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - Bembicini (genus Bembix) - with fly (+ eager male) (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676286806656-JVEJP07OUAAYF9LQEW5S/Cerceris.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - Cercerini (genus Cerceris) - with beetle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766389803228-Y371870XM3HBC0FFH70D/original-74.jpeg notes - Crabronid ID clues - HALICTIDAE (genus Lipotriches) - with pollen load Lipotriches australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676285225453-36FT4KNLB7MHAFLCQJ4V/Hylaeus+close+2.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - a bee (genus Hylaeus; male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676285810372-M2KT074Q4EJGVWPUKZFA/Austrogorytes+close.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - a crabronid wasp (genus Austrogorytes) Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676250061455-40C1ZMC9Z8A6NEFDQKPL/PC280090.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - angularly emarginate (notched) (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676247572865-AS7RH62RXWN8JCSVCOQJ/P1130024.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - entire &amp; parallel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676247575793-B9F8KAAHX5NMJG0CONA7/P1130036.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - entire &amp; converging above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676250786884-XF6R7LP07UVRJAJ64S1W/PB160413.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - entire &amp; parallel (slightly diverging below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676249047882-CHP70G30HZDGU7GTYTRN/PC270099.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - entire &amp; converging below (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676248350524-MYCAKOFJOHF2TBK0XLN8/P1130015.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - entire &amp; converging below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257367142-M8SGNC4PK39ZRAFMYXWF/PB220403+copy.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - single submarginal cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257372663-JIJ32TUKCGJJ6TXXF2BH/P1100189+copy.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - 3 submarginal cells, II petiolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257374913-KRUG328MLHLQ87BZJKKK/PB100275+copy.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - 3 submarginal cells, II petiolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676257380202-1LOT8F5JGESRFAUE4SQS/PC040334+copy.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - 3 submarginal cells, II greatly reduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676258516517-FVRNLN3TRZXOHDYMDDU0/PB200435+copy.jpeg notes - Crabronid ID clues - 3 submarginal cells, I elongate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676259807905-KISLQUYJEDJOXLITDY1H/P1190028+copy.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - 3 submarginal cells, II nearly triangular https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676263035742-0LMTWE7D3GXHV00QPMT8/PB160176+copy.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues - media diverging well before cu-a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766392762162-QI7B4A165H0V7IIAH41T/original-44.jpeg notes - Crabronid ID clues - media diverging at cu-a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766392556740-BHLDJ0ZXY76CFD91C97R/PA220006.jpg.jpeg notes - Crabronid ID clues - media diverging beyond cu-a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676265371468-874FWDTFSFDE4LTX8BXO/original-6.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676265376521-XMR8AMC7T5J1U9AR1VOI/PB150433+copy.jpg notes - Crabronid ID clues https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/bembix-littoralis monthly 0.5 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d0e40a17-ba8f-4c46-8544-03aed7505ce1/Evans+%26+Matthews+key+to+females.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8f9a6e4a-5c86-436d-8715-f65adbe07d5b/Bembix+littoralis+and+the+like+female+thumbnail.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) - Make it stand out click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<100kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8208a224-0a58-457d-bb15-075927e8d79d/Bembix+littoralis+and+the+like+male+thumbnail.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) - Make it stand out click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<200kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766284390838-MSNSCL6I234ZJFVBINCE/Evans+%26+Matthews+key+to+males.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766284393979-JC1N8UBQSO51HXG5LZK3/Evans+%26+Matthews+male+antennae.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766284398387-8I3IK9QTUN2EV05O8OQZ/Evans+%26+Matthews+male+basitarsi.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954066980-EPP34QWKO5MQSWM7IXUA/Turner+1908+p.502+Bembix+male+holotype+description.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) - Turner 1908 holotype (male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954069707-B2NU8OTF72G837KIY8TK/Turner+1908+p.502+Bembix+male+S2.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) - Turner 1908 S2 projection (male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766297080037-FC06KEUI91YGX1DALXDB/Evans+%26+Matthews+pp+268-9.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) - Evans &amp; Matthews 1973 (B. littoralis redescribed) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766297087345-G3NSCV80J1E4UXP06UGI/Evans+%26+Matthews+pp+270-1.jpg notes - Bembix littoralis (Bembicini) - Evans &amp; Matthews 1973 (B. littoralis redescribed) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and Nesting Behavior of Australian Bembix Sand Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/12/7/perginae-larvae-batch-5 monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d2d6993a-7780-472d-8a07-44cdf7051453/PB200004-Pano.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cff5392c-6c65-48ad-a112-f7023449dbb9/PB200011.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765086528241-DWY2G75U1NDILQLXJWS0/PB200006-2.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - clutch in Allocasuarina sapling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765086504653-PDRGP08GPA2036LKEDVT/PB200014.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765086511910-JBMOQ1QKS8AAOLC7DL0S/PB200009.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - approx. 30mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087441681-2NQCD1YDBLXE7UVDRHHO/PC070002-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - approx. 40mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087466647-52RPWQYGGXMCL7G743N4/PC070005-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087452032-S0D2YD4NEXVD1RE0NYTK/PC070004.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087480426-GWKFQ9J6PDMB7U7I83SK/PC070009.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765149876121-B5IRE0ARKV342JWQIOHZ/PC080001.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765149892425-3R5DIIC5JQIC22UA23NQ/PC080003.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765830566124-D0NOUBE365MWZXIYZCI7/PC120003-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - group of 2 larvae, largest on left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765830590338-8BC9V246TGQUQODRS0FC/PC120006-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766190899065-4NRAD4I5PTE32N92B1MW/PC150003.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766191083284-LCQPU4WZ9DJRCFKOTVIF/PC170005.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - 17th December on bottom of cage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766191296590-F7J4OX7E8K4AFG0R6B70/PC180014.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - 18th December in plastic box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766191559229-TTEHNP3NH0ZOC0YPDFYV/PC180016.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - 8:46am starting to dig into medium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766191611991-ZAHJ2NQRYBQWF9MHL1CT/PC180022.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - 8:47am almost completely buried https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766191645479-WVMDVFGZ3LQ7F4NZLOZY/PC180028.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - 8:50am just above surface, disappeared shortly after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766192097482-TYWO75N3FSEGH2USO56J/PC180034.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - 18th December 10:23am in plastic box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766192122443-9GLPYJSDA1XEEM3DLUIA/PC180037.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 - 18th December 4:42pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767252616672-Z563W67U8IXU3BMLUFTP/PC230020.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767252629456-AMFSSF5YEL5ULR3OR14R/PC230021-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 5 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/11/13/perginae-larvae-batch-4 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763022665027-B6GX4I477MGZW2DWZKAV/large-26.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - larvae in eucalypt branch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763022825086-6B4N9C3MLQJP3LMDQAU2/original-379.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763022875977-TOJXZHPOCI6BDW14NA55/original-380.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763071574592-ES8R1HY7FL6O8ZTQ1OG5/original-381.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 1st November 8:57am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763071386895-U879YS2EN8J8HX4R6OJR/PB010033.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 1st November 9:29am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763071405211-LOD2GVGPBKE48H93OMWY/PB010046.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 1st November 10:43am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763072447408-LDNWYVVKC57J1LETOY31/original-382.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 2nd November 8:25am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763072728959-IGMWB5VEJAO1BOCRGFUW/PB020050.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 2nd November 9:24am - 25 larvae counted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763072904479-T8MWOIUD8E3HWCWJI2X4/original-383.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 2nd November 11:52am tight rosette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763073071271-U56GOK7D6N1AGI32LOEY/original-384.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 2nd November 12:25pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763073151263-UZ9O59L8Y8098TORAKUK/PB020058.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - 2nd November 12:51pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763073238918-Y3REQ5FWWAN3H7IXEVI1/original-385.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - last larva on surface - voucher specimen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763073258637-NGTT503GMHMJWPKWARQM/original-386.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 4 - voucher specimen in alcohol https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/pseudoturneria-males monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762478002203-JL4D0VJVO0BZT451BV1P/PB040217.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - males (Crabronini) - female hovering above a nest burrow Pseudoturneria territorialis 4th Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762477962685-AF8Z1Z2BC6NFH4BVHJRW/PB040066.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - males (Crabronini) - male – note the more slender, elongate metasoma Pseudoturneria territorialis 4th Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762477968930-U5566C4V1AT3L547MOPW/PB040069-2.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - males (Crabronini) - same male, alighting for just a second Pseudoturneria territorialis 4th Nov 2025 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/cerceris-goddardi monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762393331316-XB30EL9INYZCOS4VJQS3/original-76.jpg notes - Cerceris goddardi (PHILANTHINAE) image courtesy Scott W. Gavins https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/321779429 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762393349826-C9YAZGEJF0RB994I20GU/original-74.jpg notes - Cerceris goddardi (PHILANTHINAE) image courtesy Scott W. Gavins https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/321779429 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762393335209-5J1D6XE9Y02T1ZGY5AOQ/original-77.jpg notes - Cerceris goddardi (PHILANTHINAE) image courtesy Scott W. Gavins https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/321779429 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762393342675-GK0Q4IPR4AGJ7C9TN68J/original-79.jpg notes - Cerceris goddardi (PHILANTHINAE) image courtesy Scott W. Gavins https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/321779429 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762393339983-K2AAJ55M1ZY4RMO39SWH/original-78.jpg notes - Cerceris goddardi (PHILANTHINAE) image courtesy Scott W. Gavins https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/321779429 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/11/3/acanthoperga-species-delineation monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/aacfaaa9-a3be-4b46-8c39-7db7940c061e/Screenshot+2025-11-07+at+1.27.18%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762501802980-ANXQ3N28QWMLV04GFQIR/original-331.jpeg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - image by solo1 iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762548593456-U4S3LQF6M32Z5VGVTO6T/original-376.jpeg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - image by karincassidytaylor iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d28f5c9a-59f7-4b8a-9c84-9c58e3e9562a/Screenshot+2025-11-07+at+4.14.04%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762406472807-A6LYDIJSMBUJ1CCJ7MWF/large-22.jpg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - karincassidytaylor https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/319079742 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762406744319-CRYI9M6FJKLVR5S1FITH/large-23.jpg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - cassidy96 https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/180888139 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762406899190-TF7T8QREMZ4PCKPDG5LS/large-24.jpg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - dark_morelia https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/308917764 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762407107755-66BIWZ652ODGQV58D41P/original-371.jpg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - cole0ptera https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/267458864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762409352729-2DAH9VTDKM7Y84I9F4GI/large-19.jpeg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - larney https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/256069621 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762407289597-X1AINEQWBK05GTJULCKW/original-328.jpeg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - solo1 https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/189119575 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762407448648-U25AT6SM3XBD8YOF7J0U/original-372.jpg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - gedtranter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/134393398 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762407560925-WOZJGSPS0JRLF6KDUN1C/original-373.jpeg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - juliesarna https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/105472976 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762407670989-BHSC5POGOQQBP7RQ4MFJ/original-329.jpeg notes - Acanthoperga species identification - donnamareetomkinson https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/58472774 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/cerceris-philanthinae monthly 0.5 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d7ebb637-2493-4969-aa7e-c727c59e7d87/thumbnail+of+Cerceris+matrix.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - Make it stand out Click image to open/download latest version of this matrix (pdf, ~ 900kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761605388363-2T0MP901TI39HVNCNNH6/Evans+p+302.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) see detailed discussion in Evans (1981), page 301 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761605390934-57FY6IRJ64G921LHBRGZ/Evans+p+316.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761605391617-EAM2S15K6S6K7UQE0LJY/Evans+p+319.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761605393906-PGEV07C8ED1FGCMOKTDT/Evans+p+330.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761605395831-C2T3FLMYQNLUL2XXO5P4/Evans+p+331.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761605396350-0KMOVNT3G6ZB7U8YW5VK/Evans+p+332.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762116092781-OHYJI0V24OPOJJXJY0OW/C+gilesi+Turner+1910.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761693708833-TVX7L9W6ZXKMVH49YDTM/Turner+1910+C.+gilesi.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761703945679-9CE6OB9B2A1RY6W6W5LY/Turner+1910+C.+victrix.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761704239210-YI6MB59GRGOS0JXLLBV4/Turner+1910+C.+euchroma.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761704245824-BNYHA4Z49CFSN50MY5L9/Turner+1910+C.+perkinsi.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761704904405-M2BQDU6YQXG7YQFBNNMR/Turner+1908+C.+inexpectata.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762117511157-46AP3PGWNWQUPRNOQITQ/C+ade+Turner+1910.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762117517711-QR47FULKF713WQT45VZS/C+dedariensis+Turner+1936.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762117522303-9M6QW7OXLOKY7KJKHTYC/C+merredinensis+Turner+1936.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762236093829-WNP49YUQJRQ1Q0D93MDC/C+cucullata+Bingham+1912.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762237351507-SBUZHYYYITP7ZF7D0OMG/C+alastoroides+Bingham+1912.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761636403520-13LWAYQJUEKGHPO60DWW/cerceris-alastoroides-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-11669-344798-large.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. alastoroides Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1020255 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761636404225-7W1I4E2ES68FR4Q3JVS1/cerceris-alastoroides-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-11669-344800-large.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. alastoroides Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1020255 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640002787-4RRAHE6SZ3KNTYABTJAA/SAMA_Cerceris_antipodies_female_DET_dor_hab.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. antipodes (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 Collected 1951, Kangaroo Island, SA (GF Gross) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640003899-D7S86LEB9WCPDSRF7I0G/SAMA_Cerceris_antipodies_female_DET_face.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. antipodes (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 Collected 1951, Kangaroo Island, SA (GF Gross) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640057057-YOOCHSPSTELME8B6WSCV/SAMA_Cerceris_antipodies_female_DET_lat_hab.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. antipodes (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 Collected 1951, Kangaroo Island, SA (GF Gross) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640072654-KKYJ5EBVMTDBGIBIA5NH/SAMA_Cerceris_antipodies_female_DET_lat_head.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. antipodes (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 Collected 1951, Kangaroo Island, SA (GF Gross) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640086369-A910KR52UAH7NIH9CFJJ/SAMA_Cerceris_antipodies_female_DET_propodeum.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. antipodes (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 Collected 1951, Kangaroo Island, SA (GF Gross) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640099476-1HXSEV7SHHM9L1GYH3Y7/SAMA_Cerceris_antipodies_female_DET_pygidium.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. antipodes (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 Collected 1951, Kangaroo Island, SA (GF Gross) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640118286-KNEGTBWIQ5AZEMZJ9G02/SAMA_Carceris_aurantiaca_female_DET_dor_hab.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. aurantiaca (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640139907-DPM0JME3A12W7SRZQHDC/SAMA_Carceris_aurantiaca_female_DET_face.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. aurantiaca (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640155276-4DVJKSKLX0T17HN3HU0W/SAMA_Carceris_aurantiaca_female_DET_lat_hab.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. aurantiaca (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640168975-1NUD1BE1H14QMTZR2ICH/SAMA_Carceris_aurantiaca_female_DET_late_head.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. aurantiaca (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640181143-UH5KARB1E5XTS70I6SOP/SAMA_Carceris_aurantiaca_female_DET_propodeum.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. aurantiaca (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761640196795-6W61AVCIWTPHZB71R6LW/SAMA_Carceris_aurantiaca_female_DET_pyg.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - C. aurantiaca (female) © Ben Parslow, South Australian Museum CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761690383432-5PDD0EFLQNBYHTP2LVI2/GCQT1520-17.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:AAH3238 (C. minuscula) male https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/GCQT1520-17 Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography:Graeme Cocks Collectors: Graeme Cocks Specimen Identification: Paul D.N. Hebert (to genus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761690847338-0KLALLR20RY27DT7UK06/GCQT2132-17.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:AAH3238 (C. minuscula) male https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/GCQT2132-17 Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography: Graeme Cocks Collectors: Graeme Cocks Specimen Identification: Paul D.N. Hebert (to genus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761691331893-AY24Y8E3DKXL1MEAQHJI/AUSCL324-12.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:ABY2182 (C. cunnamulla) female https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/AUSCL324-12 Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography: CBG Photography Group Collectors: P. Hebert Location: Renmark region, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761691664876-AOGJE585JBA0WY5W3F10/original-77.jpg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:ABV2793 (C. antipodes????) male https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/HYAS1078-12 Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography: CBG Photography GroupCollectors: P. Hebert, J.deWaard Specimen Identification: Paul D.N. Hebert Location: Renmark region, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761691873041-9LH8CQHPJM4MM4BFJPVM/AUSBC1112-12.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:ABX8530 (C. siccata???) male https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/AUSBC1112-12 Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Sequencing Center:Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography:CBG Photography Group Collectors:P. Hebert Location: Renmark region, SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761692132217-5Q2GKVMXAZZB38UM7EFR/ASMII12960-22.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:AES6127 (C. anthicivora) female https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/ASMII12960-22 Specimen Depository: Western Australian Museum Sequencing Center:Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding Photography:CBG Robotic RigCollectors:Kalumburu Remote Community School students Specimen Identification:Laurence Packer Location: Kalumburu, far north WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761692315200-YFIAA0X4TWX1QQE6X9LW/ASMII6833-22.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:AES7440 (C. gilberti???) female https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/ASMII6833-22 Specimen Depository:Queensland Museum Sequencing Center:Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding Photography:CBG Robotic Rig Collectors:Glenden State School students Specimen Identification:Laurence Packer Location: Glenden (inland from Mackay), QLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761692470084-9M9ZJ7HYAW89JEZRU7AA/ASMII6886-22.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:AES7440 (C. gilberti???) female https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/ASMII6886-22 Specimen Depository:Queensland Museum Sequencing Center:Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding Photography:CBG Robotic Rig Collectors:Glenden State School students Specimen Identification:Laurence Packer Location: Glenden (inland from Mackay), QLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761692651607-652XPI5YCID1J4KEZ8HK/ASMII12857-22.jpeg notes - Cerceris (PHILANTHINAE) - BOLD:AEU0476 (C. windorum??????) https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/ASMII12857-22 Specimen Depository:Western Australian Museum Sequencing Center:Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding Photography:CBG Robotic Rig Collectors:Derby District High School students Specimen Identification:Laurence Packer Location: Derby, far north WA https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/10/29/undescribed-wa-perga-sp monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761718419721-JBRP51B9EYHVS17J3L3A/original-321.jpeg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761718431836-KZ70UJUX6ITRRJ4MTWUN/original-322.jpeg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761718444862-0J6AMZXWZLW1U3I2Q5PE/original-323.jpeg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761718455529-OUNYR3M1OLLA1FHRPMP2/original-324.jpeg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761718465544-1PMS19QZ4GAWESJDQJH6/original-325.jpeg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761718476610-OA3GNS3RIMEYU5SQVQOB/original-326.jpeg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761717385210-B6HUEL7ZISZ1B0QA9KJC/original-362.jpg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761717694156-2DIU5HEDND7QXF1C15RX/original-320.jpeg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761717853267-HRPBXCQ2RMSJW53VO1Y4/original-363.jpg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775197481797-1BQ9SVCAICALCPLEQNH1/original-518.jpg notes - Undescribed WA Perginae sp. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/10/12/zenarge-turneri monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760229999123-203004BRV4J6M30PIEVO/Screenshot+2025-10-12+at+11.43.01%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Zenarge turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760230014647-4B47F3RYY54Z5NWQR4NT/Screenshot+2025-10-12+at+11.43.16%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Zenarge turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760230114178-IJFS7PPX5NOVU9HQH2HW/Screenshot+2025-10-12+at+11.43.24%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Zenarge turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760230124671-LM3E378P04F1X72IRASI/Screenshot+2025-10-12+at+11.43.42%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Zenarge turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760230133085-8S7SZSD8CE089T06HK1O/Screenshot+2025-10-12+at+11.43.55%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Zenarge turneri https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/9/21/trichorhachus-sterictiphorinae monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bd5669c8-648c-4564-a5eb-c0fe15a09d66/Screenshot+2025-10-28+at+7.49.36%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/88f17fef-ce4c-4567-9c55-4cff258f73c0/Screenshot+2025-12-14+at+6.04.20%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759441908686-HCZ1DDRTK62GICG96N7Q/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+7.43.30%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus female lateral habitus Fig. 2D from Malagon-Aldana (2022) Australian Museum type specimen K536370 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759441928404-AXDB48LAAQ6GK9HUPON9/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+7.43.45%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus male frontal view Fig. 2A from Malagon-Aldana (2022) Australian Museum type specimen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759456772316-BMTZYSTAXQIDDCFQBNGE/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.39.39%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - Trichorhachus sp. head posterior view Fig. 11C Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) ptp=posterior tentorial pits, cd=cardo, st=stipes, psm=postmentum, prm=prementum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759456622137-16MG5I4R9L5JKR8BFU7W/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.40.17%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - Trichorhachus sp. propleuron, ventral view Fig. 12 C. Malagon-Aldana et al. (2021) ppl=propleuron, stn1=thoracic sternum, dis1=discrimen, keps1=katepisternum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759456998590-VNMOWH1GPKFS5DYALWT7/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.41.03%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - Trichorhachus nitidus female middle leg Fig. 14E Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759455186807-5M8OJ99P1IKWYIFM0DPP/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.15.16%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus ovipositor dorsal view Fig. 23D from Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759455202977-EO0GPLFUCMPVCRXILGH9/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.15.58%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus ovipositor ventral view Fig. 24F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759455319437-SE85N2H6KFQ9F35KY78C/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.17.11%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - Trichorhachus sp. female saw (1st valvula) Fig. 27 A,B. Malagon-Aldana et al. (2021) aux=alax; ann=annulus; lCps=lateral campaniform sensilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759455215848-4P967Y33Q2CDS8OV40L8/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.14.15%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus male genitalia Fig. 19D,E,F from Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) bpr, basiparameres; tpc, teloparameral carina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759455287228-4TJTZ3I4A6YXWKC4LDRV/Screenshot+2025-10-03+at+11.13.16%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Trichorhachus spp. (Argidae: Sterictiphorinae) - Trichorhachus sp. wings Fig. 17A Malagon-Aldana et al. (2021) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/9/15/perginae-larva-hub monthly 0.5 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758022785223-ER33VGZVOKPQMOVI0TGQ/Perga+affinis+6th+instar+Carne+1962+Fig.9.jpeg notes - Perginae larva hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758022924136-PMK7UF6HB7ZFL153GZPV/P9140003-2-2.jpeg notes - Perginae larva hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/10b188f9-61f4-476c-a094-30575a8e422d/Screenshot+2026-02-28+at+1.30.07%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Perginae larva hub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bd501fb0-2da8-4f98-bfa5-81e944c046b8/Screenshot+2026-02-27+at+6.25.46%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Perginae larva hub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/9/11/batch1 monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757574914499-TNWB0Z5ANRBP4SHAPU6X/original-337.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - iNat #312636112 observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757574980568-7REK92HHSLH7M6H5UDON/Perginae+larvae+Wingan+River.JPG notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - my larvae from site 200m to west https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757574880048-M5EZUGMTLLMY6TFSM48J/P9110004.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - larvae on eucalypt foliage in insect cage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757574898261-AIHWZV6TZD6VPRK7TS8D/P9110005-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - larvae on eucalypt vegetation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757575730481-PQU57DW5MX0B6KVFEJOD/P9100012.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757575744840-KKMVYL47VGLMHWZQCDWF/P9100014.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757575647228-V0NYDWKW9SRP43MOLVSR/P9100002.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757575829501-TXQ1NV58AX6UNF16UIKJ/P9100003.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757575921646-WU1X8PIGV11UXUXEQURW/P9100011.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757576097392-TKLQ9X1FF7CDY2ISC66V/P9110022.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - PW046 lateral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757576138557-4MHEA81IZES3VVF83FEK/P9110018.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - PW046 - 28mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757579239554-0QBHNVIJNP5YO7V37WC5/P9110005-Edit-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - head capsule width 3.3mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757749450262-PQLQGC0MSFFDJEKC22E7/PB010029.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Pseudoperga ferruginea #PW015 1/11/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757749488895-B2RLOUYAYES06PV81UXZ/PB010030.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Pseudoperga ferruginea #PW015 1/11/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757577679243-7ZQQBSC5PDZ4WDAOQUHM/P9110001-Edit-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - PW015 Pseudoperga ferruginea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757577843895-CSFLUO6X8HR9TXF8CYMW/P9110005-Edit-3.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - PW015 Pseudoperga ferruginea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757577877586-CT801MX0XEBNTQ1U6ET0/P9110008-Edit-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - PW015 Pseudoperga ferruginea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757749233737-7T7IZPUQ8QY175N1DN5N/PB010034.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Pseudoperga ferruginea larva 1/11/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757749308498-3J8VHY4H5H4KR1FBQUOE/PB010036.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Pseudoperga ferruginea larva 1/11/23 ~27mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9c279be2-77ac-475e-bacc-c9709be30188/P9110011-Pano-3.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Make it stand out PW016 Perginae larva in eucalypt sapling near Biolytix tank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757580170132-QNHRN7IISZJIZWT6H2OS/original-309.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Pseudoperga larvae - Mt. Buller iNaturalist observation by James Peake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757581047343-OP16E2HT8Z2JPZGJLBQ8/Carne+1962+Fig.+9.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 6th instar larva - Carne (1962) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757581206465-HRRQGWQP3358GDGA0SW1/Tait+1962+Fig.+12A%2CB.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 3rd instar larva - Tait (1962), fig. 12 a,b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/41cd6b70-391b-4966-90c4-419f111ffcc6/Wingan+River+vs+Carne.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Make it stand out Comparison between Wingan River Perginae larva and 4th instar Perga affinis larva (from Carne, 1962) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757813904518-NFWUVOF88FVNDGCZIL8P/original-317.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - mid instar larvae August 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757813883974-B3KHSHGP594CDOR0SEVK/original-311.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - late instar larvae September 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757813947780-ODDGFZEN0BD52R3I53XX/original-318.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 2/10/24 larvae going to ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757593873255-8BA59AY8N64C2DHICLID/P9110004-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 8:07pm shortly after moulting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757594222525-HUUETKPZP692CEUJTZZV/P9110001.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 8:07pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757733547822-NB4KGD6Y3F3A0MG0KGAV/Wingan+River+head.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 8:07pm shortly after moulting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757594023193-I4LAG50745LSNQZU4XT1/P9110010.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 11 Sept 10:23pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757594103560-WHTIM9V0CRQVPFTDKHRB/P9110013.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 11 Sept 10:24pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757634883152-K1KPBNPWESJ43FTRMIP8/P9120001.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 12 Sept 8:29am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757634869514-LWZPG2DONL3MBGK0L4DS/P9120002.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - 12 Sept 8:29am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757748531025-J9CHFQICO6LH4IS4FFXF/P9130025.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757748548367-JTSGHQN9U3PZOWKB3E2P/P9130027.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757748559184-GQ009DKS3L7W1YDM5JRU/P9130031.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c34472a7-b04d-4a0c-8981-1050f9fe4d76/original-378.jpeg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763021739890-53GMMBVNPX9C8AO49QUL/PA270005.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - larva making cocoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1763021754218-IFSO6187KQY4FQV1VGF1/PA270002-2.jpg notes - Perginae larvae batch 1 - prepupa https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/8/polistinae-of-se-australia monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754872215420-WTASDMGX50VVOIH34A68/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+10.23.36%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - 22 species of Ropalidia on AFD Australian Faunal Directory (as at 11/8/25) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754872211903-PT3DJJUCY86OD5YTKD94/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+10.22.54%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - 12 species of (Australian) Polistes on AFD Australian Faunal Directory (as at 11/8/25) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755462919602-T165GZA4KRWH27N0MUKF/the+three+genera+of+Australian+social+wasps.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Distinguishing the subfamilies of Australia's paper wasps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755463777435-KS7Y967X35OCFWNXCH31/morphological+terms+used+in+matrices.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Morphological terms referred to in the matrices below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/fd8adcde-68b9-4906-85a2-fb29607a2fad/Ropalidia+southeast+Australia.jpeg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Make it stand out Click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<300kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755308941304-6IP35FY0SSHWWE1MXMC1/metasoma+shape+Ropalidia+plebeiana+comparison.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755308943352-OU4CC5AI7J5L8KV3UYLE/metasoma+shape+Ropalidia+revolutionalis+comparison.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755308939298-58BG72XHP9DACIDQ86CX/metasoma+shape+Ropalidia+gracilenta+comparison.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755311498849-6E9ZIVOV8J2CADHWWW22/Pronotal+keel+shape+Ropalidia+plebeiana+comparison.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755311500840-8HVCSD1KG4XZ5OGTU1S1/Pronotal+keel+shape+Ropalidia+revolutionalis.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755311496942-PIESRHMF8XQ7HEBK6FH9/Pronotal+keel+shape+Ropalidia+gracilenta+comparison.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/01cf9b02-5d00-4f30-931c-28e1feb5ed34/Screenshot.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Make it stand out Click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<300kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754874715876-YYHV78YMWNWAC1SPIB4T/T1-2+selection+of+Ropalidia+from+Richards+1978.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - T1-T2 of select Ropalidia species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754875899217-9ZAF6MSDX2G9KYY1BJOF/R+plebeiana+extract+Richards+1978.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Ropalidia plebeiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757054178140-0NAC7ELTJ8DKCPUPKF7T/extract+Kojima+1999+p+380.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. plebeiana &amp; R. gracilenta Extract from: Kojima, J. 1999. A key to species and notes on distribution of the polistine genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831(Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Australia. Entomological Science, 2, 379–390 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757056054249-P1RVUYF8EOHNJSA3GV2D/extract+Kojima+1999+p+381.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. plebeiana, R. revolutionalis, &amp; R. impetuosa Extract from: Kojima, J. 1999. A key to species and notes on distribution of the polistine genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831(Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Australia. Entomological Science, 2, 379–390 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757057022806-XEISUGCN1B02JRBOUMGK/extract+Kojima+1999+p+383.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. socialistica extract from: Kojima, J. 1999. A key to species and notes on distribution of the polistine genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831(Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Australia. Entomological Science, 2, 379–390 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757057019198-GQIBM3QZHMM8TI7MH1UT/extract+Kojima+1999+p+382.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. romandi extract from: Kojima, J. 1999. A key to species and notes on distribution of the polistine genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831(Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Australia. Entomological Science, 2, 379–390 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757036529599-VVP7EY45AQANYJRS7U55/Saito+%26+Kojima+R.+revolutionalis+metasoma+shape.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. revolutionalis Extracted from: Saito, F. & Kojima, J. 2005b. Taxonomy and biogeography of Australian species of the Ropalidia stigma group and R. variegata group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomological Science, 8, 179–188 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754875895913-6BDKYL11H1WUX3SM9NDQ/P+erythrinus+extract+Richards+1978.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Polistes erythrinus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754868845295-XQOZ1CBJLARGFPX2CAFH/original-26.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Ropalidia revolutionalis (BOLD HYQT178-08) https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/HYQT178-08 Specimen Depository: Research Collection of Graeme V. Cocks Sequencing Center: Mined from GenBank, NCBIPhotography: Graeme V. CocksCollectors: G. CocksSpecimen Identification: Graeme V. Cocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757662639317-60TWNJRODKPEMVTV5L24/Ropalidia+socialistica+female+PaDIL+dorsal.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. socialistica (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136368 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757662640918-8R35VYY3JF3X7M1PZIRK/Ropalidia+socialistica+female+PaDIL+lateral.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. socialistica (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136368 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757662640281-0GBVUM0K9CBSOV2FX8RE/Ropalidia+socialistica+female+PaDIL+face.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - R. socialistica (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136368 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757659484112-QJB12EL95WWXHW891KFW/Polistes+stigma+QVM+2016+12+1444.jpeg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Polistes stigma (QV Museum via Ozcam) source: QVM:2016:12:1444 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754870049064-C3PEFEPEVOE3KVR6W3OR/original-17.jpeg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Polistes tepidus (QVMuseum via ALA) Collected in Noosa, QLD (2022) Identified by: Simon Fearn Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/e6c782e2-d33a-49fb-ab5a-c88d1627f6ef https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755592767972-OFAXRV9PCYKEJG662KQ8/BOLD+NSWHD4659-24.jpeg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Polistes humilis (BOLD NSWHD4659-24) Identified on BOLD only to genus level. It is an excellent match for P. humilis humilis. Collected near Sydney. BIN URI: BOLD:AAR7114 https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/NSWHD4659-24 Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity GenomicsPhotography:CBG Robotic RigCollectors: P.Hebert Specimen Identification: Spencer K. Monckton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757660538581-CEFUS50WENB78IJ86IJP/Polistes+humilis+female+Padil+lateral.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. humilis (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136367 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757660543061-ZAH1LVKA19T9MXIOYXAT/Polistes+humilis+female+Padil+dorsal.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. humilis (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136367 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757660190757-FXM3WTT9Z3LE2G5TQ6MI/Polistes+humilis+female+Padil+face.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. humilis (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136367 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757660845475-MHGMZPWQDOFLOT0FSA7B/Polistes+stigma+townsvillensis+female+lateral.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. stigma townsvillensis (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136378 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757660843752-UBKOMBT9RNFC9YO3LND6/Polistes+stigma+townsvillensis+female+dorsal.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. stigma townsvillensis (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136378 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757660844987-V1DZ7ALB1RSIJF3OJSDI/Polistes+stigma+townsvillensis+female+face.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. stigma townsvillensis (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136378 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757659831724-S2F299RPC69YXW9COLEZ/Polistes+erythrinus+Padil+female+lateral.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. erythrinus (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136375 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757661131336-XA288FT1EE8CRP02V72M/Polistes+erythrinus+female+Padil+dorsal.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. erythrinus (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136375 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757659831103-HNSFMH21LJX68B53BU5D/Polistes+erythrinus+Padil+female+head.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. erythrinus (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136375 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757661472780-9M14JPLU8TXPCOXSOGS6/Polistes+schach+female+Padil+lateral.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. schach (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136377 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757661470122-SD9PLUBAFG6B5KNINRCL/Polistes+schach+female+Padil+dorsal.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. schach (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136377 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757661471054-NCN5WOQ0FGL3EGD2PDZM/Polistes+schach+female+Padil+face.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. schach (female) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136377 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757661875525-3ZJYH57B5TUWM8O1ZLB0/Polistes+tepidus+female+Padil+dorsal.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. tepidus (female, North QLD) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136379 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757661878599-1E2NRCG8HI71BEUPJ4F0/Polistes+tepidus+female+Padil+lateral.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. tepidus (female, North QLD) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136379 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757661876418-7UXZ789571WUJ8PF7QL5/Polistes+tepidus+female+Padil+face.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. tepidus (female, North QLD) (PaDIL) source: https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136379 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754895903145-NRRHU3FTCTQNO9TRRFXD/NSW+latitude+map.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - NSW towns flanking -32 latitude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757463413612-VIRBGGM02G82PTNJ3ZL8/extract+Kojima+%26+Carpenter+1997+p+119.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - P. humilis synoecus &amp; P. stigma townsvillensis Extract from p. 119: Kojima, J. & Carpenter, J.M. 1997. A taxonomic note and nest description of an Australian paper wasp, Polistes variabilis (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 3 (2): 117–122 Note: subspecies identity based on location (authors did not specify) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1757035075639-FGCV4L1LKD39N3E6F14B/Cardale+1985+regional+areas+map.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Australian region names as per Cardale 1985 Extract (p. iv): Cardale, J.C. (1985) Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 2, 150–303 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758590467727-WISFTV9NFLHZK0C6SH5P/extract+p+27+Carpenter+1996.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Polistes - pleural structures Extract from: Carpenter, J.M. 1996. Phylogeny and biogeography of Polistes. In: Turillazzi, S. & West-Eberhard, M.J. (Eds.), Natural History and Evolution of Paper-Wasps. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 18–57 ( Fig. 2.4, p. 27) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7f266862-7739-477f-a649-d1138102f51c/Northern+Territory+matric+thumbnail.jpg notes - Polistinae of south-eastern Australia - Make it stand out Click image to view/download latest version as pdf (<200kb) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/chimiloides-crabroninae-crabronini monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0d0a33ba-86e0-4134-b79b-58becb1b46d7/Chimiloides+on+AFD.jpg notes - Chimiloides (Crabronini) - Make it stand out Extract from Australian Faunal Directory (29th June, 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4172f025-ada7-45bb-b72b-27a6004e9891/Chimiloides+thumbnail.jpg notes - Chimiloides (Crabronini) - Make it stand out click to view/download latest version as a pdf (< 100kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751188148540-5YE0YD4OCDKYBEQCS3IH/leoniec1965+iNaturalist+291696449+a.jpg notes - Chimiloides (Crabronini) - Image courtesy of Leonie Clayton (click to view in iNaturalist) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291696449 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751188150584-0KEZZP78RBL7NVCN6R5K/leoniec1965+iNaturalist+291696449+b.jpg notes - Chimiloides (Crabronini) - Image courtesy of Leonie Clayton (click to view in iNaturalist) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291696449 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751188152566-QAI4IG7W9TYYI3BOVW9W/leoniec1965+iNaturalist+291696449+c.jpg notes - Chimiloides (Crabronini) - Image courtesy of Leonie Clayton (click to view in iNaturalist) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/291696449 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/4/20/pterygophorus-cinctus-pw041 monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/4/14/pseudoperga-guerinii-perginae monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756194115718-BP6CUYDD9IC9Q8S03MIR/original-304.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756193875846-ZM1I9B4832UES1IFAZZ0/original-305.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756193964298-UEB6B0GDOG9KM3U8W7Y9/original-303.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756194029740-9W1UL6H6TIU1PRAT4JVD/Pseudoperga%2Bguerinii%2Bmale%2BWestwood%2BPl.35%2C%2BFig.1.jpg.webp notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - male Pseudoperga guerinii Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/dfc14945-c8da-4142-afa9-f67794edc80e/P4140083-Edit-Pano-Edit.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Make it stand out Dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b93c7585-825c-4286-829e-d0324bd17913/P4230025-Edit-Pano.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Make it stand out Lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/80e189be-eac4-47e2-9e0e-4a7debe89bdf/P4140119.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Make it stand out Ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cce2eabf-beae-4eef-b0d1-8e118fe7c94d/P4140121-Edit.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Make it stand out Ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/83975fa7-905e-4292-b61f-0c8a238bf0b0/P4140099.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Make it stand out Wings - dorsal view, fore wing on top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a788a054-0030-4b4f-984f-0f73b6e8039c/P4140129.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Make it stand out Wings - ventral view, hind wing on top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d913e2f1-af39-4071-a766-0290c63f2330/P4230016-Edit-3.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Make it stand out Frontal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756190349550-ZZPOQEDMQ95ZVGU9WHED/1024-6.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - P. guerinii female BOLD SICOD116-19 Smithsonian Institution, Natural Museum of Natural History Identifiers: USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756190362041-89SFL3J3411DG7CH5IZU/1024-5.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - P. guerinii female BOLD SICOD116-19 Smithsonian Institution, Natural Museum of Natural History Identifiers: USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756190638674-47VDV98IRT68H3T2CWMW/1024-7.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - P. guerinii female BOLD SICOD117-19 Smithsonian Institution, Natural Museum of Natural History Identifiers: USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756190647685-H4DB19HWI0MGLIZNFC3X/1024-8.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - P. guerinii female SICOD117-19 Smithsonian Institution, Natural Museum of Natural History Identifiers: USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756191367846-3GHR4D9T8KQMBNYCQZGE/1024-9.jpg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Pseudoperga ferruginea male BOLD HYAS1002-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756191595597-301AW8TYEITQ0VQ8EF2P/original-297.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Pseudoperga ferruginea male iNaturalist observation Paul Whitington https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/149109052 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756191748916-S4BO39YTOCXVYNIK9313/original-298.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga guerinii (PERGINAE) PW042 - Pseudoperga ferruginea male iNaturalist observation Paul Whitington https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/149109052 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/2/21/pergagrapta-bella-vs-turneri monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740468790550-A1OCC6SXPRBPB7ZZV1JE/original-41.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - D. Kurek, near Bendigo, iNat 205457224 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740469008150-KZOJB0DVJNT63DSP0OML/original-46.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Stanthorpe, iNat 203961332 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740469237385-PFCEBVM5Z9PWEIOEBD8N/original-47.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - rosawoodsii, Perisher Valley, iNat 202249051 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740981771207-K4BJF3OIFG5XXZBKNL2B/original-93.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - karenbennetts, Mt. Buller, iNat 153431735 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740522651180-MYTUWVN2X82V07J5VDGM/original-45.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - johneichler, Pakenham, Vic, iNat 200590751 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740522884100-MVVNO0CEJDJZ4UWCST24/original-46.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Cardinia, Vic, iNat 200503362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740529103018-6028TX25VRP0JFZOS3QF/original-53.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Warrrumbungles, iNat 217837127 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740965364852-4NXZLWRHIDIFQA8EOICJ/original-91.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nedfisher, Hindmarsh Valley, iNat 42087086 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740471435334-AOL6WP6SPLZ2XXD3RLSJ/original-46.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Stanthorpe, iNat 203961332 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740968712386-DPB69JHGSZYM64VTHEU9/original-84.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Stanthorpe, iNat 203961332 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740472072238-6WM9Z4G2H410DD5B6ZJF/original-49.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - pmwhitington, Wonboyn, iNat 201995062 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740969045615-KWUS4F3D6GGVZHVDA2Z7/original-86.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - zosterops99, Hobart, iNat 165097001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740968938548-IDZ2IVZETFDZLMCQEVO0/original-85.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - zosterops99, Hobart, iNat 163591836 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740538859274-2KP0O0YVJ7DSZ757PDKH/original-67.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - peter27, Hobart, iNat 152926718 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750548240205-IEF1UWVAZXJ837PSM3NI/original-111-head.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - elbajc, Melbourne, iNat 268294980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740527980402-FXKUZ21354WNUNKVGYXO/original-45.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - johneichler, Pakenham, Vic, iNat 200590751 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740528069427-WPR0WACNA9UM8VG8J1Q3/original-47.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - johneichler, Pakenham, Vic, iNat 200590751 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740528218628-4DNX0GHCCZCAOLD7BH9N/original-46.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Cardinia, Vic, iNat 200503362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740528284356-ITKXHWEBZD99D0OQ52UI/original-48.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Cardinia, Vic, iNat 200503362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740529200070-FFQ2MOG7MU48JYJWAZWN/original-53.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Warrrumbungles, iNat 217837127 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740529420643-9JPZV7TFX3WIG154UNCM/original-49.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - rover-rod, Werribee, Vic, iNat 209436252 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740529511316-QVHSDPS9TEWG0TRWI5CW/original-51.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - rover-rod, Werribee, Vic, iNat 209436252 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740529566459-68IXOPFKA0Q5EQ3VB48B/original-50.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - rover-rod, Werribee, Vic, iNat 209436252 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740529933665-HDUPISU3OU1630FS5SSM/original-54.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - zlikestrees, Mornington Peninsula, iNat 205298518 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740530248777-UA538R837HDRAQSQ1KUQ/original-53.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Wilsons Prom, iNat 161580276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740530356902-AAEIWUQVM4IXKYZQRGIC/original-54.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Wilsons Prom, iNat 161580276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740530584593-24QVUUJHUAONK8ZUS6D4/original-55.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nomadcam, Dandenong, Vic, iNat 153429592 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740530723922-35ZSDX5J6G6HI4BKZ3VS/original-56.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nomadcam, Dandenong, Vic, iNat 153429592 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740530871387-9PKQE80ZX41XVHYDUV74/original-55.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - eamw, Myponga, SA, iNat 152588962 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740534866737-TDN438TV3GYDEX1BNMVD/original-59.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - jenncxoxo Mt. Eliza, Vic, iNat 151383695 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740535498087-FTYMVH2MQF4P61QFDTQH/original-62.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - johnlenagan, Anglesea, Vic, iNat 55489020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740535750791-DLVPRFL7CV2H8QRTL1DM/original-63.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nedfisher, Hindmarsh Valley, SA, iNat 42087086 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740535890948-9BUR962M5FGY549G81D5/original-61.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nedfisher, Hindmarsh Valley, SA, iNat 42087086 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740536328928-PS43POQBI6I4T0CQUW89/original-64.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gumnut, Burnie, Tas, iNat 27678511 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740536438238-BX507N6B1LFHM3S1IHGQ/original-63.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gumnut, Burnie, Tas, iNat 27678511 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740522223279-XHJBE8ILLX5UAQ4ZJT4X/original-51.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - zosterops99, Carlton, Tas, iNat 163591836 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740551242221-K0XIFNULEU4GQJTEFSB1/original-66.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Stanthorpe, iNat 203961332 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740551458413-IB10QOJ5NSK0V4KLRNVM/original-67.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - elusiveorchids, Hobart, iNat 152712070 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740551870228-UUC5ZRKB2BEY0LHMCBKK/original-71.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - peter27, Hobart, iNat 152926718 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740538191809-AHRYEWN6BMJ3J92FRYX9/original-47.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Cardinia, Vic, iNat 200503362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740538207254-KNM4I25TSDLK1KBOB01G/original-48.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Cardinia, Vic, iNat 200503362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740538225133-CSNKFW0SSKE7SLJT9OC7/original-53.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Wilsons Prom, iNat 161580276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740538240036-O23FAM5P5NVBWPXJRGQU/original-56.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nomadcam, Dandenong, Vic, iNat 153429592 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740538252571-4P8L8RH965I27DLSMLG9/original-57.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - jenncxoxo Mt. Eliza, Vic, iNat 151383695 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740539209103-HQSYID6GA0Q2WASWPP3X/original-63.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gumnut, Burnie, Tas, iNat 27678511 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740554869263-7AQHL3GIFKSIMJIHWZAU/original-69.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Tenterfield, NSW, iNat 203961332 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740554890054-FG0CU3N45U0YLRBZ42C6/original-70.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - zosterops99, Hobart, iNat 163591836 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740554902347-54GC5OE0H02312YOBMTM/original-72.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - peter27, Hobart, iNat 152926718 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740554909998-Y0P4BLZGXYM107O3AJZ2/original-74.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - ellurasanctuary, Swan Reach, iNat 261755367 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740967988176-FE5I97Q9FHJZ4RUAX14Y/original-92.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - martinlagerwey, Ararat, iNat 27686880 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740969594233-OAN94DBFW7FYA8Y7KEMC/original-87.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - zosterops99, Hobart, iNat 163591836 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750548519801-81JLWG0WJR4WWJGNB21K/original-111-thorax.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - elbajc, Melbourne, iNat 268294980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740555775770-AT2HCSZPRF5N2WHXY7Q0/original-71.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Warrumbungles NSW, iNat 217837127 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740556162767-39NMQKVF1CIKJ18QENGK/original-75.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nedfisher, Hindmarsh Valley, SA, iNat 42087086 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740556494675-2G43IVHZ1A7L7D1ZFT5L/original-76.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Cardinia, Vic, iNat 200503362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740556638693-B177GYZWG8Q4LYJ3JG9B/original-77.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - johneichler, Pakenham, Vic, iNat 200590751 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740556789273-WHYIPLZOVKNQE0UQUF53/original-78.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Wilsons Prom, iNat 161580276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740614301460-3LAGHBOSSFXX1TU6OZN6/original-79.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - ellurasanctuary, Swan Reach, iNat 261755367 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740614651068-VMRQNJ6ZOXU0053S7GZV/original-81.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - vikdunis, Orbost Vic, 208679672 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740614778873-J4TVZQL5LJ5CULTFLDXP/original-80.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - vikdunis, Orbost Vic, 208679672 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740614996221-H9AH8VFTTAWQZNSIANFC/original-72.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - tommaresca, Falls Creek, iNat 206891132 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740615151127-C1037M7PTMJX9PVKK3UM/original-73.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - tommaresca, Falls Creek, iNat 206891132 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740615515157-WXTQZSM3AIKQRJD5HF2U/original-74.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - gibbergavin, Tenterfield, NSW, iNat 203961332 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740616162564-I9QA8WMIMOX88AB2OLN4/original-83.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - embotany, Mt. Baw Baw, iNat 189644535 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740617168594-I0KKRS1HPQGP2TRB807H/original-84.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - isabella_jacobson, Frankin, Tas, iNat 112915959 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750548752052-DZD0TRBTLOR05QUWQX2J/original-112-ventral.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - elbajc, Melbourne, iNat 268294980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750549098617-NLTMF21TQFFBHT52MBU1/original-113.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - elbajc, Melbourne, iNat 268294980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740619328367-JEJUTJ9TXRQ8EKKH6KF0/original-79.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - rover-rod, Werribee, iNat 209436252 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740619553752-CQWC8W15XH971FM9EUTP/original-74.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - zlikestrees, Mornington Peninsula, iNat 205298518 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740619750506-CXK4SGOR545RCN14JZEE/original-81.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - johneichler, Pakenham, iNat 200590751 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740619848292-56I8EKSY6GTBZ9YHYPWL/original-80.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - johneichler, Pakenham, iNat 200590751 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740639855208-1E1NH7JMD16MOH65D6BF/original-83.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - reiner, Wilsons Prom, iNat 161580276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740639988174-AMU0YTS7GHTUKAFQ91ZF/original-84.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - margmcd, Wangaratta, iNat 156160574 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740640406821-XC8LK9G8PHS53PPVEBG6/original-87.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - nomadcam, Dandenong, iNat 153429592 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740644076153-LHW2FK1C8AACAVAA9I5U/original-76.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - jessat, Mt. Compass, SA, iNat 111717873 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/97ba9ce1-c8ac-4a99-8dd5-9baecbadce5e/Pergagrapta+foersteri+Westwood+1880+Pl.36+fig.1.jpg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - Make it stand out Pergagrapta foersteri Westwood (1880), Pl. 36, Fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758061429734-UWQZQ1AX77FDS5BHRZV1/Pergagrapta+bella+in+copula+Farrow.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758061598403-DEBVLUCURC056JR0V03A/Pergagrapta+bella+male+Roger+Farrow.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741901362510-QQNOKJVYMTJWW4LFU7Q4/Pergagrapta+turneri.png notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - Pergagrapta turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741901029137-ZJCMR5TV1XA1HXR5C368/Pergagrapta+bella+iNat+obs.png notes - Pergagrapta bella vs. turneri - Pergagrapta bella https://southernforestlife.net/notes/bembix-bembecinae-bembicini monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738906037718-3L9512JH5S3DZNJV9BLR/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+8-9.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738906055215-J9SGU05GFX3OPWONKWVT/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+10-11.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6a3ec766-65bc-440e-919c-b4f3d8e59d48/thumbnail+Bembix+summary+table.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Make it stand out click image to download latest version as pdf (1.3MB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738916283107-E2HOF61TS9LS9GCV9IL2/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+314-5.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 1-2 (habitus, females) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738916511560-C5FX4FBACIFD6KJDKSKF/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+316-7.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 3-6 (habitus, females) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738916595631-LIOLO03H3G96YNOGRT0V/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+318-9.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 7-12 (heads, females) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738916648840-XX5PLH8IBUXBSKUBE5JQ/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+320-21.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 13-35 (heads, mandibles, front tarsi - females) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738918669156-NO3HLJ99WO79BC3TQ4A5/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+322-23.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 36-47 (front tarsi, females) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738918751477-P4RIVG7HYI7XCX4ASAPQ/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+324-25.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 48-59 (front tarsi, females) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738918809814-LQMMB7HN563ZH5OCVPGB/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+326-27.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 60-71 (front tarsi, females) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738918900353-MWMUIG0DJPZER2AVMDCA/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+328-29.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 72-77 (front tarsi, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738918969810-RWITEKJUN6NQA0YJWJBQ/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+330-31.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 78-85 (front tarsi, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738919100731-O1DKJ9WQQZ7YIKWPSVND/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+332-33.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 86-93 (front tarsi, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738919146795-UN2S1FKEETWV4808RXA2/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+334-35.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 94-103 (front tarsi, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738921325598-GKW92HGF6C9QS7LTRPNW/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+336-37.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 104-115 (front tarsi, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738921388812-GVQOET5O5H8ZLJOA53P0/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+338-39.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 116-135 (antennae, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738921544506-44ESL8YIZXOMZJYTVN50/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+340-41.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 136-155 (antennae, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738921716198-WXLIJBM34SUNHBIJKZTC/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+342-43.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 156-175 (antennae, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738921798044-7ZL26TBVJZSFYV49Y4MX/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+344-45.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 176-193 (mid tibiae, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738921893656-Z6VB5JGWM6BCNINBSHQZ/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+346-47.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 194-211 (mid tibiae, males) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1738921995827-FC08QMMC7MNN2UARZFBA/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+352-53.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Figs 272-296 (inc mid tibia, male) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739340712216-LA1F1QWM9FMMI5JONL94/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp2-3.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Summary of Major Conclusions (pp 2-3) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739340760019-HB9OQC3UEUGOLVJN7KEB/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp4-5.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Summary of Major Conclusions (pp 4-5) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739341074686-W920STO6S4OCSPXUYC6L/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+6-7.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Summary of Major Conclusions (pp 6-7) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739341482977-LCQQS6JCF8W5ZQKLL0WJ/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+p+8.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Summary of Major Conclusions (p 8) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739663400509-9ZAKVYDW94I8ZMG28DU7/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+page+295.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - p. 295 (B. variabilis females - colour variation) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739341837734-ULVO2FNKLDU8YRDBE862/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+274-5.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - B. littoralis nest digging (pp 274-5) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739341832233-88B1AGCGFHUQ3TSXHCSI/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+276-7.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - B. littoralis nest digging (pp 276-7) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739342001549-FQIWDOMY9IHFM978FD0V/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+278-9.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - B. littoralis nest digging (pp 278-9) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739342192172-F2M9308WB84ARV6HOOG5/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+298-299.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - B. variabilis nest digging (pp 298-9) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739342440717-G1ZFLH0F42D5PKJZN7B9/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+300-1.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - B. variabilis nest digging (pp 300-1) extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346026544-F8DB4VYB07TDCIHXL50O/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+16-17.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to males - steps 1 to 15 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346086162-DSOPORX57HLZF14X0EF0/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+18-19.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to males - steps 16 to 30 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346206937-CVP5444VZUYWATCR53KS/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+20-21.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to males - steps 31 to 45 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346220897-NPOENXRFUPY0TJ4X24GY/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+22-23.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to males - steps 46 to 58 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346288181-E2U8PIAHDEDXH41J33FO/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+24-25.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to males - steps 59 to 70 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346336586-0VYXX8RYO4344KQCW28B/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+26-27.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to: males - steps 71 to 73; females - steps 1 to 13 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346398784-1AODXOG1D4LOM7JPV9BR/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+28-29.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to females - steps 14 to 29 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346441097-W71EH6GJGQPP2FEYT5SN/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+30-31.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to females - steps 30 to 44 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346478853-45LLJBC26U0SNL1HHUHH/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+32-33.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to females - steps 45 to 61 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739346485708-63B0YVUAEGQ6W16IX7O2/Evans+%26+Matthews+1973+pp+34-35.jpeg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Key to females - steps 62 to 69 extract from: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Australian Bembix Wasps. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739055353782-AX7FLCDPN7I11NNAWWPC/QVM-2021-12-1773.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix furcata (collected northern Tasmania) OZCAM … QVM:2021:12:1773 Institution: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Collectors: Maynard, David; Fearn, Simon Indentifiers: Fearn, Simon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739051107215-4SJPLHM0Y735DCELZHY6/bembix-wanna-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-4506-344795-large.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix wanna (holotype, male) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1008720 Accessed 09 February 2025 Bembix wanna, dorsal view. Holotype. Registration no. T 4506. Photographer: Kristy Hoath Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY Note: the head obviously broke off at some stage and has been glued back on … but backwards! (haha!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739051115390-B906SMEP5239VVNEZ17R/bembix-wanna-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-4506-344797-large.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix wanna (holotype, male) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1008720 Accessed 09 February 2025 Bembix wanna, dorsal view. Holotype. Registration no. T 4506. Photographer: Kristy Hoath Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY Note: the head obviously broke off at some stage and has been glued back on … but backwards! (haha!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739051952685-OCD59MAORU07XK0L7E2A/BOLD+AUSCL306-12.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix (collected southeast SA – BOLD) BOLD specimen AUSCL306-12 Centre for Biodiversity Genomics CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors: P. HebertSpecimen Identification: Paul D.N. Hebert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739054845050-KW6ATCEG4UN6RB1RP15G/BOLD+AUSCL320-12.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix (collected southeast SA - BOLD) BOLD specimen AUSCL320-12 Centre for Biodiversity Genomics CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors: P. HebertSpecimen Identification: Paul D.N. Hebert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739055036610-KE2Q6384FYBS7UKWCRRT/BOLD+HYAS1072-12.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix (collected southeast SA - BOLD) BOLD specimen HYAS1072-12 Centre for Biodiversity Genomics :CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors: P. Hebert, J.deWaard Specimen Identification: Paul D.N. Hebert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739052575006-707NWF62S232TVZBFE8N/BOLD+ASMII3498-22.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix (collected far north QLD - BOLD) BOLD specimen ASMII3498-22 Queensland Museum Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors: Mornington Island State School P-10 students Specimen Identification: Laurence Packer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739055963439-LYKMGD7678ENABMMQVCZ/BOLD+ASMII3494-22.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix (collected far north QLD - BOLD) BOLD specimen ASMII3494-22 Queensland Museum Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors: Mornington Island State School P-10 students Specimen Identification: Laurence Packer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739501346946-UW4XCMGW17Z88KA81Z50/Evans+%26+Matthews+1975+B+littoralis.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix littoralis (female) (Evans &amp; Matthews 1975) extract p. 109: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1975. The sand wasps of Australia. Scientific American, 233(6); pp 108-115 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739501349847-6GMF1TUWX7I7JKVH2F7H/Evans+%26+Matthews+1975+B+variabilis.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix variabilis (female) (Evans &amp; Matthews 1975) extract p. 109: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1975. The sand wasps of Australia. Scientific American, 233(6); pp 108-115 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739502050741-OGV7BNWOWUWYV05JE5I2/Evans+%26+Matthews+1975+B+variabilis+1.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix variabilis (female) (Evans &amp; Matthews 1975) extract p. 110: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1975. The sand wasps of Australia. Scientific American, 233(6); pp 108-115 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739502910683-6JHNH264OOP24NRUFFU6/Evans+%26+Matthews+1975+B+variabilis+2.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix variabilis (female) (Evans &amp; Matthews 1975) extract p. 110: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1975. The sand wasps of Australia. Scientific American, 233(6); pp 108-115 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739502035509-CRVXD3AI6MB2I3DR6UPT/Evans+%26+Matthews+1975+B+palmata.jpg notes - Bembix (Bembicini) - Bembix palmata (female) (Evans &amp; Matthews 1975) extract p. 110: Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1975. The sand wasps of Australia. Scientific American, 233(6); pp 108-115 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/1/1/pterygophorus-cinctus-pterygophorinae monthly 0.5 2025-04-20 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/sphodrotes-crabroninae-miscophini monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/29a3eec5-8680-44ab-b46d-f099ee4cb20c/AFD+Sphodrotes+species+list.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - Make it stand out Extract from the Australian Faunal Directory (as of 1/1/2025) https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Sphodrotes/checklist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1193fbf6-98b6-4809-a95c-c1d3e9c3939a/Sphodrotes+summary+thumbnail.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - Make it stand out click image to view/download latest version as a pdf (<200kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735717520541-VBXTS4J7V82JRTZ8GHNI/Turner+1914+genus+description.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - Genus description (Turner 1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735696772319-1Y53F7LB8XTNKE5D9QW9/Turner+1914+key.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - Key to species (Turner 1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735717872723-0WOA5BC0WBYOHOS68WQK/Turner+1914+punctuosus.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. punctuosa (Turner 1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735717875835-SCMDOW33F6R6GLUM26NN/Turner+1914+cygnorum.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. cygnorum (Turner 1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735718223095-SI9J2F5T3AM5LCI9I9PP/Turner+1914+marginalis.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. marginalis (Turner 1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735718661636-ZTVRCMPR6RPD4HX6V50C/Turner+1914+rubricatus.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. rubricata (Turner 1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735718228334-BGBI2G9IUTNVX2S5A1T1/Turner+1914+pilosellus.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. rubricata male (Turner 1914, later synonymised) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735697052342-59TDS6DNNHK290H90VND/Bohart+%26+Menke+p+303.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. rubricata (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735887114093-LK07753N9SWEDEY68XPT/Lomholdt+fig+1.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. punctuosa (Lomholdt 1983) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736121964518-7X44LEPKV1LQOK6G59GE/Sphodrotes+nemoralis+BOLD+specimen+paratype.jpg notes - Sphodrotes (Miscophini) - S. nemoralis (BOLD specimen) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/megalyra-lilliputiana monthly 0.5 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734412564960-J1VWNM0ME0R7WYXL9BPI/PC040225-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Megalyra lilliputiana (MEGALYRIDAE) - 4th December, 2024 in Bellingen, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734412602670-AX8S73HFFDU64LJOH5VQ/PC040216-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Megalyra lilliputiana (MEGALYRIDAE) - tiny body, but the long ovipositor caught my attention https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734412901763-VJA9WMQFGLRBVIFV3K3X/PC040194-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Megalyra lilliputiana (MEGALYRIDAE) - a brief encounter with a burrow-dwelling wasp or bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734423364572-NAU6DCNKDNJI2ZY2AU5Q/Turner+1916+page+247.jpg notes - Megalyra lilliputiana (MEGALYRIDAE) - Turner 1916 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735192561802-8OHORRMWTBF1395QUYAA/M.+lilliputiana+description+Shaw+1990.jpg notes - Megalyra lilliputiana (MEGALYRIDAE) - Shaw 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734423371651-KM71X7WJ2APRZ4NN11YU/Shaw+Fig+26+page+1027.jpg notes - Megalyra lilliputiana (MEGALYRIDAE) - Shaw 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735192084555-B6DGCM34S9GNDF3LR4SZ/Key+steps+to+lilliputiana.jpg notes - Megalyra lilliputiana (MEGALYRIDAE) - Shaw 1990 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/pseudoturneria-crabroninae-crabronini monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734767392799-LYZ87THJONRZZRMIYVUR/PC160117-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Burrow entrances are often cryptic, just cracks in the rocky slope (16/12/24) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734767436573-NZ0YAE6MF2SX70IELOPB/PC160084-2.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Having just entered this concealed burrow, she peers out at me (16/12/24) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734767410510-1AFV2PBD8A5QM8122TNR/PC160173-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Typical hovering flight, head down &amp; hind legs dangling (16/12/24) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734766778912-7TTPSL798P0N46W99S1G/AFD+listings+of+Pseudoturneria.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Australian Faunal Directory taxa as at 21st Dec 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734766762252-XDGRJO0AC58OQK659UTN/ALA+listings+for+Pseudoturneria.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Atlas of Living Australia records as at 21st Dec 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6ca5cf97-2354-4f53-bcaf-22836c567e8b/Pseudoturneria+matrix+thumbnail.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Make it stand out click table to open/download latest version as pdf (<100kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734764602653-325GPN54MM7JUZGGSUQM/Leclercq+1998+revised+genus+diagnosis+for+Pseudoturneria.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Pseudoturneria - revised genus diagnosis (Leclercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762581307837-H2FE4JCB269IDUC6UJKH/Leclercq%2B1998%2Bp299-300%2Bkey%2Bfor%2BPseudoturneria.jpg.webp notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - Pseudoturneria - key to species (Leclercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734752049037-SYX89RGYPKMJT15FA0FY/Turner+1908+p+529+perlucida.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. perlucida – original desc. (Turner 1908) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734752062345-OB5H6RNHE72M7HENHNIS/Turner+1908+Fig+15+perlucida.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. perlucida – original desc. (Turner 1908) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734753557120-NYS0IEEUWYR7Z7XKFPRM/Leclercq+1951+pp+54-5+perlucida.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. perlucida (Leclercq 1951) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734764718336-A9OY2XFGKDK1US0V9916/Leclercq+1974+pp+41-2+Pseudoturneria.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. perlucida – new combination (Leclercq 1974) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734749584773-BZP7N4H9QYA3TO28PR86/Leclercq+1974+pp+42-4+couloni.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. couloni – original desc. (Leclercq 1974) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734749601487-TIVGZ7HKVSZ1A3I8M2DL/Leclercq+1974+pp+43+couloni.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. couloni – original desc. (Leclercq 1974) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734765412339-R06KFNB2DHT14T92W2K9/Leclercq+1998+p+301+coulonj.pg.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. couloni – extra comments (Leclercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762580590821-PEAERC3F9I40L0JQ090P/Leclercq+Pseudoturneria+territorialis+original+description.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. territorialis – original desc. (Leclercq 1974) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734765492634-5V5CWPEIS42X07AG1DO8/Leclercq+1998+p301-2+territorialis.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. territorialis – extra comments (Leclercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734765553298-LXX03NHH1C6LT5ORC111/Leclercq+1998+p302-3+turbator.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. turbator – original desc. (Leclercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734765611852-I3WR45O4JTU34MSUL9N4/Leclercq+1998+p303+wubina.jpg notes - Pseudoturneria - females (Crabronini) - P. wubina – original desc. (Leclercq 1998) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/11/21/male-gall-early-development monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732190483444-VQXHJHH0X8QZ22QA8OS6/PB210031-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - side view of female gall with male compound gall attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732190505381-AZXSIR6XRP8XVU87AZPR/PB210033-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view of wax-covered open pore of female gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732190520730-US1DG75P7HYESEOQYJOM/PB210029-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view from above of male compound gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734752998690-WOEGZZNRRJ1VBMAJIMX9/PC190069.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734753017928-1RNGJ57V2OVML4JG7V86/PC190070.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486212598-IZ7A65UN1NE8WD5WNURU/PC160007-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486263869-XXGORJHZ5E950PMKPIER/PC160015-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486258281-L3SUK3TMFG4N3CSKWX6J/PC160014-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486242166-M5YH40PTWCSQWOXRGKT4/PC160013-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486234947-C0II9IAC9ACW4XXAIVEY/PC160010-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486679119-GLG4YN5TGU1HMUBO139C/PC160001.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486692901-92E0QX0FL1INN63CBACI/PC160002.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486708596-UWTW4SSMQNF6R5D3U5MX/PC160003-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486724519-CX1TBBDU0F89RVHWSFSI/PC160003.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486741927-U0N76V4BOTLVNRLAIYAD/PC160004.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734486758417-JSKUV0FZVLYTYOOJVB79/PC160005.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734487105928-0NQHVGC9ZBI2JEQPITOE/PC160001+slice+01.jpeg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view from above - plane of first vertical slice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734487196119-OH3GA4DP1QPZTYXI98LZ/PC160009.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view from above after first slice removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734487315157-W5NADK1KZDLMZHS3EV7D/PC160011.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view from side after first slice removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734497800648-DX9TA8AYLTVW57N8IZS4/PC160014-4.jpeg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph in gallery arrowed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734487602032-MAN5N9W77RW66RQ7HXMX/PC160026-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph after removal from gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734506529785-1R89YA6E6DXEUX59EBSQ/PC160028-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph in alcohol - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734487793336-5SCKPPSPVHX88Z3H8PMA/PC160045.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view from side after second slice removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734498324270-P2NMOY8PG275W95PSUSE/PC160050.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - wasp or fly larva arrowed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734487948399-PHU21G5VC88XUOMP9EIY/PC160060-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - larva - wasp or fly? - in alcohol after removal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488186105-VHUKRK19R7U8DT5T5YRF/PC160066.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view from above after removal of slice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488287288-2IENWV6ZCK481ULIXJZT/PC160069+arrowed.jpeg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - arrow shows site of exuvia of crawler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488319444-NUCAATHQ9GXH7VMWKACK/PC160076-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - exuvia of crawler after removal from gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488429320-EH4O6SCWP3AQ47DD14JP/PC160079.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - view from side after removal of 4th slice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488553674-7L9LO2D1PFN1M7D6CNHV/PC160083.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph removed from exposed gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488613889-TC0V8TS3M9LB2J7L3XXR/PC160114-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph in alcohol - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488672093-Z63BVI98RCELIZV5WA11/PC160096.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - ventral view of nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488685790-LYD2QAAQZI4VIRWKMRR3/PC160102.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - ventral view of nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488931652-FYL2IY4OZIX8YMDWX9TD/PC160125.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph exposed in gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488947059-9P67N1W8MV15360IS4T6/PC160129.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734488985768-TNRWGBGWON088BX6EVSM/PC160144.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - same nymph after removal in alcohol - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734489026789-RMB8AMD7QHTZBXGL7QNA/PC160130.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734489095547-EGGPYRBM4BPFHOE8GF3O/PC160138-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734489618244-TCMJEAIG2YICLLZGPW2E/PC160171.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - dorsal view of gall after removal of 6th slice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734499670768-N86R366EFNIQ8INNN45X/PC160155-arrow.jpeg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - lateral view - nymph arrowed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734499843884-IHPNPRSYLADQVZ1N9FWP/PC160159.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph in alcohol after removal from gallery - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734499915904-DL5OLZYIOYH885HFLNYH/PC160170-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - dorsal view of same nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734500207769-GV9MC0VDELWGH7TAVRCK/PC160174.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734500228159-5I4RMQ0QEW7B7SLUDIHN/PC160187-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - same nymph in alcohol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734500497011-VUM1KC56WGABLLY7X02R/PC160002-2+arrow.jpeg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - nymph (arrow) in gallery towards top of gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734500621946-3SLHEAR8BR2BW37A08UN/PC160003-2-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - detail of this nymph in its gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734500751128-T5K89DBMGRKDJRXNEPBM/PC160007-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - dorsal view of same nymph in alcohol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734500910013-BNXRJ30AD5RAR2KG7HLU/PC160011-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734500965081-J2QE5PONJXLD46U444UM/PC160014-2-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501021197-HZD787L6YQQVUV3DDLC3/PC160015-2-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501071500-F4DXLOPG5HEJ6D71EIMQ/PC160016-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501132529-96YO0ZB6YUUC4ATSPIKP/PC160019-2-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501171315-DO2P777JQ4TNALMXMOAT/PC160020-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501218706-XLTI7SN7M7R2XM55T19H/PC160021-2-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501296100-YZT4CDB0G0X6PL9SBKIB/PC160023-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734502235412-6C01PSQF8CL6U411CMMY/PC160027-2-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732181556573-A56UKTK51RTYBAC9S0GC/PB210001.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732181574970-3GAKL6IHGDIGRDYBL4JW/PB210003-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732181596175-RCUFN7C6PA7SHB60FIBL/PB210007.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732181610313-KKAVSRG1FEQDGXLSCTU4/PB210009-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732181620279-4DM3IAI27ESMQHQS3EER/PB210022.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732181626322-8WA6W9K330ZIJBIS0A7X/PB210027-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732181643599-VZEDLBM9JL5T8M5BQ5X1/PB210032.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732243750906-17QMK9YDY02KUF1UAU9Y/PB220013.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732243698590-A1UIBPPP8R9QX197WJFS/PB220006-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732243717054-WFLLF8HSTF86ERY6LINZ/PB220004-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732243741123-YL9H5TSWBCM9DDQ8227N/PB220012-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732243770092-RDWXUDCPPX862UV4D5QK/PB220032.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732323355635-Q5SNDI5XQEHZ8D23030O/PB230009-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732323476658-QG6EKMQ8B7Z0PRV003FN/PB230010-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732509881972-UDR86UP8FHQY6DS040DK/PB240019-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732509887669-P2LW1KIKQKKLAM4WXDI3/PB240020-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732512261287-PYRIDDPGLGE1Q5AIK9X4/PB250009.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734166945742-P5WHSY8ARWOHSAAMXPOQ/PC140013-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734166969362-YMTVX7F0R88BVPLI0MP0/PC140014-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734166988935-JO1A5JKS2NDTQ6IIK5CK/PC140015-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734167011548-KAHE3U6798TK2JKKMRFP/PC140016-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734303180299-8EN7AQBT6HJNCK9G9CKQ/PC150006.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734303210101-PTIM4LH0N2RMR3YHZG0P/PC150008.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734303229119-GZK19JL0UKVANZHRDCLE/PC150010.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734485093867-3MH30KFFDN994TD4QAGA/PC180153.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734485111856-O2W9ZZ898CEJMXK9JEOV/PC180155.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734485131053-G95F359LU03FGB64KJHX/PC180154.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734747559152-31ULIBBGG7Q2V1AJJ909/PC200087-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734747597955-VP0J9QUMHLMTRZ6QTGZK/PC200086-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735439383070-TDPX60B3O0AXD7R3CS64/PC290048.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736842972021-Z27RY17FCQQSWMXBO495/PC290044-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736843122070-DS82PD7PFDVQJN9OXQV7/PC180153-Edit-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736213219331-S16KF22Z5MSBCEKT1BCN/P1070040.jpg notes - 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7th February https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739780748687-WJ2JLI9KM3MS0ULZXOGY/17th+February+unlabelled.jpeg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - 17th February https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740612739177-0PGREDLURD2MAQOFR9NO/P2270239-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - 27th February https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741050879478-J5RPTRZWSPCLOB30Q9SX/P3040244-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - 4th March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741500120086-YP3LCAYXVIPZPH4S5S48/P3080004-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - 8th March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4f4b4a74-e04a-4c6c-a0f1-bac38c7dc821/P3080001.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741504252572-0VK82EPOUCSKYP48U5UY/P3080004-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - living adult alate male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741504312644-I4365OW5RU02IEWVHTMA/P3090065.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - living adult alate male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741504358414-G8WOK7KBAXPHDN96OSAL/P3080034.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - killed adult alate male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741503781309-OP2FHOCTK6Y17WPT09ZU/P3080041.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - presumed wasp larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741503804543-KWLDG0DV6DIJAFC5Q2UG/P3080040.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - presumed wasp larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741503824119-TJYXBBSUP9GIM9LH8IC2/P3080022.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - killed adult wasp with mites attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741504340307-NFJXQ66D20SAL03E5HHX/P3090059.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - Pyemotes mite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741505285254-TYGV9ZUPDBU6UV0F69UJ/P3040247-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741506569758-JKY928J5N8LLV3RFZOW3/P3090054.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741506591879-736TAAXIRI56LRY28614/P3090057-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741506555521-B505GIPTWTKZV15OXLOL/P3090109-Pano.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1741506758843-XMIKYTKU29O9A65V2C3D/P3090104.jpg notes - 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Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734302174411-R4P2RCJCI8R4QOBV5HSH/PC150014.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734302190342-K9Y6WU5CIWK1BP315EQR/PC150013.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734485562529-BOKXQPY51HMU5XGB1CFY/PC180161.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734485696835-J3YY8TL83MRBXQGJRS01/PC180159.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734485584630-56MX8JPDIRPBDAC2I5GU/PC180158.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734748974162-DZOPZVXQN26B8P0QGQOY/PC200094-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734748993225-8M2G59W27FEWIA9UC2K6/PC200095-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734749109307-JJX7S9LW4MAYQY6OAMT8/PC200097-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735440397831-GMJPC0R6U07MVHRU6ZBW/PC290056.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735440406393-8MY74K0DCXDC6TR9A60Z/PC290054.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736214320390-8SH4ZDQDSH16U1V2ZXRS/P1070050.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736214333519-DHIRHL4F5LEN701CGU77/P1070053.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736214346928-PKMUQ8ZC5LMRLQCZP1PW/P1070055.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736214372587-K0GP7GBIZL41GRSJYHIP/P1070051.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732325765971-WD0II8TYETWFJQ2M6563/PB230006-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732325800874-3EB0RC9QZAEOAT5VIB79/PB230011-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732325806438-LGYWG8X2QXGE6KKTF0LJ/PB230013-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development - dark streak below pore is incipient male gall? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732510977683-BUYARYKZ2WM2ABQM1YE8/PB240001.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732511008441-MHYPX1QYTQK2DHJLVEP7/PB240002.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732512681082-FP306M9EBBB4KDHWEBM4/PB250021.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732512698071-YNY9L7HKPYSGFJZBNKK3/PB250019.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732512715438-Q9S75WDIVAF008RKI16N/PB250017.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734168020677-FAJ4E1OGQ3HV0TXX3G0J/PC140027-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734168105799-9BH9TEMWHICQJ9ZNKFB1/PC140026-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734301818080-SC1D91I5RBB5603O9YYK/PC150018.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734301836421-Y1UIDSXK7MABT8P9J183/PC150017.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734301854317-1NYWJRPFK4895M18K6SJ/PC150019.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734485941822-7W5PS8P2IN1TRTRD6UA4/PC180164.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734751041967-6428M7LWA67KMLV90Z9H/PC190067.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735440592537-KX7ZKY97A1NPAPRDOJNE/PC290059.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736214616656-B5CTNXJ76RRKC3POV2AV/P1070057.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736214633203-Q9WPO5FKIEYBW7NPMN3L/P1070060.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734752605082-EPHD4YSVAWF7PYIGIEUK/PC190023.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734752587524-2A9J4H1WDTEDVEUG0UEP/PC190024.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734752751362-EWDSKOOVPX0XRKA6013A/PC210014.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734752765800-PNSOVC4JHXX6N6ZC8MSZ/PC210012.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735440804268-5Q4SM38P3EREXVOA1YK7/PC290050.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736213838070-UOTF89DHAUIERF6POQAF/P1070045.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736213859449-72C1YIBB56S2OF8VTNI7/P1070047.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata male gall early development https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/bembicini-bembicinae monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/16dc9da7-714b-4b53-b9c3-2fa0906d753b/Bembicini+thumbnail.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Make it stand out click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<200kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731799941466-41MXFB3TFK3VF1X4AQDH/Argogorytes+female+face+anterodorsal+view.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Argogorytes (eye shape; broad frons) Imaged & supplied by Terry Houston; specimen collected by Kerry Stuart https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/austrogorytes-vs-argogorytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731800095998-RM1FQNJ8PMXBDDKQFNO4/Austrogorytes+pretiosus+male+face.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Austrogorytes (eye shape) Imaged & supplied by Terry Houston; specimen identified by Bohart (1999) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/austrogorytes-vs-argogorytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731801128319-1BLE907RLZBH9RH6EN8P/P1130015-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Austrogorytes (eye shape) see iNaturalist sighting: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/147936012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731804451202-4OXX0WFH2J906GKSCKMR/RussChambers+inat+203723590.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Clitemnestra (eye shape; frons) (image: Russ Chambers) photo courtesy of Russ Chambers (CC-BY-NC), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/203723590 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731806222490-P4VZIDO9P5MXH8AEAAM7/Phil+Smith+inat+141221354.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Ammatomus (eye &amp; antenna shape) (image: Phil Smith) image courtesy Phil Smith (CC-BY-NC), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/141221354 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731800314001-PZ69P5CU6XE9B9O62SMM/PC270101-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Bembecinus (eye shape; labrum; ocelli) Yamba, Dec 2022 (yet to be added to iNaturalist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731823356279-OPGEUHLA8HZXC6BXSSMH/ReinerRichter+inat+21374272.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Bembecinus (labrum: vertex) (image: Reiner Richter) photo courtesy of Reiner Richter (CC-BY-NC-SA), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/21374272 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731804059334-I8L9CJQ20HGWC6NKCWER/PC260415-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Bembecinus (convexity below mid ocellus) Yamba, Dec 2022 (yet to be added to iNaturalist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731805616015-40PN0JRYB15L5PKO3SJY/original-5.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Bembix (eye shape; ocelli; vertex) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/251507654 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731805619444-904WDFZPA6H2B7LDNXAV/original-6.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Bembix (labrum; vertex) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/251507654 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731821923300-5755FG9P85L23D9O0L5L/Natasha+Taylor+inat+100729199.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Ammatomus (antennae) (Natasha Taylor) photo courtesy of Natasha Taylor (CC-BY-NC), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/100729199 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731812595063-40SXISK8D0F5AVLPLORB/ThomasMesaglio+inat+145624360.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Exeirus (SCII petiolate) (image: Thomas Mesaglio) photo courtesy Thomas Mesaglio (CC-BY), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145624360 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731814909101-VR2QXGGC9CVXC8EFJWT7/Reiner+Richter+inat+68617346.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Exeirus (gaster shape) (image: Reiner Richter) photo courtesy Reiner Richter (CC-BY-NC-SA), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68617346 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731804884544-G52F0G2A8MI2QHZBF422/KerryStuart+inat+68142432.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Clitemnestra (M diverges at cu-a) (image: Kerry Stuart) photo courtesy Kerry Stuart (CC-BY-NC), iNaturalist sighting https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68142432 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731816133635-4NEU81NG47KE8NH02NUX/original-4.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Austrogorytes (M diverges before cu-a) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/150685371 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731821336295-YOV1JQVAO0FMA4200KLY/original-2+copy.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Austrogorytes (gaster shape) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/150720809 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731821812197-X6HJ2EYY0NMPSEBLQIA5/Natasha+Taylor+inat+100729199.jpeg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Ammatomus (gaster; hind tarsi) (image: Natasha Taylor) photo courtesy of Natasha Taylor (CC-BY-NC), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/100729199 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731822356503-XMN47J2SD6EAF2W481QE/GeoffByrne+inat+67844409.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Sphecius (SCII not petiolate; gaster) (image: Geoff Byrne) photo courtesy of Geoff Byrne (CC-BY-NC), iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/67844409 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731720676456-5BQ3ZRHZHCSS7B80F5T2/Sphecius+pectoralis+Smith+1856.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Sphecius pectoralis (Smith 1856) extract p. 337: Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV, Sphegidae, Larridae and Crabronidae. London : British Museum pp. 207-497 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731721167481-4VPXRLZS6IPNWJYZKC4X/Exeirus+lateritius+Shuckard+1838.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Exeirus lateritius (Shuckard 1838) extract p. 72: Shuckard, W.E. 1838. Descriptions of new exotic aculeate Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 68-82 pl. viii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731721182246-2FDTKSSEJD8RMSMSKFUG/Exeirus+lateritius+Shuckard+1838+plate+8.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Exeirus lateritius (Shuckard 1838) extract plate 8, Fig. 2: Shuckard, W.E. 1838. Descriptions of new exotic aculeate Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 68-82 pl. viii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731883170382-W1G7STLNKIFKW9D5KWYP/Exeirus+wing+Bohart+%26+Menke+p486.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Exeirus lateritius (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731883158914-OU3RYCTT2515UBNYOV2K/Austrogorytes+wing+Bohart+%26+Menke+p486.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731883166755-IZ9SGY3EIVQFW8FWRMNL/Clitemnestra+wing+Bohart+%26+Menke+p486.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - Clitemnestra (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press Note: this is not an Australian species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731883179788-MIH2DAJ2FIBL3VG5YPTV/facial+outlines+Bohart+%26+Menke+p486.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - facial outlines of gorytines (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731883181810-QOCILLDEU9UV9COLR4O1/scutal+carina+Bohart+%26+Menke+p484.jpg notes - Bembicini (BEMBICINAE) - scutal carina example (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://southernforestlife.net/notes/austrogorytes-bembicinae-bembicini monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/22b7bc6f-2475-4a17-9a69-2c99e065b4e0/puzzle+extract.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Make it stand out extract from my February 2023 blog Sand Wasp Puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d4256b68-e091-4008-82d2-620c29d65191/Bohart+1984+p+392.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Make it stand out Diagnosis of the genus Austrogorytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/65643a6a-2587-4cc0-a4fc-7dd879b37a3c/Austrogorytes+thumbnail.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Make it stand out click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<2mb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731831775806-S8XFDUZJ5BINRZZ4JK4A/Austrogorytes+key+1+Bohart+1984.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Bohart 1984 key https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731831792806-UV4HWY8Q8OEEMAA559V9/Austrogorytes+key+2+Bohart+1984.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Bohart 1984 key https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731831796688-SEUYNDAMD4MBOL2XK53D/Austrogorytes+key+3+Bohart+1984.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Bohart 1984 key https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1764900446518-XRTFANTDSOH445O5EUX3/Turner+1915+Arpactus+spryi.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Turner 1915 Arpactus spryi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1764900440229-31ZFPYXVAB0UNS9EYGR0/Turner+1915+Arpactus+chrysozonus.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Turner 1915 Arpactus chrysozonus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1764900442154-NB8EB35UKXVN52YIWHTP/Turner+1915+Arpactus+key+females.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Turner 1915 Arpactus key (females) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1764900444329-I1AFDB3U6CZ74J3L1BNN/Turner+1915+Arpactus+key+males.jpg notes - Austrogorytes (Bembicini) - Turner 1915 Arpactus key (males) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/11/8/tenthredinidae-native-and-introduced-species monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731561148695-REQRLQMWWM83LQWXZDIY/Cheilophleps+xantha+anal+cell+of+forewing+Benson+1938+Fig.2.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - forewing anal cell - Benson (1938) fig. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731561363574-H6ZT4NBII13548YGVJJ4/Screenshot+2024-11-14+at+4.15.50%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Cheilophleps sp. female forewing - Naumann (2002) fig. 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731561258591-TSE63TQFQLKHT75A4OYS/Screenshot+2024-11-14+at+4.10.08%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - C. xantha female, frontal view - Naumann (2002) fig. 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731561628868-FOSW8PNM2CQMX2ZGCYUZ/Amauronematus+viduatus+introduced+Lucid+keys.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Lucid keys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731562845833-ILM5VYVB22X8OAJCWC3N/original-216.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Euura sp. Alexander Boldyrev Russia CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731562892367-ER8U8KNMDSW7QK04V3U1/original-212.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Euura sp. iNaturalist Alexander Boldyrev Russia CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731561671585-LQYQ8L4MNHURMXQ9GMDF/Amauronematus+sp.+head+dorsal+Benson+1958+Fig.386.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Euura sp. head dorsal view - Benson (1958) fig. 386 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731561922313-HJJZ5ZRW648DZ7J8YJHT/Amauronematus+sp.+lateral+view+head+Benson+1958+Fig.384.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Euura sp. head lateral view - Benson (1958) fig. 384 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731566442235-YMVWZMK5IXE71BQNVHDW/Euura+proxima+iNat149015689.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Euura proxima galls Patrice Baxter CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731566448759-74M4LPQR1C0B4PERC462/Euura+proxima+galls+iNat149015689.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - proxima galls Patrice Baxter CC-BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731661359804-PAYGV3Y19MS1X303QQT7/Euura+proxima+head+lateral+dorsal.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - head - lateral (11), dorsal (12) views - Naumann (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731661211349-BGLDN013FPQ0NLMN4T1C/Euura+proxima+forewing.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - fore wing - Naumann (2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731573193678-1PXEQD0OWXYS51378ES9/original-220.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - E. respondens female - c_j_w New Zealand CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation Note that this photo matches the image of a type specimen of this species in Prous et al (2021) - Fig. 18A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731573780528-AOHJPD889CMBPCTIJQB8/Euura+respondens+larva+iNat+142883293.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - E. respondens larva Stephen Thorpe Auckland, NZ CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731574019501-IQXFUX94JE33KWS1V7G0/Euura+respondens+Stephen+Thorpe+iNat142883293.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - E. respondens larva - Stephen Thorpe, Auckland NZ CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731633265033-R46HYUV396JRKSDF4MKA/Cladius+brullei+iNat107546003.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - C. brullei - Keith Martin-Smith, Mount Macedon VIC CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731633702121-AMU7YKY8UWE12S586K0F/Cladius+brullei+Reiner+iNat+94195946.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - C. brullei - Reiner Richter, Monbulk, VIC CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731633899232-2YB70PZBOWXRJDH0SXPD/Cladius+brullei+iNat+skorupiak1618.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - C. brullei - Michał Górski, Poland CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731635179794-AFVNGS9K23NQTJ2O4ZTC/large-49.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - C. brullei larva - Dave Hernon, Wales CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731637994895-Q8V6VTK6CU52UCPR1VSM/original-224.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Caliroa cerasi larva - Reiner Richter, Monbulk VIC CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731638107489-MSMZ0FV3VQLAW51LKG3I/Caliroa+cerasi+Reiner+iNat36086254.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Caliroa cerasi - Reiner Richter, Colac VIC CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731638326164-9V95H7C17BKY1I45UP3U/Caliroa+cerasi+Roman+Soroka+iNat+248399858.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Caliroa cerasi - Roman Soroka, ACT CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731640562020-D7JPCIJA6X9S0MXPGJNI/Caliroa+cerasi+introduced+Lucid+keys.jpg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - Lucid keys image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745106018120-7I7XES8OY1TS16PBMSD5/original-80.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - female - QVM OZCAM QVM:2017:12:0801 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731639692684-6MG9VDV0O81XQOF77XAK/original-225.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - A. glabrata - Reiner Richter, Colac VIC CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731640039687-HLCKDPIN03N81QKRBN9Y/A.+glabrata+Bernadette+Lingham+Ocean+Grove+VIC.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - A. glabrata ovipositing - Bernadette Lingham, Ocean Grove VIC CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731641125187-Z1POYBJ0QKACDDI91ANU/original-227.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - A. glabrata - Andrey Ponomarev, Russia CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731640701694-L35MUFGJBKCDL85SLR1Y/A.+glabrata+larva+iNat243065827.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - A. glabrata larva - b_sydes, Castlemaine VIC CC-BY-NC iNaturalist observation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731641923944-2NRB2WGS2FT52DIEJ75M/A.+glabrata+iNat243645428.jpeg notes - TENTHREDINIDAE genera (native &amp; introduced) - A. glabrata larva - Michal Manas, Czechia CC-BY iNaturalist observation https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/ammatomus monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b3df6a70-ef1c-4fee-a2e9-34847903701d/thumbnail+Ammatomus+summary.jpg notes - Ammatomus (Bembicini) - Make it stand out click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<200kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731539302011-CMN8QW6SNEPEXWI2PWZ9/Ammatomus+decoratus+Smith+1868+p+248-9.jpg notes - Ammatomus (Bembicini) - Ammatomus decoratus (Smith 1868) extract pp 248-9: Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731572361394-SYLIC6LRN73WTS780PTP/A+ornatus+Handlirsch+1889+p+542-3.jpg notes - Ammatomus (Bembicini) - Ammatomus decoratus (Handlirsch 1889) extract pp 542-3: Handlirsch, A. 1889. Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen. iii. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 97: 316-565 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731540760038-V8KHY17SCDMQGRRJ9G6L/Ammatomus+austrinus+Bingham+1912+p376.jpg notes - Ammatomus (Bembicini) - Ammatomus austrinus (Bingham 1912) extract pp 376-7: Bingham, C.T. 1912. South African and Australian Aculeate Hymenoptera in the Oxford Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912: 375-383 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731541213016-YTF8MVXWIDL2EXT0X6BR/Ammatomus+icarioides+Turner+1908+pp499+500.jpg notes - Ammatomus (Bembicini) - Ammatomus icarioides (Turner 1908) extract pp 499-500: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731571260052-6N17EJ8NTFOUFICV8SFM/Ammatomus+key+Turner+1915+p67.jpg notes - Ammatomus (Bembicini) - Ammatomus key (Turner 1915) extract p.67: Turner, R.E. 1915. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XV. New Australian Crabronidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 62-96 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/11/12/cormocephalus-westwoodi monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/00ee45d1-d2cf-4991-add2-40ec77db77a1/key+to+scolopendridae+subfamilies.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Make it stand out from Koch (1983a) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731365271719-ENGH5B11NWB43ZJHYOWB/PB110045-2.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 1. arrow shows cephalic plate barely overlapping tergite I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731365537873-EP44CVLWB2C1EC2AN4RN/PB110144-2.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 2. spiracular opening (arrowed) acute-angled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731366012148-O5E8EH0N2LL4JRBXJEPE/PB120024.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 3. proximal tarsal segment with no bristle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731366284915-7K68P75FNJRZW1SLY5JS/PB120025-4.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 4. proximal tarsal segment with no bristle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4065a02b-7ff6-4c0c-967f-3eb0a65fe4c0/key+to+Scolopendrinae+genera.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731449421599-BBC4AOEPH67UPS11LTKO/PB120019-2.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 5 ventral view of head showing maxillipeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731454418899-1AQAB4PT2TDXQDC5A5GI/Screenshot+2024-11-13+at+10.32.57%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 6 main teeth of Arthrorhabdus paucispinus, bar=1mm - Koch 1984 Fig. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731370522063-ZCWQ27T1DW3M4LCJQS39/PB120004.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 7 antenna long, reaching to tergite IV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731535606230-2NDC7CBL8E5GDCVTD31C/PB110157-2.jpeg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 8 anal-leg and coxopleuron morphology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731535876119-VFIYOUI5U9QUA5SZC274/PB110002-2-2.jpeg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 9 porose area present on coxopleuron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/55016ece-1f9c-454a-9f3f-939f745383bc/Screenshot+2024-11-13+at+1.26.43%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731397628217-VNACCSJZO7M4W301ZBF9/PB110148.jpeg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 10 habitus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731530751475-H1L20DZVQSMQ1PJM4F77/PB110002.jpeg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 11 head dorsal and tergites I, II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731530774479-97JDPCSOIIMSD8OL3SCU/PB110004-2.jpeg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 12 cephalic plate and tergites I-VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731408882962-FZNICH33LGO3EPPZIFP5/PB110161.jpg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 13 ventral view anal-leg trochanter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731409032714-9OL807FXZL9TH6ZYCG1I/PB110139.jpeg notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 14 dorsal view anal-leg trochanter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731409157591-RQYQY0Q1YDS5QDK6C6FQ/Screenshot+2024-11-12+at+9.37.43%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Cormocephalus westwoodi (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae:Scolopendrinae) - Fig. 15 scolopendrid spine rows: dorsal left, ventral right - Koch (1982), fig. 1 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/11/3/zenargidae-zenarge-turneri monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/61155e55-547e-400c-b75a-e7946c59c0f2/Zenarge+turneri+female+Lucid+Keys.jpg notes - Zenarge (Zenarginae, ZENARGIDAE) - Make it stand out image from Lucid keys “What wasp is that?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9afaf993-dc21-408b-b805-bee9f9a1289c/Zenarge+turneri+wings+Morice+1919.jpg notes - Zenarge (Zenarginae, ZENARGIDAE) - Make it stand out Zenarge turneri wings - from Morice (1919) Pl.11, Fig.3 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/11/3/arginae-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ecbaf235-581a-4232-885e-47fe23bcab10/Antargidium+species+matrix.jpg notes - Antargidium (Arginae, ARGIDAE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758320896148-LQYVB550T6H3UV0IR3EI/original-349.jpg notes - Antargidium (Arginae, ARGIDAE) - BOLD PERGI046-12 A. allucente larva link to BOLD - COI-5P sequence available Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758320515509-JO5ZOGTA51NBQ7YMCMEY/original-348.jpg notes - Antargidium (Arginae, ARGIDAE) - BOLD: PERGI033-12 A. atriceps female link to BOLD here - COI-5P sequence available. Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758320029205-J801P80JK4A5S98HBA55/original-347.jpg notes - Antargidium (Arginae, ARGIDAE) - BOLD: PERGI010-12 A. atriceps larva Link to BOLD - COI-5P sequence available. Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758321482826-I0YKQT7PL0GN5YIKEH4S/original-351.jpg notes - Antargidium (Arginae, ARGIDAE) - PERGI070-12 larva link to BOLD - COI-5P sequence available Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:J. Grigg Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/10/18/other-pergidae-subfamilies monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b5fa49bc-6326-44a8-b410-0ed5fae4aca3/Other+Pergidae+subfamilies+matrix.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729322624901-XLSWDKMFQK7ATA942WD5/Styracotechys+dicelysma+head+Benson+1935.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - female head dorsal view - Benson (1935) Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729322654527-XF5WUKBX4E1EOKU64HH2/Styracotechys+dicelysma+female+antenna+Benson+Fig.9.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - female antenna - Benson (1935), Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729322645061-97MCC6MRW25KNN7AF6SS/Styracotechys+dicelysma+hind+leg+Benson+1935+Fig.9.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - female hind leg - Benson (1935), Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729323168849-UQQ0LSGNRAPCJGXCBAAS/Styrachotechys+dicelysma+female+Schmidt.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - female - Schmidt et al (2006) fig. 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729323177390-KJJZLO9ESD2Y897UIQ5K/Styracotechys+dicelysma+male+Schmidt.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - male - Schmidt et al (2006) fig. 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/3346bf60-be70-4748-9a4e-c10b81603d44/Philomastiginae+species+matrix.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729412387699-S24QLRDBO72JSNTF67W0/Philomastix+glabra+Froggatt+1907+fig.4+female%2C+5.+male+antenna.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. glabra female fig.4, male antenna fig.5 - Froggatt (1907) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729412430919-2C8R65WNH512OUJ5WIA5/Philomastix+macleaii+antennae+female+%2827%29+male+%2828%2C+29%29+Naumann+%281998%29.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. macleaii antennae female (27), male (28, 29) - Naumann (1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729412363839-138X09D335GN560ZBZDB/Philomastix+macleaii+male+Naumann+%281998%29+Fig.63.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. macleaii male - Naumann (1998) fig.63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729412404080-4PG0DQOZN6F3Z8FVJL6M/Philomastix+macleaii+Westwood+1880+Pl.35%2C+fig.2.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. macleaii female - Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732436090914-BSMFTAAHT9OGC7M3GL4A/Philomastix+glaber+larva+Froggatt+1907+fig.6.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. glabra larva Froggatt (1907) fig. 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732237794779-Z3NZEMUDWO239R6ASUCZ/Philomastix+nancarrowi+female+Naumann+%281998%29+Fig.64.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. nancarrowi female dorsal view - Naumann (1998) Fig.64 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732237846275-2QFKRXILD4WENKE9CYX8/Philomastix+nancarrowi+female+mesepisternum+Naumann+%281998%29+Fig.66.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. nancarrowi female mesepisternum - Naumann (1998) fig.66 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732237814926-FOMUHNQHRQOYPZ77CWY8/Philomastix+nancarrowi+male+thorax+Naumann+%281998%29+Fig.65.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. nancarrowi male thorax dorsal - Naumann (1998) fig. 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732238748919-KSKFOR8CZFLRDQSPCYPK/P.+nancarrowi+female+mesoscutellum+-+Naumann+1998+fig.+16.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. nancarrowi female scutellum - Naumann (1998) fig.16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732237835046-AAZIYL1NQLN5UFA05HDZ/Philomastix+nancarrowi+forewings+Naumann+%281998%29+Fig.12%2C13.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. nancarrowi forewings, female (12), male (13) - Naumann (1998), figs. 12, 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732237864565-O0J0BSXATLLXDS53LPHL/Philomastix+nancarrowi+female+%2810%29+male+%2811%29+antennae+Naumann+%281998%29.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. nancarrowi antennae, female (10), male (11) - Naumann (1998) figs. 10, 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736804740342-8T1F6ULOVUHXCBC5R0CJ/original-4.jpeg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. xanthophylax female left, male right - M. Groth, iNaturalist iNaturalist observation by Mike Groth, coauthor of original description of this species, Naumann & Groth J.Hym.Res. 7, 127-148 (1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c8119425-3811-4013-a8a0-ae7a091d45f1/Pteryperginae+species+matrix.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730541150590-E8EEJVT1YFUY96E72ANO/Pteryperga+bifasciatajpg.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. bifasciata female - Brullé 1846 Pl.46, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730542015823-DEMH3N4N4NNWYRHLAXNS/Pteryperga+galla+Schmidt.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. galla female - Stefan Schmidt "Pergidae of the World" site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730542220615-K594ES7BJY6R3TCSN2VR/Pteryperga+galla+larva+Schmidt+2002+Fig.7.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. galla larva - Schmidt (2002) Fig. 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/958ad1f6-239a-43c9-88ce-c6f5b3e9789a/Pergulinae+species+matrix.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/3498280f-865f-44e4-bec9-f3e5436c2888/Phylacteophaginae+species+matrix.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730546483525-VTG0UPV6HWBEZUAKLB5P/Leptoperga+brunnea+female+Riek+1970+Fig.1.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - L. brunnea female - Riek (1970) fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730546544451-LUFY14G32I1UB9SSNIH1/Phylacteophaga+eucalypti+Froggatt+1907+Pl.X+Fig+1.jpg notes - 7 other PERGIDAE genera - P. eucalypti Froggatt (1907) Pl.X, Fig. 1 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/larrini monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/30d033f9-dd72-4162-9dcc-afdc6c52c7c3/Larrini+thumbnail.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Make it stand out click image to open/download latest version as pdf (<100kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6984ca46-476b-40c3-9b47-3e323c37e6fc/Liris+inat+70689364.jpeg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Make it stand out family CRABRONIDAE: genus Liris Photo by brenmcken, iNaturalist observation shared under (CC) BY-NC https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/70689364 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/77e83be4-a567-4697-b53a-c7ed7e19f855/pompilid.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Make it stand out family POMPILIDAE: probably Turneromyia or Ctenostegus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c0054c08-fffc-488a-8604-f45aad51399f/pompilid+2.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Make it stand out family POMPILIDAE: probably Turneromyia or Ctenostegus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730086550220-JS4QWC5DC9FWA49U3LDL/Larra+alecto+Smith+1858+p103.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Larra alecto (Smith 1858) extract p.103: Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A.R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 2: 42-130 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730086798857-JL47T628UYD71WYXRFVV/Larra+psilocera+Kohl+1884+pp355-6.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Larra psilocera (Kohl 1884) extract pp 355-6: Kohl, F.F. 1884. Neue Hymenopteren in den Sammlungen des zoologischen Hof-Cabinetes zu Wien. ii. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33: 331-386 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730087151493-AI6ZG89QHNRGVA5Z1LUI/Larra+melanocnemis+Turner+1916+pp249+250.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Larra melanocnemis (Turner 1916) extract pp 249-50: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730087583788-4PFF2ASGBVGRA7421L1K/Larra+femorata+Turner+1980+p+474.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Larra femorata (Turner 1908) extract p. 474: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730098373781-M1OOAUY8SPLPNBHC8F4E/Dicranorhina+intaminata+Turne+1910+p+426.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Dicranorhina intaminata (Turner 1910) Extract p. 426: Turner, R.E. 1910. New fossorial Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1910: 407-429 pl. 50 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730098376318-GDP5WT8OIEKBJPJ5I0BO/Dicranorhina+intaminata+Turner+1910+plate+50.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Dicranorhina intaminata (Turner 1910) Extract plate 50: Turner, R.E. 1910. New fossorial Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1910: 407-429 pl. 50 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730099240219-0ZH5DT9RE1PM054D3Q66/Dicranorhina+gaster+shape+Bohart+%26+Menke+p+234.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Dicranorhina (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) Extract, p.234: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730087918165-TU6DA2R8VW1ON00BKRZU/Tachytes+formosissimus+Turner+1908+pl+xxvi.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Tachytes formosissimus (Turner 1908) Extract, plate xxvi: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730428529922-6DZQE0TACGHKP617V7UE/extract+Bohart+%26+Menke+p+231+hind+ocelli.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Tachytes &amp; Tachysphex - ocelli (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) extract p. 231: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730429062567-FGYIS026Q7P0R9E0DJ51/extract+Bohart+%26+Menke+p+242+pygidium+Larra+%26+Liris.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Larra &amp; Liris - pygidium (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) extract p. 242: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730429065666-9G256WY2QGFJ90BUHZMW/extract+Bohart+%26+Menke+p+271+pygidium+Tachytes+%26+Tachysphex.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Tachytes &amp; Tachysphex - pygidium (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) extract p. 271: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730878283628-ZS3LNVWJCZOKNQTO2CCN/Larra+tarsomeres+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+p+236.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Larra – hind tarsomere (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) extract page 236: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730878333893-MDDC8EVWLQ8TIFBK73EI/Liris+tarsomeres+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+p+236.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Liris – hind tarsomere (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) extract page 236: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730878546395-J2SXSO0ISHVHZ21DX8L3/Tachysphex+tarsomeres+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+p+268.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Tachysphex - fore tarsomeres (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) extract page 268: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730878549999-5DHHFUHQW1MF0KTESGB3/Tachytes+hind+femur+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+p+268.jpg notes - Larrini (CRABRONINAE) - Tachytes - hind femur (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976) extract page 268: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/10/23/antargidium-nigrum monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9f4975cc-1aca-4b89-a15b-426a030949ed/Antargidium+nigrum+female+Schmidt+2012+Fig.12.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Make it stand out Antargidium nigrum female holotype - from Schmidt et al (2012) Fig. 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729652904393-TI1Z8V8VQSH31QBJI6TD/Antargidium+nigrum+Kerry.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729651603481-P28TXFQS0SHFE1C5Z8EJ/PA230002.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729651619629-GKBPR6IXKT1GHR8SGR8B/PA230005-Edit.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729671868411-OBICJJ9C20CXDUTF23D7/Antargidium+nigrum+Kerry+ventral+labelled.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729673424687-2LU7JQW7F2CYTO36UX4H/Antargidium+nigrum+head+dorsal+Kerry.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729672027201-7N0FH9A6ZGQ4J1E5QTD5/Antargidium+nigrum+male+Kerry+mesonotum.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729661618094-ZE0JXDW337W6OKAIVHAD/Antargidium+nigrum+Kerry+male+lateral+head.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729659888885-Q4AYRJ5I122V0GWUA6WU/Antargidium+nigrum+Kerry+dorsal+head.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729841850066-6A24PUHHMOKZZ9OYV228/PA220243-Edit.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729671814425-Q0Q3OLRP432KGC9IN6F9/Antargidium+head+Benson+1963+Fig.4.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729842167596-TYPZWU960S6AC6GAMZK9/head+mouthparts.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729842295381-C0KOCQBMYVYWO6FH5WYM/PA220228-Edit-2.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729842338834-V3MDAXY0S7XZGSGB4W3F/PA220193-Edit.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729842460590-6212IMSB7FAZZ77UC2WJ/dorsal+view+head+antennae.jpeg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729991955235-UH7EV8FOGPJ14D8TLU8Z/Trichorhachus+%28Styphelarge%3F%29+abdominalis+male+Kirby+Pl.3+fig.5.png notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Styphelarge abdominalis male Kirby 1882 Pl.3, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729991972575-T4OAR9Y3Q7X09X41D2TF/Trichorhachus+hyalinus+male+Kirby+Pl.3+fig.4.png notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Trichorhachus hyalinus male Kirby 1882 Pl.3, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729991987770-PYZ8LT3KYV3537CV9F2T/Trichorhachus+nitidus+male+head+Kirby+Pl.3+Fig.1a.png notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Trichorhachus sobrinus (australis) male antenna Kirby 1882 Pl.3 Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729992003534-8QMIWU7AR2QHYDH6KNC3/Trichorhachus+sobrinus+%28australis%29+Male+Kirby+Pl.3+Fig.3.png notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Trichorhachus nitidus male Kirby 1883 Pl.3, fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729890718596-SSSU6USNAKBDWSZ3COFF/Trichorhachus+australis+mouthparts+Benson+1938%2C+Fig.21.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Trichorhachus australis mouthparts Benson 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729890720906-13104DFWPXP9V6F0Z8M8/Trichorhachus+australis+right+mandible+Benson+1938+Fig.26.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Trichorhachus australis right mandible Benson 1938 Fig.26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729943235588-XOIRWR0DOU102HZXREV3/Sterictiphora+apios+head+dorsal+Ross+1938+Fig.213.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Sterictiphora apios head dorsal Ross 1938 Fig.213 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729891753145-9KLROVKWN23K01C7EF70/Antennae+Sterictiphora+cellularis+female+%2897%29+male+%2898%29+Ross+1938+Figs+97%2C+98.jpg notes - Antargidium nigrum (Argidae: Arginae) - Sterictiphora antennae zabriskiei female 97 cellularis male 98 Ross 1938 Figs.97, 98 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/miscophini-crabroninae monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7c453bd6-ae7d-4b27-a45d-5ef85259bc9f/Miscophini+table+thumbnail.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Make it stand out click image to open/download pdf (~200kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729317777318-OHJF0YPA6QRFXYR2R9XG/Aha+evansi+female+from+Lomholdt+1980+p+242.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Aha evansi (female), from Lomholdt 1980 Lomholdt, O.C. 1980. The female Aha evansi Menke, 1977 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Larrinae). Entomologica Scandinavica 11: 241-244 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729317780098-CWLQM2UEF6YK1EXJ2KE2/Aha+ha+male+from+Menke+1977.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Aha ha (male), from Menke 1977 Menke, A.S. 1977. Aha, a new genus of Australian Sphecidae, and revised key to the world genera of the tribe Miscophini (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Larrinae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 47: 671-681 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729320285960-5MR5G4PHGBPI536G0HVY/Sphodrotes+rubricatus+from+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Sphodrotes, from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729320287049-BXPDI6JB4HRJMN95NHQO/Sphodrotes+rubricatus+wing+from+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Sphodrotes, from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729319976758-9SJR9NL5H4DM2UAYE3TL/Larrisson+abnormis+wing+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrisson abnormis, from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729322395348-EID60WNLMV2501WO1RIH/Larrisson+variegatus+Pulawski+2012.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrisson variegatus, from Pulawski 2012 Pulawski, W.J. 2012. A review of the genus Larrisson Menke, 1967, and description of the new genus Larrissa (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 25: 35-82 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729320128467-8UV58L0INKKSNHGDMOUO/Lyroda+subita+from+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Lyroda, from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729320133882-3QTIUGS0AU18DMTIAZDN/Sericophorus+chalybaeus+from+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Sericophorus, from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729321325945-6N88D79ECEF1GLD73LEY/Sericophorus+face+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Sericophorus, from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729390975821-R5ATUUXU6RPP1HKRD8U8/Larrissa+nedymus+from+Menke+1979.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrissa nedyma, from Menke 1979 Menke, A.S. 1979. A review of the genus Larrisson Menke (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 453-463 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729389202757-RIWID2J7FN68AQI9MJEP/Larrissa+%26+Larrisson+key+Pulawski+2012.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrissa nedyma, from Pulawski 2012 Pulawski, W.J. 2012. A review of the genus Larrisson Menke, 1967, and description of the new genus Larrissa (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 25: 35-82 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729390054355-JNYBFNA2R20YXCJV52MJ/Larrisson+%28%26+Larrissa+nedyma%29%2C+from+Menke+1979.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrisson (&amp; Larrissa nedyma) from Menke 1979 Menke, A.S. 1979. A review of the genus Larrisson Menke (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 453-463 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729322060220-IVP27WLFU2Y99WIDOTAG/Larrisson+from+Pulawski+2012.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrisson, from Pulawski 2012 Pulawski, W.J. 2012. A review of the genus Larrisson Menke, 1967, and description of the new genus Larrissa (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 25: 35-82 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729389990764-YVOAADGW3UY59SR63SRX/Larrisson+rieki+from+Menke+1979.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrisson rieki, from Menke 1979 Menke, A.S. 1979. A review of the genus Larrisson Menke (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 453-463 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729322669926-DFVX25EKUA9XP85U6B9J/Larrisson+azyx+Pulawski+2012.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Larrisson, from Pulawski 2012 Pulawski, W.J. 2012. A review of the genus Larrisson Menke, 1967, and description of the new genus Larrissa (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 25: 35-82 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729472723952-5I5PU6VYKZY8AP3U78D0/Sericophorus+frontalis+from+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - Sericophorus frontalis, from Turner 1908 Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729640043235-F06EL7CNTZ9O5E36E8JS/sericophorus-viridis-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6804-347706-medium.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - S. viridis (subgenus Sericophorus) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018302 Accessed 23 October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729640484423-U8Y3KWN1MOHB4WZFZVD0/sericophorus-sydneyi-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6796-4324-medium.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - S. sydneyi (subgenus Sericophorus) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018336 Accessed 23 October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729640900963-CPSJY1UVMYHQIZ4SB08I/sericophorus-elegantior-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6786-4241-medium.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - S. elegantior (subgenus Sericophorus) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018331 Accessed 23 October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729642226311-FHG92EVPNA1JGWL0CWDD/sericophorus-pescotti-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6791-4306-medium.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - S. pescotti (subgenus Sericophorus) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018261 Accessed 23 October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729640255378-VAL2K53ITEGL2L58BPFV/anacrucis-laevigata-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6769-344778-medium.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - S. laevigatus (subgenus Zoyphidium) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018345 Accessed 23 October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729641997375-HBNQ72H9IAI93CKTE09A/anacrucis-clypeata-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6774-76667-large.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - S. clypeatus (subgenus Zophidium) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018264 Accessed 23 October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729640747201-YL1QBSK591WGU5Z0QU5U/anacrucis-striatula-mud-dauber-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6770-344782-medium.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) - S. striatulus (subgenus Zoyphidium) Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018297 Accessed 23 October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729641424556-BQTU6OKBA7D1I5QUQ9G4/Bohart+%26+Menke+303+305.jpg notes - Miscophini (CRABRONINAE) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/nitela-auchenophorus monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/52d5622e-181a-44d3-a92e-580c69f4fade/thumbnail+Nitela+Auchenophorus+summary+table.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Make it stand out click image to view / download as pdf (~ 120kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/180674a2-fd28-4577-be49-17c26e09cdf5/Nitela+iNaturalist+331867358.jpeg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Make it stand out Based on the colour pattern, this looks a match for Nitela australiensis Image courtesy of Kristi Ellingsen … https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/331867358 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728695117689-G9C8ULAWPK6W2SUZLQZG/wing+terminology.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - wing terminology &amp; structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728690189538-LLVJZG4B2RHYUH0RY1A0/from+Turner+1916+p+286.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - from Turner 1916 (p. 286) Turner, R.E. 1916. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera, xxiv. On the genus Nitela Latr. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 18: 343-345 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728690524458-GCEAL6HI3RW9WWCLQAJO/from+Turner+1916+p+287.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - from Turner 1916 (p. 287) (*note caution, below) Turner, R.E. 1916. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera, xxiv. On the genus Nitela Latr. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 18: 343-345 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728799190287-IVSV89SQFZFAQUBV4N2B/Screenshot+2024-10-13+at+4.59.01%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - from Bohart &amp; Menie 1976 (p. 373) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728716470715-OZDFY6E8JHW8J0TTFKMX/Matthews+2000+p+42.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Nitela elegans (from Matthews, 2000) Matthews, R.W. 2000. A new species of Nitela (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Larrinae) from Australia with notes on the nests and prey of two species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9(1): 41-47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728689999914-POSOZE197MJ2ECC0W6M4/Auchenophorus+extract+Bohart+%26+Menke+p+325.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 (p. 325) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728691017751-UNM4MXFBU0QXPFJY6OSO/Auchenophorus+extract+Bohart+%26+Menke+p+326.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - from Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 (p. 326) Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley: Univ. California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728693491209-FQDH5BL5HO5SQJODBNPZ/Nitela+kurandae+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Nitela kurandae (original description) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728693492583-P71GFR2308BWXK7MENTH/Nitela+reticulata+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Nitela reticulata (original description) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728717625850-GIJ03WOLDNFN19BR4OV9/Turner+1907+p+270+Auchenophorus+genus.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Auchenophorus (original description) Turner, R.E. 1907. New species of Sphegidae from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 268-276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728717677496-VNWPBZMI2H4MTW0X509I/Turner+1907+Auchenophorus+aeneus.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Auchenophorus aeneus (original description) Turner, R.E. 1907. New species of Sphegidae from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 268-276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728717726499-H3HQEQ7GHW7X2ZJRC9Q9/Turner+1907+p+271+Auchenophorus+coruscans.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Auchenophorus coruscans (original description) Turner, R.E. 1907. New species of Sphegidae from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 268-276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728717759925-PXU73E0U1T79QX4ZT6JO/Turner+1907+p+271+Auchenophorus+fulvicornis.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Auchenophorus fulvicornis (original description - male) Turner, R.E. 1907. New species of Sphegidae from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 268-276 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728771583962-Q1PAD2AWX8RLS5VFKHWZ/Turner+1916+p+288+Auchenophorus+fulvicornis.jpg notes - Nitela &amp; Auchenophorus (Miscophini) - Auchenophorus fulvicornis (original description - female) page 288: Turner, R.E. 1916. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera, xxiv. On the genus Nitela Latr. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 18: 343-345 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/10/14/eurys-aglaia-pergidae-euryinae monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729030074720-FU5997KCPKDHDUYN9GQ5/PA140002-2-Edit-label.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - Eurys aglaia - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729030252253-U7FDNV7TW7YDRV7I0PJH/Eurys+aglaia+ventral+view.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - Eurys aglaia - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728963503377-4H5R21HW7FA1TYNIRZLQ/Tongue+Eurys+laetus+Benson+1963.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - Tongue Eurys laetus Benson 1963 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728981985007-6XY9G8YFERSREIOWZ8QD/mouthparts+2.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - E. aglaia side view head and mouthparts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728983276370-HRVY5Y92DDB63FEEWEZO/head+antennae+frontal+view.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - head and antennae frontal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728983943946-FR1U85EAN61K0W8UNT9T/head+frontal+view.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - head frontal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728985490188-TCTBTO2XKZ3S1AJNYP35/head+antennae+dorsal+view.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - head, antennae dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728991481508-C071W9B6RDDUUX770RX7/head+antennae+dorsal+view+2.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - head, antenna dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729030909393-5W3C1G1ZY6NSOV2DTV9Y/Eurys+aglaia+antenna.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - antenna lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728993622522-T04Y0W8IR7GRG9GE0EYU/forewing.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - fore wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728993573526-MQ8I7525EI0ILZVT9XVK/hind+wing.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - hind wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728996422438-RYFU5YCIFT5AFLGR43G2/forewing+Eurys+Benson+1963.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - fore wing Eurys Benson(1963) Fig.9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728996198177-9X95JQOZDXII9EV51TFA/wing+Benson.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - Benson 1963 Fig. 5 Eurys hind wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728993961664-MOBE55E35QYPO8CH506D/PA140157-Edit.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - ventral view abdomen - white patches on terga 2-7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728994071351-KRZWVDL6JSLT9PZTIHMV/PA140131-Edit.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - postero-lateral view abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728994087877-S65PDT4H3TWJQ802LC3G/PA140124-Edit-2.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - postero-lateral view abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728994591257-IZL2NW25FZZRJV362W61/saw+ovipositor+sheath.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - ventral view abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728995031908-ZHX6OBKDKODG38NK6GK0/hind+leg.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - hind leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1728995329762-SHN969R0MPSZ7NQ3U35N/saw.jpeg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - lateral view abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729027853738-IWSO6DQH0XBFDKYHI6V7/Eurys+saw+and+sawsheath+Benson+1934+Fig.5.jpg notes - Eurys aglaia (Pergidae: Euryinae) - Eurys pulcher saw (a), sawsheath (b) viewed from above. Benson (1934) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/austrogorytes-vs-argogorytes monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2909d718-4e35-475b-9662-d5b68c74af8f/Screenshot+2024-09-22+at+9.06.41%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Austrogorytes vs Argogorytes (Bembicini) - Make it stand out extract page 408: Bohart, R.M. 1984. A revision of the genus Austrogorytes Bohart (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 32: 391-412 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6c5d5385-4d17-4e81-828d-4009ac2dace1/Turner+1915+pp+77-78+Argogorytes+rubrosignatus.jpg notes - Austrogorytes vs Argogorytes (Bembicini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/582e77ad-5237-4b51-bedb-6fcd40f68543/Bohart+%26+Menke+eye+shape+extract.png notes - Austrogorytes vs Argogorytes (Bembicini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/megalyra-2408b monthly 0.5 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8ba0f66c-b71c-4ed7-96ae-a2bdc712456d/Shaw+1990+extract+p1051+wagneri+variation.png notes - Megalyra wagneri (MEGALYRIDAE) - Make it stand out extract from the species description for M. wagneri, pp. 1050-1: Shaw, S.R. 1990. A taxonomic revision of the long-tailed wasps of the genus Megalyra Westwood (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 1005-1052 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/megalyra-2406c monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f48b5e95-c551-4b50-95ba-99c56e24ae24/Screenshot+2024-08-21+at+5.14.50%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Megalyra minuta species-group (MEGALYRIDAE) - Make it stand out click image to open/download table as a pdf (200kb) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/megalyra-hub monthly 0.5 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723963006351-VG1II5NCJF9F7JEYHZ97/Naumann+Fig.+42.17.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723963010564-6KASIZLWX1UCBVMOL5BI/Goulet+%26+Huber+Fig+190.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724136996232-G82PD7IVXBT0U16TN0U4/Screenshot+2024-08-20+at+4.51.11%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Megalyrid Hub AFD checklist (as at 20/8/24) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724137279270-CLK2II9U9OUGN2II9XP4/Screenshot+2024-08-20+at+5.00.48%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6a4a8381-6fd7-4d35-947e-d91880a442f5/original-5.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub - Make it stand out Museums Victoria. Photographer: Lucinda Gibson. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018820 Note that although Riek had proposed this as a new species (Megalyra westwoodi), Shaw (in 1988) referred it to the widespread and variable species, Megalyra fascipennis. And it's clearly a female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a13c2696-1553-4678-9203-9a96e02cecd7/summary+table+thumbnail.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub - Make it stand out click image to open/download pdf (200kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735192159856-422ELUTUADU4B57I9XTZ/key+Megalyra+Shaw+1990.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724141704047-66RTJOFHEBHHES6F423V/extract+Shaw+1990+page+1031.png notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724193459509-0MB8M3WI37DCS4B3Q4CF/Vilhemsen+et+al+2010+Fig+5D+annotated.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724196252221-C96TLBK93E26FG5AHMU1/Vilhemsen+et+al+2010+Fig+3D+annotated.png notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724196640713-MM9LTBSC4E45FOMOF5Z5/Vilhemsen+et+al+2010+Fig+2F.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724198108506-RSIJREQY2N4MO5J4QQBS/Naumann+1987+from+page+216.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724199070632-2AR0R93SCUIK59QUNSTF/Naumann+from+p217+annotated.jpg notes - Megalyrid Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1725251964301-VAS0O822YEU1QUCPJBS6/Mesaglio+sighting+A+inat+97123462.jpeg notes - Megalyrid Hub - Megalyra fasciipennis (shared from iNaturalist sighting 97123462 by Thomas Mesaglio) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/97123462 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1725251966538-YEKXQJSCHUJQBH09DOSK/Mesaglio+sighting+B+inat+97123462.jpeg notes - Megalyrid Hub - Megalyra fasciipennis (shared from iNaturalist sighting 97123462 by Thomas Mesaglio) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/97123462 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/8/11/sterictiphorinae-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/74ed34eb-f7fe-4d66-a744-f8692f1b4657/Screenshot+2025-12-14+at+6.27.28%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723380205320-O6MLMXERAM6VYJOIVF13/Trichorhachus+australis+male+Westwood+%281842%29+Pl.7%2C+Fig.2.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. australis male - Westwood (1842) Pl.7, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723430809628-M1SW2XUKQIC0XLPDQKTF/Trichorhachus+sobrinus+male+Kirby+1882+Pl.iii%2C+fig.3.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. sobrinus male - Kirby (1882) Pl.iii, Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723381913192-8FR2T6IK90JGF9LZS2R8/Trichorhachus+australis+abdomen+apex+Benson+1938+Fig.10.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. australis female, apex of abdomen - Benson (1938) Fig.10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723382090662-76648HYCNZN5B43MQJMO/Trichorhachus+australis+sawsheath+Benson+1938+Fig.8.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. australis, sawsheath from above - Benson (1938) Fig.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723380342733-ZQRZD1SPT01184BMM6QS/Trichorhachus+hyalinus+male+Kirby+1882+Pl.iii%2C+Fig.4.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. hyalinus male - Kirby (1882) Pl.iii, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723380467636-HPQPJK4TTR49NP1WT2PG/Trichorhachus+nitidus+female+Kirby+1882+Pl.iii%2C+Fig.2.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus female - Kirby (1882) Pl.iii, Fig. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723380521275-56N96QPOYU9X0FJVL855/Trichorhachus+nitidus+male+Kirby+1882+Pl.iii%2C+Fig.1.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus male with hind leg - Kirby (1882) Pl.iii, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723380719159-QXNSQLO7S1PZUF0WGWMM/Trichorhachus+nitidus+male+head+Kirby+1882+Pl.iii+Fig.1a.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus male head - Kirby (1882) Pl.iii, Fig.1a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723383118192-ALD1PLBJTZXKIJCJTCB7/Trichorhachus+nitidus+antenna+Morice+1919+Pl.13%2C+Fig.3.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus male antenna - Morice (1919) Pl.13, Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723382166383-RFN6ZI5W5FX2UQ4LVPRZ/Trichorhachus+nitidus+abdomen+apex+Benson+1938+Fig.9.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus female, apex of abdomen - Benson (1938) Fig.9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723382236825-ID2E8AF25CLVZLMN12Q1/Trichorhachus+nitidus+sawsheath+Benson+1938+Fig.7.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - T. nitidus female, sawsheath from above - Benson (1938) Fig. 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730708952189-4F081J4X1SLT0XVJ6IQZ/Trichorhachus+sp.+female+Lucid+Keys.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - Trichorhachus sp. female - from Lucid keys What wasp is that? website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723381019409-8XVOUXD1JB0LDYG2S1W9/Styphelarge+abdominalis+Kirby+1882+Pl.iii+Fig.5.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - S. abdominalis male - Kirby (1882) Pl.iii, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731057741260-L0IVAMRMGHNLAJ6T1LZS/Schizocerella+sp+keys.lucidcentral.org.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - S. pilicornis male - lucid keys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731065152940-K8JDHE34JIS4OP4M02N2/Schizocerella+pilicornis+facial+view+Benson+1963+Fig.2.jpg notes - Trichorhachus, Styphelarge, Schizocerella (Sterictiphorinae) - S. pilicornis frontal view face - Benson (1963) Fig.2 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/other-euryinae-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9c8b1e4d-8140-4edd-9cb1-3baaa8dc4351/Dalia+etc.+species+matrix.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722597668262-NLHGDENJF6S5VT76WKZL/Dalia+antenna+Schmidt+2005+Fig.1.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) - D. graminis antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722597711959-D7P30XR79AE4WFWX2CGN/Dalia+forewing+Schmidt+2005+Fig.3.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) - D. graminis fore wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722597875507-TEE5QH7VDKTVYRS7AZ06/Diphamorphos+minor+antenna+Benson+1935+Fig.4b.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722597889939-TGMMRDAOVEWLQHXJYD3J/Diphamorphos+minor+antenna+labelled+Morice+1919+Pl12%2C+Fig.11.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722598029806-L2Q4NM0OY5HTYDICPD8T/Diphamorphos+pallicornis+antenna+Benson+1935+fig.4a.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722598240192-JILZXAT6YM13F0IR8KX6/Polyclonus+atratus+Kirby+Pl.vii+Fig.3.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722598269145-Y99X9EZM7J85RAN3EFZS/Polyclonus+atratus+male+antenna+Moore+1957+Fig.6.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722598283146-BMVD2FPT9MWGMGID4QRC/Polyclonus+atratus+female+antenna+Moore+1957+Fig.2.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722598298917-DPEE9PWPJCMLVOGHVPKA/Polyclonus+atrata+wings+Moore+1957+Fig.1.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770247846067-WTSBMVXRZBKKIQWFTTQ9/ark__65665_m359856d97b45e4675acfeb9fe951fdeb3.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) - Holotype Warra (Clarissa) froggatti Rohwer, 1922 holotype specimen no. USNMENT00778970 from USNM Entomology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770247858637-FNAGSX74W6ETD1SPPBZ2/ark__65665_m3885b7c83581948258470ee07214a0e65.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) - Warra (Clarissa) froggatti holotype specimen no. USNMENT00778970 from USNM Entomology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770247870427-ABTSZX0U5Q4DRCMCSLCU/ark__65665_m3e91e75fcd5b140e0bdd524aa3e81ee98.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) - Warra (Clarissa) froggatti holotype specimen no. USNMENT00778970 from USNM Entomology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770247882243-ANVJB3PM86DS3USCX59J/ark__65665_m307008e3db9084e1da875554d002487cd.jpg notes - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra (Euryinae) - Warra (Clarissa) froggatti holotype specimen no. USNMENT00778970 from USNM Entomology https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/8/2/clarissa-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8baf69b8-b8e2-49fd-8df6-e392dc88ad17/Clarissa+species+matrix.jpg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755916498228-GE3LIWOZUOIPI7D8LK4M/Screenshot+2025-08-23+at+12.34.34%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - wings - Morice (1919) Pl. 11, Fig. 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755913723280-6KPXDH72ABH5WJ1AW716/clarissa-wilsoni-sawfly-dorsal-view-syntype-registration-no-t-1504-251621-large.jpg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - C. wilsoni female holotype - Museums Victoria Photographer: Lucinda Gibson Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1004229 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755913735717-VDZ7MGN8HPS437FRTSY0/clarissa-wilsoni-sawfly-lateral-view-syntype-registration-no-t-1504-251623-large.jpg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - C. wilsoni female holotype - Museums Victoria Photographer: Lucinda Gibson Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1004229 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755908661368-U9SEYHWX24W6ICHAFIEQ/251622-thumbnail.jpg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772269218607-7W318KTXJKM961BZABML/Clarissa_1.jpeg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - antennae 11-segmented; black body with red mesonotum, pleurae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772269268212-XVKYL6EUHTDU3538H56F/Clarissa_7.jpeg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - mesonotum and back of head weakly punctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772269284066-EW9CE5W1SA0ENOQWFN7W/Clarissa_9.jpeg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - face strongly punctured, back of head less; malar space=pedicel length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772269304156-VPV8108F071WME6NONP3/Clarissa_11.jpeg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - clypeus less than half as long as broad, mesosternum red https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772269329081-XA2H5LBL1JF3234SPRHI/Clarissa_13.jpeg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - labrum, clypeus black, emarginate; pedicel broader than long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772269369078-JM3NQ9I7ROOHN7BH4IKB/Clarissa_8.jpeg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - hind basitarsus=next 3 segments; abdomen with rugulous punctures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772273184717-FQ6KRXEFPXIDQZ5NYP6D/Clarissa_3.jpeg notes - Clarissa (Euryinae) - wings infuscated with black nerves https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/8/2/neoeurys-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d044fc38-7730-4e05-85bc-d0df46a46550/Neoeurys+species+matrix+thumbnail.jpg notes - Neoeurys (Euryinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722594080332-0Y8VMN27N0PTSGUDFZDW/Neoeurys+sp.SS1.jpg notes - Neoeurys (Euryinae) - Neoeurys sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730964848943-1FDK0PIENDKR5WQ0FOUS/Neoeurys+sp+Stefan+Schmidt.jpg notes - Neoeurys (Euryinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722594228229-IIJLTC8MOOH7U8YQBS8D/Neoeurys+variabilis+sternalis+female+syntype+T-1505.jpg notes - Neoeurys (Euryinae) - Neoeurys variabilis female. Reg. no. T1505 Photographer: Lucinda Gibson Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1009127 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766042876957-119YJ2HY1AQCK09SFOYO/clarissa-variabilis-sawfly-lateral-view-syntype-registration-no-t-1505-251626-large.jpg notes - Neoeurys (Euryinae) - Neoeurys variabilis female. Reg. no. T1505 Photographer: Lucinda Gibson Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1009127 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772404798918-K1G0TYPGYOSNK763ZOP1/original-Neoeurys+leai.jpg notes - Neoeurys (Euryinae) - undetermined Australian Museum specimen looks like a good match to Neoeurys leai (Forsius, 1927) https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/9716f382-68ae-4e77-9a51-d9081495af09 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/8/2/eurys-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7682b7fb-46fc-46aa-baeb-d5176559ae02/Eurys+species+matrix.jpg notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723332086443-QCC8OT6LIFQDEIYQXBA5/Eurys+laetus+Westwood+Pl.7%2C+Fig.4.jpg notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - Eurys laetus Westwood (1842) Pl.7, fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760743610178-UC22W2HSZKMELC1RCRL4/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+10.24.55%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - Eurys laetus forewing - Benson (1934) Fig. 1(a) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722587674266-9P7NQVXDOLVOMO2EBWLA/Euryopsis+%28Eurys%29+nitens+female+Pl.7+fig.5.png notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - E. nitens (male) - Kirby (1882) Pl.vii, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722587837404-PP40AB4GMXE596CVCW4G/Euryopsis+%28Eurys%29+nitens+antenna.jpg notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - E. nitens male antenna - Kirby (1882) Pl.vii, Fig.5a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722588079686-KS2C9F3B32FQDQ8LEN82/Eurys+nitidus+female+Kirby+Pl.7%2C+fig.4.jpg notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - E. nitidus (female) - Kirby (1882) Pl.vii, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722588150728-HODRDBVBMICSC6ST2QN3/Eurys+nitidus+antenna.jpg notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - Eurys nitidus female antenna - Kirby (1882) Pl.vii, Fig.4a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722588622759-DBG6PU7UGOTLAL7HVGBK/Eurys+sembla+antenna+Smith+1980.jpg notes - Eurys (Euryinae) - female antenna https://southernforestlife.net/notes/other-perginae-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8d279c75-1b10-4df3-ba21-000ff6df1cbe/Cerealces+etc.+species+matrix.jpg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721737735966-I7LZ3IWNQWNQ48KQNSJJ/Cerealces+scutellata+Kirby+Pl.II+Fig.15.jpg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - male, antenna and hindleg - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721737959205-6A54EBV99UWC3RPXB13B/Acanthoperga+cameronii+Westwood+Pl.37%2C+Fig.3.jpg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - female - Westwood (1880) Pl.37, Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721738042205-Y8D2R7FLAO2MZDOE9V3Y/Acanthoperga+cameronii+scutellum+Benson+1939+Fig.14.png notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721738087308-I7BW0OBGH0S4POESQM5N/Acanthoperga+cameronii+head+Benson+1939+Fig.25.png notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - head - Benson (1939) Fig.25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762242831339-49VEO3ROHBO36775N58V/Screenshot+2025-11-04+at+6.52.32%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - Acanthoperga venation - Benson (1939) fig. 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721738295675-MXSTX3WO6EYYZ4M3FN5J/Acanthoperga+cameronii+antenna+Benson+1939+Fig.3.png notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - antenna - Benson (1939) Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721738338729-CILWFBA32U3FUKB1XKRX/Acanthoperga+cameroni+antenna+Morice+Pl.XV%2C+Fig.20.png notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - antenna - Morice (1919) Pl.15, Fig.20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745052268610-SJ36LE09J2YCVRQ2OZXQ/original-55.jpg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - A. marlatti - BOLD https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/PERGI042-12 Specimen Depository: SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center: SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group. Collectors:S. & O. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721738500959-P4I9APM9MSKJVFXXZ2CE/Paraperga+jucunda+Kirby+1882+Pl.ii+Fig.14.jpg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721738540330-7Z7NE82DSX2YJZPSVYM4/Paraperga+jucunda+scutellum+Benson++%281939%29+Fig.13.jpg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730965501933-JZ8FZA3RGPBRCI3ID5O5/Antiperga+antiopa+male+Stefan+Schmidt.jpeg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745052558557-V9SAOM6I5WUGH598AK19/original-56.jpg notes - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (Perginae) - male A. antiopa BOLD https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/PERGI075-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/ectemnius-williamsita monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/40ed76e7-4595-4d4e-89b2-f18f97f636f1/nomenclature+changes+over+time.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721362165232-HU4DV4WGUTSAM93XHX00/Screenshot+2024-07-19+at+2.06.00%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - metasomal colour patterns (click image for pdf) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721362162685-1887QF2TF4RXN06B8XYN/Screenshot+2024-07-19+at+2.05.53%E2%80%AFPM.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - more detailed summary (click image for pdf) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721258981616-J408ZEQI12SCOITFNHMS/key+steps+to+Williamsita.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Ectemnius &amp; Williamsita in key (from B&amp;M 1976) extract from key to genera of Crabronini (p. 372): Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721258655396-7XFA90Q60F9P2PFHO4RZ/Screenshot+2024-07-18+at+8.48.35%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita smithiensis (from B&amp;M 1976) extract from Fig. 121 (p. 373): Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721284640833-DQCN0TO7WOJUPN6X4YZR/Williamsita+tasmanica+Maynard+%26+Fearn+2021.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita tasmanica (from Maynard &amp; Fearn 2021) image extract p. 44: Maynard, D. & Fearn, S. 2021. Ecological and behavioural observations of a nesting aggregation of the endemic Tasmanian digger wasp Williamsita tasmanica (Smith, 1856)(Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 155(1): 43-50 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721291455356-CL4LUMH42LJYDU19V2VI/Smith+1858+Williamsita+neglecta.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita neglecta (Smith 1858 original) extract from p249: Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721391435218-HG2JCR6VVXJFHYHFITRZ/Pate+1947+describes+Williamsita+new+genus.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita genus description (Pate 1947) extract from pp 107-8: Pate, V.S.L. 1947. On Williamsita, a new genus of wasps from New Caledonia (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Pemphilidini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49: 107–112 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721442296945-U1O487KJ2TXGWH7EF5RM/Crabro%2Bcinctus%2B%28Ectemnius%2Breginellus%29%2BTurner%2B1908.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Ectemnius reginellus (from Turner 1908) extract from Plate XXVI: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1722136902107-NNM2U83FKE5O5XMUPGON/Smith+1858+p+250+Crabro+tridentatus.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita smithiensis (Smith 1868) extract p. 250: Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721881121866-1GWGBCKSKZO0MEB6DZ8L/Turner+1908+p531+Crabro+cinctus.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Ectemnius reginellus (Turner 1908) extract p. 531: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721442559586-B8TZLIC6K6I23TN35EHR/williamsita-vedetta-lateral-view-4476-4225-large.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita (from Museums Victoria) Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013426 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721442561744-5C0KAIZMQVRTYL1JGFMY/williamsita%2B4476-4223-large.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita (from Museums Victoria) Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013426 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721809075739-JWY58AUZYFIET55G3IJR/Turner+1915+page+95+Crabro+manifestatus+from+WA.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita manifestata (from Turner 1915) extract from p. 95: Turner, R.E. 1915. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XV. New Australian Crabronidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(15): 62-96 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721893649077-DEA42YY906JBT2WON6ND/Turner+1908+Williamista+ordinaria+p+532.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita ordinaria (Turner 1908) extract pp 532-3: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721442724089-JHDYGPUVQPUXHP41QHZ5/Lestica%2Bconfluenta%2BCCDB-28918-C03.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Lestica confluenta (from BOLD, collected Canada) from same species group ('Solenius' of Leclercq) as the Australian species, L. relicta Image from BOLD INRMA2285-15 Specimen Depository: Royal British Columbia Museum Sequencing Center:Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography:CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors:C.R.Copley, D.R.Copley, J.M.Heron Specimen Identification:C. G. Ratzlaff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772131237056-YSFDI0I3HN73XT1DKKWD/Ectemnius+hebetescens+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Ectemnius hebetescens (from Turner 1908) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772131231621-9YXFHD6MLMLDJJ2ARW04/Ectemnius+hebetescens+Leclercq+1999.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Ectemnius hebetescens (from Leclercq 1999) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774915219663-RN72EE493VJ5N25BYGS1/Leclercq+2006+p115.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita - genus (Leclercq 2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774915272816-9SE02LOTHFVVW0EPWWDZ/Leclercq+2006+p115-6+key+males.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita - key to males (Leclercq 2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774915321359-5O21RAO6ZVOODQNZ78ZW/Leclercq+2006+p116-7+key+females+a.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita - key to females (Leclercq 2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774915356817-LF67R8ZV71YRVU1JEABA/Leclercq+2006+p116-7+key+females+b.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita - key to females (Leclercq 2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774916023358-BIEDB7DVRFZ2E4972GQ6/Leclercq+1974+notes.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita - genus notes (Leclercq 1974) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774916028377-7L1LLZPBQATT6K9QKDTY/Leclercq+1974+key+to+females.jpg notes - Ectemnius, Williamsita, Lestica (Crabronini) - Williamsita - key to females (Leclercq 1974) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/crabronini-crabroninae monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a1f369ae-5dd6-4b89-b0d2-4634597c3b0a/Crabronini+thumbnail.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Make it stand out Australian Crabronini summary table - click to open/download pdf (<200kb) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721464057552-ZPXWDL8CAQK8HHYAONJS/Leclercq+1997+Rhopalum+gaster+shapes+page+101.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721465371492-31I52OEMRUYEV2D2E4IT/gaster+definitions+per+Bohart+%26+Menke.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721001745907-E3EBFQBM5GUPSJ6YQ5CI/rhopalum-11668-9373.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Rhopalum (from Museums Victoria) Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013434 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721003161023-842UN1KZHIUIDPMDSD50/P8200132+copy.jpeg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Rhopalum 20th Aug, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721001966178-2KXYE197O19IW1LYNMZD/podagritus-271-344689.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Podagritus (from Museums Victoria) Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013416 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721002854352-L5IP3VNS27KIM7YGS9D2/PB040046+copy.jpeg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Podagritus 4th Nov, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721004033334-FYYC576V9PK5KFRHEGPM/Dasyproctus+BOLD+SICOB1024-18.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Dasyproctus agilis (from Sri Lanka) from BOLD record: Specimen Depository: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Photography: CBG Photography Group, Smithsonian InstitutionCollectors: K.V.Krombein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774069896514-WPM5DTDWRJKPCYU4D7YC/Leclercq+1999+Neodasyproctus.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Neodasyproctus (Leclercq 1999) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1731443592848-BYL5AGDE12FB1K7M6UN4/Turner+1917+Neodasyproctus+veitchi.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Neodasyproctus veitchi (original description) extract p.84: Turner, R.E. 1917. New species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917 (1): 53-84 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772932782396-SXWVWPZENNRRHWEQCAPY/Eupliloides+Pate+1955+Fig+1.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Eupliloides (Pate 1946) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772932783228-6JD3GQ9QL5RPEEA6RFYY/Eupliloides+Pate+1955+Fig+2.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Eupliloides (Pate 1946) Crossocerus (Eupliloides) leontopiles (from Singapore), author noting similarity between species in this subgenus (which later was elevated to genus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774067756212-7KGCPAOXO5BRAOQC50Z9/Leclercq+1983+Eupliloides.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Eupliloides (Leclercq 1983) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774067772160-X6W6G64U9PAKDDBQ94J2/Leclercq+1996+Eupliloides+genus.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Eupliloides (Leclercq 1996) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774067767153-JM1RLQREE4POIPCM5BTL/Leclercq+1996+Eupliloides+alter.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Eupliloides alter (Leclercq 1996) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721441980637-SWIN1IQNH13TADC13I5F/Notocrabro%2BBohart%2B%26%2BMenke%2Bp376.png notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Notocrabro (from B&amp;M 1976) extract p. 376: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721009946948-AMO6OXEIY1CQIWOE2UG0/Crabro+perlucidus+%28Pseudoturneria%29.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Pseudoturneria (from Turner 1908) extract from Plate XXVI (type species for genus Crabro perlucidus): Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721010070782-PR5ZQL6OM4OOINZR2IPZ/Pseudoturneria+p+43+Leclercq+1974.png notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Pseudoturneria (from Leclercq 1974) extract from p.43: Leclercq, J. 1974. Crabroniens d'Australie (Hymenoptera Sphecidae and Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie110: 37-57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721017764433-RIJLZ1AQ33EWSOYRI895/BOLD++SICOB1033-18+Piyuma+prosopoides+Sri+Lanka.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Piyuma prosopoides (from Sri Lanka, BOLD) image from BOLD SICOB1033-18 Specimen Depository: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Photography:CBG Photography Group, Smithsonian Institution Collectors: K.V.Krombein, P.B.Karunaratne, S.Karunaratne, D.W.Balasooriya Specimen Identification:J. Leclercq https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721440174503-A84HDLI145PA6IBU4WPA/Screenshot+2024-07-20+at+11.31.34%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Piyuma (from Leclercq 1995) extract from: Leclercq, J. 1995. Hyménoptères Sphécides Crabroniens du genre Piyuma Pate, 1944 des régions Orientale et Australienne. Lambillionea, Revue Internationale d'Entomologie 95: 407-419 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721860867922-C4MG89IE7SCBTXF9O66P/Turner+1908+Piyuma+prosopoides+prosopoides+page+528+.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Piyuma prosopoides prosopoides (Turner 1908) extract p. 528: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721011858302-JHHS1X6Z96U09EH48OVA/Crabro+cinctus+%28Ectemnius+reginellus%29+Turner+1908.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Ectemnius reginellus (from Turner 1908) extract from Plate XXVI: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721007912181-JRPM7X9TPGF6WU1DD1X8/williamsita+4476-4223-large.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Williamsita (from Museums Victoria) Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013426 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721007914036-VF9ECQ1I15024SJKBHRV/williamsita-vedetta-lateral-view-4476-4225-large.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Williamsita (from Museums Victoria) Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013426 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721009296026-FATBX5SUM1HCF61947C2/from+Leclercq+1974+p50+Williamsita.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Williamsita (from Leclercq 1974) extract from p.50: Leclercq, J. 1974. Crabroniens d'Australie (Hymenoptera Sphecidae and Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 110: 37-57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721028499112-23T985LELWXDZGMJPZL6/Lestica+confluenta+CCDB-28918-C03.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Lestica confluenta (from BOLD, collected Canada) from same species group ('Solenius' of Leclercq) as the Australian species, L. relicta Image from BOLD INRMA2285-15 Specimen Depository: Royal British Columbia Museum Sequencing Center:Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography:CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors:C.R.Copley, D.R.Copley, J.M.Heron Specimen Identification:C. G. Ratzlaff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721025484034-MJM9IWVDFDW9I9XUDBQQ/Chimiloides+Leclercq+1954+p55.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Chimiloides (from Leclercq 1954) extract p.55: Leclercq, J. 1954. Monographie Systématique, Phylogénétique et Zoogéographique des Hyménoptères Crabroniens. Liège : Lejeunia Press 371 pp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772937131051-A7D3HGSGGFJV4IRUNDJT/Zutrhopalum+Leclercq+1998.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Zutrhopalum (from Leclercq 1998) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772941738830-WJ7ZC0CTU2Z5EHATGAAY/Zutrhopalum+figures+Leclercq+1998.jpg notes - Crabronini (CRABRONINAE) - Zutrhopalum (from Leclercq 1998) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/xyloperga-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772316513956-9PJF76OQ4PSIS75YMM9W/Xyloperga+species+matrix+thumbnail.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - Full matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (922 KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772317948572-W67WRKZP89Y1K5OMMA1D/Xyloperga+species+cheat+sheet+thumbnail.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - Illustrated Summary Matrix: Click on the thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (10.5 MB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721389193646-2CA9ZFDXRJHD5VTOXXS4/Xyloperga+amenaida+Kirby+Pl.ii+Fig.10.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. amenaida (male) - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721390531953-S6W4T9BYPBL3UK0QRYH3/Xyloperga+rufomaculata+Kirby+Pl.ii%2C+Fig.12.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. rufomaculata (female) - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768193509418-SBWTF75ECLQGYJAGNMPB/Xyloperga+amenaida+saw+Benson+1939+Fig.+35.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. amenaida saw - Benson (1939) Fig. 35 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721389513882-2FO22CDCF34XFCMLVF3D/Xyloperga+dentata+Kirby+Pl.ii%2C+Fig.13.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721389687067-OMLYKWQLH4F6DLMYCF0P/Xyloperga+halidaii+female+Pl.37+Fig.5.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii female - Westwood (1880) Pl.37, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730065580501-14TK1GYD1FE8QLQNSF6S/Xyloperga+jurinei+Westwood+Pl.37+Fig+6.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. jurinei male - Westwood (1880) Pl.37, Fig.6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775165197958-4TJY6W8MVGTYLU60R4RI/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_dorsal.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii Westwood syntype - female dorsal habitus photograph ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775164965967-TDRKEAMBHYN2EKPGGZJT/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_lateral.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii Westwood syntype - female lateral habitus photograph ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775165355561-V3U850OW6MFXC73ONTZL/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_ovipositor2.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii saw dissected from syntype ©️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History. kindly supplied by Dr. James Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745051272086-L92CDIRWPQYS67LGI3D1/Xyloperga+halidaii+SICOD1430-19+dorsal.jpeg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii male - BOLD https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/SICOD1430-19 Specimen Depository:Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography:CBG Photography Group Collectors: M.Nikitin Specimen Identification: USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745051458723-OBLULTNO2X3M5BQRI3TE/Xyloperga+halidaii+SICOD1430-19+lateral.jpeg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii - BOLD https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/SICOD1430-19 Specimen Depository:Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography:CBG Photography Group Collectors: M.Nikitin Specimen Identification: USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721389771272-XQZ3FZD8ATKN54R2EAVH/Xyloperga+halidaii+head+Benson+1939+Fig.23.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - head - Benson (1939) Fig.23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721389784020-B9712YQTXIDN83INHKQ4/Xyloperga+halidaii+scutellum+Benson+1939+Fig.12.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768193747320-AN6ZIHM739N2J5RLO6NO/Xyloperga+halidaii+saw+Benson+%281939%29+Fig.+37.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii saw - Benson (1939) Fig. 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768194283418-W9SSDTII9LV7K9LWIN66/Screenshot+2026-01-12+at+4.03.04%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - X. halidaii saw - Morice (1919) Pl. XV, Fig. 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721390174482-JK8FRYEK5Q2HOJC7SR0Y/Xyloperga+perkinsi+head+Benson+1939+fig.22.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - head - Benson (1939) Fig.22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721390332294-QNL8KR2ZWBDQPCSAVLL1/Xyloperga+univittata+Kirby+Pl.ii%2C+Fig.7.jpg notes - Xyloperga (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.7 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/7/3/pseudoperga-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751017205270-XA2Q1G67VXFANMUE9HCS/Screenshot+2025-06-27+at+7.39.42%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - Full Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (82KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751017571742-1QL5AUA5J2O2PIAWNZ0F/Screenshot+2025-06-27+at+7.43.35%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - Illustrated Summary Matrix: Click on the thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (463KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720947809531-YI7P63PUK0AYNQQC1O4X/Pseudoperga+belinda+Kirby+Pl.ii+Fig.3.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720947983665-W3RRE8KLZ9WGIFJR4PXE/Pseudoperga+belinda.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female - dorsal view Type specimen T1502, National Museum of Victoria, Photographer Lucinda Gibson https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/b8998e66-ffeb-491f-87c1-4ea76707eec4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772402896245-I22UQ7WYAQEMJ5LF6ULM/original-357.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female - lateral view Type specimen T1502, National Museum of Victoria, Photographer Lucinda Gibson https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/b8998e66-ffeb-491f-87c1-4ea76707eec4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720948287010-3DLXG4PHEHFNOR4LBIR5/Pseudoperga+ferruginea+antenna+wing+female+Leach+Tab.148%2C+Fig.+4.png notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - antenna and fore wing - Leach (1817) Tab.148, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720948499542-FLBK8GY603MW0AIE8XW8/Pseudoperga+guerinii+%28smithii%29+female+Westwood+Pl.36%2C+Fig.6.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female P. smithii - Westwood (1880) Pl.36, Fig.6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720948691843-0QPIPXDLTGV76ZV98GBS/Pseudoperga+guerinii+male+Westwood+Pl.35%2C+Fig.1.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - male P. guerinii - Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745048774070-XFKNFXUEK61R59RQHO5O/1024.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female P. guerinii - BOLD https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/SICOD117-19 Specimen Depository:Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Sequencing Center:Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography: CBG Photography Group Collectors: N.M.Schift, J.MacDonaldSpecimen Identification:USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745049008845-L5SW6P7VGFD2HK1QAEB6/1024-2.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female P. guerinii - BOLD https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/SICOD117-19 Specimen Depository:Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Sequencing Center: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography: CBG Photography Group Collectors: N.M.Schift, J.MacDonald Specimen Identification: USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745108715173-FOU3E9CO7IZMMPW6L22R/Pseudoperga+guerinii+Schiff+2022.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female P. guerinii - Schiff 2004 https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/50.3.129 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772401098547-OTVW180K9WC0C8ETXXA1/original-353.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - male P. guerinii - Australian Museum specimen photo by Russel Cox, K.604228, Australian Museum CC-BY-NC-4.0, https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/634fc3d8-0a62-4808-8cc5-e224d42cc405 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772401404726-COMFFNWIWFLXLFB6HKCH/original-354.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - male P. guerinii - Australian Museum specimen photo by Russel Cox, K.604228, Australian Museum CC-BY-NC-4.0 https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/634fc3d8-0a62-4808-8cc5-e224d42cc405 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772401689889-PG33W9L66ZK360G7N3FD/original-355.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - male P. guerinii - Australian Museum specimen photo by Russel Cox, K.604228, Australian Museum CC-BY-NC-4.0 https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/634fc3d8-0a62-4808-8cc5-e224d42cc405 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772402036710-6XZLZTTV0MIN5FNMNDBK/original-356.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - male P. guerinii - Australian Museum specimen photo by Russel Cox, K.604228, Australian Museum CC-BY-NC-4.0 https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/634fc3d8-0a62-4808-8cc5-e224d42cc405 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723332450513-T1YADCPDG39ZOUO6EOTI/Pseudoperga+lewisii+Westwood+%281842%29+Pl.7%2C+Fig.1.jpg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female P. lewisii - Westwood (1842) Pl.7, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720949151668-Q677RT1CECDWUD23UOJF/Pseudoperga+lewisii+scutellum+Benson+Fig.15.png notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1727736116960-AX27S9U15WQSR827XV8M/Screenshot+2024-10-01+at+8.39.14%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female P. lewisii - Froggatt (1907) Pl.10, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745106437298-PK3BBONCNQIDIZSJU1CM/original-82.jpeg notes - Pseudoperga (Perginae) - female P. lewisii - QVM OZCAM QVM:2017:12:0795 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/psenulus-pemphredoninae-psenini monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720249207104-398EESLEWULMVSA52KNT/Screenshot+2024-07-06+at+4.56.59%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Psenulus (PEMPHREDONINAE: Psenini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720249215121-XBIW49S5XOOEE61X6N37/Screenshot+2024-07-06+at+4.56.38%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Psenulus (PEMPHREDONINAE: Psenini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720249820333-QWZ934J5D17R42XVVXWK/Psenulus+interstitialis.png notes - Psenulus (PEMPHREDONINAE: Psenini) - Psenulus interstitialis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720249823113-ZXVWIRRDOAKHXN00PCPC/Psenulus+carina.jpg notes - Psenulus (PEMPHREDONINAE: Psenini) - Psenulus carinifrons scutellatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720251780941-X17EL97GFL2YFEBAI7O9/Van+Lith+1969+Psenulus+carinifrons+scutellatus.jpg notes - Psenulus (PEMPHREDONINAE: Psenini) - Van Lith (1969) on P. carinifrons scutellatus https://southernforestlife.net/notes/ichneumonoidea-hub monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a0823c91-5dbc-470c-a034-12ddd0b7b059/Goulet+%26+Huber+1993.jpg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - Make it stand out An excellent introduction to the structure and terminology associated with hymenoptera in general, including an illustrated glossary. Freely available from a variety of sources including https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.19950420212 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5d9549b6-e2c0-473b-bd9e-d973182a65bf/Gauld+synopsis+1984.jpg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - Make it stand out A go-to reference for anyone working on Australian Ichneumonidae. The key to subfamilies is particularly useful, but the paper also covers the 215 Australian genera recognised at the time. Available for instant download from Zenoda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d33b0a31-545f-4975-ac32-22aec890dd97/VAN+ACHTERBERG+in+Naumann+1991+key+to+Australian+Braconidae.jpeg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - Make it stand out Key to subfamilies of Australian Braconidae, by van Achterberg (in Naumann, 1991). Best used in conjuction with descriptions and diagrams in: van Achterberg, C. 1993. Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verhandeligen, 283: 1-189 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720168264324-C3TWHYD0QSEUTCZWEX7J/Ichneumoniodea+from+AFD.jpg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - taxonomic listings of Australian species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720166450496-3GIGHMMUVCRD7P0ITTIR/Ichneumonidae+wing+venation.jpg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - Ichneumonidae wing venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720166447885-C02W8GS4QTCQVNZJJI2W/Braconidae+wing+venation.jpg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - Braconidae wing venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720233437528-8XY2LWFR3RSUNLHV54P8/van+Achterberg+pp+4-5.jpg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - Braconidae terminology of van Achterberg extract from: van Achterberg, C. 1993. Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verhandeligen, 283: 1-189 (pp4-5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720234099954-1XED35UPEGXRAQAZWOQ3/Gauld+1984+ichneumonid+terminology.jpg notes - Ichneumonoidea Hub - Ichneumonidae terminology of Gauld (1984) extract from: Gauld, I.D. 1984. An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia: with a contribution on Metopiinae by M.G. Fitton. British Museum (Natural History). London (pp 6-7) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/thynnine-hub monthly 0.5 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720164109566-2CPGBS5LU94DY14Y6SJU/Vepoidea%2C+Thynnoidea%2C+Tiphoidea.jpg notes - Thynnine Hub - Taxonomies (AFD cf. iNaturalist); summary family features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1749685274421-XA6AKF3IIBMZ9J6U7EGJ/Australian+Vespoidea.jpg notes - Thynnine Hub - Key to families of Australian Vespoidea (Naumann, 1991. CSIRO) Extract from: Naumann, I.D. Hymenoptera. Insects of Australia 2nd Edition, Ch. 42: 916-1000. CSIRO Publishing, Carlton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720164102593-I49L8JL2ZY6X55794FCW/CSIRO+wasp+family+diagrams.jpg notes - Thynnine Hub - Diagrams of select families (Naumann, 1991. CSIRO) Based upon: Naumann, I.D. Hymenoptera. Insects of Australia 2nd Edition, Ch. 42: 916-1000. CSIRO Publishing, Carlton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720157371744-8D7G5H6BU7AF3YAUDGSY/thynnine+genitalia.jpg notes - Thynnine Hub - Thynninae: components of male genitalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720164497329-20DNZWB8T3F6FLOSO6OB/thynnine+twist+diagram.jpg notes - Thynnine Hub - Thynninae: coupling mechanism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720163118089-Q7WBKKPP39VKKI4NXBCT/Thynnidae+and+Tiphiidae.jpg notes - Thynnine Hub - Australian subfamilies (Thynnidae &amp; Tiphiidae) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/crabronid-hub monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/12bb959f-7ddc-457d-8fbf-b3a90b99a5af/Crabronidae+table+thumbnail.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - Make it stand out Australian Crabronidae, along with brief notes on Ampulicidae & Sphecidae (the other ‘spheciform’ families) … click image to view/download the latest version as a pdf (<200k) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720235394204-J3VYWGYB31EXUUU1ARDK/Bohart+%26+Menke+pp+8%2C+11.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - sphecid terminology of Bohart &amp; Menke extracted from: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735767505914-J3MUACDY6FQD2CQ1WBPX/dorsal+structures.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - dorsal structures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721201359954-LKDYK0Y0LFXBDUWST7RI/naming+antennal+segments.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - antennal segment terminology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774936220517-O1OQ09IUH76ISKGVUKL1/mesopleural+architecture+Podagritus.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - mesopleural architecture &amp; terminology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770951274154-8ZVT98OEYCMDD6LK24LF/mesopleural+architecture+%26+terminology.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - mesopleural architecture &amp; terminology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719994682958-NUS3WEV50YSFYBVG8PPL/Thoracic+architecture.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - thoracic architecture (lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720148978424-BN50059XK0YZGI47GZJE/Hymenopteran%2Bwing%2Bterminology.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - general hymenopteran wing terminology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720148980799-I1X33QK3V4KJLE7M0WYJ/Sphecid%2Bwing%2Bterminology.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - sphecid wing terminology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774067997033-WLD18C34IDRS2WUD5G2W/Mandibular+structure+schematic.jpg notes - Crabronid Hub - mandibular structures https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/crabronini-dasyproctus-neodasyproctus monthly 0.5 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774146067135-BNS4W3H6P8EHAF69AYXD/Dasyproctus+genus+description+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Dasproctus genus description (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144363166-BQA4KR43MT90Q24ZJYKQ/Dasyproctus+austragilis+female+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. austragilis female (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144363433-HBQ19VMASXFZCN93EPWX/Dasyproctus+austragilis+male+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. austragilis male (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144367140-WQV5ONREG2ZOFA2ZHY8N/Dasyproctus+burnettianus+female+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. burnettianus female (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144369953-YNTRRZEMJRNG1U73AP5X/Dasyproctus+conator+female+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. conator female (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144373129-0ZQEOMUHEREVU7IQO71P/Dasyproctus+conator+male+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. conator male (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144376536-304NH0WQP5GJG2WMKL7V/Dasyproctus+expectatus+female+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. expectatus female (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144379633-6UFB8JMZKSEMOEBBTUFC/Dasyproctus+expectatus+male+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. expectatus male (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144386570-CGE9XES4Y81SEZZRNQ0I/Dasyproctus+yorki+yorki+female+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. yorki yorki female (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774144389628-2GXIGL72FQPFT137NP63/Dasyproctus+yorki+yorki+male+Leclercq+2015.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - D. yorki yorki male (Leclercq 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b20d0257-4056-4e22-a6b2-3a59e9ec26a3/AFD+listing+at+3+July%2C+2024 notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Make it stand out extract Australian Faunal Directory (at 3 July, 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721689270495-GDAXZL07RE8ENIU0PU18/Dorsal+structures.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - dorsal structures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719994450136-NNI27TEHUH4OCSQ731BQ/antennal+segments.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - naming of antennal segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719994223352-U8RJTO7S1KGSY7T6A5NK/Thoracic+architecture.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - thoracic architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719994090673-XMVLJY133X98D38JSWF3/Mesopleural+architecture.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - mesopleural architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/53f0c53d-3205-4676-a4bf-6a8bbe38813b/Dasyproctus+Neodasyproctus+species+summary.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719901269692-WDF9LQAGPXISG40E5I6K/original+copy.jpeg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - mesopleural architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719632904922-A0RV83QTF67QLTXX0SN5/Leclercq+1958+structure+Dasyproctus+thorax.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - structures of thorax extract Fig.9, p. 27: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719707076741-1ZKWWBOTUVYTLZNKOP4M/Arnold+1926+Dasyproctus+pp+357-8.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Arnold 1926 - Dasyproctus features extract pp 357-8: Arnold, G. 1926. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11: 338–376 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719718185813-YRR5DZW8DY6RZV8U7OS1/Dasyproctus+Arnold+pp+340-1+key.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Arnold 1926 - key to genera ('species groups') extract pp 304-1: Arnold, G. 1926. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11: 338–376 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719728668886-52KTZHS3XEX4KR16IT7O/Pate+1944+Dasyproctus+pp379-80.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Pate 1944 - genus description extract p. 379-80: Pate, V.S.L. 1944. Conspectus of the Genera of Pemphilidine Wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). The American Midland Naturalist, 31(2): 329-384 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719720265131-M4E2DL1T5M0UDV9WRN5C/Screenshot+2024-06-30+at+2.01.50%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Pate 1944 - key to Dasyproctus extract p. 336: Pate, V.S.L. 1944. Conspectus of the Genera of Pemphilidine Wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). The American Midland Naturalist, 31(2): 329-384 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719716483185-XFYE2SVI9ZZHCZXJ8RX6/Screenshot+2024-06-30+at+12.59.48%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - nomenclature extract p. 26: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719647331688-WZRGMZJ4Q7PSVRH90I2S/Leclercq+1958+systematic+characters+Dasyproctus+pp+27-33+.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - systematic character extracted pp 27-33: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719647328695-UR1R5POV88GVSEC4JBD5/Leclercq+1958+systematic+characters+Dasyproctus+pp+27-33+translation.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - translation systematic characters (Leclercq 1958) translation from pp 27-33: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719802112764-EV2R63UI1I3YWLDB9ZOL/Leclercq+1954+pp46-50.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1954 - precoxal carina of mesopleura extract & translation pp 46-50: Leclercq, J. 1954. Monographie systématique, phylogénétique et zoogéographique des Hyménoptères Crabroniens. Les Presses de «Lejeunia», Liège. 371 pp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719803101023-W9TYBNHNI8LXF9PLQS4C/Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+pp+14%2C+25%2C+378.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 - verticaulis definition extract from pp. 14, 25 & 378: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley : Univ. California Press ix 695 pp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719731670046-GMMDRGDIXCBKFQ3F16NA/Leclercq+1972+introduction+p+101.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - introduction &amp; notes re 1958 work extract & translation p. 101: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719732650099-Y14ADWE1IZ4R2Z8RK9UK/Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+419-20+Dasyproctus.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 - genus description extract pp 419-20: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley : Univ. California Press ix 695 pp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719718268593-JEYCJDUPRA8MY0ULZ954/Neodasyproctus+Arnold+pp+340-1+key.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Arnold 1926 - key to genera ('species groups') extract pp 340-1: Arnold, G. 1926. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11: 338–376 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719729164450-YZ0JXNKG6S3M6EB6Q7U2/Pate+1944+p+380+Neodasyproctus.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Pate 1944 - genus description extract p 380: Pate, V.S.L. 1944. Conspectus of the Genera of Pemphilidine Wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). The American Midland Naturalist, 31(2): 329-384 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719720416932-79DF6NV2X4EPSWUEX287/Screenshot+2024-06-30+at+2.06.42%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Pate 1944 - key to Neodasyproctus extract p. 338: Pate, V.S.L. 1944. Conspectus of the Genera of Pemphilidine Wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). The American Midland Naturalist, 31(2): 329-384 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719717074379-GKBD1MY8E76Z7SNIYZVF/Leclercq+1951+p333.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1951 - introduction extract p.333: Leclercq, J. 1951. Sur quelques Neodasyproctus (Arnold, 1926) nouveaux ou peu connus (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Crabroninae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 44: 333-337 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719732719808-4O38PG0D7XQQLBI2917N/Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+418-9+Neodasyproctus.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Bohart &amp; Menke 1976 - genus description extract pp 418-9: Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley : Univ. California Press ix 695 pp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719474812574-AWIC2625SZDMPBNFP2EV/Smith+1858+Crabro+agilis.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Smith 1858 - original description agilis of Celebes extract from p.18: Smith, F. 1858-9. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected at Celebes by Mr. A.R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology. III: 4-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719457305016-8FG4INZ3VQZDH59O8UPZ/Turner+1908+Crabro+agilis.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1908 - agilis (Celebes same as QLD) extract page 528: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719460731746-1N9INSJRKH2Z6CHPNT23/Leclercq+1956+pp161%3A2.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1956 -on Celebes &amp; Mackay extract pp 161-2: Leclercq, J. 1956. Les Dasyproctus (Lepeletier de St-Fargeau et Brullé) du sud-est asiatique et de l'Océanie (Hym. Sphecidae Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 92: 139-167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719459776754-JA5NO06XZU7Q2D4ZMSXR/Leclercq+1956+p+162.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1956 - male agilis extract pp 152 & 162 Leclercq, J. 1956. Les Dasyproctus (Lepeletier de St-Fargeau et Brullé) du sud-est asiatique et de l'Océanie (Hym. Sphecidae Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 92: 139-167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719461408830-W0MGRV2P4BC6DQ0NQG7D/Leclercq+1956+p152%2C153%2C162.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1956 - on agilis cf ceylonicus extract pp 152-3, 162 Leclercq, J. 1956. Les Dasyproctus (Lepeletier de St-Fargeau et Brullé) du sud-est asiatique et de l'Océanie (Hym. Sphecidae Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 92: 139-167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719649943429-VB8UIBYX1ENT0Y5R1LMF/Leclercq+1958+p46+agilis+female+in+key.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - key to female extract & translation, p 46: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719649962091-XEMCCWTF8XWOEXDNSMTH/Leclercq+1958+p46+agilis+male+in+key.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - key to male extract & translation pp57-8: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719457126388-NTQM8UKPMRQNT8GWUCAB/Leclercq+1972+Dasyproctus+austragilis+p13.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 new species extract from p 113 Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719549433161-YA52HFFAU02XU5SURSZY/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+2.36.33%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 key steps (female) translated from: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719557524287-NEIFS9XZAL8ZD8V1AMGZ/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+4.50.37%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1912 - original description extract from page 62: Turner, R.E. 1912. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. IX. On some new species from the Australian and Austro-Malayan regions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 10: 48-63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719559121971-YBOEDIWKSZP8DEBD68ZJ/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+5.18.06%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1912 - original description translation translation from p. 62: Turner, R.E. 1912. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. IX. On some new species from the Australian and Austro-Malayan regions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 10: 48-63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719621544629-1H62DUCKN4DI79G6OZ5W/Leclercq+1956+pp+156-7+burnettianus.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1956 - more on holotype female extract & translation pp156-7: Leclercq, J. 1956. Les Dasyproctus (Lepeletier de St-Fargeau et Brullé) du sud-est asiatique et de l'Océanie (Hym. Sphecidae Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 92: 139-167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719630307837-HWPJ85WO21KOPHYHTTA9/Leclercq+1958+p.+41+key+females+expectatus+burnettianus+yorki.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - female in key extract p. 41 & figures: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719557732042-H386DFXZG2UEXIWOBXGD/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+4.55.04%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 extract & translation p. 114: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719556661236-11OW1UVYQHSPT0MRPUP7/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+4.37.18%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - key steps female translated from: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719559894729-KXMLZG3OM9OEI2OG9PC4/Turner+1908+p526.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1908 - original description (male) extract pp 526-7: Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719561008656-HVU2LTTRLQOOIUP79D4J/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+5.49.16%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1912 - only mention, no description extract p. 10: Turner, R.E. 1912. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. IX. On some new species from the Australian and Austro-Malayan regions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 10: 48-63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719560833191-0TZKFM9AO6BP4BXZZRFR/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+5.46.12%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1950 - only mention, no description extract p. 10: Leclercq, J. 1950. Notes systématiques sur les Crabroniens; pédonculés Cr (Hymenoptera Sphecidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 26(15): 1-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719564400843-X4HG76PWFTMWNZXBGXS3/Leclercq+1956+p158+redescription+conator+male.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1956: redescription holotype male extract & translation p.158: Leclercq, J. 1956. Les Dasyproctus (Lepeletier de St-Fargeau et Brullé) du sud-est asiatique et de l'Océanie (Hym. Sphecidae Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie92: 139-167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719563363384-VZGA4T0XMAX0O15KWFTL/Leclercq+1958+p57+conator+vs+expectatus+males.jpeg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - conator vs expectatus males extract & translation from key, p. 57: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719560282100-HDOL8UL95H3MX2AEM08F/Leclercq+1972+conator.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - key steps (inc cf expectatus) translation, and short extract p107: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719560454117-PS40V38XOQH006NVNMCS/Screenshot+2024-06-28+at+5.40.40%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - nomenclature extract p. 115: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719565620593-GKSJ038UEA6VFF3XK9PC/Turner+1912+p60+Dasyproctus+expectatus.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1912 - original description (female) extract pp60-61: Turner, R.E. 1912. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. IX. On some new species from the Australian and Austro-Malayan regions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 10: 48-63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719566122093-UKJZKSVPEIONLNRQYQAJ/Turner+1912+p60+Dasyproctus+expectatus+latin+translation.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1912 - original description colour female extract & translation of latin p.60: Turner, R.E. 1912. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. IX. On some new species from the Australian and Austro-Malayan regions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 10: 48-63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719962345071-4S32N5KARXEDGOROJ6PD/Leclercq+1956+p+155-6+expectatus.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1956 - holotype female + male extract & translation pp 155-6: Leclercq, J. 1956. Les Dasyproctus (Lepeletier de St-Fargeau et Brullé) du sud-est asiatique et de l'Océanie (Hym. Sphecidae Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie92: 139-167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719630166366-TJEIP6CZ5CUTOE48XYKX/Leclercq+1958+p.+41+key+females+expectatus+burnettianus+yorki.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - female in key extract p. 41 & figures: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719565007956-X7UXVFY7GJN3AI8B1GNT/Leclercq+1958+p57+conator+vs+expectatus+males.jpeg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - conator vs expectatus males extract & translation from key, p. 57: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719627593631-XB0KBP6HTJNNA4Q48YVF/Screenshot+2024-06-29+at+12.19.23%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Ledclercq 1958 - distribution note extract & translation, footnote p.41 (but see also Leclercq 1972 for correction to this statement) Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule 45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719619954919-PT983N0VIWQNDYHROWZL/Leclercq+1972+expectatus+female+key+steps.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - key steps, female extracted & translated: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 4 1: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719565337902-JSHMN4AC5F7Y6QC6ZH98/Leclercq+1972+conator+%26+expectatus+males.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - key steps (including cf conator) translation, and short extract p107: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719622082152-LQB7K808DP3CMU6RO192/Screenshot+2024-06-29+at+10.47.13%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - nomenclature &amp; 1958 error extract p. 115: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719615390791-ANVW8GKRHNT6OW00ZRPT/Screenshot+2024-06-29+at+8.49.16%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - definition of epicnemium extract from Hymenopteran Anatomy Ontology Portal: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000294 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719622603088-0M5S958IA9974VC9U1BO/Leclercq+1956+p+157+yorki.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1956 - original description extract & translation p157: Leclercq, J. 1956. Les Dasyproctus (Lepeletier de St-Fargeau et Brullé) du sud-est asiatique et de l'Océanie (Hym. Sphecidae Crabroninae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 92: 139-167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719630367953-QGIX9DDIQUI21BGFEXTZ/Leclercq+1958+p.+41+key+females+expectatus+burnettianus+yorki.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1958 - female in key, with figures extract p. 41 & figures: Leclercq, J. 1958. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae II. Subfam. Crabroninae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte an collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949), Fascicule45: 1–114 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719734258414-EW05OC0LTY5QD1Z84GSD/Leclercq+1972+p+121+yorki.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1972 - Australia only, female only extract p 121: Leclercq, J. 1972. Crabroniens du genre Dasyproctus trouvés en Asie et en Océanie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 41: 101-122 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719388889583-OM95R250J5EG061VGC7I/Turner+1917+page+84+Crabro+veichi.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Turner 1917 original description page 84 from: Turner, R.E. 1917. New species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917(1): 53-84 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719390244126-NSVUTPCTLIV41N16SGGK/Turner+1917+Crabro+veitchi+latin+translation.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Latin colour description, with translation page 84 from: Turner, R.E. 1917. New species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London1917(1): 53-84 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719445744836-JJRW7LA0F8V86KDZEKQ5/Screenshot+2024-06-27+at+9.48.19%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1950 on structural features extract from page 13: Leclercq, J. 1950. Notes systématiques sur les Crabroniens; pédonculés Cr (Hymenoptera Sphecidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 26(15): 1-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719445747034-WOCNBTRQ9WJKSH50MO2W/Screenshot+2024-06-27+at+9.48.36%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1950 on colouration extract from page 13: Leclercq, J. 1950. Notes systématiques sur les Crabroniens; pédonculés Cr (Hymenoptera Sphecidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 26(15): 1-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719447328357-ANF59DVO8CMGG33NOH62/Leclercq+1951+pp+336-7.jpg notes - Dasyproctus &amp; Neodasyproctus (Crabronini) - Leclercq 1951 redescription, inc Australian examples extract from pp 136-7: Leclercq, J. 1951. Sur quelques Neodasyproctus (Arnold, 1926) nouveaux ou peu connus (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Crabroninae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 44: 333-337 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/6/27/pergagrapta-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750834877449-K4CT6YDMHSG32OCMG1BQ/Pergagrapta+species+matrix.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - Full Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (100KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750889753050-HRXZLPE4YSX3EVQBNSY4/Pergagrapta+illustrated+summary+matrix+thumbnail.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - Illustrated Summary Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (317 KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721003127993-WO4SDZ3PPQZPTQBS3QDH/Pergagrapta+foersteri+male+Westwood+1880+Pl.36%2C+Fig.1.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - P. foersteri male - Westwood (1880) Pl.36, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721001371452-MU6B23RVE7UBCZH4JVJ7/Pergagrapta+rossi+female+holotype+T-4375.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - P. rossi female holotype - Museums Victoria Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1004245 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721002130794-3VJ9LII3IBCJE4JKH2HL/Pergagrapta+rossi+holotype+female+T-4375+lateral.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - P. rossi female holotype - Museums Victoria Photographer: Kristy Hoath Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1004245 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719965693006-7JTPCDMGEIJL5C7W2WMF/Pergagrapta+bella+scutellum+Benson+1939+Fig.16.png notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1744461537581-ZTNCL3EBH58T97OKZDL6/Wadbilliga+149.JPG notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - P. bella male, Wadbilliga NP - image courtesy Roger Farrow, 10 April 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1744461145455-B3HAXVOOYEQ9URA7HSTC/Mating+Wadbilliga+159.JPG notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - P. bella pair in copula, Wadbilliga NP - image courtesy Roger Farrow, 10 April 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719965856874-LIKX2RRS1SMGV1CM7L0N/Pergagrapta+bicolor+scutellum+Benson+1939+Fig.17.png notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719965873193-G5B53K9QV7PHYHG4O9OR/Pergagrapta+bicolor+forewing+antenna+Leach+Tab.148+fig.5+.png notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - antenna, fore wing - Leach (1817), Tab.148, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719966274538-7FJYBD3ZK3VU6UUKTHPV/Pergagrapta+castanea+female+Kirby+Pl.1+Fig.6.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.i, Fig.6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721003486657-9AR7DB00AQITS6C4FWBQ/Pergagrapta+latreillii+Westwood+Pl.36%2C+Fig.3.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - male P. latreillii - Westwood (1880) Pl.36, Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719966706025-0TGVZG1QK8QUL66L8H88/Pergagrapta+dalmanni+female+Westwood+Pl.36%2C+Fig.2.png notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female P. dalmanni - Westwood (1880) Pl.36, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719966986448-L00JAS0YVGU8W633M0GC/Pergagrapta+latreillii+BOLD.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female P. latreillii BOLD - PERGI047-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Collectors:M. Matsuki Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt Project Manager:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719966849037-IRHIBC0SP85TO5WQUXFF/Pergagrapta+latreilli+wing+antenna+Leach+Pl.148%2C+Fig.2.png notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - P. latreillii antenna, fore wing - Leach (1817) Pl.148, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719967336033-TN2F8VEMOWLK2AZ4GVZ2/Pergagrapta+esenbeckii+female+Westwood+Pl.35+Fig.5.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719967815436-KAZRHA93YK0OBRMR1A5X/Pergagrapta+glabra+female+Kirby+Pl.ii%2C+Fig.5.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720564385162-2KDNPJNWQZ8JG60KWXJC/Pergagrapta+malaisei+holotype+female+dorsal.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - Pergagrapta malaisei holotype from Museums Victoria website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720564400578-1S8ANCV0KIFQEGV5FUAK/Pergagrapta+malaisei+holotype+female+lateral.jpeg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - Pergagrapta malaisei holotype from Museums Victoria website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719967994132-V7OEA46LLYKUOLK1YDV3/Pergagrapta+gravenhorstii+female+Westwood+Pl.35%2C+Fig.7.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female P. gravenhorstii - Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719968182576-5KC03YM8A8N9SQ0187EO/Pergagrapta+peletierii+Westwood+Pl.35%2C+Fig.6.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - male P. peletierii - Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719968417319-7JYA78B6AW2TQDPNOJ9A/Pergagrapta+polita+Kirby+pl.2+fig.1.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719968499423-ZJDUZEOWG9BCLGILVV1L/Pergagrapta+polita+male+Konow+Pl+1%2C+Fig.8a.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - male - Konow (1905) Pl.i, Fig.8a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719968674855-6O4GRVFM0Q3LKZI1KNC0/Pergagrapta+polita+BOLD.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - BOLD PERGI078-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt Project Manager:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719968582269-XXL0L7ERUP5DB4IFZEHE/Pergagrapta+polita+forewing+antenna+Konow+Pl.1+Fig.8a%2Cb.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - antenna, fore wing - Konow (1905) Pl.i, Fig.8a,b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719968792072-TATQQBJ5SREBUBUXC68X/Pergagrapta+spinolae+female+Westwood+Pl36%2C+Fig.4.jpg notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - female - Westwood (1880) Pl.36, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719968882364-3EEGABAO4THQE3EUOGMA/Pergagrapta+spinolae+scutellum+Benson+Fig.18.png notes - Pergagrapta (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.18 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/pemphredoninae-deakinus monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718505437247-4QPMJ690KHNGHZDXH6T8/Key+part+1.jpg notes - Arpactophilus deakinus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - extract from Matthews &amp; Naumann 2002 (p102) (Copy) Matthews, R.W. & Naumann, I.D. 2002. Descriptions and biology of nine new species of Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with a key to described Australian species. Journal of Hymenopteran Research 11(1): 101-133 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718505439286-E603FDA0686XJ8NE72OQ/Key+part+2.jpg notes - Arpactophilus deakinus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - extract from Matthews &amp; Naumann 2002 (p103) (Copy) Matthews, R.W. & Naumann, I.D. 2002. Descriptions and biology of nine new species of Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with a key to described Australian species. Journal of Hymenopteran Research 11(1): 101-133 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718593070876-YGIGRB8NMN8Y7ACM1923/P6140130-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus deakinus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - 12 antennal segments (10 flagellomeres) (Copy) 2406A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718593073615-2JKUEC4FVAV9QZW9PS3R/P6160006-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Arpactophilus deakinus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - 6 visible metasomal segments (Copy) 2406A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c08adc3d-eb8c-41f1-9c45-081672955779/Turner+1916+p131.jpg notes - Arpactophilus deakinus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Make it stand out extract Turner 1916 (p. 131) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ccdd9c92-44c9-4ba4-9dee-74424273214b/Screenshot+2024-06-17+at+4.51.46%E2%80%AFPM.jpg notes - Arpactophilus deakinus (PEMPHREDONINAE) - Make it stand out Original description of Arpactophilus deakinus, extracted from: Matthews, R.W. & Naumann, I.D. 2002. Descriptions and biology of nine new species of Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with a key to described Australian species. Journal of Hymenopteran Research 11(1): 101-133 (from pp. 104-8) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/6/26/perga-species-identification monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751253870479-4AEYP289HOJ3MPSPMB00/Screenshot+2025-06-30+at+1.22.34%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - Full Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (157KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751257003404-6CM6X3A7U9URTIEQ7EIU/Screenshot+2025-06-30+at+2.14.34%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - Illustrated Summary Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (704KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719403451170-Y6QEBGM1UJCSFQEB4MR1/Perga+affinis+female+Kirby+Pl.1+Fig.14.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.i, Fig. 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719403497634-FK07XL75ZNEOQR9NKGT1/Perga+affinis+male+Kirby+Pl.1+fig.13.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - Kirby (1882) Pl.i, Fig.13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719403470673-3ZC8HTINSKHEB6JZ8T3M/Perga+affinis+insularis+dorsal+view.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719403487947-E1A3P40GXULLGOQH269P/Perga+affinis+insularis+lateral+view.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404618966-0ZPWPH37IEYGDW3FOFSL/Perga+affinis+insularis+ovipositor.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - detail showing hairs on ovipositor valve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719403530056-E3PEO1EY8Q9NY7FPHRWQ/Perga+affinis+PERGI043-12.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - BOLD PERGI043-12 - female https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/PERGI043-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group. Collectors:S. Schmidt. Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745105807821-GM0M4PWUCJZDS0JD47W8/original-79.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - dorsal view QVM OZCAM QVM:2015:12:1225 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745106210755-1CE913NWTFENHUYRO0NE/original-81.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - lateral view QVM OZCAM - QVM:2015:12:1318 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745107085709-GGN687MPQ0JDROP20MFV/original-84.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - dorsal view QVM OZCAM QVM:2015:12:1254 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404154021-KX574RT6I2IGJM2XO52Y/Perga+dorsalis+female+Kirby+Pl.1+Fig.12.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.i, Fig.12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404175180-0ITZ53IQ23K23OL5BWO3/Perga+dorsalis+male+Kirby+Pl.1%2C+Fig.11.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - Kirby (1882) Pl.i, Fig.11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404190223-5JUFPN0I87A99FPVIIVU/Perga+dorsalis+male+Leach+Tab.148+Fig.1.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - male with antenna - Leach (1817) Tab.148, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404209645-N5ANOM3CT7KSDO4UZWVX/Perga+dorsalis+nitida+dorsal.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404227287-RSCM06QWNCH63QC2P8EV/Perga+dorsalis+nitida+lateral.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404262163-U30HRA0FSY1GR3KGJTGT/Perga+dorsalis+nitida+ovipositor.jpeg notes - Perga (Perginae) - detail showing hairs on ovipositor valves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1727735402715-JCT6QDFBKQ4TXZ1ACXP0/Perga+dorsalis+Froggatt+1907.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Froggatt (1907) Pl.X Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1727735431355-5Y0LBQIDYK11BPJ15GDO/Perga+dorsalis+larva+Froggatt+1907.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - larva - Froggatt (1907) Pl.X Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405616884-H0OPIMM49XNZ161SXUXK/Perga+brullei+female%3F+Westwood+Pl.34+Fig.6.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - male (mislabeled as female in legend)- Westwood (1880) Pl.34, Fig.6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405658461-MGZH3TZ99LVLQI75FNFR/Perga+brullei+%28ritsemei%29+female%3F+Westwood+Pl.34+Fig.7.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female P. ritsemi - Westwood (1880) Pl.34, Fig.7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721693359823-ZOFBTU3FIEVSHAB82OGJ/Perga+cressonii+female+Westwood+Pl.37%2C+Fig.1.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female P. cressonii - Westwood (1880) P. 37, Fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751163632456-FUG30IMV8EU391Q95PD5/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+12.18.35%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - male P. dubia - Kirby (1882) Pl.2, Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405675364-XARDEKJD6PRH5NFQ5YGN/Perga+brullei+antenna+Benson+Fig.5.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - antenna - Benson (1939) Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405681606-KGFF834WQPDE1KH9MXCH/Perga+brullei+antenna+Westwood+1880+Pl.38+Fig.6.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - antenna - Westwood (1880) Pl.38, Fig.6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405694618-NWDP3N74XQQCFJZG3SZD/Perga+brullei+forewing+Westwood+Pl.38+Fig.13.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - fore wing - Westwood (1880) Pl.38, Fig.13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751163973779-0FED60H72GSKBPB2BS3C/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+12.25.12%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - head - Benson (1939) Fig. 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406409823-KTGB5B53DMD3GB3PG5X8/Perga+christii+female+Westwood+Pl.37+Fig.2.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Westwood (1880) Pl.37, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406599952-2CTS0NBSWCLJK4G1NRSX/Perga+dahlbomii+female+Westwood+Pl.35+Fig.4.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406613953-ZCZCWBOQSKM33F5TXK01/Perga+dahlbomii+male+Westwood+Pl.35+Fig.3.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - Westwood (1880) Pl.35, Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406631652-77ERIFXETSJ0CNS0T2BS/Perga+dahlbomii+scutellum+Benson+Fig.21.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig. 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405047648-03KUQOF0WUZ40KUIISXC/Perga+kirbii+female+Kirby+pl.2+fig.+2.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405064042-X2YD7H8PD1IUQJLHMW4Q/Perga+kirbii+male+Westwood+Pl.37+fig.4.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - Westwood (1880) Pl.37, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719405080109-T81XJHEIB97CN8NEMCRV/Perga+kirbii+PERGI044-12.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female BOLD - PERGI044-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt Project Manager:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719404879543-M07QSEEGU79Z5MHD59DB/Perga+kirbii+scutellum+Benson+Fig.20.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - scutellum - Benson (1939), Fig.20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406891885-4X6V6ZB6VKRS8E9ZEX7I/Perga+klugii+female+Westwood+Pl.34+Fig.2.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Westwood (1880) Pl.34, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406916758-XPJPIXXCM6MM0KALAXAI/Perga+klugii+male+Westwood+pl.34+Fig.1.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - Westwood (1880) Pl.34, Fig.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406937611-02ZLB2RXI1YAD0IO4LGK/Perga+klugii+tibia+%26+tarsus+Westwood+pl.38%2C+fig.19%2C+20.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - tibia &amp; tarsus - Westwood (1880) Pl.38, Figs.19,20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406948455-WNVP9ZDBBLWKP703AQAO/Perga+klugii+male+antenna+Westwood+Pl.38+Fig.10.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - male antenna - Westwood (1880) Pl.38, Fig.10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719406964852-CDBZYS98YKS56E6NLB11/Perga+klugii+female+antenna+Westwood+Pl.38+Fig.11.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - female antenna - Westwood (1880) Pl.34, Fig.2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719407318200-49Z3DCMCNVQRFI8URRMB/Perga+leaski+head+dorsal+Benson+1958.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - head, dorsal view - Benson (1958) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719407485201-7OZ3MWIAOANIUAMCZQRN/Perga+mayrii+female+Westwood+Pl.37+Fig.7.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female - Westwood (1880) Pl.37, Fig.7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719407500523-6X1GTYAUD6Z50VBO1SK1/Perga+mayrii%3Dbisecta+female+Kirby+Pl.2+Fig.4.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female P. bisecta - Westwood (1880) Pl.2, Fig.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719407510192-TSIMX39YX3M57XUFRR7A/Perga+mayrii+antenna+Morice+Pl+15%2C+Fig.+18.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - antenna - Morice (1919) Pl.15, Fig.18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719407750979-42CYOI84BN1X1FCUO05B/Perga+schiodtei+male+Westwood+pl.34%2C+fig.+3.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - Westwood (1880) Pl.34, Fig.3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719407760688-I13OTJZMJFERPC89TXRI/Perga+schiodtei+PERGI045-12.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female BOLD - PERGI045-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt Project Manager:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719407776569-T6FX9B7PZK9UZFEVPCO9/Perga+schiodtei+forewing+Westwood+Pl.38+Fig.12.png notes - Perga (Perginae) - fore wing - Westwood (1880) Pl.38, Fig.12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719408016527-SMPNPTJAL1TIBEY99C3Y/Perga+vollenhovii+male+Westwood+Pl.34+Fig.+5.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - male - Westwood (1880) Pl.34, Fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719408072723-RIVZ3YWXDEL7H9R7TAJX/Perga+vollenhovii+%28walkeri%29+female+Westwood+Pl.36+Fig.5.jpg notes - Perga (Perginae) - female P. walkerii - Westwood (1880) Pl.36, Fig.5 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/pterygophorinae monthly 0.5 2026-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751880045805-FVOYT5EKD64JNVP4FQPK/Screenshot+2025-07-07+at+7.19.14%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Full Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (83KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751880762862-XEZD171TOT27YNRPYHHP/Screenshot+2025-07-07+at+7.30.05%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Illustrated Summary Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (590KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716886283064-5YQCZHWWDV26WF5WWH07/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE092%2B1355865278.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI039-12 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716886340986-GZW3BHXNN0B7ZADH25LS/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE102%2B1355865278.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI040-12 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735590992987-YEP67047H0FJWR6KN0AW/Lophyrotoma+analis+larva+%28Schmidt+et+al+2006%29.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Lophyrotoma analis larva - Schmidt et al (2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745054080953-SCGNGB3HRH6AUPEJ7ZTR/original-60.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI005-12 larva https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/PERGI005-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung MuenchenvPhotography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:A.-M. McKinnonSpecimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773012398973-4JRAPK7JFZVR31T2ML3H/Screenshot+2026-03-09+at+10.19.21%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female antenna Morice (1919) Pl. 12, Fig. 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719384031399-D6F3MN3C5JTFZ08ZWF2M/Lophyrotoma+cygna+Kirby.png notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - male - from Kirby (1882) Pl. vi fig. 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717055078815-K9L1HLJZ2Z8HOLU81BC6/Lophyrotoma+interrupta+dorsal.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - male dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717055089215-INUZU65T51OT8G815N16/Lophyrotoma+interrupta+lateral.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - male lateral red colour of basal segments seen only in the queenslandicus ssp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717055343547-KGEZLG6HY021U6LLYDUM/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE041%2B1355865266-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female Lophyrotoma nr. interrupta- BOLD PERGI011-2 Specimen: PERGI011-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745106685298-TTA16600L8LQP2ZN33Q8/original-83.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female dorsal - QVM OZCAM QVM:2017:12:0794 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1744792141793-66IT3ZHL95QAS0IG8FU5/Lophyrotoma+interrupta+Takeuchi+2022+fig.1a.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - larvae Takeuchi &amp; Zalucki Fig. 1a (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745053401946-KV7XYOYJZVH0UW0GC1G1/original-58.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI077-12 larva https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/PERGI077-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors: S. & O. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719384149140-0IN4VH284CT6D8243LO2/Lophyrotoma+leachii.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female - from Kirby (1882) pl.vi, fig.9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717057030263-QPQHKB8945IBBYD02NHF/Lophyrotoma+nigripes+female+dorsal.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717057046152-ZR6YAI4O7H1I6UGFF9V6/Lophyrotoma+nigripes+female+lateral.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773012253902-ZABOS9F0B056WZEELJQ3/Screenshot+2026-03-09+at+10.19.11%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female antenna Morice (1919) Pl. 12, Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773012934260-XXURVM7Q59UP78FPJRS7/Screenshot+2026-03-09+at+10.33.51%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - male antenna Morice (1919) Pl. 12, Fig. 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717057347006-MZ6FVRBW7MB135M0IL76/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE198%2B1355865290.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI076-12 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717057446602-IGCA93F8MVAINOD6YJWI/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE091%2B1355865278.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI038-12 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717057487546-Z1CSNWGRJIYKDF0KXUR6/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE083%2B1355865274.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI032-12 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745053877958-4ZDCUXQUUIKNAB308EUJ/original-59.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: SISYM087-22 female https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/SISYM087-22 Specimen Depository:Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Sequencing Center:Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography:CBG Photography GroupCollectors: J.K.Balciunas Specimen Identification:USNM Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745053095674-4Z0ZQOHJ3JXWCVZ7HGFW/original-57.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI007-12 larva https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/PERGI007-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:A.-M. McKinnon Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745054252667-ND6NJMNXVZWZ237YFFKG/original-61.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD: PERGI066-12 larva https://portal.boldsystems.org/record/PERGI066-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751945729016-FQTRG6YMYODPTVCGTQOC/Screenshot+2025-07-08+at+1.34.39%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Full Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (80KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751946056027-E9OTV31XW1CXRY16FP09/Screenshot+2025-07-08+at+1.39.13%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Illustrated Summary Matrix: Click on thumbnail to download the latest, complete pdf version (305 KB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717058313169-KKTOQIMRZHSSO1PJQ9CN/Pterygophorus+cinctus+female+Konow.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Konow (1905) Pliii, fig. 3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717058432610-F9DHXA639VKEAYEPL7OC/Pterygophorus+cinctus+male+Konow.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Konow (1905) Pl.iii, fig. 3 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1721013840639-5F56H6DT0H6N6S299XMA/Pterygophorus+cinctus+Schmidt.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female - from Stefan Schmidt "Pergidae of the World" https://pergidae.snsb-zsm.de https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1720232473405-9V6OSYBWJA1TNMHUX2LJ/Pterygophorus+cinctus+female+Leach.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Leach (1817) Tab.148, Fig.6 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734770767787-J547JNQUM50MZMGSVUAU/Pterygophorus+cinctus+female+Froggatt+1907+Pl.3+.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Froggatt (1907) Pl. XI fig. 1 male, fig. 2 female antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734770974257-0S9AHAC8WV0XTC42CXM9/Pterygophorus+cinctus+larva+Froggatt+1907+Pl.XI+Fig.+3+.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - Froggatt (1907) Pl. XI, fig. 3 larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745105370641-VKF4NX1Q7IEU3QW5NV7P/original-78.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - P. cinctus female - QVM OZCAM QVM:2017:12:0786 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745105004445-3SGP7S983HUX6VSX4DBY/original-77.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - P. cinctus male - QVM OZCAM QVM:2017:12:0776 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1754009558512-ZMB2I5AKOU81X97441DQ/BOLD+NSWHC2338-24.jpeg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - P. cinctus female - BOLD NSWHC2338-24 99.7% sequence identity to COI-5P gene in Pterygophorus cinctus iNaturalist specimen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719384584068-UJO395FBPI9QYL0L212E/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE103%2B1355865278.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD PERGI1041-12 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736119437066-N4GOVB46ZLL3Y1544OQZ/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE089%2B1355865276.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - BOLD PERGI036-12 larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1719384875903-5XTDKMDBD6LVH2H87R7E/BC_ZSM_HYM_AE051%2B1355865270-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma, Pterygophorus (Pterygophorinae) - female BOLD PERGI020-12 Specimen Depository:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Sequencing Center:SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Photography:Hymenoptera Photography Group, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen Collectors:S. Schmidt Specimen Identification:Stefan SchmidtProject Manager:Stefan Schmidt https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/5/25/sawfly-identification-tools monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9564e058-da24-4d9d-84b9-f71bd4056184/Australian+sawfly+subfamilies+matrix.jpg notes - Sawfly Hub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/29908666-2afa-4bb7-9029-722ff8f7c0c4/Euryinae+genera+matrix+thumbnail.jpg notes - Sawfly Hub - Make it stand out Click image to open/download latest version as a pdf (<2MB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5a79d491-51c6-4d66-b7c6-7dcbb932b13d/Perginae+genera+matrix+thumbnail.jpg notes - Sawfly Hub - Make it stand out Click image to open/download latest version as a pdf (2.6MB) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/meranoplus-from-the-mallee monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0b6735b9-672d-477b-b044-2bf854bbb2c2/P4090069-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) - Make it stand out I collected two workers from the nest above (labelled ‘Patchy #8 A & B) and preserved them (dry) for closer study. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351664024-QH8MD9ZH677EZ9EBOGT7/P4090065-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351667934-SSZBSHIXIMFF9K52G72C/P4090068-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351673710-9UQIURNGCUZ8BVEB64T9/P4090070-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351676802-C4FV7DR9EDK11KSH7EWR/P4090074-2-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351680268-EP19V3QNJKPMJ8RFJH0U/P4090074-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351686868-HL1TCQGTGSWHVB11ZY7H/P4090075-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351689394-0OMYP2YB01OSD6CYBZTA/P4090076-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716351693917-GY8FUM01O3TM8EA7BZE8/P4090082-2.jpg notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/771ee282-96de-4a1b-a626-da0da903f8e6/Andersen+2006+excerpt+from+intro+p157+.png notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) - Make it stand out excerpt from Andersen 2006, page 157 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d66af5e1-d1e8-43dc-a4a9-6660fa7a0f2d/Screenshot+2024-05-22+at+3.59.27%E2%80%AFPM.png notes - Meranoplus (from the mallee) - Make it stand out excerpt from Table 1 of Andersen 2006 (p. 166) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/5/4/perga-dorsalis-vs-affinis monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1714865194135-4BQA0GCE72B4F816DU5Q/Screenshot+2024-05-05+at+9.24.01%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga dorsalis male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1714865250285-CN3YAXSB8Z3944VB1SLG/Screenshot+2024-05-05+at+9.24.14%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga affinis male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1714865330705-5RAQCV7PTDYY8Z9AZ92V/Screenshot+2024-05-05+at+9.24.29%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga dorsalis female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1714865387619-A6VLMO8DEPQY9VCLPSMP/Screenshot+2024-05-05+at+9.24.42%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga affinis female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751372093787-ECSFYTYMXVLG5Q0P4SX1/Screenshot+2025-07-01+at+10.13.08%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga affinis holotype of Perga affinis insularis - image provided by National Museum Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716277174536-A29CV4ATP99B4BD0J9VO/Perga+affinis+insularis+ovipositor.jpeg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga affinis (hairs arrowed) holotype of Perga affinis insularis - image provided by National Museum Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751372131824-P580R0KKZ7L4PL0I4MYW/Screenshot+2025-07-01+at+10.12.47%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga dorsalis holotype of Perga affinis nitida - image provided by National Museum Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716277182440-51X9V2M1CWBI5HBDVX80/Perga+dorsalis+nitida+ovipositor.jpeg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Perga dorsalis (hairs arrowed) holotype of Perga affinis nitida - image provided by National Museum Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751426761198-37W3OC21Y3GXXWWDPT4F/original-204.jpeg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - P. dorsalis - Canberra iNaturalist observation @nate_kingsford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751426875807-LT871FL9O4JVASNC600V/original-189.jpeg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - P. dorsalis - Stanthorpe, Qld iNaturalist observation @gibbergavin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751440852962-J370MUJ7TEQLFHC59K7M/original-192.jpg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - P. dorsalis - Kosciuszko NP iNaturalist observation @friskyapple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751427360559-TW7R7OE2D3I59HMIYNX6/original-190.jpg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - P. affinis - Craigieburn, VIC iNaturalist observation @triplett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751427552554-JVUHWBVUWFXH0SKOJ79R/original-206.jpeg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - P. affinis - Warrandyte, VIC iNaturalist observation @jimbobo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1751427921469-A5UFFCP18KYED4UEPGWJ/original-191.jpeg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - P. affinis - Warrandye, VIC iNaturalist observation @jessat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/420f845d-adf8-42fd-af1c-892b6e84cb31/Screenshot+2025-07-03+at+6.56.31%E2%80%AFam.jpg notes - Perga dorsalis vs Perga affinis - Make it stand out Image of specimen: PERGI043-12 downloaded from BOLD https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/3/2301j monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715266673-IAF5G0DHBGU3TBV3O8CZ/P3110012.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715286776-BNINKYZILL26KOZ0GMDS/P3110014.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715304281-EXXUBOG9MAHSBQWMAF7I/P3110021-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715318579-50N3K8NWAXDWSWZE5ZDH/P3110026.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715389028-OJPO0LUUH84W75MX7AIB/P3110005-2.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715405360-NNX98JLATKC75X60BYNP/P3110007-2.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715418220-4TJSXRC0755LXJIOZGDZ/P3110009.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715429663-R2NRBLW0QYN26AKP98KR/P3110011.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715329488-H90V1ECO8L4V7LDABXAS/P3110032-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715351714-GHYAU657YGAV1MGD69UU/P3110042.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710715357213-FG6J7ZWG93F7LKSBHKZ3/P3110048.jpg notes - 2301J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710659402694-Y5IZHAMAAIM038S3UWAK/P3170002-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710659539855-9OMD99JBMLIM0PH7KCT7/P3170025-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710659558525-9PE7NDJ7DCKYNAS10DYR/P3170032-Edit2.jpg notes - 2301J - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710659799249-PR086KRFGGLM0M5ZYRZL/P3170008-2-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710659821723-3GFLTA9J5PXMRQ28J81Y/P3170020-2-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660020961-FNINRZKQX4JD0TV7E5OK/P3170037-2-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710659829070-NNJHTOOFLZR75DFWC3D0/P3170027-2-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - apical (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660154458-D9EOAZSUAZ8VSIZIM5WT/P3170049-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - dorsal (i.e. outer face) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660240441-W89XW9N0VVD7ZYWSPHDS/P3170020-3-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - ventral (i.e. inner face) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660105915-MZ5XKTRG5SZ0ZVE3QKZO/P3170065-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660652139-61AUFFVHD6IPM80X67VY/P3170010-3-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660186646-KSSGYPUR8ZWPO08WPLD1/P3170078-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - ventro-lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660791307-OON6MBZ16QGWUW5TO67Z/P3170029-3-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - ventral (i.e. outer face) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710660793320-N9BFKC25CM8BV6WH2VB7/P3170038-3-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - dorsal (i.e. inner face) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710661505634-5WMM0HODEGRQY50FFOSM/P3170081-2-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710661511441-DBZ3GCGEITHSAM169L5Y/P3170081-2-Edit2.jpg notes - 2301J - dorsal (deeper focus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710661469832-Z1XVIPG4UV6MBQTEYSHJ/P3170043-3-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710661481731-MKP39TBXD6DPFVP6EIB7/P3170053-2-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710661499663-DH4OTUZYU3B6SMELXNH4/P3170069-2-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - apical (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710714010196-ADS2EM8BPF9FDP5QR0I7/P3170136-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - RIGHT: lateral (inner face, dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710714015660-84Q10Q4B9ZD4IJ16ON8A/P3170151-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - RIGHT: dorso-lateral (outer face) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710713999566-6R00H9E2MALZGFMJ8A4T/P3170111-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - RIGHT: ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710713880777-S6M0OBDKSSJD7Q2BP856/P3170007-3-Edit.jpg notes - 2301J - LEFT: lateral (inner face, dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710713987127-6CJK4XFX925MG3P6IBV4/P3170082-3.jpg notes - 2301J - LEFT: dorso-lateral (inner face) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/3/15/thynninae-2301h monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486694109-MWVSWV6L7D5NUKNZCNA7/P2050172-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486695736-AEWU0D19BUEMTZ7IQ3X3/P2050176-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486697196-WZQDJXICTF5PGLGBYDL0/P2050180-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486698311-4BD3BHCZ5JRU1227GEZ4/P2050185-Edit2.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486692385-APBYMRW4EVMDSIRMDHJU/P2050171.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486276000-AVP541IJRLWXTEZ3MD39/P3150003-2.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486299122-ET21F35342YZZFAGFMRS/P3150004-2.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486302019-GNB1VFFGNB0K7QXUPA1B/P3150007-2.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486314712-3OB8WYKQNU94314W02R6/P3150021-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486329983-SDF1XZA5YP0RDXNBMRCT/P3150037-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486348673-F8EZMVJZWEP5ZZ57AYLS/P3150054-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486351633-3O15BHVHNJKAI4374XBE/P3150085-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486354643-Q3V74S0ZF2B99XFFPOPG/P3150102-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486363554-UNCE15AGHSACDUIOOVCA/P3150121-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486373315-22VSS9WJYYKFRII5WO1L/P3150133-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710486377284-OXH5J7RMTU493R5G98KS/P3150147-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8807769f-a009-472a-9f26-9a255cbefb2b/P3140003-2.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - Make it stand out ventral view of gaster apex, after soaking in NaOH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452566288-YZOOZEKDBXOR3USFEBVH/P3140016-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - apical (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452570623-NTA84Y88GY9UU0NW713M/P3140033-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452582567-YFBS79XNSJTGRBGV8EJD/P3140059-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452585065-DZLV0S6BGPIMDE09CFXU/P3140071-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - ventral (T8 still attached) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452592262-P2OHKOAMMWPJRVLQR88L/P3140075-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - dorso-apical (T8 removed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452831753-WDX043YGOICJGU5CH0PV/P3140043-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452841407-G6JMC11ZMSOODJQFQ6Z7/P3140068-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452836707-IUDP81UG9XLYPQWHD45O/P3140052-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710452814139-FBDPGFSKF00PTZKZFI7Y/P3140025-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - apico-dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710474317894-0GICT5KR7IJ20B5W4V5N/P3140023-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710474191115-PZN7DJD2RC7E4HEMKIC2/P3140017-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710473741971-67FE0BAVUFG2JOOFW2ML/P3140114-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710473780448-01B7VQAM2E5BJK19IFQM/P3140106-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710473808569-0JYD3O698EC24VZAZLOA/P3150025-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710473762753-88GNWIBCT666NLC56KUE/P3150012-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710473769068-5KU8YAC5WNI69QFY6DGU/P3140092-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710473796724-GMIP8TG4YQJR9JHPSBOX/P3140167-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - apical (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710473813259-UAXNU5SAGO4LETHPHMH4/P3150035-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae 2301H - dorso-lateral (dorsal at bottom) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/3/2/apiomorpha-minor monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4ea61273-14c0-4aa1-af5d-31d3fdc7d49e/IMG_9915.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out Eucalyptus globoidea sapling on which A. ovicola gall was found https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354204764-9VPEAT0W9HTE4JV0KOWX/P2290045.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female inside gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354212311-AK3VSOMBFOA7G36YLPWX/P2290046.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354219094-ZR19CDC7SJMY25BXSLOU/P2290047.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354234109-CCWUKOMU2V6YNUPH4I2P/P3020002.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - after removal of female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354240381-CEPYGRLNPUQPIHIULYQU/P3020003.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - view of apical orifice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354257146-1Y7Y3EMR8CD1Y6P0V4GZ/P3020004.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - attachment of gall to stem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354273126-H8LWYS1YZHZEPBPSHTGR/P3020005.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - attachment of gall to stem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709354276239-L43UOJ7VCQ3X93X0IDPG/P3020007.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709357255279-MWPJY5WIGQ4KACTSTQXF/P2290146-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709357268345-3JEFT63NTGYWWBDG39QD/P2290160-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709357803236-9POGZ6I68DV0D250EJ2Y/P3010019-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709358787026-2B6DQBAKO0KOZUKERR8A/P3010004-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380105710-EEYRCFWBSDNSD0UV7K6A/P3020070.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709379384566-HWT7HRXYMZJPBVU9S1RE/P3020001-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - right antenna and foreleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709379610437-IOBUNZ85OZH1RD1RZ5WW/P3020004-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - right foreleg and antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709379448266-L6LGVKJDW7Z6DT945R94/P3020003-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - left foreleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709379750518-ZB1797RH7XH4L1HW19M4/P3020008.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - right middle leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709379868704-NCQ8NEA3RK6O0EJWA3JL/P3020010.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - left middle leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709379899448-ACCWFNK726X8IAN0IXEQ/P3020012-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - left hind leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380047314-R1DDKU3PB290ST82ZOIP/P3020015-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - right hind leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380207305-D46V5L2CAD8NTP1BCFTF/P3020034.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum left side AII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380287254-5E11M5TK7YLY2I51NG1D/P3020035.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum midline AII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380356227-YUSD2UUG09285TKBJGT0/P3020037.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum to right of midline AII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380390257-QTOO7SZCT0DJ71DRO1YN/P3020038.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum right side AII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380448341-P7NVFGKDOE53ZCFOM9RV/P3020039.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum far right side AII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380482144-EOHNQZXGMEMJ2O0ZV6IP/P3020042.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum right side AIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380520093-02ZFML5331J8HVZJRY41/P3020043.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum midline AIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380548756-XLXLNYGT2SOD5THMWRWE/P3020044.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum left side AIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380595070-BNPOA9FZUDMQ4TJGR38F/P3020045.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum AIV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380686280-K2XZD0PGE4DDSM9G4Y3K/P3020053.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum right side AV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380740441-A1QP8PG6HNJRXH6WV0O4/P3020057.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum AVI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380791555-UKTQXTREU8Y7W01ZF6H7/P3020061.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum AVII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380832507-ZQSPSLH1HWH4P7PCI5G0/P3020066.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum AVIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709380956868-LAT2JQHZJXUA9T74A6Z8/P3020069.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - anal lobes dorsum AIX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359284576-0LDRBDAPURRRM6D7KB5O/P3010043.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359313113-1NKIIVPRLSU1R170TYHP/P3010044.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359326172-FI7RH7YSSMQ51CXDX0WG/P3010045.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359352824-2448AUC89U16QE24JJ5E/P3010046.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359371144-6JM0EG1VEZRNOL9L0F41/P3010047.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359386478-NKZI95FPSKY5LAAYDIW5/P3010048.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359400148-9646FG7X3D8KVOHYZGDJ/P3010050.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359421881-VFNH5VHPV36UGYOADC1O/P3010038-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359436839-OJN8CLG1Q4FUNFJ4818Y/P3010040-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359457228-M6ENPYPK2TVZA5I61ZDJ/P3010041.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359473891-WP94G84095A52X54CJBK/P3010042.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359488571-N8Z2A438PCZKSRH34GMM/P3010051.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359503436-TYJ8TR7764LBOP1CU9MU/P3010052.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359522121-GZREWQW797PPRTLCJ2Q7/P3010053.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359537286-SGW903AFSFOM9R5KJ0F0/P3010054-4.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7812fef1-2f95-46ce-8966-c69af24b8e84/Screenshot+2024-05-04+at+9.35.29%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out from Gullan 1984 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/64c9dd2c-806c-4152-9cd1-a307e092c8bf/Screenshot+2024-05-04+at+9.39.44%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out Gullan 1984 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/14e37454-e965-4002-bd4c-c33d3f324fce/Screenshot+2024-05-04+at+9.38.35%E2%80%AFAM.png notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out Gullan 1984 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710142346666-MYWAP6G56WDHOXHYQOZF/P3090061.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710142351267-OUSS9BPUOCULNTMZQ0IM/P3090063.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710142356072-LKUNYV5X78X6GLSJAJQZ/P3090064.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710143151420-GT8GM80ZEIGS7ZQQUO6F/P3090006-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - after removal of top section of gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710143430370-JNQHE737RZNYUE0GJW08/P3090071.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710143255290-59X30W11OQ0PO9Q9MD04/P3090017-3-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710143154757-HHC9AGBPQHIVJ70E62JR/P3090025.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - venter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710143428028-I1Y5S6ZUCHG0HUAH4H7X/P3090070.jpg notes - Apiomorpha ovicola (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/2/27/apiomorpha-pharetrata monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0db16a41-efa6-4f23-96d3-8cbc9dedec96/P2250019.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709023074701-4YMBL7H24CC7MEEJQBOT/P2250016.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - surface of gall of males https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709023957832-DPZT2N206R0CS7LT6MS7/P2250014.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - view from other side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709116686829-B3ITPGWNTQUOY34A6N9E/P2270308-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - arrow shows site of attachment of male galls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709116672006-AMQIHLW2CT9IGR1OVGEG/P2270314-Pano.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - slice taken off top of female gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709085089879-3KD938N00E8H90YONA1L/P2260004.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dipteran larvae inside gall of female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709085092212-S8QU7ZO74O36WI26TI1F/P2260010.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - one of the dipteran larvae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709085097983-YSBYUMOWGFL8CGJTIVSE/P2260013-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - empty puparium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709085107429-SA7XFK375F6PRQZH6FMQ/P2260020.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - shell of female Apiomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709085109941-7ONHRC9IKX2FKEG170NE/P2260023-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - other side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709773683489-DJZ1TMP8OZYD4Q8Q1B76/P3050013.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - fly from one of the pupae/larvae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709773700141-WZ5PE2JFR093GJH81363/P3050002.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - subfamily Oscinellinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709773727522-UUHYG9I9VOPMQF946ZEQ/P3050033-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117181052-FXOSFAZ6X0VXX7PFPXIJ/P2260026.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - surface of male galls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117183492-6YQ7R6PO8KL7OFQWLFUY/P2260041-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - a vertical slice exposes the cells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117238086-0UWTENDHQKPU38I1QYO6/P2260063.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - a parasitic wasp present in one cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117241384-AN3XMNBF9499VOS9SKA5/P2260067-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - same wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117261926-H6QYYCJF08MLQ17RBT4N/P2260138.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - a wasp eclosing in a different cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117267502-CG93LG9RT9PU3HXS3D4S/P2260129.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - same wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709207994823-IXX1BYZ1AS8VEBIF1WB1/P2290094-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - imaged after killing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709208274024-YCBC6SIFTR1KPK42R8HB/P2290110-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709208568487-7Y9YF5JZ06R8NN84V7Y1/P2290081-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709122591848-MR74ODYIHC4UX5CAEHPS/P2270231-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 1st instar nymph - ventral side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117532122-OXEIUKBH386CJJIN4QFY/P2270225-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 1st instar nymph - dorsal side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117539260-4VR6JJMYL9X8MHPDVY86/P2270249-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 1st instar nymph - ventral side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117542472-DHC9SNJ0CKDRZU0U7KLN/P2270257-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 1st instar nymph - dorsal side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709122653742-WBCDA8P6QAAACB8GG53Q/P2270204-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 2nd instar nymph - dorsal side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709117799657-U2VKI102ENHXTZE08SNT/P2270198-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 2nd instar nymph - ventral side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709122682286-2XTI9YUREZ1W9VS7H3R3/P2270221-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 2nd instar nymph - dorsal side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709798236696-AWD8LCPN15C92QDKLUDI/P2260030-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709798247897-IW10X0O0OYRDGC75VIA2/P2260036-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709122794522-I91O97AIU93POVVP2R9A/P2270169-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar nymph - dorsal side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118062522-S112JH2UNYATN8B675G3/P2270180-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar nymph - ventral side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118077518-F20RNWWHK1ITKSBKK1G3/P2270183-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar nymph - ventral side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709122761520-2EQ8YO61UAJEL9HNGDDZ/P2270193-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar nymph - dorsal side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118429041-1Z35HGHZGX1PF5LBL72D/P2260076.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male A in cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118453910-51OODFWWKCM9HEB5Y4EO/P2260092-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult A after removal from cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118829026-GE275ZUODGIXWSJQJIMC/P2270303-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult A after removal from cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118481022-ZQFWO77Q5ILVPFCM0BES/P2260097-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male B in cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118496406-NINCRBD3LNDKMDC9QT9L/P2260108-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male B after removal from cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709118907942-P4LAGDYJBYJUKXA4C3HT/P2270286-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male C https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/14f3212e-b149-488c-a3de-739b0fe82052/P2270133.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out arrow shows gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709023375174-C99IXKWNLX6L0U69GQ7P/P2270137.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - surface of galls of males https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709024194958-O9XTRUF5IS58Z7MHAMMR/P2270135.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female and male galls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709023709672-KEUAGSLWIVU3TAMADHEC/P2270143.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709024309608-BMCD4WV9M03OSLM10JON/P2270146.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - arrow shows opening to gall of female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709121385779-TW8QEXP4MHIHU7JWAYLE/P2270144.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - surface of male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119344403-XGKTUKZ2M3APSBW05M43/P2270151.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - opened female gall showing puparia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119346601-9R62E5UXABGRUQ0R66OQ/P2270316-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - other side of coccoid shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119351742-PVAY0HOF5YWP34U50ZFH/P2270320-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - shell of parasitised coccoid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709121088696-ZH0KN0TVZNLDW4I4FC37/P2270153.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - slice through male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119561069-5N5N9V13X2RZX2GYD9Q4/P2270322.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - mid stage wasp larva in its cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119602695-0R7BCA9F8PXJULJAJ92D/P2270324-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - mid stage wasp larva - wing buds evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119608611-BGSR6FZA5ACX0SEBL2JP/P2270329-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - mid stage wasp larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119612895-L9BIH2O9Q3J8NI9KMB38/P2270332-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - mid stage wasp larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709119614900-N83VOONCXPFMNTYKRXHG/P2270336-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - mid stage wasp larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709120076499-RPV5EFI3RKGE0XTD7XZQ/P2270343-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - prepupa close to eclosion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709120086597-1OU9GLOBRDR6D8WCXR73/P2270380.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709120938447-OS4N1TRA28PUJ5O96IXN/P2270382-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709192574754-2AC0AVDZFALRRATPPT65/P1150031.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709192592241-K0CVZTUO0VON3K9TMJTG/P1150033-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709192596865-B4QJMIPVD53TGJIYSJR0/P1150035.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709192814916-LURLW45U6ECXLP8LI67R/P2250026.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709192817618-2J7J4VEK1GWGUP8S86LY/P2250027.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709192823233-ZR8975GFS5E5TPH6YHEP/P2250028.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709274273087-04LK9JMSGWF4JTIQ8ABI/P3010001-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709274275259-RAFLNJZO3JILBNW1TGHZ/P3010003-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709274425212-G5LU8OJ4UED3SI3ME7A6/P3010002-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709274446671-SKSUKKGRH3T66FCPX5YG/P3010005-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709274465462-YOEUHHT7VK0MFKZWJI1V/P3010006-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275407157-3LRKH19X6860QLU3KEOP/P3010008-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - top of female gall sliced off to reveal female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275421334-FXDAU86IZT79YD8R1CD1/P3010011-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275452587-4FDDIW87RB7AFUM14SL8/P3010012-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275639028-PRQAJLLW4AXU4LZFUCB7/P3010007-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - opening to gall with wax (from crawlers?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275511871-FM76519CUDYGNUH0ADP5/P3010015-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275525481-FLR7JJIR8AFA9RAZ2E7O/P3010016-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275624695-KC9FUHGLZ0HVPP2AP3UM/P3010006-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - more gall tissue removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275605668-XE6W8G4BJXTGHYY1YJAG/P3010021-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female now fully exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275671132-KSVBQJRVBZOVJ2B09EV5/P3010025-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - continous stream of nymphs from female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275833598-6RAFRXHFNRCAKF3601YS/P3010028-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275849660-2M0AJ25ERXEASOKK9TFB/P3010029-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709275844718-YVZNISXWO165H178P0T0/P3010057-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709288506637-RHKTNKNMLK481YQKE9IL/P3010058-4.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709288519110-0GD9VTUUBPSDZS24A0D2/P3010061-4.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - venter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709288546132-YPX1XOOIJQBZRZCW1YIU/P3010064-4.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276037808-THVA0ZVQ5SF7A4KTCWBM/P3010038-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276053208-1DPHEJ40VWD6VTO0XQGJ/P3010042-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276064339-MR7886LUOKBXFSC0CNFO/P3010047-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276076558-V704KFPLOPLK78D5ZZVC/P3010061-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276087489-8Z3JLOGVPYGAXTDCT302/P3010067-3-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276315650-2N3PWM0TEXTSPY0DPIU6/P3010139-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - ventral view showing limbs and antennae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276320041-LLN0T8Y3QBXKH9JVWD67/P3010142-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276329484-9WND48L8LD1L0UFYJ374/P3010143-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276335745-VGU9DQOSWMIR7JJV4WWE/P3010149-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276340953-3ZG62XAKQ1S302MTRXRV/P3010156-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - apical setae in ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276347818-NO9Y9DLTV0FV9MZWSY39/P3010158-2-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709276362599-CQ5OY67PG7PQQ4IVYXUH/P3010149-2-Pano.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - ventral view showing long apical setae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709378465136-5XX67YT1M1C1LYLHGEI4/P3020004-4-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - white background, flash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709378521982-F9XKC1WL6ZEMDTKFPQTL/P3020008-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - black background, flash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709378719487-LPAULMUHN3H796O7TD11/P3020011-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - black background, flash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709378892900-R7MA4NSW4886D966CXUZ/P3020015-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - black background, flash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709378968018-ZXZI4QOUOP8I8JD8OFFY/P3020018-4-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - white background, flash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709379112840-CXXGL2O62KRTINHX80WM/P3020005-5-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - white background, LEDs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709278893640-0UMDYXRXKEJ6D987FI7J/P3010074-3-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709278896194-M7KI7APONHIDYVEZLJAK/P3010087-3-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709280174676-UGQUVLTS2FOG12A9XF8E/P3010027-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar - DIC optics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709278921136-7K19B3SRPVROG5OK4PSR/P3010098-3-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709283056392-UK9STDQEF51SK584DD3V/P3010099.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709282762198-NU45XRKW93MSVZX975FC/P3010113.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 3rd instar - stylet extended https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709798680160-25RCCWVVQ8DNYBXYBSSW/P3010009-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 2nd instar nymph at base of chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709798772855-J5B58LHYB7JFSCUNSO9J/P3010012-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - same 2nd instar nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e82e0698-a2e6-4846-b77c-864d4e752290/IMG_9915.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194400961-MNKIJKNVIQ61UUA6NVFZ/P2290030.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - upper surface of leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194403691-AG4WNT1F3FKMURW8TLNU/P2290031.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - lower surface of leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709335287100-C5I45QE7WWJDTIK7HPOV/P2290313-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - galls in situ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709335309522-0A21BA40ZPLQDMIT87OV/P2290317-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - galls in situ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194190703-3PBRT4NSETHZ3WYN7T3C/P2290026.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - male and female galls attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194195676-74P7543GMTQXF08XZP64/P2290027.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194198095-F401F2H3TGDTDDDSEGKX/P2290028.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194202017-1TRX6H5W2ZZ4MOUE7P0O/P2290029.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - surface of male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194218673-WRWMJBUB86NIQ9F0U1PH/P2290038.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - attachment site of male gall to female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194245476-JCN2SDV3TTL4VAPOJMM0/P2290040.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - attachment site of male gall to female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194754113-OKUW5PM9FVADDFZ4GXGQ/P2290035.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female husk with dipteran larvae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194756678-T6UOTHNSVKHX8N5F7ZNF/P2290037.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dipteran larvae after removal of female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709194903292-HF5P28KPE2KANMF109HI/P2290043.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - husk of female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709209235371-PWO7E7SP29SFM7ZP3JLU/P2290067.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709209241455-US708U9HAU8CUFCERMJ7/P2290128.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709209610141-B7V0Y7LMRB4WV6TJ8Q4C/P2290132-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709780936768-OQ53F4HC43T75L1EYK3N/P3060013-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709780940188-DVCHS1KVM792PQPN6ORK/P3060020-3.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709780960414-YRTRDIW2X7ZI19EUTOXS/P3060021-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709780978539-L2I4JQKY1IUJMO2CUCV1/P3060023-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709780983817-HYF270IVXG9I4EU6PTVW/P3060026-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781001409-DXZPIJKIPFGSYUBMWQCG/P3060028-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781027084-2GELATBLBYW1AP3U434M/P3060030.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781029840-161PAY5L53HEGIGNTU0Z/P3060034-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781327522-SYST5USRJ0D4AUEBV1DR/P3060008.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - husk of coccoid with fly pupa stuck to it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781334026-Y6U5NEV06CIHDO60ISE5/P3060016.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - fly pupa attached to husk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781345049-6VLM6W5YEN77IQHLC3EJ/P3060020.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - 6cm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781447460-COQC5BCAWIGTXDTV6MLF/P3060035.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - beetle larva inside husk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709783075038-5ZV5MRISF46085MYW8Q5/P3060134.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male Apiomorpha removed from chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709783456675-CA5RPBSZ2PP0FRUDTGF0/P3060128.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709783462131-87M4LF0SG6ZCGGDVD7XS/P3060130.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709782133180-KICBI9DGSDIFH1TZXRKH/P3060039-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult male Apiomorpha pharetrata living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781574822-DD24GO4VDBIOS22I2NO8/P3060498-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709781577336-D9QMUQCPTE10L7M6QS7X/P3060500-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - same adult male fixed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709782453795-62NSKZULY5E8RHOSSMLB/P3060059.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - adult and pupal wasp in male gall chambers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709782937730-V6MTD2OHBE8GCPAUZFCA/P3060098.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - wasp with mite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709782563066-2WFW4S0JF663HX6OIAK2/P3060069.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - wasp pupa extracted from chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864256702-OU0KDG2J681JFWB3XVAR/P3070027.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864241524-2LYYJPDMG54XTBCCNEOH/P3070024-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864262515-MXE6052TCIEG320VBYUT/P3070041.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709782947515-7F9WKVQC8XVK2XU0DK3J/P3060086.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - wasp carcus with mite attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709782954066-GF74AJIHEGCYO62EVTD1/P3060082-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - mite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709783021297-TNUYQ64QJQWKBWANHOA4/P3060080.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - wasp carcus and mite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864218303-B87IM7YXQ2JZT06AVE1D/P3070020-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - mite with its abdomen full of developing young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864234775-1OIA4JR6WNC75K65RXOW/P3070006-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864264626-4GXTFMUV7K7SDL0MPUUE/P3080026-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - trunk of the mite with abdomen to the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864270357-X1ZXAERTXLNBAX7SR9G6/P3080057-Edit-montage.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - the whole mite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bcf67f98-a733-42bf-afc9-6e7cd7f2f92b/Scan.jpeg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - Make it stand out Physiogastric female of Pyemotes herfsi. Several males on her rear end. Diameter of abdomen 0.8mm. Fig. 247 Lehrbuch der Speziellen Zoologie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860395480-B0485FI1OB2JKYYTIWOU/P3060043-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female gall attached halfway along midvein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860406510-DUIMU8CRFULNAUY7917G/P3060046-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female gall on male galls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860428772-GVWGPVHPWTFDLDAO6QA3/P3060045-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860475039-GDT2M6T2J19J3VW6HCTC/P3060052-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - apical opening of female gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860445836-5R1TBOXQ884SVNDOX691/P3060047-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - male galls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860462279-TN7VB1Y8A6OSZ17IKF7Z/P3060060-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female gall after removal of top 1/3rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860847856-XIDJOZXAQCO06ZVUNY8V/P3060240-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860949852-4Q3UCPSYHU4MVI0RKCJT/P3060200.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861025026-ID6AJRSYSRFBYT4XYI60/P3060206.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861061365-7AHI34XTWR37TLT3LMBN/P3060230.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861063922-T77I0FQ0UQ1IW9WLJS0G/P3060260.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861077941-8LJY6OQGULTHWOWP9SOJ/P3060305.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861087034-6XNTJ9NU12PIAD9TGWO3/P3060316-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861102471-3R9VCPAKQHM18PH2W4GI/P3060321-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861106861-V002Y0KDS6Z5NF4E9ZUE/P3060327.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861113361-OB6XCO1VVHWHF52AWFAB/P3060330.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861459279-VRBX4LYB546MW4FFWW42/P3060247-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female coccoid after removal from gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861869777-7GQOSUOPZIXUAA2MF6JE/P3060003-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsum of female after detergent treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861875681-GL4O8B8A1U7FYMAMYZ58/P3060005-2-Edit.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - venter of female after detergent treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861888394-NHHIS0R7ZL15ZOSQGJ8O/P3060011-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - bifurcated anal lobes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141249339-NEOFRKKTACR0J2206Y7U/P3090004.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141252102-WS2OC9DVODAD4PA8PEV0/P3090008.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - compound male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141258230-TESZ6KROET83LHD152P1/P3090010.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141270302-ROXTG5XLNL06WM2XMT67/P3090015-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - female gall separated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141274259-4J3TKNNPJESW8BZV11YG/P3090012.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - attachment site of male gall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141500475-F0EC0BGVXJXB4OB9WCNL/P3090046.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141502586-Z6JC10VAQDVPYFZ08MSL/P3090052-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141511484-6O2U2XPCNEX3AZ6TYK3S/P3090057-2.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141712656-4MK3L1G9SNXEXE918CV2/P3090028-2-Edit-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - ventral view with stylet extended https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710141718582-7MZTPOGJ4HJEO91YTE6N/P3090062-3-Edit-montage.jpg notes - Apiomorpha pharetrata (Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae) - dorsal view https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2022/11/12/chelepteryx-collesi monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668217577195-43DLFO3QNKHTDP4N5ULB/P5290007-3.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx collesi female #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668218781328-IWZMMNV00NXPAJN8V0D9/P5290010-5.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx collesi female #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668219114116-1SFLJ780ACTUITNG9888/P5300042.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx collesi female #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668219395940-KOLGU46GCD5FDLSNKFAD/P5290010-4.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - eggs laid by female #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668217598895-WUEH7Z4XXM28DLO1HIYT/P5300001.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx collesi female #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668218000197-5IX3R68SYI3NFVHMT2YV/P5290045-3.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx collesi male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668218919336-0X8KK4X0MGF2YCJ5YK4L/P5290020.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx collesi males https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668218141396-GNBEH42XL9YU3ACQJRAP/P5290025.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx chalepteryx female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668218271872-5E15WP3HFOCSIWMW793T/P5290032-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - Chelepteryx chalepteryx female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668219988601-OR57H08LLKDHRHCJNMY9/P7240001.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668220001761-9CYZAE722PVVYZGC5VAU/P7240002.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668220009290-HAZ6AYEJHM2T87YCWPMP/P7240003.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223447448-K8ZEKT7X3MHI0GV7P7L1/P7290028.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223449226-YWPNCI01F2T37B6QTCFO/P7290032.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223467616-2NPN30IQHD6BDX6BCJTG/P7290035.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223634824-AAPHBOCL1XAWB6UJCC5U/P7290037.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223657505-212UQO7TZMUZJ3ITPGAR/P7290041.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223871753-MUDHDIH8TVGB9YCPDQYH/P8190001.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223876260-RL8QISLNBQFBSYMGRX1H/P8190003.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223890159-JZQX1SCN6ZU2CU0ZGE63/P8190007.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668223907719-XJSPLPAPKA4EKTOSGVUR/P8190010.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668224795510-OI20DU2D59MB4LY0OBAW/P9140039-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668224957724-GI1L5AY6JJWU3F708DQ8/P9140040-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668224999199-SVJQCM6A0JJL11UNEBKU/P9140037-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225016259-42QLQC7W7Q5ZCGEH3003/P9140042-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225386827-M95RPOJZOY8RMQJEBXP9/P9290020.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225401259-D93LPE4T26VAHU04I0IG/P9290018.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225411791-BMEKDVR4FJPOTPM84RXH/P9290013.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225421774-QML0K1XJ60H7UOYVT2SS/P9250007-3.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225435584-PL6OGOLEGI5TUZ7TJRYF/P9250008-3.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi - freshly moulted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225697716-UH4QG0ME487ROH8QFCLJ/PA110062.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225710698-GUJFTYKIEZEPY6W43TUW/PA110056.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225723381-HI53P24GYY0H40PHT6JV/PA110053.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225736842-X07MXZU7CGMV6AXTKICP/PA110047.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225951202-JD7A2LLZPKB1JZN82N60/PA210008.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225956753-G4TWFAS9K2G7XPMAV3PB/PA210010.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225967177-GKT067W3WJYS8D6754OD/PA210002-3.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668225982439-N8CFLI7LQ3TLCYQ2DT1M/PA210017.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668226364223-HUVH6BNQRK951IOG776Y/PB070073.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668226377452-TVCWSG1OLS872L1NEU5E/PB070068-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668226387616-22IIUP1IZN2E57NUHRTJ/PB070067-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668226391559-ZSYQLU7APV0CV5FRO7US/PB070076-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668226408485-14XE387Z8BK2RI99SUV4/PB070077-2.jpg notes - Chelepteryx collesi https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/thynnidae-male-genitalia monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707448124188-JPRST8X7OO454CNLH2MZ/P4050045.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - 5/4/23 5 April, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451944779-DSI450XGLTHHDWGTUANM/P2070008-7.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - 7/2/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451946921-UT0795DL925F55XFAN5H/P2070010-7.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451948089-PA7ZHWX7TB8BCYO2DCQ6/P2070012-7.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451949994-XIEZO5EWWENX8RYIXV0D/P2070013-7.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451951703-7444N3EFWYS0T5C1R7CR/P2070014-7.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451953347-GIDGMLZ3OLML82GNGL0S/P2070015-6.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451954756-S6YQ5ENJDQ276191ACWX/P2070020-5.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451955775-LXOPT05HALTODOHGNR7G/P2070022-5.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451957302-3HTKV59Y6W1C9DNBSSNX/P2070023-5.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707451958321-XRZUF3O2XC39HGARHTLA/P2070024-5.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707453369792-MQQVBBW368T8XWPXI4A1/P2050053-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707453375900-846DRAVFCGLFSEZA3ZUR/P2050138-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707454357527-LTMK7C70IZJKQCQ00FK2/P2050154-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707453367030-YTB4O4F9KG435F6057VC/P2050001-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707453372313-6QB3M2R2LZNLYGFTKZEZ/P2050079-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707454391615-0L08IFPTA0L6TAMULKJT/P2050035-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707454674686-2TQEO6GXYR04PVFJ0LRH/P2050015-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707454772711-AM903QO5A30UNG174LAW/P2050070-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707454801477-NCQRA694ZN1HRKZHSJGG/P2050088-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707454805768-GANXCR20F4VP9FXG5U71/P2050109-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707454825389-WEAHOQE7PWVGRL2Q9TPZ/P2050159.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707456711669-WT3R4DS8IMLNDFAT9MP0/P2050028-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707456076131-CJTGMNCKYJYN28JSA7QP/P2070002.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 1: S6 removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707457006355-Z7FJKXPOPWG16Z0GATLI/P2070001-2.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 2: T6 removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707457409925-76UOQVYV7W0LTU8F0A09/P2070001-3-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 3: S7 &amp; S8 removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707457785374-HSR09ESVHYER4CHAPN4V/P2070051-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 3: proximal membranous tissue removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707458232256-YUG2GLER5HRJJOUL2XCQ/P2070001-4+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 4: S7 &amp; S8 separated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707460180861-U3ON62ENC0KU039KMATZ/P2070001-5.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 5: T7 removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707460189309-7DE1RIX1ALUKVUL52ZQ3/P2070013-5-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 5: genitalia, viewed ventrally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707460186068-0CRVN5CMZDSE5U3NHP9R/P2070003-5-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 5: inner surface T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707460740622-54Z42X95GS4IZQVSOPNE/P2070001-6-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Step 6: T8(?) removed from T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707462192469-CX4II8CDQ92R3D4V98Y3/P2070002-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 2 (lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707467792220-XV6X45FU7OVF6V689V76/P2070018-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 3 (lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707468116125-3ZE3CM4MWRNNPSKLMCT6/P2070030-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 3 (ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707468908530-E4ONMVRTLTNCRFULVQEM/P2070002-4-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 4 (dorsal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707468914030-UO55TEUH3MPKY4PS4IT7/P2070011-4-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 4 (ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707468962111-JR0ZSTXBL4N68G3OALNZ/P2070022-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 4 (lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707466934594-LESNHWZT5O2TSE6PDPWT/P2090001-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - (dorsal/internal view) after Step 7 (cleaned with NaOH) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707466937450-9HJRNCID37K6E4YDR3P8/P2090012-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - (dorsal/internal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707466939228-GB60LUBVWDVWJJA9WGBL/P2090019-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - (ventral/external view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707466941714-C8260FOG2B8GUQU9AUCM/P2090025-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - (ventral/external view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707514426113-GC2G3GCC0SH742K2TNFY/P2070002-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 2 (lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707515128268-K0D03AD7RCFXTNZ6T9XS/P2070051-Edit+copy+2.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 3 (ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707516522358-IVXXTLBCFQY3UAC9DTB8/P2100001-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - (dorsal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707516524149-3ITD0LWMS4JN0LS1BJNE/P2100011-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - (ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707517801396-V7GO2EJNJFFLOK0M10ZP/P2070051-Edit+copy+3.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 3 (ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707543946428-CGWCNH0CJ0680RVU12D8/P2070048-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 5 (dorsal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707540307005-G7IILWI0M4C68ZN75NH3/P2070081-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 5 (dorso-lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707544127371-DPIIG85A2PA7QFRFIPKV/P2070012-6-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 5 (lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707547571255-A7GHHBZ1AHIY8V3W9TZO/P2070035-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 5 (ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707540334518-0264IF79A58LBB0HUIRF/P2070103-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 5 (apical view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707540298436-AFBFWK1X7WZS2ACBST7G/P2080001-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 7 (dorsal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707549151554-66TMTL2EC65DGJFR1QAW/P2080105-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 7 (ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707549854749-JDWNVJM5HV3FVN6VS357/P2080097-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - at Step 7 (ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707703175795-BQLV0HBGMNV5LJJ52K23/Screenshot+2024-02-12+at+12.55.21%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - all parts labelled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707705824503-KEF2NBAZAEZU1ZNG4YJD/P2080010-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - dorsal view (entire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707706978239-ZI2O2LZTS3GNFI47Q5SD/P2070035-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - ventral view (entire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707704777345-2Y5OM88961CJB37KT7AI/P2080022-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - ventro-lateral view (partial dissection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707709070312-PKYJT70IW7MRX6WDLWDJ/P2080067-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707709751419-UR0L9BQDIP3MTTTBMA4F/P2080055-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707709804969-WYV75PUH8YUUYWT0TXRA/P2080040-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707543256105-LMQHFLQ7DFUEN1EBPS9C/P2100136-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - aedeagus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707543258281-M00G0T1WU1X6R9K8IDI2/P2100176-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - aedeagus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707718746109-RQ3VIF1E3Y03N5IJA0DX/P2100162-Edit-2+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707722746174-2M7US0M5XEC50N5DZTDJ/P2100029-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707722749599-QIHZVU084SHWRAA1FMEA/P2120001-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707722751936-WHAWYHCMMG4M41C00C8P/P2120007-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707722754992-PS1SRPMRTGF7A6GCNDCD/P2120020-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707722757534-O22FLUS0CXQRYU305VF7/P2120025-2-Edit+copy.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707787876326-UNXFJ8TULBDIT3F0RBP8/P2120005-3-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707787878436-NFB5SBU42A873Z71GKSN/P2120010-3-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707787880621-NIGEANLVG9BVYPZKPNAJ/P2120014-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707787882539-H1098S7K1R5VB7PR0KFJ/P2120021-3-Edit.jpeg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707790551448-4Z1WEM6PD35DOZQ9KKVP/Snodgrass+1941+page+17+Fig+5.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Excerpt Snodgrass (1941), Fig. 5. p. 17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1707790552777-8H7WRLQIF59187I58IK4/Snodgrass+1941+page+23+Fig+6.jpg notes - Thynninae - male genitalia 2304A - Excerpt Snodgrass (1941), Fig. 6. p. 23. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/1/28/elatichrosis-elateridae-denticollinae monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6bfa2aaa-f0dd-4794-94a1-446fec2c88f2/P1280020-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out frontal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c2d25c5a-4fec-4535-b655-eb2d81bb2118/P1260042-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out ventral view of head and prothorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f0f2740f-9d98-4fa6-a8ab-f15e0cf8bbeb/P1260075-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out ventral view of left side of mesothorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706424929098-2XQYB9D0NAV58O1PMFXP/P1270015-2-Pano.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706424730028-G4W7TQZJHBGSSXU0LWM0/P1270006-2-Pano.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/457d77b4-495e-46f9-bdd7-90a494e44fce/P1260101-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out hind tarsus - lacking spongiose pads or lamella (i.e. simple) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f6bb14ed-3c61-47fc-ba01-6e960294e04c/P1260107-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out hind tarsus showing claws without basal setae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706516157397-OZXAXRUNR9RX8BF0D108/P1260126+-+carina.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - dorsal view of pro/mesothorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706426375617-QI1WVTJLY9ZUK2EUPXCN/P1280020-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - frontal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/472d9e92-de7a-4f53-966c-c87a2888b0d8/P1280020-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706427811153-PCNKOB2CR1HD6VIVPDDU/P1260112-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - lateral view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706427820465-OYJT5LPMVN56G38KN1JN/P1280020-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - frontal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6be56c11-936a-4fa4-876c-b2dbd07612c7/P1260101-Edit-labels.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706428674788-5E45KK5ZKBDTUM9KJ22G/P1260112-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706428678987-1GZIKAL6JOQVSDUXLJ6H/P1280020-2-Edit01.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706428997489-01V7O2J1CHGTMOJUO1HE/P1260015.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706429047839-XK08YTC7D9LWFDLH1FIQ/P1260013.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - ventral view 18mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706520925104-ALKA4WMFDNM67FWDZO9R/P1260087-Edit-notch.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - lateral view - head and prothorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706520328103-TI7YQFKXYCSR1Q1LNE7J/P1260119-Edit-labelled.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - lateral view of head, showing RH antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706501909256-QR666FKIFL5FZQKVO0ZL/P1260011-Edit.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - ventral view of whole animal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/63607cb0-7c44-4cf2-9446-9b05dd0110dd/P1280027-2-Edit-Pano.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out ventral view of head/prothorax removed from rest of body to show prosternal spine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a851a702-7242-4bd8-827f-7ef0455000bd/P1270002-2.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out hindwings visible after removal of elytra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/451181e6-c2cb-45ca-931c-e85336151a0d/P1260014.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out lateral view showing epipleura of right elytron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0499fd7c-16cd-4637-9eb3-65e996088cbe/P1260055.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out ventral view of abdomen and metathorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0e09f44d-9fd7-44bf-912e-4740829ffa5d/P1260075-Edit-mesotrochantin.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out ventral view of LH side of mesothorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706605004336-1FSRHBY0U3W2E2GUNZD0/hind+leg.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706605088769-0YYXS1B0QKVAA2X8ODG0/P1260055.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e3f91bf8-b572-4edc-88f6-dddf2259f45d/P1270007-2.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out abdominal tergites visible after removal of elytra and hindwing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/999556cf-4b14-4f11-8c82-276904eaed92/abdominal+sternites.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - Make it stand out ventral view of abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706682252268-7EZVFKC8Q2T4U9AVJV6W/P1280005-2+labelled.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706683179753-9R4R45FGQD34E0S842SE/P1280001-Edit+label.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706684207086-JBHEM1GIJVWAS6TQ9CEG/P1280013-Edit+label.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706684855666-U8UYBZZ637O01GJRI8QT/P1280007-2.jpg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1706682335511-7MS73CY1XVN8OYEHRZXM/P1280018-Edit-scale.jpeg notes - Elatichrosis (Elateridae: Denticollinae) - dorsal view https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/1/20/lophyrotoma-interrupta monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705819040182-Z4CN7WLHVBFN8TOWY8JJ/P1100017.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705819043750-ZUCMT453D805H2MGQVEU/P1100018.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705819060474-VY191IRCX55SDFHS665K/P1100029.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705793314595-Q2SD41SGNCEZOLD6TH0O/P1210002-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705793331965-TLQ0GIXQ99G6VV2UF56D/P1190062-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705805649280-91IVDXGZ7BN6KQ0L38XX/P1210042-Edit-scale-edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705805706829-C2FDLO61OFOXDY2TDKV1/P1210003-2-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705785257793-LJWN4POOF214P9QZNYQ8/Screenshot+2024-01-21+at+8.13.51%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - Lophyrotoma analis fig. 2 Benson, 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705790030767-P4M9TVEDELMHE9WR75F9/P1210004-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705785618740-UZPUIEKZ8UHHJLGMP1LN/Screenshot+2024-01-21+at+8.19.36%E2%80%AFam.png notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - Pterygophorus cinctus fig. 1 Benson (1938) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705790282070-40UZCEY4WBTOU1GLLPWM/P1190099-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705790682762-T9PK3DNRNCNUW9W1S0FB/P1190099-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705806047254-JWEPR4XE5FROA7SHYQHR/P1210031-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736024279435-T0Y05ZEIF1QKD28A35MU/P1210031-Edit-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705791920340-YTJ9ZPOA8A4HIZO0AZCS/P1210004-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705791925028-VHPDNE7X4ESYMKKGIR91/P1210004-Edit-edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705807030524-9JQXNUESMYTQXM6OHQTV/P1210001-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705807996058-VJ3KFWW7MEWUOIYNW4PO/P1210001-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705793027562-7ACBOR765N2DXPR446G4/P1210002-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705794904701-RHU4R13SVPUNUK39WQI7/P1210008-2-Edit-labels.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705808301286-NXSFX328QBGB9FX0FUUY/P1210042-Edit-scale-edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705810765477-OSN3QSERED34539SWKP5/P1210042-Edit-scale-edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705810835795-GVGVDNBARZZM4JZACAT0/P1210009-3-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 hypogium - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705811389420-1JXTR2QQIWK7Y3U8HNRY/P1210002-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705811474948-6CH691B88RXSQ4V7QTPR/P1210042-Edit-scale-edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f3b763e6-c12a-4230-8f33-847d7449e599/P1210001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - Make it stand out specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ef2dad24-a859-4d3f-8b5e-9da70293c4df/P1190099-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - Make it stand out specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/626f1f4e-af7a-470e-9f81-3103a378ec15/P1210007-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - Make it stand out specimen #2 - male, lateral view of mesothorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705813295279-FRBYG9MJNM7TFPK44WQU/P1190003-Edit-scale-Pano-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705813299702-J3DTQWDCRUOR7VQ3RU11/P1190062-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705813335765-5VD4VAGPF1QFKS2CGBOD/P1210042-Edit-scale-edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705813343002-AN1WU8FXBRVMWCIHP3HW/P1210003-2-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705813579456-HUXU0OASAL37C7SFXK4R/P1190062-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705813581443-0V6YSGIKI2FDTU3IYU1R/P1210003-2-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/41b87e44-1020-4673-b9d6-01adf8ca9fda/P1190002.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705814211461-Z8GL5G5L3MQ98MOQNVCM/P1210064-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 - pronotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705814213472-6QU86LTQWJW5ECJOR8EF/P1210051-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 middle basal terga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705816544591-N18ULNTH96YPVWK5M1F2/P1210025-Edit-2.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male true clypeus length greater than indicated here because of skewed perspective https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705816773472-M0D7Q0U3BR0MYHUJ0YE2/P1210031-Edit-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #2 male length of clypeus indicated more accurately here. base of labium not visible but inferred from antero-lateral view in previous photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e45b0804-bb57-4168-9fb6-41b0414a8675/P1210025-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - Make it stand out specimen #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705817792071-629WA6LY3OMFPEA52PUF/P1190093-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 - female antennae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705817796253-5QICPMQOBZ186XBDTIUT/P1190114-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - specimen #1 - female antennae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705985109747-WNRAJ6WBQ59SV7L8071J/P1230001-2-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - portion of lancet - specimen #1 DIC image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705985112239-GKTHAW432NC4CPV1MUR0/P1230012-2-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - portion of lancet - specimen #1 a different focal plane to the preceding image, showing a long axon from a sensory neuron (campaniform sensilla?) running away from the saw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705974205967-O39X1AUJ7F4B2ZSTSU0W/Screenshot+2024-01-23+at+12.43.08+pm.png notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - fig. 29 from Smith (1980) drawing of central portion of Lophyrotoma interrupta lancet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705985279680-Y8B9AA3BAEFRJIGA4UGC/P1230036-Edit-edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - higher magnification of lancet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705985285284-LM406IVH7IJXKTPRUFVI/P1230001-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - end of lancet - specimen #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705985307503-B3EMSYRWKQHM3X8CIEOQ/P1230009-3-Edit.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - detail of preceding image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1705985290012-UKE3ZJ0EQED2GFTRGQ5C/P1230008-3.jpg notes - Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae: Pterygophorinae) - other end of lancet - specimen #1 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/12/1/thynninae monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b60c8a47-2715-49e7-83ce-2299d66c1e95/Thynnidae+cheat+sheet+image.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - Make it stand out Click here to download pdf version of this table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701574327916-VVS88CBT003G8BQRKFXW/thynnine+example+1.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701574329680-2LS13D82MZU986ARVDI4/thynnine+example+2.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701574330830-3BLGP1CUPEVGOLJ0QBQ1/thynnine+example+3.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710115039250-51OZIEVBYQMCLZEHSAU2/P3110003-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710115043174-V983MZ5ADDWIOPCCN1J1/P3110001+copy.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710290677370-SYVX02FI3FA2SHEMXVMN/P3130001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - T7 ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710290689591-99G8RLX8GR7FKYAFX23E/P3130010-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - T7 dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710290679642-4N9DXZSY7OKBQE6UY3G2/P3130005-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - T8(?) attached to inner surface of T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710290696165-C4F1F1YALYY21EE18LDH/P3130011-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - S7 + S8 ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710297901664-CBPSSZVZ4L1XVYL7ZFJE/P3130007-3-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - S8 ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710297903251-SMYL8Y36QFK1ZCEWKBTA/P3130014-4-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - S8 dorsal (ie inner surface) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710296174136-2EXFS3LX4KWOMVB84A30/P3130027-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710296151227-2D2XWJJTKLUYWW17OGJU/P3130012-3-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710296254262-KCJ1SEQV7NP6L7R67OLI/P3130061-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (dorsal uppermost) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710296257375-VPOK5SX1US3QGHIDFWTC/P3130067-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (dorsal uppermost) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710296261011-P92L86CU2264HWNZ79HB/P3130073-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - apical (dorsal uppermost) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375449026-90J5K9AETPWIFYH7IQAP/P3130026-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375433562-ZJT2TFIYKDBY6Y361GGN/P3130012-6-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375440318-MG4D7DFMXBU8QR1PAYOZ/P3130011-4.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375564941-ZHLQBXRSX9F82DHMQR23/P3130016-4-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (inner face, dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375575128-DN3QNTFDWTGBLRNX2R4Q/P3130001-3-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375731299-WJVK7FS2JTVAWF9NNBQJ/P3130011-6-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375737138-Y4628SZEGRR8W3RN4LXV/P3130042-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710376543959-EW960U4BA4FM1LRFKNJI/P3140001-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (outer face, dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375760214-2NTU8R5EFA5OTEDXBNFF/P3130028-3-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (inner face, dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375762792-RIS9QTA9YUUZ42YF3M1L/P3130038-2-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - dorso-apical https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375771287-3LF6J0ERQDI30TPKE734/P3130006-6-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1710375774704-YGSS31YFFIUK5732NGKZ/P3130016-6-Edit.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - lateral (dorsal at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/37f39e36-36bd-4eb0-98bc-ff25ba55ad30/Turner+1910+p8.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - Make it stand out Extract from description of the genus Eirone from Turner 1910 (p.8) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/101a8185-0a79-4eca-b283-93ca4c6c863c/Brown+2010+p90.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - Make it stand out Extract from key to the Australian genera of the tribe Rhagigasterini in Brown 2010 (p.90) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7e506646-4acd-4c85-8e1d-940f143fdf27/Given+1958+p321.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - Make it stand out Extract from description of the genus Eirone from Given 1958 (p.321) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d6e7726b-2994-4a2e-9217-738ad2b37fc9/Turner+fig+63.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - Make it stand out Figure 63 Eirone lucidula from Turner 1910 (plate 3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1e306f53-fc5b-4819-9ac8-28119ac46d3a/Turner+Fig+61.jpg notes - Thynninae (Thynnidae) 2311A - Make it stand out Figure 66 Eirone castaneiceps from Turner 1910 (plate 3) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/11/6/eucnemidae monthly 0.5 2025-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699314568044-J9NIZM0D1R9ABY63AX94/PB050001-3-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - dorsal view whole animal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699314704057-3JGYXRMEEW8YHARBINT3/PB050050-2-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - pronotum &amp; head - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699314837770-VF1OEM6ET6SY0YL6FH7Y/PB050022-3-Edit-Pano.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - ventral view whole animal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699314964164-1EILC6YT4VEYG7506SGT/PB050026-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - head - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740894195705-D3KHOT4OVL25PQP769P3/P3020006-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - mandible dissected from female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699316077469-DMGET9BIHW7PG1GQZOCT/PB050007-3-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - ventral view including full leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699316190714-PG9800V272YC1SUDJY4I/PB060002-7.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - tarsus right proleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2d5e0c38-2a95-44ed-805f-58ef4d2a1c1a/PB060003-4-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - Make it stand out tibia of right proleg - only one apical spur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699341203156-2JXKGORNIUKGWHULFEMW/PB060001-6.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - left antenna - only last antennomere longer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699341347124-CIF5FLZ38LBHN2YNHILK/PB060002-5.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - right antenna - only last antennomere longer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699342347253-UBYHW4JEU1EXDRJNMJLP/PB050012-3-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699318618234-3YIACMIJ2PTVDBYKFRGP/PB060003-5-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - left hind tibia - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699318629966-WFXR5F2OK2VMSR6IOF6N/PB060011-2.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - left hind tibia - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699318641929-1XYA4I8IQFVFOE2N9B4E/PB060013-2-Edit.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - right hind tibia - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699344478886-W69BZWVVOZGO9XAO0LEO/PB070012-Edit-scale-Pano.jpg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - this specimen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699326220219-HZ2FSI51B7L7VE7BPO4C/Screenshot+2023-11-07+at+2.03.22+pm.png notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - Hylis californicus - fig. 141 Muona 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699343453604-C1EULN21S9961BVYMR5T/PB060002.jpeg notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - this specimen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699265040473-29598I1P837YE2432NJZ/Screenshot+2023-11-06+at+9.00.33%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) - Hylis frontosus - fig. 91 Muona (1993) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699345465936-Z3J8JPV4WM0DYVD72BD0/Screenshot+2023-11-07+at+7.20.27%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1699345475595-0D18LP2V6FCLJ48ZE69H/Screenshot+2023-11-07+at+7.20.52%E2%80%AFpm.png notes - Hylis australis (Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Epiphanini) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/10/7/callibracon-braconidae-braconinae monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696654741289-IX8T2WHIS3Y8USGU4HCP/Extract+Quicke+%26+Ingram+1993+description+.jpg notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Genus description from Quicke &amp; Ingram (1993) extract from page 311: Quicke, D.L.J. & Ingram, S.N. 1993. Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 33(1): 299-336 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696654744056-044PX57T4C7KEUK370WS/Extract+Quick+%26+Ingram%2C+1993+Figs+50+%26+64.jpg notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Figures from Quicke &amp; Ingram (1993) Figures 50 & 66 (extracted from pages 321 & 324 respectively) of: Quicke, D.L.J. & Ingram, S.N. 1993. Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 33(1): 299-336 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696803457403-K1LG6E3400ZWGVP3Q700/Extract+Quicke+1987+p127+Poecilobracon.png notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - from page 127 (Quicke, 1987) Extract: Quicke, D.L.J. 1987. The Old World genera of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Natural History, 21(1): 43-157. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696803504592-LY06VBJT6DAMEO6FPFBR/extract+Quicke+1987+page+105.jpg notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - from page 105 (Quicke, 1987) Extract: Quicke, D.L.J. 1987. The Old World genera of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Natural History, 21(1): 43-157. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696996385215-TG5X6KE4XWS2HP88LYH1/Extracts+Quicke+1987.jpg notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - from various pages (Quicke, 1987) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/53a97651-99eb-4958-8963-45bd5e5cf345/Callibracon+species+by+structure.jpg notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/c411fcec-855b-422b-a3b2-4b7c5ebcd22f/Callibracon+species+by+colour.jpg notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/00a4a2ae-007b-4295-8cb6-14bb50ca695b/Callibracon+limbiatus+BOLD+SICOD743-19.jpg notes - Callibracon (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Callibracon limbatus BOLD record SICOD743-19 Raised in culture, emerged Aug 1991. SPECIMEN DEPOSITORY: Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of Natural History. PHOTOGRAPHY: CBG Photography Group, Smithsonian Institute. COLLECTOR: S. McElfresh. SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION: A.D. Austin. (link) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/pycnobraconoides-braconidae-braconinae monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/90d70aa2-6ff2-4d3a-a632-b56dc0432acc/Extract+p+320+Quicke+%26+Ingram+1993.jpg notes - Pycnobraconoides (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Extracted from page 320: Quicke, D.L.J & Ingram, S.N. 1993. Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 33(1): 299-336 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b81ccd1f-0e80-42c9-b7c7-b76e077ad481/extract+pp+320+%26+322+Quicke+%26+Ingram+1993.jpg notes - Pycnobraconoides (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/10/1/male-braconinae monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/10/2/hypsicera-ichneumonidae-metopiinae monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/9/30/glyphochilus monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bf59bf29-7d3d-4650-b054-11b74b17be05/P9280006-3-Pano.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - Make it stand out fig. A habitus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696042537806-FJ0N1484EWD9UE8SQI82/P9280007-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696042554137-NOTZEQHPB4GSCEEZ4M6V/P9280008-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. C https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696042570747-7C2TI1KMV9FJIA6NWNH9/P9280009-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696042339413-U986L6HAUYWVVEZHROUD/P9280005-4.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. E https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696042668508-1UB6QU9LRTOAEYL8X8AK/P9280001-3-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. F https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696746001165-IS5EJ3210D8FIENNIWAD/P9290007-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. G https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696053893558-SAFE4MMD7DYDWEUA51JU/P9280021-2-Edit-label.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696049566194-63UN22JX8FV235KKSSSC/P9280007-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696375774991-73MCVM2RFNQD630LX0CP/PA020038-2-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. I' - head dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696054235388-8O7H4UU8EZ66CM6LABPD/P9290017-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696375632445-8LBN7HVAHNQJ4KDB2RL2/PA020008-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. J' - mandible dissected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696055220592-ZR317C68UDECA7JOO9XJ/P9290048-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. K https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696375646722-N2L6AWLVH6HPNA4JVY2F/PA020010-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. K' - maxillary palp dissected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696056747114-OEFXGXKMSAVK5EWKTE9Z/P9280010-2-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696056926846-UOHFVC3IUBWN1OLYSRF6/P9280001-3-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. M https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696076987465-RU2F6L3AVZUCCA6KPA5I/P9290034-2-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. N https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696070106938-UOJ1W5QBY1HGZDXAQKJX/P9280006-3-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. O https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696123911805-2E7SXH0K4N3O9NXYLVK9/P9280005-4-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. P https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696757241616-J0OZSF0VTKC7ZTKXSFF3/PA080008-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. P' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696749429837-J9L2IMKKX7SPAFC75B4R/PA010005-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696131250038-FE3VDP6OU16DCPAU9JO9/P9280006-3-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. R https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696376158436-UT94HAFBDIK58CPZNKG7/PA020048-2-Edit-labels.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696124944358-UQGCLYZGLRKXK4CVJ3C6/PA010012-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696135066463-MUQX01AP6ARCAN1VHSVO/PA010027-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. U https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696376244183-J0MJT5G81LM8A12AW7R9/PA020060-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. U' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696134287636-G661M31XBH7OFECAH3Y6/PA010029-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. V https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696759084366-SAN00NAAYIJPC29M30YB/PA050002-3.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. V' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696802638478-9DVJ78IFEPX9G7NZT2DX/PA020021-2-Edit-labels.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. W https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696141432942-7KGL2ERMO6DHQIXWO5GI/PA010104-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. X https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696376309282-IVNQ2VMAW23J8D0CC1UJ/PA020068-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. X' - right elytron raised https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696377769431-IFPAT72ORPTJPBIVYRMY/PA020046-2-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. Y - detail of striae, punctations, setae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696376295272-OFN5MZNA1NWM79YKBD98/PA020063-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. Y' - dorsal view with elytra extended https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696377826433-6YMVPZEPD9E1P72ZNYVQ/PA020106-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. Z - left hind wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696399694354-H7K2E7LN497X4OGQF27H/hindwing+labelled.jpeg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. Z' hind wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696377239285-CX7TR9D3A0ERV0CORXNP/PA020072.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. Z'' hind wing - unfolded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696814113963-FD7D842VRGSQGR54G0ZB/PA090059-Edit-line.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. AA hind coxal region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696818396092-N33MWLA3PCWJFJQK8Y9J/PA090038-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. BB left hind tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696818412623-QB6CGDFGCWOZ4SEUCXIS/PA090021-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. CC right hind tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696818379763-F9OMOVA9XJIXAWPJ8UTM/PA090044-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. DD left hind tarsus, ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696822461399-MR65QJGANI13XWTKTK6T/PA010117-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. EE right hind tarsus, lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696821144332-3UKXDH98FAYEUFZI7Y9T/PA070026-Edit-Pano-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. FF fore tarsus &amp; distal tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696377965176-HA5WRXQB42PTEBVGJGZ5/PA020109-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. GG dorsal view, elytra removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696824725306-9P7IB69QODFE4YF7AT8R/PA020112-Edit-edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. HH pterothorax and scutellum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696378006068-J1XQLF5ZKQYVOTEQWPQO/PA020126-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. II tergites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696826736631-6YW0UV72G0PICSKEKVMF/PA020118-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. JJ dorsal view of rear of abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696378142577-563KIWA8ONIYRE5JV1FC/PA020131-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. KK proctiger (tergite X) dissected away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696828200608-LUA1O00JK19KNT3VZVXT/PA030009-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. LL aedeagus removed from proctiger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696403060772-XOVT3G65GHXLGYR5ZXTF/PA040002-6-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. MM aedeagus after 24 hrs NaOH exposure 0.82mm long, 0.29mm wide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696390593223-Q6YU05NP308MUFJLGJH7/PA040027-Edit-Pano.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. NN aedeagus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696390617449-I4E17O8CX7TIV02VBXAB/PA040025-2-Edit.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - fig. OO aedeagus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ec12785d-227b-4289-a6e2-e212d702911b/P9280006-3-Pano-2.jpg notes - Glyphochilus (Elateridae: Elaterinae) - Make it stand out my beetle https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/9/24/braconidae-braconinae monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513261868-HFYJPQEPW6L2Q3O9ZG9K/P9200188-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513876697-XVZZMOA31BQDWQLT4F1S/P9200189-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513267423-V48N76JT2SJ0XRUW5HFG/P9200198-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513281857-4QH05DNFTZG1P90RLIO3/P9200282-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513298856-BZO5M0A4HXZYB39ZOJE2/P9200348-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513306415-9REH027OIX82DPG8C3FU/P9200359-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513310267-PVO09J08VXZ623KM2RN3/P9200362.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513316144-E300MCAXKQHPCKN21AOJ/P9200382-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695513324680-1DL6BI2XZPEGEC7ALXNP/P9200404-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 20th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695855192661-I9417035DR2SLBPWNVPS/P9250136-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 25th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695855195744-1XRSKD87FUWA52VS28L9/P9250140-Enhanced-NR.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 25th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695855199329-ASDBLT23IG0FPZQGOASW/P9250190.jpg notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) 25th Sept. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6ab5ffe4-e530-4256-9964-869bfe10dd04/Screenshot+2023-09-24+at+10.48.32+am.png notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Figs. 15-16 from van Achterberg (1988), p. 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/ebfbca97-3bca-4662-9e06-dbfb12e7bc82/Screenshot+2023-09-24+at+10.49.00+am.png notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Figure legends for Figs. 15-16 from van Achterberg (1988), p. 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/25fcd034-af9d-478e-8ed9-4e1edacef346/Screenshot+2023-09-24+at+10.49.58+am.png notes - Vipiellus (Braconidae: Braconinae) - Make it stand out Fig. 36 from van Achterberg (1988), p. 182. Note that this is a Blacinae wasp, a different subfamily of Braconidae. However, it shows the location of r-m which is relevant for using the Quicke & Ingram key. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/9/24/chrysomelidae-eumolpinae monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695598240624-5PNZ1F4X3G2GPCCTDHHY/P9240100-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - dorsal view whole animal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695598487949-L4EZNM0JXNQOQMNC4Q8F/P9240039-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - ventral view whole animal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695598800213-69M5ZIVSU7WGDV3UC0R9/P9240013-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - pronotum postero-lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695598975997-DHW8XM3MY9W5ZNSRC2R9/P9240038-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - pronotum postero-dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695599741970-DY4U7EBE2D1I1E7VPN6E/P9240009-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - maxillary &amp; labial palpi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695599917747-P585KQ9XLA21ZSF9V73B/P9240108-Edit+arrow-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - arrow shows excavation on hind tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695600103287-Y5HZXXLCULR9VQECB3V3/P9240061-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - tarsus of fore leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695600370180-8S2G0AS7XCA8BYKLQ65O/P9240021-Edit-Pano-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - left antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695615305258-NIUBK21309Q07JQIC7HT/P9240124-Edit+scale-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695615519909-NA46E7S929QGXGWDE4NS/P9240159-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695615734662-M9QGHQG9WTV1MMSPTJTN/P9240150-Edit-pano-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - left antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695615879828-M8ML7N6UHFS9HJ46Z1BX/P9240144-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - pronotum dorso-lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695616128781-YUJLGHHXNAHNDBXTYFWV/P9240146-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - maxillary palpi dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695616566196-7LTV3P3E5YG6L04I0VJ5/P9240166-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - ventral view whole animal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695616775233-SN409JL6LINKHIGS5USG/P9240169-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - head, fore legs and middle legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695617101496-B0NFIZKAFS8JUN9O3TFR/P9240204-Edit+scale-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695617308417-GMN5HBUDAMYI9F45IQDY/P9240222-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - pronotum lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695617521554-E9PASRW58D3RXBTNO9I7/P9240230-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - head lateral view - maxillary &amp; labial palpi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695617780523-Q22TNHMVXIF9H1KN3IEE/P9240241-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - right antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695618068253-PC15JNUWM08MHBYETNIQ/P9240250-Edit-Edit-arrow.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - hind leg - arrow shows excavated tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695619111387-P1Z45ZZVCEFFIK48WIBM/P9240211-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - abdomen lateral view - medial tufts of setae arrowed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695619858153-3HY25F8VA91STPWQZVVD/P9240214-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - everted aedegus and tufts of medial setae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695798962577-XJOGN9W2LUI5FV9L5X77/P9270001-4-Edit-label.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695798982359-26GJZ25DGKNP5N0FDTUP/P9270001-4-Edit-Pano.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695799005698-5TWFGP4RRZS2HWLMKP1D/P9270006-4-Edit-label.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695620444289-9HU65UD6BCWAIV9SQKCE/P9240257-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - ventral view - antennae &amp; hindlegs removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695622322319-BA01EU3052K8BYVOR7W8/P9240261-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695714861504-KMX2XP5Z4HRTEZ8FVUPV/P9240275-Edit-label.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695716263494-Y6FJZMJRVO6D47C76PUL/P9240380-Edit-scale-lettered.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695716281957-POVG774SQVU7MS5VQB99/P9240385-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695716472116-AOX9D5WWWU812L86MEZ9/P9240398-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695625722992-NJL624HWUMW207RRNB7W/P9240304-Edit+scale.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - 3.6mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695627392557-A52GD77UL5OI4Z0JN0Z2/P9240324-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695630302181-AAA7TJH2T9F7IIW9BFJV/P9240330-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695630557758-O2H5V6YCIG0FIH6LVOZS/P9240338-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - lateral view of pronotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695630873257-MQNQK8KCYOXIKGOSFIQ6/P9240339-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - maxillary &amp; labial palps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695631198981-IFT0LG8KOGZ006P6NYP0/P9240345-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695631930753-7E7D0UW3YVL1W740EIWD/P9240356-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - lateral view of head &amp; pronotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695632559507-GC135U3OJZ322UYI1V90/P9240349-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - extended ovipositor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695695331216-0TYXAN0MFNPKLHWRP2W6/P9240368-Edit-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Eboo (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) - apex of ovipositor https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/9/9/ascogaster-braconidae-cheloninae monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/6cbfcaef-3c98-4abe-84dc-a32c317abb94/IMG_4921.jpg notes - Ascogaster (Braconidae: Cheloninae) - Make it stand out Keys out to Ascogaster ( Kittel & Austin, 2014 p. 184)) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/4/2/phaneropterinae-species-list monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680400124862-52252FJJF6N7Z0LHAWDP/P2060010-Edit.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680400162479-ZP8HGTA90OBRN631ZYIW/P2050029-2-Edit.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680400636872-WBZ8Q3LBNSYR45T3DFOS/P2050007-3.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. C 5 Feb 2020 Base of left tegmen of adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680400705500-UT2EGGQLVALHZVXP4SVG/IMG_3867.jpeg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. D Left mirror area of tegmen of male Torbia perficita Walker, 1869. Lectotype Natural History Museum, London. Image downloaded from Orthoptera Species File. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680402462777-DDB9N5OTO0SM8GIO93QY/IMG_3873.jpeg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - female syntype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680402485093-MLT8CWPC0XUAP16IG5FC/IMG_3872.jpeg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - female syntype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680402500746-UIGT5F92JJUZ52CZNTY9/IMG_3871.jpeg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - female syntype - cerci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407486865-DCMGJHTREQR0KB9YH3VE/P4040488-2.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407430225-SSBN7VIN2CPQ2CJRP50A/P4040370-2-2.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. B base of crossveins on radius dark green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407463511-0BWZWR5X32XV043CKYEA/P4040219-2-2.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. C thick, wrinkled yellow lateral carinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407511474-IOL5X9FA7UVP2BSQ6E56/P4040411-2-2.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. D Prominent, yellow radius vein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407543977-J0NKNG1YGNILRHM5NWPJ/P4040060.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. E red vertex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407627262-H2HUUL2918KLKCTVOVKM/P4040046-2.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. F male terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680406905597-5EX3SSS7RJ3I5RVXL336/P3290112.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. G https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680406961752-RUH3X4C5GXHQTX4S0XP6/P3300035.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680406983416-Q0VLE6Y8BJB0XCDHSIED/P3300037.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407013256-WOOGFPGT9PHS8H1GY7PM/P3300040.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. J https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407034994-IE1Y27ZQVXO9E1LBU60G/P3300045.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. K https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680407054936-1Q8AP69XJ2O2YTQE1IL1/P3300063.jpg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Fig. L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680405640470-7JHDWE1V28RJBQBE1EVQ/IMG_3866.jpeg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Male lectotype BMNH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1680405702635-HY06GMMW5WYYY54LKI66/IMG_3867-2.jpeg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - male mirror on tegmina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/7876b75a-09a5-4b3c-a84f-1046d7724ca1/image0.jpeg notes - Phaneropterinae species comparison - Make it stand out Dictyota pruinosa from Brunner von Wattenwyl 1878 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/7/8/ornebius-sp monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688786829118-3ZN4Z0I44CUBUHZP2EUN/large-12.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688786835904-O5ARINBI29C7EY7ZLLSW/large-13.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688786849284-4ISTP5R7TDJ0F22K29CJ/large-14.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688787606753-WK15P5X3MCIDBC68I6X2/original-16.jpeg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688787385082-YWAMXXRLQ8QAV6T907ZH/original-14.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688787414316-X8ZNGVSMG2OYAAKXYIZ9/original-15.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/cb16ef7b-214f-404a-a76a-517213cd161e/P5050014-4.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696917591757-116NMFMGHPLA54MGNY7S/PA100004.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696917594726-EXZ9A69M4WD3ZE1GQSEP/PA100005.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696917599111-G5OFTE5UCZMMGGVNG36P/PA100009.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696917600969-EIFJJSZTJT539BV98ACE/PA100013.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688789775462-AI1ASZS3ES35QU4N2YRE/P7070010-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - antennae 17mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688789838988-25DTVDDNT81YWZ84P64Z/P7070014-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688790002583-NE0Q6F3641J3WGDBD4XZ/P7070009-3.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688790158717-INYHLOBX3XCTXNR5R6JH/P7070004-Edit-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - body length 8.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688790079982-3OWMX29MNK1J6WRU9FZK/P7070016-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688793445779-81309IY84Q4NBXZKBTS2/P7080023-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - head and forelegs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688791623799-600LTCSMKCG0S14O8O1L/P7080005.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - black frons, clypeus; brown vertex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688791793746-HX1F8MURTO48QW7YS3FV/P7080008-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - 2 or 3 bands on tibia I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688863835984-COY294W3NDN1U9LXXNLB/P7090001-Edit.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - vertex showing scales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688865187609-21WA14QAJWLX29G7PBWP/P7090002-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - frons (rostrum) vs. scape width https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688792596661-4Y3JENXCAPQXU4V7A83H/P7080022-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - maxillary and labial palps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688791893914-K8O4YXHCKCNHIS92WTKV/P7080027-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - 2 bands on tibia II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688792050503-YVLMQ90E7P6J8FOEXERP/P7070016-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - 2 bands on tibia III (only clear ventrally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688792172381-4LJT1KMFRHNJ37G0H90Z/P7080011-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - tibia III banding less distinct dorsally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688792724231-WJO8OT48H28T302AIIVJ/P7080022-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - genital processes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688792900342-6E25CTUVT31VRDL2HSMV/P7080008-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - setae on 10th tergite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688793707062-58PL279ZSG3PS02GWZAF/P7080003-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - pronotum and forewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688793132211-YM1AWS568T8CF532LDH2/P7080011-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - forewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688793219839-4LECWZM9IQBCW83EXCCK/P7080014-2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - pronotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688796192638-4FFUZ5RP63NVUBLM65H1/Screenshot+2023-07-08+at+3.58.20+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - forewing O&amp;A fig.316A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688796287724-S4U2I75NJ3RN4JX48BOB/Screenshot+2023-07-08+at+4.04.38+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - leg I - O&amp;A fig.316 U https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688799350138-ZJ2KPUXQM6SQBFJPQV2K/Screenshot+2023-07-08+at+4.55.20+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - tergite X https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688800793598-TI4CIJ893SWDHNIYEB09/Screenshot+2023-07-08+at+5.19.32+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - genital process O&amp;A fig.317B' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688871095377-AWGI91Z8J678A0Z7JJTC/IMG_5795.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - subgenital plate O&amp;A Fig. 317 F https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688871100993-WM56BJBJFY91O7IDOO6J/IMG_5796.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - male genital process O&amp;A Fig.317X https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8336ef47-5199-4e4d-a866-bdab7637170c/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+12.26.17+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out The 3 chirps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b6f00c39-beb2-4e49-84d2-78e327cb5be7/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+12.21.28+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out The first chirp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b3b7a14e-93b3-4175-9ebb-b9f8c603aa29/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+12.30.41+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out second pulse in the first chirp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e58e012e-5b23-4603-9c91-076e4ba9876b/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+12.22.31+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out second pulse in the first chirp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/2ed2e1b9-b6fb-4e53-b03a-853fce6e38c0/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+12.22.59+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out Detail of middle region of second pulse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/bf126c1b-f96f-4478-ad15-e3908433bae4/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+1.08.01+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out Frequency analysis of a pulse. Carrier frequency = 5 KHz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/0ec24fa1-79f8-49a5-8fc6-acb7b7f0d03c/Screenshot+2023-07-23+at+4.48.11+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out first song with 3 chirps - spectrogram shown below audiogram with major frequency at 5kHz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d175bfe7-ed9b-468a-9b5a-1d2bf597a3db/Screenshot+2023-07-23+at+3.38.30+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out chirp 02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5c5538d3-07cf-4853-9738-b1f665310e5d/Screenshot+2023-07-23+at+3.53.25+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out chirp 04 - spectrogram shown below audiogram with major frequency at 5kHz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/dfe74f4b-b448-451a-817b-549b45322f90/Screenshot+2023-07-23+at+4.43.32+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out chirp 05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e547a663-6528-4d9f-b7ff-357ddab0b4b5/Screenshot+2023-07-23+at+4.02.47+pm.png notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out chirp 06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690698453946-6KHCZZ4L3EATKRKR2L2R/Habitus+dorsal+low+res.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - habitus dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690698508884-EWVCIX1EKH7RHDEEZVQS/habitus+ventral+low+res.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - habitus ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690698559797-DS8JR6PCXQJL9K8OBOJK/head+and+pronotum+low+res.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - head and pronotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690699011901-YG9X7RWSH5UPYKKH6WSP/wings+dorsal.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - tegmina dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690698610689-VE5O9RWINA6083SLH3XN/head+low+res+2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - head dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690699091223-015OVWTAYH4I2JW95L7I/terminalia+dorsal+view+low+res+2.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - mouthparts ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690698678476-50VPQRYMGGAN9B28PFW3/terminalia+dorsal+view+low+res.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - terminalia dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690698881782-GGNOFYI836JBGRPT74WQ/terminalia+lateral+view+low+res.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - terminalia lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690698816987-4NQY1ADA399VHO9U1OE2/terminalia+ventral+view+low+res.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - terminalia ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690700658898-58PGYZYE4NBEMDWV8LFR/upper+tegmen+inner+side+rectangle.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - inner side of upper tegmen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690631841612-U68ERJ106JXK961VRH75/middle+section+of+stridulatory+vein+low+res.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - region of stridulatory vein in rectangle on left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8807e0ee-d530-49ba-ad96-a631f63b0243/upper+tegmen+inner+side.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out Stridulatory vein on upper tegmen showing ~180 teeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/07b69544-889b-4faf-a024-ffd48d8b419e/lower+tegmen+arrowed.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690701476874-FFX4DI564HIBDKMVI066/lower+tegmen+upper+surface+rectangle.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - stridulatory vein on lower tegmen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1690701669785-JBD5DOIFXPTRHL85KTBX/teeth+on+lower+stridulatory+vein.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. - detail of region in rectangle in left image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696916705780-GFPLQNNQMUQHB5C352FD/PA100034-Edit.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696916770254-2ZVZPVEI85AF3C7IYGXC/PA100029-Edit.jpg notes - New Ornebius sp. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/4/cerceris-antipodes monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f85ab4d9-651a-43e3-8297-bdd7ea40b565/P4260017.jpg notes - Cerceris antipodes (PHILANTHINAE) - Make it stand out 2304B: female collected from active nest mound, 21/4/2023. 2304C: male collected in the immediate vicinity of the same nest mound, 22/4/2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682381840259-TETPNVXU0EP9PXNVX11U/Evans+1981+citation+on+JSTOR.png notes - Cerceris antipodes (PHILANTHINAE) - This paper is available through JSTOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682381843143-N2F7DWD6C9JLZX8LYRDO/Preview+Evans+1981+paper.png notes - Cerceris antipodes (PHILANTHINAE) - It can be read online (by first creating a free JSTOR user account) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/881255aa-d104-4130-9f35-d68a37f714f8/Evans+1981+page+358+dark+form.jpg notes - Cerceris antipodes (PHILANTHINAE) - Make it stand out extract Evans 1981 (p.358) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/2/7/hortophora-tatianeae monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722497903-WKPSJIU1YLTO76RFZKT1/P2020022-3.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722511240-UCMFABC22QWJ2A91U22V/P2020023-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722522575-9FMN0FQ2MD560Q5979E2/P2020024-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722534434-H6XSAS9TEDIM7LHRSS6L/P2020025-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722548526-CZYYJ6ZBC4DHVSEVJSI6/P2020026-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722559646-UVU0RMGW8WHS81U88DMN/P2020027.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722567402-2Z44OX5R3Q4SU6E11OYY/P2020028.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722588266-ZD9XOCUIXOK019UATVVG/P2020029-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722599151-1XPMFQHFK95EM4B4AQ0V/P2020030.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722613233-QDHBW9T6N5RHZBUKVYLP/P2020031-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675722623176-SXDKK40V2VXW0CH7UZR5/P2020032.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/80c64622-9bff-4c7d-868f-09d4b96ad06d/P2050001-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723456354-F9WMMX8F4TJVSQZQOD1T/P2050008-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723399973-NIKRWKDHEH0M24F5CPWF/P2050001-3.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 1. Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723420921-YACKSTMDVTDYFOEM6FAF/P2050002-3.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 2. Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723424583-JOW3V6RQHZDVTFPHO68J/P2050003-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 3. Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723433206-10W0L9FU3S5D5K0LNLAV/P2050004-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 4. Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723439521-BN5ZXNYB19BA5Z0X6NGA/P2050006-5.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 5. Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723468598-8MALR2DB0R9ZOQB80KVT/P2050009-5.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723485821-VKDNBQY7VPJ2UJULFY3H/P2050010-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723495278-WOSS2ZA7ZTDKSBC1ZKYJ/P2050011-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723505429-DEQ2SAFPV06N8ENMKCAF/P2050012-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723511622-5J78AR51ZLF2MTSR39YW/P2050014-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675723721097-EU0TTA55DM9WPMY4F71K/P2050001-4.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 1. pedipalps ventral view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675724105838-VVH2BLWWWXEJUPUNJSSQ/P2050003-5-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 2. right pedipalp Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675725235641-G7O43D0WR38OXMRCXVPM/P2050018-3-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 3. right pedipalp Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675724848961-JZJOGEIJENMB0CW4YIIK/P2050007-6-Edit-arrow.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 4. LHS coxae and sternum Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675725373720-DTE5I90WQ45OFJ44ASTD/P2050023-3-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 5. dorsal view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675725429694-2HMTOG5SKQ9O2JUSE4RL/P2050014-5-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 6. ventral view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675726769347-JF9UW9PW9A0X0IRFNFCY/P2060001-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 1. Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675726896222-3787NYRL2UM4V12PM2DO/P2060015-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 2. Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675811377655-HMH9M3770LABVMSIAH7O/P2080004-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 3. venter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675734020960-4SGNKYGKR1JJAC8MA6A8/P2060027-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 4. LHS pedipalp dorsal view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675727685700-JU2HX42ZK8TVD5IIAYHX/P2060031-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 5. RHS pedipalp dorsal view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675727790483-0DWVQ25J12VE5UJ2524A/P2060037-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 6. anterior view of pedipalps Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675728203631-SZX3K0EIWGE5ZBKFD0EH/P2060062-Edit-labels.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 1. LHS pedipalp dorsal view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675728212277-3CFT6KLPT65GY0KW1WJ6/P2060052-Edit-labels.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 2. LHS pedipalp ventral view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675729083149-1VYR6Z1G7UN4V4WSBHDV/P2060028-2-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 3. RHS pedipalp and chelicerae Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675728338947-MT2T4DQT6RR365976SPH/P2060004-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 4. RHS chelicera ventral view Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675729349166-3G2GU47F8A13RFI3X4T5/P2060015-2-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 5. tibia of right leg II Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675729406900-RYEEG4LMUWV45L31HS6O/P2060007-2.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 6. tibia of right leg II Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675729439377-CEMIID5TJTG8A4AOZQ6T/P2060011-2-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 7. sternum Hortophora tatianeae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675730726815-6PULR2SZ9ULTE2QY3AH2/P2070001-Edit.jpg notes - Hortophora tatianeae - 8. RHS coxae I, II ventral view Hortophora tatianeae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/austrogorytes-spryi monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674974204275-I7ZIOG0RP56O339FE7J2/Austrogorytes.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674974395051-AK1VY3TMS35N351DSMVA/venation+comparison.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d2fd92c3-8d99-440b-807d-92f8ae80c577/Clitemnestra+plompleyi+venation.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) - Make it stand out Image adapted from Museums Victoria Collections: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1018362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674974456588-866H9O830SFBA3HJ4U9C/Key+features.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674970286402-J3EFKCEVDSM4BLLOZWNC/text+3.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674970292128-M7E5TBTQVMY2S53GQBI7/text+4.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674970295423-F343W1I6ZWWOVEKBMTWD/text+5.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675051363636-WLJBL7MOCF4VI1QD3GIZ/frenchii+comparison.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674971025975-GOK39VYE38CXS9KWI6TJ/extract+Turner+1915+pp73-74.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) - extract Turner (1915) pp 73-74 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674971028675-DN535Y5GVBN67ZF16TYP/extract+Turner+1915+pp74-75.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) - extract Turner (1915) pp 74-75 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674971043520-P2X5OAXGUS6CUHI0QEIW/extract+Bohart+1984+p410+.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) - extract Bohart (1984), p 410 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674975703072-R8XQ2K21H2B240GYOBSI/Austrogorytes+spryi+male+Image+1.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674975704268-J5B4U1ZBXIGZVHKR6JE5/Austrogorytes+spryi+male+Image+2.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674975723908-2FYLPKZZBE2KR1SOEL1F/Austrogorytes+spryi+male+Image+4.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674975705799-R1EAGCGPJCT2NB5YUYMF/Austrogorytes+spryi+male+Image+3.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674975725143-5X8WSQ8WPLGL9RX9K7DE/Austrogorytes+spryi+male+Image+5.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674975726587-OOAJNW2W3TVBXIXTM8EA/Austrogorytes+spryi+male+Image+6.jpg notes - Austrogorytes spryi (Bembicini) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2023/austrogorytes-bellicosus monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674960453664-E83JCJHNK6RMV7KHV9EV/Steps+1-3.jpg notes - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674960457366-K9NAVMKYWVPSVABBEXR6/Steps+4-5.jpg notes - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674962361519-FO4RLQ48ULB0F1M0S6LJ/Step+6.jpg notes - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bembicini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e14f67ee-6201-4baf-b8c0-c51b368fa02b/checklist.jpg notes - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bembicini) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675130986425-P7OHL6PMJN8QTBE7RBRK/extract+Smith+1862+holotype+female.jpg notes - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bembicini) - extract Smith 1862 (p 53) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675131216901-UGJNW2OB97PYZU32OMNO/extract+Handlirsch+1985+p873.jpg notes - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bembicini) - extract Handlirsch 1895 (p 873) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675131039714-0N05PHA7SHS9LF017H4J/extract+Bohart+1984.jpg notes - Austrogorytes bellicosus (Bembicini) - extract Bohart 1984 (p 395) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/3/22/cavernotettix-montanus-perhaps monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211851644-49TPUDYLRNT5J78X8WR7/PA180001.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211866224-Z372YRX6PYCX3T1WZ00H/PA180002.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211881040-AOLS0COUGAW1OFJJHN6M/PA180003.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211893553-QR6DVMDRMQTLC13S2E2U/PA183651.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211907059-MODTDYBKI04IRT22DT8Y/PA183653.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211921237-VB9RN7Z4KMW8ZPOEUTYY/PA183654.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212274493-J04YT0QEJG1KP7CPC907/P5040002-4.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212281817-0J321DX6FUK3GRLSEH76/P5040007-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212290422-E70EDPAJYARIACAZTEUY/P5040008-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212301085-W897ZDZ0MAZBY7RJOIEL/P5040010-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212311351-KHKNWQFSM79Q9FXNB9G3/P5040010.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212447374-B51QNZV1KJQ4WPX11VV2/P5150031.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212478019-CC3K60N4KAYH262KARUG/P5150034.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212492944-89MDJIX44LJY8XTJN4HI/P5150053.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212515379-RHYX82ZE8FOL0BKC6QW5/P5150054.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212536067-QZER9R8YXZM30LY25MQ3/P5150058.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212553156-7J6FJ912VG18K9BF0PAU/P5150060.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212570052-SX0LQC7NAJD95JYM1NZ4/P5150067.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212587768-BQ2RTKT3HPOYSVH5QIQ0/P5150071.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007420771-2HDBGK54SBILITG7Z7JO/P8080023.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - concrete cover housing crickets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000051478-G50Q2O7O1S7AX0IVH1L1/P8070002-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000343979-03FP7T8Y694BT5GFKDGH/P8070006-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000822448-SNYMJ9FOHOGJ01VNPY1V/P8070011-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001344021-J9UDOZXOPATPXVNTYZJX/P8070016-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #1 male body length 13.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001923975-5Q0NII3ZHHO7BFALS5TL/P8070018-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000499787-D2BQ3YY5PHWN7178BFHT/P8070007-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000950646-3EQM4KSYYSPHKQW8COOJ/P8070013-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001066755-FYUO6MRQ2U7H12PIBFKP/P8070014-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001928357-VQIUPQIG2AOVUL92C425/P8070019-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006200091-82F3TO2L9IXI0BXX2HJM/P8070026-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - fore &amp; middle femora without spines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660009632129-PMFBKP6CWY2D1BQ7DJHQ/P8070021-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660004171886-7LN8V9GIXM49YS45BBYI/P8070023-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - abdomen dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006051350-3G61DAYEEA3BR3BXYOT3/P8070025-2-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - male genitalia - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660009992592-FN8DBNB1EJSWJMGFFAJP/P8080006-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006637318-DQ2FEX32U879JNA8FHEX/P8070041.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010097390-4N3SVYDXTFBGJGN5O3RU/P8080007-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spines on hind tibia and femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006795235-OOLVXYX4TQYRYV9W1CKJ/P8070039.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010309630-FW1QFU286WEGQA7VX02K/P8080003-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spines on hind tibia and femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007139733-P1N8N0AC3ONQ1SH0DQOQ/P8070050-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - male genitalia - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010845632-OMWW977LK6JDWY05S69B/P8080001-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010893915-YCLXANQ7CGMWSMVTCBVM/P8080002-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010925948-O69J3J23PI8K3OQMG2IW/P8080004-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - body length 15mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660011074894-S0NET4YW5Y98UFOYHBHX/P8080005-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660011142421-E4MER0OQDU5Z2Y9EPHNX/P8080007-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - genitalia dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660011196376-Q2FGHBYVSU4TIIX1T94X/P8080010-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - no spines on fore and mid femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007985018-WNY2D8V1SJYNFV7RUMUP/P8080035.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 10:57 ends of antennae and abdomen still in exuvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007999969-OQUTJU8GMV283VOT6WSV/P8080043-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 11:21 antennae and abdomen fully extruded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660008038793-NNGKBYXCUQD07B64ZK1F/P8080048-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 11:30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660008060788-4AB9I0UQ9Q4C72YS9SQA/P8080053.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 11:35 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660008047923-MTSF6EE3Z0C062ZK290K/P8080052.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 11:45 good view of ovipositor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b45989cd-8ce5-439b-b47c-1d39dec142fd/P8080018-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660012363808-DVZ0S9MWS3HSX308QFEI/P8080006-4.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #4 nymph 5.5mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660013476572-PQVNRAG3OP2YNENV5NNV/P8080017-4.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - #5 nymph 4mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660089043501-LVRPQ1G4E39OV7FMRWWL/P8100006.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660088957240-Z5L4XA4II0YAJYJNATC3/P8100009.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - body length 13.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660089108299-FARS2GI3ZXVF608GSUYV/P8100004.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660015448703-YLEFN4ERRXAAFMAFVFDL/P8090008-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spine on coxa of right foreleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660049767301-8DUIOMFEIILW1WFMSPCZ/P8090001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - spine on coxa of left foreleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660049872827-J6XYEILWHR8F0958DAWS/P8090009.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - 5 teeth on ovipositor (plus perhaps one very small one) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660049962509-3A78Z06F0KK5OWI5CB0L/P8090029.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660051049283-I0GGM6JAUJNBCK1NVC1T/P8090022-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660050261720-MN21D43CEN6KPWTFGWU7/P8090027.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660050996931-UZM4R9LX84XVWYF8853S/P8090036-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - female terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660051771632-V16FCGAK94Z4USFPN1CL/P8090016-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix montanus (?) - femoral spines https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2022/1/30/avida-mud-nest monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/d164030b-c716-4383-b08d-0fa3998f64fd/P1010019.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - Make it stand out As it appeared when first removed (imaged 1/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/e162f072-777f-49ef-8231-2c26df835b82/P1010001+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - Make it stand out … the underside reveals 10 cells with contents. Note that A-I contain pupal cocoons, while J contains a larva. (imaged: 1/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/9c0eaac4-e264-4e80-9f0a-2a4ee9cdb569/P1010031+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - Make it stand out Adjacent, small nest - containing a single, spider-packed cell. (imaged: 1/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/57fc9580-efe1-41b2-a09f-889bf22a6185/P1010020+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - Make it stand out approximate location of cells discovered during break up of the nest - numbered in order to map species (host or cuckoo) and age (developmental order) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645320980499-5UUX7CX1BXBPWO1IU7F0/P1010005+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1... cell location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516307006-NRBLTC7LU19HVJEIN8UJ/P1010010.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516329273-054FHG4VJYK2YL5BMLC2/P1010026.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516275659-EYV45RJYA850FKMQYUPL/P1010033.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516098759-AL6J97QABE90AKAU4WSR/P1010032.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516153702-JS2S8KXPNKOGAUWFX587/P1020156.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/1/22 8am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516156674-EP2R27YM29E9R5SDZCCB/P1020168.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/1/22 1pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516159946-SYLJPZBBBQ9ZJLVNQ6FC/P1020169.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/1/22 1pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516209723-6BFA1TUVU3ZSCFYQAI76/P1060002.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516210748-O8AMQ13YJEO9GHQVDKZA/P1060004.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516212275-3YOM7LGNG8PO7QE99U4W/P1060005.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516217104-AI11WJC5T3IFOK61OOEE/P1080007-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 8/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516226194-2PKUFLDEGQS19KICX55Y/P1270036-3.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516231224-3HLQ6CXIOMXJLXLJCCE0/P1270040-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516232696-I0OS2WUMYJ2DMRXYGLJS/P1300044.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643526802533-02GWAU0B3MD1NL6EJBPS/P1300004.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643526803437-MH0DAMQZ1AWGNV2DPMOI/P1300008.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643526801263-T4HXHKMXBVEL6C59IKQ4/P1300003-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690380896-EL0F30D8ITXZGCZ1TY4R/P2010022-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690380928-GY4NFT6VLTFWW93E3W7U/P2010026-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690382532-TRY0Y5YWAFDMAOPFDLIM/P2010034-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690383704-K0CKPU5ZER8VXYA33U7G/P2010038-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690384898-DKAF4XUH24B3S5JI763F/P2010044-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690386216-OJ16VDVII2GIESS25516/P2010051-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690387480-V5QOEM89C4SS35NEI2T4/P2010057-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690388577-1VST45RDQ9IEU4WF9IYD/P2010063-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924485071-M6K92GXQKMPOCHSVR6LZ/P2010001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 7pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924486313-NRB0K5971HEGB80WRFCU/P2010007-3-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 7pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924487634-9RYTGQAMR4C0VJDTLTJF/P2010019-3-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 7pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924489022-WVPXMTF5DB2LBLRMTV18/P2010026-2-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 11:20pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924490252-YWDO0GXYYGHM3O7OAEL5/P2010029-2-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 23:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924491260-HTJBN78ZAXBNSSLZCJ1K/P2020043-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 08:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924492254-EG98U27YJHQ7FOGR7JJU/P2020050-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 08:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924495700-HL1YPDULT39A4MVLUKPN/P2020056-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 08:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924496576-Q4MPL5AN3NR5W92PECNG/P2020061-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 08:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924500148-VALWN8CTOKCJRSVYXHQI/P2020066-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 08:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924501505-WTA30GQLVPI5AGS8ESSJ/P2030094.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924502680-5VPYWT935QXA6J96YGEY/P2030098-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924504529-P4ZZR3F8SJYDA6M686MF/P2030101-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924505504-P73W7QM0406GO54D1UBZ/P2030109-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924506680-9SJV5V7824WMCETR12NV/P2030115-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924507712-YZTM36YTKNMV398EEOKW/P2030118-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643924510072-MEFNHL236IUF2CZJZ2TA/P2030122-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315114120-E256YVPXBU8GBAAHSNNC/P2040020-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 4/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315115454-V9YF8Y4OJO7BQ47GPP7C/P2040022-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 4/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314813490-8T99ZFD14Q4DSUTJGMJ8/P2060025-3-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314814699-9NEAZLVDPBKZUCLYTUYX/P2060029-2-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314815942-D05R9ZZ8H0CKO2KZ0G4H/P2060036-2-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314817178-ER54X0DDQ869O15ZMZMQ/P2100040-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 10/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314818392-UATJV04NVP055GB6IXHR/P2100045.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 10/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314820722-A3LIO8TPXGKVV7Y1XKMG/P2100046.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 10/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314308432-1S86OGEA9G1DHOZDOI5A/P2150004-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 15/2 9am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314040218-BO9A85ZGCZEZNXADGD2Z/P2150061.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 15/2 (2pm) ... walking but unsteady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314040215-89DJ6AP5C90ISTJ8ZIXG/P2150062.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 15/2/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314042207-4F0B6SEOW65KTV4K4Z1H/P2150068.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 15/2/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314423188-XY11UPDFU3KYX4B7TZ90/P2160008.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 16/2 (2pm) now very active, moving freely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314424343-AZBCLJN3QMP9V2QYA8H5/P2160009.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 16/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314425665-KL90OZ8ANJ4YZ4PO1TAM/P2160011.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 16/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314426710-Q9C2A7VV04JWC819CIEV/P2160013.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 16/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314428260-ON8NKZNHUAK4SSFWT798/P2160014.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 16/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314429498-59D4X1O5HHDAWHY8LEZI/P2160015.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 16/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314601392-HG325HDUF827JJIJS8OR/P2170002.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 10am (chilled, but not dead) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314602511-5NXXSXLJMZKAQA1U3F03/P2170004.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314604390-EDQ5QI6PW54B10CL8W8B/P2170005.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314605597-5Z3AP08R6VF6XIC38O6Y/P2170009.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645314606826-NBY681RTPO8L1CJZO2I4/P2170010.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643515327649-96CVFTQ9UITSL9DMJ4CY/P1010031.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643515328979-4FOO847FE1063FTRWJIB/P1110023-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643515332734-8NML7CLV4GGEQQF6UWRL/P1270034-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643515300452-EOTPKIS54WRC7K8XJKAO/P1270007-4.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - removed from cell (27/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643515301662-H9IKFNE306RB06QIT49L/P1270012-3.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - removed from cell (27/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643515303270-7KFM4SLZ7VBE0VNEI09T/P1270013-3.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - removed from cell (27/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643526904015-MN2SADMORBKM8H31Z0CU/P1300003.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643526902922-CZBPOV4PCQVQ8IAKCZTF/P1300001-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643694438585-UN4J1RHSS0S8DH9K9QI0/P2010071-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690558137-QDWWJUHT59SP2XIC0B5L/P2010074-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690559925-F6W0EIE006JYLG5FIR39/P2010077.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315540503-V5Q4YZ9MZF8UZZ77S3LP/P2040015.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 4/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315471083-54MNSPAWK9BM2FKO133F/P2060039.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315408146-FBZDMMUG4ZZEM1W3LT9T/P2150071.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 15/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645321120478-BSSL7YGEGDSOE7OOEOG4/P1010005+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1 ... cell location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517322125-SUN9QGM2V6M4NQV2YHCD/P1270075-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517337463-G2P3GF2QDVL0QLUG5IGH/P1270078-3.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517344295-PUWGITAEDTOCXNNEHRE4/P1270085.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645320297782-B7UQV3PLZW97PIG8NUHE/P1270092+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1 ... further dissected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517383762-F9QURHYF3JCE6YLVDKAU/P1270095.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1 ... removed from cocoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517395721-SUG1PRTNDBFBFECRQWC0/P1280007-3.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 28/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517396817-MFID8WH7N8Y045JREY8R/P1280013-3-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 28/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517398392-6VX8D4B55K3PVSXEO3MP/P1300018-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517399731-65ASDOKCFQ52TP3JU70M/P1300028-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517401252-KJ7ZPL1SDQWX2U0LU6B1/P1300032.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517402588-DOKLMPDJ08T1ZFHMZ1A1/P1300033-Edit.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 30/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690651974-OGZX1BE5NAUZBEVRCMQQ/P2010002.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 - now very active https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690652990-9JPE6BLKKM85V7RVFIEW/P2010005.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 - thorax &amp; legs moving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690654494-OII64348OW54LEHT8OHB/P2010006.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690655768-0V917QUGBQQV9L0KARR2/P2010010.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690657357-Q5UDRA9C7SPJ6NM33EWG/P2010015.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643690658600-PTXH2VO33FJWFENWZ2FN/P2010017.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315798141-6DJJSSKKCW9QF4CBVH2I/P2020001-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 (8am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315798755-LFJGK66YD0F1CKUFWT71/P2020002-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 (8am) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643938404038-N94QM6J7H86WH3C0RSL5/P2020041.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 8:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643938405350-34I7ERNFDPJ4E6FSCPGM/P2020082.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 2/2 9:40 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643938406363-4DVVVVQ0L9IIUE7JQKB9/P2030090.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 3/2 10:00 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315915087-W9890LABHNA8ZL6QXMX5/P2060003.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/2 (3pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645315916311-FQ4DQS1KCFPQWXKNS7V4/P2060011-3.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 6/2 (3pm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645339548599-XX45OXTQSWH0GATO2P5M/P2110003-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 4pm (live) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645339549770-XKN2WH5BGN03IUGTUNY6/P2110005-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 4pm (live) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645339550985-LLMMOO7EKW5AACAV440R/P2110006-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 4pm (live) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645339552449-7E7LG8G3OD17VQOL258O/P2110007-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 4pm (live) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645339553615-P2OMUTTGDA7INJWHPMOB/P2110008-2.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 4pm (live) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645330409649-HGIV0UBMA9QMNM96ZOKJ/P2110006.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 (5pm) - chilled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645330411538-4PI22GX0QLR42MOKHH02/P2110010.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 (5pm) - chilled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645330413407-GF3VILMB9LI27JC4CH2E/P2110011.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 11/2 (5pm) - chilled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517840539-WUHNX2O5JLLHHILZ16PG/P1270092+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1 ... location of L in upper layer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517733758-P8I35Y30NS7SOALN4KAY/P1270099.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 27/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517734971-DHI3A93NLM6K4M1745KW/P1270101.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 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Avida mud nest - 1/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322337659-DOI6PTUS0W3A8EFUCGLZ/P2160025.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 16/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322338944-Z432UDM98N50K3MJ0KHE/P2160026.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322340281-Z2W9FTY9994KXI4YLVTA/P2160031.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322341528-68PN903XKYOG021LQCNN/P2160035.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322343159-K29PC2R6RTQSGRXU00E0/P2160036.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322344181-LOMUQ6DTHKMWJJVUDW0E/P2170014.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 (post mortem) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322345292-VNSN056ZMC60D1UI6RYQ/P2170015.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322461057-UNS5M9E9GGEKFIHFKF2E/P1010014+copy.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 1/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322477613-CMEFCVFDCDLXB7MAECBM/P2170042.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322478788-WRURY4LHJDC6ISYQDI18/P2170046.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322473660-O9NH2KAR7UMU8TAAQQL6/P2170019.jpg notes - Avida mud nest - 17/2 (post mortem) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322475189-9O4LJJ8ABNZ9PYRBKG1H/P2170020.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645322476546-MZKTZTCPYPBA7621A3I8/P2170021.jpg notes - Avida mud nest https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2022/2/18/cockroach-nymph monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647775628102-6C5HFRF5OYKDFAP07WSZ/Screen+Shot+2022-03-20+at+10.26.28+pm.png notes - Cockroach nymph - fig.2A,B pronotum male Robsheldfordia circumducta from Roth 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647775751279-Y586U8QLCNPP42BVQFW0/Screen+Shot+2022-03-20+at+10.28.58+pm.png notes - Cockroach nymph - fig.2D head male Robsheldfordia circumducta. Roth 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647776175997-FIPQ73L8984AO7IM0SYY/Screen+Shot+2022-03-20+at+10.36.01+pm.png notes - Cockroach nymph - fig.3A male supra-anal plate and paraprocts (ventral) Robsheldfordia circumducta. from Roth 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647776304172-4TLUY671MQ41ZVTTFVI2/Screen+Shot+2022-03-20+at+10.38.03+pm.png notes - Cockroach nymph - fig.3B subgenital plate and genitalia (dorsal) Robsheldfordia circumducta from Roth 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647776429193-8O2V0QEU9LZQJJCQS0H9/Screen+Shot+2022-03-20+at+10.40.12+pm.png notes - Cockroach nymph - fig.2J front femora (anterior views) Robsheldfordia circumducta from Roth 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647776547739-PBRKBAJTWCV84PMXPNUX/Screen+Shot+2022-03-20+at+10.41.59+pm.png notes - Cockroach nymph - fig.3D hindwing (male) Robsheldfordia circumducta from Roth 1991 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645151737212-DMRP08DSOZ2E1AZILAPR/P1210034.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645151746229-NW98JRUKABCY6WX0T1VU/P1210039-2-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - 7mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645151758707-9P8EZR7TWSZENZV8L30H/P1210042-2.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645151772818-Y0HCNPQ4P62W05V35672/P1210050-2.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645151787112-R83XRCZO6SO9SQQKX239/P1210026-2.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645150939823-HQRFKD8EYJ4QJTHQSYVS/P2180016.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - 18/2/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645150952007-8JCC94E7LMS1NOCSKTN1/P2180016-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - 18/2/22 body length 6.8mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645150963143-DNHVU6CKN1RWDBO7YRLO/P2180003.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - 18/2/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1645150975714-43333SGMN39CTH1ZWH1N/P2180012.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - 18/2/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4161df22-37b9-4ebd-bd2d-eade1f611c07/P2190003.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - Make it stand out 19/2/22 9.5mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778048128-0F878STZT7K8PXCGDO6L/P3180010.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778265229-KCX7P1O24Y367439TG7K/P3180006-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778075201-W0EORS4WXEZG9U0M1YGN/P3180005-2.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778365347-QYNCEICM3SEKSRKTL8KY/P3180004.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778106196-89N7TOYA50MUCUA7JOOR/P3200043-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778131401-QBFZ3GDV7Z3ZYV040TM3/P3200011-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778245388-U3JFCK5P9UQ89BHKZOUF/P3200013.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778152340-LGFQRADAQJZ9XSQSU5PJ/P3200034-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778181908-F50D5GJFH87IREVTYUS7/P3200020-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778208474-JMQ3OPBNQNKFOWNCZH2F/P3180003.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1647778342268-9C9XBUV1NOG26F6VYK0Y/P3200004-2-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph - dorsal view dissected terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1649631290413-8PQO0JT4YAFMJPVL8OMU/P4110015-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1649631305059-ML4D8OKYVRB20MVXT6U4/P4110019-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1649631327984-WDWETJADC6KKHW446J0I/P4110007-2-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1649631344081-IB0XHVWC97YPIP8VMUNT/P4110005-3-Edit.jpg notes - Cockroach nymph https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2022/1/23/mystery-grub-under-log monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642913018274-KJEO1NQ7ZKOV36JVXJIZ/P1200006.jpg notes - mystery grub under log - 20th January, before collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642913003358-UW2IW3MRIOPQRPH4200O/P1200078-2.jpg notes - mystery grub under log - 20th Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642913004860-547OAH0U5TV1ADLXKK14/P1200084-2.jpg notes - mystery grub under log - 20th Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642913028091-NV23QFLSFDZE23R4EE7H/P1230002-2.jpg notes - mystery grub under log - 23rd Jan - 18mm long https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2022/1/23/cetoniinae-chlorobapta-bestii-perhaps monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/f24b59a4-d217-47f4-b80e-376721e473f6/P1200014-2.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? - Make it stand out Arrow showing the type of location where we found the grub (although this is a different section of the round, as we had broken away the rotten core in order to expose grub) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5cff7122-83c6-48bf-8bb4-94e62385b7de/1a.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? - Make it stand out 5:40pm 20th January, 2022 (4-5hours after collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915340440-ED1NC96319U6SL3S3JXW/1b.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915341649-1PLRWKY0X8XKX8WZNLFL/1c.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915343068-10EPKY7K9TSV6AOE0OER/1d.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915344162-O571B9B53HBF21AYAPHE/P1200024.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915345323-BJMI5JL09WXEWHZ1HNUI/P1200028.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915346270-KTX0FZ0ZR0FFVKTVH3I8/P1200031.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915347211-6BP6QEZR16HNSLO2XK1P/P1200041-2.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915348278-9UQFA6D571IYVRQ5362I/P1200046.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642915349219-9UGI5HGOUB44PYYWXV1Q/P1200050.jpg notes - Cetoniinae ... Chlorobapta bestii, perhaps? https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/12/mud-nest-wasp-1 monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185357653-V49PMZK3HED25M8EQZRD/PB140017-3.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - Cell 1 contents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185367658-U93GH3BFW6XJ0CQM00TA/PB140011-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - a. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185587098-KSY8U26NFOSKXHOB1DM1/PB140027-3.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - b. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185585991-JS4WIZNY3KSSXWEAL3BL/PB140021-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - b. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185376238-3AASG6I9HOEWU4MRFPV5/PB140016-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - c. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185383196-GMJPBP39XCZS3JKW7200/PB140029-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - d. Backobourkia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185388031-6Z06SYG4VCUSNX1BDTUY/PB140035-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - f. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185391505-NSMDAH8NQIU84UG4Z2OE/PB140042-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - g. Leucauge dromedaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639185400347-57XOIUMI3A8G9OG7IBPT/PB140050-3-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - g. Leucauge dromedaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186055244-VNCHM26V4ZD279WYVAEH/PB140021-2.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - Cell 2 contents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186069902-N1EPHYFLNJ9FV5QS77IA/PB140073-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - a. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186073837-OIZ7R2XHWP4Z0VKWC9EA/PB140081-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - b. Leucauge dromedaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186077814-L5SQKW6XYDF8K21VNANQ/PB140090-3-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - c. Backobourkia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186082505-DQ9ZARRGXZLYLHAQTLIE/PB140099-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - d. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186108446-DQ71O2P0F07AOSL45KV3/PB140120-3-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - e. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186086191-5QC844FYG1Z8FMNB5LN4/PB140106-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - f. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186153810-IGRSM9Y6F3IEWZ2LRLYG/PB140167-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - g. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186112621-WPP3NM562Z0UWCEU9XOI/PB140127-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - h. Phonognatha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186584249-UUH9X9F1BZH51T9HX3NL/PB140160-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - i. Plebs bradleyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186118088-ZHS6LR6E6CZ3A4VMLXEI/PB140136-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - j. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186123713-Y36T91XWGXAQHYDS5Q6S/PB140143-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - m. Leucauge dromedaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639186061557-BB4JI3HEZMVB4WQE3FXY/PB140067-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - n. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191593491-L28WPDMOCR4JZYZIPMK7/PB140023-2.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - Cell 3 contents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191605541-YQOLSX2GV0X4G71BH992/PB140041-2.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - a. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191668436-AR4CNGUY3GSBTQDVPIEH/PB140244-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - b. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191663764-FHT8C9UPWTUXX737HI5E/PB140252-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - c. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191628351-DT2GIW58I5TP7R8U1N8K/PB140215-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - d. Plebs bradleyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191633337-M9SQPYQ9QFZRZ771V254/PB140221-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - e. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191641699-P79N6DL9L2O1MGOQ05CG/PB140229-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - f. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639191646745-4CH51M13KCJOBS7SD8HS/PB140236-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - g. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639192004026-DIDXR2AZWYDZTVHX3E4W/PB140028-4.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - Cell 4 contents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639192037318-DZZWTZ6L66CM00NHXBQN/PB140342-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - a. Plebs bradleyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639192045584-NDMKXTTCT51WOHRG1CEB/PB140345-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - b. Phonognatha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639192055286-Q6S8O6FADBSXMFKHQRJ3/PB140350-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - c. 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Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639192475977-WF7C2JI9H4GTVNKA6C4T/PB140286-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - c. Plebs bradleyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639192363066-E5UIUE72GLTRK8H6UQ5E/PB140292-3-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - d. Plebs bradleyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639192374614-I22AULCGPFNC9B6RX7RT/PB140280-2-Edit.jpg notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - e. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577e746-cb67-4df2-ae5d-632685e2f18d/Summary+table+mud-nest+%231.png notes - Mud-nest wasp #1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/12/mud-nest-wasp-5 monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639268023699-204AM30B4VISMSLOCJDP/PC020119.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 2nd Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639268084285-UTL3C4K28DK2BXBTD2CQ/PC020120.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 2nd Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272192340-UDUVNL68LGD4LH28UZHM/PC020125.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 2nd Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639181022879-KTB81MN5PIVBBSPMIPTS/PC040008-4.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 4th Dec ... feeding on 1st spider mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639181024449-DVFWB5TTK3480L6PRX3I/PC040012.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 4th Dec ... posterior mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180943378-1WM9QQ88AYJDG0BJ9PTP/PC040007-4.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 4th Dec ... anterior mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639179386165-L8LCCHMGZDRH645NY6RO/PC050002-2.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 5th Dec ... larva visible inside, weaving mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180553612-4NSPFHZCL27G90A716R3/PC080062-Edit.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 8th Dec ... note faecal pellets mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180832221-WFBXDCMNO1XJ0G9KJM4O/PC090001-Edit.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 9th Dec ... note exuvia mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180838293-MCZ4A3KOMGUKBAC3W6FA/PC090003-Edit.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - Dec 9th mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180848221-1C9DFZFRAF1CYGO4KS1W/PC090007-Edit.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - Dec 9th mud-nest #5, larva a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272280912-FD6M4ATIUGFQ39UIBNQX/PC110060-Edit.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 11th Dec - shed exoskeleton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272287051-29QFJ91TQ7G572GO5XB7/PC110059.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 11th Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272294722-ZA6E9M2JVNLBGDBFM943/PC110063.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 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Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 2nd Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639181188874-05DDB7DENGC6CCJ2UVDE/PC040017-3.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 4th Dec mud-nest #5, larva b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180024541-60XHHSTIXIW671T59ASD/PC050004-2.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 5th Dec mud-nest #5, larva b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180694035-ST2YCIO14ZN45ZN173N0/PC080070.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 8th Dec mud-nest #5, larva b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639180756947-CQJK8EB1BFUHTE9H6ITH/PC090009.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 9th Dec mud-nest #5, larva b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639267173890-ICTJKPILSZCD6L4K8JU2/PC110058.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 11th Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639267064854-6CLC9AS7107Q6ZV362PW/PC120001.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 12th Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719655894-3VC5UKYIKP4PILJAA3PG/PC130018-4.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 13th Dec - moved toward other larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719634291-B5GE4AQ5UCRS1PV3CUSG/PC130006-5.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 13th Dec - no longer feeding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719640725-MOI6LBX17GB77NQ0185U/PC130025-3.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 13th Dec - head capsule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719766273-IZJ1SUJAEEUO627BHQDH/PC140026.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 14th Dec 8am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719809493-DKZ2F20TE5ZN3NQ6JZZS/PC140028-2.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 14th Dec 4pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719836142-715DJRV81M100JL6YH7V/PC140030.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 14th Dec 4pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719852906-450NRHI2O8FCDE34T47S/PC150031.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 15th Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719853836-K6Z00UIALR4Z614BSB5G/PC170002.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 17th Dec - faecal pellets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639719855002-2H9SJ5A0ZXI3WUX4T60B/PC170005.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 17th Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642900801093-Y5ANRNWV32BTVRM8UZ7P/P1230001.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - emerged ~27th Dec emerged while we were away; therefore dead and desiccated when we returned (imaged 23/1/22) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639270972450-I0U924ZM1A4STHU9NBY6/PC020079-2+copy.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 2nd Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639271434568-PJRTLJICBZ201U6SB0ST/PC110053+copy.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 11th Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642901079351-8IWLAJEXCRQX3GKBKPW9/PC190013.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - 19th Dec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272140156-YA14D4EWOTWUU9ANA3GU/PC020110.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - b. Hortophora (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272158019-Z93DC5ACL5I3984224S8/PC020119.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - a. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639271829376-XUDUQWEEAUBK2XDQ2CMI/PC020046-Edit.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - c. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639271862198-D0Y4QYA1UIAZCYYLSQTG/PC020072.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - d: Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639271865648-4PJC2SI87GO4WYXES9UO/PC020075.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - d. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272113477-WDN2V7VTWKNQJ4CVZLU1/PC020089.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - e. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272117076-8I4DILYK8RQP4QQA2WC8/PC020092.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - e. Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272130883-BH0H1IYTQNZXGZDZ9CAF/PC020102.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - f. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639272135932-126LQN6MK1W947J2GJHX/PC020107.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - f. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639271836217-NQUGD76WSKYDGE5SUUTG/PC020051-Edit.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - g. Hortophora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639271842964-IY90TF8PAX92R7YJB71W/PC020057.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - g. 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Plebs eburnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639271853675-BTV6QIUVC3VCA3N10PYF/PC020066.jpg notes - Ichneumonid-like wasps from mud-nest - j. 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Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639283261235-GPSAYNE5SWEPIFHC54VQ/PC020016-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus - a. dorsal (&gt;2mm long) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639283250803-97QYF1B5P2VFJUL5WTRV/PC020005-Edit.jpg notes - Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus - a. ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639283297597-Z5N0YS18MTKAT6TI2QOC/PC020033-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus - b. dorsal (&gt;2mm long) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639283292976-W5M6HPPXBIBQECLP4ZAH/PC020027-Edit.jpg notes - Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus - b. ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639284373725-PJTR9Z35TI9LP27PU0VB/PC020040-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus - c. dorsal (just &gt; 1mm long) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639284378705-Z1Q0610HBBSBIQ5K6L96/PC020042-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus - c. ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a44e843f-a9a3-4a4b-96cd-3560894a31d1/Screen+Shot+2021-12-12+at+3.58.36+pm.png notes - Passalidae: the mites of Pharochilus - Make it stand out This paper by Owen Seeman is obviously relevant, but at this stage I can’t easily access it https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/12/8/passalidae-another-one monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947629755-UE9R7R3TVXZ2AUHQRBVE/PC020016-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947647720-EDG1NCN1LVBZTT58UZXP/PC020018-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947650234-CM748YVBA4UCTI6XNXMG/PC020021-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947654290-RYJK7ZMIJP3V550LAQ0X/PC020023-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947669174-1J8WTQ6PYILTF8HJ3SJE/PC020028-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947679396-VISIYILR0NCO3JNDOI9Z/PC020035-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947687605-JGG03P8VYLDVHXWL8ICT/PC020038-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638947695311-MNTKG74QCD0INCJU754D/PC020038-2-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1638998087885-O8FI1B1OW7AKGTY8EYA1/PC080005-2-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 1a: head, dorsal (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639033389876-TWPNJWTPR3UJW9XPYREE/PC080036-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 1b: head, anterior (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639034058396-UALQTVI5W5Q7QQHJYQ4P/PC080013-2-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 2a: prosternum, ventral (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639034067669-YXOHFIP68BOTO9SKY5VL/PC090010-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 2b: prosternum, antero-ventral (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639034579118-X1EU6FFHLRMVS5OXE1WJ/PC090001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 3a. tibia I (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639034597684-APROLOUD0K037Y4OD3VM/PC090064-Edit.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 3b. tibia I (A. edentulus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8e1e3369-ecf6-4199-98d0-3b2e45914e76/PC020028-2+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Make it stand out Figure 4: ventral view, live animal (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/4295793b-322c-4577-9d22-247aca17b6f2/PC080052-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Make it stand out Figure 5: head, dorsal (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639035789627-8TM509ODWCSMRY18AXAB/PC090028-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 6a: central tubercle, dorsal (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639035796044-SL4W53IITNYWHGA3GZ3X/PC090051-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 6b: central tubercle, dorsal (A. edentulus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639036157162-2LZMB7DI9OMJ2AO9HHA7/PC080019-2-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 7a: head, lateral view (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639036324985-QKKYY1RMSGI9GC11URSZ/PC080016-2-Edit.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 7b: left antenna, ventral (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639037001409-GJVDQ2TGTKHFODYCM4XL/PC090011-2-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 8a: mesothorax, lateral (Species 4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639036939082-V4T7HSNJAQLYHH1PNJQL/PC090017-2-Edit+copy.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Figure 8b: mesothorax, lateral (A. edentulus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/da3999f2-1100-41fe-a448-5e15d15ab29c/PC020038-2.jpg notes - Passalidae - another one? - Make it stand out Figure 9: Species 4 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/12/9/torbia-nymphs monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639090974633-7X59FN1ZM6Z8QUG690XI/P9160008.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639090990639-SB7WIKW0LYB0OLSHONE1/P9160011.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639091225797-Y4ZZBKQ7BHMFQE9U7I5P/PA200003-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639091238677-T4LTHHNIIU6X09JUVVBC/PA200006-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639091249989-EFP17DJQ993RP9YZP8AU/PA200012-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639091385462-A54UERQI05Q29C26R2YD/PA200001-Edit.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639091532149-24E8D17DAWXQTES7R6ZH/PA210043.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 21 October 5:07am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639091536533-2OWXNDPD42YR1YNFPI1F/PA210031.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 21 October 5:00am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639091541301-0MWRHQLE37BPPY1YYBWW/PA210030.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 21 October 4:18am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092059891-5T3XC5BQANY7WSISKXIT/PA220031-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 22 October 5:00am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092146253-JFU8B7UO2AYF7ROKLF0A/PA220017.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 22 October 5:00am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092099605-W2ECVRXHFOC33V0B75ZT/PA220026.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 22 October 5:18am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092402209-UI9X3J22M9NXCH62H5TU/PA230003-5.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 23 October defaecating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092424691-LNCBWF87FF66YGY75UR9/PA230015-4.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 23 October eating Gahnia anthers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092502671-NAIL4CVTBY2PAPUHKMZI/PA230019-4.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 23 October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093262201-J6U8URKUFGPGP6A9HZUI/PA290004-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092900252-2TOEPR74P7H0AESS1GCB/PA290024.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639092949479-AOEHISL10Z3LOJSIFB1H/PA290018.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093073395-29DPGWKQUW1XA1Y3SI9N/PA290060.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093128542-1VHS1EHW0O910GS3CFYX/PA290036.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093152741-VEMMR0XV4DIY1UT3WNCZ/PA290035.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093561331-K8ARISOVKG561JOELQFS/PB060004.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093639560-5D990WVDY17RTVI56CUO/PB060005-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093703138-CO8PYGSW3UCKCW4DKDZ0/PB060018-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639093972163-KHUIQQY3QCUO1LBHYL8A/PB110004.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639094028103-P0E5STK8UEMPSZPXOW7I/PB110006.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639094055863-2379MEUTFMVX6W1BLS3K/PB110009.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639094120629-71W7KRDY8EQ100BW5V8O/PB110021.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639094636798-YDKZKOME5LQQNSXU988A/PB160002-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639094680197-XN76DGXQST1549FUMRLA/PB160010.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639094723049-J6GB1TKCAIJLJT93XSOQ/PB160015.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639095087740-MT9BY1CPAD3WUYHWY07B/PB190035.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639095009788-6WGM1HUB8TARNTA7RJKA/PB190026.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639095257353-XPMBMO6Y1SVUM5QYKV8J/PB190052.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639095040086-Z1QJ2RTE8M04VM3NEPQF/PB190028.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639095141918-TYB35SLVOZLECWECSNZV/PB190042.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639095208671-LZ3F7ECQGLDUF0RIO05X/PB190044.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639096490290-DRSGOASISOAAMV9PUS42/PB220087-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639096558882-0M62WDRV19M65LSOMX37/PB220092-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639096595582-ERHDIWTZF26AV8GN51NO/PB220089-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098188654-IHD63Q9BD4SA1AU7Y43U/PB260021.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098190550-UD466YI3O0U71K4OKR0N/PB260012.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098283462-BV842BFCRCDNFGW2JBF1/PB260027.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098608913-AYY9X0NHV7Y0OXK3L2LD/PB300004-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098621747-032XVU6ECF2C22FWADXA/PB300011-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098632990-UM5REGK29SYE657A8Q63/PB300010-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098784895-B1O0QV7ZATKAX9O5DUQN/PC020081-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639098815280-Y9RX6EBCWXUMLVKTOT0J/PC020089-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639109047581-AR9B75PDUIIK12DCK1OL/PC020004-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639099037316-CUXMUPKXI16Y94XEQD68/PC040004.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639099082651-0Q4HIW1XLNSDL9CSYYPO/PC040014.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639099115167-HAWSP3IOID76FUIDUOL8/PC040018.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639306545105-RSNDR01IQ7V5BVA9B5FP/PC120009.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639306548710-398IJHW54KNXC9DC4IOJ/PC120012.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639306553454-OLVGDCD62SUT4IWSBNI7/PC120013.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639306558171-GA1AZY49PAHXIU49PUV7/PC120015.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307011733-JR34MC8Y3AW9DXE8VWL8/PC120018.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 5:26:51pm body length 15mm T3 tibia moulted 13mm T3 tibia exuvia 10mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639306869489-V3SEPW8PPIWT9AFQ85G9/PC120023.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 5:28:31 pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307135463-6X6JN4229CCFBQD7N1BV/PC120035.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 5:36:52 pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307201380-8HTCG1XS8UFKPU6A2J3T/PC120037.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 5:38:38 pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307295270-R8V3CGCBRJM5XKGMWT5C/PC120040.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 5:39:10 pm body length 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307395814-KF2X1CM4GV0LWJMP0BVV/PC120041.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 5:39:21 pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307475154-BR6FAE6S0I6UXW1XOD1J/PC120003.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 6:44:34 pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307681373-O6VDLSKGR8YN781Q9ERV/PC120029.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307714728-3IE5A9NGOQ4R9CTKL2L8/PC120030.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639307751134-ZW2951QJGYIWN81XQ3HZ/PC120027.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639717711951-3N94DPFNEEY662K9MV9C/PC150001.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 10:11:15 am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639717722608-5K80PQ1NAXH727W5GOWP/PC150004.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 10:12:11 am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639718218001-C4HHHXQ2KHW6NE3AHZH2/PC150038.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 14:36:40 pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639718107342-PNEBWGQ4TBRHE2SSF8NM/PC150030.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639718149542-RT2ZU10K1DVN3J4X41BP/PC150034.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639718163396-LI73R3Q1C9LA1YGR16TH/PC150029.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641944982615-09TLP865ZTHA4FRTMUO6/PC210033.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641945063383-2EV5PBCKEQT5997UXCYV/PC210040.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641945075841-1DKUN9HBW4BPKJ9FRG9J/PC210062.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641945090174-BEPBEIK8JPZVIB8Y1NPB/PC210079.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - climbing up epicormic branch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641945106347-LACW41I54UHPRF9RJ2ZI/PC210080.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - climbing tree trunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641945118353-NFFOPDAR1U0D81MK518D/PC210083.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - climbing up branch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641946031266-5N3ARLXBUKQP9KNCP7GB/PC250123.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641946041890-MVZU48YNSYU5PSATMOCN/PC250124.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641946052178-054WUAIM412O8ARSYIOM/PC250125.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641958660356-Z5LFG1FQV5YYZKTBUNQA/PC280024-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - dorsal wing buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641958671863-ZGSCX81ZENPU6K1DF2XE/PC280026-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - hoppy - lateral wing buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643516991494-HTRNN0ME3DA0ZPS3616S/PC280017-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517184214-MVWNSVS4FBG8VMELBO27/PC280023-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - ovipositor anlage? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959001621-K9XKI84QZDUA3PHJNK8L/PC310010.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959060971-FXJAQ1E19RXWVJYJYRKL/PC310012.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517786973-41QMGQM4EDYYDZRCTMA9/PC310013.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - Hoppy - dorsal wing buds, no T3 leg, short T2 tibia, tarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643518050918-3NRR26Y6P9VGBYTCWXBL/PC310005.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - Hoppy - dorsal wing buds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959436616-TDY3PRRJ0MSXRFAKKFKU/P1030089.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - tegmina anlage damaged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959620850-6M2V2ZG1SXRMF46KX0FP/P1030090.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959605243-PS3DQF3WM2AGDY4S85BG/P1030107.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959638620-DX0I0RZO5HQ4QECL4XGQ/P1030101.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female - ovipositor evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959651190-2RJ0Y4QMROZ3IUKVNAAU/P1030106.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641959908156-XJ4VES3KSALI4U30RSQI/P1030108.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - body length 30mm - female ovipositor evident? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643517510048-6X8SM8KV2OG3X4DWPPQX/P1030093.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - Hoppy - T3 absent, short T2 tibia, tarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641960910768-WRHI6IGDVHB79VKF82TJ/P1050128.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641960961447-UV4C4D5O89UWRAF1K8E0/P1050122.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641960975925-TZMGLFDTUDD3G6760SSH/P1050119.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641961635314-0G539MI546NRQUOVPLN3/P1080006.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641961645298-SGWRU5GL499VKA87KYOT/P1080007.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641961881366-VWRX5S2A1RIXLUSZMGTP/P1080008.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641961657906-4B41RBLX7Q9ZVNBQKSRL/P1080009.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641961975591-LLT01511H1P8M8AMIMDH/P1080003.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641961690751-0V4X12MCR39H4EXD9LNY/P1080015.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962204317-PNW0O4D2ZWI7FN3L425Z/P1110019.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - damaged tegmina anlage - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962387314-NEWMXS2Z20WKH8YWMZP9/P1110024.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - damaged tegmina anlage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962249612-OJJRFAKOT6WSTROMIP8N/P1110021.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962444530-RSRX785FNAKFC75UFEUV/P1110025.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962490593-7OWOD5BETB0LY834PDTA/P1110029.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962533603-W8OC9NM6THLNZAACSRF9/P1110031.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female - ovipositor evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962569437-ZZKJJIZPVWY34ID81WSQ/P1110033.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female 35mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962601067-22LS72P3SN4WYSL2WG74/P1110035.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - earlier instar male? body length 22mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962611008-X5BWKHYRJWZ7U5AITVCD/P1110022.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - earlier instar - male? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962665026-22J78ZHEGY8DXII80R8Y/P1110036.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962687705-GH57NADEA9Z9GFUB0H2G/P1110038.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962821265-70N0RS4XA0OXUZ1SJLVU/P1110041.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962834366-8UPBMEBKY82V4NB8WF2I/P1110044.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962882853-JJLA1KFTS13545KVF2BQ/P1110046.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962908025-UQQ4ECR0SFRZTUV1CR1C/P1110047.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962984549-XSEJWMV41GAQCJWFM1RV/P1110051.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1641962998685-KY3K1HBKGNZDXT1Q9KBE/P1110052.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642504996585-5HGWBSIUHWCCGZN9CW0O/P1140055.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female- damaged tegmina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505020634-5J3Z8WXN5RL4D4C74KAL/P1140053.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505031834-212CDH7B5JWL1LEAC36D/P1140052.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505039216-FD07KCKBNGCYTDRNZ7H0/P1140048.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505062612-GYA6OWT5C0Z9SYZ94IWB/P1140059.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505073677-YN13CLT540QXVH6HO56V/P1140061.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - anlage of ovipositor? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505085522-5LVF7HADMOGPCKIWLRDJ/P1140065.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female - ovipositor evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505096294-VEELMRWOCTQSBA7OQQQ4/P1140068.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505112276-2T1FFP3GVYCJXYI4417Z/P1140082.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - missing T3 leg, T2 tibia half length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643521357098-2VEHU0EUTUZ63IKIYI0S/P1140058.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - Hoppy - some regeneration of tarsal segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505009932-4RT5C0V6HR66T1I8KGR5/P1140057.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - other younger nymph - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643521579945-EJGPR5M72BZ6IB8UEFWY/P1140072.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - other younger nymph - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505657161-MCB30X72QD1FHMVLDIDK/P1170011-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - body length 27mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505691902-XB3NE87ZTC47H5OM24JH/P1170012-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - notch in tegmina - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505806369-W1GOQTEBIDYV178CY3CO/P1170014-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - notch in tegmina anlage - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505810254-W2X8QXF3SXDQ4ZSSCLFF/P1170015.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female - ovipositor evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642505819335-L4UV16TB1IDWJ1FB5VSO/P1170018-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - body length 35mm female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642506018424-QJ82DVGCP78J5GJE50BE/P1170025.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642506310564-Y3N1YK4IY5YSZUEWHPG5/P1170039-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - body length 25mm - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642506443911-WP1GUK5XZDMYENUXV6LI/P1170041-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - body length 32mm - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642506522823-8UUR2GHH8W35M8ICC1VJ/P1170042-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642506610408-4XEBPVL59WXZ2L0AZQOX/P1170044-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642506677642-FJGMJWA6CFI7WMYNUDT9/P1170045-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642506049147-1T5YT10PQINH6XM7ZKD3/P1170027.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - Hoppy still at stage before penultimate instar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642507290845-BSZSGBOVL58G6PZEISLZ/P1180005.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642507303079-1ON1VE8Z2120Q8236PDM/P1180009.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - body length to end of wings 70mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642507312795-AR6OZHVH6HY7KFGNYD8I/P1180011.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642507322761-5M2YOPZTYZLZTWYLDESK/P1180012.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - tegmina length ~52mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642507333075-ND66QAWKXJT17LNGCWEX/P1180064.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642507346119-CDJS3FDSDQCQORRRF7SK/P1180066.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - Hoppy - male, tarsi present but no claws https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643519492970-LRQG87ENMBIWWCRAWDGZ/P1180065.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - Hoppy with partially regenerated tarsi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642823314618-2R0S376OPNV6M0HRL2B7/P1200006-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642823326324-YJ1NSV6MOJ728G0T6UIK/P1200001-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - 69mm total body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642823338178-4PX9BXJ1O5FNC3T4PIJK/P1200009-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642823563693-75WKTBA5QHST166ZVT7K/P1200012-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642823579087-BNT4KNK1BZD6OOJKR4Z8/P1200019-2.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female - damaged tegmina anlage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642823590755-10VLS6BYXY6GZ3F0XA8X/P1200021-3.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1642823601779-GBV872TMXFW2NE84ZDI7/P1200028-2.jpg notes - 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Torbia nymphs - male tegmina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643171713462-NFTZSNCHDYXKYJPCBHJP/P1250095.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643172781236-FPSIR2VYI0R81BXSGP9J/P1250085.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643172793878-Y970XLFKNRK742YYMNIQ/P1250087.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643419055231-QUXKIC6F5SAYP8NLXS84/P1250086.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male with missing T3 leg, short T2 tibia, tarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643172805626-26YRP1ALBW1COB440068/P1250088.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - male missing T3 leg, T2 short tibia, tarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643172818075-Z7LVGJ20K1QJ24TLGL03/P1250091.jpg notes - Torbia nymphs - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643172830046-P8LCCPLXQDNWD56FDRHY/P1250097.jpg notes - 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Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639004876623-7HVOSRDXCQGSAK95VEZV/P4040286-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639004893163-PHIOY5QP1QC4J3E7ITYZ/P4040281-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639004909650-GOEH9EKS210Q3JLYR9XU/P4040272.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639004924160-EGUMCOGZ8L1QU673JFEV/P4040221-2-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639004942122-S1YY2S344VJ7MLC4ZLZ5/P4040219-2-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - thick, wrinkled, yellow lateral carinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639004965725-Y9OB2PRJ59OTC73VZYZP/P4040217-2-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639004986469-9YQ2VG0VF8PIHTDAYFXJ/P4040207-2-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639005005983-U4GVFLVDCVDS23MDUSLP/P4040064-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639005022825-2VW9XK6MCJ7636YRQHSO/P4040062-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639005042102-6MEQ73QBN7ZDX01T4S0Y/P4040060.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - red vertex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639005069115-GE3QFJH4M8KJ914OGTHW/P4040053-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - male terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639005100926-33O8GQZT16UT3GM0C0CA/P4040051.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639005118395-F9GAHIN1HFE8PPG9W5J3/P4040046-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - male terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639005136764-KYM0612896S5KSXTP8CN/P4040043-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639033598477-YJHH180JDEHXRK45EWF3/IMG_3870.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639033611888-JQQIZEFPPMWE0S8PSK80/IMG_3873.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - female syntype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639033632258-3Q80VXX4X7QKR8CFONGC/IMG_3872.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - female - syntype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639033651525-GYE20BPU8NETEI8OPD2K/IMG_3871.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - female syntype - cerci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639032056323-3OTGEZG6P2E78VVQGU3V/IMG_3866.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - male - lectotype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639032073101-EISFMV67YP2R9W6F2HB7/IMG_3865.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - male cerci - lectotype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639032129007-LIECLM361T7TH3ORP59J/IMG_3868.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - male mirror - lectotype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639032142412-ZLD7NB9ROFCNVBIDIOPI/IMG_3867.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - male mirror area - lectotype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639032112432-BD4WVQNHI091WEJPM1F9/IMG_3869.jpeg notes - Torbia - new species? - female - syntype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639010137869-1DWWS3DTO4ZKNVUSK0N1/P5230048.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639010158792-F0W0YIND6256UBKLPBMV/P5230041.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639010177631-OKWUF7GCHS28O51ZPGQP/P5230043.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639010198829-VE9JQJ5WHIEP5M86B451/P5230012-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639010214906-5JOAMJ87ZP670A7FHZGO/P5230010-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1639010232981-DYSAVG5NQH7E3CP4M77R/P5230005-2.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643180405683-3T8MS68FVXO2OYOWBC4P/Screen+Shot+2022-01-26+at+5.59.13+pm.png notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1643180945295-X16H6TI6DYCDVK6CIIOU/Screen+Shot+2022-01-26+at+6.02.18+pm.png notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/5ace30c0-bb85-40cf-9236-10e7e2e3dabd/P3290112.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598502864-UQ7HX6LDD3Z43A4NQAZT/P3300031.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - T3 femora reddish-brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598517559-FN26U3VT1M8EADW4NY3A/P3300035.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - large size of body, tegmina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598528120-MGQFBLMIVHGS52INB5PR/P3300037.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598539790-AJJVMOEJ2E0YJPY9LM0Q/P3300040.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - base of crossveins on radius dark green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598550517-69Y5ONIW7G2UX8UGZYQE/P3300045.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - red vertex, blue eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598561337-9YYNWJWPAF3DIQR2AT18/P3300047.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598572626-CSVZXXOA66F4DY7K23XZ/P3300063.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - thick, wrinkled, yellow lateral carinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598587428-NHQJ4RJQGILMCESF28JG/P3300073.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598600828-R3DXK76963P1P3BT0018/P3300075.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598612701-SUDPDE4T3VCPUY1PV50J/P3300076.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648598622636-ZZR0XSWV7MZ7Y6OL0A6G/P3300079.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1648692511530-J1VHMT4OCV9G59355HI4/P3300004-8.jpg notes - Torbia - new species? - male terminalia https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/11/7/stylidium-southern-forest-life monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/8e2386ef-d7a6-475f-b979-95499ce1b38a/PB070007.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - Make it stand out whole leaf blade, upper surface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636247485689-CRF21WCR0DBFBST32Q9N/PB070010.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - lower surface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636247800626-Q483SAJ723WP41VY9O3P/PB070003-2-Edit.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - upper surface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636247828585-M18MNO39T0O48KN8QBLD/PB070008-2.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - margin c. halfway along blade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636247846816-XBTKEUB6WVSY03TDOME4/PB070010-2.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - margin close to leaf tip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636247883584-HENUTF5C8N7787DYNIE3/PB070013-2.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - apex of leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636247938645-SHVE4E3EADA2QV1RUY2E/PB070001-2.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - cross-section through blade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636255406935-HA9RZQTC51VVFR0FS9O2/PB070023-3.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - lowest flower on scape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636255812629-FHZVPXLT1NTB7O9KODCR/PB070007-4.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - scape midway along length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636257574497-N1RG85LQOFTXYOB2LZH1/PB070002-5.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - simple erect racemes with 10-15 flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636257585806-I5VC8FO2YWCT0I3PAZQY/PB070001-5.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - simple erect racemes with 10-15 flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636606890771-A4VLQQVOP1SYWDLA5SYT/PB070015-2-Edit.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - calyx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636257006496-X4J04YQR66N59FZDQXSI/PB070016-2-Edit.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - calyx, corolla tube and lobes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636258228285-WUJSAWY766RJNV0PPLBL/PB070039-2-Edit.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - corolla lobes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636604429460-75ZBM52RSCRIY0JQIWZH/PB070028-2-Edit.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life - corolla lobes and labellum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1636613222289-K3AQM13TOO1UCIX0MO4Q/PB110083-Edit-3.jpg notes - Stylidium - Southern Forest Life https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/9/26/parapalaeosepsis-sepsidae monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632629827104-FGJQAUO7QRWM8ZK1CV7U/P1100023.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - 9/1/18 on stinkhorn fungus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632629830317-VE3PJP8COW1A7OA76XNW/P1100036.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - 9/1/18 on stinkhorn fungus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632629866655-0EDQ1XL5OSXPW6SX1UF5/P1100020.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - 9/1/18 on nearby lomandra leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632631403814-VGCRHY3PN1NL15B82DET/P1020005-2.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632631423170-7XNWGJHMQH2VMCY9IKVL/P1020007-2.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632631438588-8Z1O3XQG09JFA7FONZMH/P1020002-2.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632632671685-Y4Q19JCBIJNX0SIHZW0G/P9230010-2.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Parapalaeosepsis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632632682767-8RHQO77LYV0ZUKZ284NG/P9230014.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Parapalaeosepsis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632632693738-F3U8WRJFDO2XX6MXIXEW/P9230011.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Parapalaeosepsis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632632706415-N6WBFYWKAVRW9TKHIIGV/P9230046.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Parapalaeosepsis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632632715667-HY6KWKO1WAQ399UFCHI3/P9230008-2-2.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Parapalaeosepsis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632632731782-0JEFUP88P2T8PNH1F5C3/P9230008-2.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Parapalaeosepsis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633604996-9409ERF7UGLFBFYCMXL0/P9230061.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Parapalaeosepsis sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633646324-XQST7ZOIG7ZD6YI0XVU1/P9230028.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Muscid fly Pyrellia tasmaniae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633725614-6M6HCKT8OGSL83A13WJR/P9230043.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Muscid fly Pyrellia tasmaniae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633757194-15R82GX1Y0BAZ2IJRRFJ/P9230032.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae - Signal fly Rivellia isolata Malloch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633083163-HCVXZM6CPLIFPXDGW8V9/P9230009-4-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633092909-UGZHU1X129J22P0VKWF2/P9230020-3-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633106368-XC2PM09F155XJ7JTK0ZB/P9230025-3-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633114679-JDFWLKX5JA8SZ3I5MPM7/P9230064-2-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633126534-OLXWS220UG7R4RCEZH6I/P9230077-Edit-scale2.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633139145-2FQ5U8NY4FPPDZ4IFIVY/P9230081-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633149652-P0KQY2ZEZDWPLF61O07J/P9230086-2-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633154716-8QXG54NXBTMGXPZYUFZY/P9230090-2-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632633461477-T4R8V1VMV9Q7EDJ0MB8I/P9230038-3-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632635753958-DGI5JGB7VC01QJXZPROO/P9250081-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632638752268-IXANP3R9KTNXBHS0FMJ9/P9250019.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632636248159-ZWGIEB9KXC8HWALYVBF5/P9250098-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632636726403-MOKG7FCHFOD786R8RJCD/P9250108-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632637144402-GID756E19AEN7Z801JPO/P9250115-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632637598551-PPKKAYGZHRRU5Q0C66PZ/P9250145-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632638581712-GBK3I0SRTVWV6BUJC1D9/P9250158-Edit.jpg notes - Parapalaeosepsis: Sepsidae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/9/29/myioscaptia-calliphora monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632899518055-X0ZJQ58PSV9211884NQE/large.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632899534344-VV174UMEC19G7LBGPBXP/large-2.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632899546883-NBZTJXR0GFVC12C2A2US/large-3.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632899906649-O9S3NB9EL2631RRLIYGM/P9290006-3.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632901449922-WNGCA5HB9SU5HGN0BBHZ/P9290018-2-3.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632899924141-PWXT0IA3DFIJZBUC3TE2/P9290002-3.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632900199748-B5CSUS9Y9N46QLA6EM5I/P9290015-4.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632900211280-ZAKW2L7L21LVQPL2TVDQ/P9290023-2.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632900253261-3ZN8V2CONH75WR9U4K5A/P9290030-2.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632900375265-S4T4JCBOHTFL0WFKMMHO/P9290014-3.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632900407078-01AIPNNZ9177IL5YS2S4/P9290006-4.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632900444148-55SQ7B2ZIBGXDYC89ZRB/P9290010-3.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632918203178-KCF0UD5299CG0QQWJQX7/Screen+Shot+2021-09-29+at+10.21.46+pm.png notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 13 (Fig. 37 Mackerras 1960) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632918263905-Z296W4VG11YKLMK1UL3H/P9290018-2-2.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 14 male fly 29/9/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632980633097-3IYIL1BYFL1M2TBB0BWD/P9300040.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 15 female fly on rosemary bush 30/9/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1632980413553-CSTATW26IMND4V94PBB5/Screen+Shot+2021-09-30+at+3.38.13+pm.png notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 16 frons, palp figs (Fig. 154 Mackerras 1960) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634176829031-ZQK7R11625RBDY8XL91R/PA140020-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 17 head, antennae, palps & proboscis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634176845920-N4JCWFQIUNQ612FXL2JG/PA140029-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 18 palp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634176858913-L2K24R1IQ09WIDEMBT5T/PA140034-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 19 antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634183558058-42URE4AVQ55Z2LYOS5KE/PA140002-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 20 head dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634183585099-HK7EETMQJL6XB22V4XXG/PA140022-2-Edit-text.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 21 r3 appendix arrowed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634183593673-3NV6VL9ELM17SBFPGVKF/PA140030-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 22 dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634194192917-S8MQF3MODCPMI23PB0E8/PA140006-3.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 23 dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634194207903-IJBRSQE7W72N2RXV23RB/PA140001-2.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 24 ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634194276792-5D2AJDU6HZEP09R3ZSSP/PA140001-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 25 lateral view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634194293878-EB2SJXP3KO58AK013PI0/PA140009-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 26 palps - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634194307929-P36ME69TTM8KAUB23VJY/PA140014-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 27 proboscis and palps - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634194346736-BUGBPZYTRGFVZSTATSFA/PA140025-3-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 28 antenna lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634194358143-3ID4ILQWIW3OT8BZA8U4/PA140031-3-Edit.jpg notes - Tabanidae; Scionini; Myioscaptia calliphora - Fig. 29 terminalia https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/7/7/parasitised-caterpillar-24-oct-2020 monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625616015640-4QNHXL9U0FO7K64DZOAE/PA240003-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - 24/10/20 feeding on Amperia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625616017024-MPYYXNI9G1ZDC4EAKXMU/PA240005-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - 24/10/20 feeding on Amperia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625616019076-90ZNAEWSD0OP1IZZN97L/PA240008-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - 24/10/20 feeding on Amperia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625616020519-SESXIHHB2S7XGBMSOLNR/PB270003-5.jpg notes - 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July 2021) - haltere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627801832615-XD0UZPPPZPQAYKDH52A6/P8010117-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - prosternum with 2-3 setulae on each side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627804199076-VL1PMY86A7YOQ1J7UUKB/P8010129-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - scutellum with 4 pairs of hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627889522295-QH8QMXIUV2AVUYYDVDVO/P8020001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627889760821-G2N36Y8DFDBUB8UOVMT5/P8020024-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627890307386-JM6048L61UO1AHK6BL2H/P8020030-2-Edit.jpg notes - 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Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - female terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628469427827-48QMOXM84X7MKXA6O9CV/P8090033.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - female terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628469432456-73A1G8WW07DPCJMB18PQ/P8090036.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - female terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627020483399-NP86M8WRK3EGXSKFE13U/P7130005.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627020486320-1RMVGKP9RDITV0CLUJIS/P7130007.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627020494163-YLWCZBPVSMOOWZHSNWMF/P7130008.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627827188138-MSTZIYCV1OD89POB0E19/P8010007-6-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627827244253-HR9AK2ASBXOLPG4RT9EF/P8010003-6-Edit-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627827541353-IWB2YT9UI1DFPZ7YQQZU/P8010012-4-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627827996455-U8JZ68V5URS6VK4PYT70/P8010039-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627828586611-LFAGEGOLX1T5OOHBSI6P/P8010048-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628468767095-6Y4RG8X8U0POBRVHQ2GV/P8090001-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627020808682-QJBV5RJETOT24CGKJ9UX/P7230049-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021764429-1HE2L6R9158D7GR4D71Z/P7230046-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021778900-SBR3A2PNE5IBW49P39SY/P7230043-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021790783-AM49CB7KJ0B4GLFX8QR6/P7230042.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021793146-TJYKGKLG1HXWFYDGPN9Z/P7230040.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021803712-DYBNGWQTEFOYGVX6KNYB/P7230037.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021807474-TZJDPPBOTW7P8I8FESMT/P7230036.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021816261-HZRHHCEZND7P4DWXETUQ/P7230035.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021822071-FIXQFYXS2VCC9C4AQKNK/P7230025.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021831312-8LBG3T9UWCYZJTX7JBHI/P7230021.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021846200-PHSJWW0PQ9I334IU3E22/P7230017-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021852652-X3WPSYG0G7BUQ8MX8N4W/P7230016-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627021860043-IYTO580TP43R9ZRDPXKG/P7230014-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771193558-KKW44N134VE0VJ2SEWNO/P7310029-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771195989-CIV4MRGR8YAP3SQQ9ZQR/P7310001-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771198375-IIRX3CA6CQ22UY9D7SWH/P7310002-2-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771200182-I8HY4UPZ9VVRZWHRB4W4/P7310017-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771201853-RC1ASFFHM8O2BTBK0WY3/P7310033-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771203126-LJMS4R56NOW2LV8U53MA/P7310042-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771205305-FDY00UAIF6AADV66U0WH/P7310049-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627771206954-P2NDDTSEJOK4Q2G3O5IQ/P7310053-Edit.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627886123069-A97CQ5ZK879HEV74SGSR/P8020001-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627886138913-ADZF3O97M3WAXMPVP5LY/P8020007-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627886147498-BOZYZ6Z5QYBH4M958NC3/P8020016-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627886151967-442SBRCJRJAUQVPRMDJL/P8020026-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627886164571-R3FMJVLSECIVBROS5N98/P8020043-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627886168306-WULEIM139QMCAJMIGZOL/P8020051-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627452499614-FNBGGA27QRCNS2JZ12S7/P7270012.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627452505732-YEBDJE7G8M01P6KX67NH/P7270002.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627452510429-E6LNG0XSV06B9Z46O5O2/P7270005.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627452517047-UIY7BGYEMYO5KIHBY0GI/P7270006.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627452521605-US7FJ5TCIDOGZKBRLV4Z/P7270008.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627452530940-N8T3NJG3A1UH8WA8K37A/P7270010.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627613890153-CGGT9ZKPZ6VG3JHV6R2K/P7300001-3-Edit-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627613892378-LETO2XKHUYI504Q1CFPE/P7300001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627613899868-HBO8I2UQA7EABBP7DU3H/P7290001-3-Edit-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627613902623-IMUX0RG41PSE5D44645J/P7290001-2-Edit-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627613904279-PY8CWUBUNSPJBDXD16BN/P7280012-3-Edit-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627613907247-KJH1EEW1RSJ8O28Q6WXQ/P7280001-Edit-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627613909150-DAC8JHPJRU238066J0MW/P7280001-3-Edit-2.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627621888956-68OC4KLX136QMFV5N9KH/P7300002-4-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1627913312855-J5ZCCGM1B2BFMGFZ6A3E/P8030007-Edit.jpg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) - genitalia female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1628309380994-VP1POHZSJIZSVF1QYREQ/IMG_3085.jpeg notes - Tachinid flies in anthelid caterpillar (Oct 2020 - July 2021) Figs. 22, 23 from Malloch (1929) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/6/10/caterpillar-collected-3-june-2021 monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623286846622-O9VFSLA1B1O4SM18ZAZA/P6060071.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 3 June, 2021 - 6/6/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623286858314-IRDRLRG6ENSW8NGPZ6YF/P6060077.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 3 June, 2021 - 6/6/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623286871223-34LQTA5455XY3CVP8TC8/P6060078.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 3 June, 2021 - 6/6/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623735795832-0AJSGIW4EG18APYVFNL6/P6150014.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 3 June, 2021 - 15/6/21 (cocoon formed 7/6) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/6/10/caterpillar-collected-16-march-2021 monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623290179626-T6K6BRJ8TZ7PHYVX1N6D/P3160013-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 16/3/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623290187115-I9CGUBBOUNU2N5ZQVJYA/P3160024.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 16/3/21 (17mm length) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623290183600-V8SX4LPNMTS7SG1UKPVE/P3160020-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 16/3/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623285765525-PAQCNLMEC3STOKVXXW47/P5290003-4.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 6/6/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623285799843-96B4UC1JGEF8H0V3U0WF/P6060064.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 6/6/21 (33mm length) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623285965737-4XVQQ21O3U0DMKSLCSWG/P6060067.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 6/6/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623735637049-T1T6L288ZMZEUJJ1E0HB/P6150012.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 15/6/21 (~42mm in length) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623735633868-SEQHMS7OSFVFE7SPCCSI/P6150008.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 15/6/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623735635193-6IWKCGIIG46GWHZ88KX7/P6150009.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 15/6/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630218980010-5TDW4NCPFHOGOE74ZXJ6/P7030001-6.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 3/7/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630218984603-J2H6CYTOBWHS1CNBANIZ/P7030002-8.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 3/7/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630218990318-S6F5QIJ6YFKG787YTS2H/P7030006-7.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 3/7/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630218995336-ZANGYL29D9CODU0SI23I/P7030009-3.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 3/7/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219220344-UM3KIZ0HWVF9650Z7CNY/P7190027-3.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 19/7/21 14:14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219225503-PCAHLAYWBHJU7OSC36K0/P7190029-3.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 19/7/21 21:12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219231491-VWPH6BBLAH1JP4CM8QR4/P7190031-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 19/7/21 21:13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219236225-YRIQB981V6JIOD878P9Q/P7190035-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 19/7/21 21:14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219244489-5TPGTEABSG2UZ4WEWB49/P7190038-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 19/7/21 21:14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219247915-O6H4KIOCB7LJ4ZMH9JZY/P7190039-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 19/7/21 21:14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219806895-DB0MDEW9150UQKOCG6FQ/P8290004.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 cocoon after eclosion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219810350-6ZOYVZZCA8J80FNS87BU/P8290005.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 cocoon after eclosion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219813503-X0Q9LGT2367USCBRQGES/P8290006.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219817857-0H0LQR9DYK7GE3ZJ5BPV/P8290003.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219821402-KDD3A0BFA61LS54IR3L1/P8290008.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630219823629-ORKM5NFOGYIDMAAKXC39/P8290009.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 underwing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630220609164-RJZWRRCRAG9FWIGDBHP9/P8290002-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 empty pupal case https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1630220623764-UJ07CDI2G3HMEXBCQZJP/P8290001-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar collected 16 March, 2021 - 29/8/21 empty pupal case https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/6/4/hadronyche_sp. monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623915808746-7HJSGHT14CQNZZXEM0CE/P5220022.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - 22/5/20 live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623915814395-OWE13VBXVE3XONYO4M99/P5220026-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - 22/5/20 live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623915818883-SF41XY4NX7MVCUI95N54/P5220026.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - 22/5/20 live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623915822570-NHKGRW9BQBIEVXISRVM7/P5220027.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - 22/5/20 live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623915945782-C5ACNWNJUR9SO2J134K4/P5240016.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - 24/5/20 live spider #1 had woven a silk housing around it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623916020780-3IMZ65ASK7L82YYCJJCP/P5240021.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - 24/5/20 live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623916122239-Y27XCFOADTS5GCLXL8J7/P5240030.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - 24/5/20 live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623916288115-KTNKUE6T5RCDLQH1ARY7/P5240035.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623916295173-X2F9GYJN7TGG3LRPD2IR/P6020060.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625441856623-3UAFG33XT60FMFNETD8I/P7030002-7-Edit.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917109876-PYO0K21J43RFFEKHG7R2/P5240008.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917111687-JO06H8YK6K7ZYGARHVGT/P5240011-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917114495-RT0ZFG12JRBGAQ9X9OX7/P5240011.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917124081-JYBDTQV9Y20R7LCUNGZW/P6020068.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917127770-8QJ0CRMDPZWJTYN9M0H6/P6020081.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917130080-9BYMFKXGK2GRWYOS358S/P6020100-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917132445-VA7O1A0P2CKHZZY46YNL/P6020100.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917139822-CWF0NRNTW4BF2J7P9KIY/P6050002.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917149128-DH08NHFU5HYBFV283N3Q/P6050145.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917151804-6LIKR3Q83IVIKC00NTJ3/P6050152.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625441893891-7616NCUMJYBFM6N65K8B/P6050152.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917202801-B94N2YFD8ITOUC4980QQ/P6020062b.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917205394-U3T84WSQONIGD0OIYEK9/P6020062a.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625441927702-390QWS2OAUO63K9YRJ96/P6020062b.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917254073-N6CI26SLPDQN3W0M0SRB/P6030003-6.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917299623-U4HE595WBEDV2O8JS7RF/P6060027.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917302133-6YTC6T2HBY9F5Z8ZCYQL/P6060018-2a.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917304735-CW11KPRRV1QEFF28PAF5/P6060018-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917308727-HA5DMJJFTO1W45Y3J8AH/P6060011-4.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917311474-D4DE0H6VM5DTBN18D0N9/P6060007-4.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917313523-R6HXCIYM79Q6ET1BRLTT/P6060005-5.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917316156-RV7HP19SY3KDNNNYKT0Q/P6060005-3.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917318973-PAIYGNY62VKV6XSSSKV7/P6060003-4.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917320934-ZQZ3TV4UDU4PV6T3WNW2/P6060003-4-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917323127-FSCP3YTBQO1KRHNRNJ03/P6060001-5.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917332475-WX8KIFEXLEPR82JLO9H6/P6020118.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917334276-3L44YOOFRQLYWZBNIF6T/P6020115.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917336243-U4UV7KFDB90LW3Z27O6G/P6020111.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917340867-ATO6IN3BFYTZU2VX64U7/P6020108.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917343994-U1TTYK3OF780EYBC0RYK/P6020103.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917345662-8Z7Y7VT1T9UFDD3X9UZE/P6020097.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917347799-GJD2URQYX3IS49WLYPYW/P6020096.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917386614-GA3VGE4B2VKQ1DXVJM39/P5240030.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917392802-ZN4BRAWHKNHEQ5RX3G72/P6020069.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917394925-31RNOIXSE0KFSPUNBZ6R/P6020069b.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917614472-5FPRMFGU0AGX6Z8U963Y/P6030004-3a.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917511597-K6ZOGKGT0D8UZXTN2D7O/P6020079.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tibia III? ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917519377-6G82H79ZLJP1EIM6HVH9/P6030006-2-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tarsus IV ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917522201-Y8182VI6UGXKW0NTTZH7/P6030006-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tarsus IV ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917528535-URSG6RZS0CKVMGP815OG/P6050003.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS chelicera, palp, leg I, II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917535463-GOBMQ1HOUT6PVCHZM85S/P6050009.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tibia I proventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917536594-38PX0QTBX4Z7QNNY32T4/P6050014-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tibia II proventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917537520-S3CA1MA34TC9BZTQ5POR/P6050014.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tibia II ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917538441-2XLYBGOCQAZN3AERU00I/P6050022.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus I ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917539164-6KVIBMSSEMPSR5R7CD53/P6050036.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tarsus I ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917544303-6OZDN8O30V0X4P9DEMC7/P6050068.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tarsus I dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917545403-50UN6DABDB2P6HMJUKTA/P6050071.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tibia I dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917546107-DUHOT0D46FPTQTQDDWI5/P6050075-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917547643-SMMN8O8K9TWF2NJGYOCB/P6050075.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917555220-RJRMT6OJ1H08EOHZEPL8/P6060005-2-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II pro ventral lateral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917549499-ZPT643TS9FRKZQF6KQ05/P6050075a.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917553168-YEJXPHM2GOXDG2QGWUIB/P6060001-2-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II prolateral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917556108-8VRP3DUO8SG15WNFFKZJ/P6060005-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917557303-N399MDWO33RJWV6O3F28/P6060005.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tarsus II ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917563525-WPADQLSGMIWN6AN8K2KS/P6060012.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917552008-N2PQI9YJ47T8RFRI3CK1/P6050130.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tibia 2 basodorsal, trichobothria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917554318-ERI1G1PNE0VBHBSFBQ6S/P6060001-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS metatarsus II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917564265-PQ9U82QQCIWBV7JR4B16/P6060013-4.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS Tarsus 3 - ventral, scopula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917565379-0FHKPYTVIRWIT1GKMQWL/P6060013-4a.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 4 - ventral, scopula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917566501-ME7H54XKXN1BUKWZQ503/P6060013-4b-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS Tarsus 2 - ventral, scopula and spines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917567493-ES0YTAHS5840FN2CEFNW/P6060013-4b.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 2 - ventral, scopula, spines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917571624-ED27HLV64VPILPG6J4T0/P6060018-3.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus-metatarsus 4 - ventral, scopula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917568577-KTWJSKXH0MOHUPGTVZYA/P6060013-4c-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus 1 ventral, scopula, spines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917573447-C9Y8QJVZH0J0TDKS6EB7/P6060019-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS tarsus 4 dorsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917569553-62AA8K6KQP0EAWV2RV34/P6060013-4c.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - LHS tarsus ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917570393-PO0KMI57WD7NY8RW7T99/P6060015.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - RHS metatarsus II ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917459648-MU83SQUBW2UEP7TM5VOF/P6040007.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917476337-EA5BDMYYYJIRNOYZAIHK/P6020069.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917715766-5M693B5CV2R6VUHZ3Q59/P6020062.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917833733-IA881ENKN03M435GFAMH/P5220030.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917835029-QFELFGEEHJATJM9E30PO/P5220031-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623917836136-TRQ7ST15M7H5UIGFYFNC/P5220031.jpg notes - 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Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - leg 2 left tarsus apico-ventral view claws https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622950868198-NG2G3O6NKH788T94H5Z5/P6050280-label-Edit.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - for measurement of femora legs 3, 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622954260795-UNJPJNJIIZ76DQDC8IE4/P6050065-Edit.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - Leg 3 right for measurement of patella, tibia length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622954881338-0H5RQQ0CW0QGUH516LHW/P6050069-Edit.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - right leg 4 for measurement of tibia, metatarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622955099448-DK39Q7QE3HKP7RYRLWFP/P6050074-Edit.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis - right leg 4 for measurement of patella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622956484652-9EG1LEGL6ZZAI3VW5FRV/P6050064-Edit-scale.jpg notes - 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Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1625639417996-3O4X4VZ5SCGOWFS316W3/P7070020-2-Edit.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327093625-AGZX3CKWAPS0HFFERJER/P6100011.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327101378-XQNSB9TTWPUVU2H1NN0Y/P6100012-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327107482-PFL66532CAF96GZHHDWX/P6100013-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327109211-N5CK059UAR5EC82MZA21/P6100014-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327110577-WANOYMYJ5RZ3GBGQX7CE/P6100015-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327119699-7VHP5EM327FWGB7BETLS/P6100016-2.jpg notes - 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Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327254987-G3MM2DG0IBVJ04OE3BOD/P6100034-2.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327256242-H7QG77QU6A9GC559TBXJ/P6100037.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623327257620-VFFROH0L4TKWN9SS503Z/P6100038.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623379378922-2LF73QO84GG8KI100G59/P6110001-5-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623379379853-IL5U8JKEJ1NL0AZZJPMH/P6110016-3-Edit-scale.jpg notes - Hadronyche sp. images and analysis https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/5/28/another-cotesia-clutch monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165455330-D8PBH9HSXEJVKIKOA0SG/P5200002.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165457132-7G4GA1FBG57RT9RSV1MA/P5200004.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622166915398-KWA1BLMBOG0FEEA9FKCY/P5280003.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622166918456-ZBXXS6LABPL2RVOA5SK0/P5280005.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - Pair of filaments on abdomen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622166921559-84186KH8KPTZWNPCYNNW/P5280006.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622166925845-K2J8AB06WFVL5ETS9OT0/P5280012.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - mating pair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622166928734-37T7VF7E5A970ADG1CUD/P5280013.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - Venation is identical to 2 March wasps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622167203011-471Z60H2K103RLLNS5MZ/P5280014.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165710779-8H5VRF881Z3XM7SG65QW/P5280056.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #1 Male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165713286-C1N8YL7ZKJE44VZ7BMQH/P5280061.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165716137-HBEIWR5GUL10ECNQP1U5/P5280064.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165721889-LAIIBP2V1PWWNOT6BFMH/P5280072.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165725789-G1BELC3Q3S5P4UE216XA/P5280070.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - head and anteromesoscutum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165738051-YOJA9T9R4S19M3EUVCBD/P5280066-Edit.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622167720678-JCVEQL8V0ZR0ZW2Q68FH/P5280050a-Edit.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #1 Male what is this filament (arrowed)? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165820215-3RQLF81O4969FBINRBV3/P5280075-Edit.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165823747-CZEV35SHVIMF8I1A9Q7B/P5280077-Edit.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622165826420-9G6OBQA0DLB8BYVKJ7OO/P5280081.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - male genitalia visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622166214905-OPQKYLPP6RC8DQ25415O/P5280082.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622166218356-2Y5CW4CI066DNP2A4DFX/P5280083.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185814301-K9UOPL2RKHG60OAKC5BT/P5280133-Edit.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #2 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185850848-7TJ5NSZ1JKP8JCRM0BN8/P5280174.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - T1, T2, T3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185854545-QDF9RC18CR8NJN7H44MW/P5280181.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - T1, T2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185866345-5MIUWN20KZF6OMXHIK21/P5280190.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - anterior mesoscutum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185869063-0M8EBX4N4AG4MQWBLEWI/P5280208.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - head showing ocelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185873577-WXNJLRTEJDZQ0CTNSYRD/P5280212.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - ovipositor - rounded tip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185886905-IL17J1D6D4U7REIDXD72/P5280220-Edit.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - body length = 2.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185915097-38A2LNNOMX90CC46EC1K/P5280168.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - forewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622185918246-NLDCNYFXGY5F9R360YCS/P5280162.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - hindwing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622187188032-WRGCXK0I1MDUHBZ8DI45/P5280028-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #3 male, ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1622188980968-7MTNHXRN0ROAZ0NATU05/P5280034-2.jpg notes - 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A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623218554238-25YCOWUGS9JJK1T5WWVM/P6090021.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623218555261-1NYH3UO0MMEGR9BZAMN1/P6090022.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623218556061-17YISLP56KQQ2FN2WO9E/P6090023.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623218557324-HNN97ARXYM1GJN538NQH/P6090025.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623218558315-Y6VESUGNT96CTQM1HYQ8/P6090029.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623218559391-RPC3UIZSLFH0584VN6VB/P6090038.jpg notes - 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A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623230144352-6E607JFIYWB6AS5EYSJF/P6090014-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623230209860-GNUVANDIXA2T95395DOY/P6090017-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623230280763-O7HRFWSDQVTZQ39AGLR2/P6090018-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623230417216-15G7OFZ2SZ2MLL5SRYEO/P6090019-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623230601908-7YZ8R0DHYWMNNB4K52IU/P6090022-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231039111-QT2N2LGTGW9TKZIZO179/P6090024-3-Edit.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231052399-2K2KJQ2WVTREDQSEBKR6/P6090023-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231154890-EN1JWV6FLG1J1CW3I9CM/P6090026-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231581678-NJRMD2VBI90TG9DJH78G/P6090037-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221282479-EHVBXFQN0I4EGOFIPHST/P6090001-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221284029-6V8B5N2MZD029CBSO841/P6090002-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221288590-2LAXWHJYAPP6KZXBWYHF/P6090005-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221292585-AHVPLHIJT3ZGGO38YRSQ/P6090009-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221295839-0GGOAZ17APM89KSWBA4X/P6090010-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221298743-FMY55MFG5359MNXUFEVI/P6090011-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221302955-CW73R28ZYEQS5W756B5D/P6090016-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221306868-AS45YM5P6J1JC4HW64F9/P6090017-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623221327212-BGV7E3ZQ11ZJ0TYEJ0PW/P6090020-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231656292-BN43TB1I786LPMWGNVLC/P6090038-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231705458-16IT4E75ZBICTNGNLJB4/P6090039-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231745478-U53USB94PN6TCTVI7ZG1/P6090040-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623232056012-BSZV0M69IF8VIA046CB8/P6090043-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623232096994-U4PUF32H4AYXILC7MKFO/P6090044-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623231993506-2027K3DAO4YWS0D2L84R/P6090049-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243761280-BJ3YUVK26KZERAXM0P3Z/P6090005-5.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243762524-BQT9GO01JZ1XN9IDFZD6/P6090008-5.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243763587-1HWORS4ENKRYC4W4CRGJ/P6090013-4.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243764355-QL8QNHBQBRJH7S5PP8WV/P6090026-4.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243765626-NJYP6GMJ1DNT56D140EJ/P6090034-4.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243766652-DV2C7QPULAG31SQL9YAL/P6090049-3.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243768561-6EI49C8MOA3MQXM8WCLA/P6090054-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243778349-PCKV09PFRZFEDQYZ264J/P6090055-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243780761-OYTN6U379MPD2B9PTU12/P6090061-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623243782478-EXUA66HZZU7YY62RZKMH/P6090065-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623244025624-GHBTM9QXVF4MM73THFOO/P6090051-2.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623290941874-W9IVPJ9MAP7X117A8U63/P6100027.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623290942829-BIXMNVRNX0YVGVLY4AEP/P6100028.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623290943925-JLNKWZCED56NCDDDKDRW/P6100032.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623290945046-E333TIHNNEWIHQ6S53XA/P6100036.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623291142950-GHVRKNOVSJ808PUZHB5A/P6100020.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623291273133-4G8DA71CMM7O1KD68DFD/P6100021.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623291447313-77X4F5YDX4ZJYH2BLY69/P6100024.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623291627357-JH9T4W5XJ7JBTUG0HQAI/P6100023.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - #3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623301266647-KNV3PXB0FHJLAGXWVOHN/P6100003.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - opening made by ichneumonid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1623301273807-ZJX39SX9NL2RHST465RX/P6100010.jpg notes - A second clutch of microgastrine cocoons - Exoskeleton of ichneumonid prepupa https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/3/16/hemiptera-derbidae-zoraida-sp monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615867653206-GCAIUJM5M9MO1D3CU654/P3150116-2.jpg notes - Hemiptera; Derbidae; Zoraida sp. - fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615867660893-TWDSSHZMYTBZJLR4RMQF/P3150117-2.jpg notes - Hemiptera; Derbidae; Zoraida sp. - fig. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615867665375-CTMIDS6DHOH2JK24RL4B/P3150118-2.jpg notes - Hemiptera; Derbidae; Zoraida sp. - fig. 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615867670091-BBCSOYLJKOSOJKJ10YTD/P3150119-2.jpg notes - Hemiptera; Derbidae; Zoraida sp. - fig. 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615867674013-GGKOLGKONQTCEA89JIK4/P3150120-2.jpg notes - Hemiptera; Derbidae; Zoraida sp. - fig. 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615867678367-IHWNHOEPSCJXJDHRG8CL/P3150121-2.jpg notes - Hemiptera; Derbidae; Zoraida sp. - fig. 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615869545542-GFIL1BDGUDCEBDPJBVYK/Scan.jpeg notes - Hemiptera; Derbidae; Zoraida sp. Zoraida sp. Fig. 30.41E from The Insects of Australia 2nd Ed. MUP 1991. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/tetrigidae monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615092728655-UNL3ZZHJ7AAK1KNVMG20/P2260007-3-2.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615092878152-98I75K91ELZC01BC27PU/tetrix+1.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 2 - Fig.118 Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615092841764-0P6WOWZY78P27PO9OM21/P2260025-2.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615092865328-F06CR7G2HCIPE03UVB0N/tetrix+1-2.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 4 - Fig.119 Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615093525630-P159FYZSLT38K8WJGRUP/profile+of+vertex.jpg notes - Tetrigidae Fig. 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615093799525-1PVYLL0PQGCBO1DZARHK/dorsal+view.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615093938505-C80QJ41UR8AII2ON9G2I/P2260005-2-2.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615093860673-QF1X9IVLKSMIBUUYCIHA/tetrix+5.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 8 - Fig.134 Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615100968587-BJS02LKO5WCQ1Q6UFKMC/P2260007-3-3.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615101018877-85MM2WKYNPJBQBF9C3PW/tetrix+3.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 10 - Fig. 116 Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615252527582-XKRVWXY3QTQ3EVMBIQIA/SendBlob.aspx-8.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 11 from Orthoptera Species File https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615252612209-3HVOQPCM3S698A5MSE3K/P2260007-3-3.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615253200263-S3VR5KP58SY5AB6DK1R3/fastigium+cephalic+margin+shape.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615252659122-2ULD8KV4FVLVDO9CRE1J/SendBlob.aspx-9.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 14 from Orthoptera Species File https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615253010565-S8EU4OTCOK48W2EV394N/SendBlob.aspx-10.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 15 from Orthoptera Species File https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615252934598-Y4WL3F1O6KJ9GZQQQZTW/lateral+view.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615253066028-5HYZMSR6K6DSNXMAYULC/SendBlob.aspx-11.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 17 from Orthoptera Species File https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615253247732-YLYLE3GG90C1OI47L8HT/face+and+vertex+shape.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615253266834-EYYEGS465CW5N0W9KFR4/fastigial+interspace+vs+eye+width.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615263451478-V601H0AES18WMOGE1LZJ/Fig.165.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 19 female Fig. 165 from Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615263456250-Z5R78ORX2A4WERB0VTT6/fig.+170.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 20 male Fig. 170 from Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615263817475-C0IEMV48LLBD04QPC3CN/Fig.+21.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 21 male dorsal view of head, Fig. 62 from Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615265143967-TO0RTWE4MS63NEIA98SH/new+tetris+scans+9.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 22 male frontal view of face, Fig. 64 from Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615264814349-XGWANY1SQX9FRDPQWHOR/new+tetris+scans+8.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 23 female Fig. 159 from Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615264799866-SR71TLJH1WSWNLS8Z1T7/new+tetris+scans+7.jpeg notes - Tetrigidae - Fig. 24 male Fig. 164 from Rehn, 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615265336077-E40N7W0WPBX49H2O5WMX/pronotum+in+profile.jpg notes - Tetrigidae Fig. 25 black arrows show median carina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615269885397-9VDVAYYUMOWNNUCPTNER/P2260004-3.jpg notes - Tetrigidae Fig. 26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1615267245116-6GIH7XKKP8EKCUQ4UEIU/P1050001-3.jpg notes - Tetrigidae Fig. 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127249428-4JBLD4MC8GPD2PJ8DEHI/P9290091.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 29 Sept, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127315449-FE1FDYDPFPTSPV2AEP8A/P9290089.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 29 Sept, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127443315-AB8YU0GVI77G6CHN54OX/PA130114.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 13 Oct, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127579233-RPDC9L15JXIRBNN1VH1K/PA130105.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 13 Oct, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127636757-AOK68AJRDY54SGTGUHH2/PA130103.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 13 Oct, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127690529-TZQ92GCVGBAF2F07I9AW/PA130100.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 13 Oct, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127764887-2W2P5K8BQG5BTQWY2S9X/PA130192.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 13 Oct, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1634127826052-X7WN52QG8IE4GSMVCL0J/PA130185.jpg notes - Tetrigidae - 13 Oct, 2021 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/3/4/new-cotesia-sp monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614811195040-J68ZDSGWZG9ZE3XWSAHK/P2250009.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614811243806-N1KGELJEFBRAQMMJOUP7/P2250010.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614812659823-270TDXHLKTZXKLOESA4V/P2250002.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614817034266-LB5Z8W06OS838TA9U05D/PA300192.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614811983123-6HTS8SJIVN0ABBUALUFJ/P2250004.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614811984820-WRSUQFJITC3MMM5WU98I/P2250008.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614812768994-YRI6RZSXTBL120X5VOBO/P3020005.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614812807815-DB3MRC6TOIEL05PK2XC9/P3020007.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614812843051-69UB4ML4DHCSJS04X5SK/P3020022.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614812890823-TX9O49LQKVC3UYEQ5GLG/P3020032.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614812893552-GA4D5QSRSRQAVN17VC1M/P3020033.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614812898503-91WXIQYMGFTQTZ0XCIUL/P3020031.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614813041411-ZUIW7IKHWL1MHIFRAPL1/P3020074.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815309018-4XK2BJCUOR5UM02AO3V6/P3020060-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815471118-AEELO4NLD6GXVVSBCHF2/P3020067-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815535192-HA8F18QMF3C86S6FFCPL/P3020059-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815602101-9JIF288AX414TRXMVPEG/P3020054-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815663192-MLE02Q234KCL02JJLP0F/P3020051-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815733285-8B1E6I3ADO4PIMUKXCIM/P3020043-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815788512-09DPSRU0MTYVP8LWJXEK/P3020040-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815824931-013AIWBRKEA2WVO0F09Q/P3020035-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614815938778-IHKJPC4P15ZCEZG65G1V/P3020088.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816163032-AKJQPD6H12U70IMX7J79/P3020056-3.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816288327-PTT663FF30JNR2AXQJ2Q/P3020080-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816292288-CM5HUH3A1A5FUBRIWMUJ/P3020075-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816296134-QSP8MRFKFXXFMFXKD83M/P3020069-3.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816306150-6M44CSB4S01OEEFG0QSA/P3020083-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816313104-50D5W5JZ3LINDY3U2JNF/P3020092.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816318172-WMH9SLWBIHT3L9PGFPXH/P3020097.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816326402-ER7BI55IQUAZ02NOTX4U/P3020066-3.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614816331116-1V7ANO0W7AR2YVPISM1C/P3020064-2.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614814357239-EC83OU2Z6572MFL3RV2V/P3020022-3.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614814443984-BDHLYDOCUGJID8ZP6FNB/P3020029-3.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614814493874-3X8UIU7DRHHB8E3ONQJV/P3020040-3.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614814526685-HKO1WOMPFZX7JX345S63/P3020044-3.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614827981626-JR443J7HECXOC1AM78CD/P3040004.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614827986225-825MY4QNJKFM7J3KSTRW/P3040006.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614827993009-GQ4320UVXAD0VHG720LZ/P3040008.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1614827996963-QWLRVRFFZCW1VRF4BHZ9/P3040012.jpg notes - New Cotesia sp.? https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2021/1/16/prioninae-macrotomini-cnemoplites monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791782396-UHPXG3KIHJ9WI9XNAL4S/P1150009-3.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites Mated pair, recently uncoupled. Female left, male right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791928481-70S462M4K4YV03NCUEA1/P1140106-3.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791934832-X1E9PDS6A4C9LVJT78KJ/P1140152-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791940042-LUJS0OYPMGIJSS9KP0XJ/P1150218.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - female - note golden hairs on thoracic pleura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610792013976-G1WELQTYVDSHPVPNB6NL/P1130131-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - male - note wider, squarer pronotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791961207-NV62OF9YFGU3F50VW8WP/P1120080-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - female - note relatively narrow pronotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791976134-5NG98AW4G13HBGO3MIDZ/P1120116-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791985800-CWOO9OYAX4XUU3B8X596/P1120117-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610791995662-66N5M9AR49GV70WKPOR3/P1130145-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610792005823-WJ3V6BGC88QPAI0C3JX6/P1130128-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610860018170-DPEY87Q1GGDOERX5I6OK/P1150003-3.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610860021529-M12ETXHRJZVV5U69QWBD/P1150001-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610860031699-OUTXEYOMQ1UHND23FPER/P1150004-3.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610860039342-F5VX760WXNJ4UM1C3NLC/P1150006-3.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610776892745-NKKV09A9F8L746OUV88G/Screen+Shot+2021-01-16+at+5.00.05+pm.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610784725936-JUAPZ9IE7BF81AF0K3XH/Genera+checklist.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610778592384-20CCCUYUUMGLE13W7878/Cnemoptiles+key.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites Based on extract from Jin et al 2020, (Ref 1), page 50 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610778771103-S8NSL0ARFO3XUWWEMMAI/Screen+Shot+2021-01-16+at+5.32.05+pm.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites Extract from Jin et al 2020, (Ref 1), page 94 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859701268-9544W5STIR3SBEZH25YR/P1170006.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites Euthanised (freezer) and then pinned (using additional pins to splay legs until set). Female on left. Scale bar blocks = 10mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859639282-NGBYUYQ5SIY4LULDZHK6/P1160006.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859640547-W5ZVT01ZMZCUCDR2NIK1/P1160008-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859642409-JSW5TI3KNHMLE0GUENU5/P1160012-2.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859643512-0U9LMR3V3ML8LPT7NQMM/P1160016.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859646394-GLD2V7OX2ML7PO4VUYM7/P1160018.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859647952-X3XR3P5KJY8N7C122QVM/P1160023.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859649802-4XHK0XCE6KYDGW7PENL5/P1160033.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859651936-VOV4ZXM1DI8BF9AWM8LO/P1170007.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859653618-SWLE1S6XVZBE782JQ3QJ/P1170008.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859656860-ADQ9DFLGDQL3NFAUWIG6/P1170009.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859658130-QO2KTKT0JH18OCWHA0RK/P1170015.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859909739-H54V5C29DH9RM1LDUZJO/P1170011.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859911845-Q3XMDQ0F2FLVJVBUMXZ0/P1170012.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859915697-ER88DF8FBF0EE72FZ8Z9/P1160008.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859913411-FSI6XHM5CEEC911B2G06/P1170013.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859918869-I1T3QSJJAZ8VCE3H4H3K/P1160009.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859920928-TU4B6TL8VM7LPGWI1SU8/P1160010.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1610859922860-M88B439I96MBAJKIHXC2/P1160011.jpg notes - Prioninae; Macrotomini: Cnemoplites https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/9/15/chrysolarentia-severata monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600124731487-9CEXDEDKUVJ4KLKMYS7D/large.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600125140290-WLY5LAHS6285QXZXKG63/P9130009-2-2.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600234817891-4QF2DSHDBTXGJEYDD1ZH/P9160001.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600234835317-N706L1HPSQ39036GID1G/P9160003.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600234853690-8OEDP7IO1AZSRPEMDJ10/P9160007.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600234886931-4DV5S7OJXX982QZCR93P/P9160008.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600234899602-WCB8K6VIB91LI5SG0VLH/P9160005.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1600339125671-3VJXSULNPFG2WF3LQZX1/P9170005-2.jpg notes - Chrysolarentia severata https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/mygal-collection monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594708736557-J9I7UD93E1XFA17N35GY/P7130002-3.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - just prior to collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594708731552-P95ONDWRSRH56ZGS40M7/P7140019.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - massive palps dead, soon after removal from freezer (not yet in ethanol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594708727560-66T37EI56EB6HSPYYFOW/P7140019-2.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - embolic apophysis is diagnostic (arrow) dead, soon after removal from freezer (not yet in ethanol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707536147-MRWJZUQ25A32XDRSJJ4I/P7130006-2.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - sharply rising caput live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707550044-9Q47O4AN1N0LO8ADMQUH/P7130006.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - eye arrangement live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707569017-Y8P8XTKLAZJF47KLLEIQ/P7130008-2.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - massive paturons live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707590468-5JH33C5LNC1L0UYY7GAV/P7130009-2.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - absence of thickening of leg II live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707630802-3DOKL90EGAWGXG7ASXS8/P7130014.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - numerous labial cuspules live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707663864-CZ8X8YL4XRNX6S5SMUMT/P7130005.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - bulb live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707939066-BG1B51R2SUH9SBS89E1K/P7130020-2.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - palps and chelicerae (ventral) live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594707885618-RDQN7NMAOQHCJU8RXQ62/P7130044.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - central row of cheliceral teeth (arrow) live but immobilised by venom of Cryptachaea gigantipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594713111391-RUNX1L9G9MES55JTIZ8Y/P7120105.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - in silk retreat woven overnight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594712559155-FXZ1MCTVITG6LV7UZV3Y/P7120131.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - black, low caput https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594712573075-K8QC52GH0UR6TOM7V0S1/P7120112.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - low caput, long spinnerets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594712582291-KW7Q6970TZBK904L4U41/P7120119.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - long spinnerets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594713129147-0T471XSXQ52W3JD9NII3/P7120125.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - quite small https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594713133507-3BCBZSKZSND26RVFISOH/P7120130.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - many labial cuspules https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594713153484-JYOZAB7ATQ8TG9JQ4UN9/P7120110.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - black and carapace lacking features of 'our' spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594713201165-CMKIWHG59U73USZ4UYKG/P7120107.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - female (palps lack bulbs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594710795874-VPDY1FHV1I0LBEOLB7F8/P7010046.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - large, fat-bodied live, soon after collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594710798646-1IPDDGR0L2DP8AGDBXKL/P7010054.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - shiny black live, soon after collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594710802815-AQO3474FZ67ZXTPCI7LJ/P7010060.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - low caput live, soon after collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594711002105-PVVX6QLPYP7T7H5YNXRA/P7010052.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - long spinnerets live, soon after collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594710811599-G96MUA69Z6KCWDHJOT9V/P7010058.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - female (palps lack embolus) live, soon after collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594710816855-NJKGAJJIIG41WJZZ5WWB/P7010002.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - ventral dead, recently removed from freezer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594710980759-5AYQLWERWRNBPFL4S7E1/P7010004.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - labium with many cuspules dead, recently removed from freezer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594710993200-AUGIZL38NIA7VORMGHKG/P7120007.jpg notes - Mygal collection list - cheliceral teeth (short central row) dead, briefly removed from ethanol (12/7/20) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/7/14/arbanitis-melancholicus-trapdoor-spider monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704149715-RNDOVPQZ1VHKLGR6EYBS/P7130002-3.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704153334-51TYFVTRXIKPXFHR028H/P7130005-3.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704254134-NVOIZUB12R6BH8JL3UEW/P7140008-2.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704260054-1TURDG6CUWN22SI172BR/P7140010-2.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704264001-DX41XNWX0DNHEG1PH7UR/P7140011-2.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704267051-QBZQECUU2AR9OCA86HX5/P7140013.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704272210-DM2HALI663XCXVQMWQIG/P7140016.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704322720-66FJPQ4AY4T8DNE24H89/P7140019.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704634231-NCUQHLJ7YMALVL8KJ6SP/P7140001.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704809448-7PQZ580JELVG2WU4KTA0/P7140034.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704859511-JQTJE813EDQCPSOIRGHE/P7140019-2.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1594704922891-FGM65M3V0B5ZNTAHXX4N/P7140028.jpg notes - Arbanitis melancholicus (Trapdoor Spider) - Fig. 10 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/new-mygal-species monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401924720-O1IU10MIYSLCKMUT97O7/P5220002.jpg notes - A new atracid species - prior to collection 22/5/2020, pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401927449-E91CSGNM5V1MNDNJ15EM/P5220003.jpg notes - A new atracid species - prior to collection 22/5/2020, pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401934299-QX3IKHNN2A8HD9FT5POI/P5220007.jpg notes - A new atracid species - prior to collection 22/5/2020, pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401938069-4CZQ73O2I11MDG46FGLB/P5220008.jpg notes - A new atracid species - prior to collection 22/5/2020, pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591253670482-RA45TTHP2GTM8QMIFD4B/P5240021+3.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spider #1 live, day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590218567930-NI12CFIU1RCBROC2EYKA/P5220022.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spider #1 live, day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591253130404-H85ISNGMGTGJ3TQGDLYA/P5240006.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spider #2 live, day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590221137654-MBRGMT1I63R4EWK3WN0G/P5220034-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spider #3 live, 22/5/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591253375838-F4AEYPNWMU2QGHZYS85Z/P5220037-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spider #4 live, day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591239940180-5HWO49NHKVS397PESBFH/P5220041-2-3.jpg notes - A new atracid species - carapace (dorsolateral) spider #4, live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591239932308-5MQEP2GZPJNSX77LRRFZ/P5220038-2-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - frontal view spider #4, live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591239949539-CQXOQOEKGKNK4ER4UZOQ/P6040007.jpg notes - A new atracid species - carapace (lateral) spider #1, preserved in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591157206489-Y6PBBXSZDTSDDCQCK11U/P6020069-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - carapace sparsely haired (dorsal) spider #1, in ethanol pale dots show position of hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591158110287-53DXJ1ZKW11BRMSU1C9L/P6030004-3a.jpg notes - A new atracid species - eyes and clypeus (dorsal) spider #1, in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591162675921-O1STK1V8XV1Q3QIYLFL9/P5230093-2-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - wide point of pleura (dorsal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591165360775-1ILJQ5KIGWK6GE8FJAD2/P5230023-2+2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - eye cluster (anterolateral) spider #3, dead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591165442007-MX9T7CY69GYJUTWQ59A0/P5220042-2-2-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - eye group (dorsolateral) spider #4, live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591165509350-WMKP5PXYXGPHBTVG9312/P5220031-2-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - eye cluster (anterior) spider #2, live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591256791983-O1AWZ1ZW5XNSIV9TF1X4/P5240011.jpg notes - A new atracid species - chelicerae with robust paturons (anterolateral) spider #2, live, day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591484507818-2LYKR1X8L8RHX53D72AB/P5240030-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - chelicerae (frontal) spider #4, live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591165230108-CTVEPGQSXRTR5K5G1J55/P5230111+2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - chelicerae, maxillae, labium (ventral) spider #3, not in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591162279318-QZKHAJDJ774TCXEPRF10/P5240042-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - cheliceral teeth along promargin (ventral) spider #3, not in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591485339319-58M8OJJ31D281VC5K74L/P5230115-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - basal granules (ventral) spider #3, not in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591241056163-A30GDT6NDM63ZY7XEFX6/P6020060.jpg notes - A new atracid species - basal granules (ventral) arrow shows small cluster of granules spider #1, in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591163618528-J65D5RKUM8WEGFLO0PT8/P6020059.jpg notes - A new atracid species Maxillae (ventral), with lobes arrowed [spider #1 in ethanol] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591166398557-UISPTN51NYDQFM7FH5L4/P6020062b.jpg notes - A new atracid species Labium and labiosternal sigilla (ventral) [spider #1 in ethanol] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591168115653-NXEGU953RMHILG19ZK3D/P6030003-6.jpg notes - A new atracid species Sternum and sternal sigillae (ventral) [spider #1 in ethanol] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591495152556-687K6FXDNYHTYW1DZBP0/P5220026-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spinnerets – posteriorly spider #1, live (ventral side uppermost) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591495437877-D7EIAJAFQHGLIS4R7QD8/P6020062-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spinnerets - posteriorly spider #1 in ethanol (ventral uppermost) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591495444952-OCPL1UVIOWR9IP2SW9SM/P5220044-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - spinnerets – lateral spider #4, live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591409860128-YCFQZ34X3QG0PR7MNSFF/P6050003.jpg notes - A new atracid species - right legs I &amp; II – ventral spider #1 in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591409727764-2X3OF89S78UYL3WRXL7X/P6050009.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tibia I – pro ventral spider #1 in ethanol (right leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591410414595-XHBWCV12VGB1M4SQ12Z0/P6050022.jpg notes - A new atracid species - metatarsus I – ventral spider #1 in ethanol (right leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591409886967-OLAPAP7IAWSVVGSLVQP1/P6050014-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tibia II – pro ventral spider #1 in ethanol (right leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591408284285-U7JP2027O8H3BV9IW8RG/P6060015.jpg notes - A new atracid species - metatarsus II – ventral spider #1 in ethanol - right leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591408236365-SMXWJWD9A8O5KB2RP7QT/P6060005-2-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - metatarsus II – pro ventrolateral spider #1 in ethanol - right leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591408235592-CRVV7NQKJXFNG5LK90AO/P6060001-2-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - metatarsus II – lateral spider #1 in ethanol - right leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591408409123-E59VMD7TCCWQ6D4DXRDK/P6050075-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - metatarsus II – dorsal spider #1 in ethanol - right leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591424424272-PFYIJ9CIDI6CJLOG7SAC/table+of+tarsal+dimensions.jpg notes - A new atracid species tarsal measurements (in millimetres) [spider #1 in ethanol] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591423344787-YGZDE4523M1OHTY2X5TR/P6060013-4c-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus I – ventral, scopula &amp; spines spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591423357702-2PVOGZ0SRFJAK1XUKO21/P6060013-4b-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus II – ventral, scopula &amp; spines spider #1 in ethanol (left leg, some hairs probably broken off during handling) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591423376114-H25Y7TB1RV8HN38DCH4X/P6060013-4.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus III – ventral, scopula spider #1 in ethanol (left leg, some hairs probably broken off during handling) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591423501525-5EWVVDEHG9BN1W5HRATH/P6060013-4a.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus IV – ventral, scopula spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591427072288-Y36MQBW087R7Q0G3L3UC/P6060019-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus IV – dorsal spider #1 in ethanol (right leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591427230932-3C1XIGWV9KKFX5S4I14U/P6060018-3.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus-metatarsus IV – ventral, scopula spider #1 in ethanol (left leg, metatarsus top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591489022069-JVA7ZR21SZF66AJ1QVDM/P6060027+2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus IV - distal tip, scopula spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591427596174-KBTVQ6L8XN12XCQ9I4R4/P6060011-4.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus IV – distal tip, claws &amp; hairs spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591427860062-EEX38L7W45UKWXBZ2VYS/P6060003-4-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus III – distal tip, scopula spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591427681360-I6R4J0DRWNCNNBG8ZL0X/P6060007-4.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus III – distal tip, claws spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591426903732-WYVL4OJBOFLK9DLYVV3U/P6060021-2-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus II – distal tip spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591427737755-GECX5YB57Z8XKS5FQI9I/P6060005-5.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus I – distal tip, scopula hairs spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591427935700-FIJ843ZA6ZT20IC955KV/P6060001-5.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus I – distal tip, claws &amp; hairs spider #1 in ethanol (left leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591414224719-SMOMUQIZET0WBXIKP2ZH/P6050130.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tibia II – basodorsal spider #1 in ethanol (right leg, patella at right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591415006755-O99WDVB3UZF13TPK5XKZ/P6050071.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tibia I – dorsal spider #1 in ethanol (right leg, patella at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591414783063-MRTHOAZSM9N556X4QLYV/P6050075a.jpg notes - A new atracid species - metatarsus II – dorsal spider #1 in ethanol (right leg, tibia at top) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591415352366-A2RQQS62PJSVO7R6F5GT/P6050068.jpg notes - A new atracid species - tarsus I – dorsal spider #1 in ethanol (right leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591489744225-HJRU7SSY0IMWVU0A9GN0/P6020068.jpg notes - A new atracid species - palp trochanter, femur, patella - dorsal spider #1 in ethanol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591493994409-L10XW8XKRE60W9QPSHBQ/P5230093-2+2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - palp – dorsal spider #3, dead (right palp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591490689268-SLG8FNF67DLFCPFLTJ8R/P6050145.jpg notes - A new atracid species - palp tibia, cymbium, bulb – lateral spider #1 in ethanol (right side) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591491849091-BI8E73XCLXDP1CJQDMOH/P6050152.jpg notes - A new atracid species - bulb – lateral spider #1 in ethanol (right side) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591492077732-9NBJ7MXTDVYW036HQ6B2/P6050002.jpg notes - A new atracid species - palp – ventral spider #1 in ethanol (right side) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591492337378-UYLXI7C30DNJUOYYR4B2/P6020100.jpg notes - A new atracid species - embolus – anterolateral spider #1 in ethanol (left palp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591492482321-JSMRG2RRV7AKPOWLI57L/P6020081.jpg notes - A new atracid species - cymbium – anterolateral spider #1 in ethanol (left palp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591492957899-A94TJ1CVYVQE3LY322L4/P5240008.jpg notes - A new atracid species - bulb - anterior spider #2, live (right palp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591493165148-XUP6QFJY4Q6BLKQQ5GPU/P5240011-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - palps - anterolateral spider #2, live (both palps) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591493717669-8XRRSC4WXLNVWET7NT8I/P5230092+copy.jpg notes - A new atracid species - palps – ventral spider #3, dead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591494151046-Z5JE91MWEU46X616ULW7/P5230086-2.jpg notes - A new atracid species - bulb – anterolateral, medial spider #3, dead (left palp) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591494598724-G1ZLPYSW7LQXL9X7YBFN/P5230032-3.jpg notes - A new atracid species - embolus &amp; duct – dorsolateral spider #3, dead (right palp) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/23/mystery-mygalomorphs monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401924720-O1IU10MIYSLCKMUT97O7/P5220002.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - Day 1, pre-collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401927449-E91CSGNM5V1MNDNJ15EM/P5220003.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - Day 1, pre-collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401934299-QX3IKHNN2A8HD9FT5POI/P5220007.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - Day 1, pre-collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401938069-4CZQ73O2I11MDG46FGLB/P5220008.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - Day 1, pre-collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590218567930-NI12CFIU1RCBROC2EYKA/P5220022.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #1, Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590218570647-VKKSC8N1QPMCD9ZQ71I7/P5220026.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #1, Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590218574342-GB3AV5KJZC4VZ8P91Z8Y/P5220027.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #1, Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590221137654-MBRGMT1I63R4EWK3WN0G/P5220034-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #3, Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590221261733-TBMTX6NVIM7HMKCGWC8Y/P5220038-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #4, Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590221152952-7SUMQ9W6WWSJ60WRPL5L/P5220042-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #4, Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401474090-PUTTYJ22EVCBQDYH2MTM/P5240016.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #1 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401477181-81MOPG6WONK4ZT5SLYGW/P5240021.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #1 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401286233-6TL90L41XJ2WEMKCKBE3/P5240010.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #2 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590401636354-U900R1F9FWBFOMRTL8F7/P5240027.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #4 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590402444223-D12K9NFECNYRUFD17WVA/P5240035.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #1 (left chelicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590402328911-AOHL045OMVR0BYXMZCW8/P5240031.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #2 (left chelicera in foreground) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590402546698-1NZMTTOPBNNPY5UIZJ5P/P5240042.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #3 (chelicerae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590402234305-JG6CXX9AJZYGFMZW4GFN/P5240024-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - #4 (right chelicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590902795771-SN36GDN55X7ITCOAOCHY/P5230093-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs widened region of pleura level with fovea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590217258799-APIGSX7Q9CZQFPUUWSWV/P5230093.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - smooth carapace (#3, Day 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590217261237-9XF3OKQXPC2NNKFR29Q4/P5230103.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - carapace length 4mm (#3, Day 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590217981210-YUJ22LKYG4L24OUUGSZX/P5230104.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - ventral (#3, Day 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590218022374-TSWWBKFKAI5CV3R0JJEE/P5230112.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - booklungs &amp; spinnerets (#3, Day 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590281883895-4K1VZU1KV83TULG21R9I/P5230040-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs 8 eyes in 2 rows, arranged in a close rectangle on a low tubercle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590216993154-G52D45EJ30HG8TV8GO06/P5230065.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs ventral side chelicerae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590383922022-QTW7XLWR5DITLL9847TQ/Screen+Shot+2020-05-25+at+3.18.05+pm.png notes - mystery mygalomorphs Extract from Raven 2000, p226, Figure 1: Hadronyche anzses sp. nov. … G … chelicerae showing fang groove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591148333304-FRNNI5SQ9SBUFVCDGT7Y/P6020059.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Lobe of maxillae (arrows) (spider #1 in ethanol, ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590281837309-VXZ3MJC4LIK4KV26WBHK/P5220026.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590287993549-Q50VGTM61G0HIS1EELXU/P5230074.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590287993997-5CLZ88F9BIENIGYMQQJZ/P5230077.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590288008916-9C95PH54X21OC37GP7VE/P5230045.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590288009679-ICM01HNPTIMMRPBW225B/P5230053.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590374250624-GFKSZ8WCH0HOY81WWMU2/P5220036-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Third leg lacks any depression in tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590405745898-PKRE1B420E5WQ7A5D0XF/P5230104.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs labium and sternum separated by suture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590286042853-23JXD7QN8LUN4KVDOBRD/P5230112.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Two pairs of short spinnerets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590219642181-835GHS17HTHN0WSQST1Y/P5230060.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs ventral view pedipalp and embolus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590219684867-6XIR48XB4APFXSBJFETF/P5230092.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - ventral view pedipalps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590219690792-QDLZ0Q4FX3XB6YXD7B88/P5230032-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - lateral view single pedipalp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590220055755-WWHGRED9XX7S4FO5EKEG/P5230086.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - embolus-cymbium junction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590287112981-F0V6E6PQ3R9HFT5FH86G/P5230111.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs fangs smooth, with no ridges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900259205-KV9DKUVWCBIFDLQQXN1K/P6170107.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900275165-09CX4WZN5VS1KC316NJB/P6170108.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900293800-Q1ABJ0OJ6A0UFF2Q6YC9/P6170112.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900304660-UUSXKHA1NFDZ1C7ROEQ9/P6170113.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900325336-4SAOG7LEX96P26I6C1QF/P6170115.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900431260-P2658ZRBXOKRJ2LFXPOU/P6170116.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900446207-2R3PLKTS7TS85S1SQNP4/P6170117.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900446206-MMC3URY94FTZMU7PALAF/P6170118.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs spider # 004, collected 17/6/18 imaged live, 17/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590899645722-2NCRZHDBJQ4F7F8ICLLC/P5310001-3.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - single tooth row (right chelicera in focus) spider # 004 17/6/2018 imaged 20/5/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590899647791-NPY3SZAFW19QSC1IAMDL/P5310005-3.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - single tooth row (left chelicera in focus) spider # 004 17/6/2018 imaged 20/5/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590899992252-NUAP735TWR3CUTBED1D2/P5310342.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - single rows are medial to groove spider # 004 17/6/2018 imaged 20/5/2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900886656-2XL94HUR7NG4QUMBN5AC/P6180022.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs sighted and imaged 17/6/18 at night (image tagged NC1001) … spider not collected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900886658-8I8QJHB63MFZ6Y7CJY9D/P6180023.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs sighted and imaged 17/6/18 at night (image tagged NC1001) … spider not collected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1590900892584-K9C137GKWQN9IXH0QLH9/P6180032.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs sighted and imaged 17/6/18 at night (image tagged NC1001) … spider not collected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591061653062-IOAEHFSN0D6JNZNCOXND/P6020062.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Spinnerets of our spider #1 (in ethanol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591061623617-EO2S9YDYM9HROE667NR3/Screen+Shot+2020-06-02+at+11.32.29+am.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Kiama lachrymoides (male). Extract from Main & York, 1971, Fig 19. Left spinnerets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591063712149-6IDSQTVKNEL1MQZ6AYBH/P6020069.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Carapace of our spider #1 (in ethanol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591063536807-4677NV4QJDN7YDWOZVA8/Screen+Shot+2020-06-02+at+12.04.45+pm.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Kiama lachrymoides (male). Extract from Main & York, 1971, Fig 13. Dorsal aspect carapace … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591146936127-2XQTRJUG3G46J3LF4XJH/Screen+Shot+2020-06-03+at+11.14.52+am.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Kiama lachrymoides (female). Extract from Main & York, 1971, Fig 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591147585709-RMNF2MEBQQ8VTBPY1EYE/P6020097.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - pair of upper claws (dorsal view) spider #1 in ethanol, leg IV (left) (note that both claws bear teeth, just not visible dorsally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591147735418-KYJLXHOAPPOE7VJAKO4Q/P6020115.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - teeth spiral from outer to inner edge of claw spider 004 (2018), dried … leg IV, left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591147959455-M7NTHFVZAAVCLBXJ4OSK/P6020111.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - single row of 8-9 teeth on each claw spider 004 (2018), dried … leg I, right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591146311158-HLRQSWUR7CVUY7OC24BZ/Screen+Shot+2020-06-03+at+11.04.26+am.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Kiama lachrymoides (male). Extract from Main & York, 1971, Fig 16. Tarsal claws of first leg (not to scale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591068087497-00E696OP6D794RCWYVT2/P5220031-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Anterior view eye cluster (spider #2, live) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591066905013-WCIHSHF8RFNL9L4G247T/P5230040-2-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - eye arrangement spider #3, recently post-mortem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591066909935-9PKAQ179BY87G4CT6KNB/P6020069b+2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - eye arrangement spider #1 (in ethanol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591067091728-DA5L3N7S60HQ9BCGI911/P6020123a+2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - outlined eyes of right cluster desiccated spider 004 (from June 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591067803548-4MYCQ0UROAT0L252STPJ/P5220042-2-2.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs - dorsolateral view of eye group, showing tubercle spider #4, live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591062533551-702IGZJC0VYFFT10JE3U/P6020062a.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Labium of our spider #1 (in ethanol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591065895635-0W8KEIRW747DZKNH8TD0/P5220023.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Sternum of live spider (#1), showing sigillae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1591062237211-QJTN8TDF7LLNIJH1517J/Screen+Shot+2020-06-02+at+11.43.23+am.jpg notes - mystery mygalomorphs Kiama lachrymoides (male). Extract from Main & York, 1971, Fig 14. Labium and sternum https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/18/strepsicrates-macropetana-eucalyptus-leafroller monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589767985654-3LALUGG7NG042HZW3NPZ/P4070068.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589768684499-G6FQIA7UUEE477Q0ZPZ8/P4140030.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589768143623-345M5Q2SKSAUNSLG1LLM/P4090001.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589768232152-YQJSYQNN11Y0QCZNA0AN/P4090008.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589768235980-A40AZWOOMXCQYV555T2B/P4090005.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589768382794-1X50F4PZWU3ROOJSDMOU/P4100005.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589769509643-7F0Q76NGASU5WIMH55E0/P4160005.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589793778717-0M5LI8TJ9CC961KJEUGE/P5180064.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) - chrysalis after moth had eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589793660767-UINJOJPN6TX6FQIIKLW7/P5180047.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589793663030-ZZKGANWR9RZQ2MZIFFBL/P5180059.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589793758660-SZ9OFFB24721WGFZKWPW/P5180087.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589793769407-WHS0VE5L1Q4O6RQCYSAM/P5180079.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589793803547-09CA7OSYWTOQVHBKQLZA/P5180093.jpg notes - Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/17/stratiomyidae monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589681290014-PMUHCCA0Z6NFIRFTUNQP/P5110007.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589681292685-4X4SIH9DGP8H1TCBA75O/P5110008.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589681452355-YTP00DQQD2OMUDJNDXH6/P5110009.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589681471004-MFVJT4WS8JQCB4BNRS21/P5110010.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589681487459-32ON69BT2DJ5HSB0L9PJ/P5110005.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589681504144-NONZ12KMLKEFA520SFHT/P5110004.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589684265199-9LTKCY7V6B88Y81Q7GHC/Screen+Shot+2020-05-17+at+12.52.39+pm.png notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589684275030-1WNP1KHA9RKT4RRW21EP/Screen+Shot+2020-05-17+at+12.56.46+pm.png notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Male antenna, Male head anterior view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589684658414-SNZOW6JA63EYQ1BI5TON/f609ac1a-c343-4733-a862-043927c8b08d.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589684757365-NH3AGBUW5R83F1EWSUVE/fb2bfe82-5aae-4558-a829-db16d9e8b5e9.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589682639172-00HEA8CIH6O3OZKK12NT/e8aab074-2b5c-42b1-a881-6f1fb7691147.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) ALA image - Simon Groves TMAG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589695054928-NTNMOTX6CRSOGQFCWI5I/Screen+Shot+2020-05-17+at+3.53.07+pm.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Male Chiromyza prisca Plate XXX Fig. 10, 11 from Hardy, 19230 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589695104472-LAW45EY9OKUCVL6Y2G2V/Screen+Shot+2020-05-17+at+3.44.07+pm.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Male Chiromyza australis Plate XXX, Figs. 15, 16 from Hardy, 1920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692431110-S3AEEBAECH4JLRF4KXIC/P5170002.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692463688-62NBRB1JMF4M6SWUR3IM/P5170005.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692473522-T40B302JMBCAHDCGGSZ3/P5170006.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692483241-UH9VXIZP114X91UMKKP7/P5170007.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692495033-BD815K9V00D2NO0DU8LV/P5170011.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692503628-0233SV7ZUN0K2T0XMW9G/P5170013.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692512843-BUCFLG213D5EHH4RW9YS/P5170014.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692536423-5N94ST3Z2O0CB7RMQI16/P5170016.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589698870469-KJE73NZRTH71UHMFN070/P5170002.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589698880598-0HKFW40GQYORT8MIP55B/P5170028.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589698892090-PUDR7SH02Q9TDHL42UJ5/P5170029.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589698903241-2MNYQVX1AS4XL0R25YIJ/P5170032.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589698914332-VM8NLIQGLZ3YOCY4TEZW/P5170034.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589698923521-X1USCI9VW6VI0DWL9NAA/P5170035.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589692997613-FYH9129CWT8YNMI75EV2/5fe529b1-6395-4db3-b13f-9bbc19aeef84.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Museums Victoria Boreoides subulatus holotype link to Museums Victoria image in ALA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589693620861-YJESL0L7KIOJ6GP8WKVA/Screen+Shot+2020-05-17+at+3.30.03+pm.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Figs. 17-18, Plate XXX from Hardy, 1920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589702161455-XIWFVDTYZZCTHQZBGDD6/44ad9f66-ccf4-4807-b8cc-d5f2245911b6.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Donald Hobern ALA B. subulatus female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589701302116-6ASA2TFX8DM8J1F00788/139e6b88-8845-4bab-b4e8-4e789938c21b.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Boreoides tasmaniensis female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589701356454-HEARQ29BE40QGYVAQB8S/b7f09e64-c194-4943-a6c8-d6d54b151155.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Boreoides tasmaniensis female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589701400730-5HLAUZX43D01AYME2IR1/f8feabc8-dae1-4814-9c5f-cfb7f9f117fb.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Boreoides tasmaniensis female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589699922753-BRJVG87Q1GRDQRNZ0Y6G/Screen+Shot+2020-05-17+at+5.08.21+pm.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Chiromyza prisca female Plate XXX, Figs. 7-9, Hardy 1920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589700060923-L7REFZ9OIHD1YZ790KNT/Screen+Shot+2020-05-17+at+5.08.56+pm.jpg notes - Boreoides subulatus (Soldier Fly) - Chiromyza australis female Plate XXX, Figs. 12-14. Hardy, 1920 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/14/chiloglottis-curviclavia monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589433668039-J3XYHANTWC2KPX509RFJ/P5140075.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589433679842-9U6HXTIEAA8MF841TSKE/P5140055.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589433686299-HAQWFNIY5FDU43LP3OQF/P5140056.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434005485-CM8TPITMP96FWPVIKGG6/P5100006.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434022596-QGGQSNYFTIGA854V9B81/P5100010.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434028198-H2IMP2AIOZZRXIDPUTHV/P5100048.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434051460-6KWJO0613P5XDEWTQNVO/P5100062.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434060682-WG5LASU457A3K1S37YBA/P5100063.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434070094-038SB6ID2L9EMWVNC0FP/P5140020.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434077109-19W65LIGF52CD9FLE248/P5140022.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434098681-YYYHD1W7XP2LA302X285/P5140024.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434114072-60R1NB9V7E9GPNOX1Y2B/P5140026.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434178741-9MX5A9OBJVE1OABFTD80/P5140064.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434217396-YBL2KNN9DLIOXDZJBHKJ/P5140069.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589434222473-NHT3UBGVIXEU0GE5H38D/P5140074.jpg notes - Chiloglottis curviclavia https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/13/ectopsocidae-psocomorpha-ectopsocidae monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589359260351-A33KJ19H4V5YYBBUZWN2/P5120058.jpg notes - Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589359272232-XG6X6EMM0QYDL9JVA9NC/P5120061.jpg notes - Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589359833141-GQSSNK1VKTJ5DPAN0V23/P5120061.jpg notes - Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589359360478-VXMFRO1MJ8Y99ER7GSNQ/P5120063.jpg notes - Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589360964855-W2OAZ1KN4Z7FXSIE90LA/P5120058.jpg notes - Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/13/caecilius-caeciliidae-psocomorpha-psocoptera monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589355769500-O5I309TWWHL0I4ODV76H/P5010407.jpg notes - Caeciliusidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589355776753-4RXKDY3T5U5NW70XTJWK/P5010417.jpg notes - Caeciliusidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589355780386-6DCM7FWBH4QBBFTHLNAR/P5010418.jpg notes - Caeciliusidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589358890683-QY6ZGBEHDCN9PIDBTZVO/P5010425.jpg notes - Caeciliusidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589357865031-LKZG02BSJDHRG3OI7D3O/P5010419.jpg notes - Caeciliusidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589358002511-0VNFC1K9MIJH68P1WXU0/Screen+Shot+2020-05-13+at+6.19.32+pm.png notes - Caeciliusidae, Psocomorpha Venation of Caecilius quercus Fig. 111 from Edwards (1949) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/13/trichopsocidae monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589292355644-NLJBFFODM5TKWYAY457Q/P5120032.jpg notes - Trichopsocus, Trichopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589292414515-HSCMN0VI0UXXKPKVT33E/P5120035.jpg notes - Trichopsocus, Trichopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589335895155-GIHVD2MXF4QKA9UX3LHM/P5120039.jpg notes - Trichopsocus, Trichopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589346772861-UW4Q7VNOI5ZZ13G836XR/P5120037.jpg notes - Trichopsocus, Trichopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589338152196-KJMKR6524RT8FRSBDMGK/P5120030.jpg notes - Trichopsocus, Trichopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589347145875-737ZUYBC2CNQLU4621MN/Screen+Shot+2020-05-13+at+1.10.19+pm.jpg notes - Trichopsocus, Trichopsocidae, Psocomorpha Venation of Trichopsocus australis. Fig. 76 from Edwards (1949) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/12/ectopsocidae-psocomorpha-psocoptera monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589290798023-Z4UNBPC5O3ZDTM15MPBG/P5120025.jpg notes - Ectopsocus, Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589291012654-UXP3V18OBSZ4E7C6HURS/P5120027.jpg notes - Ectopsocus, Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589290896096-6EQ94K6FXQXQRDOV4SIT/P5120016.jpg notes - Ectopsocus, Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589290503342-IM6Z0SQQOZ23HYJJU68O/P5120073.jpg notes - Ectopsocus, Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589289554479-U9G3JD6CATAGN42EIC12/P5120024.jpg notes - Ectopsocus, Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589289745075-U05NLG28YXKF9MRNUVH6/P5120029.jpg notes - Ectopsocus, Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589290017938-P1FJ1UV6PKNLTMN7PYRJ/P5120064-2.jpg notes - Ectopsocus, Ectopsocidae, Psocomorpha https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/10/rytidosperma-laeve-smooth-wallaby-grass monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589097995896-1JY2992YRXJIRDT8IF5A/P5100023.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - Inflorescence lanceolate to ovate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589098463451-Q1OSEI85I8CJ48KG4S19/P5100026.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - ~12 spikelets, much exserted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589098219298-T3EHBVMDM4T44D2AYHBR/P5100044.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - 3-noded smooth culms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589098642788-I4YAD435JDJYEVPOG6FW/P5100002.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - Hirsute sheaths and blades. Blades inrolled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589168370787-1PG28BHQZUP03X41IVD6/18705.png notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) from PlantNet key for Rytidosperma monticola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589098869215-KMXMDGLO0MEG0MN1BIFP/P5100001-6.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - florets shorter than glumes, except for exserted awns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589098907885-YK4I7K9FL76YD9PHHH9H/P5100004-6.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - spikelets greenish tinged with purple, 7-nerved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589098974783-9QV4RKXZYHCGGM7QVTTS/P5100007-5.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - glumes 11mm long, narrow, membranous margins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589157765550-AS4H3NWVKJD9WG8SBSTK/P5100016-2.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - inflorescence 6cm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589157897242-I5U5W8NNOFI4V8D709LJ/P5100013-3.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - spikelets 5-flowered, florets divergent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589165535324-5N57R49IBFZVKB3UUMLT/P5100008-6.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - lemma 2.5mm long (excluding awns) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589165547739-KWH1MTLY496WPDIV17BX/P5100009-6.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - lateral lobes of lemma rather triangular, narrowly abruptly into the fine awns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589165563422-S6RFHU8GLWQVAMTS4R23/P5110033.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - central awn brown and twisted in lower part https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589165568379-LMFS9VKCIIOE7JB3JPVH/P5110043.jpg notes - Rytidosperma monticola (Wallaby-grass) - palea ovate-spathulate or obovate-oblong, minutely ciliolate on keels https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/5/10/entolasia-stricta monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589085385953-PJQ9BKQWGMHB6KWMIK4K/P5100035.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - Panicle 2-10cm long; primary branches to 7cm, often with secondary branching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589085462638-NVEWGGNTQA9H6R8ES9IH/P5100036.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - Leaf blade 1-7mm wide, glabrous or hairy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589085473502-D8VQB6SAUPKBRSR8Q8J5/P5100037.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - Leaves with glabrous sheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589085520047-KHQC6W9QNB2Q8ENGOMM1/P5100002-2.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - Ligule - rim of hairs &lt;0.6mm long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589089559253-XYKQCJI4JA7U3MZMS8M0/P5100034.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589089565722-22N9B3MNTNBM92N6X4GB/P5100006-2.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589086030484-8TGBOO3BSGJ004IH27PR/P5100016.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - lower glume peeled back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589086042937-H8ITT67DY8NASEZ3ID68/P5100020.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - upper glume peeled back to reveal spikelet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589087147002-9BLJKMCGAUZ5L1FC7AWQ/P5100030-2.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - upper floret lifted away from lower lemma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589087308665-6DP0S8QEOI0OJ29TZMVK/P5100042-2.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - upper glume removed, upper pale peeled back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589090923400-M7X3FK1F0K839ZCQ63MZ/P5100005-4.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - upper floret on lower lemma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589093657052-5KIXLOBVAOYFGB8XUY5A/P5100002-5.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - pair of lodicules, 3 stamens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589093612076-W3VIFB3QT63TVUWXEP4L/P5100008-4.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - 3 stamens and stigmata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1589093585037-G285TSFZ7EE3ICT4N99P/P5100012-3.jpg notes - Entolasia stricta (Wiry Panic) - stamens removed to show ovary, styles and stigmata https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2020/3/13/culicoides-ceratogoponidae-diptera monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584059925688-AMJAIGBAN3HHLP703QSL/PB143812.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584059933242-Z18K6XD6DHPM1AIM7TDL/PB143816.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584059968976-J7LTS0O2KD5YSNMH1UO1/PB143807.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae - Body length 2mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584059973223-PMZTF2SCAZ748YA03892/PB143810.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584078200338-KAR5ZXMI5WA2KWI3I6SJ/P3120007.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584080512272-MV21WEBPQB4ZITFNS84A/Culicoides+antennalis+morphological+characters.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae Morphological characters of Culicoides Antennalis and Bancrofti groups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584059782368-9GINO95BDXXUTM94J8XM/Screen+Shot+2020-03-13+at+11.26.48+am.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1584080854137-3AQG6PF1Y9VQ8CTS63JK/Screen+Shot+2020-03-13+at+5.23.40+pm.jpg notes - Culicoides, Ceratogoponidae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/dynastinae monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577673887510-FDXLWBVN3T3RJXWA8WF8/P7260099.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 26/7/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577673888057-BMSG05UJO0VAIFVJB9PI/P7260104.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 26/7/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577673891168-E6668TLUEEYUU4QB40FE/P7260106.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 26/7/19 (note large mandibles) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576897100117-6HYESAHG91R6EPT29ZP1/P7280017.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 28/7/19 in container https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576897103086-DVLZMABJWYWKK6Y9QBKX/P7280008-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 28/7/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576897106119-5Y41GNL9K632TCDIFUX8/P7280015.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 28/7/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576890961962-T61BHZZJGLXK5IXXXARY/PA090061.jpg notes - Dynastinae 9th October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576901082096-7UIBFBM51H61TDJNTZ8J/PB270096.jpg notes - Dynastinae My first good look at a scarab pupa. They seemed identical to each other. Each was in its own soil cave, shed larval skin alongside. (27/11/19) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576901852004-4LGO84NOKTXMXVJ7JDPN/PC110039.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 11/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904421742-4IDCQY5LLUW93H2ETQ5U/PC180005.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 18/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576914525282-BDSQTUD1YXWAULX1CZFF/PC210006.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 21/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576914528695-YNRBRUI1G6D9SIE4JUUR/PC210012.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 21/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680302999-00JZUMX1VF5EBHU6E44Z/PC230083.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 (within 24 hours eclosing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680308909-T8G8KHC7YRLUWAIM0JPD/PC230085.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680314442-63JI1WB8Q2W3OOG6QE2Z/PC230093.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680317973-AMWBVYSOYGEHG6UPXQGK/PC230108.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680321975-95LBHMW7YKBOE89OVWPB/PC230091.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680507317-W85TA83SZJUOKSW9Q7JQ/PC230002.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680511533-03MKFYUQ2CTTYCQE4L2P/PC230003.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680515014-BB1830D225HLLG5VTWD9/PC230006-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680518524-YHGYZCHWXWO7A42B9IVP/PC230047.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680529261-BPKGI0TSHMWZ6KGOXM0A/PC230009-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680522154-RLBHYJ91OJGT75367QOT/PC230046.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680931738-E2O77C4LG7TRGQQJ3QIC/PC240001-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 24/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680894067-T4G2FM9S8CUT01I4ME5I/PC240002-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 24/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680900517-R8TSTVV7ZBI1UH1KTVPM/PC240005-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 24/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680992762-HX5R99Y85I1Y52LF1EOF/PC290009-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681038712-47Y23F6AT5L0QR875W7Y/PC290028-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 (Beetle 1, bottom) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904665999-GF6B1P5X4ICNXBEJTX9A/PC110042.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 11/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904651778-4599K5T7HAEKHXMIA6Y7/PC180009.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 18/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576904648564-D32PA3ADO82ZDWLXV8Q1/PC180007.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 18/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1576914480353-7B24Z3UY77KB729D0MPN/PC210011.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 21/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577680763772-RXF5KJSE8VCFYLISCLI5/PC230111.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 23/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681188852-59RRY1PDIXWTMMM05Y0E/PC290002.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 12 noon (very soon after eclosing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681223231-FNORHU456Z80GUIAK4UK/PC290003.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 12 noon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681268306-UYYCBVZVDV49GN19676G/PC290010.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 12 noon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681246500-FYIBDVKD8FK2EBE1LLLS/PC290007.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 12 noon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681287150-RWUQVQAIEHAIQV5GFW97/PC290013.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 12 noon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681295873-3F4CGAEHC32THSDNDF9B/PC290014.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 12 noon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681315834-EQQ2MT150SCOKAPPMLYJ/PC290015.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 12 noon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681112977-VLLSS3XXZXXZZI7U4XT0/PC290008-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 5pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681118496-KP2E7UHZ91XAXFDYS8TM/PC290017-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 5pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681126523-CALKY8WI2M12XO988NJO/PC290041-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 5pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681129980-I89DQJ66K0TO32EI82Z5/PC290043-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 5pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681134827-80JWISKZMK7BZO7I9VN3/PC290052-2.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 5pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577681138878-V466I7BBYT7COPNO4KMR/PC290056.jpg notes - Dynastinae - 29/12/19 5pm https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/12/30/cicindelinae monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668568381-V1VD7YQF4S633SALQNS5/PC260140.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668579300-ATBEFXCBG3WFDX42RKOG/PC260133.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668571919-L2477NDJUFQVF0AENQ2L/PC260138.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668582706-GOWJM5HPKNCA5Z9TQLSQ/PC260130.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668585911-PWDKPEHSE46ELEB71IFN/PC260128.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668588632-0QVRO035NAKB4E51KJQ7/PC260127.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668591935-FAAJCY8HZU3YGK9M1V1L/PC260126.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1577668596726-1EC1A3G4VZ33G91SPNW1/PC260115.jpg notes - Cicindelinae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/10/11/orgyia-anartoides-lymantriidae monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570758803407-WOEUT2CQQG0WQLBV05VM/P9110034.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570758803398-X4Z5C4FMB00Y6EKT99ZJ/P9110036.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570758808900-56WVX2LOJ5L2MWBTZXSS/P9110037.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570758809646-K4X8VRQULSCMYIOTX8TD/P9110039.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570758814858-URE9TQHQRUGIKGA0XJEV/P9110040.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570758815582-N11ZLWH21N68ADQPW71I/P9110042.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759436849-VWOZPVFYRWBR2NHF46O7/PA110011.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - pupal case after eclosion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759440572-6KFANZTO31AC4SN941SV/PA110012.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - last larval exuvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759588321-ZMPNHXZ3TD2I9GE0KCUD/PA110014.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - last larval exuvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759762928-14B5HJ6KBLA7VVSBO0DN/PA110001.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - ventral view of adult freshly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759767648-ENVBQ0BS3VVGU46KZYV8/PA110002.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - wingspan 24mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759773312-XVJ1UT3JJSZSYQUQAHQF/PA110003.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - ventral view of adult freshly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759777258-IRGUY8WTZ1V05RNYSHUS/PA110006.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - dorsal view of adult freshly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570759984031-MWCJ3BFS9OUKL2BUDHM3/PA110013.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - adult with meconium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1570760019912-H14PFGUBD09F6TEUHA1C/PA110015.jpg notes - Orgyia anartoides, Lymantriidae - adult with meconium https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/9/23/aphididae-aphidinae-tribe-macrosiphini monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569244456379-MGGNW9G9VAUYI6ZSCF2W/Screen+Shot+2019-09-23+at+11.13.13+pm.png notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae - Micromyzus eastopi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569244483796-W8DKVK3VHBAH8A9ATCA0/Screen+Shot+2019-09-23+at+11.14.30+pm.png notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae - Micromyzus judenkoi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569244545179-VPLMJON72LGE03P8UITZ/Screen+Shot+2019-09-23+at+11.15.31+pm.png notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae - Micromyzus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569244564807-8XS8Y3RHOES7KG9VTOFY/Screen+Shot+2019-09-23+at+11.15.56+pm.png notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae - typical aphid venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243463342-RAZHERW0LZQCMY0SMYD0/P9200132-2.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243470320-UFZ719R6E9Q3YE66O5LW/P9200131.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243478827-D8QUTDZ20X2TYSSN0J2X/P9200133.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243483080-1K10MKL5YMZV1Y8Z7V10/P9200134-2.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243579010-UG9RWI6R51E3C7JRJ4ZO/P9200137.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243589945-NVE7OXI3R82TXYW42AEK/P9200140-2.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243601056-O2K15KPPNHFM5TZZY49Y/P9200145-2.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243611311-IQ6LJXLCC3HBAY5VLICF/P9200146-2.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243621625-JF2PEXIJ7DBUNCF8NJ1X/P9200148-2.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1569243631151-NC9UTUKQSMEMJNILX8RP/P9200149-2.jpg notes - Aphididae, Aphidinae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/7/20/moth-family-id-micro monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566389209106-FIU0NL9Z26WSEQ47YUER/P8210417.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566389215041-AYJCISIBOJGOI6CA7J9G/P8210433-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566453317017-Q8X9PSCLQNMPVGQA2VRZ/P8220738.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563600055713-0P4HXVJEG7NTXUOA8UY5/Screen+Shot+2019-07-20+at+3.18.52+pm.png notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563600758634-Y8TB1MK4C4G6086BGOAM/P7190004.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603786253-3S6XQUD0WMEUDPO54XR7/P7190002-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603775283-WTXYGI8B5VNC53RAWCZL/P7190001-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563600769392-63F284A1JZ494HLIBNLL/P7190011.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563600774066-6LB0FVB76WT0IMGNE2PE/P7190014.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563601168840-COUJX16RU5T72NOLDBSW/P7190015-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563602125047-4MYXJX115XRWEBE3UZE7/P7209964-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - frontal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563602212102-DTSYJ1JSS83697Y9P97N/P7209991-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - right side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563602224796-QV03P8WUQHO344S1FT2M/P7209992-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - right side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563602238376-3KA7C19NDSIX2K7ZTEWQ/P7209986-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - right side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563602548833-RP66WNRB88BR3VLLPISI/P7200010.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563602568176-RM7WQ52157GSJOZG7H68/P7200008.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603608747-RKXOFLKK060G2S2RDH5Y/P7209935.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603612415-OHLCJD19L3R83JI4WKAP/P7209938.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603330130-VQ9LYAYV6G3IR25RBO1H/P7209953-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - frontal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603388190-7Z81XHT79S0I3902RKPQ/P7209962-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - right side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603337180-3YJS9S9NM5URYPENIG6S/P7209934-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563603572100-OVX3LM17VRPJAFDE1IK6/P7209945.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - right side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563624318758-QQZ6R2QBX0R4XFN6QJZI/P7200014-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563624409274-R0JQUBFR0PL4XVUUSWHL/P7200016-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563624504734-8UEE98NM0DWOUGGSD37S/P7200020-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563627464699-Y295WCRYWWNWSGN9M3S6/P7200018-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1564215854912-YJJSCHF637298JDWFBLR/P7270045.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - dorsal view - hind wing exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1564215878749-QA2RNVFN3BEJASBO4171/P7270042.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563622469712-4P4YJ6KBDGSBQWLE0U1Q/P7200008-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563622635172-88MH6MO5ZPZJOUGHVWQB/P7200003-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - naked proboscis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563625398505-14XE7H3WHF9JNWPBB80F/P7200007-3.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563625408902-NN5GKH831S3J93J5CUQK/P7200009-3.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563625431866-5P0DEW56EI8TQMRSZJVR/P7200022-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563623184287-FUFE1Q0O03WYA5SXGL4R/P7200025-2.jpg notes - 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Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1563783821821-91AMYL8WTC4BSWVR44K3/P7220142.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565779092554-6U91OOU7ARX259PFNM0G/P7220004.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565778861099-7YAFFFW9YMLNSYM1Q9X0/P7300203.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565778866292-26B029VXLA1EMTPCDTF8/P7300197a.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters arrow shows ocellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565778957915-XNPCRA7XFMJ1R4DT7QX9/P7300190a.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters arrow shows ocellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565780044402-TW6I05Z88N4EB88A93M0/4230617-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565780044416-QQ7BF21GAJN6U43WLTM3/4230617-3.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565780046969-BGFF2HPWZ1V2TWBWUG2L/4230617.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565780262058-R3LBFT39VQGNWTRMXFXD/P7300220.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565780607293-O5A2POK7GUFLL8ZOSIGM/4230620-3.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565780606707-HZDLXKOD5G9SO5ZZJ21F/4230620-4.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565780610226-QPP9K5F3EJCBX8GGQR77/4230620.jpg notes - 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Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781811195-8D1SP37VYH4XHK8E7RL8/P8140007.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781814225-8A3GY6WTB8EQ6R1AY57Y/P8140010.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781822701-2OYC2TN16BQV574YJ38R/P8140017-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781903074-0ARR9RBDZF86W2ZVDABT/P8140391.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - ventral view proboscis without scales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781903322-Z1Z1MXG1IYN4ZN1RS1BH/P8140401.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - ventral view proboscis without scales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781912385-V9T9XHA0AP1A080KHF92/P8140404.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - dorsal view chaetosema apparent behind antennae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781905576-L7NY87TNC8XBN55NDPW2/P8140402.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - dorsal view chaetosema apparent behind antennae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781917968-ZQSU1C87XOMIORQVCBNO/P8140407-2.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781923667-UUR8B6TLXGDHKMQZYJVB/P8140407.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - dorsal view chaetosema apparent behind antennae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781927665-QSP7CAZUNSYA5ZH4KL85/P8140410.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - dorsal view sensory organ basal and anterior to antennae? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1565781944364-P93BF77W65M5MBNQ3HGK/P8140414.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters - dorsal view sensory organ basal and anterior to antennae? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566449795147-E3WXKNAN4DVLRONXC7US/P8220001.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1566449857222-8TTGKLGU39T69L15031U/P8220004.jpg notes - Moth family identification - microscopic characters https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/4/22/miropotes monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556162157481-GLYZOGX34LVU4MDOWXGI/P4259612.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 1 - hind wing of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557536644522-LNVFX4KA5M7TT7W52XDD/P4259609b.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 2 - fore wing of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556326056467-R92XFNNG1M2PFAYWTYF0/P4259591.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 3a - frontal view of head of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556074876412-02PHAVPHEMC7584T6IGJ/P4229560.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 3b - frontal view of head of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557536713562-OQXH7S2IAHCQOJBVRTLN/P4259609b.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 4- fore wing of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556162305990-P8XB9WC296ODZXA2XQ9P/P4259609.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 5 - fore wing of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556076538466-WF1FSD2WUL93QCBF1DHJ/P4249580-Pano.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 6 - antennae of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557536748529-QNGD9JMXP5HQNNXEXQ56/P4259609b.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557533129263-E5LI7N8AM51R7P50266Y/Screen+Shot+2019-05-11+at+10.04.21+am.png notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - Fig. 35 Ref.1 Propodeum showing longitudinal medial carina and T1 with near parallel sides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557533136079-6QNBOAGXM9ODBWDB8FKQ/Screen+Shot+2019-05-11+at+10.04.36+am.png notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - Fig.33 Ref.1 lateral view of gaster showing short, inflexible hypogygium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557535461037-0QCH4VTU7SDZSBMAHTCU/Screen+Shot+2019-05-11+at+10.43.49+am.png notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae Fig.124 Ref. 2 ovipositor and hypopygium of Cotesia (previously Apanteles) acuminatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557537000620-HNCA0AY2ZKR9FVOIR46S/P4259612b.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 17 - hind wing veins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556162445609-4QPBRCD6QFTD69ZJ8927/P4259612.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 18- hind wing cells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556078189576-TNOOW29ME5Q2HM1SKN3P/4204605-2.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 7 -parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556078299775-SI3TGGD3O2YDHNSD1R7A/P3249406.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 8a - frontal view of head of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556326159046-24YSE30YO8ZAU0CV4SY0/P4259591.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 8b - frontal view of head of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556078378035-HSH7UR4XLM21PEO62E3H/P3249410.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 9 - dorsal view of head showing ocelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556078436921-E7ZBVIGSQ021CJTPDTQY/P4249580-Pano.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 10 - antennae of parasitoid wasp from 24-26/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556078608841-GEW68AHLBD7T2EIWT8FA/P4229544.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556078692097-H2TR18TAC5TLQLPLCSZR/P4229545.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556078754115-4K6X84DJK4OU10911F3X/4204605-2.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556079038586-RDJDE6678V9DYIAV29NA/P3249294.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556162376317-FKZ81GM503DJLNKOVQL9/P4259609.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 16 - fore wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556080130312-LYILOOOFFPDOTZANS9MV/P4229549.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556080256293-WQOE1TFKMQV8KQQBAVTN/P3249393.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 20a - posterior end of female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556333575510-OK73ZRCORSI8KPV2HPEF/P4259622.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 20b - posterior end of female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1555999216880-B3BZXE9VM5PKPE0O7QES/4204605-2.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1555999228833-KR017EJCE3GMYMYNP8CH/4204605-3.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556326668090-NZX711AERSN86ZOWPLFS/P4259591.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1555999374723-TV6TCRKZXOGNU53IRHXO/P3249406.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 24a- anterior view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556326766319-P3TQ5G2MO1AGMGSDXBDS/P4259591.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 24b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1555999379106-L9299TFN4M2ZZAKSW6AC/P3249410.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 25 - dorsal view of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1555999438412-SYCK853TPA8FCOGTWDQP/P3249304.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556080470143-FGGP5CY1PFV4V0R26NL5/P4249580-Pano.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556080565466-AFUQ9WHOAYI3SG5G8I0L/P4229544.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 28a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556330128378-V5GC7EZ6VE5E9ZKRHRB2/P4259607b.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 28b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556333365273-KUTD2E2AZMVGNGO0TMOI/P4259622.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 29a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556333956904-UKOLJ06RB8XN03Q5CXHT/P3249393.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 29b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556327369553-54YP12LQI5I1P97R4RVM/P4259612.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 32 - hindwing cells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556003390207-CJMW1XNAW1FWBYXU6BQN/P4229544.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556331673187-3D2LKNG9TA3JLBQRVGKX/P4259627.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 34 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556010952456-UQIGN9GDIA02MIIR78GV/P4229549.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 35 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556001899633-CHUF9MUK1DGZTZO8H97F/P4229572.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae - image 36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1556329343923-0O7V9TQBR6HIBP56310P/P4259599c.jpg notes - Microgastrinae, Braconidae image 37 - lateral view of alitrunk https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/4/5/ornebius monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554422678629-F99J6QNF1MIIYN5VMCSF/Screen+Shot+2019-04-05+at+11.04.05+am.png notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae p.386 Otte and Alexander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554423002083-EIGCV4OKXNKFMQMU29LC/P2110013.jpg notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554423058873-QWXQAR1J2NRFO4SL1IRQ/P2110017.jpg notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554423092161-PP45YMJUIE7ZXGBWA0F7/P2110011-3.jpg notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554424785721-C5URLROY41DJW73WK7NO/Screen+Shot+2019-04-05+at+11.39.10+am.png notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae Otte and Alexander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554424836557-UUAV51WYV2ENJRJXXCIX/Screen+Shot+2019-04-05+at+11.40.22+am.png notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae Otte and Alexander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554423470179-H8JO57NQTV1JKO6QB57U/P5050014-4.jpg notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554425267106-3C6M69JFV1FJL07F2JN0/4205756.jpg notes - Ornebius, Monoplistinae, Mogoplistidae sighting by Harvey Perkins on Montague Island https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/14/polichne monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548283624624-7IZHQCATE372ZB6ST9WF/P1240013.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae 24/1/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547437003151-JTTHYXNSFU28UE9BQW1X/P2180024.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547436945482-JATO2WVV58MMMOEOKJDV/P2180004.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547436904631-UFZHCQ9HLC1U89ED50H9/P2180057.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548283462974-QJG2CEQO0L1ZR9P907HG/P1240001-2.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae 24/1/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547436518389-KI769QZJV1H8EG5KANTX/P2180039.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548283505530-640BIYT2A0NAPL79UPZG/P1240006.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae 24/1/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547438135927-V0LM38021FTFO671BXCU/P2180060.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554338472815-SO1DR09YD8GVJ7LHG35D/Screen+Shot+2019-04-04+at+11.36.13+am.png notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1878 fig. 59 Polichne parvicauda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547437219278-19P4LHJOHDSX8E8J94LV/P2180101.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547437230880-GYUJTH0NFQWIW0SLKM3X/P2180004.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548281878416-ZH9JEW4F9KMJZYQF3BVD/P1230019.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae - 23/1/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548281885380-TE43VURVEUBLIPQ76PZ7/P1230020.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548281925188-7YXEKQ17TVJ98MRZD21M/P1230011.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae - 23/1/19 on same window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548281983711-69DDSQ8WQX44FDNVYDRZ/P1230013.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548282636562-V1PRP90MFW0EOXM96RMR/P1240006.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae 24/1/19 male. see image of type specimen (link below) for female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547437983212-JXVPNSAKMBG145P3QMBA/P2180052.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547437077935-VLFWA6XQ8XJEVG3WB5N4/P2180121.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547438263609-D3H0ZE6HIIJISGKUFOAM/P2180031.jpg notes - Polichne, Phaneropterinae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/14/caedicia monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547501347366-IO3LOE38YE6B1KXAATS9/Screen+Shot+2019-01-15+at+8.27.52+am.png notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae Caedicia longipennis m. a — female — b. rear left hind leg c — sternites, female d — ovipositor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547428911146-IISFUCQ1PHJ16KS3OATI/P2180082.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547425680445-XDN0ECL90I0MPS85VAJU/P2180127.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547424536312-G2PZ1W9PRZ9ONH6CM237/P2180085.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547429068815-35XJQL41891NEFX5EXLM/P2180096.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547428202097-A7NGZJRKT3XSFEFIH9XQ/P2180089.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547426329600-HOUKU7NCDEWO1N9XZWT9/P2180089.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae - spines on ventral side of prothoracic femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547432232162-H719MZLKW8NZHDFYVRDZ/P2180079.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae - spines on ventral side of mesothoracic femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547431960782-91H0N4W119KZ84N2SHIH/P2180069.jpg notes - Caedicia, Phaneropterinae - spines on ventral side of metathoracic femur https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/14/diastella monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547499193574-B14EOUFWGBCW0IR06US1/Screen+Shot+2019-01-15+at+7.52.16+am.png notes - Diastella, Phaneropterinae male - a. wing. b. anterior view of head https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/14/torbia monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1554338392480-EJKTDWGNPZMBWW870CZJ/Screen+Shot+2019-04-04+at+11.36.25+am.png notes - Torbia, Phaneropterinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1878 fig. 58. Torbia perficita female https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/3/22/cavernotettix-unidentified monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211851644-49TPUDYLRNT5J78X8WR7/PA180001.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211866224-Z372YRX6PYCX3T1WZ00H/PA180002.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211881040-AOLS0COUGAW1OFJJHN6M/PA180003.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211893553-QR6DVMDRMQTLC13S2E2U/PA183651.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211907059-MODTDYBKI04IRT22DT8Y/PA183653.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553211921237-VB9RN7Z4KMW8ZPOEUTYY/PA183654.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 18/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212274493-J04YT0QEJG1KP7CPC907/P5040002-4.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212281817-0J321DX6FUK3GRLSEH76/P5040007-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212290422-E70EDPAJYARIACAZTEUY/P5040008-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212301085-W897ZDZ0MAZBY7RJOIEL/P5040010-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212311351-KHKNWQFSM79Q9FXNB9G3/P5040010.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 4/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212447374-B51QNZV1KJQ4WPX11VV2/P5150031.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212478019-CC3K60N4KAYH262KARUG/P5150034.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212492944-89MDJIX44LJY8XTJN4HI/P5150053.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212515379-RHYX82ZE8FOL0BKC6QW5/P5150054.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212536067-QZER9R8YXZM30LY25MQ3/P5150058.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212553156-7J6FJ912VG18K9BF0PAU/P5150060.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212570052-SX0LQC7NAJD95JYM1NZ4/P5150067.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1553212587768-BQ2RTKT3HPOYSVH5QIQ0/P5150071.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 15/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007420771-2HDBGK54SBILITG7Z7JO/P8080023.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - concrete cover housing crickets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000051478-G50Q2O7O1S7AX0IVH1L1/P8070002-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000343979-03FP7T8Y694BT5GFKDGH/P8070006-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000822448-SNYMJ9FOHOGJ01VNPY1V/P8070011-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001344021-J9UDOZXOPATPXVNTYZJX/P8070016-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #1 male body length 13.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001923975-5Q0NII3ZHHO7BFALS5TL/P8070018-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #1 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000499787-D2BQ3YY5PHWN7178BFHT/P8070007-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660000950646-3EQM4KSYYSPHKQW8COOJ/P8070013-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001066755-FYUO6MRQ2U7H12PIBFKP/P8070014-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #3 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660001928357-VQIUPQIG2AOVUL92C425/P8070019-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #2 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006200091-82F3TO2L9IXI0BXX2HJM/P8070026-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - fore &amp; middle femora without spines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660009632129-PMFBKP6CWY2D1BQ7DJHQ/P8070021-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660004171886-7LN8V9GIXM49YS45BBYI/P8070023-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - abdomen dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006051350-3G61DAYEEA3BR3BXYOT3/P8070025-2-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - male genitalia - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660009992592-FN8DBNB1EJSWJMGFFAJP/P8080006-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006637318-DQ2FEX32U879JNA8FHEX/P8070041.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010097390-4N3SVYDXTFBGJGN5O3RU/P8080007-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spines on hind tibia and femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660006795235-OOLVXYX4TQYRYV9W1CKJ/P8070039.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010309630-FW1QFU286WEGQA7VX02K/P8080003-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spines on hind tibia and femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007139733-P1N8N0AC3ONQ1SH0DQOQ/P8070050-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - male genitalia - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010845632-OMWW977LK6JDWY05S69B/P8080001-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010893915-YCLXANQ7CGMWSMVTCBVM/P8080002-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spines on hind femur and tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660010925948-O69J3J23PI8K3OQMG2IW/P8080004-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - body length 15mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660011074894-S0NET4YW5Y98UFOYHBHX/P8080005-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660011142421-E4MER0OQDU5Z2Y9EPHNX/P8080007-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - genitalia dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660011196376-Q2FGHBYVSU4TIIX1T94X/P8080010-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - no spines on fore and mid femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007985018-WNY2D8V1SJYNFV7RUMUP/P8080035.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 10:57 ends of antennae and abdomen still in exuvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660007999969-OQUTJU8GMV283VOT6WSV/P8080043-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 11:21 antennae and abdomen fully extruded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660008038793-NNGKBYXCUQD07B64ZK1F/P8080048-2.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 11:30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660008060788-4AB9I0UQ9Q4C72YS9SQA/P8080053.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 11:35 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660008047923-MTSF6EE3Z0C062ZK290K/P8080052.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 11:45 good view of ovipositor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/b45989cd-8ce5-439b-b47c-1d39dec142fd/P8080018-3.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660012363808-DVZ0S9MWS3HSX308QFEI/P8080006-4.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #4 nymph 5.5mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660013476572-PQVNRAG3OP2YNENV5NNV/P8080017-4.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - #5 nymph 4mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660089043501-LVRPQ1G4E39OV7FMRWWL/P8100006.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660088957240-Z5L4XA4II0YAJYJNATC3/P8100009.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - body length 13.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660089108299-FARS2GI3ZXVF608GSUYV/P8100004.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660015448703-YLEFN4ERRXAAFMAFVFDL/P8090008-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spine on coxa of right foreleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660049767301-8DUIOMFEIILW1WFMSPCZ/P8090001-2-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - spine on coxa of left foreleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660049872827-J6XYEILWHR8F0958DAWS/P8090009.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - 5 teeth on ovipositor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660049962509-3A78Z06F0KK5OWI5CB0L/P8090029.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660051049283-I0GGM6JAUJNBCK1NVC1T/P8090022-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660050261720-MN21D43CEN6KPWTFGWU7/P8090027.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660050996931-UZM4R9LX84XVWYF8853S/P8090036-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - female terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660051771632-V16FCGAK94Z4USFPN1CL/P8090016-Edit.jpg notes - Cavernotettix, Macropathinae - femoral spines https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/3/18/scutigeromorpha-unidentified monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552891941139-DX8FNQ0J5KIHD0YAWSVU/PC030028.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 3/12/16 female laying egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552891865023-4UWBI6C6QZPAK2K1U7Z4/PA080018.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 8/10/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890016404-D358T1YGL89JZCU7V2JE/Screen+Shot+2019-03-18+at+5.19.38+pm.png notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552894276965-AJ5XKRXPDLB3MU8FZKHE/c8df54cf-7ade-4b95-a688-56fd1fbf3257.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae image by Dr. Phil Myers, University of Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890067683-025AD38HTYZE57H76EYN/PC030023-3.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 3/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890155676-VZXDKB2CLJQ25Z4YOVHK/PA080012-Edit.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 8/12/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890191215-E2BVMJ5B87TRE8R55YRV/PA080016-3.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 8/12/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890359269-Q4U9GAGERWIPMQB2WOAX/Screen+Shot+2019-03-18+at+5.25.18+pm.png notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890849569-7MNVDVL8Z3F9YZSF0T6Y/PA080017.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae 8/10/14 - raised red area on tergite surrounding spiracle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890472442-1FCCWQGJHQLHY9HSZU68/PC030025-3.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 3/12/16 white arrow shows raised cuticular saddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890494918-BP36TMVQI52QVICK0QGU/PC030026-3.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 3/12/16 white arrow shows lateral margins of tergite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552890537309-5JHA18T25P2ITDZLVEJI/PC030029-2.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - 3/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892349763-98QRK6Z0Y6V4J3UIJ1PS/Screen+Shot+2019-03-18+at+5.57.34+pm.png notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892471222-A88CV0GYTLYG0DE6G064/Screen+Shot+2019-03-18+at+6.00.39+pm.png notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552892986810-7SHXZR3X4C6VYYLBV5JT/45185dc3-b1a3-4437-b3c9-fd3981546302.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893495372-BSKWGV9UPAS29I5XRN8G/Screen+Shot+2019-03-18+at+6.06.31+pm.png notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893264726-UDSD5J5RGMRJQP8RE5IN/ad368b4c-791d-4720-b708-4037425ab4ac.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - Tamara Leitch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893284493-UPOY5HT6MWGOJ7WLT1WJ/f0d3a487-b789-4c4f-9ddc-31b84e4b6b40.jpeg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - Reiner Richter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552893327913-B0P58LSQVOLHYJI2F9OX/ad81468c-e567-41d6-9ddd-88fda39e6dcc.jpg notes - Allothereua maculata, Scutigeridae - Arthur Chapman https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/16/orgyia-anartoides-painted-apple-moth monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550295098269-LUMORV08RLVEYK5LU2NL/P2090027-2.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) - 9/2/19 ... first caterpillar collected (small) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550295098712-6PUO6FDKAAZ6FDXPLI19/P2090034-2.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550295104204-A7IT789AKVIMK021DUK2/P2090035-2.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550295104241-Z1XCZG4UCAM65Z8IZSLZ/P2090038-2.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550288614707-JSQLMFC47NJV17TQ8OLA/P2140050.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) 14/2/19 - spun cocoon against edge of jar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550288649045-DPIBJIIM72E9ODUHKHC0/P2140052.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) 14/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550293727913-Y9QSGPEWV1JAYWWXTN1A/P2160004-2.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) 16/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550293772262-HCA6MDES2KIT4ZFUQ28V/P2160005-2.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) 16/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552012576882-5N9N4P5723O9FBBBQIJ9/P2240268.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552012590835-H3OQKLEB7RAIXTVGR794/P2240269.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552012619570-E6FTE6NP1XX1GEHENIB6/P2240273.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552012605529-4FA2EYAZBV1ZXLGGOOBS/P2240271.jpg notes - LYMANTRIIDAE: Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/16/hairy-on-allocasuarina monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296797660-2S3ENQHSFOI21UN0S4ZR/P2080055.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296798395-7B35L3G93F95RKIH1JB7/P2080056.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294120096-897FIGHHCWLLEE95OWEI/P2110053.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294119424-QKXWK73I71QN5EGEX6UU/P2110054.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294121855-IFCYAARXA2HIQQOLLASJ/P2110055.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550288180831-8BIAFXTCGX7DXFJVP1PU/P2140038.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina 14/2/19 - feeding well on Allocasuarina (and not showing any interest in available Eucalyptus leaves) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550293837273-M3BZPG1CC0QTNHHWDLG9/P2160007-2.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina 16/2/19 … still feeding well on Allocasurina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550293897169-ZX8B55DBOI0DDBT4GM84/P2160014.jpg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina 16/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1567145109769-98CEK8O00CAKGX46Q9YH/public.jpeg notes - Caterpillar on Allocasuarina Larva of Anthela connexa from Moths of Victoria Part 1. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/16/casuarina-moth monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296510596-BV1J79O9JOGKWBO75HR9/P2080004-2.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296511119-JKWAKOJ72L974G8PACW7/P2080005-2.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296582879-8SUAGMMJFI88YARLWYFT/P2080001-2.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550287988659-GH7QOJTQ3EIUSVC6B72J/P2140027.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae 14/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550293982879-87CQTCXSAMJ8HZ4E4WI8/P2160009-2.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae 16/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550293962182-IHXC0FM7SPNVPGQEEOWG/P2160013.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae 16/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552011839104-5CXEZ5OK4Q182SKMD83U/P2240275.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552011848667-4Z36GQVXLDF5P7GPN2RJ/P2240276.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552011932433-Q0MHZ7ZE2043H9O669YD/P3040195.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae - freshly eclosed female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552012017414-GTZVOUVUHAGYJNMZX54O/P3040187.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae - wingspan ~30mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552011939315-LTT59OLZG57A7XIOAJHD/P3040194.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552012102288-LIZDE1BCGHX6F7M6QFMO/P3040198.jpg notes - Pernattia pusilla (She-oak Moth), Lasiocampidae - empty pupal case https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/16/cup-moth monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550297076087-RYYXE2CBK0UHKO8DL8RY/P2080040.jpg notes - cup moth - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296089785-2AS00DE7VVMGX5BYHZMJ/P2080015-2.jpg notes - cup moth - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296090155-ETVITSNAXDHY9YCUYADG/P2080016-2.jpg notes - cup moth - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294808733-I88S3CA9ZOWOITHC7B1V/P2110012.jpg notes - cup moth 11/2/19 … the two caterpillars collected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294713519-SDR8FOWC80X6EK0N7A44/P2110010-2.jpg notes - cup moth - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294713822-Z2QJTAI1ZV0S1JMXJJI8/P2110015.jpg notes - cup moth - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551586458955-FW8S901ATGK6UBT9EXG8/P3030010.jpg notes - cup moth - 3/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551586459623-TVKZDWTPJSK9UUQKFEAT/P3030014.jpg notes - cup moth - 3/3/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551586462379-706VYMAE3T6VT7FEAUGL/P3030016.jpg notes - cup moth - 3/3/19 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/9/myrmeleontidae-unidentifed monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549715519612-PAKWNU1XYXX5TBIY8FOF/P2080048.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549715602538-1J6085WMKZ1Q8ZXGKOLJ/P2080046.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed Size of Bandidus rydalmerensis according to New 1985: FW 22mm, HW 22mm, A 6mm, Body 18mm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549716445197-549G0CDXMIFCOVQFVL3K/FW+venation+8-2-19+lacewing.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed tracing of forewing of insect from 8/2/19 showing that Rs (yellow text and line) arises distinctly beyond cubital fork (cyan blue text and line) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549840028912-1293S2GC3OJT4VYENGAR/P2080044-3.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed forewing of insect from 8/2/19 with a) cubital spot indicated by black arrow and b) site of phregma indicated by white arrow, showing “thick dark streak extending anteriorly”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549716079999-CIX8PCZUHIC7EM6U6PIH/Screen+Shot+2019-02-09+at+11.40.44+pm.png notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed tracing of forewing venation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549839641025-UH0ZQGZ4202HQGI0R74Y/Screen+Shot+2019-02-11+at+9.53.35+am.png notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed from New 1985 Pt.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549887431879-ZAV1CJ98JJLZZ7RVBXV0/Screen+Shot+2019-02-11+at+11.16.13+pm.png notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed venation of Stenogymnocnemia angusta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549886606677-RCKIT93AXBDSW7J93O7U/5d8694e0-6987-4fd0-a400-f1d77387e2b7.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed from ALA, identified by Donald Hobern as Bandidas rydalmerensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549841292910-QZMAOYBLGVER62INOUEW/P2080050.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed insect from 8/2/19 showing narrow pale band above frontal band (white arrow) and small pale median posterior spot (black arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549841962896-HDXPK45UZANTV1WR4E92/P2080048-2.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed Antennae of insect from 8/2/19 - antennae slender but club is not well defined nor black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549842419974-WQRN50R59KQ5AK4ZO7YB/P2080049-2.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed pronotum of insect from 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549842913859-FIGF4SUH4TJCAPNVCNX0/P2080047.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed thoracic tergites of insect from 8/2/19 are white, with yellowish lateral patches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549843910349-PM208JYCOI364JYYV97S/P2080044-5.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed Abdomen of insect from 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549845335902-NSY9TVUCQK61CIYIE5VN/P2080044-6.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549871699235-Y4YYPAK9W7QO1A3A05BX/P2080047-2.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed white hairs on pleura evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549715693470-65NX7VSOGBC4O7OPHVSI/P2080049.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed femora I and II are black, although with white longitudinal stripes on anterior face; legs long and slender; tibiae slightly longer than tarsi; https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549871975254-PG8QF25X7NRV4UB3NSKN/P2080048-3.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed Pronotum slightly longer than wide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549872080833-5JKSJDVNY4Q9VYCQIUDL/P2080049-3.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed tibiae with dark bands apical and basal (although most basal region is white), setae not only from dark spots but everywhere; tarsus 1 is white, not black; tarsus 2 apex and rest of tarsal segments are black. No sign of tibial spurs. New 1985 states that spurs are long, very slender, extend about to apex of t4. Claws short, slender, about 2/5 length of spurs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549940315248-XURU9555WBECD3FH77IH/Screen+Shot+2019-02-12+at+1.58.12+pm.png notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed 1350 female, apex of abdomen; 1351 sternite VII and genital plate, ventral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549940594846-SLK134LGKH9EMU03PENS/Screen+Shot+2019-02-12+at+1.59.53+pm.png notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed Male genitalia, lateral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549941046392-TJ89307IU0DC8JRZ239V/P2080044-7.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549941047177-P0TMBDFPSQLFOALU6T7U/P2080047-3.jpg notes - Myrmeleontidae unidentifed - lateral view https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/8/bracken-looper monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296371568-QI20YB129YN2Z0AQ0NVK/P2080007-2.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296372541-FP3K79AP50IOSKCSYNN3/P2080008-2.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549613047123-UZV74CX90NFDWW60PH76/P2080139.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae 10/2/19: eating well, on bracken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294272572-JD4LO5809MHYMYOMLAMF/P2110047.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550287771736-9O7GN7ZLXNBNOFDI4RX8/P2140044.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae - 14/2/19 - no longer feeding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550287771731-NUGYDBY3FTDZOLDTN6FS/P2140046.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae - 14/2/19 - laying on floor of enclosure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550288440513-TFW2LC4TN66S81TQTVS3/P2140048.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae - 14/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550288354505-V0IAPJV8TG6FR32V5X0O/P2150003.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae 15/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551697298980-XX2SIHWQPDK72T91B31Y/P3030100.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae 3/3/19: newly eclosed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551697195469-K1YYK4BE5U8QD1QLJN04/P3030097.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551697216443-C7EU02FU7WQJTBXQ3R5N/P3030106.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551697226562-OMNIFEFZV2PUEK8UB65C/P3030112.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551697234980-JRMB9T6VWDH5HZULK8IP/P3030122.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1551738597540-GDWPXTF1GQMEJGIQS8I0/P3030098.jpg notes - Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth), Geometridae the lack of white stripe between the antennae distinguishes this species from the otherwise very similar Idiodes sicculoides https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/8/eucyclodes monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296960108-IR3ACHFTMQFSIDZRSHR4/P2080053.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550296218988-0BBOMT2SZ4VXEC7A3OWQ/P2080009-2.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549612555750-92UAHL3XXJEU04OIPG5Y/P2080052.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294593364-VJTOWZBX68SDV1508H83/P2110003-2.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294457015-IY2XOJ7XE0GJL6ERZMIA/P2110024-2.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550294458246-GAQ16WDCPCCRS1Z9IIYH/P2110026.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae - 11/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550288800023-B9H8KJGEIJ8A5GWQ5CN5/P2160003.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae 16/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550288894732-57FTBMDCIJZ4JKG373MR/P2160002.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae 16/2/19 … having recently stopped feeding, and moving to lie on the bottom of the tank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552008932282-E5VIA1LOAET109UQI92H/P3070020.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552008920509-CEFMMFN3XYBOXN1T7L5O/P3070012.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552008943440-0D4NCF7Y7SZ2YBSS9Q24/P3070022.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1552008953603-G4KCXIN7R5SJ62M37A7G/P3070014.jpg notes - Eucyclodes insperata, Geometridae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/8/neola-semiaurata monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549612252044-IYB37GPHE43MKSET0415/4185756-2.jpg notes - Neola semiaurata, Notodontidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549612251796-6ID97G4ZTNMWEZ29H3ZJ/4185756-3.jpg notes - Neola semiaurata, Notodontidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549612270837-1BKOVGSJ55B47XS11AZZ/4185756-4.jpg notes - Neola semiaurata, Notodontidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549612271338-G8WWF6B1UBZTGQ5EMDU9/4185756-5.jpg notes - Neola semiaurata, Notodontidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549612281736-2TPW5R9MAJ6FEDAUXJGF/4185756.jpg notes - Neola semiaurata, Notodontidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550295323613-SWML7V7A1APCV5NAHA7U/P2080021-2.jpg notes - Neola semiaurata, Notodontidae - 8/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1550295323917-YV23IDD44W2AAPBGP69Q/P2080022-2.jpg notes - Neola semiaurata, Notodontidae - 8/2/19 ... discarded head casual and body exoskeleton https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/6/paratettix monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549423724595-LGDZVA2GU4IU0OVNZ7GW/P2030052-2.jpg notes - Paratettix, Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549423743806-42XBAYPZBRKQQL9HLJZX/P2030053-2.jpg notes - Paratettix, Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549423763966-U2TPE7XG79QOA6KKWX44/P2030054-2.jpg notes - Paratettix, Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549423791162-IMB2PA6FYUUWZIQ4AZFO/P2030056-2.jpg notes - Paratettix, Tetrigidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549423821996-C0TKOZEEZW5IUVRLFS1K/P2030061-2.jpg notes - Paratettix, Tetrigidae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/4/leptotarsus monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549250562134-7P444QF46UKOSABHS9BD/P2010003-2.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 1/2/19 male - very long, almost filiform antennae; long, pale, dense hairs on thorax and head; tubercle above antennae large and densely hairy; rostrum long with prominent nasus; prescutum with 4 brown stripes; scutal lobes, scutellum and postnotal mediotergite of ground colour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549250639017-M8GLZP8Z4DWCBJJKRCKJ/P2010005-2.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae scape large, swollen in middle, fulvous (tawny); pedicel very small; flagellar segments black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549251235233-NMW9X36I0M2ISZRNU7BC/P2010001-2-2.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 1/2/19 male, wing 17mm long, anterior border and stigma brown; wing membrane hyaline with light greyish tint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549251468302-SPND5RE9PWT8147OSW1O/P2010002-2.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae haltere of ground colour with brown knob; legs of ground colour; femora and tibiae dark brown or blackish at apexl apex usually dark brown or blackish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549600601274-CQ98AEMVCL7M28922T2L/P2050041-2.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 4/2/19 caught in web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549253591571-43MVHC97SMGNN1GSAW0Y/Screen+Shot+2019-02-04+at+3.12.48+pm.png notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae from Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1974 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549252701432-G9FPPMSNWQF7E7D6I775/P2010002-2-2.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae cell M1 petiolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549600243001-GN4KAMCVPL0QPEINCKRM/P2040029.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 4/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549253740650-WYAAOGNSZH7WC2N7QS3G/Screen+Shot+2019-02-04+at+3.15.08+pm.png notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae from Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1974 to show difference in wing venation of different species of Leptotarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549253296923-LL4J8X0MKY7ZW8ATFNR4/P2010001-2-3.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae Basal segments fulvous; terminal segments black or dark brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549600410114-3QBE0CNEEQ1FUNBXQ4GV/P2040035.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 4/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549248294647-CK3J86WW3RIG5GAXP1NT/4192202-2.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 1/2/2019 home - tarsi usually dark brown or blackish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549248337353-UG58WUFSMKEUB82ULQGB/4192202-3.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 1/2/2019 home - Legs of ground colour; femora and tibiae dark brown or blackish at apex; https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549248358437-YY3PF4M0ST26DRP7F21C/4192202.jpg notes - Leptotarsus, Tipulidae 1/2/2019 home https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/2/2/campion-callosus monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549136068867-4OIUAJ7P7J2FNCE8QFKA/Screen+Shot+2019-02-03+at+6.33.25+am.png notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae forewing Fig. 510 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549106651089-GTZUXEB5E638C8D4TQ9L/forewing+venation.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae forewing venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549106948690-XS6SVSAJGNAI32DX5X5Y/forewing+venation+02.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae forewing venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549136095781-KUROQ1UOU8FTHJMBOX45/Screen+Shot+2019-02-03+at+6.33.33+am.png notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae hindwing Fig. 511 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549106787511-WV01Z7Z7X487R5QQMJST/hind%2Bwing%2Bvenation.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae hindwing venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549106997191-CJ8LUCKBD8ZXM84Z6BP2/hindwing+venation+02.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae hindwing venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549107415040-J8AZSVH2J2IUVI75D56W/P2010011.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae 1/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549107973826-FIGVOO5IKTJ98GF1P4KC/Screen+Shot+2019-02-02+at+10.17.58+pm.png notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549108007034-1KHTTSC8YC3YVAKQC7I5/P2010009.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549108053376-155V2J2W49ODE4NNSG02/P2010021.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549109230222-W7B49TFA5MCAAAFHM4PW/P2010013.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549109340218-GQDKKJUSP8SXX1O89CPP/P2010011.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549108907498-6EL1YRIX58IAFNVVUR73/P2010019.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549109396687-C1OWHC2N085WXJ1YJVVU/P2010011.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549109461779-ZOQ8AFZ9XRQOP2MT7Z4B/P2010006.jpg notes - Campion callosus, Mantispidae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/31/uraba-lugens monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548891235775-C1N8PO6E3LU0HOCWKV61/4191950.jpg notes - Uraba lugens 19/3/12 laid on E. cypellocarpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548891336230-VGCH1G13D4K64LHI0SSF/4191950-2.jpg notes - Uraba lugens hatching of this clutch on 20/4/12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898009643-8LPJAFLCG5ZX9DB9GMO8/PA260072.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 26/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898010069-0QG28RJ4VQ23HSEURTXL/PA260080.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 26/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898012825-ZA4UWC1T6DQINI4B8ZFE/PA260086.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 26/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898097298-R2LEHBCOZU0JKU8BCLPY/PA050032.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 5/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898097300-DBPWZX956W9GZPPENH95/PA050039.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 5/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898102415-ECADOQ9ZQEA4YXDGUVQE/PA050040.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 5/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898103171-NSAPAK8K775ZN59TUJ73/PA050044.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 5/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898197425-07UB5NWIBAKRUW73C1S5/P1160049.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 16/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548898197855-W2OZWUJZ9LM7OFLAQ76F/P1160061.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 16/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549107601381-ERW0A4VYQWQ8EWA15FAK/4192220.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 1/2/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549107701870-798DCP8SUC839TG6SNJ4/4192220-2.jpg notes - Uraba lugens - 1/2/19 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/26/zaclotathra-oligoneura monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548464978043-7A0IWW696063WBGPB0BF/P5090011.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465022303-782HR4YMYBL6WP8BJ7XM/P2040010.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae female 4/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465120521-71BAEFBCP7GOLWE0TNJJ/P2040008.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465229401-IOOZCG8VQFAJTHQD8DXP/P2040005.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae female 4/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465338125-ZB590D4753AYYE7TTM66/P5034917.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae male 3/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465726121-47WW1PQCMDGYQ4KLR5OL/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-01-26%2Bat%2B11.05.55%2Bam.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae Chopard 1951 Fig. 60 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465465026-KI6RT07BSWBWDHAD6F16/P5034916.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae male 3/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465628381-ZABEWKG1LNA6RVTY3NA2/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-01-26%2Bat%2B11.05.30%2Bam.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae Chopard 1951 Fig. 46 male forewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465537087-6L25PNO2KCMAQ5JAWWLQ/P5090011.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae male 10/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548465682077-U55D32GX1SOSE7LZMXMA/P2040008.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549713128662-WZSKSQUFMQ0N8BRYR9I1/P2090047-2.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae female on house wall, 9/2/19 2pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549713195263-20X5SQW43UBW5TO4AJ4T/P2090048-2.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae female on house wall, 9/2/19 2pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548462713070-DG4RTJBGJOX0QX4648SB/Screen+Shot+2019-01-26+at+11.31.31+am.png notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae male fw venation Otte and Alexander fig. 199K https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548462836110-60KHX2BFFXH0OO7JFNUY/Screen+Shot+2019-01-26+at+11.33.16+am.png notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae male genitalia Otte and Alexander fig. 198H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548463552745-6JEH4GHH87BCCP3WGV6P/P2040005.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae - has laid eggs in dish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548463558110-74MAJB897OF255NBA0ST/P2040008.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548463563198-670PG51UX2C9BZED3P1S/P2040010.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548467132442-FVI0L0MUOJ41P8PPJY9E/P8120196.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548464473770-74BEYT9SI22FQQVRRLBZ/P5034912.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548464483296-YR9ZA0IKAUS2MHK9K9OT/P5034911.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548464513109-94I564SK6EMXWL7B4N4E/P5034914.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548464523702-FAUJSC7A92AIP2LLGFCZ/P5034916.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548463676509-RVXHACAYHJCHDO3EZPGT/P5090011.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548463681924-P645HGA2BRF4SD8AJBZK/P5100002.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548463686780-MUMDVU9DX7EWF59A8DVN/P5100003.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548463704937-SAFRPIME12QEUK4KGD7E/P5100004.jpg notes - Zaclotathra oligoneura, Phalangospidae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/25/gryllotalpa-mole-cricket monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548399552787-SCGCWM6TF2T5A4P5MDRB/P2145662.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae male: found near biolytix on 14/2/13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548399813289-S9Y4CCVYTINVPHZOUKZJ/P2147175.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae male: found near biolytix on 14/2/13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548399879994-3IBVF3E7JRF6Z5BYDACL/P2145657.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548400751474-TZ0C9F2GK49ACH96PKIL/Screen+Shot+2019-01-25+at+6.17.02+pm.png notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae - Otte &amp; Alexander Fig. 355C https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548400164015-E4BMS5M7F9XCMMA0GMKB/P2145662-2.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548399596140-O8PCJIBU4S0E39UGB6UV/P2145647.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae - Male FW 14/2/13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548400675887-B3NIYZBJ6XNAGGWIWW76/Screen+Shot+2019-01-25+at+6.17.24+pm.png notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae - Otte &amp; Alexander Fig. 353H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548400435993-GUL29WT2IDBMKCD9ZLF5/Screen+Shot+2019-01-25+at+6.11.39+pm.png notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae Otte and Alexander Fig. 354E Leg I showing inner (left) and outer (right) faces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548401130162-NPQOP00IUZL1CDHE2BF5/P2147175-4.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae - inner face leg I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548401080374-QQBW2BQGXYF1SBKYVV32/P2145646-2.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae - outer face leg I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548401274109-2YVGVUK05GUI2QJIL7J3/P2145657-2.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548400541357-9XT4DPTWTU6EXAAEQLWO/Screen+Shot+2019-01-25+at+6.15.23+pm.png notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae Otte and Alexander Fig. 354L Tibia III showing inner (left) and outer (right) faces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548401451844-OKD7BIN5EH24O3SCL6CV/P2147175-5.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae - tibia III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548401466315-16GT8UYDBDJUL132NKO6/P2145649-2.jpg notes - Gryllotalpa, Gryllotalpidae - tibia III https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/22/conocephalus monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548124791657-DHPF5O3SQKGRZSACBKQP/P1080019-2.jpg notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae male 8/1/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548124843528-TQK0DXDGI1AXVL09M2IF/P1080024-2.jpg notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae female nymph 8/1/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548124882821-BFRJM0D2E15MLJ3HDSK2/P1220005.jpg notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae female 22/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548124956347-TMQGT5N5T9MHTCSXH81D/P1220012.jpg notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae female 22/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548124979637-E7K2NX1ZU08U518KWE1U/P1260089.jpg notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae female 26/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557277499676-6VFCZAR3C2FC5AL5YMJO/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+11.04.27+am.png notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557277577266-57TZJZZ048DMAY5W7AF2/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+11.05.57+am.png notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557277683597-18NCGIMP7EDV8WEI9EAE/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+11.07.40+am.png notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae dorsal and (b) externolateral views of cercus of male C. semivittatus. 7. C.s.semivittatus. 8,9. C.s.vittatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557275809482-J4AAG4NLVWSU1UO0I2GY/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+10.35.42+am.png notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae posterodorsal view of male tenth tergite of C. upoluensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557275270126-FE9T4V4Q4LDSD610G67H/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+10.25.38+am.png notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae - C. semivittatus semivittatus dorsal view of left male cercus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557275281703-7KAYWG4R47L7933LO1SO/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+10.26.17+am.png notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae - C. semivittatus vittatus (typical) dorsal view of left male cercus and externolateral view of cercus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557275294343-2XDRAR8B7BT8D0AFAMH2/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+10.26.47+am.png notes - Conocephalus, Conocephalinae - C. upoluensis Dorsal view of left male cercus and posterior view of internal spine https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/22/apotrechus-unicolor monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548113297109-256QR14I88SBK9DUQ68I/Screen+Shot+2019-01-22+at+10.27.25+am.png notes - Apotrechus unicolor Apotrechus illawarra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548113560986-LRDTSL8PWGJDTFB0YXFG/Screen+Shot+2019-01-22+at+9.24.11+am.png notes - Apotrechus unicolor Fig. 49 from Brunner von Wattenwyl 1888 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548113664458-JWOUT48Q4A778HAPE53O/P6050030-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor male found in wood heap 5/6/17 35mm body length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548113434378-7M1QRXXF3WIL7YN1KEVY/P6050035-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548114219181-H7PBYT043K6YAB9V6PJZ/P6050009-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548114362250-IDZNBRJ5R9BLPLP0ZYLE/P6050008-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548114681849-X67S7VBR5BNJAK11Y02H/P6050005-2-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - 4 spines on anterior margin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548115033391-YPC5G8YG5POYN30PF4WK/P6050020-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - 5 spines on posterior margin, apical minute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548114837990-DSJ7PUKKJTYDPAPVDTKA/P6050033-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - apical spine minute (arrowed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548115376756-HC97L2Y87252EA6U8STR/P6050009-2-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - 4 spines on anterior margin middle tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548115392889-3U3HWQJGSXFS1QPE8EUD/P6050011-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - 4 spines on anterior margin middle tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548115401313-QP0QYRDF0S2LIKGZUD09/P6050012-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - 4 spines on posterior margin middle tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548115748247-136SKNYPXZXOIY4I3NPN/P6050005-2-3.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - hind leg dorsal apical spur and ventral spine arrowed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548116139755-ELKAOZG26873LWBAZCMK/P6050030-2-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - hind tibia apex with 2 minute spurs dorsally, ventrally with 4 spines preceded by 2 elongate, sub-apical spines positioned parallel to each other on leg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548117439489-WLG67KCK4Y5729UEKEUI/P6050034-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor rows of pegs on tergites 2 and 3 arrowed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548118055630-WYPK6E7JGJJN4MSZL1JG/Screen+Shot+2019-01-22+at+11.47.03+am.png notes - Apotrechus unicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548118079504-JDAFDS0QIPJYG3V3ZKAW/P6050013-2.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548116928242-89GT00AS28CD8Q4WVMRB/P6050005-2-3.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548119367773-UB6QUXK4F5R2QLWKZUU5/P9180912.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor - 18/9/13 female found amongst foliage of fallen Eucalyptus sieberi branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548119379775-758A8308ZC8ZWMOOKEYW/P9180913.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor Ovipositor protrudes just beyond tip of abdomen for a short distance. Hind tibia subcylindrical, dorsal surface flattening near apex and slightly arched subapically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548119390155-LPMG4R82N2HJH5CFLB9S/P9180915.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor Fore tibia with 5 spines on both margins on ventral surface. Middle tibia with 4 or 5 spines on each margin of ventral surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548119397765-NENS7FC2USCKC0D8SIZ5/P9180920.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor antennal scape and pedicel straw brown, contrasting with darker brown flagellum. note dorsal apical spine on posterior margin of middle femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548119794338-GUAY3CN2ZUSXYJD3IZTZ/P9180918.jpg notes - Apotrechus unicolor 18/9/13 female found on branch that fell from silvertop ash https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/3/water-striders-gerridae-gerrinae monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546467349413-HDT4Y9MQNGZRQYI20B20/PC250287.jpg notes - Water Striders (Gerridae: Gerrinae) Large numbers, mostly paired, on beachside lagoon (Wonboyn, NSW 25/12/18) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546467586656-M3F2WH1RIR7VSZGH4A2U/Screen+Shot+2019-01-03+at+9.18.55+am.jpg notes - Water Striders (Gerridae: Gerrinae) Extract from Anderson & Weir (1997), page 207 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547962897072-3KFJRZW4X2QLE99JHHCC/PC250309.jpg notes - Water Striders (Gerridae: Gerrinae) Tenagogerris euphrosyne 25/12/18: Nadgee Nature Reserve (Greenglades) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547963036011-96D2OOKOGHZOT2Q7QZ99/PC250276.jpg notes - Water Striders (Gerridae: Gerrinae) Tenagogerris euphrosyne 25/12/18: Nadgee Nature Reserve (Greenglades) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/8/stick-insect monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546909796217-11244A76YGJB99ZUE0J2/P1080008.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546909833377-VUI9VRJRZ0AIHL7VRJ1T/P1080011.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546909969892-CGI4SHO36FLP5WS9LOG4/P1080021.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546910093886-94P800I3QL92ABTG4IH7/P1080022.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546923978743-RWXQEZP8WSXYBR2MVZEB/P1080001-3.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae lateral views of the terminal segments of this female - the orange structure is the tip of the operculum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546907823077-OLCW5UQ38KVSZXD9RW7F/P1080045.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546909572474-DI9DXWZ93UFWX8XCGLCE/P1080002.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546909593368-75GS9OFIAZBVJOUXKBFK/P1080003.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546909665333-MCJY6K0YKI6HTOKOZ1XP/P1080048.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546909602118-W2EWJLC9S8PYQ5DU7ST9/P1080007.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546911254305-PGYIFDSGU2CCCG17QZYR/P1080047.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546920775247-QD9QNNN4R9JZ55KBSZ3T/P1180003.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546920813829-QXZCBLOJ8Q4VA1THGQOG/P1180004.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546920843946-CJTV6UW1LMYC3WEFQK0M/P1180006.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546921921210-M3E0SG3B4Z1QKN1ROIX3/P1180007.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546921940971-VS5VSQ7RSYSY78XR9IP6/P1180008.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546921964643-A8T3GYPX8WNPX82MIQYP/P1180009.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae insect from 18/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546922266176-VPW80EHYNZF388UF6OGN/P1080003-3.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae insect from 8/1/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549601008036-W13FDZVWB0SWP2NE82XF/P2070005.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549601085019-8JCW3UYS1XT0DKNOTV03/P2070007.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549601129850-J1REQRIGFIZ2C44ELKZ1/P2070016.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547035265803-GMDVJJY85WI6U95DSGBA/Candoviaaberratafemale_R.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae Candovia aberrata - female: Image from Paul Brock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547035352744-QLOEVP0BQ1X5N5JKNYD7/Candoviaaberratamale2R.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae Candovia aberrata - male: Image from Paul Brock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547069494033-IXMCLUZAS5SI16R8A9P0/Candovia+aberrata+Gordon+Claridge+BowerBird-2.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae This image is from the only record on the ALA of Candovia aberrata. (from Gordon Claridge, collected in Lockyer Valley). The female is strikingly similar to my green female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1547035772214-IJZQHHEHIYHP6M5UDSIT/Candovia+aberrata+EVANS+HEAD_R.jpg notes - Candovia aberrata (Aberrant Stick-insect) Diapheromeridae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2018/12/27/psednura monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545883441778-660SY6LCD60WFMTC3U2R/PC250319.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae - number 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545883444570-X2RFEJZIU9CL1B96CWRI/PC250313.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae - number 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545883458677-09REOJKV4UZVYT0SPIVA/PC260067.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae - number 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545883470371-CX5Y8JRED9IP2ZW7O1HM/PC260045.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae - number 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545879718944-SLGZ8IRLH0LGW87S8EEY/Screen+Shot+2018-12-27+at+1.50.31+pm.png notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae Image extracted from Kekeunou et al, page 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545881497329-7451OGSKV4KRI59BW8N0/PC250319.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae male (lateral view of insect #1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545881616063-YJI4LWCRDJ461L8SWX14/PC260056.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae female (ventral view of insect #2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545885721054-LD8QRLFEZTXK8HC11FM6/PC260081.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545885715507-PYWZRZAP2L6Y3BVLSQO6/PC260083.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545885712554-C8M6P89ZJ9ZAXUA472N7/PC260085.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545885708189-2K2UD8G5MRYXP3S4E7DY/PC260086.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545882653495-GWN32T0ADX35MX2NVA9F/PC260083-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae female ovipositor (lateral view) … image rotated to help with comparison to diagrams 40 & 51 (below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545869076555-Q8R8IP7JI9AU09WITNJ3/Screen+Shot+2018-12-27+at+11.04.22+am.png notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae Extract from Key, 1972 - page 36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545868882201-AK21EAZVZRCLERSZH08U/Screen+Shot+2018-12-26+at+6.06.00+pm.png notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae Extract from Key, 1972 - page 49 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545868613965-I0DO4VHFVGSIERTHWGWK/Screen+Shot+2018-12-26+at+6.04.17+pm.png notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae Extract from Key, 1972 - page 34 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545887058482-5LEJ6G7UIN4LS3N3FWU1/Screen+Shot+2018-12-27+at+4.03.06+pm.png notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae Extract from Key, 1972 - page 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548134417475-X7AWRAX3G0I26OJAWS9G/P1200029-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548134405697-MD9KF9N4EZOKSPM34KPO/P1200025-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548134301080-C6BCJB19BJ0B1Z7IHBKU/P1200052-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548134320054-V84GAA5E56ZYD9BVPGXE/P1200056-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548134306887-K37NOGQVZD60UINSLG1Z/P1200043-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1548134331334-QUJSDM1YKP8W7AWN5AAK/P1200057-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557551773533-M2H47J4ZMBSL8GYY8LLT/P1200052-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae close up of genitalia of mating pair in copulo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1549236424124-DRFRUI0OWTQFWL60GF32/Screen+Shot+2019-02-04+at+10.26.31+am.png notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539388330-DCO92WGSM0JCC1IMLH7K/P5030002.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae smallest insect - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557546214655-WSWTFJ0YQ510P2K8WMLB/P5030025-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557538951707-W4UM8QV0S0P0QJ3KC9ZJ/P5039643.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae lateral view of mouthparts of smallest insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539044681-GZV7P60WGHYIWTGK9P65/P5039646.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae ventral view of mouthparts of smallest insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539118314-WIAHAIZ514ZTHVITLIIP/image-asset.jpeg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae ventral view of mouthparts of smallest insect (prothoracic legs removed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539476313-35FMQEW7IIN92DO60F33/P5030005.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae terminalia of smallest insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557543479226-5Y3PW729NAMGH4QFTRIG/P5039665.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae terminalia of smallest insect - ventral view. Note very long epiproct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557543263237-40DTYHDFCJ9IYRHD9FK0/P5119868.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae dorsal view of same animal with the long epiproct dissected away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539576148-EHTJMSO5NFTN3S0U2YEN/P5030010.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae medium sized insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539701484-PB1D3NVA2Y1O9IL7PA6C/P5030014.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae medium sized insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539801423-3HE7BP0GGP3YJRQ3EQG2/image-asset.jpeg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae terminalia of medium sized insect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557546340341-MK4I2ICQ0WL8V5MEZ99J/P5039682-Pano.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae ventral view of terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557546376057-DRXX8T52VKVINL4XFOKA/P5039709.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae lateral view of terminalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557548753354-K0TX1Z4QF9XURP54A4VF/P5119873.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae dorsal view of terminalia - epiproct removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557539871227-QISZBXJ2O1ZQFLVUMOS9/P5030017-2.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae largest insect - female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1557546299252-0T9CI9IB3ZTWFSN5BAY3/P5039751.jpg notes - Psednurini, Psednura, and sexing Pyrgomorphidae https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2018/12/24/paragryllacris-combusta monthly 0.5 2025-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/a8e67403-38ff-46e4-82de-f084bc4da74e/Screenshot+2025-06-08+at+4.52.04%E2%80%AFpm.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545966066582-2IHSFQ6LRR9O6WEFCD9H/Screen+Shot+2018-12-28+at+1.59.12+pm.png notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545966262318-VGI56SAFCCH3T2DC7V1F/Screen+Shot+2018-12-28+at+2.03.31+pm.png notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545804747069-D692YUUOYKDGPXKOFFZ6/Fig.9+from+Rentz+%26+John.png notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Paragryllacris combusta Fig.9 Rentz &amp; John, 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545805632138-7XQ80Q7QMO9UI464RELG/P3060017.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545811156848-N13IRD5N9AX00EQM9IHB/P3060033.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545808486133-DC67WH5W929D107CH8KG/P3060017.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545819665324-LGX4MQ1VT09TYQY3RSSF/P3060042-2.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545812067548-DV7A0Z3F57VC9HANMHW3/P3060033-2.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545812077490-2UFI5ZEBH5O4MEAXO0OG/P3060044.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545811517059-7TLEV5GFC9K3UAEOEJ02/P3060053.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545810338047-4Q330OSB5LYP0CWKFUSU/Screen+Shot+2018-12-26+at+6.42.08+pm.png notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - female subgenital plate, ventral view - Fig.157 from Rentz &amp; John, 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545810360052-0UNV9IWL9LGAZ82Q9YS6/P3060006.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 - latero-ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545810425815-Y6ZM24GKKDPKT52SQWNH/P3060002.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545813031252-OAOG96Q5OPMSB0PIUM92/P3060039.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545909405649-5QDWKAE9J1QO3XZSNQ7T/wing+venation+Paragryllacris+combusta.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae based on Plate 5, Fig. 3 in Karny (1937) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545815176950-AIZ347X5GPT859L1UQP5/P3060033.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545815291064-K94M2ICBWW5ZGN7H8ZMN/P3060011.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545912673118-VYDNNJUFODI0SU5ZNPQ1/P3060042.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545968351807-AN627EO6NMBC8WFVX9JK/Screen+Shot+2018-12-28+at+2.35.35+pm.png notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - from Karny, 1937 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545968663742-DT3R4TLHYUQPEO3QNDWE/3410225-5.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545968915781-K3G90YUK6CTKFB8X32FE/3894349.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 8/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545969181978-SZMZ1ZCTZA3RAKHKITYE/21075-1.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Brogo, 22/11/06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545812323668-0YZ2RXRZ0VSIRBP2H09B/P3060034.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Wonboyn, 6/3/14 Body length 32mm, ovipositor 22mm, wing length 36mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545815813272-4H3P9OKEMDBQUACUSU1Q/Photo+8-12-2015+1.43.59+PM.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Wonboyn, 8/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545824292328-8RRIT78LPLJF9GOITYKZ/3359737.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Brogo, 22/11/06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545970712398-CWTM5CNC37NJVMDETN6F/3897180.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 10/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545970732918-26ZA4ORHELWS4UZ50KRM/3871030.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Bournda NP, 9/11/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545912090921-ZLKGJ96H1TVQVXT52YYR/P3060042-2.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545911700454-FEQ5QWGV3NKMIXBPH46K/P3060007.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545911796889-03NLLO1I3IX1K7Z3YLKJ/P3060044.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545814219026-DXKFO25PPHHIOBCUUFAO/P3060057.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545814228565-O2RS2A2F4EG22JUUFAIO/P3060037.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545814381218-1EROX6KQE9JMU2AZ65Q0/P3060001-2.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545971754734-CODVKCUAOMMU3USLCP9T/IMG_0360.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Fig. 9 from Karny 1929 showing subgenital plates of male (left, ventral view; middle, lateral view) and female (right, ventral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545973335350-P18BPD6AT3OD2748RNPI/P3060006.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - female - ventrolateral view Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545973354931-GNQA5FWEBZT4FPYRES4Y/P3060002.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - female - ventral view Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545973386236-ZSHXOMN35JT3QEEOXQ1U/P3060039.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae - female - lateral view Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545974425171-7GYQZ8BBT4VQ20C036FZ/wing+venation+Paragryllacris+combusta.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545807465105-Y8N8LPYDJFZNNGK66N56/P3060010-2.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Forewing venation - Wonboyn, 6/3/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545803332343-QNKI58C63HFIH2M2536X/Jeeves+P_combusta.jpg notes - Paragryllacris combusta (Raspy Cricket), Gryllacrididae Forewing venation - Wonboyn, 8/12/15 https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2018/12/23/genus-rhopaea monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545543866953-P5D6DDHL3FG07ALUHOMI/PC220041.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae Fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545544536881-8FRMSO1VVR6WSCZRGYX8/PC238882.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae Fig. 2. arrow shows most posterior spiracle visible beneath elytra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545541946390-BPP5QSBTXDNHKUBXMOBK/PC220040-2.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae Fig. 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545542030498-9TNH4SZJLSVXSLGILHYM/PC238875.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae Fig. 4 antenna dissected from male, length of club = 2.8mm: normal range = 2.6-3.6mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545542297098-8WG8GRWGWLAHMBXGG1K5/PC230001.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae - Fig. 5a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545542303859-BKYJJES5BAWRDBQWWJKF/PC220042.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae - Fig. 5b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545542319712-JL65KML1C8FWCCBBUIKT/PC220029.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae - Fig. 5c https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545545018618-P9IRBVWZAY5QUHM7A4NO/PC220032.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae - Fig. 5d https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545542412374-N2RO7AIMQUUFXUI1UJPK/PC238877.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae Fig. 6 tarsus of right middle leg showing outer claw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545553126809-TPS614OMKYZGP7NVGFPX/PC238898.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae - Fig. 7a - postero-ventral view of aedaegus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545551839199-NBOXDNSNGWRBKKG02JJQ/PC238883.jpg notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae - Fig. 7b - lateral view of aedaegus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545525073016-VXA2ZO9BG7N8CRR6OISJ/Screen+Shot+2018-12-23+at+11.30.52+am.png notes - Rhopaea verreauxi (Cocksfoot Grub), Melolonthinae List of Australian Rhopaea species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545525364298-2VUMA6QMPU78JRX2HRLV/Screen+Shot+2018-12-23+at+11.33.55+am.png notes - 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Melolonthinae (key to tribes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545522686788-V7OBT3F6JHCWWNRPLPX2/Screen+Shot+2018-12-23+at+10.48.43+am.png notes - Melolonthinae (key to tribes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545522726224-Q8PG9EQ78V3A7BQ4M89K/Screen+Shot+2018-12-23+at+10.48.59+am.png notes - Melolonthinae (key to tribes) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2018/12/28/nomia-bees monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545971535405-YOKEOXLR3QRM0782HWNT/PC280072.jpg notes - Lipotriches (Nomia bees) Cluster on low bushes near house, 28th Dec 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545971563521-NPVX9HRLDH783IWKJ6D6/PC280068.jpg notes - Lipotriches (Nomia bees) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1545971560601-5TE4UFKVFNY4ZMRSEV7T/PC280070.jpg notes - Lipotriches (Nomia bees) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1546918765015-IOG16UOR965QDJLBAILK/IMG_0992.jpg notes - 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fate of a march fly Orthetrum caledonicum … I was surprised to find myself at the centre of this dragonfly’s attention. It repeatedly circled me before landing again on its favoured perch, facing me every time. So I looked back at it, closely … and the behaviour suddenly made sense. That biting hoard of tabanid flies plaguing me? … the perfect dragonfly smorgasbord! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644014559103-IE5IVDKC1TC7MYMUE9F2/P1220130.jpg January 2022 - fate of a march fly Orthetrum caledonicum … I was surprised to find myself at the centre of this dragonfly’s attention. It repeatedly circled me before landing again on its favoured perch, facing me every time. So I looked back at it, closely … and the behaviour suddenly made sense. That biting hoard of tabanid flies plaguing me? … the perfect dragonfly smorgasbord! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101816882-WTJTMRU8SMBY09MY4C1K/P1170260.jpg January 2022 - cicadas back on the menu Galanga labeculata (Spotted Wattle Cicada). There are at least 3 species thrumming in the forest this month. This rather small species, along with the even smaller Black Squeaker (Atrapsalta encaustica), calls from the shrub layer, while the loud, pulsating sounds of Green Grocers (Cyclochila australasiae) fill the canopy. All are favoured foods for the local kingfishers and kookaburras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101839700-H8TZLA26KN18I6W2RBR1/P1250136.jpg January 2022 - surprisingly vulnerable Atrax sutherlandi. Despite their fearsome reputation, soft-bodied, slow-moving funnelweb spiders like this large female are at risk from predators. She would provide a highly desirable meal for a kookaburra, lyrebird or bush rat. A good reason for staying out of sight, under a fallen log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101849247-5GNMFUADPA3QOI6AG8L3/P1250145.jpg January 2022 - attack as defence Atrax sutherlandi. She’s vulnerable … but not defenceless. The classic funnelweb pose – reared back, fangs exposed and dripping venom – may be enough to deter at least some predators. Failing that, she can resort to a painful bite. But the hunting bird or rat wouldn’t die. The venom is only deadly in primates. Having accidentally disturbed her (and taken the opportunity for a few photos), we replaced the log and so restored her protective cover. Gently. Carefully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644106072523-QY77KFX94T91WP1SDHY2/P2040068.jpg January 2022 - food-filled talons Accipiter cirrocephalus (Collared Sparrowhawk). These birds breed here each Summer … no doubt taking a heavy toll on the populations of small birds. We have even seen them in pursuit of the Sacred Kingfishers. This is one of the juveniles. The unfortunate prey? Unidentifiable, but definitely a bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644106018991-U10YC65UB4I8OKAXUJF8/P2040016.jpg January 2022 - juvenile sparrowhawk, calling loudly Accipiter cirrocephalus (Collared Sparrowhawk). The juveniles have now fledged, so there are at least 4 hungry hunters at work … perhaps as many as 6! Collared Sparrowhawks can have 2-4 young, and we see (and hear!) the young ones all day, every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644031007690-Y5XRUGAAVC2RZNKPNY15/P1240314.jpg January 2022 - thornbills have fledged Acanthiza pusilla (Brown Thornbill) - juvenile. At least some of the small birds have managed to escape the marauding predators. So far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644031026895-E141NME62MQQ73KEZHSR/P1240330.jpg January 2022 - protective parents Acanthiza pusilla (Brown Thornbill). The parent scolds me as I pass through their territory – a wattle thicket with dense understorey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101855169-VHP3NRU46IBFAHLD5CTA/P1270294.jpg January 2022 - both scavenger and predator Varanus varius (Tree Goanna, Lace Monitor). We were alerted by the frenzied screams of the Sacred Kingfishers. Their nest of several seasons, high in an Angophora, was under attack. While we quietly backed the birds, we did not (and could not) intervene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101857745-JI63CA5Q3R1UX2TXJQDL/P1270460.jpg January 2022 - beaks defeated by thick skin and strong claws The Sacred Kingfishers have successfully raised chicks in this same nest for many years. It seemed safe and inaccessible … a small opening, at the end of an overhanging branch. Yet despite the precarious location and the best efforts of both parents, the goanna was undeterred. It was a large lizard, the nest hole too small. But after about an hour of ripping and tearing at the surrounding bark, the marauder prevailed. We watched on as it swallowed all 3 chicks. The bereft parent birds left the forest within days, no doubt heading north – several weeks ahead of schedule. [if you really want to see the action, Paul recorded the final moments in a short video - link to Vimeo] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101928030-3U593WWDE4TDZFW33Y6G/P1160250.jpg January 2022 - bullant on bullant Myrmecia forficata (?) The victim here is the same species as the attacker. Although not dead it was clearly being hauled away by the tenacious aggressor … reluctantly but inexorably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644031987625-8JXOOHR576QA6HG0NBJB/P1170022.jpg January 2022 - a huge predatory fly This month has seen the return of various robber flies, in force. Large, small; colourful, plain. All on the hunt for insect prey. This is Neoaratus hercules … a massive insect, fast-flying and strong. They can be as large as 4cm in length, and have a reported preference for hunting the introduced honey bee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644032440920-U0VPO4EGDN0A1PYN5ITH/P1160218.jpg January 2022 - a valuable pollinator Eristalinus punctulatus. We had never seen this species here before this month, and suddenly they’re everywhere! Recent flood events have apparently created ideal conditions for them – the larvae feed on wet, rotting vegetation. Once you get past a fascination with the eyes, you notice the liberal dusting of pollen grains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644033881055-5IKMG89GWT825I21PXXW/P1200216.jpg January 2022 - a highly visual predator Adversaeschna brevistyla. Those huge, beautiful eyes are central to the life of this aerial predator. Dragonflies detect and process images more than 3x faster than humans, and have superb colour vision. Indeed, dragonflies are reported to have an ‘ultra-multicolour’ view of the world – not the simple red-blue-green trichromatic world we see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644035297504-E5NJ23OODOT6YTZ08VCK/P1100063.jpg January 2022 - photographers love dragonflies Hemicordulia australiae. I see a resting dragonfly and I just can’t resist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644029195542-GRYC2YXY25MW27L9UBQ0/P1250517.jpg January 2022 - mating dragonflies Hemicordulia australiae … Australian Emeralds. While the male grips the female by the neck throughout, she appears to take the lead in their eventual coupling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644014475049-9T9MP7K2IB3WI7NK1HM1/P1240271.jpg January 2022 - Blue Skimmer dragonfly Orthetrum caledonicum … the most common dragonfly of the Summer here in the forest. Our little frog pond is one of their favoured breeding sites. Female or young male? … I’m really not sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644034548852-A23IFUDR2TP5NJY8SQ8X/P1190010.jpg January 2022 - patrolling male Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail). This native species is a common sight around gardens, as the caterpillars feed on plants in the family Rutaceae – which includes lemon trees. The notched wing is the classic sign of a near-miss encounter with a bird’s beak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644034587339-YPIR1GY8D53SRKYVROA8/P1210024.jpg January 2022 - same male, this time with a mate Papilio aegus. Paul saw the large female flying about with the male clinging below. And it turns out that this is the same male he’d photographed 2 days before – the notched right forewing is the giveaway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644034588343-PR2A8QVQV7BUMYZJOMQ8/P1210281.jpg January 2022 - an extended coupling Papilio aegus. The pair remained coupled, hanging in the same spot, from 6pm until 11am the following day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644035416146-LQTGI9G3QTHUBL4RAW90/P1200088.jpg January 2022 - a more cryptic butterfly couple Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue). With wings closed, and nestled in the leaf litter, these little butterflies seem well hidden from visual predators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644013803999-V4P5L616BRKEM4MVF1TH/P1240309.jpg January 2022 - a better year for males of this species Lissopimpla excelsa This male is resting and preening – and with no Cryptostylis orchids flowering this year, his life is probably more productive than it might have otherwise been. [to see what distracted these wasps a year ago, revisit Paul’s “Sexual deception” blog of Dec 2020 - link] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101801618-A0B0Q07Y8DRB45QF5XZ3/P1170059.jpg January 2022 - sand wasps are still breeding Austrogorytes (?). The females stock their underground nests with paralysed leafhoppers. She closes the burrow entrance when she’s off hunting, so has to dig it open each time she returns with a bug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101820893-XY7TPVTK9OP0V65G3VWW/P1170174.jpg January 2022 - a species I got to know well last year Sphodrotes. This male is displaying the behaviour typical of the species: perched atop a low plant; antennae waving; turning this way and that; attentive to all comers – females, rivals and threats. Female Sphodrotes stock their underground nests with paralysed shield bugs. [to read more, see my 2020 blog “More wasp diggings” – link] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644101806492-2W3SU1WYHUP1U9NQN3GD/P1170139.jpg January 2022 - female flower wasp awaiting a male Female flower wasps are often grabbed by males the moment they emerge from the soil. But on occasion she will be forced to wait … and she does this atop a low plant, emitting pheromones into the breeze. She needs a male to carry her if she is to access a nectar feed. Once fed, she’ll head back underground in pursuit of a beetle grub to feed her next larva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644109857691-HIRGKWNJXFQJRTXEPDDJ/P1170040.jpg January 2022 - for future study Clitemnestra, another sand wasp (Bembicinae), this one a male on alert for females or rival males. Little is known about the biology of these wasps but they probably also hunt leafhoppers. I plan to take a closer look at this species some time soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1644035634373-NSUAR05YFW186G46IDJY/P1170002.jpg January 2022 - another favourite butterfly Tisiphone aboena. Every Summer we have just a few, hanging about the Gahnia. I predict a bumper crop next year, as Gahnia has thrived in the post-fire, very wet conditions. https://southernforestlife.net/wasp-forensics daily 0.75 2022-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652354683271-1N4FFXJJFI6MH2CEC96B/P1270070-2.jpg Wasp forensics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652354683271-1N4FFXJJFI6MH2CEC96B/P1270070-2.jpg Wasp forensics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652355250888-2BK51BKOF0O6EDI1L1Z0/P1270070-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell A Sceliphron laetum - cocoon length 22mm - left to develop inside cocoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652355624161-NWW5EXOREZ17CEAWX9JZ/P2010009-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell A Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 1 Feb - body length 22mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652356356733-KU8TZH0RKGMK9J8FGVFC/P2010022-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell C Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 1 Feb - body length 21mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652356941654-9PDKBXPUMC8STXZWNKWZ/P2010014-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell C Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 1 Feb - body length 21mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357060715-WKKWEWRYDE8EBNRXVOO9/P2060022.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell E Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 6 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357086452-4KZCR7LYL2A9KYMG0E8L/P2060023.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell E Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 6 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357279348-QAITOX76RSKLDWYTQAU8/P2170042.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell F Sceliphron laetum - female - body length 30mm - emerged 17 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357282036-Z1KLXVVIXE4LOUIQT3AE/P2170046.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell F Sceliphron laetum - female - body length 30mm - emerged 17 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357657669-X30IH0EOQN6WRK8DW5IC/P2160031.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell G Sceliphron laetum - female - body length 25mm - emerged 16 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357661125-IBPCH0YUKXJKLUN6LLJ1/P2160025.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell G Sceliphron laetum - female - body length 25mm - emerged 16 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357917623-30U7U5R1JXQ46HWF3S6W/P1310001-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell N Sceliphron laetum - male - body length 22mm - emerged 31 Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652357930307-E1SGJK2JKW1INSZFDYIB/P1310002-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell N Sceliphron laetum - male - body length 22mm - emerged 31 Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358133581-PBJFCGCNTBTCEBDX72LM/P1310021-3.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell O Sceliphron laetum - male - body length 22mm - emerged 31 Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358137641-G50VWF6DRI43GGX0N6PR/P1310028-3.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell O Sceliphron laetum - male - body length 22mm - emerged 31 Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358316786-7Y272DVKUYHY48TIKX17/P2110028-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell S (upper), Cell Q (lower) Sceliphron laetum - male (upper), female (lower) - both emerged 11 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358330604-RB3U93R7RE1FRZPBCGH6/P2110032.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell Q Sceliphron laetum - female - emerged 11 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358602677-Q0P4YEWHDF2EWY93JILV/P2090010.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell R Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 9 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358604208-EL2V9HIW5HX2OA1B2HXJ/P2090011.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell R Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 9 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358732810-U5KPA8CPCASXLNHP5V7O/P2110046.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell S Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 11 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652358744185-WC9TM60CJDS409ZWWDXB/P2110045.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell S Sceliphron laetum - male - emerged 9 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652359400692-1HQJOUP1I4W3O0W238F0/P1280028.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell B Chrysis lincea - emerged 28 Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652359883939-BTZCBQEOJBIYQJEVNO7U/P2110005-2.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell I Chrysis lincea - removed from cocoon 27 Jan - active adult 11 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652359903740-HVIV2DMAB6ILO38XT3BV/P1270095.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell I Chrysis lincea - removed from cocoon 27 Jan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360272109-YHGYF74K86FLR2BEGVU7/P2090027.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell H Chrysis lincea - emerged 9 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360513458-429V1EVJKTVESERASE2F/P2130018.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell M Chrysis lincea - emerged 12 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360529104-8J91B6P9IXKBNRV08841/P2130016.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell M Chrysis lincea - emerged 12 Feb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360551177-RSF953RJK0JU8DTG642O/P2150015-Edit.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell M Chrysis lincea - imaged here after chilling (not dead) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360898068-7SWKWCZRJZC8F9N00FQD/P2150025-Edit.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell M Chrysis lincea - imaged here after chilling (not dead) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360570337-VGIUZAABBPD7NQXY4IAR/P2150030-Edit-Edit.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell M Chrysis lincea - imaged here after chilling (not dead) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360581987-NP6N524C7XPAUDHF6YUV/P2150030-Edit.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell M Chrysis lincea - imaged here after chilling (not dead) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652360590374-GK8EVXFOZQ95HXQ64RQF/P2150043-Edit.jpg Wasp forensics - Cell M Chrysis lincea - imaged here after chilling (not dead) https://southernforestlife.net/wasp-forensics-cell-l daily 0.75 2022-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652400588531-1LXQV90NOW9JJKSM0IED/P1270101.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L - removed from Cell L Sceliphron laetum - one the youngest in the main nest - head end to the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652400588531-1LXQV90NOW9JJKSM0IED/P1270101.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L - removed from Cell L Sceliphron laetum - one the youngest in the main nest - head end to the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652400839562-LZG1GD5RYM5I9C7HID4X/P1270104+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L - newly removed from cocoon Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652400986999-N0QLHKM03J3R10PPRPU8/P1270106+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L - dorsal view Sceliphron laetum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652401154151-GD5P8MBLB362MQQ5MAXP/P1280002-3+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652401166101-9QXRFTOZAA7QVZ2A2NSU/P1300040+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652401181473-37G47POTUZU6CUL7VJ21/P1280003-3+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652403518331-4RSSYCGX7U44TLB0UDG1/P1300042+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652403568713-LGNZP5IQM9QPZICIBUAV/P2010018+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652403628521-2B224CM26IVEH31SKVJG/P2010019+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406475359-F61YOWIQRQY7DS6ODWIX/P2010020.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406524171-IMGYPI497VYS3UYFYXQ5/P2010021.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406602492-6DEPG3S2KU1TR79GM4K3/P2020072.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406607432-DIBKS7HJQBW2JKBEASLO/P2020073.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406612481-H4273QMJ75IFR7Q7WEQP/P2020074.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406614988-BHQYDM4H2LUHJ294TXGJ/P2030091+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406623082-8UAXILKOYUPLGNSAU5DR/P2030092.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406629558-DNCQY76JZOB0J8THFQ3K/P2030093+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406635889-WGSRQ4VVT7PNM0APDZ93/P2040001.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406639140-DQ2L4DY9407YPFIZ6EH9/P2040003.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406645560-OZCZC9FO0CBBP961ZK23/P2040004-Edit+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406653409-FED8FQ2U33ODAKCKMB7Z/P2040010.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406658525-OSLXDIK0ZSP6KZZGLM8S/P2040011-Edit+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406663483-IB36SRPPT3XS7GLKR6GP/P2060012-2-Edit+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406672383-3NMIPXIZJR85PDHTZCHO/P2060020-3-Edit.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652407614586-XN4APUJ1EZPFD0953HJ9/P2060024-3.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406674615-IZCH24IS3HAXOGBITBM2/P2100047-Edit+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406680215-FKZKBJIN2OCG9XKK8V6R/P2100051-Edit+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406696626-7JLQXS3YHXHKLZ606ZNX/P2150002-2.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L - kicking, still inside pupal cuticle Sceliphron laetum - for some reason, ‘Sceliphron L’ failed to break out of the pupal cuticle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406710620-ZJHXYH46I2IX8R7264SI/P2150052+copy.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406744508-VIJTD30P8NRPHAECMQUA/P2150055.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652406768923-HG86BH2M54QD2B9C5Z62/P2150058.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652410611232-0CVKLCXZS4Y8188J44AE/P2150054.jpg Wasp forensics Cell L https://southernforestlife.net/autumn-2022 daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652920629559-P9GUW0IVP65LU5OYDJMN/P3250007.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ghost Fungus Omphalotus nidiformis Growing at the base of a fire-killed Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) tree - photographed in daylight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652920629559-P9GUW0IVP65LU5OYDJMN/P3250007.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ghost Fungus Omphalotus nidiformis Growing at the base of a fire-killed Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) tree - photographed in daylight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652922059000-ETOY8NL85PXPPM4SODF8/P4040002-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ghost Fungus Omphalotus nififormis Growing on a burnt eucalypt stump - illuminated by head torch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652922209626-DIXMD9HZ8WQ7LW6OMU08/P4040003-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ghost Fungus Omphalotus nidiformis Same field of view as in the earlier image, but with no illumination. The green glow arises from natural luminescence of the fungus. See my earlier post about this phenomenon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652922743099-32TDK1HIYPO9P5C8OT72/P3270024.jpg Autumn 2022 - Rhubarb Bolete Boletellus obscurecoccineus iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652923179142-2HAPV4BNWM8X8BUUFG8M/P3270047.jpg Autumn 2022 - Cinnamon polypore fungus Coltricia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652923299481-S4NFGPBEKE9773CXSIA0/P4040040.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ruby Bonnet Cruentomycena viscidocruenta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652923478257-T8YDKRZ96CRP4FLFP4K9/P4010011-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Waxcap fungus Hygrocybe sp. iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652923010997-S1HS9QV84546RR9GAIW2/P3280020.jpg Autumn 2022 - Cinnamon polypore fungus Coltricia sp. iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652923688031-76PXIIJVBB3WG5TOEZIJ/P5140037.jpg Autumn 2022 - Witch's Hat Hygrocybe conica iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652925912786-R8DZWE8J6ZCEFT67Q8AX/P3250026.jpg Autumn 2022 - Jelly Fungus Tremella sp. Growing on the cut end of a fire-killed eucalypt trunk. iNaturalist observation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652926171970-OMMH8W37YQS5E0RXP2AN/P3260008.jpg Autumn 2022 - Bracket Fungus Hymenochaete sp. Growing on burnt Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) stump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652926334108-KQEJNJ8SRWCVHKXXVH4L/P3260069.jpg Autumn 2022 - Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum Growing on fire-killed Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) trunk. iNaturalist observation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652927475073-Q2Q028DKDOP16Z6T3CEL/P4090007-Pano-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652926501155-KGS79BZ1KXK2RTE97JH4/P3300112.jpg Autumn 2022 - Curry Punk Piptoporus australiensis Growing on a fallen, dead and burnt Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) trunk. iNaturalist observation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652928734093-KCI8JWCX7YL41RP24CQI/P4040021-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Curry Punk Piptoporus australiensis A mature specimen of this fungus iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652926704216-5QQFV94H9WMNVR3TIHHF/P4010028.jpg Autumn 2022 - Earthball Scleroderma sp. iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652926840191-ZC8NIAZGNXT4F4DPSV2J/P5130026.jpg Autumn 2022 - Earthball after opening Scleroderma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652926924872-TYD1EOXGDR5HO5CM0MUZ/P5140004.jpg Autumn 2022 - Marshmallow Bolete Fistulinella mollis iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652927095598-11KFCLX7PQ4I7PJ70D3S/P5140009-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Bracket Polypore Fungus Postia sp. Growing on large, living but fire-blackend eucalypt. iNaturalist observation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652927206031-LTL1ENHZ8P2ACBQXXN0J/P5140029.jpg Autumn 2022 - Australian Chanterelle Cantharellus concinnus iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652927589649-O5N8989Y56C2KQL5I0QX/P5130035.jpg Autumn 2022 - Slice through Horse Dung Fungus Pisolithus arhizus iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652927734852-KSBUNZI3Y50N0EP212XK/P4010005-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Yellow Earth Buttons Phaeohelotium baileyanum iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652927905032-2S7DUZU45EH48QQMUTHL/P3250052.jpg Autumn 2022 - Gilled Mushroom Gerronema sp. iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652928177746-D4IWDNTZFX7BDMFURAEN/P3300089.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ocher-Gilled Barefoot Lepidella Amanita ochrophylla iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652928467950-WF4YR6NQ40D0C6DTTXB8/P4200035.jpg Autumn 2022 - Gilled Mushroom Family Inocybaceae iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652928613522-EKYYFDQH114H7PBWTEV4/P4250007-3.jpg Autumn 2022 - Spores of the Inocybaceae fungus Family Inocybaceae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652929020925-X9KOCCEYXXPSFTWEOU3I/large-6.jpg Autumn 2022 - Blood Red Russula Russula rosacea iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652929212934-BUHKM8R6NUZNF02T3FKI/P5090004-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Gilled Fungus unidentified - very large cap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652929425925-HAY07MU5HEQ5D9TKPMNA/large-6.jpg Autumn 2022 - Pinkgill Fungus Entoloma sp. iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652929619354-CI623XQJYUGYA7GNGTGC/P4100024-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Gilled Mushroom unidentified species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652940924736-R4U3T5FBA9IUXI4O9UYC/P4090018.jpg Autumn 2022 - Prickly Broom-Heath Monotoca scoparia A healthy number of new bushes of this forb have appeared in the second post-fire year and all flowered heavily in early autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652941461885-OEU4K5P99ZKR03XWZEU4/P5040073.jpg Autumn 2022 - Common Heath Epacris impressa an iconic autumn flowering plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652941043727-FQESLX318HMU0ONB3SUZ/P4100024.jpg Autumn 2022 - Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa This is the first year since the fire that this species has flowered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652942457766-DOQ5WKAZN3YEF4NLO1LJ/P4290033-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Common Correa Correa reflexa var. speciosa This species is flowering heavily this year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652929693480-DAUQ7IZYRYNS9IXQ8DIV/P3250282.jpg Autumn 2022 - Common Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652929785184-V5STXD6XJYSOO95INRM5/P3260037.jpg Autumn 2022 - Bank's Brown Heteronympha banksii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652929941093-S4TMHCN8FA9T94LYVFXI/P4300053.jpg Autumn 2022 - Yellow-banded Dart Ocybadistes walkeri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652930560220-SOIS63KLVVT11TNZ1BCP/P3290098.jpg Autumn 2022 - Painted Sedge-Skipper Hesperilla picta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652940782657-GYT9AK7UP2SPKTFGNYIX/P3220140.jpg Autumn 2022 - Common Brown Heteronympha merope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652930022730-8N9555JNBE6561LKRJ27/P4290054.jpg Autumn 2022 - Geometrid Moth Parepisparis lutosaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652930105120-DM6A0HXT0FMICSYOCS81/P4300174.jpg Autumn 2022 - Eucalyptus Prominent Moth Hylaeora eucalypti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652930231226-21I0114C7X7BPR0BXJQ9/P3300087.jpg Autumn 2022 - Emerald Moth Chlorocoma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652937246887-XOECH2XVMXE08XFHJOYX/P4300158.jpg Autumn 2022 - Lappet Moth Entometa apicalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652930635949-5B6EGBJ0J2MT02F7M5L9/P3250205.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ichneumonid Wasp Xanthopimpla sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652930879881-Q4ULSEPYJUBP7ODBECQC/P3270005.jpg Autumn 2022 - Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption brachyurum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652937391822-LVDWZ064VGMA4LIT5C3L/P4240248.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ichneumonid Wasp Tribe Cryptini iNaturalist observation here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652940392753-FIKNB2FMHNLASY4YGSGO/P4050008-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Ichneumonid Wasp Tribe Gravenhorstini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652938331830-SC824MHRKSC5I9Y2GF4X/P4050056.jpg Autumn 2022 - Spider Wasp Turneromyia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652937670233-6BJCVWKZYO239L4PCWXR/P4250400.jpg Autumn 2022 - Signal Flies Rivellia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652937774260-S07M0RMM0ZH15GNKLDKW/P4250306.jpg Autumn 2022 - Hoverfly (Melangyna virdiceps) feeding on Sunshine Wattle (Acacia terminalis) This is the first time since the fire that this wattle has flowered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652931416574-7DWXP99AIH3DAFWM7HZD/P4270008.jpg Autumn 2022 - Fungus Fly Tapeigaster sp. Defending territory on mushroom cap. iNaturalist observation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652936719306-KD13U0O01G8KK84Y2N4L/P4300147.jpg Autumn 2022 - Polichne Katydid Polichne sp. - probably Polichne ferruginea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652932161761-LGJWYCY3IGHJHO8OJRVR/P5130017.jpg Autumn 2022 - Velvet Mite Trombidium sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652937581557-80FI048L0CP9XWJ70DDH/P3270055.jpg Autumn 2022 - Octopus Spider Tmarus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652938628198-T56A7XW3XTP2VBNLT1DE/P5090089.jpg Autumn 2022 - White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652938768287-J1U9RXSGX2BVKPTASL60/P5160017-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Jacky-Winter Microeca fascinans Not often seen in the forest, a pair of these birds spent some time hawking insects in an open area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652938930080-DJZHC58PPWTO7V3DH13S/P5160023-2.jpg Autumn 2022 - Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang We’ve only seen this robin in the forest on a few occasions over the years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652939028522-X2E19RU65HAOVPSRL7I5/P5040014.jpg Autumn 2022 - White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652939154228-SYG5RG12DNLIBTIFAMDT/P5160034.jpg Autumn 2022 - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funerea A flock of a half dozen of these birds made a brief visit to the forest, searching for beetle grubs under bark and extracting seeds from Angophora floribunda fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1652939540311-6U8ZWYM0SAE1H3V1K019/P4290017-3.jpg Autumn 2022 - Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis https://southernforestlife.net/funnel-ants daily 0.75 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656915526440-ZVQ2XLRV24UPE6V2ADCH/PA180018.jpg Funnel ants Attentive workers on the mound surrounding the nest entrance during the swarming event. 5pm, 18/10/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656915526440-ZVQ2XLRV24UPE6V2ADCH/PA180018.jpg Funnel ants Attentive workers on the mound surrounding the nest entrance during the swarming event. 5pm, 18/10/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656915583753-2G3POMPSLGQ3AWY0XKWA/PA180086.jpg Funnel ants Workers ushering queen out of the nest, one of many winged ants to take flight during this swarming event. 5pm, 18/10/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659680447999-SNDBOL1DHV4AG292LLQ6/PA180010-2.jpg Funnel ants A newly emerged, winged queen attended by workers as she moves away from the nest mound. 6pm, 18/10/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659853445594-M9JNIR0FMBQSS0RT3FNJ/P8070018+copy.jpg Funnel ants Aphaenogaster longiceps castes differ greatly in morphology as well as size. Identification keys are typically based on worker ants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656915524895-S8SJM20ANGSV9JGFNX83/PA180016.jpg Funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656918582224-DNK5CO8KA3F8Q220CW2L/P6280018-Edit+copy.jpg Funnel ants Features used in identification key (Shattuck 2008): 1. The distribution of hairs under the head rule out three of the eight Australian species of Aphaenogaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656919594581-EIIH4G0NFK38OFQEBRPJ/P6280024-Edit+copy.jpg Funnel ants Features used in identification key (Shattuck 2008): 2. The shape of the head, when viewed face on, further narrows the list of candidates to just three … A. longiceps, A. kimberleyensis and A. barbara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656919144996-YDGMEOBCUQ20AVJWO9G8/P6280012-Edit+copy.jpg Funnel ants Features used in identification key (Shattuck 2008): 3. Finally, the shape of the propodeal spine confirms the identity … Aphaenogaster longiceps. Blunt hairs are also consistent, but this feature is more difficult to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659853448202-89KOX0JRXXEDNUOGSDEG/P8070019-Edit+copy.jpg Funnel ants Queen (with wings removed), showing scoop-like mandibles … perhaps a modification for digging (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659853442075-VBA2BVKZ1KGX256SBQC2/P8070001-Edit+copy.jpg Funnel ants Alate male, with small mandibles but enlarged ocelli and compound eyes. Note that only the alates (winged reproductives) have ocelli, which are used for orientation and horizon detection during flight. The flightless workers have no need of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659652022386-U50CLY4173TP1200G5US/P1110203.jpg Funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659652030804-2OLESKJ7PBQOZPVUHI8L/P1110138.jpg Funnel ants The distinctive funnel-shaped nest opening of Aphaenogaster longiceps … just one week after a high-intensity bushfire. (11/1/2020 7:57) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659652058849-B7UZJQPZYQKYGMSTD13J/P1270038.jpg Funnel ants Aphaenogaster longiceps worker at nest entrance, within one month of fire event. (27/1/2020 15:09) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659856919019-C7TKGHE2PXWV2F99OGV6/P1270036.jpg Funnel ants Aphaenogaster longiceps worker. (27/1/2020 15:09) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659652239601-NE8ZE63DQMJ8KO00R4MK/P1270028.jpg Funnel ants Aphaenogaster longiceps worker discards the body of a dead sibling outside the nest. (27/1/2020 15:08) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1656918532268-BKX6QDS51AUVTZ3OA9XM/PB060136-2.jpg Funnel ants Agitated workers spill from nest in response to invading beetles. 11am, 6/11/2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659679362971-XJG3AVGC5TW1PEDJ4DRY/PA180026-3.jpg Funnel ants Queen, newly emerged from the nest and having just removed all four of her wings. 6pm, 18/10/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659681714275-0U2U4QWW7Y5WOWO00VG1/PA220026-3.jpg Funnel ants Funnel-shaped mound surrounding opening to Aphaenogaster longiceps nest. 11am, 22/10/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659651892968-00DZ4Q3R22P0MWBIP9W7/PB060195.jpg Funnel ants Two adjacent nest entrances, almost certainly belonging to the same colony. The sandy soil of our home forest is well-suited to this species. They tend to avoid rocky or wet areas. 11am, 6/10/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659682335600-5Y14WVF92W7SY4T3ZMZN/terminalis%2Bfruit%2Bopen.jpg Funnel ants Mature, split pods of Acacia terminalis December, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659682343661-FUM96QGF5Q27UB0UMBA9/PC036934.jpg Funnel ants The smooth, black seeds of Acacia terminalis, with their prominent, creamy-yellow elaiosomes. These seeds are ready to fall to the ground when the pods are shaken by wind. December, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659686598811-608V5VJ69AJ6ID28K3QB/P1110203.jpg Funnel ants The ground was spongy due, in large part, to the activity of the ants. 11/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659686601334-G85RCNXRBYT0V7QOE2U5/P1110242.jpg Funnel ants One week post-fire, trees still smouldering, and already the black ash shows the tell-tale pale circles of ant mounds. (11/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659686614811-QY33BE8HNBZ3D0TGKPI0/P1110193.jpg Funnel ants The ground was spongy due, in large part, to the activity of ants. (11/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659687493972-GQ1OKUC36BWNCKT6KQ0V/P1270021.jpg Funnel ants As unburnt soil from below ground is removed from the growing tunnels, surrounding ash and char is progressively buried. (27/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659693659672-P5T8UT77JFFN8752QWN5/P1270015.jpg Funnel ants Other ant species were also active soon after the fire. Investigation of this black species is currently on my to-do list. (27/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659693715379-EYKSURMFNOGU2CGH6KDC/P1270065.jpg Funnel ants It wasn’t just the small ants that survived the fire underground. Red Bull Ants (Myrmecia simillima) made an early reappearance. (27/1/2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660182042817-91BTSVSZLQ86ZKF2TWI1/PA180007.jpg Funnel ants Worker activity at a nest entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659752315778-KFNJUZ7UPO02WM6MAIJN/PA180049.jpg Funnel ants Winged females emerge amidst vigilant, agitated workers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659679012792-7X5AFH2K0W4DGE1PO6BL/PA180088.jpg Funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659752415422-1MQMAZMCOSVCX06AFP1V/PA180054.jpg Funnel ants The large, winged females are sisters of the workers. The precise trigger that led to their development into such large, winged adults is a matter of debate and ongoing research. In some species, temperature and/or food type during the larval stage plays a role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659752468494-M2D3U3P2A3AOWA1JXFY0/PA180058.jpg Funnel ants Although not apparently harming the virgin queen, the workers were repeatedly touching her with their antennae, mandibles and legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659752508814-QVPZ64A689S5CFSYUCQ9/PA180072.jpg Funnel ants Workers appear to lead a queen along a safe path, away from the nest opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659752488265-M13ONKHR37NJQS9YXW0A/PA180068-2.jpg Funnel ants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659752635643-6E9O1NQ6K1HGY2KQUHLI/PA180129.jpg Funnel ants A crowded launch pad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660181557249-FLKKRQ9SAWJ4ILAPRMJE/PA180056.jpg Funnel ants A young queen soon after emergence from the nest, with escorting workers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660181019855-ZFMA0H180OJ84Q96L16H/PA180022.jpg Funnel ants A seedling conveniently growing alongside the nest mound … perhaps from a previously ant-transported seed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1659861665504-T60BF4GK3A8NZ8BN04EK/PA180044.jpg Funnel ants This queen took her first flight within 2 seconds of my taking this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660180582851-CVAAQT9KMHPBF4FR30ZM/PA180103.jpg Funnel ants This was the only male we sighted anywhere near the mounds. He clambered up the plant, over the perched female, and immediately took flight. They did not mate. She flew shortly after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660180309599-QQPWGL8QDFP4IKH0ACIG/PA180077.jpg Funnel ants A queen about to launch, successful despite the nearby sundew hazards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660181575121-ZALKGIOE03DQ4QDXRA78/PA180083.jpg Funnel ants A brief interaction between sister queens before both continued their upward climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660181593628-930A6YQU16EJCBAPO58J/PA180099.jpg Funnel ants Yet another queen about to take flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660182063357-RNR8G6EN9VXP2T81BDYC/PA180038.jpg Funnel ants any elevation might serve as a perch, even fallen twigs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660182080886-AYY9R777XF2JPLUSTDLT/PA180066.jpg Funnel ants Having climbed atop a fallen leaf, this queen falls backward … perhaps pulled down by a worker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1660182766555-9HGOLLKXR2LGHL0NHUZI/PA180115.jpg Funnel ants This queen was caught up in the sticky leaves of a sundew, but her escorting workers quickly responded. She was soon freed and continued her upward climb. https://southernforestlife.net/late-august-2022 daily 0.75 2022-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661994170729-54ZSBGGDRYOPZ8XMYDLD/P8270209.jpg late August 2022 Epacris impressa (Common Heath) put on an impressive flowering display from early May but this has now waned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661994170729-54ZSBGGDRYOPZ8XMYDLD/P8270209.jpg late August 2022 Epacris impressa (Common Heath) put on an impressive flowering display from early May but this has now waned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661994182317-41H7FX1F43RM7SLL6MAU/P8270190.jpg late August 2022 Epacris impressa comes in a range of colours - all the same species though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090763227-GW4LSCRC7FYHKJ9UW7ZR/P8200017.jpg late August 2022 Epacris impressa provided a welcome source of nectar for Eastern Spinebills over the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005625316-93NXC2QT3US193ZMJ7F4/P9010007.jpg late August 2022 Styphelia ericoides (Pink Beard-heath) belongs to the same family as Epacris impressa. The first flowers opened in mid July, but most plants looked like this at that time - with their pink closed buds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661995859497-XLFNAQ69MESBHVCQ4QGQ/P8270188.jpg late August 2022 By mid August most Styphelia ericoides flowers had opened, displaying their bearded corolla tips. They are an absolute bee magnet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005904991-BAG48XOT94FY7G17STC6/P8300099.jpg late August 2022 Leucopogon affinis (Lance Beard-heath) began to open a week or two after Styphelia ericoides. It has similar shaped flowers which are also visited by a host of insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661994196546-GAB69CZPGTG85PGRFY3X/P8280190.jpg late August 2022 Caladenia catenata (White Fingers) - our second orchid for the season appeared a week ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661994210043-NU6EOTGI3VXAZ941FUMR/P8280193.jpg late August 2022 Viola hederacea (Ivy-leaf Violet) covers large patches of the forest floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005709617-FJQVQQ2KDWSGAP63S9V8/P8270229.jpg late August 2022 Bossiaea cordifolia (Showy Bossiaea) has been flowering since early August - the first of a suite of forest plants in the family Fabaceae (peas/legumes) to bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662006774492-0LWF0FSQ5CHQW7DFE9OE/P8310094.jpg late August 2022 Pultenaea linophylla, a similar looking yellow and red pea to Bossiaea, began flowering just a couple of days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005611030-TNZB59PNC1UMITXLX98I/P8280207.jpg late August 2022 Daviesia ulicifolia (Gorse Bitter Pea), like many peas with yellow and red/brown flowers, is often called an “egg and bacon” plant. It grows as a spiky, low bush. Handle with care! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661994141341-IT3YV62B1SIL6E8J1PQI/P8270200.jpg late August 2022 Hardenbergia violacea (Purple Coral-pea) has been flowering for a couple of weeks. It is a climber, twining around the stems of other plants - including the trunks of fire-killed wattles and casuarinas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662006619693-XEZUP7WKHRO6CCJ39RC6/P8250002.jpg late August 2022 Hovea heterophylla (Common Hovea) began to bloom a week ago. It generally grows as a low, straggling shrub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005770332-A3ONMHU5XXAG7M1I50TZ/P9010028.jpg late August 2022 Glycine clandestine (Twining Glycine) is another climbing pea, seen here twining around a Banksia leaf. Its flower is much smaller than our other Fabaceae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005588948-J8Y694FOKI7JZ00YGJ21/P9010017.jpg late August 2022 The white flowers of Rhytidosporum procumbens (White Marianth), a low growing herb, have appeared in many spots in the forest over the past week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662006485150-9QJ8L136ZZJC4AHMSWU0/P8310013-3.jpg late August 2022 Drosera auriculata (Tall Sundew) is beginning to flower. A rapidly growing population of small insects provides nutrition for these carnivorous plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005641004-A426TMIAPGSSIP29U01X/P9010004.jpg late August 2022 By far the most dominant plant in the forest undergrowth is Pimelea linifolia linifolia. Its common name Queen of the Bush is very appropriate! This species began flowering in early autumn and is still going strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1661994115021-Q2HVWL7PIQDYKC08P7G9/P8270040.jpg late August 2022 Tetratheca pilosa latifolia (Pink-Bells) is found in open areas of the forest and has just begun to bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005652997-5GS99QA8983HTJ4EC42X/P9010046.jpg late August 2022 A new plant for our home list! We first sighted Logania albiflora (Narrow-leaf Logania) just a few days ago, growing in a rocky area just above the banks of the river. While widespread, it is apparently uncommon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005667123-HZ7KY96079UU3PS9I3G3/P9010053.jpg late August 2022 Zieria smithii (Sandfly Zieria) is another low bush growing on the banks of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005694392-T1T52T97H1HK1JP25VRT/P8250054.jpg late August 2022 Hibbertia calycina (Lesser Guinea Flower), one of several Hibbertia species found in our forest, is clearly a fire responder. We have seen many more plants this year than before the Jan 2020 Border Fire. It began flowering 3 weeks ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005736460-T4OKNVXMXJCIDLRVA0CO/P8280110.jpg late August 2022 Hibbertia aspera aspera (Rough Guinea Flower) is a widespread low shrub in the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662006100859-L9LP4IUURULG4FWKVX0H/P9010035.jpg late August 2022 Hibbertia dentata (Twining Guinea Flower) grows as a vine along the forest floor or up the stems of other plants. It began flowering about 3 weeks ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662005721668-JGHD2VNKU6Q5ZC89X8C1/P8270238.jpg late August 2022 Stypandra glauca (Nodding Blue Lily) grows profusely on the banks of the river and has been flowering for at least a week. It is another fire responder, as just a few plants were present before the Jan 2020 fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662010712798-FZIFF6GDIR4GP0DMA1JI/P9010215.jpg late August 2022 Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles) is a widespread forb in open areas of the forest. Its flowers have just begun to open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662010802357-GTK0GLR7J4CNO46GALT4/P9010226.jpg late August 2022 The perfect segue! A Red-tipped Crab Spider (Sidymella rubrosignata) nicely camouflaged at the top of a Stackhousia flower. The flower attracts the insects, the spider eats them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015893520-CXFBCUV0BPU8BWXAVJW4/P8250091.jpg late August 2022 Some of the flowers of Coronidium elatum (Tall Everlasting) plants have now opened fully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086570730-MXL67W9B0OTMZDOZRWP9/P8270083.jpg late August 2022 March flies (family Tabanidae) like this Scaptia sp. enjoy a feed of nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662091863803-38ZO66NFWSB5IL5MPT7D/P8280006.jpg late August 2022 Scaptia also enjoys a feed of human blood. This one is attempting to gain access to Kerri’s toes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086713601-KTEA3Y12RIP2VP2JDOHW/P8310097.jpg late August 2022 The Pimelea flowers attract other flies such as this Tangle-veined Fly (family Nemestrinidae). I reckon this one is Trichophthalma laetilinea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086721864-COCTUMRMILPKAFUFXZN1/P8310117.jpg late August 2022 While they superficially resemble March flies, Tangle-veined flies don’t share their blood-sucking habits. They just feed on nectar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086865780-P1HV7WM8842S276XT1Q5/P9010162.JPG late August 2022 Our first butterfly for the Spring! Sighted just 2 days ago, this Bright Copper (Paralucia aurifer) is another fan of Pimelea flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086652385-HEC6KL89CBESC7RF6TC3/P8280181.jpg late August 2022 Our second butterfly for the spring - a Varied Dusky-Blue (Erina hyacinthina). This one is taking nectar from Bossiaea cordifolia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090732094-WSSZRWXBRIZXPQ9HAFOH/P8280066.jpg late August 2022 Hover Flies, like this Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) are a common visitor to the spring flowers. They are important pollinators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090535726-BPR8NMCLUSKI0YR4UHBG/P8290006.jpg late August 2022 This wasp (family Braconidae) was not feeding at this Pimelea flower. It lacks the long proboscis needed to extract the nectar. It was probably just resting here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086601456-004D5JP0V71EK7EEP5SF/P8270172.jpg late August 2022 We usually see braconid wasps flying around looking for a caterpillar or other insect larva to parasitise. They inject eggs into the host using an ovipositor, which is seen projecting from the end of the abdomen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086630518-D07K57D29RMQDECGHJVB/P8280075-2.jpg late August 2022 Flower Wasps (subfamily Thynninae) definitely do take nectar from flowers - or at least the male does. A male is seen here carrying a flightless female. Confused? Kerri has given the FULL story about these wasps in a blog post. Click HERE to read it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090498681-ZOLCG3V8YAG1ELX8EWIT/P8310031-2.jpg late August 2022 Another view of a male Flower Wasp with his coupled mate. Everyday we see more and more of these wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086852184-PD3XRQ072DFEZK0R8090/P9010002-2.JPG late August 2022 A wasp from a different family - Ichneumonidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090715849-3VH984GUXHSLC2JMGFLW/P8310045.jpg late August 2022 Stuff is happening down at ground level as well. This insect Paratettix argillaceus belongs to the family Tetrigidae. While it looks like a grasshopper, it is only distantly related to them. I’ve seen only one species in our forest but it comes in a range of colours and patterns. Click HERE to see them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086027911-MZ4AQDAJAHS4CLQ8WZJT/P8280079.jpg late August 2022 This is a true grasshopper, family Acrididae - perhaps Rhitzala modesta. It is a young nymph, which may have hatched from the egg quite recently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662086585703-HGWPIAMSN029BU94A2KC/P8270123.jpg late August 2022 Beetles are reappearing. This one Lemodes coccinea belongs to the family Anthicidae, Ant-like Flower Beetles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090595623-NWKPMFZOON18EGXYF8UJ/P8150006-2.jpg late August 2022 We’ve seen moths fluttering around the forest floor for some days. We found this one, Anthela acuta on a window sill. It belongs to the family Anthelidae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090606734-GTTLLRPN8U81XY0MD22R/P8290046-2.jpg late August 2022 I found this cossid moth Culama suffusca on the house wall on the same night (August 29th) we ran a lightsheet. I scored 21 different moth species on that night. So they’re back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662090701645-92WWZSMJFF55K6SKAJCL/P8280013-2.jpg late August 2022 This wolf spider Venatrix mckayi was seen scrambling around on the forest floor. https://southernforestlife.net/bees-august-2022 daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662014828471-OVNJE9WE51XLXQQS6XZA/P8280034-2.jpg bees August 2022 Trichocolletes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662014828471-OVNJE9WE51XLXQQS6XZA/P8280034-2.jpg bees August 2022 Trichocolletes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662014844248-KOMMTV72L5GLIM3G4LWD/P8280100-2.jpg bees August 2022 Trichocolletes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662014857593-R4U2Y0N5BLJ4HBTGTEUB/P8280032-2.jpg bees August 2022 Trichocolletes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662014986976-WQ7KI262OHK8470DL59O/P8290122.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (on Leucopogon ericoides) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015003469-ON3C49X2V0LZK423Q339/P8290116.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015012475-7J800EWS7NZ4ZNMXBY34/P8290138.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum - another bee visiting the pea flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015046157-J8GIICR2OFSMXKAMMNSN/P8290165.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015048532-HJAACUF7KQPVLTXJBHPG/P8290225.jpg bees August 2022 Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) ? (on Leucopogon affinis) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015075395-CVDHWKFJ6D4JG6GLYQS3/P8300725.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) ? (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015112017-5V2L2B5AEK5DOAGDJXW7/P8300090.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon affinis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015182193-N1C525LOO5L02EGX7MM4/P8300128.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon affinis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015278446-B33AN57RU9IL013MLH91/P8300390.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) (on Leucopogon ericoides) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015309162-2GHC52YRTW5BWOSSJ0HU/P8300204.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015354247-H4NIT23TWGMIS0KAXWS3/P8300309.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015458691-XBMY68YYST1JY9RAMROI/P8300514.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015484791-78VIRD2OT03MLBI4M8SF/P8300033-2.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon affinis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015489913-A55MPG5AF2PQ6FJW7CYY/P8300041-2.jpg bees August 2022 Hylaeus ? (on Leucopogon affinis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015563185-QO4MMUHC353D7RNHAJT5/P8300143.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon affinis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015629779-S0XE1NUFDP9PYU1N63YY/P8300574.jpg bees August 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015674016-2Q06KTH227H8NZT8S9JA/P8300607.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015718279-ZGN3GUQWWVH9QBZH27MS/P8300738.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) ? (on Leucopogon ericoides) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015827303-LCPP4BBOSAKHLDV7I4RI/P8300774.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) ? (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015862121-CQ1S5MQNOIPME0QZMQCE/P8300767.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015928172-WQ8VPNR9EBSFKJWFVQGD/P8300785.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662015987067-FSHWHRQ334V7EF50Q6PQ/P8310039-3.jpg bees August 2022 Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) - male ? (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662016001231-0OFN3SMWQKSAHUX8X1OR/P8310057-3.jpg bees August 2022 Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) (on Leucopogon ericoides) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662017111958-LBHC53X7RN2FUKGCEZ6M/P8290053.jpg bees August 2022 a mystery … I’m guessing at the family (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662017133884-44M41JIYSF6S58YFIAO1/P8290047.jpg bees August 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662017155992-I8Y8ZKZVYQKWGJZGSVQ9/P8290020.jpg bees August 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662016886515-83O5VGVVFH7CYALCVEAI/P8300648.jpg bees August 2022 Cyphipelta rufocyanea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662016947121-REJT78IOT6LJ1ZNITC65/P8300641.jpg bees August 2022 Cyphipelta rufocyanea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662016862585-ULS9RAK7PDNOMRYR6FKV/P8300625.jpg bees August 2022 Cyphipelta rufocyanea (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662017042807-1BHFKTM79GFZYIP88Q20/P8300482.jpg bees August 2022 Sphaerophoria macrogaster (on Leucopogon affinis) (see iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662023791006-FOHTVJWEQX4QQNBK5F1S/P9010047-2.jpg bees August 2022 Trichocolletes (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662023796867-GDT6KV7BGTJJ1KX6G4XM/P9010051-2.jpg bees August 2022 Trichocolletes (on Leucopogon ericoides) – although they specialise on peas, they are not above joining in the Leucopogon party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662023861186-197TSG4T125UJT3X41ZO/P9010073.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662023969949-3WDV9NKBGM7JP5MZ6VQY/P9010107.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662024026330-3JW9TO3I49GM6RZZ8S54/P9010130.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662024035986-VLDT0P0JCTBWJ3FCTCGO/P9010127.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662024136654-JBMVNOIXXKKAP5QSCBIB/P9010034-2.jpg bees August 2022 Exoneura (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662016042882-XYBT7SUBWFJ9NRWCELMG/P8310147.jpg bees August 2022 Apis mellifera – the introduced European Honey Bee (on Leucopogon ericoides) https://southernforestlife.net/rhopalum-2022 daily 0.75 2022-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662852596120-HSGHD00997DWOAKTJKCS/P9010209.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Having noticed a few insects in the area the day before, I managed my first photograph. A female wasp hauling what appears to be a fly, and soon to disappear beneath a fallen leaf. (1st Sept 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662852596120-HSGHD00997DWOAKTJKCS/P9010209.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Having noticed a few insects in the area the day before, I managed my first photograph. A female wasp hauling what appears to be a fly, and soon to disappear beneath a fallen leaf. (1st Sept 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662855325644-VR3YFVQ8UGR1FVX0LGNB/P9020005.jpg Rhopalum 2022 They look small, but how small are they? Estimating size in the field can be tricky. A female resting briefly on a distinctive leaf provides an opportunity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662855327877-5MVVXY8E05AQN4YNHB3A/P9020015.jpg Rhopalum 2022 One method is to use a ruler, after the fact. Here I’ve placed it in what I hope is the right spot … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662855325335-WWYRX0VY2FL0A0G5O2CM/P9020005-Edit.jpg Rhopalum 2022 … and back at the computer I overlay the two images, aligning the background (more or less). She is roughly 7mm long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662856230146-D8WFN2DTZZNW0581HULJ/P9080329.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Female approaching the patch which she just started to prepare for her burrow. (8th Sept, 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662856546899-V5RGRZ9IZMGHHLQZRSZZ/P9080281.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Early excavations … it takes a while! (8th Sept, 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662873474959-O2CDVHFJAUB6OI47FPU0/P9080835.jpg Rhopalum 2022 A male. The sexes are similar, but males are shorter, more slender, and have much smaller mandibles (jaws). Behaviour is the easiest way to distinguish the sexes. Males fly in looping circles with less bobbing/jinking. They don’t burrow, and they don’t carry prey. Clearly, they are simply looking to mate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662873673246-JDW49BOQI20B13E85XED/P9080961.jpg Rhopalum 2022 This pair had recently formed, in flight, and then landed. The male is gripping the female behind her head with his front pair of legs. She appears to be trying to dislodge him with her long, back legs. (8th Sept, 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662883767980-5EOVR3S9XCZJ52TBQLVE/P9080123.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Not easy to spot until their jinking movement in flight gives them away. (8th September, the day of the greatest aerial activity) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662886619313-XZC9ROKPP5T880SJQNRT/P9100021-2.jpg Rhopalum 2022 A male tightly gripping the neck and thorax of a (much larger) female. (10th Sept, 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662886614385-P23XYLALJWM3EZYSD098/P9100052-2.jpg Rhopalum 2022 This image highlights the difference between the sexes. The female (below) is much larger, and her silvery clypeus (‘lower face’) emphasises her much wider mandibles (‘jaws’). (10th Sept, 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662884819192-2AJI4CN14DBYHBJACYOZ/P9100230-2.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Arriving at her well-established nest mound with yet another paralysed fly. (10th Sept, 2022 … the site is much quieter now, at least above ground) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662885209965-ZCQCQG27GZRMK2OXH044/P9110227-2.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Another female, another nest, and another paralysed fly. (11th Sept, 2022)) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662884565675-7WT08PWCH6TAUU7KR8V2/P9110150-2.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Having recently delivered another fly to her nest, this female spends a few seconds checking for threats before flying off to hunt again. (11th Sept, 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1662885991929-17NBPJN4GNEZL1XYM7H4/P9100019-3.jpg Rhopalum 2022 The entry hole to the nest is just 2mm in diameter … which means the female’s body must be less than 2mm wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663590507384-SX2H87CO4PG3GBXSPGLV/clypeus.jpg Rhopalum 2022 - clypeus shape Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663590516283-QIF40DI26NDQA9SHKDI4/face.jpg Rhopalum 2022 - mandible colour, occipital spine & antennal space Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663590555907-7A1WWOLKWFXIZN1BUR7E/base+of+gaster+dorsally.jpg Rhopalum 2022 - shape of gaster Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663590597383-DAYH4DU2KJ4KEZ1TJ6U5/pronotum+anterolateral.jpg Rhopalum 2022 - shape & colour of pronotum Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663624996737-AR3CKV8NRC98EUN5238E/dorsal+entire+body.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625037756-FTZH0XLIQ4ML71KOX1LZ/gaster+lateral.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625115845-GZH0O8UJY9488ST7CNAJ/venation.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625137186-N5HEU005NKRNQP7T2Q8M/antennae.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625013827-JL7UJG4FKH5IMF0WAK1H/front+head+dorsal.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625077495-ZI2OO3P6ONHGUQ6VD15E/ocelli.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625086344-UOPVC5HMVG85DOD2D87T/prothorax+lateral.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625172221-1LS9F9B6R3VLW1AKFYOU/mandible+red.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625185469-WT0SCXGYEV3BHGORY40P/unidentate.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625205822-AKOJZFOVVU2ZTD399X27/front+legs.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625217305-9B0KN78COUXWX2M0QPKI/middle+legs.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625232213-4GNTBNVT7XS5TY9FBJNR/hind+legs.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625250046-4RZZ254YBDFIJVT5G2IJ/leg+III+lateral.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663625257952-9Z08UDGS2RYK440QQ28Q/pygidium.jpg Rhopalum 2022 Rhopalum coriolum https://southernforestlife.net/termites-2022 daily 0.75 2022-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663629211915-8C8OT304WRY12H0KPMXO/P9100036.jpg Termites 2022 dealate female with pursuing male - dorsal view: head, thorax, dorsal side of abdomen and tibiae very dark brown; upper surface of femora and antennae lighter brown; pronotum large, nearly as wide as head, anterior margin widely concave, sides narrowed to a widely rounded posterior margin, which is deeply notched https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663629211915-8C8OT304WRY12H0KPMXO/P9100036.jpg Termites 2022 dealate female with pursuing male - dorsal view: head, thorax, dorsal side of abdomen and tibiae very dark brown; upper surface of femora and antennae lighter brown; pronotum large, nearly as wide as head, anterior margin widely concave, sides narrowed to a widely rounded posterior margin, which is deeply notched https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663633197665-0W2XICW3U8AAHBUA9IG9/P9100126.jpg Termites 2022 alate male head: head very dark brown, upper surface of antennae lighter brown, postclypeus yellowish brown; antennae of 19 segments, 3rd segment very small, 4th and 5th usually equal in size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663631180039-1B88NGDY4RIE4RC5ZS64/P9170010-Edit-scale-2.jpg Termites 2022 dealate female - lateral view: tarsi whitish; head, thorax and abdomen densely clothed with long hairs; eyes moderately large (0.25 x 0.29 [0.25] - 0.33 x 0.36 [0.32]mm diam.), prominent; ocelli small (0.11 [0.10]mm diam.), well separated from eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663629234674-7P9CD0SW667WPU38MBLM/P9100095-Edit.jpg Termites 2022 dealate female - ventral view: length of body 5.25 - 7.00 [6.80] mm; width of head 1.06 - 1.30 [1.15] mm; sternites of abdomen mostly yellowish brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663629201626-HZGMA9U1FQBDTSJGFLHD/P9100108-Edit.jpg Termites 2022 alate male, pursuing female: wings very long, densely covered with micrasters and hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663629176482-DI26JKRR3CA2C4229ETT/P9100018-Edit.jpg Termites 2022 soldier - dorsal view: head broadly rounded on the side and sharply narrowed anteriorly; head and antennae ochraceous, the former sometimes suffused with dark brown, mandibles castaneous, pronotum yellow; frontanelle moderally large; head with sparse hairs, the pronotum and abdomen moderately densely haired; antennae of 13-15 segments, usually 15; 3rd segment shortest of all, 4th and 5th usually equal; head length, without mandibles 1.21-1.46 [1.35]mm; head width 0.99 - 1.28 [1.05]mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663629189951-1GR5PU4SDU3HY27BS3PZ/P9100085-Edit.jpg Termites 2022 soldier, ventral view: head length with mandibles 1.90-2.31 [2.00]mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663805180998-ZU5X4V5ZUIR4UX49R7VU/P3260513.jpg Termites 2022 - Spinifex Termite mound - Tanami Desert We saw hundreds of these nests during a drive along the Tanami Road in NT. This one was over 2m tall. Hill (1942) states that “the nests of this species (Nasutitermes triodiae) all have the external surface composed of a series of overlapping bulges, represting successive additions to the nest, giving a grotesque appearance”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663805672978-MEMV5N1P9JGUM0ZBK4U2/P3260510.jpg Termites 2022 - Spinifex Termite mounds This shot shows many small mounds of the same species of termite. The workers feed their young chaff collected from grasses, like that seen growing nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663805262393-KHYQNPDXH22PPDFS9548/P5110001-2.jpg Termites 2022 - mounds of Amitermes laurensis near Stokes, NW Qld The mounds of this species are similar to the related and famous Magnetic Termite (Amitermes meridionalis), being oriented with their long axis in a roughly north-south direction. This photo taken in the afternoon shows their flat east-facing sides in shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663805282609-RWSL3K6BDXA2YI1U3CM3/P5110004-2.jpg Termites 2022 - mounds of Amitermes laurensis This photo of the same area at the same time of day shows the west-facing sides of the mounds. During cool months, the colony gathers in the warmest part of the nest - moving from the east side in the morning, to the west in the afternoon (Hill, 1942). https://southernforestlife.net/16th-sept-2022 daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828352165-HLZLADVD0HWGGDFEUG43/P9160104-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828352165-HLZLADVD0HWGGDFEUG43/P9160104-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828380568-D9D0WFT8KUS34R56UU4C/P9160001-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Swamp Heath Epacris paludosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828403988-CNQR4YHRORTQJ1XRGN97/P9160022.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Unusual Peacock Spider Maratus anomalus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828421911-2NB1DHX3CBCLIJMHT3HM/P9160031.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Purple Flag Patersonia sericea var. sericea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828426683-9EOL0NOVBLC7BN5QCD03/P9160034.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Flat Pea Platylobium parviflorum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828430303-X4O68554NZ9LM8ETD9LV/P9160035.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Sword Bossiaea Bossiaea ensata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828438002-T37FWG9VL1698OOFYCFA/P9160038-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Geometrid moth Dichromodes ainaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663832080588-IIBP884W3DG0Y3EQRTNW/P9160057.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Concealer Moth Family: Oecophoridae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828450058-S5L3375EYDYN2KM8FSC5/P9160054-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Egg and Bacon pea Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828453752-GEC4OOW5LMTAOKECMZ4I/P9160055-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Lemon Flax Lily Thelionema umbellatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828461305-GNDY0DJG4ZUR1ZCSKKN0/P9160059-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Small Waxlip Orchid Glossodia minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828466756-B1X7NEXCLUAKCK2LQF4Q/P9160062-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Waxlip Orchid Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828474030-15XT9JZMVWG7QIJIQAWK/P9160064-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Waxlip Orchid Glossodia major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828478741-XMB9FJ1ARKDFDTMLAX5O/P9160065-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Bearded Heath Styphelia ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828483194-2HN266LN84I8RM6ZO9OZ/P9160074-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Short-horned Grasshopper Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828493772-PZ54SNKOHUKORNAOQVX1/P9160104-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - swarming ants ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828497375-U4KRUTW3JNHBF1MPU4DS/P9160106-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - ... providing a feast for orb-weavers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828509382-1LLP9U1GG82Z2L5L9TNA/P9160130-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Green-and-gold Nomia Bee Lipotriches australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663831299315-4DEZ7G46T0SFRCNWPXKL/P9160174.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Green-and-gold Nomia Bee Lipotriches australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663831275415-SU56A5Z9USCOMMHPN4R9/P9160196.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Green-and-gold Nomia Bee Lipotriches australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828520453-LX6AMY0U4FQ6M86JMQZA/P9160203-2.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Pygmy Grasshopper Paratettix argillaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663831388721-IVXVSDPBNVAQJ4WXXXWD/P9160162.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Pygmy Grasshopper Paratettix argillaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663828534624-SX0IDPYXO2GPY8JDO8IQ/P9160232.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea opomaloides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663829992929-X7BW4LB3J72F4MDJ920B/P9160045.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Blue Dampiera Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663830191890-XLXLX6A3SWKB7EIASCWS/P9160127.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Bearded Heath Leucopogon virgatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663830385180-PUYXQ4Y0JXNI3V56183A/P9160113.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Variable Cirphula Cirphula pyrrhocnemis Family: Acrididae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663830647868-2RQ1FNZS5YISAYKCFGDM/P9160077.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1663832131055-5CSIUVIJ5SCD9GWXB9O6/P9160052.jpg 16th Sept 2022 - Pygmy Cricket Bobilla sp. https://southernforestlife.net/3rd-oct-2022 daily 0.75 2022-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664863974789-M2WUKXOTS65TQY8PKJ2S/PA030051.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - a rare Grevillea Grevillea parvula Restricted to our region and nearby Victoria (ie south of Eden, along the Towamba, Wallagaraugh & Genoa rivers). In Victoria this is listed as an endangered species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664863974789-M2WUKXOTS65TQY8PKJ2S/PA030051.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - a rare Grevillea Grevillea parvula Restricted to our region and nearby Victoria (ie south of Eden, along the Towamba, Wallagaraugh & Genoa rivers). In Victoria this is listed as an endangered species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664871058023-VW6QUPC2JB1Y6XZMQZ4G/PA030157.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - a second uncommon Grevillea Grevillea neurophylla Another exciting find. This is listed as endangered, at least in Victoria. And in NSW it is confined to this tiny corner of the state, where it is certainly not common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664867360989-RXG73C8HV4F8SQKI4WQ2/PA030129.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Common Beard-Heath Leucopogon virgatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664866330979-O5OUV6OSLOJAO8D3926S/PA030188.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Daviesia Daviesia buxifolia (Box-leaf Bitter-Pea) In NSW, this plant is only found south of Tuross River. It grows on acidic soils. There are remarkably few records in iNaturalist … 18 in total, and half are in the Imlay-Nadgee-Yambulla locale. The others are around the Avon wilderness of Victoria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664869680082-1VH97LOB0M71P0UTJZ3Z/PA030168.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Pultenaea Pultenaea mollis This species is not often recorded in our region. Yet another special sighting on a rather special day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664869558812-8V95DVGXXEUCBWIWJ5NA/PA030030.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Pultenaea Pultenaea mollis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664870827136-SD67RUS548PU28ZH017I/PA030132.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Platylobium Platylobium parviflorum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664948844181-ZPEGVC41QDCZPOBVIOOF/PA030150.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Platylobium Platylobium parviflorum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664870981166-6B79YC2VTI3KA5MVJIY4/PA030152.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Platylobium Platylobium parviflorum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664869731217-NTS8ZCKEMM51ZO8B87W3/PA030065.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Dillwynia Dillwynia rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664863543551-09VQVFBJDW7NYIZE18NA/PA030133.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Gippsland Water Dragon Intellagama lesuerii ssp. howittii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664950324584-G0NVEAFD4A9208TP2J8S/PA030006.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Gippsland Water Dragon Intellagama lesuerii ssp. howittii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664864597362-I6N73LOV2IOUGGZC4KTU/PA030075.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei A common skink, but only named as a distinct species in 1984 … after a rather infamous (and questionable) taxonomic review! (makes interesting reading - click here for Wikipedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664864749041-FBXC65M893HA4FF4P2AG/PA030056.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas ssp. icteromelas One of the more common damselflies in our local forests during spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664864933472-BX2QWY0WZ12GSVQFPWJT/PA030154.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas ssp. icteromelas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664865055027-5RLN6PBJJA2YY5SUB1K7/PA030175.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Metallic Ringtail Austrolestes cingulatus A much rarer sighting. This damselfly tends to be found among waterside vegetation, but almost never near the coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664865015559-204M2OZOWEX99R39YCZZ/PA030093-Edit.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Metallic Ringtail Austrolestes cingulatus We have seen this species in our region once before … at this same location, back in Dec 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664865057989-EANISU8WIAYLARYEG26R/PA030181.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Metallic Ringtail Austrolestes cingulatus Just one more shot … damselflies and dragonflies are addictive for photographers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664865722465-2DPGV2T935B6977Q77B5/PA030142.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Merimbula Star-hair Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh Listed as endangered in NSW, and known from only 3 locations … Merimbula, Tura Beach … and the Wallagaraugh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664866175689-LVXJQKHGAAQXVP1NUS3S/PA030138.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Merimbula Star-hair Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh These appear to be buds rather than fruit. The reported flowering time is Oct-Dec, so that would make sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664868196253-7WIV3KIWV1WZDUAFHX68/PA030134.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Pomaderris buds Pomaderris … not enough detail to identify it to species. We should have taken more notice of the leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664947651166-S29HIITPLLIESCHQ830V/PA030039.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Pomaderris flowers Pomaderris … not enough detail to identify it to species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664868379235-1V91N5553NO7BT6OBFEC/PA030058.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Velvet Bush Lasiopetalum macrophyllum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664919921804-FP43OV6R05876B2KT28D/PA030166.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Hover Fly Melangyna viridiceps … the most common local species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664843020069-9NGY2BPKFOQ33WLXQHX5/PA030124.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - crab spider in ambush mode male Australomisidia pilula on Fringed Everlasting daisy (Chrysocephalum baxteri) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664920115903-5WNGVQLOH89S494XJQAJ/PA030120.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Crab spider Australomisidia pilula is a common species locally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664920401693-0IRQN7QH1B2EIAK7Y1SM/PA030201.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Fringed Everlasting Chrysocephalum baxteri … perhaps drooping due to maturity, and the weight of developing seeds. Like sunflowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664871055922-4WZ4UCKSXAPTLJYSCWTG/PA030158.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - A tiny Lynx spider ... on a glorious grevillea Like crab spiders (family Thomisidae), Lynx spiders (family Oxypodidae) are ambush hunters. This one, just the size of an ant, was clearly waiting for unwary (but small) insect visitors to the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664947625003-097UFQ53U6C3RNX90MBP/PA030140-2.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Dampiera ... with spider's web Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664921970680-MVB7OABIJXOIFFY09FX2/PA030260.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major … one of several growing roadside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664921980721-RO55NZ4C7O78Y0T9M6YT/PA030261.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - unopened sun orchid Thelymitra sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664925017970-HLRI5F3B1PCM7D33O0BI/PA030142-2.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664921959103-NF648CZEICBRSEL3AWI0/PA030219.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Checkered Beetle Eleale aspera (family: Cleridae) … grabbing a feed of pollen while on the lookout for a mate. These beetles rarely gather in large numbers, but when they do it is around flowers such as this. We saw just this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664921965371-TL728XLNN0GLWGEPMH1A/PA030250.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Triggerplant Stylidium sp. The first flower to open on this plant, and the first we have seen this spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664925029748-OY3GX75VW8T34ILJ4NSU/PA030262-Edit.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Large Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664922000642-D6C5M1YRHBWMAPWDXAN5/PA030104.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Wedding Bush Ricinocarpos pinifolius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664921960965-2XYPPKVQFTC4F5U9GJBZ/PA030227.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - tiny flies perhaps an unfamiliar hover fly, but not sure … yet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664921969169-T4ZGWRHCKQSQYM9FLTQ2/PA030253.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Triggerplant Stylidium sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664922003595-283UO4R9KJZPW53UGX4Z/PA030108.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Wedding Bush Ricinocarpos pinifolius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664924142436-7GNLLL6USR048LZ2XDD5/PA030118-Edit.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Paint Brush Conospermum taxifolium … family Proteaceae, somewhat surprisingly. We associate Conospermum (‘smokebushes’) with WA, but this species is an east-coast endemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664951457415-MXIRK1X3E0CEUOL2FUZD/PA030043.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664951546533-KVU2TPEVGXPZ79OOQRST/PA030125.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Leionema Leionema diosmeum … (family: Rutaceae). Another species we’ve not noticed around here before. It has been recorded nearby (Narrabarba) and further north around Barren Grounds – but it’s clearly not common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664951547776-W4UR5SNYRT75TTFJ20VP/PA030127-2.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Leionema Leionema diosmeum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1664951554834-YU1DJV15AHD7S63D6GEA/PA030224.jpg 3rd Oct 2022 - Heath Teatree Leptospermum myrsinoides … with beetle https://southernforestlife.net/october-2022 daily 0.75 2022-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617867243-7LBYBWZ6CDWL41DJ2TVX/PA110176.jpg October 2022 - peacock spider Maratus volans (family: Salticidae) Our most common peacock spider here in the forest. This is how we usually see them, hunting amongst low vegetation. We hope to one day spot one (well, two) during courtship, with the abdomen raised and brilliant yellow side flaps flared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617867243-7LBYBWZ6CDWL41DJ2TVX/PA110176.jpg October 2022 - peacock spider Maratus volans (family: Salticidae) Our most common peacock spider here in the forest. This is how we usually see them, hunting amongst low vegetation. We hope to one day spot one (well, two) during courtship, with the abdomen raised and brilliant yellow side flaps flared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617896226-ILCKSGYI0HQB4FPPWFM6/PA110234.jpg October 2022 - Lilac Lily Schelhammera undulata (family: Colchicaceae) The first flowers have just started to appear, but within days we expect this low-growing plant to be blooming throughout the forest. It is a regular summer flower here, yet is listed as vulnerable in Victoria and described as ‘widespread but not common’ in NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617927795-ERQPV32YO76D8TTH0HCG/PA110278.jpg October 2022 - Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata (family: Colchicaceae) Another lily that has just started to flower in recent weeks. Burchardia flowered profusely in the two summers post-fire. It is likely to settle back to more ‘normal’ levels now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617920615-HHL5IPTA5UNZ99RALL46/PA110254.jpg October 2022 - lauxanid fly Sapromyza sciomyzina (family: Lauxaniidae) These small flies have appeared in the forest over the last few days. They rest, very obligingly for the photographer, on flowers or leaves, showing off their handsome purple eyes and orange thorax. Australia is a hotspot for Sapromyza diversity, with 46 species described to date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617925689-BMRPQJUM0OUV6LAEPZ52/PA110275.jpg October 2022 - mating flower wasps subfamily Thynninae … species unknown. As with nearly all Thynninae, identification below subfamily is not really possible. There are so many undescribed species out there. This one is quite large. They range in size and colour, but are readily recognised when mated. The wingless female is attached to the tip of the male’s abdomen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617956582-HC030EHSJTQE2VQMG1HK/PA110199.jpg October 2022 - native bee Trichocolletes (family: Colletidae) This male was resting on a leaf, not feeding. I managed photos from several angles and, after a bit of literature-digging, have suggested a species ID. Trichocolletes orientalis, a species that has been recorded in Nadgee Nature Reserve and was first formally described in 2012. (see my iNaturalist record for details) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617992941-VJOURJAUKMMT0LVFHINY/PA110239.jpg October 2022 - mud-nesting spider wasp tribe Ageniellini (family: Pompilidae) A large wasp moving so rapidly around the leaf litter in search of spiders that I was lucky to grab this single shot. It is our first of this species for the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618001033-PUUR90KJ0FLZGSQOV49X/PA110189.jpg October 2022 - Climbing Apple-Berry Billardiera mutabilis (family: Pittosporaceae) This is the attractive flower of a twining shrub in the same family as Pittosporum. Its fruit is an edible berry. However it is probably more palatable to birds than humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618300274-5C6DMI9NA3TJW9P8G44Z/PA020038.jpg October 2022 - Button Everlasting Coronidium scorpioides (family: Asteraceae) The dry, papery bracts of these flowers make them look old before their time. These brown-edged flowers are healthy and have just begun to open (2nd October). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665617869589-C1PE49A3L99LAZ6TWWE5/PA110185.jpg October 2022 - lynx spider on everlasting daisy Coronidium scorpioides (family: Asteraceae) The daisies are now fully open … the flat flower head is a perfect launch pad for a hunting lynx spider (Oxyopes sp.) (11th October). [14th October update: 3 days, several heavy downpours and gale force winds … and he’s back on site, same flower, same posture, obviously the same spider] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633354608-ZUAQ37UTMAUZ70MG4ABF/PA120077.jpg October 2022 - Grass tree Xanthorrhoea concava (family: Asphodelaceae) The first spring after the January 2020 Border Fire saw an extraordinary flowering of grass trees - click HERE to see this display. In 2021 flowering returned to a normal level with just a handful of flowering culms. And this spring we have seen just two spikes to date, one of which is shown here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618027142-RJ0PK9CXD1QCBXVYVZ0W/PA110192.jpg October 2022 - Pink Fingers orchid Caladenia carnea (family: Orchidaceae) The most common orchid flowering this month, with petals varying in the intensity of the pink colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618102764-LQOKPNHXD03OZ8Y768IZ/PA120021-2.jpg October 2022 - Pink Fingers Caladenia carnea (family: Orchidaceae) Caladenia carnea can easily be confused with other, similar species … most notably, Caladenia fuscata. It is possible we have both here, so I need to start taking more notice of the number of flowers per stem and the shape of the lateral lobes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665629631468-LZ4GM0QAJCI56KJHJVID/PA110228.jpg October 2022 - typical bee fly Meomyia albiceps (family: Bombyliidae; subfamily: Bombyliinae) Like many others in the family, these fuzzy little flies collect sand into a chamber at the end of their abdomens and use this to coat their eggs. Last summer we watched this sand-gathering in action, with the flies favouring the fine sand of a termite mound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618080377-WA96JHJ2USKKRW55B1KV/PA120047-2.jpg October 2022 - long-winged bee fly Aleucosia calophthalma (family: Bombyliidae; subfamily: Lomantiinae) Remarkably little is known about the biology of these conspicuous flies. Aleucosia larvae are likely to be parasitic or predatory on other insects, but which insects and how is unclear. We tend to see the adults feeding at flowers, or perched in sunny patches of the leaf litter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618122587-YVV1IE32PEEJ9Z3FHWHS/PA120107.jpg October 2022 - hover fly Melangyna (family: Syrphiidae) Adult hover flies are pollen and nectar feeders, but as larvae they are voracious predators of aphids and other sap-sucking bugs. This hover fly seemed larger than most that we see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618198502-BB7SNIEP8LBBLOWXN34J/P9270002-2.jpg October 2022 - purple flag Patersonia glabrata (family: Iridaceae) These delicate, showy flowers are short-lived, typically lasting just a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618125176-45CFU18PEVK1JLE3K497/PA120074-2.jpg October 2022 - purple flag pollination Patersonia glabrata, with visiting bee (probably Lasioglossum) The yellow structure in the heart of the flower is a cluster of anthers, the pollen-bearing parts. Here they are fully open and releasing large pollen grains … which adhere to the hairs of visiting insects, such as bees and hoverflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665719487530-DQ37X80HGTI54FO6NDH6/PA140049.jpg October 2022 - purple flag ... furled Patersonia glabrata (family: Iridaceae) Typically within a day of opening, the purple flowers collapse and furl into a twisted spiral … only to be replaced by a fresh bloom from the same inflorescence the next sunny day. This plant shows two spent flowers, and there may be more to come yet. Patersonia have 2-12 flowers per inflorescence … although I’m not sure how many this particular species tends to produce. Perhaps I need to be a little more observant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618205024-KMWUWZ01D0FI3NKFE7ZH/P9270005-2.jpg October 2022 - Creamy Candles Stackhousia monogyna (family: Celastraceae) If I had to name a favourite flower, I think it would be this one. The delicate colours, radial symmetry, and they last for weeks, growing taller as the upper flowers open and the lower ones mature into fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618219186-E5D5UMQB9PFBNM2XUYOE/PA020040.jpg October 2022 - pink bells Tetratheca pilosa (family: Elaeaocarpaceae) A plant of the south east corner where it grows in coastal heath and lowland forests. Indeed, we are near the northern extent of its range. Our pink bells bloom this spring is heavier than we’ve ever seen it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618234603-D95M2WSKDC25NN6ABSNT/PA030079.jpg October 2022 - Golden Glory Pea Gompholobium latifolium (family: Fabaceae) Compared to many other yellow peas flowering at this time of year, Gompholobium flowers are large and the plants delicate. The species is more common in coastal, sandstone country further north, especially around Sydney. Along our southern coast and into Victoria it is generally uncommon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665618424123-VXQY2YQOS02581WZ5DQQ/PA120001-3.jpg October 2022 - Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea (family: Orchidaceae) We were blessed with a exuberant display of this orchid last spring, which we hope will be repeated this year. The first flowers have appeared in the last couple of days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665638569227-IS4NEUHHYN0ERH7R2FQR/PA120003-2.jpg October 2022 - Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea (family: Orchidaceae) Yellow is a common flower colour, but nothing else quite matches the sulphorous hue of these petals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665632972870-ISQ8L5K6CASIUTD5Y0WP/PA020014-2.jpg October 2022 - Common Aotus Aotus ericoides (family: Facaceae) ”Common” it may be, but this term devalues the magnificent show this pea species puts on when it blooms. This began in late September and is now at a peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633313732-4HBY9G0GDWQHBXDP1JBM/PA110004-2.jpg October 2022 - Common Aotus Aotus ericoides (family: Fabaceae) This pea is widespread in our forest and its dense clumps make an eye-catching sight in bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633217812-I6P1NY5NPB1O6YNFJN6O/P9250089.jpg October 2022 - march fly Myioscaptia calliphora (family: Tabanidae) March flies have a poor reputation arising from the female’s habit of penetrating the skin with her long proboscis in the search for blood - ouch! Male march flies have the same weapon as the female but only use it to collect nectar from flowers. This time of year, a bunch of males - like the one seen here - put on hovering display flights over a patch of gravel near the house. So we have a lek! (google it) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633225405-8LXCNZYJ1DW6V8247334/P9260167.jpg October 2022 - Eastern Spinebill There is nectar aplenty for these birds at this time of year. When not at the flowers, they’ll be busy feeding chicks at the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633228782-K45BUAMNX6DRT88EZVHY/P9260196.jpg October 2022 - Two-spotted Grass Skipper Pasma tasmanica (family: Hesperiidae) Peak blooming of Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles) has coincided with the appearance of butterflies like this skipper, which can access nectar at the base of the corolla of the flowers with its long proboscis. The feeding activity of the butterfly pollinates the flowers - a win-win situation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633233825-QFUT335STP5IDA0TJMNI/P9300004.jpg October 2022 - sedge moth Glyphipterix cometophora (family: Glyphiterigidae) These small, but very attractive moths are often seen perching on the vertical stems of sedges, such as this Gahnia radula. They open and close their wings in what we presume is a mating display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633241547-73GCZXBLEQTCY826RWJO/PA020001.jpg October 2022 - Tall Saw-sedge Gahnia clarkei (family: Cyperaceae) This sedge lives up to its name - the tallest culms of our plant are almost 4 metres high. They are shown here in full bloom about 2 weeks ago, sporting their male flower parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665642973123-BDU813UWUXI1FQ9TIGP4/PA020004.jpg October 2022 - Tall Saw-sedge Gahnia clarkei (family: Cyperaceae) A close up of a culm shows the yellow stamens projecting from the tip of each flower. A week after this photo was taken all of these stamens had been replaced by feathery female stigmata - ready to catch wind-borne pollen from anthers of other plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633249994-0LMF3J272D3QFQ1KH2VB/PA070009.jpg October 2022 - King Parrot - male King Parrots are rather partial to flowers - including those of Austral Indigo (Indigofera australis). The stem of this plant provided the perfect perch for this male, as he grazed on the pink flowers. His weight pushed the stem to a comfortable slope. It hasn’t bounced back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633323957-XXHXVKZ3G0SKNN6QU22I/PA120024.jpg October 2022 - ichneumonid wasps Long-bodied ichneumonid wasps (family: Ichneumonidae) are a common sight in the forest and are some of the earliest insects to reappear in spring. However this is the first time we’ve ever seen a mating pair. The male on the right has bent his abdomen at an impossible-looking angle to engage with the female. The yellow object projecting vertically from the end of her abdomen is her ovipositor - used to deposit her fertilised eggs in an appropriate place for their further development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633359157-ANW9CJ0TULJRXBROXY6V/PA120090.jpg October 2022 - Guenee's Emerald Chlorocoma dichloraria (family: Geometridae) While we often attract this moth species to our lightsheets, I can’t recall ever seeing it in the daytime. It was a nice treat to see this one flutter down to a leaf on the forest floor and spread its wings wide open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633503594-I5OWKPHYD1RHHJBIA62M/P9260243.jpg October 2022 - stiletto fly Ectinorhynchus (family: Therevidae) Calm, warm days in spring are when we see dancing swarms of these flies – their long back legs dangling and their bodies flashing silver. Therevid larvae are predators of insects, but little is known about the biology of most species. If adults feed at all, it may be on nectar, but they are rarely seen at flowers. This one was simply resting and displaying, not feeding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665634099339-L1LQO789FMW0M39MBYF0/PA030103.jpg October 2022 - Tangle-veined fly Trichopthalma (family: Nemestrinidae) We included this species in the last photo essay … but I just couldn’t resist adding this latest sighting. They’re big, distinctive, and uncommon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633540939-GX93J5BA078ZQBA56PQ0/P9260278.jpg October 2022 - native bee gathering pollen Lasioglossum (family: Halictidae) This female has pushed apart the lateral petals of the pea flower (a Bossiaea) to expose the pollen-laden anthers. She spends some time packaging her load into special regions of long hairs - particularly on her legs - before flying off to her nest burrow. Inevitably some pollen will remain stuck to her body when she ventures out to find another flower. And she will probably seek out another Bossiaea flower… good news for the plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665733478864-IQRS8GEGS5G5WAZ1DPI2/PA040038.jpg October 2022 - another pea, another bee Lasioglossum (family: Halictidae) on Aotus ericoides (family: Fabaceae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633648019-6ZD7PQLNYZV167201Z8O/P9240006.jpg October 2022 - Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada (family: Euphorbiaceae) At first glance, nothing much seems to be happening here - no apparent leaves and are those things on the green stalk flowers? It’s an unusual plant which has its own beauty if you look closely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665634108196-C62WLVX56UNXF0PDLQ7T/P9230019-Edit.jpg October 2022 - Broom Spurge - male flowers Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada (family: Euphorbiaceae) The flowers of this plant are tiny - around 1.5mm wide - and grow directly attached to the stem in clusters of 3-4. This photo shows male flowers with their protruding yellow stamens. In our region, female flowers grow on separate plants - they are said to be dioecious. There are no petals - just reddish-purple sepals. This species is widespread in our forest. It began flowering in early spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665717004122-PNAM9V2F38X7RXP37FPC/PA140037-3.jpg October 2022 - Broom Spurge - female flowers Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada (family: Euphorbiaceae) This is a plant with female flowers. At the base of the flower clusters you can see the small leaves which are present in some, but not all plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665724155047-CX0OGJSSYOBABMJWVZLZ/PA140087.jpg October 2022 - Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada (family: Euphorbiaceae) A closer view of a cluster of younger female flowers, each with 3 styles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665716828597-ZF0CZ942IV5KA90DTT7Y/PA140016-4-Edit.jpg October 2022 - Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada (family: Euphorbiaceae) A high magnification view of a cluster of older female flowers. The one on the left shows 3 short red styles with a few tiny pollen grains on the surface. The one on the right is already developing into a fruit. A leaf blade lies behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665633660182-MSC20ITJBGBNZKLL2HZO/P9230011-2.jpg October 2022 - Pomaderris Pomaderris intermedia (family: Rhamnaceae) Pomaderris is a common shrub in our region with many different species, but to date we’ve sighted just one plant in our forest. It is growing directly adjacent to the river - it likely grew from seed carried downstream during a flood. Buds were present on this bush when we first discovered it in early May. But we had to wait until late September to see the opened flowers - shown in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665718674876-5FW99B6F3M19FCMSLGD5/PA140028-3.jpg October 2022 - White-throated Treecreeper - female This photo shows the massive claws which enable this bird to dance up tree trunks as it searches for ants and other insects. At this time of the year, it’s likely to be gathering food for a hungry clutch of chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665719847394-8ZB2R8NRUL9VCRVBY1ZP/PA140014.jpg October 2022 - longhorn beetle Pentacosmia sp. (family: Cerambycidae; subfamily: Lamiinae) One of the first beetles to make a daytime appearance this spring, and it’s a new one for our home list! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665723382537-W6DT47YW5ON2TK5M5B1L/PA140101.jpg October 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665719825705-RMH4657VO93Q6C31GMQE/PA140030.jpg October 2022 - longhorn beetle Pentacosmia sp. (family: Cerambycidae; subfamily: Lamiinae) This genus is endemic to Australia, most commonly in the south east. The grubs probably feed in the woody branches of various plants … including Acacia longifolia, which we certainly have plenty of! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665723409728-62VPFRH7AZ6Q0XRQWJF9/PA140105.jpg October 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665719666486-K841SED2QD4Y3IN6X9PE/PA140037.jpg October 2022 - a small leafhopper Ishidaella sp. (family: Cicadellidae) I was photographing this Tiger Orchid (Diuris sulphurea), when I noticed a little leafhopper clinging to the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665719630949-G90C1XTXPUM4XCJMHU6W/PA140046.jpg October 2022 - leafhopper Ishidaella sp. (family: Cicadellidae) These pretty blue, sap-sucking insects are a fairly common sight in summer. But a closer look at this one and I realise it is a bit different to those we’ve photographed before. Species identification is a work in progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665719454067-QFVVRI77KH5Y0IF875AZ/PA140072.jpg October 2022 - Long-tailed Pea-blue butterfly ... another first Lampides boeticus (family: Lycaenidae) It’s always exciting to add another butterfly to our home list. And this one is new to our life list … that is, we’ve never photographed it before, anywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665723430725-SA3Y52WJW695PDM1LWW6/PA140115.jpg October 2022 - Long-tailed Pea-blue butterfly Lampides boeticus (family: Lycaenidae) The adults are migratory, so I guess we have just had a troop blow in. We spotted several, feeding on Aotus. They lay their eggs in the flower buds of various peas … including Kennedia, Pultenaea, Indigofera, Gompholobium. Plenty for her to choose from here right now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665719426964-2GVKL9U64D7D326PYZHY/PA140148.jpg October 2022 - Common Grass Blue butterfly Zizina otis (family: Lycaenidae) This small blue is common Australia wide, particularly in open grassy areas. But despite the name, it is actually attracted to pea flowers growing in sunny places. The caterpillars feed on leaves, flowers and seedpods of a wide range of plants including Hardenbergia, Indigofera, and Pultenaea - each of which we currently have in abundance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665733415734-5CSGOU1M6UWD0OWU75FZ/PA040008.jpg October 2022 - a mystery wasp There’s always another wasp! I’ve never seen this one before, nor do I have a clear idea what type it might be. I’m thinking ‘flower wasp’ (Thynninae), but without a look at the wing venation I’m not confident. Yet another insect I’ll be on the lookout for in the weeks to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1665727092418-LR06G4CKZU2HBQ0G5CB5/PA140018-4.jpg October 2022 - Devil's Twine Cassytha pubescens (family: Lauraceae) A late entrant! This is one of the very few home plant species that we had not seen after the January 2020 fire. We discovered it again in just the last couple of days, but it’s likely to have been growing for some time. Cassytha is hemiparasitic. Its photosynthetic stem twines around other plants and taps into the xylem of the host to extract water and nutrients. The sucker-shaped organs - haustoria - it uses for this purpose can be clearly seen here. https://southernforestlife.net/pollination-puzzles-2022 daily 0.75 2022-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666645565915-CGPSJ1H3GR4UEF60KLM4/PA240006-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Aotus ericoies The low bushes are densely packed with bright yellow blooms. Each branch carries flowers at various stages of development, from unopened buds to developing fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666645565915-CGPSJ1H3GR4UEF60KLM4/PA240006-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Aotus ericoies The low bushes are densely packed with bright yellow blooms. Each branch carries flowers at various stages of development, from unopened buds to developing fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666645603580-0T6HHQ6ET6G2A0NT14RT/PA140148.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Small butterflies steal nectar without coming into contact with the flower’s pollen. Zizina otis (family: Lycaenidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666652742931-G889EE932BY1FRPY9S8U/PA140115-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Feeding butterflies tend to perch on the standard, not the wings and keel. The long, fine proboscis probes deep into the flower to where the nectar is concealed. Lampides boeticus (family: Lycaenidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666645607774-KEK40J7K8XF4GDTEFKVL/PA200301.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Beetles occasionally force their way in toward the nectar – and may expose the pollen in the process. Eleale sp. (family: Cleridae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666645766751-51OPJFJ9FME6G819ZCD3/PA220121.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Bees are by far the most frequent visitors to the flowers, and they take a stereotypic stance in order to access the nectar … astride the wings and keel. Lasioglossum (family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666655242218-4BOBQGXNS7PMUKROJ2M8/PA220050-3.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Although one of the larger species of Exoneura we see here in the forest, this reed bee is still quite small. They are generalists. Large numbers of Exoneura were feeding on Leucopogon (family: Ericaceae) when it was flowering a few weeks ago. Exoneura sp. (family: Apidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666676376740-R2P9YSQ1KDKZAS00B9LX/PA160110.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 This largish bee is a classic generalist. I’ve photographed Green-and-gold Nomia Bees feeding on: everlasting daisies (family: Asteraceae); Angophora blossom (family: Myrtaceae); Burchardia (family: Colchicaceae); … and peas (family: Fabaceae). Lipotriches australica (family: Halictidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666652745237-ASGWHNGU6VTHRIZQW8WG/PA240032.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 In comparison with most of the local native bees, honey bees are huge – yet they too cling to the front of the flower to access the nectar. Apis mellifera (family: Apidae) - introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666819448725-0CZIKPER4BGBQ6MZT87H/PA200157.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Many Australian plants are buzz pollinated, and many generalist native bees can do this – including Lasioglossum, Exoneura and Homalictus. European honey bees, however, cannot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666815990613-73PA86F7ISBBJCN39PJ4/PA200181.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Upside down and with her body wrapped around the anther bundle, she ‘buzzes’. Floral buzzing involves activation of flight muscles in her thorax to create ‘thoracic oscillation’ … but with her wings kept folded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666816009382-V6CJOE8VBMECSAE68SBR/PA200188.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 The tubular anthers of Tetratheca form a rigid structure. When the bee grips with her legs and buzzes, the mechanical vibrations are transferred from her body to the anthers and pollen grains are shaken loose. The buzzing also produces an audible sound (hence the name), but these sound waves alone do not lead to pollen release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666820401350-73MLJIL1EPLTU18OC4RM/PA200190.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Compared to the flower, she is a reasonably large bee. It has been predicted that the larger the floral structure, the larger the insect required to produce the vibration frequency necessary for pollen release (Vellajo-Marín 2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666816263235-N1HXK0FTJL8P6O42GPTH/PA200222.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 She spent several minutes on this same plant, climbing between flowers, buzzing some but not all. I suspect she was selecting the most suitable flowers … and as the anthers are not visible from above, she must approach each from below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666816224430-CRQ81UTWHC4ITO3PWQ1O/PA200203.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Same bee, another flower, another buzz. Notice the projecting style pressing the stigma against her pollen-covered body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666933311534-CU2AO67H7W3GCT1WE2LR/PA160178.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - hoverfly Melangyna sp. (Diptera: Syrphidae) Mouthparts can reach the outermost anthers only. (16/10/22 11:50) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666933318730-MX307KIGNPP8TI13RJGQ/PA160282.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - flower-feeding fly (Diptera: Tachinidae ?) Long mouthparts can reach nectar in many flowers, but not the Stackhousia flowers. (16/10/22 12:18) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666933953615-YEJYMAJ7EGOM2WG19DIL/PA160292.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - flower-feeding fly (Diptera: Tachinidae ?) Trying for the nectar, or feeding on pollen? (16/10/22 12:19) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666933967990-CV1OXYDTZ7ORP7UA7CTS/PA170150.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - butterfly Pasma tasmanica (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Clearly nectar-feeding, this butterfly spent several minutes working over the flowers. (17/10/22 15:34) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666933976099-ZHUUOEYW89MORYFU3CKT/PA180047.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - butterfly Vanessa kershawi (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Moments before, this butterfly was feeding on a flowering Stackhousia stem alongside the one it rests on here. Note the pollen-covered proboscis. (18/10/22 15:50) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666953574709-YIX1Z8HSOYER24KWHGKX/PA170076.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - longhorn beetle Pempsamacra pygmaea (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Even pressed hard into the flower mouth, the relatively short snout of this species can reach the longest stamens but would not come close to the stigma. (17/10/22 15:26) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666953401671-NR2XP7H4EGHM2Y25G1R6/PA170116-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - longhorn beetle Pempsamacra pygmaea (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Five minutes later the female is still clinging to the same flower, her face covered in pollen. The male now clinging to her back has temporarily distracted her from her meal. (17/10/22 15:31) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666933902282-4W71ZZK7YG0ZJZUEZ974/P9300040-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - butterfly Delias nigrina (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) An uncommon visitor here, as we are at the southernmost extent of its reported range. We rarely see them feeding, but the Stackhousia clearly lures them down from the eucalypt canopy. In fact, most photos I have of this species were taken on Stackhousia flowers. (30/9/21 12:06) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666933904453-T35QZH0DNOJPQHSWNWUV/PA030065-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - butterfly Delias harpalyce (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) The more common species of this genus here, but still one we rarely see down low … except when the Stackhousia are flowering. (3/10/21 10:18) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666994115120-OLBGZFC495M5ACUIXOQM/PA050217.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - longhorn beetle Enchoptera apicalis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) Many Australian species in this subfamily are flower-feeders as adults, and some are known to act as pollinators (Ślipiński & Escalona 2013). This one spend several minutes moving from flower to flower, burying its face inside the corolla tube each time. (5/10/17 13:42) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666994012747-X62COBNYHQOJSEL73Y51/PA050238.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - longhorn beetle Enchoptera apicalis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) I doubt it could reach far beyond the outermost anthers. The stigma and nectar would be beyond even this rather elongated face and mouthparts. (5/10/17 13:43) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666952168152-63DD7LIJGTQKUAV2VHXN/21+sept+2020+1327.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - day-flying moth Eutrichopidia latinus (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Clearly nectar-feeding on the Stackhousia, its proboscis (and face) coated with pollen. Although they don’t eat pollen, butterflies can be effective pollinators as they move between flowers. (21/9/20 13:27) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666952171744-XB7M876WN0KGYBLZ8U80/24+nov+2021+0854+.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - butterfly Hesperilla ornata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Yet another lepidopteran visiting the Stackhousia, apparently probing for nectar … although here among the unopened buds. (24/11/21 08:54) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668210390284-ON7S8CXTSMV60KH4CZ95/PB240104-3.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 Hesperilla ornata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Although much of the time this butterfly was simply perching, the dusting of pollen on the face suggest a recent nectar feed. (24/11/21 08:57) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668210393869-1AFFTUY5WPY8H9POPE7W/PB240047-3.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - an occasional crowd Hesperilla ornata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and Heteronympha merope (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Very occasionally the flowers get a little crowded … particularly toward the end of the flowering season, by which time there are more butterflies about, and fewer productive flowers to go around. (24/11/21 08:52) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668210788690-G3HGZI40VOH1ML7TLE3T/PB240032-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - butterfly Heteronympha merope (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) A nectar-feeding male. (24/11/21 08:57) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668210784561-JCBUQH68PPYOBYEHMPX9/PB240049-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - buds or open flowers? Heteronympha merope (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) A friend recently noted that the butterfly visitors sometimes appear to be probing unopened flowers. Here is another example … the one at the top is among the buds, while the lower one probes inside the tube of a more open flower. It may be they can find a ‘backdoor’ to the nectar of the unopened flowers, but it is likely that the more mature blooms are more productive. (24/11/21 08:58) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1666952175299-P5CGDHBWXVWHINSN7XL5/26th+sept+2021+1030.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - butterfly Vanessa kershawi (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) This butterfly has just withdrawn its proboscis from the tube of one of the flowers. (26/9/21 10:30) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1668211361186-19505URB06C6TYVI1YF8/PB080032-2.jpg Pollination puzzles 2022 - day-flying moth Eutrichopidia latinus (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) … with a pollen-coated proboscis! (8/11/22 09:30) https://southernforestlife.net/neighbourhood-watch-2022 daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669373116572-G8N7V52VZ79WWQ8KFZP8/PB200080.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 20/11/2022 (11:01) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669373116572-G8N7V52VZ79WWQ8KFZP8/PB200080.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 20/11/2022 (11:01) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669373521028-M9H2JGYWKHVV5IXFROIW/PB200415.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 20/11/2022 (14:45) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669430318467-TN7CGY6O6KI27F1HJSTP/PB050092.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a distinctive crabronid Podagritus are quite easily recognised. The narrow ‘petiole’ at the base of the abdomen is a clue, along with their relatively large size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669521771857-YR34J30BM1HPOLO5OIOH/PB010038.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - bobbing flight, dangling legs Insect-spotting is a bit like bird-spotting. With practice, you learn to recognise a species by its general shape and the way it moves. For me, the long dangling legs and the bobbing flight close to the ground say “Podagritus” … or perhaps “Rhopalum”, if it’s a tiny insect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669430320726-LZAQ7XUGUWXPRLWJGEXA/PB050096.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - relatively large Compared with the tiny, cryptic Rhopalum I was watching in August - September (click to read earlier post), Podagritus are large and obvious. The two genera are otherwise similar and closely related. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669432073354-GJEWXB6W6O1T86RRS3L3/PB260029-3.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - high density housing Podagritus favour sandy soil, in the sun, and with some vegetation cover. I never find them nesting out in the middle of a track. And they seem to like high density life. Their burrows are sometimes very close together, the mounds overlapping. [The burrow openings are 5mm in diameter. Contrast this with the burrows of Rhopalum coriolum, which measured just 2mm. This Podagritus species is a much larger insect.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669430306129-0JS408QVKKEUUXPNY5ZB/PA310340.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a rare chance to see her prey up close Typically, prey-laden Podagritus females fly in slowly, then quickly dive into their open nests. Only occasionally will one land on vegetation … and so afford me a chance to see exactly what she’s carrying and how. Note how she uses her middle legs to grip the fly. This is quite stereotypic behaviour among Podagritus. Other wasps use different methods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669430306833-M6I75UN3ZILV3EWTK87Y/PA310345.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - stiletto flies a favoured food In previous years, these large Anabarynchus flies were the prey I’d most often see Podagritus carrying. This year there do not seem so many of these flies around, so perhaps the wasps are having to work harder … or diversify. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669431103238-WJTO9ODNB4AQTPYHW3C2/PB220402.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a lost nest It is not uncommon for a returning wasp to apparently ‘lose’ her nest. Sometimes the entrance has been covered by blown leaf litter or collapsed by animal traffic. This Podagritus female put aside her prey (visible just under the leaf) while she scraped the soil in search of her burrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669431105257-6X2PV89X98D5SIXSS5S9/PB220416.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a fruitless search Agitated and clearly searching for her nest, she tried an aerial view. No luck. She eventually flew off, abandoning her prey - the fly lodged just under the edge of the leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669431107650-Y25BRXCKOJ260IWEH18T/PB220423.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - snipe flies also acceptable Note that this fly is much smaller than the Anabarynchus more typically gathered. It’s a snipe fly, probably Chrysopilus (RHAGIONIDAE). And paralysed, not dead. I know because I collected it for a closer look (robbing the ants of a free meal). Even 24 hours later it would still give an occasional twitch. [Interestingly, I have found no previous mention of this fly family among the prey listed for Podagritus. TACHINIDAE and THEREVIDAE are their reported targets, at least for the few species of Podagritus that have been studied.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669430322055-SHZ40EPI0MDWGPQ8WC1Q/PB050097.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - 'do they sting?' This is perhaps the most commonly asked question when it comes to wasps. Podagritus does have a sting. They use it to paralyse their prey and will use it in defence, if desperate. But like most solitary wasps, they are not aggressive. They can’t afford to risk their lives attacking potential threats (such as a person lurking nearby with her camera). They have a nest to stock, and eggs to lay! People tend to be stung by social wasps, and even then only when their nest is threatened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669435972092-EPOEURP0Q0FMWYYWITOQ/PB070018-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - early nest, flat mound By early November there were already large numbers of Cerceris nests. Little yellow faces peering out from low mounds, both in the open of the path and among sparse vegetation nearby. It may be some of these wasps overwintered as adults within these very tunnels! They may have even mated last April, and so been ready to start nesting immediately (Evans & Matthews 1970). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669436589244-OOJ2GYX0XWQ4QVK1OTG5/PB150221.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a growing mound Over time, as the wasps carve out more tunnels and chambers, the pile of sand around the opening can form quite a large mound. Not all the excavated sand is ejected from the opening. Some of it is simply moved out of the nest chamber and forms loose plugs through which the wasps dig when ready to move onto the next cell (Bohart & Menke 1976). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669373315127-VH3LAZJXEPPLEWSWGOJZ/PB200364.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - distinctive wasps Cerceris are readily distinguished from most other crabronid wasps. The grooved abdomen, rounded ‘petiole’ and wide head are distinctive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669436941894-CU0OGHDA9SKG7TM3VP9U/PB240050.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - alert and responsive Like most wasps, Cerceris have good vision and are alert to movement and changes in their environment. She certainly seems aware of me … watching her, watching me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669436939330-Q4K9OH54715N6GS90CM8/PB240030.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - guard duty An inquisitive ant takes one look at those mandibles and quickly retreats. The mandibles are largely for digging, but they do look rather intimidating. Note that by withdrawing slightly into the burrow, the wasp’s large head effectively blocks the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669533554435-P4RKBC7YHD7KFSOSKVIJ/PB100473.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - wary return to her nest Most prey-laden Cerceris fly directly to their nest mound and rapidly scramble inside. But sometimes I get lucky and one will briefly land on nearby vegetation. It seems that for every 20 returning hunters I see, I have the chance to photograph just one or two. At times I sense they are well aware of me and my camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669438364176-M31Q81GJI3L8PQIVX2AP/PB240064.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - beetle prey Cerceris feed their larvae on paralysed beetles. This looks like a leaf beetle (CHRYSOMELIDAE), possibly Edusella or another in the subfamily Eumolpinae. Such beetles are quite common here in the forest at the moment, and Edusella are common prey of Cerceris in south-eastern Australia (Evans & Matthews 1970). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669438570698-BSN2KCZVQ62QF71HPWSX/PB100413.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a mouthful of antennae This female is showing the classic Cerceris prey hold … grasping the paralysed beetle’s antennae with her mandibles. She also uses her front and middle legs when in flight (Evans & Matthews 1970). Note the rather small size of her catch. Cerceris prey upon beetles of various sizes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669591885384-DV4UY33DQSBQVB222THH/PB140402.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - hairy and a particular 'jizz' After an intense couple of weeks insect-spotting in this small patch, I’m getting quite good at spotting male mutillids. They’re hairier than most flower wasps, and they fly in a rather characteristic way. This one perched briefly alongside the path, apparently on the lookout for a female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669591821601-YCQ19EKT09ENZKFB7MIS/PB180916.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - investigating the path Most males I see are perched nearby, but occasionally one will come to ground and investigate. Note the busy antennae, tapping and stroking the sand and leaf litter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669592389636-H6XFYZLXVTEUCOUU7VQI/PB270091-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - another male on the lookout Yet another male velvet ant visiting the path. This one was particularly blue … perhaps a different species again. Mutillids are notoriously difficult to study and as a result there are no doubt large numbers of undescribed species and the taxonomy of the group is contested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669789799664-C67MPX9PK2BTCNLTG4BW/original.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a rare sighting ... One morning I spotted this male as he landed, clearly carrying a load. I was witness to something very rarely seen … mating velvet ants! He is not a large insect (for scale, the stem he’s clinging to is just 1mm wide) but she is smaller still. During the coupling, she was securely held within the curve of his body. It was all over quite quickly … in stark contrast to the protracted pairing of thynnine flower wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669373770907-L6G5JG3DSM3Q6MI7D6JF/PB210071.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - ... mating velvet ants The sexes of a single species often look nothing alike. Males are larger and winged … but even the colours can be wildly different. In this shot the pair had just uncoupled. Moments later the male flew off and the female climbed down the grass stem and scurried away … probably back to the path, immediately alongside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669592241174-UX4KY12BAHROKLT8DPRI/PB240163.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - one of many females Female velvet ants scurrying about the open path area are a common sight of late. Their antennae are constantly on the move, tapping small stones and sand grains, occasionally probing between them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669591984169-M1EGCFQ3JA41TB3IBAW5/PB181081.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - the most numerous species Females with red legs and two golden felt bands on the abdomen are the most abundant type. Whether these are all the same species or not, it’s impossible to tell. What I can be confident of is that they were born nearby … perhaps emerging from this very patch of sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669592374800-2H6AFDJUV5Z5TRELY7KU/PB270098.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - probing holes and burrows Something beneath this stick had clearly attracted the interest of this female mutillid. She pushed and probed and at one stage nearly disappeared from view before departing to investigate various nest mounds nearby. Later I lifted the stick aside and discovered a nest hole. The owner? Unknown at this stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669592357935-LLNLBY7IGR526E4EZ29C/PB270101.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a completed Sericophorus nest This nest was collapsed and abandoned by the owner - a large Sericophorus female – nine days earlier. The mutillid was clearly interested, although she didn’t stay long. I had seen her (or some other female velvet ant) do the same thing several times. Perhaps she/they are monitoring the development of the Sericophorus larvae … although I don’t know how they could do this. The nest chambers are likely to be well below ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669592294417-4BRK57KMDW408NS46WYN/PB190019.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - an active but closed Sericophorus nest This is another of the Sericophorus nests, but this one an active nest. It would be complete and ‘backfilled’ two days later, but at the time of this mutillid’s visit the owner was inside. As they do during much of the day, Sericophorus had plugged the burrow with soil … so perhaps that is what deterred the mutillid, which soon backed out and wandered off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669592401920-A7C4F8HWMDL5FGWH30D2/PB270111.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - an active, 'open' Cerceris nest Cerceris nests often have a wasp guarding the door … but not always. This female mutillid ventured across the threshold unchallenged. The nest looks wide open, but apparently Cerceris blocks the tunnels further down. The owner may have been out hunting, but she may have been well below ground, excavating a chamber and stocking it from her stash. Whatever the reason, conditions weren’t right and the visiting mutillid soon moved on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669605466507-7DLVDMUXTJ24GOUWAGD8/PB280159.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - another fruitless visit Despite many hours of observation, I have yet to witness a fruitful nest visit by a velvet ant. I would expect her to disappear down the burrow, locate and access a chamber containing a late stage larva/pupa, deposit an egg, and climb or dig her way out again. All I have seen is the mutillids taking a quick ‘peek’ before departing. I guess they’re still waiting for the larvae to develop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669611622381-OZZ1P7VFGP47CWOMT7FX/PB160267.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a rarely studied Australian endemic Austrogorytes are robust and rather fierce looking wasps, but they are actually rather reclusive and shy. Unlike Bembix, their near relatives, little is known about their behaviour. I rely upon the 1970’s work of Howard Evans and Robert Matthews (1971b) in and around Canberra to provide insights into their nesting biology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669609914236-4EXMCLXUX2AQR6T0IPWL/PB160129.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - drag, kick .. drag, kick Austrogorytes has her own particular digging style. The front legs are equipped with rakes, rows of long spines. Using both in synchrony, she drags armloads of sand and soil from the burrow as she walks backwards. Then the back legs take over, and kick the sand away. It results in a characteristic jerky, highly effective display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669611925072-4NPDJ538EOMB6WZ4ESL3/PB160013.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a long sloping burrow The burrow entrance is clearly at an angle, not vertical. And it is likely to continue to slope inward for 15-30cm, with a cluster of side branches leading to the actual nesting cells (Evans & Matthews 1971b). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669611602443-H1NRBOKL9C8JWWPY6Q6S/PB240012.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - leafhopper specialists As in the Canberra population (Evans & Matthews 1971b), our local Austrogorytes stock their burrows with leafhoppers. These little sap-sucking bugs are common in the area, the growing colonies of nymphs and adults feeding on eucalypt saplings … always with attendant ants. Obviously the ants are not an effective deterrent to these foraging wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669365715500-F90PAJJ8UCZ3FWWD08QD/PB160123.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - males patrol the patch One of the first Bembix to appear in mid November, a male. He flies back and forth along the path, on patrol, landing occasionally. No doubt the males are waiting for females to appear … perhaps from the sands beneath their feet. Bembix nest gregariously and use the same patch year after year (Bohart & Menke 1976). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669373431345-2LF62EKLURB3LIIW3QNA/PB200379.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - an access ramp Within a few days of making their first appearance, Bembix females were digging burrows. They apparently mate just once, soon after emerging (Evans & O’Neill 2007). Note the sloping entrance, quite different to the near vertical shafts constructed by Podagritus and Cerceris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669364873643-2U3DVIZ69FMES8MZZIIO/PB160413.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - females have impressive front legs This female is demonstrating classic Bembix digging stance: front legs splayed sideways with the tarsi curled inward, those impressive rakes at the ready. Oh, and her equally impressive mandibles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669685421244-AU21M0KF2NCD6KWFI3D9/PB180188.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - rapid sand raking Burrowing by Bembix is fast, furious, and noisy. The front legs scoop loads of sand and cast them out behind the buzzing wasp. It’s not discreet, but it is fast – and perhaps it needs to be. She scrapes sand back into the entrance when she leaves, and so must dig her way back through the closed and concealed ‘door’ each time she returns with prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669695374690-I0Z11YG4A7NX5M8G4RXT/PB200462.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - cryptic nests There is little to mark the site of a Bembix nest. This one was unusually obvious as the freshly moved sand was wet. Within minutes it would blend in, as it dried and the wind scattered the finer particles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669697048263-8MGSEXUA09IFL4WDXIMO/PB200429.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - open ground The middle of the path is hot property, as far as the Bembix are concerned. I have yet to see them at work on the fringes or amongst the scattered grasses and herbs nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669707131301-DO3WCH6X92JHNRRKW70B/PB260003-3.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - males seek virgin females Two weeks since they first appeared, and males are still around. The peak of male emergence precedes that of females … which makes sense. Females only mate once, so males that are on the scene the moment a virgin female emerges from the soil are the most likely to be successful. They can detect females through several cm of sand, and will scrape at patches where they predict a female may emerge (reviewed in Evans & O’Neil 2007). Mistakes are made – sometimes they unearth a male or another species entirely – but it’s a strategy that can work. And maybe that is what the male in this photo was doing, ‘sniffing out’ a potential mate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669709046955-L3Z64P2D1VN2R1IW9RKU/PB180271-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669709092002-EZM3OHQHUYVS30ME44MH/PB280121.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669709124441-K2JWVPA4IV4WUDF6L4MA/PB280147.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669767406120-LVZA3DS1FRLNF1PDTTMF/PB130097.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - my first sighting Mid afternoon on 13th November I spotted this stocky, metallic wasp mid track. I had not seen anything like her before! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669767532579-Z2KHSU26DKQ4GOIC0TRJ/PB130188.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - early earthworks After scraping briefly at a few sites along the path, she chose one toward toward the edge and got to work in earnest. The site itself was free of vegetation, but close enough that I’m sure there would have been fine underground roots to contend with, along with quartz pebbles of various sizes. [wasp A: 13th Nov, 2pm] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669765232873-I4M89Z1Y64CMWEMC5QNG/PB170015-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a castle built in just 4 nights Soon the Sericophorus nest is impossible to miss. A large, rather messy pile of sand with an ill-defined opening to a vertical entrance. [wasp A: 17th Nov, 8:40am] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669765240449-9DCTBR305B380MD4A6LX/PB170066-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - closed for the day I rarely see the wasp, as by 9am she has typically shut down for the day. She may be busy inside, storing her catch, but there is little activity above ground. [wasp A: 17th Nov, 9:16am] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669765243614-EL67YE6VKJY3IIKCFFQX/PB210215.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669765339685-A9N0ZRIGINF3A9XZ7N9Y/PB180337.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - unexpected daytime action One morning I noticed unusual activity at the second of the Sericophorus mounds (‘nest B’). Middle of the day, and the female was busy at the nest opening. It soon become obvious that she was dismantling the mound! Using her mandibles and her legs, she dislodged the sand and pebbles, letting them fall down into the burrow behind her. Occasionally she would disappear inside, but soon she’d return and just keep digging. [wasp B: 18th Nov, 11:37am] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669771284764-16WXQHHCYHNLKFGM73KE/PB180821.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - nest B shut down Having eroded the top of the mound, and so apparently ‘back-filled’ the entrance burrow, she abandoned the nest (just 2 minutes after this photo). She did return once, 20 minutes later, but after a brief check of the mound she started scraping at various other parts of the path … presumably seeking a suitable site for a new nest. [wasp B: 18th Nov, 12:08pm] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669765344481-BMEON2V3QSCTN7YRX3SO/PB180996.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - building site check Having collapsed the opening to her original nest, Wasp B seemed intent on finding a new location … nearby. All the while the burrow to Nest A remained closed, as usual for the middle of the day. [wasp B: 18th Nov, 12:32pm] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669765336387-X1JD7188AKQJBKZ7C6WA/PB180109-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - another building site check Wasp B continued searching the path. Occasionally she would revisit her old mound, but not for long. At this stage I wondered if something had gone wrong. Why would she abandon her nest just a few days after building it? [wasp B: 18th Nov, 2:04pm] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669772091944-UK1W5RHXN3MEM3KXB1H4/PB210215.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - mound closure is normal behaviour The puzzle of Wasp B’s behaviour was solved when, a few days later, Wasp A did exactly the same thing! She systematically eroded the rim of her nest mound, allowing the rubble to fall back down the burrow. None of it was ejected out onto the mound … she was clearly intent on blocking the nest tunnels. [Wasp A: 21st Nov, 12:35pm] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669772855785-OHU6YPWT8FG3T44MPKOH/PB220509.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a new nest? A few days after Nest B was abandoned, a new hole appeared alongside … just 30mm away from the old opening. After another week, there is yet another hole, again immediately alongside. Curious! Perhaps Wasp B has rebuilt … although there is no apparent mound. Another mystery, for another day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669774385744-N0OS0XAIGDONP42ANHEF/PB080231.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a tiny, unfamiliar wasp I was on the lookout for Sphodrotes when I spotted this tiny, red-legged wasp. [8th Nov, 12:42pm] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669774385931-FOXN77V3SOAQ3OU7VF9H/PB080232.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - clearly searching for her nest Dragging immobile prey, this was evidently a sand-nesting female searching for her burrow. She was searching a walking track, and there’s every chance that we had disturbed her landmarks (or even trodden on her nest!) in passing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669774387385-KYT5CX97GM33B086DZMM/PB080240.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - her prey is a small fly The wasp was small, her prey even smaller. It’s a fly … two wings plus obvious halteres. The wasp grips it with her back legs as she clambers over fallen sticks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669774388313-C4POKZDFHQOJESKIU2QA/PB080254.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - fruitless searching She kept returning to this spot, so presumably her nest was close by … in an open, sandy patch without any covering vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669778122917-P49HYHT3PIMSAVH8LGG8/PB080354.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - abandoned prey up for grabs An hour later I returned to the same spot, hoping for a better look at the mystery wasp. She was still around, occasionally peering out from beneath a dead leaf, but she had given up on her fly. As so often happens to unattended wasp prey, an opportunistic ant was already at work dragging it away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669774416445-8KK1EKM7EKMDZD2E4160/PB230266.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a newcomer to the neighbourhood This was my first sighting of this species in the ‘neighbourhood’ patch I’ve been monitoring all month. And it took me a moment to realise it was the same as the mysterious, tiny wasp I’d previouly seen elsewhere, hauling a fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669778778645-QY4DZ7SB8TFHSZVJZZJG/PB230288.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - nesting or mate seeking? I’m not sure if it is male or female. It could be a female looking for a nest site. Equally, it might be a male seeking an emerging female. Either way, that makes the path a nesting patch for this species … potentially, at the very least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669779638746-OEJ9IPY8QXPPOGIGURFS/PB230295.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - the tiniest crabronid on the block Alongside such a small wasp, the coarse sand of the path looks like a boulder field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669779495672-QNWV3ZXX66W6FMKWXUAX/PB230296.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - bigger than an ant, but not by much https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669782361184-646YHTJY1FE87WZZ9K4C/PB160149.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a low, wide mound Lipotriches mounds have a 4mm wide, central opening … often with a pair of protruding antennae. The mound itself is about 50mm in diameter, and roughly circular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669363085047-Q2SYYPUAUMN9NIOXPDHO/PB140134-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - someone collapsed the nest! Lipotriches usually drop straight down into their open burrow when they return to the nest. Not this time. I guess something (or perhaps someone) had stepped on the nest. I rather guiltily took advantage of the situation to grab some shots of her at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669363114473-89CDA1J3UUR6NHZCLU8A/PB140085-2.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - unplanned digging She spent some time opening the door, but I’m pleased to say she was successful. This was on 14th November, and that same nest is still intact and active today (2nd December). So all ended well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669782245302-WJJQ6F2KHNUEP5OI00UU/PB180349.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - all is well after the nest collapse This is the same nest which had been collapsed 4 days earlier. It may be the same bee that I saw doing the digging, or it might be a nest mate. This species has been described as communal or even semi-social – that is, with some division of labour (Wcislo & Engel 1996). All I can say from my own observations is that there is often a bee on guard duty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1669782254402-Z3KPF7DHXTVOJ4EOAU30/PB100073.jpg Neighbourhood watch 2022 - a well-build, guarded entry way In comparison to the nests of nearby wasps, I was struck by the regular and compacted appearance of the Lipotriches burrow walls. More like a concrete pipe than a sand burrow. This may be related to the fact that the bees never seem to block the door with sand. 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bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674956785586-MJTFD4S44C85V0BQOP37/Austrogorytes+bellicosus+Image+w.jpg Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674956787275-9KLYPYUTP3QOW1575QLJ/Austrogorytes+bellicosus+Image+x.jpg Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674956788293-AP2Q3XVL7MYL8I2E9TIW/Austrogorytes+bellicosus+Image+y.jpg Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674952488512-OBH0B05A3E65WTRXIRWX/Austrogorytes+bellicosus+Image+prey.jpg Austrogorytes bellicosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674959619989-M411SR1DWCHDCN4PB4OF/excerpt+Bohart+%26+Menke+1976+Fig+157+.jpg Austrogorytes bellicosus Contrast the venation in Images m & n with that for Clitemnestra, above (extracted from: Bohart & Menke (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World: A generic revision. University of California Press. (Fig 157a, p. 486) For further discussion of forewing venation as a key character for distinguishing between Austrogorytes and Clitemnestra, see my workbook notes page on Austrogorytes spryi (click here). https://southernforestlife.net/austrogorytes-spryi-female daily 0.75 2023-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968894656-4S4SFDE7QIH54Z69ZIH4/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+a.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968894656-4S4SFDE7QIH54Z69ZIH4/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+a.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968894973-1RWM6ETFTZ1P4U1DDUSE/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+b.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968928931-CO9WXP9UMPCG7DNDHRUL/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+d.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968897286-L3H780HEMUALU4BZ6NS2/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+c.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968931193-0GT61BO26H03TSCYVGN4/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+e.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968932499-W06CLTS156R25SY1ZDEZ/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+f.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968953026-F20K3HPVQ5B5MTNXG3JG/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+g.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968954262-S2OY7S30C3M8M7E2M7LB/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+h.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968955508-CGUO3UKJYW7KMZOD7IBU/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+i.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968972745-45P663LHNEF8AFXBIDSJ/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+j.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968974293-1G4LMCVU9X4FQY31IJ05/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+k.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968996688-XHJ41BA6TAV60ZG2NULR/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+m.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674968996688-S6O9ZLJUDQKIV3AUTRXM/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+n.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674969001430-Q0Z3W27XE6W50VJT0LFA/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+o.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674969018847-GWINB2KRGAC5DALS2EH5/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+p.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674969021230-AYRFEN70AWKF33RKGUGV/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+q.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674969026408-RCM1UZZHU5EHJFZYQI09/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+r.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1674969027387-RW4MWBV6PJI0PPQSQMTZ/Austrogorytes+spryi+female+spurs.jpg Austrogorytes spryi female https://southernforestlife.net/sand-wasp-id daily 0.75 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676333894715-VQQC0ZKM4WY5LA27VIBU/Bembecinus.jpg sand wasp ID - gaster sessile TI at apex (white arrow) nearly as broad as TII Bembicinae: Bembicini (Stizina): Bembecinus (Yamba, Dec. 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1675917329017-JTUVSK8TT1TCQP3SU3J6/spider+wasp2.jpeg sand wasp ID - Pompilidae (spider wasp) Long, spinous legs; conspicuously agile, flicking wings as they jump and hop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676333894715-VQQC0ZKM4WY5LA27VIBU/Bembecinus.jpg sand wasp ID - gaster sessile TI at apex (white arrow) nearly as broad as TII Bembicinae: Bembicini (Stizina): Bembecinus (Yamba, Dec. 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676337136279-NMO1EE3UNC31D74L0P5I/Austrogorytes.jpg sand wasp ID - first gastral segment narrow ... … and constricted at apex (white arrow) Bembicinae: Bembicini (Gorytina): Austrogorytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676332927763-WMJ7JBHHDT6OD8E0JI3L/Cerceris.jpeg sand wasp ID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676332970275-KIW6KJ29TRMEOE9PRNDT/Cerceris.jpeg sand wasp ID - gaster constricted between segments Philanthinae: Cercerini: Cerceris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676336967912-L0EK7XB5WXST8OKW4FMB/Podagritus.jpeg sand wasp ID - gaster pedunculate First gastral segment nodose at apex (white arrow) Crabroninae: Crabronini: Podagritus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676336511303-2B78TL7TX4P8KME2UF00/Sphex.jpg sand wasp ID - cylindrical petiole First gastral segment elongated, cylindrical, and comprised of sternum I only (white arrow) SPHECIDAE: Sphecinae: Sphex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676349680539-1ZXXMQ9C080J6T3F2N61/Austrogorytes.jpg sand wasp ID - normal ocelli All three ‘well-developed’ ocelli are prominent, quite large, and reflective. [white arrow = single, median ocellus; green arrows = paired, posterior ocelli] Bembicinae: Bembicini (Gorytina): Austrogorytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676350566242-FFIMTZ4AYQQPIFEGHFQP/Pison.jpg sand wasp ID - normal ocelli The ocelli are reflective and readily seen on the hairless vertex (top of head) of this wasp. Crabroninae: Trypoxylonini: Pison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676350569237-2IN2RGI75757HN736C46/Bembecinus.jpg sand wasp ID - normal ocelli Even from this angle, the nearest posterior ocellus is clearly visible (white arrow) Bembicinae: Bembicini (Stizina): Bembecinus (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676350743296-GHRRXUYM8SU8KI2LC3H7/Bembix+2.jpg sand wasp ID - ocelli greatly reduced or absent Ocellar lenses of Australian Bembix are greatly reduced … “virtually absent” (Evans & Matthews, 1973). Certainly none are visible here (although the sand-filled hair does make it difficult to judge in this photo). Bembicinae: Bembicini (Bembicina): Bembix (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676350743316-UOYNG6TZ10DEORFAEFR5/Bembix+1.jpg sand wasp ID - ocelli lenses reduced or absent There are obvious but ill-defined bumps at the site of ocelli. I assume these are residual, and that the lenses are reduced. But this illustrates the limitations of field photography for some features. Bembicinae: Bembicini (Bembicina): Bembix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676351694143-2E3SEOY4XHOFRK4WBV4F/Larrini2.jpeg sand wasp ID - no evidence of posterior ocelli From this angle, the posterior ocelli would normally be visible atop the vertex (white dashed arrow). Crabroninae: Larrini: Tachysphex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676351693872-6DQUHO88TGBVQY66QWFH/Larrini1.jpg sand wasp ID - posterior ocelli scar-like There is no sign of lenses at the site of the posterior ocelli (green arrows). The median ocellus (white arrow) is round, but tiny. Crabroninae: Larrini: Tachysphex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676354918385-PHBRW8PFB1FVWMAK59RQ/Pison.jpg sand wasp ID - antennal sockets low on face The bases of the antennae (white arrows) appear contiguous with the upper edge of the clypeus (star) Crabroninae: Trypoxylonini: Pison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676355435139-24Q6MXQZEDA2YKCGIJ0T/Bembix+2.jpg sand wasp ID - exserted labrum The elongated labrum characteristic of Bembix. Bembicinae: Bembicini (Bembicina): Bembix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676355435116-5TYKKFGPL0QBYYIUM8MO/Bembix+1.jpg sand wasp ID - labrum hidden from view The same individual as in the previous image, but here with the labrum tucked beneath her head, out of sight. Bembicinae: Bembicini (Bembicina): Bembix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1676357929147-QY8D49D7W3NPRVEOK47M/Bembecinus.jpg sand wasp ID - propodeum with sharp edge Some crabronid genera have obvious modifications to the sides of the propodeum. Here the propodeum is compressed & sharply edged lateroposteriorly (green arrows) … a feature of Bembecinus. Bembicinae: Bembicini (Stizina): Bembecinus (Yamba, Dec 2022) https://southernforestlife.net/summer-2223 daily 0.75 2023-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706324436-FDZGG8BVIK3XDROKOEH6/P1060004.jpg Summer 22-23 - Bearded Tylophora Vincetoxicum barbatum A twining vine, with an attractive, but short-lived flower. It’s restricted to the southern half of coastal NSW, just extending into Victoria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706324436-FDZGG8BVIK3XDROKOEH6/P1060004.jpg Summer 22-23 - Bearded Tylophora Vincetoxicum barbatum A twining vine, with an attractive, but short-lived flower. It’s restricted to the southern half of coastal NSW, just extending into Victoria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717122256-AEJNRSX567NVLGB7NHGT/P2220030.jpg Summer 22-23 - Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa This banksia, which has benefited from the fire, is just coming into bloom. Each of the protruding, yellow structures on the spike is an individual flower. These will open over the next few weeks to reveal the ‘hairpins’ of this species. See our Proteaceae blog for more details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717125516-DG7FX8BCUPUZNL9EI3Z9/P2220032.jpg Summer 22-23 - Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa This adjacent spike is a little further advanced in its flowering. The style has started to form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706329988-PUS9LBV26FEVU2F3UF9M/P1060008.jpg Summer 22-23 - Geebung Persoonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706366965-SE6BU92KXVHBJ9LI9ZVH/P1080004.jpg Summer 22-23 - Hairy Bursaria Bursaria spinosa ssp. lasiophylla This is the first time since the fire that we’ve seen this plant bloom in our forest. Its flowers are visited by a number of beetles, flies and butterflies, including Bright Copper. Caterpillars of the latter butterfly feed on the leaves and form a symbiotic relationship with ants. The caterpillars are guarded by the ants as they feed, while the pupae live in chambers in the soil constructed by the ants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717409795-OVY6M0AY49AWLB9PMSGJ/P1130011.jpg Summer 22-23 - Creeping Mistletoe Muellerina eucalyptoides This was one of the last plants to reappear after the fire and was a welcome sight as it often fails to survive intense fire. This one is growing on an Angophora floribunda tree and is now flowering profusely. Its foliage is a food plant for a number of butterflies and moths - including the Imperial Jezabel. And its seed is of course eaten by the Mistletoe Bird. We hope to see it soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707859219-E5U06ZXGGYCQYUCMZ3FQ/PC160006.jpg Summer 22-23 - Elderberry Panax Polyscias sambucifolia We have just a few plants of this low shrub in the forest, but it has become more widespread since the fire. It has an unusual leaf form and flower and the small fruit is quite attractive, as well as being edible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707212551-GN4NAY753VVIKW6S1HE8/P1240357.jpg Summer 22-23 - Slender Hyacinth-Orchid Dipodium variegatum We first sighted this orchid just before the fire and this summer it has made a reappearance. It forms a microrrhyzal association with the fungus Russula, which it shares with eucalypts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707848087-ISLWX3AUNUHRJCR0DZ4R/PC160001-2-Edit.jpg Summer 22-23 - Coarse Stinkweed Opercularia aspera This is a widespread forb in the forest. Its common name is justified, as its vegetation has a rather unpleasant aroma when trodden on. On the upside, its inflorescence, a spherical head of 10-30 flowers, is rather beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707231349-QVOR35Y6OEWU5A3AE4U6/P1240397.jpg Summer 22-23 - Hairy Fan-flower Scaevola ramosissima This is the first time I’ve seen an insect visiting these long-flowering plants … it’s a bee, and it’s tiny! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706470495-US4H3QJYTUVPNDSVTZCV/P1090338.jpg Summer 22-23 - Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra This grass with its unusual, complex inflorescence flowered strongly again this late spring/summer. It has an interesting, widespread distribution, being found in Asia, Africa and the Pacific and has traditional uses as food and medicine in both Africa and Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677731281685-2DHDPQPLHSLWEBBLK2SB/P2220042.jpg Summer 22-23 - march fly In late summer these rather notorious flies emerge, sometimes in very large numbers. And they bite! This summer has been particularly fly-filled, perhaps due to the high rainfall of the past few years. Tabanid larvae live in wet ground or aquatic environments, hunting invertebrates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714237877-NPCPBQ6ZTNS3DXXH76U3/P2280228.jpg Summer 22-23 - tachinid This massive, metallic, bristly fly is harmless. No biting, no blood sucking. Tachinid larvae, however, are parasitoids. Among their hosts are caterpillars, beetle grubs and wasp larvae. Sawflies too … and we currently have large numbers of those clustered on eucalypt leaves (see Paul’s post Sawfly galleries) Rutilia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714241139-MZ0DV687JYJBYD729UO5/P2280077.jpg Summer 22-23 - ant fly Small, hovering sluggishly, then settling on vegetation … and quite unlike any fly I’d seen before! It turns out that the adults are not common, and their biology fascinating. The larvae live inside ant colonies, feeding on ant larva and pupae … protected by a shell! In the past they’ve even been mistaken for molluscs! Little, tank-like armoured hunters. Archimicrodon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706591287-8JURXGKPFME574HFSTQ1/P1090542.jpg Summer 22-23 - a regular hover fly This is the archetypal, ubiquitous hover fly. So very unlike its cousin the ant fly. Syrphine larvae are predators of aphids and other plant-sucking bugs. The adults are commonly seen at flowers, although at this time of year they are probably relying on honeydew. Simosyrphus grandicornis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714227655-OSABSS44K7UCZVU7W7L7/P2280235.jpg Summer 22-23 - stiletto fly Small, unfamiliar, and a remarkably forgiving photography subject … not flying, just waving a leg occasionally. Adults are nectar feeders but their wiry larvae are fossorial predators, hunting other invertebrates in dry soil. Agapophytus queenslandi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707135714-XLQI8MV42YQUJAMX8XXL/P1240338.jpg Summer 22-23 - robber fly with flower wasp Robber flies are accomplished aerial hunters, often taking well-defended prey. The fly has strategically impaled this flower wasp through the neck. Within seconds the prey had stopped moving completely. Zosteria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706905561-RM3QLI8YZFCO2VIYX4A5/P1190057.jpg Summer 22-23 - robber fly Asilidae is one of the largest fly families. Australia has nearly 400 species of robber flies across 68 genera, most of them endemic. Neoaratus hercules https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677708147059-HNRE4Z6OUU8BIJ45E3W7/P2020063.jpg Summer 22-23 - predators - as adults & as larvae The larvae of robber flies typically live in soil, decaying wood or under bark. They hunt soft-bodied prey such as beetle grubs and digest them extra-orally before ingesting the liquified tissues. Just like their parents. Orthogonis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707597448-072NFAQJ5W2SMES38A7E/P2130140.jpg Summer 22-23 - robber fly with velvet ant I had been watching sand-nesting wasps and the associated patrols by velvet ants (Mutillidae), when this robber fly landed nearby. It appears to have nabbed one of the male velvet ants. That’s impressive, as mutillids are fast flyers. [at least, I think it’s a mutillid … some flower wasps look quite similar] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707375473-5AHD4WHH5TUSH492ZOIF/P2070030.jpg Summer 22-23 - a mystery robber fly Hanging by one leg while consuming prey is apparently typical behaviour for members of this subfamily. First time I’ve witnessed it, though. And the species identity remains a mystery too (see iNaturalist record). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707554297-3TZRH4BIPZIJ1PK3IGLF/P2160223.jpg Summer 22-23 - robber fly with a large meal Robber flies are among the most commonly photographed insects. They sit motionless, in the sun, often with impaled prey. It takes a while to liquify and ingest the contents of the hapless victim. The saliva of the robber fly contains nerve toxins (to immobilise) and enzymes (to break down proteins). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707355044-0BZ433UW9XW2CLLAKH48/P2040198.jpg Summer 22-23 - courtship display These small, colourful flies slouch at the tips of plants … and dance. The moves involve repeated, alternating leg raises accompanied by wagging of the abdomen. Various members of the family are renown for their courtship display, so I assume that this one is trying to attract a mate. Brachyrhopala ruficornis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707568465-LN5NNIVTMIBRMBLOLAIX/P2160171.jpg Summer 22-23 - small robber fly, tiny prey This is one of the smaller robber flies we see, but it is still larger than many. Some species are just a few mm long! As a larva, this species probably prowled beetle burrows in wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706532024-94CAEXSGUL30N5Q69NFV/P1090404.jpg Summer 22-23 - yet another species of robber fly Medium in size, yet willing to take tiny prey. Cerdistus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706606848-DOHIGLCYCBN86N8CPMJP/P1100012.jpg Summer 22-23 - tiny dance fly A tiny predator, with even smaller prey. They behave very much like robber flies, flying to and from hunting perches to seize flying insect prey. Hoplopeza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714401646-2J64MEX3GWO0SI9XFEPQ/P2280010.jpg Summer 22-23 - blowfly Amenia. A rather spectacular blowfly. Females deposit their well-developed larvae (i.e. maggots) onto snails … although the details are known for just a few species. And we really have rather few snails here (?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706908335-A6OS0XJWQSRVFTH5IQIQ/P1200124-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - long-winged bee fly Comptosia. The biology of this group is not well documented. The larvae may feed on ants, beetles or other insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706399666-8FUE9D9D684JLV8FG3LU/P1080123.jpg Summer 22-23 - tangleveined fly These fast-flying insects take only nectar as adults, despite that impressive looking proboscis. Females like this one will lay thousands of eggs amongst vegetation. The resulting larvae actively seek and penetrate their target hosts – grasshoppers & katydids. Trichophthalma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707984694-EOCBLGW6R8M97QDV1Z9I/PC130234.jpg Summer 22-23 - bee fly Adults are usually seen feeding on nectar at flowers or touching down on sand. Larva typically attack ground-nesting wasps & bees - as ectoparasites, kleptoparasites or predators. Anthrax maculatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677749846358-7CD7JEHO787MMOXRRWOX/P2070073.jpg Summer 22-23 - bee fly These banded bee flies are common and have been abundant all summer. They vary in size, and some are tiny. Villa, or another member of the tribe Villini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677742759382-XNH771TEG7NLTMN12NVO/P2170213.jpg Summer 22-23 - signal fly Males use that flat face to bump heads in defence of their territories. Larvae of this family typically feed on bacteria in decaying plants, fungus or dung, although some feed inside the root nodules of legumes. Duomyia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714418737-N4L4FSRNULNLLU17K5OS/P2270451.jpg Summer 22-23 - signal flies Small and with the characteristically-marked wings of this genus … but this behaviour is novel. We commonly see Rivellia in mating swarms around fresh wallaby and wombat dung. But these two females were alone and quite intent on laying eggs into this dry grass seed head. I guess there are bacteria in all kinds of places. Rivellia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714422901-XQ8756M6R06AGPM1YIKA/P2260296.jpg Summer 22-23 - a novel soldier fly Our first and only sighting of this species here in the forest. And given that the larvae are aquatic filter-feeders, perhaps that’s no surprise. Then again, we get dragonflies in large numbers … Odontomyia hunteri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677708149674-HL7PK760KO6OYD4ZOF6G/P2020060-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - mating crane flies Large, familiar crane flies. Larvae feed on decaying plant material, and may make a significant contribution to leaf litter break down. Leptotarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707941328-0GZZ4V7TGPJKAOIFBTYC/PC070169.jpg Summer 22-23 - Limoniid crane flies They look and behave rather like ‘regular’ crane flies, and were once grouped in that family. Gynoplistia bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707416539-KWRYSVGXAU1JLJNDLBXX/PC130268.jpg Summer 22-23 - lauxaniid flies Vegetarian, as adults and as larvae. Well, many feed on fungi and decaying plant material but that counts as vegetarian by most definitions. Sapromyza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706370922-UZGUZHEKUBZ871HLG1YK/P1080020.jpg Summer 22-23 - two-tailed spider Tamopsis, perhaps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707570706-OLQG433XJJ9TTNFVG3QK/P2160026-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - fishing spider... Megadolomedes This is one very large spider, hunting in and around the frog pond at night. And yes, they can swim! She could easily take a tadpole, and almost certainly does. For scale, the branch is 40mm wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677890345579-E26AO1OE4DH601W1CFF2/P3030029-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - ...with prey Megadolomedes Hunting in the dark, by stealth and without the aid of a web, she has landed a large prize. The daytime predatory dragonfly becomes night time prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706748521-J5C3IPXCO27IFJMBGIQ0/P1150087-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Red-and-black Spider Could belong to any of several genera which all have a similar appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707242385-75O20UZJMAKAODCH5490/P1270031.jpg Summer 22-23 - tiny wolf spider Artoria A tiny wolf spider, but clearly mature … that’s an egg sac she’s carrying about, attached to her spinnerets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707472472-8YZHX3025R5C4GSB3ZH3/PC040412.jpg Summer 22-23 - long-jawed spider ... with damselfly remains Tetragnatha The looping webs of these spiders hang over the frog pond and are the undoing of many dragonflies and damselflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706395648-5GZDXX5HWRLZBSTHGROS/P1080038.jpg Summer 22-23 - jumping spider Pungalina plurilineata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706880351-UA35AFBO9I02XPNNVMSX/P1150522.jpg Summer 22-23 - Spotted Ground Swift Spider Nyssus coloripes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707586622-1UMJSA6IWQWG2KRXIVZ2/P2160006-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - huntsman with ghost moth Neosparassus One of the thousands of Elhamma falls prey to a small huntsman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707670251-UANM6LZXR8L67XHXKJ1U/P2020145.jpg Summer 22-23 - leaf-curling spider Phonognatha graeffei Yet another Elhamma falls prey to a spider, this one caught in a web. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706418372-R6IYJU07CUG6XRSJCOEV/P1080174.jpg Summer 22-23 - a tiny wasp Gasteruption The larvae take over the nests of solitary wasps and bees, eating the larvae and the food stash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706571830-NZGLBC8KG28P1565DPJQ/P1090453.jpg Summer 22-23 - Tawny-legged Jack Jumper Ant Myrmecia fulvipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706719038-XZFAJQ37PZNM95NE3AV1/P1120014.jpg Summer 22-23 - spider wasp Turneromyia, perhaps. See Paul’s recent post for the full story (‘Delivering food for the future’) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706738251-M22TUAEVAOW074YQF9LJ/P1120154.jpg Summer 22-23 - thread-waisted wasp Sphex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706959255-0MRBRI4J21N66IXFSME8/P1210015-5.jpg Summer 22-23 - parasitic wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706961374-45PPHMFUQAOAS2T57TUW/P1210050-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - garden mantis Orthodera ministralis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707639101-RDJB1RSWNZAVN2UHHBD6/P2110039.jpg Summer 22-23 - a rarely seen wasp From a family we’ve never seen before! Although rarely collected, they can apparently be locally abundant after fire. The larvae are endoparasitoids of wood-borers such as longhorn beetle grubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707062589-TOFH9Q05V9AK8SD4ANGB/P1210121-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - large longhorn beetle Cnemoplites australis Attracted to a moth sheet by night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715408870-HR4GZ0932JJPHQYYSCSQ/P2200127-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - longhorn beetle Coptocercus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707533019-MR365K00D669XUBESO9T/P2160324.jpg Summer 22-23 - an exciting find Elimus australis These are perhaps the first published, live photos of this species. We watched her hunting caterpillars in the same patch of forest for several days running. And we were lucky enough to see a male too! (see iNaturalist entry for this species) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707023532-S9MAIDYB9EL4FH9P449F/P1210095.jpg Summer 22-23 - lacewing Glenoleon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715393494-JHR2XPKJLX52VP2Q6I2V/P2200175-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - lacewing & others attracted to a light sheet Myrmeleon acer (Common Brown Antlion) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715543158-HJ653JHYZO3BYJ7ENXI9/P2200069-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - a 'fishfly' Archichauliodes At first glance we thought this was a lacewing, but they belong to an entirely different order … and one we’ve never recorded at home before! The larvae are aquatic carnivores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707056365-QN5A056H5RWB0WO6GLAT/P1210107-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - christmas beetle Anoplognathus Attracted to lights at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707379309-5SXJDQHI163E5MMP3V74/P2080026.jpg Summer 22-23 - flower chafer Chondropyga gulosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707491199-OG80AHLWENC0AWX5TECS/P2190001.jpg Summer 22-23 - sawfly Pseudoperga ferruginea For this mother’s full story, see ‘Sawfly galleries’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707678174-0M9QZHFPN4HRNVY49S48/P2020093-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Whistling Moth Hecatesia fenestrata We came across this moth on a late night ramble through the forest. Males, like this one, have a ribbed patch near the costa of the forewing, which lacks scales. They rub this against a small protrusion to make their eponymous sound - presumably to attract females. The caterpillars feeds on Devil’s Twine, Cassytha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707712708-EKXMCSCM17RZBPTUC3LX/P1310042.jpg Summer 22-23 - Yellow-spotted Blue Candalides xanthospilos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706927668-ZTN7B6O6JSMYHM38TZ7X/P1210001-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Black Spot Moth Epicoma melanospila https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717006895-1S3M2EHBET4K89KBRGPA/PC130272.jpg Summer 22-23 - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas By far our most common damselfly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707392535-X144CNSTYQYJTW057K0V/P2130101.jpg Summer 22-23 - Splendid Ochre Trapezites symmomus The largest skipper we see, and arguably the most attractive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707253456-5D11XFJT6E2VELR00WC6/P1280013-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - another Splendid Ochre Trapezites symmomus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707751219-OS8YC30PB6KTYEV59JKY/P2010424.jpg Summer 22-23 - Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706777869-GTH2P73M5E1TUB5NAUHI/P1150124-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707663140-A4HJ5JHCJ7BN2T9N46A5/P2050054.jpg Summer 22-23 - Australian Emerald Hemicordulia australiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717491417-3UDZE1PSKD9PL8MDXCEO/P2160013-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Australian Emerald Hemicordulia australiae The classic ‘wheel’ mating position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706781640-3AP4Z79IMJKFI9YCWTMN/P1150128-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706812958-FGS2YC78PXL09KN8L8N1/P1150300.jpg Summer 22-23 - Australian Emperor Anax papuensis The female is inserting her eggs into floating vegetation, all the while gripped by the supporting (and possessive) male. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677708027975-MIXT551K7HY6UK95W216/P2190118.jpg Summer 22-23 - Black-faced Percher Diplacodes melanopsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677708120941-MTL44STBAYS7VXFJZ37B/P2140156.jpg Summer 22-23 - Swamp Tigertail Synthemis eustalacta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706873433-VYOXDPL9ZZRFUJHIAE07/P1150484.jpg Summer 22-23 - Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706701036-8DYBN2NXFONHR4QPMUHF/P1100154.jpg Summer 22-23 - Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707449963-MT3N8LE2Q3Y9NUGS5FAT/PC070247.jpg Summer 22-23 - Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677707530758-ZX67PNXV47BQAN5HKF1J/P2170005-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714096412-VQ6JKE4GGZ2QOW5QO1WR/P2280316.jpg Summer 22-23 - Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706983852-MDQTAXG6ZCLL1IM9WYLJ/P1210056-5.jpg Summer 22-23 - Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706442483-IG8M4L1UVUNLL4RTNYPC/P1090214.jpg Summer 22-23 - Eastern Whipbird Phosphodes olivaceus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714479082-7J1JN6HXCBQ6VB7V9T77/P2220194.jpg Summer 22-23 - Blue-spotted Hawker Adversaeschna brevistyla Chewing on a freshly-caught fly … which looks rather like a march fly. There’s a reason dragonflies seem to follow me as I move about the forest. I’m attracting a smorgasbord of lunch snacks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706823198-QUHVQDI16VSYMJPZIHXN/P1150315.jpg Summer 22-23 - Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei Nice to see it living up to its name, swimming across the frog pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677706865547-48VGSUMO35FAK9TX6916/P1150350.jpg Summer 22-23 - Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis … surrounded by a cloud of small flies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714360791-TRYIKIRZQ9VGWDD16IOG/P2280017.jpg Summer 22-23 - spider lunch remains In the web of a leaf-curling spider hang the remains of a recent meal – a once-glorious jewel beetle, now just a shell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717460773-E330STT6KNQSN92R34L2/P2020035.jpg Summer 22-23 - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714449027-2WUEZX34MEJ49960DHZ7/P2260278.jpg Summer 22-23 - Imperial Hairstreak colony Jalmenus evagorus The caterpillars are making a meal of this ‘Black Wattle’, protected by large numbers of attendant ants. Many have pupated, and the oldest have eclosed … so the bush is surrounded by fluttering butterflies. We tend to prefer ‘butterfly bush’ as a common name for Acacia mearnsii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714481170-PFGIT28KJJ5DNM9A0KLR/P2220152.jpg Summer 22-23 - Green Grass-Dart Ocybadistes walkeri A common, very small butterfly feeding on the even smaller flowers of Cassytha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714549195-5SJQNDYOJEXPPZZW36KT/P2220149.jpg Summer 22-23 - Devil's Twine Cassytha pubescens The photosynthetic stem of this hemi-parasitic plant twines around its host plant and uses disc shaped organs - haustoria, visible in this photo - to extract water and nutrients from the xylem of its host. It is one of the few plants flowering in late summer, providing a nectar feed for butterflies. Cassytha has only recently reappeared, a late post-fire recovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714551601-BHPPF4U3X71SAOJQFUD8/P2220103-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - flat-headed leafhopper Ledromorpha planirostris A large and truly weird-looking bug! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714554177-0ZVX2U2PB0FPCRAMV0J8/P2220100-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Green Grass-Dart Ocybadistes walkeri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715371346-GJZ3Q73HJDYYLFSXJSOC/P2220089-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - flat-headed leafhopper Ledromorpha planirostris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715377352-IAI5WVWCU17KDZKC4VYN/P2210176.jpg Summer 22-23 - Mustard Ghost Moth Abantiades hyalinatus This lovely big moth made an appearance on our February light sheet. This shot shows its eponymously coloured hindwings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715574137-99D03O6LLA4I0WEZUR4F/P2200041-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Mustard Ghost Moth Abantiades hyalinatus While it was attracted to the lightsheet, this moth also fluttered around in the vegetation nearby. It is one of the largest members of the ghost moth family (Hepidalidae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677714474296-D2FV5YJ5A43SMHYZEDYQ/P2260005.jpg Summer 22-23 - Mustard Ghost Moth pupal case Abantiades hyalinatus We found this next to a large hole, from which we presume the adult emerged from its pupal case. The larvae of this moth probably bore vertical holes in the ground to feed on the roots of eucalypt saplings and pupate in that tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715387596-GEO6G44XKMKQ36HRNA5H/P2210017.jpg Summer 22-23 - Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum This male and accompanying female were investigating tree hollows in a tall, old Eucalyptus cypellocarpa (Mountain Grey Gum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715403055-AJF77JRMC9FIZ535GY2Y/P2200132-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Dodonaea Moth Parosteodes fictiliaria The food plant for the caterpillar of this species is Dodonaea which just happens to be one of the most common shrubs in our forest. Probably no coincidence! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715406435-VYRXHBP2T8PPQP1OZV8H/P2200128-4.jpg Summer 22-23 - Pearl Moth Ischnurges illustralis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715410900-XQJ7JQAU6YKNZL9WRILQ/P2200124-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Common Anthelid Moth Anthela acuta This moth often comes to lightsheets - seen between August and March. It comes in a variety of colours, from the yellowish shown here to whitish to reddish brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715414764-Z2TVSCELFAZTKCEW34BF/P2200114-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Geometer moth Parepisparis excusata This species often rests as shown here - with its abdomen twisted to the side and its hindwings hidden behind outstretched forewings. Its larvae feed on Eucalyptus spp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715530671-UAV7FZBI43ZVFNTOTS2V/P2200110-4.jpg Summer 22-23 - Geometer moth Parepisparis excusata This view from beneath shows the hindwings neatly placed directly behind the forewings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715546805-OBO3UD9JDLZESYC1Q708/P2200066-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Giant Green Slantface Acrida conica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715560469-XIR7NHY6T60BGVU0Z8WN/P2200062-4.jpg Summer 22-23 - katydid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715577066-HMI6LBFO1DLZ1ESZZFH0/P2200023-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Blotched Dusky-Blue Erina acasta At first glance this looked like our common blue (Erina hyacinthina), but it’s actually a species we’ve not seen here before. Larval food plant? Cassytha. And that’s a plant we currently have rather a lot of! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715579717-NVMPDIATBOVHJMHUVQYZ/P2200006-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Fiery Skimmer Orthetrum villosovittatum A species we see here only rarely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717028403-Y80HXJ0SKEHOJ0M4BUB0/PC070057-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Varied Sword-grass Brown Tisiphone abeona More common than usual this year, perhaps due to the healthy crop of Gahnia that has established in the past few, wet years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717075445-X2LQGTCJ33AQ3MDI8CPR/P2020102-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Common Brushtail Possum Trichosorus vulpecula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717119829-XZZ9XY0L6DCKQH9X2Z1J/P1140014.jpg Summer 22-23 - Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis … with nesting material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717066748-V3JMXWX865QSJXV6G1QZ/P2090010.jpg Summer 22-23 - ground frog There is some discussion about the identity of this small frog. I assumed it was Crinia signifera, the most common species in and around our little frog pond. But there’s a chance it is Uperoleia … I should try to record its calls amid the general cacophony of clicking, clacking, grunts and chuckles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717426674-IM39P7KIR2P88COA0QPJ/P1150325-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Wingless Grasshopper Phaulacridium vittatum Common, numerous, and sporting a striking variety of colours and patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717445968-5ZDD4RGVNV9345K6E83I/P2020051-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - katydid nymph Caedicia simplex Perhaps our most common katydid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717463049-M0P2LMLQLL5RAR360JHS/P2020019-3.jpg Summer 22-23 - Painted Apple Moth Orgyia anartoides Feeding on the wattle Acacia terminalis. Many of the thousands of these wattle bushes which sprang up after the fire are now showing the ill effects of attention from herbivores like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717470309-PJIWC9PX3QU4D8ZV34OV/P2010343.jpg Summer 22-23 - Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha Not a common species here, perhaps due to our elevation. They are generally found in foothills of mountain ranges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717484829-ODED82EY9AEJHNR6PDQL/P2050091.jpg Summer 22-23 - Black Squeaker Atrapsalta encaustica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717487137-N4EQW55F5C465JVU6N0Y/P2100008.jpg Summer 22-23 - Raspy Cricket Apotrechus sp. This fellow had made a home in the cap of our wood-fired oven flue. Not the safest place to hang out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717531351-V6ZA13I10KM1I4P72Y47/PC040030.jpg Summer 22-23 - Long-leaved Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma longifolium This grass has grown and flowered profusely this summer, particularly on the track leading to the river. As the inflorescence matures, it forms a fuzzy head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717528045-576KJJSVXRZHIYJZYOD1/PC040032.jpg Summer 22-23 - Long-leaved Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma longifolium The fuzzy mature inflorescence of this grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717535561-2OFCA262AGEORN3O2GWT/PC040016-2-Edit.jpg Summer 22-23 - Long-leaved Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma longifolium A single spikelet of this grass, showing the long, expanded hairs on the lemma of each floret which give the inflorescence its fuzzy appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717555333-T9GC3P8C1GUS3130HBPK/PC080003-2.jpg Summer 22-23 - Rainbow Fern Calochlaena dubia Not bracken, but rather a close relative of tree ferns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677717552857-OGUDIAQ12PC5A06UZ17S/PC080001-Edit.jpg Summer 22-23 - Rainbow Fern Calochlaena dubia The small, light green balls under the fronds of this fern are sori, which consist of clusters of sporangia – the sites of spore production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677718179346-RFW6SZE25FVRS21FC6WK/P1090297.jpg Summer 22-23 - Narrow-leaf Geebung Persoonia linearis A favourite of bees, especially pollen-gathering Leioproctus … species that tend to dominate the bee fauna during late summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677718190836-51WU0P1OQJIUDSPMN9LU/P1070080.jpg Summer 22-23 - Blue bell Wahlengbergia Another flower most common in spring, with a few late bloomers persisting through summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677718268391-5INF58LTGDB8YYDMBDLU/P1080140.jpg Summer 22-23 - Mitrasacme Mitrasacme polymorpha Tiny white flowers are most numerous in spring, but some bloom throughout the year. They attract bees, butterflies and bee flies … so they’re apparently a useful nectar source, despite their small size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677747291574-ZOMS2B23UYSYPJ2AAT29/large-3.jpg Summer 22-23 23rd Oct: The female next to a hole made by a bandicoot, which is about 7cm deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677747249375-EIRJGFK0JUCCV51870YT/large-4.jpg Summer 22-23 She inspects the hole as a potential burrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677748900225-9IE3S6Z6WQI3ADP74OL9/P1080010-2.jpg Summer 22-23 8th Jan: The burrow has clearly suited her admirably as she has produced a large egg sac, which she holds under her abdomen. These can contain between 180 and 1094 eggs (Humphreys, 1978). I never saw her away from the burrow with the egg sac – Humphreys (1976) notes that these spiders rarely eat when carrying the egg sac. He reports that they carry the sac for an average of 3.6 weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677748986485-3REEVI49ELBOGZ2JKBW8/P1080013-2.jpg Summer 22-23 8th Jan: She brings her egg sac into the sun on cool days to raise its temperature. Behavioural thermoregulation has been well documented for Tasmanicosa godeffroyi (Humphreys, 1974, 1976). This spider can keep its body temperature well above ambient by basking in the sun during the day and retreating to its burrow at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677750337676-4TS8VC4TZ5DSWOKKFRJT/large-3+copy.jpg Summer 22-23 15th Jan: A week later, the spiderlings have left the egg sac and have positioned themselves on their mother’s back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677750525705-RVB81ZCYAGLGQ6JCXSVW/jan+15-1.jpg Summer 22-23 15th Jan: A closer view of the spiderlings. The mother appeared to stay in or close to her burrow on most occasions. Humphreys (1976) reports that spiders carrying spiderlings ate little. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677750820037-ZVEWV7OPTXESIS1WJH05/P1210042-3.jpg Summer 22-23 Some other wolf spiders, like this smaller species here move around freely with their backpack of infants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677752455157-88BMC0Q2ODRLMJHWVTZ0/large-3.jpg Summer 22-23 19th Jan: 4 days later, most of the spiderlings have left their mother’s back. Some are still hanging on - see if you can spot the baby close to the top of her abdomen. Humphreys (1978) reports that mothers carry their babies on their backs for an average of 8.6 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677753046403-7TQ8S8QSHPB7Z1JB4RXA/large-4.jpg Summer 22-23 A close-up of the mother’s abdomen reveals the spiderling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677751898960-YWRG61ZB0IJDPD1M0W2S/P1220144.jpg Summer 22-23 22nd Jan: The spiderlings can be seen exploring the territory close to the burrow. Spot the pair on the leaf. Given the large number of spiderlings seen earlier on the mother’s back, most of her progeny have probably ventured further afield or are hiding nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677752074678-BKPCX6YM2TI2P2FZN7CM/P1210008-4.jpg Summer 22-23 22nd Jan: One spiderling lies within close range of its mother, just in front of her fangs while another is a little further away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677753821344-1OVK2F564OKVA3ZMLRZM/P1220077-4.jpg Summer 22-23 22nd Jan: Now that she has lost her load, the mother leaves the burrow in search of food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677753843693-FYFEKXJ7VUO9CULV3GO9/P1220113-3.jpg Summer 22-23 22nd Jan: Viewed from the front, prey can be seen in her fangs. Humphreys (1976) reports that on the average, females catch one prey item a week, but this is a relatively large one, averaging 98mg. As a reference, the average weight of adult females is 1500mg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677753554638-E5MDU9CNP7XTBXE0U3P6/P1310032.jpg Summer 22-23 31st Jan: The mother is often seen outside her burrow now. Not long after this, I no longer saw her and her burrow appeared empty. Humphreys (1976) states that females produce one or two egg sacs and die. He notes that all females are probably dead by August following breeding (Humpreys, 1978). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677821604165-YL4R20BFFZSXX9Q6Y49V/RBBS.jpg Summer 22-23 - Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus https://southernforestlife.net/sawfly-saga daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656562913-D8IBTE3RAY8ERA9YBWJL/P2160015.jpg Sawfly saga 16th Feb, 4:30pm: She stood propped on the upper surface of the leaf, grasping its edges in her claws and completely motionless. Her abdomen was flexed upwards. How did I know this was a female? - read on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656562913-D8IBTE3RAY8ERA9YBWJL/P2160015.jpg Sawfly saga 16th Feb, 4:30pm: She stood propped on the upper surface of the leaf, grasping its edges in her claws and completely motionless. Her abdomen was flexed upwards. How did I know this was a female? - read on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656600195-LSVZDW21YZ8C83HLZNGB/P2160020.jpg Sawfly saga The mid-rib of the leaf on which she was standing showed a prominent thickening. I knew from previous reading that this must be the site where she had deposited a clutch of eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677660575453-RG73OM2TLOT7MBMOB8PB/P2160018.jpg Sawfly saga When I turned the leaf over, she moved to its underside, protectively placing herself between me and her precious egg cluster. Each edge of the mid-rib was marked by a row of oblique, dark red slashes. These were made by the saw on her ovipositor, as she injected her eggs into the interior of the leaf. Read more about this clever instrument in section 5. “How sawflies get their name” of my post Six Things About Sawflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661036548-OE1ULGLUWTXHBVMKCX3D/P3010009-3.jpg Sawfly saga I cut open the leaf 2 weeks later, after all the action had passed. This revealed two rows of shallow depressions, spaced about 1mm apart, perpendicular to the leaf mid-rib. Each of these was a chamber for one of her eggs. I estimate there are over 50 of these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656724028-QZLI8TVFNXEWJ1ZN7O56/P2240010.jpg Sawfly saga 24th Feb, 10:22am: 8 days after I first noticed the egg clutch, a knot of tiny larvae made an appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656767064-ULRS3J0NAQW53TW8P3SH/P2240009.jpg Sawfly saga The larvae had already eaten a notch from the edge of the leaf. I counted around 30 little black heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656810178-ISK5U8D390RO2R64W7NP/P2250008-2.jpg Sawfly saga 25th Feb, 9:50am: When I checked the next day, the number of larvae had doubled. So eggs had continued to hatch overnight. You can see two of the holes in the surface of the leaf where the larvae had made their escape from the egg chamber. The chunk in the edge of the leaf has got noticeably larger! The larvae are often seen feeding during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661194109-IZ52KUGJO3IBFOH0ECHH/P2260010.jpg Sawfly saga 26th Feb, 8:33am: The larvae have moved on to a new leaf. They’ve spread out to both sides to provide space for all. They are very responsive, lifting their abdomens in threat when I venture too close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656872622-Y23B1K0AJI6DDN46VGJ0/P2260014.jpg Sawfly saga 26th Feb, 8:34am: The mother has now moved from her clutch onto a branch about 30cm away. She disappeared the following day. Her maternal duties discharged, she probably died soon after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656857269-HKK9ZK3911S9VVT7X7UF/P2260029.jpg Sawfly saga 26th Feb, 5:02pm: The Pseudoperga larvae are having to share their leaf with an intruder - a much larger (and older) Lophyrotoma larva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677720951942-FVTJK5F893MA9A6E2AEJ/P2280034.jpg Sawfly saga 28th Feb, 8:42am: Time to move to a new leaf! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677725868858-MIV3Q4LFN5IHBK34E71U/P3020006.jpg Sawfly saga 2nd March, 10:35am: They’re making a quick job of this one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677725908458-A5IGS8485V9JP43XIASX/P3020009.jpg Sawfly saga Attack from all sides! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677722769236-0KAFOJE9IAQIY6Q9EVC5/P2280042-2.jpg Sawfly saga 28th Feb, 8:44am: I noticed a different cluster of Pseudoperga larvae on a branch about half a metre away from the first clutch. They appeared to be as old, if not older than the first lot of larvae. So I must have overlooked them when I sighted that first clutch. They’re doing the familiar threat display. But where is their mother? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677656979154-JDQ339YS963IHZO5ATFF/P2280050.jpg Sawfly saga 28th Feb, 8:46am: It didn’t take too long to find her. She was parked on a branch about 20cm away, keeping a watchful eye on her clutch. She had presumably behaved like the mother of the other clutch, parking herself over them until the eggs hatched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661056622-LNUS4KF0NCO7HGRLIX69/P3010006-3.jpg Sawfly saga Here’s a profile view of the beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661101575-L4PIBH7NFO62C2QL8XX7/P2280082.jpg Sawfly saga 28th Feb, 12:47pm: The larvae gather in a circle with their heads facing the circumference. They had apparently just moved to this leaf as 4 hours earlier they were migrating along a branch leading towards it. They haven’t begun to feed. Unlike the other clutch of Pseudoperga larvae, these appear to feed only at night. During the day, they are always seen in a cluster like this in the middle of a leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661136679-VBUKSYZ82TZVDBHBESVY/P2280080-2.jpg Sawfly saga 28th Feb, 12:47pm: A side on view of the same clutch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661122789-IAQ5XK0GV3PY85OK8PGT/P2280085-2.jpg Sawfly saga 28th Feb, 6:40pm: The clutch has begun to feed now that night approaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661332277-0HUGK4RQTVZTWIVJRHVF/P1130013-3.jpg Sawfly saga 13th Jan, 5:01pm: the larvae have started on a new leaf, moving back from its tip in a row. They devour almost all of the leaf cells, leaving only the vascular tissue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677661317463-E39RGV9XJU6LW7HUSPPK/P1140003-2.jpg Sawfly saga 14th Jan, 7:50pm: the group has progressed further back, leaving a wasteland on the leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677670972957-DW59LN9VR3LT3H7LFNMA/P2260008.jpg Sawfly saga 18th Jan, 9:15am: A side-on view shows how the larvae attack the leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677671902935-PG288SG3EOIIFZSQIRYU/P2020016-2.jpg Sawfly saga 2nd Feb, 9:51am: A fortnight on, the larvae have grown substantially. They discard their old skins (one seen behind the group) every time they moult. They now possess white nipples around the perimeter of their body, but are otherwise little changed in appearance. We see them feeding both day and night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677672302709-8XXZM3EES62LGCPRCIOF/P2100024.jpg Sawfly saga 10th Feb, 9:08am: Still feeding and still growing! There’s not enough room on a single leaf for the whole cohort now. So they split up into separate feeding groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677715034358-S0JDQM0OTCD4N9ZTWXLH/P3020011.jpg Sawfly saga 2nd March, 10:37am: The larvae are now so large that there is only room for 2-3 on each side of a leaf. Leaves are disappearing fast, so the cohort has spread out over the bush to gain access to fresh food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677716185295-8JUU3YU3PS7G7EJENO4R/P2220016.jpg Sawfly saga 22nd Feb, 2:19am: A new clutch of young Lophyrotoma larvae has appeared on the bush - some distance away from the original clutch. While I haven’t seen Lophyrotoma adults for months, adults must have been around the place recently to make these larvae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677662605855-8X62YY14BJWQW82JFZCX/P2280069-2.jpg Sawfly saga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677662656393-5COA9HWL7EKQIE27XVT1/P2280103.jpg Sawfly saga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677668278155-TGT3CQVY3VEBZP34ACNX/PB050030-2.jpg Sawfly saga 11:30am The whole group resting in a cluster on a bare stem of the sapling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677668532222-F6UZCE8L4QRZ52CPYW3Z/PB050033-2.jpg Sawfly saga 8:46pm Half of the group feeding on this leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1677668734503-WJTJATV9S6SOPIL3PWMR/PB050030-2.jpg Sawfly saga 8:45pm the rest of the cluster is feeding nearby https://southernforestlife.net/cerceris-antipodes daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682387979636-E7EDZ449HRWF134Q0BRG/P4220077-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes - mesopleuron rounded & unadorned Without the carinae, tubercles or spinous processes present in some species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682387979636-E7EDZ449HRWF134Q0BRG/P4220077-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes - mesopleuron rounded & unadorned Without the carinae, tubercles or spinous processes present in some species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682388786072-I6SGD9C80EO280POI6K1/P4220043-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - propodeal enclosure is "type B" Smaller than in type A: 1. width ~0.6x distance between tegulae (green lines), unlike 0.7-0.8x in type A. 2. median length distinctly less than distance from posterior point (green arrow) to the posterior margin of the propodeum. In type A, the enclosure extends to or beyond the mid point of the propodeum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682388882464-81X750XAZUVWAQWK4ZV5/P4230001-4-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - triangular enclosure with short basal striations Propodeal enclosure is distinctly triangular (type B), with straight sides (green arrows), unlike the sinuate lateral margins of type A enclosures. It is not wholly covered with longitudinal or radiating striae, instead having only short basal striations (white arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682424724871-IM4UIZS8HC6H97O6WIM8/P4250033-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes - enclosure not striated The propodeal enclosure is small and triangular, as in the female. It is quite smooth, lacking the striations of many species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682400461389-60G30UULTF5UVOPPTMQQ/P4220122-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - clypeus with lamina The clypeal lamina (a feature of many Cerceris females) is a “somewhat plate-like elevation arising from the median lobe” and it is “of much diagnostic value” (Evans 1981 pp300-301). In may be strongly projecting, incomplete medially (and so tooth-like), tapered, or entirely absent. The medial apex of the lamina is indicated (white arrow). viewed anteriorly (slightly ventrad) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682399847544-FXILLM1XKPE57Y7P6FGI/P4230019-3-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - broad, recumbent lamina The clypeal lamina is low, barely any higher than the flanking clypeal lobes. The apex of the lamina is broad (pink arrows show limits), nearly as wide as the median lobe. It has a small, median notch. ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682402728161-NGNTRWSBI0HEG8QVL0FI/P4240063-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - recumbent lamina Clypeal lamina “not protruding notably from the profile of head, its apical margin close to margin of clypeus” (step 31 in key, p. 308). lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682402274315-V77IZ7DTB438KN5WLK0F/P4230015-3-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - clypeus with 5 apical teeth The apical clypeal margin bears 5 teeth (arrows), the median tooth small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682425424378-XR42FY4OEQEO4T4G1HOA/P4250090-2-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes - male clypeus simple The median lobe is weakly convex, the apical margin bearing 3 small, rounded teeth (white arrows). Lateral lobes bear brushes of long, amber hairs (green arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682404001390-QSEN4QD9H3LGYU7YPGHY/P4220049-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - square petiole, closely punctured Petiole approximately as long as wide, sides nearly parallel. “T1-3 with subcontiguous punctures, interspaces somewhat shining, weakly alutaceous” (wrinkled) (Evans 1981 p 357) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682409736814-DWFZQHOY81HPXJQKYBD4/P4220035-2-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - long, narrow petiole Petiole longer than wide, nearly parallel-sided, bearing some long, pale setae. Maximum width of T2 is ~2.3x that of petiole (see pink lines) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682406828659-PG7IFW6P7N0BP072WHZE/P4220020-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - pygidial plate narrowly elliptical Pygidial plate rather narrow, apex rounded (arrow). posterior view, ventral uppermost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682410024801-RE4JOPJCLX0BAVPRCJJI/P4220055-2-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - pygidial plate strongly punctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682425097006-TPERLXL0PVJDFNVAWG5V/P4250048-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes - male flagellum unmodified In some Cerceris species, the male flagella have ‘tyli’ on the last 2 or more segments. Tyli are “elongate welts or smooth, polished streaks on the under surface”. No such modifications are discernible on this specimen. dorsal view of wasp, (but as the antenna is curved, lateral view of underside of terminal segments) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682425127494-B47PCDUOWQIQJVVAQJAY/P4250072-2-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes - male flagellum unmodified Same antenna as in previous image. ventral view of wasp, (but as the antenna is curved, medial/dorsal view of terminal segments) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682426645698-HBR7ES3H2BH8P6Z6E6Z7/P4220017-3-Edit-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes Size: length ~8mm; fore wing 6.2mm (Evans’ plesiallotype: length 10mm; fore wing 7mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682426426535-7WS80M0J6RZID7MCGPCS/P4250001-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682426388874-O1WVAEEWU1LAVS0CIFAG/P4250081-2-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes Face extensively yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682426395788-SHHOQ668LFTTVCY2GVC5/P4250075-2-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes The flagellum is dark above, pale below. The scape has a pale spot below/anteriorly. ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682427573516-4O26LROTHMMB9PEEZTJ6/P4220037-2-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes Pair of yellow spots on pronotum (green arrows). Tegulae spotted yellow (white arrow) dorsal view of thorax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682426547633-IK0MICTSH7QOTNRWWD8K/P4250038-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes Gaster generally black, with yellow bands or spots on T2 and T4-6. dorsal view, gaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682428775025-42IZYS02HMIGRSIRWOC5/P4220107-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - ocellar arrangement OOL (white line) greater than POL (green line) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682457614685-NKGGBMY2HEUYLGL417UX/P4220138-Edit-scale.jpg Cerceris antipodes Size: length ~9mm; fore wing 7.5mm (Evans’ plesiotype: length 11mm; fore wing 7mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682457722814-ZBKSPRZUD9VZUD1NMPZ7/P4220027-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682457833196-ZWECTM0FPRY1EVWJ6GKE/P4220114-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes Face extensively yellow. Black tentorial pits and submarginal band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682457736045-ZVHAKYW7KHZI1YIQ3SKL/P4220049-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes T2 with indistinct yellow spots anterolaterally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682457213384-IKP2OW8R7SB9CNXG5ZSN/P4220092-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682457750911-LVHDCKVYGSXV8NZOCOQN/P4220065-Edit.jpg Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682459482177-369AMAG4ULN0BF2F4BEA/P4220083-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - eye:genae equal The width of the eye (green) and the gena are equal. (In Evans plesiotype female, the genae was measured as slightly wider than the eye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1682485560507-KLCKAESSFOZ9I9ZCN01E/P4220045-2-Edit+copy.jpg Cerceris antipodes - ocellar arrangement: pronotal carina OOL (white line) greater than POL (green line) Pronotal carinae not quite reaching dorsal surface (blue arrows) https://southernforestlife.net/autumn-2023 daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683700302687-O78D5D51DCI3IUIZKXJH/P5290020-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - 30th May, 2022 This story began last autumn when we attracted 17 male Batwing Moths (Chelepteryx collesi: family Anthelidae) to our May lightsheet … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683700302687-O78D5D51DCI3IUIZKXJH/P5290020-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - 30th May, 2022 This story began last autumn when we attracted 17 male Batwing Moths (Chelepteryx collesi: family Anthelidae) to our May lightsheet … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683700170786-MS80RGTCEG1NE76G7E0W/P5300042.jpg Autumn 2023 - 30th May, 2022 … together with 2 females of the same species. As you can see, she is a large, beautiful insect. She had apparently met up with one of those 17 males (or perhaps another one) shortly before she came to our attention. The evidence? On the lightsheet she deposited … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683700198191-D7POAO4MKFAKXFHLHMVK/P5290010-4.jpg Autumn 2023 - 30th May, 2022 … this elegant string of eggs. The lightsheet wasn’t the optimal environment for their continued development, so we moved them to our moth (and other insect) rearing cage. So development starts now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683702068707-KDIWPEAGSQXP09U64KQ5/P7290037.jpg Autumn 2023 - 29th July, 2022 Pretty soon we had around a dozen caterpillars to care for. They readily accepted Eucalypus leaves and grew apace. They were around 17mm long at this stage. Quite striking creatures, but watch those long hairs! They can break off if you handle the caterpillar carelessly and cause severe skin irritation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683702534108-HM5ZLHI7EPOYRQ063T1B/P9250002-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - 25th September, 2022 4 months later, the caterpillars had grown to a length of 58mm, passing through a series of moults - like the one shown here with its former skin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683702965797-EIUY9OM6NIXIJ05SHGAZ/PB070073.jpg Autumn 2023 - 7th November, 2022 6 weeks later, the caterpillars had grown to around 100mm long. While much larger, they were otherwise little changed in appearance. They became restless soon after, wandering around the cage. Apparently, they are often seen walking along suburban footpaths in Canberra at this stage. In early December, ours started to pupate, building a white, silky cocoon around their bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683703345117-ZF1TGODEYU704JEOQPBM/P3030003.jpg Autumn 2023 - 6th March, 2023 Then 3 months later, a new adult female emerged from one of the pupal cases. You can see the remnant hairs from the larval body protruding from the surface of the cocoon. So from egg to adult takes a full 9 months in this moth species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683703568642-X8LKZZJO883XBFSSNTPY/P3030008-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - 6th March, 2023 We carefully moved this female outside and placed her on a bush while she was preparing for her first flight. A half hour later she was gone. Perhaps she’ll appear on our May lightsheet this year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1684489770249-GCPXLJ0SCKQRIUGKCS1J/P5190015.jpg Autumn 2023 - 19th May, 2023 And the cycle starts again! Two male Chelepteryx collesi moths have been attracted to our light sheet tonight - almost exactly 12 months since we last sighted this species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683762774437-6JCS9D9X41SAHGS2EJGQ/original-14.jpg Autumn 2023 Kerri spotted a caterpillar of this species (Doratifera vulnerans; family Limacodidae) wandering in the undergrowth on 24th March. It was probably blown out of the crown of a eucalypt during a windy period. Unlike many moth larvae, it has a distinctive enough appearance to determine its species identity with confidence. But we decided to rear it through to the adult stage in our buddy tank anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683719600220-UVX8YDWFL1WYD8SS47QW/P4100005.jpg Autumn 2023 Fed on a diet of eucalyptus leaves, the caterpillar - shown here on 10th April - grew rapidly. This photo shows the rosettes of stinging hairs which the larva everts when disturbed. These release a cocktail of toxins when touched, producing a stinging sensation (ref. 1). Doratifera vulnerans means “bearer of painful gifts” - an apt name! The caterpillar gives due warning of its toxicity with its bright colouration. Most birds give it a wide berth, although fan-tailed cuckoos and rosellas have developed ways of dealing with this toxicity as they include it in their diet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683719691011-4WTG3E00X55M9U7EW2D8/P4100015.jpg Autumn 2023 This caterpillar lacks the prolegs found on the rear body segments of almost all other lepidopteran larvae. These are replaced by suckers, which the caterpillar uses to glide around on the leaf. This front-on view shows that the head is almost completely withdrawn into the thorax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683719876604-DM5LZ7RLQYILLUUH9I1M/P4170022-3.jpg Autumn 2023 A week later, Kerri noticed that the caterpillar had stopped feeding and had attached itself to this twig. It had woven a spherical mesh of silk around its body, rolling around inside this ball as it did so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683719978987-I7HV0QF9GFNL7LAIGUYD/P4170038.jpg Autumn 2023 This photo, taken 20 minutes later, shows another view of the caterpillar’s body inside its silk ball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683720025549-I6DBML8822N7SBEBQQ8I/P4170060.jpg Autumn 2023 45 minutes later the weave on the silk ball was finer. The larva continued to rotate inside as it wove its housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683720070107-X99DT4N493H31EIVXN82/P4170080.jpg Autumn 2023 Five hours later the thickened silk sheath completely hid the caterpillar inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683762939608-Z2C5V50YY7N9G4CJVTC0/P5110021.jpg Autumn 2023 24 days later the larva now looks like a gumnut on the twig - hidden in plain sight! The caterpillar will soon enter the pupal stage, during which its body becomes transformed into an adult moth. The emerging moth will escape from the cocoon by pushing against the circular end cap, popping it off. It’s clear where the “cup moth” name comes from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683790494215-HUH77DWMNZKSO9B3OKDW/P3150016.jpg Autumn 2023 - whistling moth caterpillar Hecatesia fenestrata - the larva of the Whistling Moth, featured in our Summer Sightings blog. Seen here feeding on Dodder Laurel (Cassytha pubescens), on which it will continue to graze over winter. The adults have been reported to emerge in early spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683791414091-08A2OOCMRDHNKOCGJZBH/P4050135.jpg Autumn 2023 - Banks' Brown Heteronympha banksii - a male defending its territory at the top of a bush. This butterfly only appears in autumn, when it is regularly sighted patrolling sunlit patches around the forest. It lays its eggs on grasses, which the larvae feed on through winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683792133229-99K9W373QTDDU0L0NW0K/P4200044.jpg Autumn 2023 - geometer moth Parepisparis lutosaria - sighted on our April lightsheet. Its larvae feed on Eucalyptus. Moths in the genus often lie with their abdomens twisted to the side, resembling dead or yellowing leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683793377993-C2DCT8GJP6XU2C34FIFU/P3260123.jpg Autumn 2023 - gem moth Glyphipteryx gemmipunctella - a rather small but beautiful moth with a very long name. We see this moth during the day in early/mid autumn resting on leaves of sedges, flicking its wings open and closed. Sadly, nothing is known about its life cycle. So I can’t tell you what its caterpillar looks like, what it feeds on or the duration of its larval stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683793874477-NL9SONVNYB3H0KN9EOUN/P4200073-2.jpg Autumn 2023 Amphiongia chordophoides - another April lightsheet moth. This is the first time we’ve sighted this species in our forest. We appear to be at the southern limit of its distribution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683794434801-6UKRPJ5EGA09PFXH80XT/P4030615.jpg Autumn 2023 - Common Brown Heteronympha merope - a female resting on the forest floor. The females mate in the spring, but aestivate over the hot summer months, hiding out in the cool gullies. They re-emerge in autumn when they lay eggs on a range of plants, including Themeda and Poa. Their larvae emerge as adults in spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683795064903-NI1VQ8Y6VUTJW8RM400B/P4200080.jpg Autumn 2023 - Boisduval's Autumn Moth Oenosandra boisduvali - the male of this species, shown here, has an interesting speckled pattern on the forewings. It is a sexually dimorphic species - the female has white forewings with a narrow longitudinal stripe of the same pattern as the male’s wings. As befits its name, the adults make their first appearance in early autumn and are gone by the start of winter. The larva feeds at night on Eucalyptus leaves, hiding beneath the bark of the tree during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683799884626-AH3YF2USG82E1H9L82IK/oenochroma+vinaria.jpg Autumn 2023 - Pink-bellied Moth Oenochroma vinaria - a striking caterpillar, larva of an equally attractive moth, seen here on one of our window screens in November. The larva is seen feeding on Hakea macraeana, which will support its development through to the spring, when it will transform into the adult moth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683798418984-6RFYF0FGTEWM2EFIVDS6/P4110235.jpg Autumn 2023 - Black Spot Moth Epicoma melanospila - these caterpillars feed gregariously during the day. We found this large cluster in an Acacia longifolia bush. They disappeared suddenly in late autumn. Later stage larvae are reported to be solitary feeders and are widely scattered. The earliest sightings of the adults on iNaturalist are in late spring, so the larvae apparently feed right through winter. We often see the adults from early summer onwards on our lightsheets, displaying its eponymous wing pattern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683806509207-EZR4KZUX5KPP3I4KB7HL/P4020059.jpg Autumn 2023 - Brown Ringlet Hypocysta metirius - probably our most common butterfly. It is seen throughout the forest in large numbers from mid spring to mid autumn. Their larvae spend the winter feeding on grasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683802112283-SL798K8251FDZDEQ9896/P3280152.jpg Autumn 2023 - Cunning Forester Pollanisus subdolosa - a small, but striking moth often seen flying slowly in the forest in early-mid autumn. It can afford to be both conspicuous and slow moving because its body contains cyanide, a product of its own metabolism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683807228140-5XDMIZQI2G06OU5AZXGY/P4240234.jpg Autumn 2023 - White-spotted Ichneumonid Wasp Echthromorpha intricatoria - there are many, many ichneumonid wasps in the forest. They become one of the most active groups of insects in autumn, flying here and there searching for a host for their eggs. This one is after lepidopteran pupae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683802715610-1F9D9PPAOZRM0NSODAB4/P3280014-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - Ichneumonid wasp Xanthopimpla sp. - a small parasitic wasp, often seen in the last month, patrolling the vegetation low in the undergrowth. Like the White-spotted Ichneumonid Wasp, it is searching for a lepidopteran pupa in which to deposit its eggs. Wasps in this genus have been used as a biological control agent for the Light Brown Apple Moth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683852043920-TCKNXZ2LJF8A9BB115OL/P3180060.jpg Autumn 2023 - Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp Enicospilus sp. or Netelia sp. - we’re not sure which one but it’s definitely in the subfamily Ophioninae of the Ichneumonidae. This wasp often comes to our lightsheets. Species in this subfamily inject their eggs into larval lepidopterans. It includes some of the only parasitoid wasps that can use their ovipositors to sting humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683804068461-MHA3RQQBSSH9CQMCPXPK/P3280538.jpg Autumn 2023 - belid weevil Rhinotia lineata - a common but striking weevil, often seen in the forest. Little is known about the biology of the genus Rhinotia but adult weevils in the family Belidae feed on pollen and some are important pollinators. The larvae of some species bore into the wood of Acacia, so it’s probably no coincidence that we saw this adult on a wattle stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683805535593-6NY7W3XWDWS9FVSK39I8/P4240216.jpg Autumn 2023 - Botany Bay Diamond Weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis - indeed a spectacular beetle! We often see it feeding, as here, on Acacia stems and leaves. This was one of the first Australian insects to be described, having been collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Cook’s first voyage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683805967871-ZZ6YVW5IYK2FX5PBQOKE/P4040037.jpg Autumn 2023 - large crane fly Leptotarsus igniceps - this is one of many crane fly species we see in the forest. They are often seen hanging from vegetation with their enormously long legs. This appears to be a southern species - we are close to the northern limit of its reported distribution on iNaturalist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683808440677-PMH23BYANX1AZCPFE7E1/P3260049.jpg Autumn 2023 - fungus fly Tapeigaster brunneifrons - a new species for us of a familiar group of flies. These plucky little males take up residence on the cap of a mushroom. I’ve seen other species defending that territory from intrusions by other males, but on one occasion I saw three males of this species sharing a mushroom cap. They mate with females seeking to lay eggs on the gills of the mushroom, which represent a rich food source for their larvae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683809012837-SBMXMTSD9FFKA7I95OR7/Tapeigaster.jpg Autumn 2023 - fungus fly Here is an overview shot of the male in position on its chosen Amanita sp. fungus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683856199422-SO8SO44CZOATGMQRVKZI/P3260319.jpg Autumn 2023 - goggle-eyed robber flies Bromotheres australis - these rather small flies are, like other robber flies in the family Asilidae, predators. They impale their prey - other insects - with their needlelike hypopharynx and immobilise and liquefy it by injecting a mix of neurotoxins and enzymes. Nice! They are easiest to spot when still and mating, like this pair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683807632328-ATCK687878NB0KMREZK9/P3260182.jpg Autumn 2023 - Giant Torbia Torbia perficita - a large katydid which is a frequent visitor to lightsheets in mid autumn. We reared this species from the egg right through to adulthood on eucalypt foliage. You can read the full story in our blog Growing Up. The adults lay their eggs in a row on a eucalypt stem in autumn and probably die soon thereafter. The eggs overwinter in a state of arrested development, called diapause, and hatch in late October. They reach the adult stage in mid-late January. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683806967882-HO7FJFJ27JJJ0813CQ68/P4150340.jpg Autumn 2023 - Trigonidium cricket Trigonidium sp., close to Trigonidium marroo - a very pleasing little cricket, which became increasingly common in mid autumn. This one is a male. Little is known about their biology, apart from their preferred habitat, which is amongst grasses and forbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683860223904-YK2LVKSUAGUECS6CTRS3/original-42.jpg Autumn 2023 - Southern Pygmy Cricket Bobilla sp. - we always seem to get a burst of these small, ground-dwelling crickets in early autumn and this year was no exception. The male, shown here, produces his mating call by rubbing the tiny teeth on a vein of one of the forewings over the other wing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683842549263-7N5D05RK38FBS52PC4CR/P3290024.jpg Autumn 2023 - Spur Legged Phasmid Didymuria violescens - our visitor Janet discovered this impressive female stick insect in a low bush. She was probably blown out of the forest canopy in the strong winds. After we collected her to take close-up photographs, she began to drop eggs. We released her, but she will not live for much longer as adults are reported to have only a 2-3 month life span after appearing in late summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683841588714-I2T9BBD8OAM5RJ6DUEGA/P3310003.jpg Autumn 2023 - stick insect egg Here is one of the phasmid’s eggs. She will lay around 200 eggs, which typically hatch in November-December. The nymphs take 2-3 months to develop to the adult stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683859555305-6WW81VOATTEYL30HBG5H/Porcellio.jpeg Autumn 2023 - Woodlouse Porcellio sp. - we don’t get many crustaceans in the forest, so it was a surprise to find this one in a rotten eucalypt log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683859849039-74440ROQKAIS21Q5PNTO/P4030675.jpg Autumn 2023 - Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingi - It’s always nice to see one of these in her web with an egg sac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683861063856-BJOHDTH60K30C9V4JL1H/P3160157.jpg Autumn 2023 - Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis - it took a while for the Yellow Robins to recover after the fire, but they’re now back in good numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683861321518-3UGB1JUKNDSP09E2CNKX/P3280188.jpg Autumn 2023 - Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons - this is a regular autumn visitor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683861612476-XOVB53C3ZO2TCPETZIL4/P4120011.jpg Autumn 2023 - Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa - an everpresent inhabitant of the forest. We never tire of watching it doing its back and forth dance on tree branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683861736425-QF2UG77YQFXW4DAWYSGH/P4140105-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae - this year for the first time, we’ve seen this heron wandering around the block on several occasions. It visits the frog pond but also searches for prey in the forest proper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683861895345-EYUQB6IB8FVC4X4MT3GW/P4140138-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683867140132-GIY83C40JK2FIE0071F3/P4150256.jpg Autumn 2023 - White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae - it seems to quite like roosting in the dead wattle trees behind the frog pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683862397898-S62K9GFB5KDYUVQNEGJ7/P3130042.jpg Autumn 2023 - Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis - these guys often keep Kerri awake at night as they run back and forth over the flyscreens on our bedroom window hunting insects. I took this photo from my bed on my back looking upwards - hence the rather strange perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683862718386-F35L5XH8EH3FDJCHF75H/antechinus.jpeg Autumn 2023 - Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis - Is this one looking at me? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683863625392-JRMAPFD283R4NJVPGBFD/P3230068.jpg Autumn 2023 - Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus - this guy is definitely a resident! We often catch sight of it racing away into the bushes when disturbed. But on this occasion it was nonchalantly digging for worms in broad daylight in front of our kitchen window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683863978282-AJ6K0JDRRI7XOZA2NCYT/P3200020.jpg Autumn 2023 - Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera - the frog pond has been extremely busy this summer and autumn. Lots of tadpoles and loud mating calls of several species. I managed to catch this pair of Crinia signifera in amplexus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683864206127-RNXBJXKX7JKN5TLQT4HG/P3200019.jpg Autumn 2023 - Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera - very obligingly the pair rolled over to give me a shot of their bellies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683864617979-F5BMBFE0HZS5HZEJA0SO/P3160122.jpg Autumn 2023 - Common Correa Correa reflexa speciosa - one of the very few low growing plants in flower at this time of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683864978522-ASOHITRJIEQGBYNJBB9B/P4240260.jpg Autumn 2023 - Sunshine Wattle Acacia terminalis - this wattle has been in full bloom for over a month now and is still going strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683950717610-2LDQRXRP1R79KC5SCVXN/P5100001-2.jpg Autumn 2023 - Sunshine Wattle Acacia terminalis - some bushes are overloaded with blossom! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683865502346-SEBU9OPSR6F6YMKQQ9Q7/P5110006.jpg Autumn 2023 - Poison Peach Trema tomentosa - we have two bushes of this plant and this one currently bears a heavy crop of berries. They turn black as they ripen but should not be eaten as they are reported to be toxic to stock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683866488577-N9VE93L5YNNVTSFGWFZU/P3220030.jpg Autumn 2023 - Port Jackson Pine Callitris rhomboidea - We lost all of the trees and bushes of this native pine in the January 2020 fire. Their regeneration from seed has been a relatively slow process but some plants are now over a metre tall. This shot shows the mini-forest of seedlings growing from seed dropped by the single killed bush just behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683867939632-T91AXVXBC0YL9S3X2Q5S/P3160117.jpg Autumn 2023 - Prickly Broom-Heath Monotoca scoparia - these low bushes with their sharp leaf tips bloomed in early autumn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683868350827-1NAX2LGCJHMO5T0XDURG/P5050004-2-Edit.jpg Autumn 2023 - Webcap Cortinarius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683868471646-ACN7QXWX51RN4TMLY48L/P3160014.jpg Autumn 2023 - Ocher-gilled Barefoot Lepidella Amanita ochrophylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683868628250-1474896MDN3B9TZBTNAR/P5050015-2-Edit.jpg Autumn 2023 - Basidiomycete fungus Basidiomycota - unidentified at this time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683868751918-DWJ619BJ4PDXO1VWO3T9/P5050029.jpg Autumn 2023 - Bonnet Mycena sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683868820520-4WA4ZFBVUSXS9H543TUK/P5050035.jpg Autumn 2023 - Pinkgill Entoloma sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683868886161-I4AB9UKIP4FRRM1TEBKW/P5050045.jpg Autumn 2023 - Agaric mushroom Leucoagaricus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683868985025-V6TGYPEW5QSK0JB0S7GI/P5050056.jpg Autumn 2023 - Webcap Cortinarius sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683869057580-9KXQAGDZLQYC9B5BAACD/P5050063.jpg Autumn 2023 - Bracket fungus Trametes sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683869126694-MBH7D9N5KSNWICEBZOY3/P5050071.jpg Autumn 2023 - Bracket Fungus Trametes sp. https://southernforestlife.net/melittobia daily 0.75 2023-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683938172215-QBRBUT7KFL96VV4AS4T6/P5080008-2.jpg Melittobia - Cocoon A contents A reminder of the scene that greeted me when I first tore open the cocoon within cell A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683938172215-QBRBUT7KFL96VV4AS4T6/P5080008-2.jpg Melittobia - Cocoon A contents A reminder of the scene that greeted me when I first tore open the cocoon within cell A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714652762-N3JSD6M43UTH33VVDZY0/P5070059.jpg Melittobia - shorter wings, small eyes Many of the females I saw when I first opened the cells looked like this. Her wings are short and her eyes less prominent than in ‘later’ females. I’m assuming this is a ‘brachypterous female’ … although the differences aren’t as obvious I imagined they might be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683759384523-B9BSSH5YXTOXRWIH9ON7/P5100032-Edit+copy.jpg Melittobia - early stage female pupa Even at this early stage of transformation, this is clearly female – the scape is not swollen (white arrow). And it is evidently a long-winged (dispersive) female – the eyes are large and bulging (green arrow) and the wings are relatively long (F = tip of forewing; H = tip of hindwing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683758124983-NWSE8BWDTK77KS9YA19Y/P5080018+copy.jpg Melittobia - male pupa Sexes are easily distinguished, even at the pupal stage. Most obvious are the swollen bases (‘scapes’) of the antennae in the males (white arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683758480538-PMMGTBIB7TNJTDQQAANU/P5090016+copy.jpg Melittobia - late stage male pupa This is the same male pupa as in the previous image, but one day on. The cuticle is darker, the body bristles longer, and the wing more developed (white arrow). He emerged the following day. Note that even at this stage there is no obvious eye … yet another clue as to sex. In females the bulging eyes are apparent early in pupal development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714576254-2US3L40F8HBC1IIPJPSK/P5090034.jpg Melittobia - fully winged Her wings extend to nearly the end of her abdomen, and her eyes are well developed. Most females have this form. Her oldest sisters, however, were short-winged and would never seek to leave the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714543883-GYALLP0KRBQ8UUY9OMS9/P5090027.jpg Melittobia - virgin female She regularly visits male pupae, touching them with her antennae. I had removed all the adult males from this dish before she emerged from her pupa. Now she must wait. Only once mated will she seek to leave her natal nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683718412308-NUJW8JNEDXCEC0KC89P8/P5100018.jpg Melittobia - newly emerged male The bulging antennae, short wings, and pale colouration of males are on show in this newly-emerged male. This is the same individual as in the preceding pupal photos. He doesn’t feed, and over the coming 7-8 days of his life his abdomen will shrink as his body depletes its internal reserves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683791993267-ER2FBITTTR5IVKX8MHSS/P5110017-2.jpg Melittobia - male antennae The rather extraordinary structure of the male’s antennal scapes are consistent with drawings of M. australica and quite different to those of most other Melittobia species (Dahms 1984a). I think there can be little doubt about the species ID – particularly as this is the only Melittobia known from Australia. [ventral view of male] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683757038730-2VS3S66JAZHNBRO449BY/P5090012.jpg Melittobia - leaving home? These sisters seem keen to depart the nest. They walk toward light, are relatively fast moving and responsive to movement … all the behaviours I’d expect to see in mated females of the long-winged form. They regularly communicate with one another using their antennae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714825180-NX3IPU5CCG44ZTROWMYB/P5080024.jpg Melittobia - female features A long-winged female, with large protruding eyes. Note the antennal scapes are not swollen (in contrast to males). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714729925-401X2OJLCX5TANEYBKS4/P5070084.jpg Melittobia - a posturing male When I first opened Cell A it contained 7 males. They were clustered in a space at the end of the cocoon … along with several females. He appeared to be posturing – standing tall, wings elevated, antennae erect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714758192-GL2Y1OEQZ2WC85MDX0MK/P5070092.jpg Melittobia - courtship is a rough affair It looks like an attack. The male is tightly clutching the female’s head with his mandibles and she seems quite passive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714937963-N2S4RNIJC4THYNPAAUYN/P5070111.jpg Melittobia - prolonged & persistent The couple seem rather immune to disturbance during courtship. I used a paintbrush to lift the pair out into the open for a better photo … and they remained together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683714959190-YXGZ97M2CXDKSREZJTUH/P5070114.jpg Melittobia - receptive or not? He grips her antennae with his and strokes her body with his legs. The antennal contact probably also involved chemical cues, as he has surface glands on the enlarged scapes. At this stage it is not possible to say if she will be receptive – she doesn’t give consent until the end of the courtship ritual (Dahms 1984b). Females typically mate just once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683793324832-ZN290FVKGI28D8AILGMV/P5110015.jpg Melittobia - sharp teeth! The mandibles (jaws) of males are larger than females, and each is tipped by a sickle-like tooth (arrows). This equipment is not for eating (males don’t eat). They can employ these as weapons in combat with rival males, and may fight to the death. [ventral view of male] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683936366184-BG04W5LC7QAAWJ3PU148/P5070002-9.jpg Melittobia - Cocoon B As it appeared before I tore away the papery cocoon to reveal the contents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683936377187-GR2M3MTW3JOYBVDPGINK/P5070018-2.jpg Melittobia - clumps of eggs and tiny larvae The larva from cocoon B was still relatively undamaged … and no doubt alive. It was motionless. At this prepupal stage, they are largely immobile anyway, but the addition of toxins from the founding parasitoid would have effectively paralysed the host. This ensures that her eggs and larvae are not dislodged or crushed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683936770562-BB915AWYOIV0W2RM3PNK/P5070007-3.jpg Melittobia - feeding larvae The hatched larvae, with their segmented bodies, are already feeding. Some are larger than others, their guts appearing yellow through otherwise transparent bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683716115252-1SF8C8Y8CUMFRI8W7I5Y/P5090002.jpg Melittobia - rapidly growing larvae When I first opened Cell B (on 7th May) the larvae were small and not obvious. Two days later it’s a different story! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683718408462-VASJO0L0FZ3CJLEXMWII/P5100007.jpg Melittobia - a seething mass Note that on 7th May I removed all adults from this enclosure. The plan is to monitor these through to maturity. This will give me an estimate of life cycle timing and sex ratios. I expect only around 5 males for every 100 females. The genus has a well documented female bias. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683718405027-BZLARUTE961D91IK1T8O/P5100004.jpg Melittobia - ectoparasites The larvae remain outside the body of the host as they feed. They have relatively small mouthparts and are quite maggot-like in appearance. All they need do for the next week or two is feed and grow. By the time they are ready to pupate they will be 1.6mm in length … roughly the same size as the adult wasp they will become. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683854060184-WWRR583UM10EGX8D0ODU/Lissopimpla.jpeg Melittobia - female seeking a host Solitary endoparasite of moth pupae, including ghost moths (Hepialidae) in the soil. Lissopimpla excelsa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683802783210-TX3SPFSEPCNQZ211MWK0/Gasteruption.jpg Melittobia - female seeking a host Solitary kleptoparasite of the larvae of solitary bees & wasps. They develop inside the nest, where they consume both the host and its provisions. Gasteruption terminale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683854699824-HFLRHBTRWW1Q53PBVRET/Callibracon.jpg Melittobia - female seeking a host Solitary ectoparasite of wood-boring longhorn beetle larvae. Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683856851603-8VHWN2IJQ9ZNC8XP5O45/Trigonalidae.jpeg Melittobia - female laying eggs beneath leaves Endoparasite of the larvae of sawflies, caterpillar parasites, or vespids. Her eggs are first eaten by foraging larvae (sawflies or caterpillars). They may develop directly (inside the sawfly), attack parasites already inside the caterpillar, or if the caterpillar captured by a vespid wasp and fed to its own larvae, then the trigonalid will strike. It’s a complex, convoluted tale that I plan to explore in a later blog post. Taeniogonalos (tbc) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683877658512-Y0VIMQCANRC1I003BLX8/Primeuchroeus.jpg Melittobia - investigating a log, probably seeking a host Solitary kleptoparasite of various wasps, including crabronids. The ‘cuckoo wasp’ consumes the egg or young larva and then the food cache before pupating in the safety of the stolen nest space. Primeuchroeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683877653829-D47KFKLF20FSBLME3NC9/mutillid.jpg Melittobia - female checking a crabronid burrow Solitary ectoparasite of mature wasp or bee larvae. This female ‘velvet ant’ was investigating a crabronid burrow (Cerceris). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683800482855-KSB4XL2TMZSUN5D1B5MW/Chalicididae.jpg Melittobia - small and we don't see them often Solitary endoparasite of lepidopteran pupae. Antrocephalus (tbc) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683858511799-A12SAM2C669DAHIV5FF7/P1150213-2.jpg Melittobia - tiny male, resting before rejoining the swarm Endo or ectoparasitic on ant larvae or pupae. Until I have a better ID, I’m extrapolating from general information on the putative family. Seen in mid January. I collected one, for later study. Length: 3mm + antennae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683864390963-181LEZCM9536Q9WKWOHH/chalcid+a.jpeg Melittobia - another day, another swarm ... but different wasps Similar in appearance and behaviour to the little black ‘chalcid’ seen in mid Jan, but clearly not the same. Simple antennae, stout petiole, golden body … another puzzle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683864390964-FV1PB5KV85VNCXXVV9AL/chalcid+b.jpg Melittobia - they would land just long enough for me to get a shot or two Endo or ectoparasitic on ant larvae or pupae. Until I have a better ID, I’m extrapolating from general information on the putative family. Again, I collected a few … for later. Length: 2.5mm + antennae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683867584084-0MOWM1SB79FI3KKXFF2V/Telenomus.jpg Melittobia - from inside a butterfly egg Two butterfly eggs developing atop a leaf each gave rise to a single, tiny wasp. Telenomus. Length: 0.75mm. [host – Heteronympha merope: NYMPHALIDAE] [full details in Pauls’ 2018 blog ‘Reproduction - Russian doll style] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683867587142-9YBH4K87YAZBIBQRWTU5/Trichogramma.jpg Melittobia - from inside a lacewing egg Some lacewings lay their eggs on slender stalks. These normally give rise to hairy little nymphs that are voracious predators of psyllids. But from each of these darkened eggs, a single tiny wasp emerged. Trichogramma. Length: less than 0.5mm (females slightly larger). [host – Neuroptera, species uncertain] [full details in Paul’s 2018 blogs ‘Déjà vu! Another egg parasitoid wasp’] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683867921252-11JNMZ1LI9AM2STKS9LD/Cotesia+wonboynensis.jpg Melittobia - from inside a free-living caterpillar Remember the little wasps we discovered as they emerged from a caterpillar? That single caterpillar was host to around 30 endoparasites. When it eventually died, the wasp larvae broke out to spin silken cocoons across its back. Cotesia wonboynensis. Length: over 3mm [host – Anthela: ANTHELIDAE] [full details in Paul’s 2019 blog ‘Rearing wasps … by accident’] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683867584607-VQ5UU6LSFOYVG49ERXOF/Psyllaephagus.jpg Melittobia - from inside a sheltered psyllid nymph A solitary endoparasite, these wasps have two layers of protection as they develop: the body of the nymph, and the thin, sugary cap that it lives beneath - the ‘lerp’. Psyllaephagus. [host - Hyalinaspis: APHALARIDAE, an hemipteran] [full details in Paul’s 2018 blog ‘Life on a leaf’] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683878906252-U7FI9O4SVA5X2PXBBM2Q/Aglaotilla.jpg Melittobia - from inside the pupal cocoon of a crabronid wasp Each of the three cells of this Pison nest had yielded an identical female mutillid, or ‘velvet ant’. A solitary ectoparasite of an enclosed, mature larva or prepupa. The cocoon was spun by the host. Aglaotilla. [host – Pison: CRABRONIDAE] [for the full story see my 2021 blog ‘A window into mud-nests’] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683879885716-IM4JAHU8E5ZNT8BDEW0N/Chrysis.jpg Melittobia - from inside the mud cell of a sphecid wasp Five out of 19 cells in a massive mud-dauber nest gave rise to cuckoo wasps. The nest was collected on the north coast of NSW … neither the host nor parasite is a species we know here, although both are reportedly widespread across Australia. Cuckoo wasps are solitary kleptoparasites … they consume the young host and then the food cache. In this case, the paralysed spiders. The parasite then spins its own cocoon within the protective cell of the mud nest. Chrysis lincea. [host – Sceliphron laetum: SPHECIDAE] [for the full story see my 2022 blog ‘Wasp forensics’] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1683940293621-C6ZSO6Y99R38ZMOO6Z2I/P5130001.jpg Melittobia - wow! The host is now completely cloaked in Melittobia larvae … just its head is visible (to the right). Perhaps the feeding parasites can’t effectively penetrate the tougher cuticle of the head capsule. There is so little room that some of the grubs have been pushed away from the host by their siblings. Compare this scene to that just 6 days before … noting that no new eggs were laid in the interim, as no adults had access to the host. Wow bugs indeed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695455201185-KLO1VIMSD7X4L8DV9WTK/P9220001-2.jpg Melittobia After 4 months of doing nothing, development is underway again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695455215973-MRWXV2GJR3A84EJAI9GH/P9220002-2.jpg Melittobia The larvae remained unchanged throughout winter … but are now at various stages of transformation into adult wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695455218950-DURL9563EMLHGHNGUA3N/P9220003-2.jpg Melittobia The strings are the larval waste, expelled just before pupation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695455695302-KGM9SRTMRFJUL9RIVPR3/P9220010-2.jpg Melittobia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695455695726-O3IX50R6T9FISGICDWAF/P9220020.jpg Melittobia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695455697748-276PLVD2DOVBX6WDLF46/P9220026-2.jpg Melittobia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695455699068-QVVO2WLLJKGHA93GCZKJ/P9220029-2.jpg Melittobia https://southernforestlife.net/cerceris-2023 daily 0.75 2023-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688010630686-WYCECUGZQ6KQY9D7EAO7/P4150326.jpg Cerceris 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688010630686-WYCECUGZQ6KQY9D7EAO7/P4150326.jpg Cerceris 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688011618169-ND3OQZS6RWBI03088ACH/P9110143.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Pre-season: searching A very early season sighting … our earliest, by far. This female would have spent the winter underground, and is now looking for a site to start a new burrow. The patch she is exploring is amid an active nesting aggregation of Rhopalum (Crabroninae), not far from our known Cerceris nesting site. 11 September, 2022 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688275953178-DCX5EWM842DJTGN5JCKK/PB200373.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Early season: and already 7 months old This female has been been actively nesting for over a month, having mated last Autumn and then overwintering below ground. Her mandibles are looking worn but she will probably continue to nest for many weeks to come. 20 November, 2022 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688017406052-0II26BRXOSGG3526NPWX/PB240068.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Early season: providing for the next generation Until late November, the only wasps in evidence are females. Leaf beetles are their principal prey. 24 November, 2022 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688018064570-2WR7H5WG27TOOSSXTPK2/2nd+Feb.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Peak season: a very worn female When females return with prey, they usually dive straight into their open burrow. But occasionally one will land, briefly. Perhaps she lost her bearings. Or maybe she needs to adjust her grip. She is ageing, her mandibles clearly worn. And she relies on them to hold the beetle’s antennae. Based on the obvious wear, and the date, she’s either of generation O (i.e. overwintering) or a very early 1st generation female. 2 February, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688013953319-1GHBVPL9YYWFO1W5QP8K/P2190198.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Peak season: another showing her age Over time, females start to show the ravages of a life spent digging and hunting. The mandibles wear, the teeth and tips becoming blunt. And the wings become ragged as they collect small tears along the trailing edges. This female is probably several months old. She will die before May. 19 February, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688019343675-XQN0BJ5CA79FKTYHB1CT/P3060203-2.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Peak season: males aplenty The first males appear in late November, and by March they are common sight around the nesting area. 6 March, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688275900336-OM9TQKM8BZGRZKHQUXV8/P4020119.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Late season: perched male Males are easily distinguised from females. They have a narrower face and smaller body, overall. The higher number of segments in the antennae (13) and gaster (7) are also definitive. 2 April, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688005164052-KK4NEGP951AH8EHWYIT2/P4020364.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Late season: vigilant, patient male A brief rest between low, patrolling flights around the nesting area. 2 April, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688167296986-2UBVKCF8IDQMKT058DNT/P4020262+copy.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Late season: males are not overtly territorial The brush of golden hairs on the clypeus (green arrows) is another distinctive feature of males. Indeed, it is an identifying feature of most male Philanthinae – including Cerceris – and is seen in very few other wasps. Some species use the brush in scent marking their territories, but Cerceris antipodes does not appear to mark or defend a territory. They simply maintain a vigil in the nesting area, on the lookout for emerging young females. 2 April, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688012282816-GHW610QAKAUYIKPMCCPY/P4210337.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Late season: just a few days into adult life A young female, probably yet to mate, and sure to overwinter. The silvery hairs on her face and the pointed mandibles are evidence of her youth … as is the date, and the fact that she was attracting a lot of male attention (see next photo)! 21 April, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688012784635-RYDNWODFQC385ZI7S9CA/P4210312+copy.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Late season: male seeking to mate For at least 15 minutes he hung about, waiting for a chance to mate with the young female. She would occasionally poke her head out (see previous photo) but mostly she remained tucked away inside, with just her antennae showing (green arrow). 21 April, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688276477401-WDHVYZ2UXTMRLHR6RJ1O/P3230442.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 1. Burrow entrance choked with traffic This is what captured my attention … a pair of bodies jammed into the entrance of the burrow, wriggling and kicking but not breaking free. 23 March, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277732315-3SVYEE6C0KYJC2UV2A9T/P3230473.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 2. A third wasp arrives Another female lands and shows interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277653193-486JD07YM417MLC95CXI/P3230492.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 3. Still stuck, the entrance blocked The second female was not content to watch from the sidelines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277922698-M31HHKGAZM3726GP8VOO/P3230498.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 4. She climbs on top The second female climbs atop the ‘stuck’ pair, exploring the burrow edge with her antennae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277679386-XBMQ2IUR2NP3Z3TUU8AI/P3230503.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 5. Not quite in copula The male is gripping the first female, but they are not coupled … his terminal abdominal segment is well clear of hers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277837415-CS3E4G5KDEDE7LTL49Z1/P3230507.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 6. The first female disappears Finally, after several minutes at the burrow entrance, the first female disappears. She may have simply been stuck, jammed against the wall by the male. More likely, he was restraining her by gripping her thorax with his legs or mandibles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277695563-XJT23TBF75VCQ4YOVTJV/P3230508.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 7. The male hauls himself back up He seems reluctant to continue into the now-open burrow, backing out as the second female looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277787804-DYPG2NMLW09ZZOPB5D2Z/P3230511.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 8. Finally, she scurries inside As the male moves aside, the second female quickly heads into the burrow. Successfully. A moment after this photo, she had disappeared into the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688278411831-OY736DTE9BOAIRM6YH3S/P3230518.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 9. The male refuses to leave There is no longer any sign of the two females, now deep inside the nest. Yet the male remains. He straddles the opening, preening and perhaps recuperating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277973045-JMVZ9FT3FDCMSB82RL3D/P3230538.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 10. He ventures another look inside This is most unusual! Never before have I seen a male behave this way, poking his head into the unguarded burrow. And a moment later he entered the nest, completely disappearing from view! Perhaps the first time he was dragged in by the female, but this time it was clearly his own initiative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277985631-JPHHA6AC1J6GCNS1Y8FR/P3230549.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 11. A few seconds later ... Within moments of entering the nest, he is back at the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688277987609-L93LFDO3Q6DYMSOHT3LI/P3230554.jpg Cerceris 2023 - 12. ... he climbs back out, alone He sits at the entrance for a few seconds before taking off. I watched on for another 15 minutes, but the action was all over. No sign of the females, and the male resumed his patrolling of the general area … that is, back to normal behaviour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688005479893-MO8ZP242Y57UUTSFAWAA/P3180117.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Provisioning A female approaches her burrow after a successful hunting trip, carrying a deeply paralysed beetle. 18 March, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688010798119-VP9B7MPD4Y29IW9V5OV1/P2280341.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Guard duty The typical view of an active Cerceris nest … the burrow entrance blocked by the broad head of a female on guard duty. 28 February, 2023 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688434501640-BZPPDHK2KR6OTNK5V118/PB240057.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Returning empty-handed This female is about to dive into her open burrow. It’s likely she is not on hunting duty today, but rather has simply been visiting flowers for a feed of nectar. 24 November, 2022 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688434371350-KG3LJIAY34NGYJFOZXTY/PB240030.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Protection from raiding ants This ant quickly moved away, no doubt deterred by the large mandibles of the wasp on guard duty, blocking the burrow. 24 November, 2022 Cerceris antipodes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688433333777-LR1P4H8Z8YYXCWIFMG1W/P2280378.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Guarding against mutillids Velvet ants (Mutillidae) are ever-present around the nesting ground. The flightless females seek to lay their own eggs onto fully-fed, well-developed wasp larvae. This one made several attempts to enter the nest, from different directions, but the attentive guard remained in place. 28 February, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688434394980-HW19Y50X3PIFVEXNVYK4/PB200382.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Caught off guard Satellite flies (Miltogramminae) are recognised parasites of ground-nesting bees and ants, including Cerceris (Evans & Matthews, 1970). Rather than lay eggs, they drop live young into the nest burrow or directly onto prey being carried in by provisioning wasps. The fly larvae then feed on the food cache and pupate within the safety of the Cerceris nest. Apparently there was no guard on duty here, and the female hunkered down over the open burrow to release her larva. 20 November, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1688433906531-3RRH9LRU8CGZ9TNTL8R1/PB100263.jpg Cerceris 2023 - Nest collapse Rarely a provisioning female returns to find her burrow collapsed. The cause might be a strong wind, fossicking bird, or passing mammal (but not me … I’m careful where I step). This female spent several minutes trying to reopen her burrow. She eventually gave up, abandoning her prey and flying off to rest on nearby vegetation. It was early in the season and I suspect she was nesting solo. If there had been a nestmate inside, they would have cleared the entryway from within. Another potential advantage of having a guard on duty. 10 November, 2022 Cerceris antipodes https://southernforestlife.net/winter-2023 daily 0.75 2023-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689308196622-A0HUTBOA3YRMLYH4NXSB/P7020006-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Swamp Wallaby A female Swampy (Wallabia bicolor), grazing right in front of our deck early in the morning. It’s unusual to see this species so close to the house - they are very wary of people. It looks like she has a joey in her pouch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689308196622-A0HUTBOA3YRMLYH4NXSB/P7020006-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Swamp Wallaby A female Swampy (Wallabia bicolor), grazing right in front of our deck early in the morning. It’s unusual to see this species so close to the house - they are very wary of people. It looks like she has a joey in her pouch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689308363170-2ADBLUG52VIS7EBSUPGB/P7020007-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Swamp Wallaby The open area close to the house has a diverse range of forbs, making it a favourable feeding area for wallabies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689311348192-C2AGP8PVQFRCVWNIPTPH/P7100001-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Swamp Wallaby This is the same female (we think) 8 days later. Her joey, now out of the pouch, was feeding alongside but bounded off before I managed to get a photo. There has been a macropod population explosion since the January 2020 fire, fuelled by the strong growth of vegetation in the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689306226373-MI5Y7QNE4MW3DMX00EW4/P6150042.jpg Winter 2023 - Red-necked Wallaby with joey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689305528700-96QWMYZ3TG4JAQOHBQ4O/P6150032.jpg Winter 2023 - Red-necked Wallaby with joey Another female wallaby with young, but a different species (Notamacropus rufogriseus). She is stripping flowers off the stems of Common Heath (Epacris impressa), one of the few plants flowering at this time of the year. They seem to be particularly tasty to wallabies. We’ve seen “swampies” devouring them as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689308518870-B5DGWTVXMF5KMQI3WPJ4/P7060012-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Red-necked Wallaby This is likely the same female 3 weeks later. Her joey is now well and truly out of the pouch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689308684565-LLXY7TYOIYF53F14199P/P7060017.jpg Winter 2023 - Red-necked Wallaby Here is the joey, standing nearby, sampling various forbs in the undergrowth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689319427588-4HEZKWB0O3EF7QN3BETH/P7140013.jpg Winter 2023 - Red-necked Wallaby and joey This is the pair 8 days later. The mother has come to our frog pond to drink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689306448249-KMEWKE50JF8ZVQL1164B/P6190032-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Pied Currawong Wallabies aren’t the only creatures that enjoy Common Heather flowers. They make a nutritious supplement to the diet of the Pied Currawong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689306623176-A5VKVD6IFTRM0D0DAYAL/P6190043-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Pied Currawong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689310109055-ILX41XL4WWBKZ21CO9IO/P7070029-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Spinebill Spinebills are also attracted to the Common Heath flowers. But unlike the currawongs and wallabies, they play a constructive role from the plant’s perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689309607387-00RIA8VN1XQHBC7AUC6T/P7070039-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Spinebill They don’t eat the flowers. Instead, they insert the tip of their curved bill into the opening of the pink corolla, extend their long tongue and lap nectar from its base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689309932687-CX5F72UKEEJUP930245M/P7070040-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Spinebill In the process, the tip of the beak gets dusted with white pollen, which they transfer to the next flower they visit. They play a key role in the pollination of this plant, which flowers when there are few insects to carry out the task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689340840296-1FA4HQ36SGNS36RI60FA/P7070011-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Spinebill The yellow pollen grains on the spinebill’s head at the base of its beak are a sign that it has been visiting the Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa), which also flowers in winter (see Crescent Honeyeater photos). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689311094030-I0Q29W6F73XVJ8RFPOMZ/P7070109-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Spinebill That beak can get quite messy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689310780897-2YU20OB0CKK7UQFXDBWE/P7070101.jpg Winter 2023 - Common Heath flowers This close up photo of a cluster of Common Heath flowers shows the 5 pollen-bearing stamens near the opening of each corolla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689307361192-X4WZ1BUY2805JDJM0TFQ/P6250025-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Crescent Honeyeater A Crescent Honeyeater pokes its beak into the showy inflorescence of a Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa) to extract nectar from the base of a flower. It too contributes to the pollination of this plant species as it gets dusted with pollen in the process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689307162664-KNG877IYKFU9YIOYWGCT/P6250028-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Crescent Honeyeater “Honeyeater” is a bit of a misnomer for birds like this, as they actually feed on nectar, not honey. It takes a bee to turn nectar into honey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689306754171-VVXRPN2I9B3M2BDBCQ1U/P6210060-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Crested Shrike-tit Most forest birds feed on insects and spiders, rather than nectar. The Crested Shrike-tit is a good example, searching for arthropods under peeling eucalypt bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689306977194-5AXEYLOCGSM86JV268G2/P6210066-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Crested Shrike-tit We spot this attractive little bird infrequently in the forest - in part because it spends much of its time feeding high in the canopy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689307052530-CTH9YNL71K9XBXX7LX5J/P6210074.jpg Winter 2023 - Crested Shrike-tit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689307473723-UI7I6FUXDO60TMAL0HID/P7010093.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Yellow Robin The Eastern Yellow Robin on the other hand is an almost ever-present sight right now. A family of these birds made a sudden appearance when I began chainsawing a fallen eucalypt tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689308006099-GVNR27Z0IBLYKQ575SB8/P7010103.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Yellow Robin They perched on nearby branches and tree trunks, searching for insects disturbed by my chainsawing. They suddenly flew to the ground to take ant larvae and termites spilling out of nests in the cut timber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689307895712-BB85B8B4QJEHM8SZLVC7/P7010099-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Yellow Robin This is the typical stance of an Eastern Yellow Robin searching for food in the forest undergrowth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689308071961-CTXUB3CLT7784S7PC6MI/P7010113.jpg Winter 2023 - Eastern Yellow Robin Two of the family of four birds that profited from my activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689311733045-1TNPIJBZOAGGJHSSMLPB/P7140131-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Southern Brown Bandicoot We spotted our first Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) in the forest a year ago and since then we’ve made frequent sightings. We generally get just a glimpse as they scurry off into the undergrowth. But on occasion they can be seen feeding in the open, almost nonchalantly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689311978352-TMUSCIETV6Z9OUVVTUAR/P7140167-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Southern Brown Bandicoot This little fellow was so intent on digging up a prey item that it barely noticed Kerri photographing the proceedings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689312203598-VZPQ50FX8V4LZJJFCKCR/P7140188-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Southern Brown Bandicoot It arched its body to get deeper into the hole it had excavated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689312343546-WUJCYAI3107ADKODF70F/P7140206-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Southern Brown Bandicoot It looks like it had success, chewing on its find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689312576728-9W28018IP7WADGYMPA3L/IMG_8189.jpg Winter 2023 - Paddling downstream A kayak is my vehicle for exploring the river and its tributaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689312813767-95OD17VVBLOSVL3KFOFN/IMG_8330.jpg Winter 2023 - Further upstream close to the limit of tidal flow The vegetation on the banks of the river is recovering well following the January 2020 fire which swept down the river. Seedlings of Black Sheoak (Allocasuarina littoralis) and Port Jackson Pine (Callitris rhomboidea) are gradually replacing the trees killed in the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689313511182-C5WIK94WJK5CY8U1BUQJ/P6160022-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Black Swan and Little Pied Cormorant on the billabong There is a large billabong on the river a couple of kilometres upstream of the entrance to the lake. I’ve seen a large flock of up to 40 Hoary-headed Grebes feeding in its shallow waters on occasion, together with numerous Little Pied Cormorants, Grey Teals and a few Black Swans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317051320-XS5O4JKZ5JJH7QABH3U3/P6160030-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Little Pied Cormorant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317099317-I4CQR3N588UV1FFYUJIL/P6160033.jpg Winter 2023 - Black Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317396978-9JX74S5XSNSOI3IZ20KP/P6160044-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Little Pied Cormorants Large flocks of cormorants - in this case Little Pieds - perch on fallen trees overhanging the river, drying out their wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317614502-5NJQHHZNDDQBOXVJV7H7/P6160108-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Little Pied Cormorant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317974277-71J4PPU6OH6PPY7P54X5/P6240073-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - A mixed flock of Little Black and Little Pied Cormorants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689318036159-EWW0JULBL5J7WHIRPX0B/P6240074-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Little Pied and Little Black Cormorants They took flight as I drew closer in my kayak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317776700-YCD4DSAMBVUIUVACXFK5/P6240030-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Little Black Cormorants Characteristic behaviour, swimming in a line as they search for fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317694564-SL93ZKF9C5YOBRZJM28L/P6240009-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Striated Heron At several points along the river, I’ve seen a Striated Heron perched on a branch overhanging a shallow stretch of the river. This one flew up into a high branch as I drew closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689317853481-YEA944XLDQA4N6FKEHWG/P6240038.jpg Winter 2023 - White-faced Heron White-faced Herons are usually seen wading in the shallows near the banks of the river. This one flew into an overhead tree as I approached. This species ventures into the forest on occasion, searching for frogs and other prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689318109477-AE8HS6KE1QS326XXVUWZ/P6240051-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Australasian Grebe A different species of grebe - the Australasian Grebe - can also be seen at various points along the river. Unlike the Hoary-headed Grebe, they are usually found in small flocks of 3-4 birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689318324099-6LTYCJPBUBC7SQXVSRS7/P6160093.jpg Winter 2023 - Azure Kingfisher I frequently see the stunning Azure Kingfisher on my forays along the river. They perch on branches overhanging the river before diving into the water to catch a fish or other prey. An adult pair is said to keep a permanent territory of 200-500 metres of waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689318578899-IVBJUDTFDLP04TAML5KZ/P6160092.jpg Winter 2023 - Azure Kingfisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1689318642568-XQUZQ6RMZ3DCDS6CT8JL/P6240055-Enhanced-NR.jpg Winter 2023 - Azure Kingfisher https://southernforestlife.net/clarence-2023 daily 0.75 2023-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692326143851-G3AK2SPCVGTP5GQJTQ5J/P8020017.jpg Clarence 2023 - Anemone Stinkhorn Fungus Aseroe rubra RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692326143851-G3AK2SPCVGTP5GQJTQ5J/P8020017.jpg Clarence 2023 - Anemone Stinkhorn Fungus Aseroe rubra RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692326416512-L8QL6TD13QOZIUB9P9DD/P8020042-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Varied Sitella Daphoenositta chrysoptera RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692330278898-JBNUHCXR7FLXWGB7G5X0/P8110379-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Beautiful-Masked Bee Palaeorhiza COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692330450442-EAN6UNXUU67J3HYMPRGW/P8090089.jpg Clarence 2023 The birds often perch in pairs. Based on the length of the tail streamers and the colour of the throat, I think these are male (left) and female (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692501196921-VQ8KSQL4P951O0E2QX01/P8100162-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Clarence 2023 They tilt their heads back and forth, searching for flying insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692331245964-TBQKKWY4YR7FXUOOFGMM/P8020072.jpg Clarence 2023 - Charcoal Stingless Bee Tetragonula carbonaria RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692331368633-IH0C31C3L9JTTPH5PY8N/P8020074.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scarlet Honeyeaters (males) Myzomela sanguinolenta RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692331579550-S65UAUNJDR7H9AT7LUAH/P8020093.jpg Clarence 2023 - Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692331638739-NU5PWBMCUIPF8BP381KZ/P8020120.jpg Clarence 2023 - Charcoal Stingless Bee Tetragonula carbonaria RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692336012142-HB3WHB8HNQGO439Z69MN/P8020165-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Halfband hoverfly Melangyna RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692332202946-FD490P8ZFAHYOY0LYR7O/P8020174.jpg Clarence 2023 - Charcoal Stingless Bee Tetragonula carbonaria RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692332211033-LXFJ9YMQZ2N9LW5U2ESX/P8020183.jpg Clarence 2023 - Charcoal Stingless Bee Tetragonula carbonaria RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692332320517-A5O7UD559VO5L2CD7NKU/P8040092-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692332394311-3HWD53VHG4I15FVJDNCJ/P8040097.jpg Clarence 2023 Hardenbergia RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692332595237-QAQHTO2OUSM90W4IL15C/P8060016-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692332712579-H3Z5I90PFS6F3NLWPQ43/P8060022-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692332960235-J2QZU5BZOHERGK6LUX3A/P8060053-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333032779-IIIXYYM9QCOHY2YPE1E3/P8080034-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333115095-ZKD92YJYZLTFRQBND9WL/P8080121.jpg Clarence 2023 - Rose Robin (female) Petroica rosea RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333196513-BPO4JEDVP8W3484UFS5L/P8080210.jpg Clarence 2023 - Spangled Drongo Dicurus bracteatus RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692499400371-N969CSI9UKC0H9KXG64F/P8080008.jpg Clarence 2023 - Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333293877-FFCDHP9IE2GTOVCRMTRY/P8090162.jpg Clarence 2023 With head thrown back, it clamps down on a captured insect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333439355-8LG86YJAPH0D5EH0ARPN/P8090209.jpg Clarence 2023 Surprisingly cryptic when perched in the canopy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333489192-6ZO08JJQKRUFSSB21LRA/P8100035-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Sooty Oystercatchers Haematopus fuliginosus OCEAN & ESTUARY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692500163749-P2CQGYEHHXC4Y36F4XWN/P8100037-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii OCEAN & ESTUARY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692500385633-ZTVG711PJGFXQZFNJ522/P8100020.jpg Clarence 2023 - Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii OCEAN & ESTUARY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333574477-PANM4OHL296NWORVF75Y/P8100094-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333668325-1MOCEP0EOIHJCSWWC9D0/P8100133-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 Anything but cryptic in flight! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333725530-WSNWDE6TWBP65SKLQ283/P8100228-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Grey-crowned Babblers Pomatostomus temporalis RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333867510-3JEEL0ETQ2450EISO6U1/P8110001-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Masked Bee Hylaeus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692333977105-QXWP97PK43Y2FNU40J9S/P8110022.jpg Clarence 2023 - Masked Bee Hylaeus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692334049711-AL8F7WNPV9JLPSUZYE1O/P8110059-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Beautiful-Masked Bee Palaeorhiza COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692334182404-XY9UEU9Z96I59EJQFVMG/P8110069.jpg Clarence 2023 - Leaf beetle Mecynodera balyi COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692334320078-GV3SYBV0KXHCUQQF62VH/P8110103-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Squathopper (nymph) Platybrachys COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692334421245-KD7CO2NXLI29ZRN9JUJU/P8110149-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Ichneumonid wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692334526384-VZ9N6E8F4THY4Z7REXD1/P8110224-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Flannel Flower Actinotus helianthi COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692334682885-H3XXOPX07TUCHYJQDI7S/P8110292.jpg Clarence 2023 - Square-headed wasp (male) Tachysphex (?) COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692334944678-AUESMI3MJW3Q5FKJFW3N/P8110346.jpg Clarence 2023 - (yet another) native bee (male) Leioproctus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692335112028-GF028CY8FKAID8ALEHBQ/P8110450.jpg Clarence 2023 - Beautiful-Masked Bee Palaeorhiza COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692335196393-P4X12NOBVZXIUJHD9I1X/P8110475.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scarab (June) beetle Diphucephala COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692335325492-UVF1HW325WRKP34KQVQN/P8110491.jpg Clarence 2023 - Stiletto Fly Ectinorhynchus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692335455034-NZ78G6B1NGVRDCNMIPQ1/P8110502.jpg Clarence 2023 - Smooth-handed Ghost Crab Ocypode cordimana COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692335575414-GBOPEZ8KMZLWRAW7EQKA/P8110517.jpg Clarence 2023 - Concealer Moth Philobota strigatella (see iNat sighting) COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692335717206-952LTS6QSKYDP4I11EV1/P8110528-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - bee (female) Leioproctus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692336089039-RD5RYKAVFVOHSEAQEOJN/P8110556-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Variegated Fairywren (female) Malurus lamberti RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692336168727-WNZS68WLSNATUMKED0UC/P8110601.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scarlet Honeyeater (male) Myzomela sanguinolenta RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692341632666-0VHCXBG2OTOOKBCOH7OZ/IMG_8441.jpg Clarence 2023 - Tallowwood Eucalyptus microcorys RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692342168896-VBICKMP60KR2XG3FVLT9/IMG_8494.jpg Clarence 2023 - Blackbutt Eucalyptus pilularis RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692342649334-PUSET316YVP8ANYOSAZJ/IMG_8479.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scribbly Gum Eucalyptus racemosa RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692342876031-16HZPCLIPM9TEIL8EWO7/P8030002-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Coastal Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus ssp. punctatus RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692344172631-GRQ9XPMVFVOG2WA7IDKR/P8010044.jpg Clarence 2023 Female (right) and male on nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692343291071-3OSWOWBIVAV190O48Y7P/P8010135.jpg Clarence 2023 Male delivering a feed of fish to female (having earlier eaten its head). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692343719212-JYAJDHLKTUNRJA5J2QI1/P8010145.jpg Clarence 2023 Female flies off to eat her share elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692343967767-GBDR4VNYRG472D7PXF7Z/P8010158.jpg Clarence 2023 A nearby pole serves as a convenient lunch spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692497699972-FZ2ULIYWKUJ0SSOJ8UM3/P8030209-2.jpg Clarence 2023 Female flying in with additional nesting material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692497797856-KG6CZB3OU7C7AO2CGQMA/P8030222-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 About to land… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692497888862-F35RLP6B19H8S6AQ1GWK/P8030260-2.jpg Clarence 2023 She carefully places the new branch in just the right position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692498104115-HLF35OSCAHBZDAJUW6MQ/P8030277-2.jpg Clarence 2023 Home renovations take a lot of effort! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692497442379-MBH3X6UHCX7NO6GMM77L/P8030097-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 Male flying over the estuary searching for prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692427773089-K48CJ8DYCWQQWESZIE78/IMG_4821.jpg Clarence 2023 - Yuragir National Park COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692498669477-N3O4YPRP0FPTKRPREAHU/P8040001-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis LITTORAL RAINFOREST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692498968794-4OBT2FMHYXXE3ILSNEC5/P8040034-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Rufous Shrikethrush Colluricincla rufogaster LITTORAL RAINFOREST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692499617761-RJ7MG0UUVKISP849AI63/P8090119-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Western Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus ssp. substriatus RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692499764537-OLLLR71FLOBHUFQ5JDU5/P8090011.jpg Clarence 2023 - Waders and seabirds on sand flat in estuary OCEAN & ESTUARY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692499977833-9Q9A57CS580IEL6A02C9/P8090019.jpg Clarence 2023 - Waders and seabirds on sandflat in eastuary OCEAN & ESTUARY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692500880969-WX56566WZ0SLKY6BDD7C/P8090156-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 Prey spotted… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692500964014-F5EB54KN88VBNG3KQTD2/P8090157-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 …and captured! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692501051040-CFW8C1LWLNC8LCDIRKIV/P8090090-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 The golden underwings of bee-eater in flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692501341028-R9NPKAXQOBF163Y2XM1E/P8110043-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692501482768-H4FUW6HN9KU276EI8FY2/P8110213.jpg Clarence 2023 - Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692501666922-HPV8MWNJKCDNJ433CK91/P8110029.jpg Clarence 2023 - Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692511658068-W0PTAHWWNBGMY0LQJACP/IMG_8441.jpg Clarence 2023 - Tallowwood Eucalyptus microcorys RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692512327998-9RVNTHKVIG96QWT4V2LU/P8040099.jpg Clarence 2023 - Termite nest in Tallowwood Termite trails lead up to nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692511829963-YI29MH5SQUTF4R1ZEDF4/IMG_8494.jpg Clarence 2023 - Blackbutt Eucalyptus pilularis RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692511938756-MYBJ7X6WDSJJ59F534KB/IMG_8479.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scribbly Gum Eucalyptus racemosa RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692514804590-90YS7FE4BJ9C21JWDIWE/P8110169.jpg Clarence 2023 - Fork-leaved Sundew Drosera binata Like other sundews, this plant traps insects in drops of glue secreted from glands on its leaves. But it is unique among the sundew family in having narrow, forked leaves. COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692515595322-OBK1VQQ8YWBHW4E8BR9J/P8110145.jpg Clarence 2023 - Heathy Parrot Pea Dillwynia retorta COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692515836601-L42KBREE0DC8ESXJLLG2/P8110173.jpg Clarence 2023 - Common Twig Rush Machaerina rubiginosa COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692515995860-OJAWZULS0OKCQ320PA9U/P8110036.jpg Clarence 2023 - Wonga Vine Pandorea pandorana COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692516399468-6KCP4GAIQ06H7Y0HETFZ/P8110105.jpg Clarence 2023 - Jewel Beetle Melobasis propinqua COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692516894247-RNZWQYVRKBI5UD5W47XG/P8100048-2.jpg Clarence 2023 - Soapberry Bug Leptocoris sp. COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692517464494-D7OZGSON8BW8AR1CQDQ3/P8100087.jpg Clarence 2023 - Common Bandwing Grasshopper Pycnostictus seriatus COASTAL HEATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692519290491-IVU7PVIBO4QLE8W7EUMF/P8040026-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Malachite Beetle Tribe Carphurini LITTORAL RAINFOREST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692518058154-R0GUOZ0H1Q6W3063T4ZL/P8060018-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692518193892-ILDMCGM8EB5EO3LT52RD/P8110011.jpg Clarence 2023 - Gum-leaf Katydid nymph Torbia sp. RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692518533453-AO8VLA2139321EJCIKIF/P8060004.jpg Clarence 2023 - Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692518739339-S596ZAJSAL9V79CGFSLF/P8060014-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Clarence 2023 - White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692518971936-PJPNBF3X1I15D3X4QFL4/P8080129.jpg Clarence 2023 - Scarlet Honeyeater (female/immature) Myzomela sanguinolenta RAINFOREST FRINGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1692519324546-8CDY8NGSTP456WKVQC07/P8060006-3.jpg Clarence 2023 - Bush-Pea Pultenaea RAINFOREST FRINGE https://southernforestlife.net/cheloninae-sept-2023 daily 0.75 2023-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694239865639-N2Y96HF24IXMWQAIISVG/P9080033-Enhanced-NR.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Length: 3.2mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694239865639-N2Y96HF24IXMWQAIISVG/P9080033-Enhanced-NR.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Length: 3.2mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241025192-KPH3PV9PVTKEJ4Q5GQSE/P9080081-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Wings on left side removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694244237901-8CV70CU874F3MD4C4W64/P9080084.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Forewing venation: 1-SR+M arising from 1-M (close to parastigma) 2-R1 present, short … R not reaching apex of wing cu1b present (subdiscal cell closed)(star) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241049409-3UTMEOQQK0NH3A704MER/P9080014-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241052008-M11WR7MH0WYP2PFYFTCF/P9080020-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Metasomal carapace without sutures. [Note: what happened to the rest of the abdomen? The carapace appears hollow. I didn’t think I had damaged the wasp in handling. It had been allowed to dry for no more than 48 hours before imaging …???] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241098961-QZB5T11AGFLF9HMAZC1K/P9080044-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694246614316-X79HOSSE9TWUM7Z9512X/P9080051-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Postpectal carina is complete (i.e. it spans the mesosternum) … best seen in more ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694244415691-TXTU6AYTDQ2AGRTRN6GE/P9080071-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Mid tibia simple (without ‘blister’?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241151568-OGWHVIRXKOLXRTL2I0J0/P9080085-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241157343-SXCGA5L3ZLCTJ0MS5EA2/P9080085-Edit-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694246330771-HKWCABT653A5HNMHAM5T/P9080107-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Eyes oval in lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694242718248-QW8YQ6VM4JJ07B1L8B1J/P9080136-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Entire mesothorax strongly sclerotised. Propodeum with small, posterolateral tubercles (green arrows); strongly raised scutellum (S) with lateral axilla (A) ; canaliculate metanotum (red arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241204958-86ASJQ5MA2Y2VPQIJ94W/P9080158-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Metasomal carapace without sutures Metasoma black, with pale brown medial patch ‘T1’ (i.e. anterior region of carapace) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241211871-UVDFO004YN9Y92FLPDVA/P9080171-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694245198897-03PZFE1SULNBB6LUB2ZR/P9080191-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Occipital carina complete (arrows) (i.e. not interrupted dorsally). Ocelli form a low, isosceles triangle … a line drawn across the anterior edges of the posterior ocelli (P) passes through the anterior ocellus (A). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241221711-157W85GADEXK0N1BJ8M4/P9090001-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Eyes glabrous (i.e. no hairs apparent). Mandibles curved inwards, tips meet, when closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241235916-KZHVL2GVET3KKPOW2FGL/P9090035-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Clypeus without teeth. Medioventral margin of clypeus close to upper level of mandible bases (i.e. without obvious, large hypoclypeal depression) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1694241251342-8YW2JM2OT9GD09N8TIZI/P9090080-Edit.jpg Cheloninae Sept 2023 Long flagellum, comprising ~33 flagellomeres [note: this is a stacked image, so the lengths of the articles cannot be reliably compared, except for the basal few which are relatively planar] https://southernforestlife.net/braconinae daily 0.75 2023-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695714112147-PK58HKUWG9XEGZ2Z6GSG/P9210001+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - WING VENATION: Braconidae 2nd recurrent vein (2 m-cu) absent from fore wing; radial cell of hind wing short (or absent in some Braconidae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695714112147-PK58HKUWG9XEGZ2Z6GSG/P9210001+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - WING VENATION: Braconidae 2nd recurrent vein (2 m-cu) absent from fore wing; radial cell of hind wing short (or absent in some Braconidae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695714569093-80EGNSNAC0JHFB7Q2P9H/P9260096+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - FACE & MOUTHPARTS Hypoclypeal depression wide & deep, with the clypeal margin well above the upper level of the mandible bases. Mandibles curved inwards, tips touching when closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695715095920-17H9WWF7O3NHXNDBAEWQ/P9210153-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - SHAPE OF SCUTUM Scutum not protruding above the pronotum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695716083242-E4YNYZ4682F8SJSJ7P87/P9210035-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - HEAD SCULPTURING No transverse sulcus apparent between antennal sockets (dotted arrow). No occipital carina (solid arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695716785144-6Q7P7CKRPAUFQOSLHOZD/P9210040-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - METASOMA (LATERAL VIEW) First two metasomal segments less sclerotised laterally (white regions, soft & flexible) than dorsally (pigmented, thickened). Third segment strongly sclerotised dorsally and lateroposteriorly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695772908373-P3IUOR01CK7OUBNH7MNV/P9270030+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - WING VENATION: Ichneumonidae 2nd recurrent vein (2 m-cu) present in fore wing; radial cell on hind wing longer than submarginal vein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695775364019-ZFV83EBDFO5QON0IIGV8/P9260057-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 1: SCAPE (medial surface, viewed laterally) Slightly longer ventrally than dorsally. Cylindrical. However, without apparent emargination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695775367848-JXKU5XF3SQQLYNHS7TKA/P9260059-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 1: SCAPE (lateral surface, viewed antero-laterally) Evident emargination on lateral face of scape (dotted arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695775431451-YNQLPBN8DSMCXDFFNMGR/P9210162-Edit+copy+2.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 1: SCAPE (lateral surface, viewed laterally) Slightly longer ventrally than dorsally (solid arrows). Cylindrical. Emarginate (dotted arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695777074872-L0VUZ2SRPOPHWZGCYT0S/P9260088-Edit+copy+2.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 32: FOREWING (right wing, viewed ventrally) 3-CU1 not markedly narrowed posteriorly, and not narrower than vein CU1b. However, subdiscal cell with medio-distal glabrous area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695777679467-ACLU54K7R401BWQJQC5W/P9260088-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 32: FOREWING (right wing, viewed ventrally) Forewing vein 2-1A nearly straight (not markedly curved or angled). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695778995459-XJNU1ETQ6AMVNU3TV8A7/P9210098-Edit+copy+2.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 39: HINDWING (right side, base, viewed ventrally) At least 4 thickened setae (arrow) at the apex of C+SC+R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695781925437-0PRLXG69U8KDB41LG552/P9260093+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - HINDWING (right side, base, viewed ventrally) Four thickened setae (arrow) at the apex of C+SC+R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695782134760-NYIUXF49L4OCR24NGICT/P9260055+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - PEDICEL (right, viewed laterally) Sides of pedicel parallel, not petiolate or strongly narrowed basally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695782689641-UJP18HTFW3XJ6ZCQQIUX/P9210035-Edit+copy+3.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 39: PEDICELS (viewed dorsally) Pedicels not strongly protruding medially, and without specialised sculpturing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695783293193-LQ5F80T1UF1YFLOTSXA7/P9260008-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 42: TARSAL CLAWS (fore leg, ventral uppermost) Claws simple, not bifurcate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695783576984-B0F3E2GRFN29GVI8ULN4/P9260012-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 42: TARSAL CLAWS (middle leg, ventral uppermost) Claws simple, not bifurcate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695784735315-8F9J3JJECFPBA4XW7KWE/P9210074+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 43: SUBDISCAL CELL DIMENSIONS (left forewing, viewed ventrally) Length (maximal - pink arrow) 1.5 times width (yellow arrow). That is, not more than twice as long as wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695785927816-DF9N16N3T1Z34JC2GC2G/P9260088-Edit+copy+3.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 43: SUBDISCAL CELL DIMENSIONS (right forewing, viewed ventrally) Length (maximal - pink arrow) 1.6 times width (yellow arrow). That is, not more than twice as long as wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695786100619-O0RO68JX8W3Q9SZZQBNE/P9210003+copy+5.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 43: VEIN r-m (left forewing, viewed dorsally) Tubular, sclerotised for entire length except a single, small bulla posteriorly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696156727049-2WAN6MZN58X8GCOJ39LP/P9210211-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 43 & 47: OVIPOSITOR (exposed, viewed laterally) Ovipositor smooth, without pre-apical notch or nodus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695788553179-Z25OVQKY1J7BJWDI5Z7Q/P9210004+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 44: SHAPE OF DISCAL CELL (right forewing, viewed dorsally) Vein 1=SR+M distinctly curved posteriorly after arising from 1-SR. Also, angle between veins 1-SR and C+SC+R about 90 degrees (i.e. much greater than 55 degrees). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695789277484-94HHGPH16Y11WSDRQOT8/P9260086-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 44: SHAPE OF DISCAL CELL (right forewing, viewed ventrally) (as for 2309L) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695789588391-HFD3G8YMWZZO88ATOU3W/P9260022.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 45: OVIPOSITOR LENGTH (ventral view) Short ovipositor … just 25% forewing length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695789585859-B1AP5A08CZED0665N8Y7/P9210001.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 45: OVIPOSITOR LENGTH (dorsal view) (as for 2309N) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695790712780-0INSVLSBBU4YHAYP6PNA/P9210040-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 48: SHAPE OF T2 (dorsal view) Posteriorly narrowing, mid-basal raised triangular area (dotted arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695790847224-NLBHNHKMYCH9HS8565FO/P9260074-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 48: SHAPE OF T2 (lateral view) Posteriorly narrowing, mid-basal raised triangular area (dotted arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695791719587-BIG26GTNCL4P7E3KBFL0/P9210003+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 48: 2nd SUBMARGINAL CELL DIMENSIONS (left forewing, viewed dorsally) Vein 3-SR 1.6 times length of r-m. That is, not more than twice length of r-m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695792224374-JHCVIV5J3M7DY82EUSOG/P9260068-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - 48: TERGITE MARGINS (lateral view) Posterior margins of metasomal tergites 3-5 membranous (not sclerotised, not convex in lateral profile), without transverse sub-posterior grooves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695877445806-ZGIINK2XIPBMPVA3Y4RP/extract+Quicke+1987.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF Vipiellus extracted from page 135: Quicke, D.L.J. 1987. The Old World genera of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Natural History, 21(1): 43-157 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695793331939-HMNJ8O18R1RZ1EDM7U40/Extract+Quicke+%26+Ingram+1993+p+332.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF Vipiellus extracted from page 332: Quicke, D.L.J. & Ingram, S.N. 1993. Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 33(1): 299-336 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695793240132-UXAV55ACQTYIJVUFXCEP/Vipiellus+Fig+25+Quicke+%26+Ingram+1993.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - WINGS Vipiellus sp. extracted from Figure 25. page 311: Quicke, D.L.J. & Ingram, S.N. 1993. Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 33(1): 299-336 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695794039959-AYLL5939H48APGCC0A4K/Extract+Quicke+%26+Ingram+1993+p+329.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - SUBDISCAL CELL OF FOREWING Vipiellus sp. extracted from page 329: Quicke, D.L.J. & Ingram, S.N. 1993. Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 33(1): 299-336 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695794274188-ZIDL1EW7QY311HMHVM83/BIOUG30760-H09%2B1478623232.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - Vipiellus SPECIMEN, IDENTIFIED BY D.L.J. QUICKE Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Photography: CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Collectors: Neil Brougham Specimen Identification: Donald l.J. Quicke Project Manager: CBG Collections Unit Collected in Western Australia (5/9/2014) (link to BOLD record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695799794900-T0BBF9YG0584JN6X2RPR/Szepligeti+1905+Iphiaulax+australiensis.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus - original description V. australiensis extract from: Szépligeti, G.V. 1905. Exotische Braconiden aus den Aethopischen, Orientalischen und Australischen Regionen. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 3: 25-55 [33]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695799943649-9L1EIG2UP96WPYAYVJ03/rough%2C+partial+translation.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus Quick (& rather rough) translation of the original description by Szépligeti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800717542-KOF7DHWFBOTSD26VH5HM/P9260053.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800774482-XKDUL8P62NWEG9W54JV5/P9210144.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800835050-BV7US5QF8LQRV6UGN1OV/P9210019-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800860724-7K62IVIOIAXFO08VTZKX/P9260098-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800949872-7V9RZADKUVQ7BW7R7VWJ/P9210008-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800956259-LLAVL9QXDV5QAASJ48K9/P9210087-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800964883-GYY01AUMCD17DTPJ8WS5/P9210107-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1695800966853-LY25ZK0O5U2ZLY5ZVKZE/P9210188-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Vipiellus https://southernforestlife.net/braconinae-1 daily 0.75 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133406534-0SUCAZD9PYB2V8BZIQY1/P9300032-2.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133406534-0SUCAZD9PYB2V8BZIQY1/P9300032-2.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133426847-R644ATK06CTCMRJSO3Y9/P9300034-3.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133430593-HMQNBO6F1Y4SIYTY2ZWC/P9300035-2.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133433237-RF4YDVY4RAM0P2VRXVT4/P9300038-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133437756-ZZ5S709VQV7DAVPI5AIT/P9300043-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133467749-1ZJ1FQYIKQAYYFG047J4/P9300053-2.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133734263-27KTHAGENAUOIDWOLGMD/P9300055-2+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309Q - wings (right side; viewed ventrally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133884719-SP510GUBMDGCBFHTCVXP/P9300050-3-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309Q - Metasoma (viewed ventrally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133916659-1CPOR4EGAPIAFAI0NVGJ/P9300074-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696133987136-B5JBQTL8N89NP1Y6I87T/P9300080-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696134033638-W2591ULDGXCOFJ2OPUW7/P9300078.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696134038224-3WX6K3XL530XKIPWIB1Q/P9300071.jpg Braconinae 2309Q - Tarsal claw (fore leg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696136101446-MR5S0VRMZ5IOYM2USIU6/P9300060-2+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309Q - Fore wing (right side, viewed ventrally) Vein 3-SR 2.3 times length of r-m (although I need to re-image and ensure wing is completely flat) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696136009186-C3ADSENNJQWWZNU07IAO/P9300064-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696220631736-JWJIZUMZX184ASJ61XL3/PA010083-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696220632969-849YB3JR1E8DZQR5HBWD/PA010093-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696220649535-NDW722ELVSOGC728N2DT/PA010099.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696220651774-7GNM4805KENZ0YTYMRAH/PA010100.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696220652946-JYJMRCZSSYK0GROZV1AM/PA010101.jpg Braconinae 2309Q https://southernforestlife.net/metopiinae1 daily 0.75 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696207379264-52V360DVUDYDZTIX6H8R/PA010087-2-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 1. FACE (viewed ventrally) Face simply convex, without shield-shaped area bounded by carina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696207379264-52V360DVUDYDZTIX6H8R/PA010087-2-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 1. FACE (viewed ventrally) Face simply convex, without shield-shaped area bounded by carina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696207886979-EADNPLN3DS3CPEQW7PGL/PA010049-2-Edit+copy.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 1,6. MID TIBIA (viewed antero-laterally) Two tibial spurs. The anterior spur is slightly shorter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696206058949-WXQWYI2C8AVQK1H1PTOO/PA020011-Edit+copy.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 7. LATEROTERGITES (metasoma, viewed ventro-laterally) T2 with relatively narrow laterotergite; T3-T6 with wide laterotergites, reaching well toward mid-ventral line. Defined crease on T1-4 (arrows) T7 not retracted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696206846546-23MKX73YTC8O32YZZXUO/PA010074-2-Edit+copy+2.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 2. FACE-FRONS (viewed laterally) Upper margin of face with a median, blunt point (red arrow). This does not continue as an interantennal lamella. That is, the bump on the frons, below the ocelli (blue arrow) is a separate structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696207200203-YF7ITUD65HJVT7A56HG2/PA020027-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 2. INTERANTENNAL SPACE No median process extending from face, through interantennal space and beyond sockets toward medial ocellus. There is a median bump at the upper margin of the face (red arrow), and a broad tubercle on which the ocelli sit (blue arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696208697932-2OA1JJYH61N6DRX5FKV8/PA020037-Edit+copy.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 7. METAPLEURON (viewed laterally, anterior to right) Metapleuron smooth and polished, without juxtacostal carina (pink arrow) and only a very narrow groove along upper margin (green arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696211681042-QJ6HMMLMZ9KTWQAA4XFU/PA020049-Edit+copy.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 8. PROPODEUM (viewed dorsally) Carination complete, except that anterior transverse carina (arrows) is interrupted medially … although there is a short carina more anteriorly (pink arrow)(?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696211629607-8XO9IONSA6YN0OG9UFGQ/PA020029-Edit+copy.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - 8. PROPODEUM & T1 (viewed dorso-laterally) Anterior transverse carina interrupted medially. However, there is although there is a short ridge crossing the ‘area supromedia’ (pink arrow). Gauld’s Figure 579 lacks this feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696209506501-ZEN0AFA5UB95G81E4T6X/PA010103-2.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - SIZE (scale in mm) Medium-sized wasp: body length = 7mm; fore wing length ~5.3mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696209484983-S4GXHBXUG8Y78G0L3O1P/PA010012-3+copy.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) - VENATION (left wings, viewed ventrally) Fore wing: 3r-m absent; 2r-m is subequal to the abscissa of M between 2r-m & 2m-cu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210068014-EWKO30014UHBE8OSVZ7E/PA010015-3-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210087512-9E09D6HPRE60H3I81UJN/PA010021-3-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210098520-DYQHTPFVB7M890FYB6M9/PA010040-3.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210104625-W3HECSUEAUTQVXXKIJWL/PA010049-2-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210141500-8OTRR9CCDGAH9ANWKXAQ/PA010061-2-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210147202-6LHN37ZB1CIFAVS4RD36/PA010067-2-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210163684-9IMD5VOF9072W4B84MFB/PA010076-2-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210184392-YZV042IL0E7JYFLKUXTP/PA010100-2.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210191381-RJL5APJEXKRWUIHXZJFY/PA010101-2.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210214100-F3C994FRRJOOCJPVXOVE/PA020001.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696210235679-OE0ZC0PY296AQABZRKB9/PA020003-Edit.jpg Metopiinae (Hypsicera) https://southernforestlife.net/braconinae-2309r daily 0.75 2023-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696222103917-IR88XLJBZTE5NOV5729K/PA010024-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309R - 1. SCAPE (lateral view, lateral surface) Scape longer ventrally than dorsally, with apico-lateral emargination (dotted arrow), cylindrical & relatively large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696222103917-IR88XLJBZTE5NOV5729K/PA010024-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309R - 1. SCAPE (lateral view, lateral surface) Scape longer ventrally than dorsally, with apico-lateral emargination (dotted arrow), cylindrical & relatively large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696221923036-PDME19FFMEAN8V9C16D7/PA010055-Edit.jpg Braconinae 2309R - 2. ANTENNAL BASES (viewed dorsally) Scape long and cylindrical. Pedicel globose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696223395600-IXD1HDJPZPYTNBISZJ56/PA010004-2+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309R - 32: FOREWING VENATION (left wing, viewed ventrally) Vein 3-CU1 not narrower than CU1b. Subdiscal cell 1 evenly setose, without glabrous region medio-distally. Vein 2-1A not strongly curved or angled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696223636375-L15F3W7CBOWD60OBGJ7W/PA010041-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309R - 39: BASE OF HIND WING (left side, viewed dorsally) Four, golden, thickened setae (arrows) at the apex of hind wing vein C+SC+R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154189480-5QETGSV22KJBZENDPHNF/PA010003-2+copy.jpg Braconinae 2309R https://southernforestlife.net/braconinae-pycnobraconoides daily 0.75 2023-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696294446469-HHLBJ6W4O3VCNANDP6MV/PA030001-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - ANTENNAL LENGTH (right flagellum intact, left missing tip) Total length = 6mm (or slightly more). 44 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed (‘acuminate’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696294446469-HHLBJ6W4O3VCNANDP6MV/PA030001-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - ANTENNAL LENGTH (right flagellum intact, left missing tip) Total length = 6mm (or slightly more). 44 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed (‘acuminate’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696376330725-M5XUGITAHOAH0ATTZ17V/PA030002-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - FOREWING LENGTH (scale in mm) Forewing nearly 7mm in length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696294857161-ISOIYXRS8UG5NB2J7LWQ/PA020075-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - SCAPE (left antenna, viewed laterally) Short, slightly longer dorsally than ventrally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696290378423-K58C7N13QCET391FONZZ/PA020027-3-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - FRONS & ANTENNAL BASES: (viewed antero-dorsally) Scape not apico-medially emarginate. Frons with a well-developed mid-longitudinal sulcus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696290358338-GNAH0VQIJG12E4XH3YDV/PA020018-3-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - FACE & MANDIBLES (viewed antero-ventrally) Mandibles ivory-white, except for darker apex. Face smooth & shiny, setose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696296376947-35VB7K7UN1VU33CPK1MS/PA020036-3-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - EYES & MANDIBLES (viewed anteriorly) Mandibles ivory-white, except darked at tip. Eyes with setae & emarginate (arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696297093915-KBTZN8IFEE3ZYVWF1BDE/PA020050-3-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - HEAD & FRONS (viewed dorsally) Frons (arrows) densely hairy, impressed medially. Head very transverse. Note: I don’t know how to interpret the following statement: ”horizontal length of eye approximately 2.5 times longer than horizontal length of head behind eye” (Quicke & Ingram, p 320) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696290322046-8AJXW4UYR4WF2PL7EHAK/PA020006-3-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - SIZE (scale in mm) Body length = 6.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696290347901-DR3N79DX1N17CHX8XDCJ/PA020009-3-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696485677467-ZBLSCGMSKX4ZSWKBA8N4/PA020059-2+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - MESOSOMA (wings & fore tibia/tarsus removed, viewed laterally) Mesosoma shiny, approximately 1.2 times longer than high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696486328836-BBI3S0DNZA40S6G93HG7/PA050033-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - MESOSOMA (wings removed, viewed laterally) Mesosoma smooth and shiny, largely glabrous. Scutellar sulcus narrow, crenulate. Mesopleura smooth, unfeatured … no precoxal suture/sulcus apparent. Mesopleural suture smooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696378673662-9Q6Z16B022HY0RYABKE4/PA030008-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - MESOSOMA (viewed dorsally) Mesosoma smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum largely glabrous, except for along line of notauli. Metanotum without apparent median carinae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696379169966-6CRGCGJ2EJ27SO3A2SQO/PA030011-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - METANOTUM & PROPODEUM (viewed dorsally) Median area of metanotum not carinate. Propodeum without carinae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696379159350-IR90TXHTFHZJFJCMIID9/PA030019-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - PROPODEUM (viewed postero-dorsally) Propodeum without carinae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696484686011-NT3JKEJUZVWEEEX4IUEO/PA020033-3+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - FOREWING & HINDWING (wings removed, flattened, viewed ventrally) Forewing: second submarginal cell long, vein 3-SR 0.7 times length of vein SR-1. Hindwing: vein 1r-m much shorter than vein SC+R1. Base of wing evenly setose (no glabrous regions). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696484380780-WO53OWM27MYW1QTMB399/PA020035-3+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - FOREWING VENATION (wing removed, flattened, viewed ventrally) Vein 1-SR+M more or less straight. Vein 2-SR+M short, more or less interstitial. Veins C+SC+R and 1-SR forming an angle of approximately 75 degrees (dotted yellow circle) Vein r-m unsclerotized. Vein cu-a interstitial … (Initially I didn’t know how to interpret ‘interstitial’, but I’ve since found that Quicke (1987) uses the term to describe a clear break in the vein.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696484973950-2LCLS4NYIZZBNE6FMC3M/PA050007+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - BASE OF HINDWING (removed, flattened, viewed ventrally) Apex on vein C+SC+R with only one especially thickened bristle. Base of wing evenly setose (i.e. no large, glabrous patches … I don’t think the fold line and bulla count) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696488293800-IXG1UAPHRA6JHRQPF5YN/PA050085-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - HIND FEMUR & TIBIA (viewed retro-laterally / posterior face) Tarsal claws subequal, posterior slightly longer). Tibia slender. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696488330445-7RUOBPVDVIH44AYS6BEP/PA050006-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - HIND TIBIA (leg removed, viewed pro-laterally / anterior face) Tarsal claws subequal, anterior slightly shorter). Tibia slender. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696388740485-ADASQJ0NT90II5PDDS79/PA020059-2+copy+2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - METASOMA & OVIPOSITOR (viewed laterally; ovipositor sheath partly removed) Metasoma short, robust, largely smooth. T3-5 with posterior margins rounded in profile. Ovipositor robust, part exserted beyond apex of metasomal slightly shorter than medial length of metasomal tergite 2+3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696388865145-8R09VPP6MJIC1CWYDZZI/PA020066-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696389611453-8CLLMVPCET22FS8ZSD0Z/PA020061-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - ANTERIOR METASOMA (viewed laterally) T1 with: raised median area (1), strongly sloping anteriorly; dorsolateral carinae (2). T2 with: slightly raised median area (3); anterolateral groove (4). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696390460210-RSZB8RP50U5FNR02W2AM/PA020056-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - ANTERIOR METASOMA (viewed dorsally) T1 with: raised median area (1) sculptured posteriorly, smooth anteriorly; dorsolateral carinae (2). T2 wide, with: smooth, slightly raised and elongate median area anteriorly (3); anterolateral, sub-parallel grooves (4). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696487987690-XSQ7RF2UAD0MR4QKYMY3/PA050023.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - OVIPOSITOR (sheath removed, viewed laterally) Ovipositor robust and without a pre-apical dorsal nodus. Gradually widens from base to near apex, then narrowing just before tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696397674992-IDEMX0C1EN6ZTPKGHSPE/AFD+names+list+for+Pycnobraconoides.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - Names list from AFD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696395697338-HN2QYS967UBBO518AV9C/gvcT10609+BOLD+record.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - Pycnobraconoides mutator Image from BOLD: Specimen Depository: Centre for Biodiversity Genomics. Photography & Collector: Graeme Cocks. Specimen identification: Donald L.J. Quicke. Project Manager: CBG Project Management Team Link to record on BOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696395680958-H2EBFTORXMGWE6W3VY9M/Extract+Szepligeti+1905+page+35.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - Pycnobraconoides mutator Extract from page 35 of: Szépligeti, G.V. 1905. Exotische Braconiden aus den Aethopischen, Orientalischen und Australischen Regionen. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 3: 25-55 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696395479151-S0M5ACGC0JW8TT62KGYC/extract+Cameron+1911+page+339.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - Pycnobraconoides froggatti Extract from page 339 of: Cameron, P. 1911. On a collection of parasitic Hymenoptera (chiefly bred), made by Mr W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S., in New South Wales, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 333-346 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696496934929-PMW0CTOGI1HWUWDWOT5Q/PA050004-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696496973434-J3L6C1CEVJBPUD8B89QD/PA050008-3.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696496923395-05MGY1UWZDUM83RGW70Y/PA050003-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696496970255-1BMQSDU1JL1U8371TKTZ/PA050007-3.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497138613-2RS4352XKYNI6B8JXARU/PA050009-3.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497145031-NR6B66IA6NWWO3YXGJTE/PA050016-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497151550-D7M7OD9ARGO1HZ6QAJNT/PA050019-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497162222-82OT1U00HZVW8MSOO1CW/PA050020-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497409495-6FLYP4P2RV3LAJ3G2OOW/PA050025-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497411785-SS6JSL42WGWD2NBO0EUJ/PA050028-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497513250-GG8SARZHLQ4XXAUF87AV/PA050033-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - SIZE (scale in mm) Overall length ~ 6mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497515285-BLDZTF2TPHT37PPPCIMF/PA050034-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - SIZE (scale in mm) Forewing nearly 7mm in length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696497517805-DBZOJ7A0U1NPT35SCC6E/PA050035-2.jpg Braconinae; Pycnobraconoides - SIZE (scale in mm) Antennal length = slightly more than 6mm https://southernforestlife.net/braconinae-2310d daily 0.75 2023-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696889323114-L3JQT0ZFTVO2O00CZ3L3/PA060194+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 1. SCAPE (viewed laterally) Scape considerably longer ventrally than dorsally. Only slightly emarginate laterally (dotted arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696889323114-L3JQT0ZFTVO2O00CZ3L3/PA060194+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 1. SCAPE (viewed laterally) Scape considerably longer ventrally than dorsally. Only slightly emarginate laterally (dotted arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697095374825-XAWDH5MS7G5EI4ZBTCXI/PA060079+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 32: FOREWING VENATION (removed & flattened, viewed ventrally) Forewing vein 3-CU1 not markedly narrowed posteriorly and not narrower than vein CU1b. 1st subdiscal cell evenly setose. Vein 2-1A not strongly curved or angled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696639455239-TKZB5F4L3QPCM4VOC218/PA060186.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 39. SCAPES & PEDICELS (viewed dorsally) Scape not angularly narrowed basally (i.e. not petiolate). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696643120323-1JI32F7T5STE9LVLLLR5/PA060066+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 39: BASE OF HINDWING (removed & flattened; viewed dorsally) Four thickened setae at apex of C+SC+R. Note also, a single slightly thickened bristle sub-apically (dotted arrow). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696642026293-CJKSABO7CW31Y2CKOE5L/PA060076.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 39: BASE OF HINDWING (removed & flattened; viewed ventrally) Four thickened setae at apex of hind wing vein C+SR+R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696642172195-WXLU2COWLUKYTSD9V0XM/PA060163.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 42. TARSAL CLAW Claw simple, not bifurcate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696648604956-JHDZEWVB5GEHYP8PJU84/PA060079+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 43 & 44. SUBDISCAL CELL OF FOREWING (removed & flattened; viewed ventrally) 1st subdiscal cell 1.8 times longer than wide. Vein r 0.4 times length of vein m-cu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696643403549-PWFARJEZY19GW1LHI9X6/PA060062+copy+2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 43: FOREWING VEIN r-m (wing removed & flattened; viewed dorsally) r-m vein largely sclerotized, with 2 distinct bullae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696647479833-1B6FFEEMMFIPQNZQLXKP/edited+60069.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 44. FOREWING (wing removed & flattened; viewed ventrally) 1-SR+M curved/bent posteriorly after arising from 1-SR. Angle between veins 1-SR and C+SC+R approximately 60 degrees (yellow). See inset for comparison (Fig. 114, p. 59 in Quicke, 1987), showing Stenobracon, and illustrating method used for estimating the angle. Note that in Stenobracon, the angle is less than 50 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696648727522-0HLVABC1EIQQH8CH4FXH/PA060006-2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 45. OVIPOSITOR LENGTH (scale in mm) Ovipositor shorter than forewing. Ovipositor length (the part extending beyond apex of metasoma) = 9mm. Forewing length = nearly 10mm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696649716511-1SGA8AFMK3MMV108SU1G/PA060158-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 47. TIP OF OVIPOSITOR (sheath removed; viewed laterally) Small, pre-apical, dorsal bump (‘nodus’) (green arrow). Series of ventral serrations (white arrows). Note: the pre-apical nodus is so small that I find it a bit unconvincing. However, the alternative in the key leads to Vipiellus (& it’s not that) and Iphiaulax. Quicke (1991) describes the ovipositor apex of Iphiaulax as “without distinct preapical ventral serrations” (p. 65) … so I conclude that the tiny bump at the green arrow (above), is indeed a ‘pre-apical nodus’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696890019577-E34PADB57E3CTZWITTEJ/PA090058-2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 47. TIP OF OVIPOSITOR (sheath removed; viewed laterally) Ventral serrations are more apparent in this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696888237334-ORUNE5BPKM0WWEQOZ0QQ/PA060016-Edit+copy+2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 49. METASOMA (viewed dorsally) Moderately elongate, smooth and shiny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696888435639-MAIADXIV9W8HAOKE6DCG/PA090012-2-Edit+copy.jpeg Braconinae: 2310D - 49. 3rd SEGMENT OF METASOMA (viewed dorsally) 3rd metasomal tergite 2.16 times wider than minimally long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696805049204-1DXE8DK05DVVXYJXFYJ8/PA060052-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 131. METASOMAL, T1 & 2 (viewed dorsally) Pair of posteriorly diverging, sub-lateral grooves (dotted green arrows). Well-developed pair of posteriorly converging grooves (solid white arrows) defining a mid-basal triangular are which almost reaches the posterior margin of the tergite (see Fig. 220). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696805633694-UP9IBN5PFXLH66BXFWDF/PA060107-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 131. METASOMA TERGITES 1-3 (viewed dorso-laterally) Pair of posteriorly diverging, sub-lateral grooves (dotted green arrows). Well-developed pair of posteriorly converging grooves (solid white arrow) defining a mid-basal triangular are which almost reaches the posterior margin of the tergite (see Fig. 220). Suture between T2 and T3 well-defined, but not obviously crenulate. T3 without antero-lateral areas (see Fig. 239). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696806369680-AWPQFVQAT2UX6497CFZW/PA060052-Edit+copy+2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 130. METASOMA T2 (viewed dorsally) Lateral margins of the sclerotized part of the 2nd metasomal tergite (arrows) concave behind the spiracles (see Fig. 239). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696806367175-U9PJ23FPCKKS5426VEWL/PA060107-Edit+copy+2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 130. METASOMA T2 (viewed dorso-laterally) Lateral margins of the sclerotized part of the 2nd metasomal tergite (arrow) concave behind the spiracles (see Fig. 239). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696807489261-IUF98Y103NRGJUREB2OJ/PA070084.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - 128. FOREWING VEIN cu-a & 1st SUB-DISCAL CELL (viewed ventrally) Forewing vein cu-a interstitial or nearly so. Based on the couplet, I interpret ‘interstitial’ to mean in line with 1-M, as the other option is ‘post-furcal’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696816714145-8UANB75KLZOX6T98WJOP/PA060174-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - HYPOPYGIUM (viewed laterally) Hypopygium sharply pointed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696816891121-U9D7EO8Q3RLJJKUSIOSB/PA070060-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - HYPOPYGIUM (viewed ventrally) Hypopygium sharply pointed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697094705059-JDQMLN7PP8OOD3W511CE/PA090001-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - T2-T3 (viewed dorsally) Join between T2 and T3 (arrows) is narrow, shallow and smooth. It is also sinuous, distinctly curved anteriorly in the middle. Posterior margin of T3 is banded white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697096099732-QD2AUDYE0ZBB3RY2OFHG/PA060079+copy+3.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - FOREWING SUBDISCAL CELL (wing removed, flattened, viewed ventrally) Vein 1-SR+M (arrows) sharply angled posteriorly, then more or less straight to junction with m-cu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697094049901-O602H0OFP3HV124S9K1B/PA060025-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - HEAD COLOUR (viewed dorsally) Orange throughout, including in ocellar area (the ‘stemmaticum’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697094390308-6BBBWXJ92K7NFHKUXP20/PA090037-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - HEAD COLOUR (viewed anteriorly) Frons orange throughout. Tips of mandibles black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697094507303-6A9FHHRCG8C72ILMHZ1A/PA090044-2-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - HEAD & ANTERIOR METATHORAX COLOUR (viewed laterally) Head orange. Palps black. Propleuron (arrow) black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697096499067-AZKBUU2DP7ALNS7V9SWT/PA060033-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - SCAPES (viewed dorsally) Long and narrow. Around 3 times longer than wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697096506418-U4NJPF7G9CNFJ5UP6D53/PA090050-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - SCAPE (viewed laterally) Long and narrow. Around 3 times longer than wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697097056220-MEYDYT22L491GFFOV20O/Callibracon+limbatus+extract+Austin+et+al+1994.jpg Braconinae: 2310D - Callibracon limbatus Figures from Austin et. al. 1994 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154801268-KKO4IP3N6WUFKD1PSZEG/PA060001.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154816930-WL2RPKMAB8K1540MGQWM/PA060002.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154834133-O507ZDUJXH8F487OWZEW/PA060003-2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154836670-6PKKIWLCP5XAOO15AIHF/PA060003.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154858898-NGL9C2VYJ1XQK47342PI/PA060004.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154861472-YEUIR1DA9BT2FQHLJFLH/PA060005.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154892687-0FCZZQVT1RF20WN8IZ52/PA060012-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154937299-UJFF49GMQ9VZ5DHK7Z6Q/PA060037-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697154964297-FM0BPK3B53ZYU664O0I5/PA060045-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155073155-HNKWKGA6DM4PQTDYIJRO/PA060098.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155143660-ZIS4U9GZ44SWAIORLRRF/PA060107-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155151562-USBICYC919VYIDVZGX5J/PA060118-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155158624-SXTI990WJN0OXEJAQWVE/PA060124-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155177055-X9DL3NY2YSTKQMBN7OIN/PA060131-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155294058-W5IF52NJJ6YVE9UWFM4I/PA070002-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155305983-Y40MJSNTBQ8BKC9HDGFN/PA070027-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155337868-UYROW8Y4ND8DUU298HKS/PA070044-Edit+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155372536-8WGGV10AWG5OP1593D8Q/PA070065-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155409802-6SVLMF7ESXQRNLKS1C6K/PA090025-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155429994-MZ0B4SL0TFDR6EUGCUQT/PA090029-2-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155449217-44CBMXFWQ0KNT7UIE11P/PA090053-2.jpg Braconinae: 2310D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155483852-US2AVHPS6Z0Y4B6Q9FTE/PA060061.jpg Braconinae: 2310D Flattened, viewed dorsally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155506539-3DNSAE1ZGWXL8Y88CE2K/PA060067.jpg Braconinae: 2310D Flattened, viewed dorsally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1696633608277-YZ7NMAPY4DHM4HQ2YV0H/PA060069+copy.jpg Braconinae: 2310D Flattened, viewed ventrally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697155912438-6N0S2UFT1B1ULPY2GVVT/PA070088-Edit.jpg Braconinae: 2310D Flattened, viewed ventrally https://southernforestlife.net/14th-oct-2023 daily 0.75 2023-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697596072652-JWCTJOUKD4NYBANUBTTJ/IMG_8790+Large.jpeg 14th Oct 2023 - Common Dolphin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697596072652-JWCTJOUKD4NYBANUBTTJ/IMG_8790+Large.jpeg 14th Oct 2023 - Common Dolphin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697266978477-HSYLQH5D3P45DJJ3XTID/PA140023.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Common Dolphin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697266980283-QCL0IR5V4PJQYR6I5GW3/PA140034.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267000071-NZQNFFWWEBSKRXNO5L5E/PA140057.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - juvenile (left) & mother (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697266981232-DQZZ1PQPGZW63Y2WF0MP/PA140037.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267001697-4TXTWWYU0PERDFH3GI4U/PA140062.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267002835-E19Q0D7MMHHFDK0X7ANB/PA140066.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267003787-8BC63YO5S10E1M1K2CEC/PA140070.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267051825-O7JDI6AH21XRX6YXCFMR/PA140077.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male left, female right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267004822-MZ9WA80GMC8H4N54ND3K/PA140074.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267052050-F9UM1GGML7UISRCLX4QG/PA140078.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267115657-8RO0TTN9WUL6H77AJRF7/PA140081.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult female left, juvenile right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267005804-RJAEELQOVK9MQUOUW817/PA140075.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - juvenile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267053542-J44FWYQLN4JK0RGFM0KZ/PA140080.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267115876-KW0IYRLX1577PXTQFSHI/PA140090.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267131275-MTBV5RC7OD2115Z4A3IT/PA140095.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267117729-KE53PPGAR5PVQTO8EA4M/PA140092.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267132438-Z17TKZ2JKD1VVJYX4IX7/PA140096.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267499349-ER9XZWZI1I4QZAMVIU8T/PA140137.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267517647-SRXA42GD3VIIE7UDV4KY/PA140268.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267520080-NAQU4HSF4X3XSFKF19ZJ/PA140274.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267529830-OL6V7IJUVX3ZW9F5V094/PA140283.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267529830-F1FENXCQ1DE4PAIXFO1F/PA140285.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267537866-9RJQFW5E9EP192F6SZZL/PA140286.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267546138-JPZ33JX931PE3FMDT2JI/PA140292.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267538821-MW7ESFIJVCVL6V9Y0F95/PA140291.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - juvenile (left), adult male (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267548883-2D1WYH357Q4HGG8Y3SI1/PA140293.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267557574-USPJXBC8L4BM5TX5IWQ8/PA140296.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267554810-WTBLE6PC6XD8EXTHMKRA/PA140295.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Humpback Whale - adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267133521-K26CE6MKIQVO6J8LR39A/PA140131-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267498021-66FVKPREAFOL0ZAQDALR/PA140148-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267493931-7NNWU9YJ94MEGOVZZO0N/PA140132-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267700709-3EBQ6MS94WA9VDCVQE8Y/PA140304-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwaters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267709456-E4D0JHORC0T3JBW18CKU/PA140319.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267737862-C7WPMNLRZ0YZZBP8N4PK/PA140149.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwaters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267711723-5PZJDC8MBSATF0TAC5AZ/PA140322.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267737863-FEOADFZKXFVWKAICYNRB/PA140158-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267716985-HG5NGZTFED1I7ESZIHDM/PA140328.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267745707-UNE0XOXC201YNDP4RS4A/PA140168-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267755817-CWR3OS1T2TOZWK5T7EEJ/PA140232.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267756984-804GKUIPXY5T94JFT7D0/PA140234-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267764211-928RO063TQYAUUD0DQSK/PA140241.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267767389-3LERJE0VA0OV4GFTADMH/PA140243.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Australasian Gannet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697267769674-JFPQNCR2NS9I5ELRQQXM/PA140260-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697350765694-RBRWIE22V81CSR1427J8/PA140304-Enhanced-NR.jpg 14th Oct 2023 - Short-tailed Shearwaters https://southernforestlife.net/spring-2023-klh daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698298979138-O8F4T23NVXT9UASFAR68/P8200076.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - First bee of the season! Well, my first good sighting anyway. Trichocolletes are almost as large as honey bees, but their pattern of flight and the pitch of their buzzing makes them quite easy to track. And I always check the Hardenbergia flowers – these purple peas are Trichocolletes’ favourite! The pollen-loaded legs tell me this is a female. Trichocolletes (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698298979138-O8F4T23NVXT9UASFAR68/P8200076.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - First bee of the season! Well, my first good sighting anyway. Trichocolletes are almost as large as honey bees, but their pattern of flight and the pitch of their buzzing makes them quite easy to track. And I always check the Hardenbergia flowers – these purple peas are Trichocolletes’ favourite! The pollen-loaded legs tell me this is a female. Trichocolletes (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697844622720-69J1WMH195YKC517K7BT/P8200232-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Males & females This is a male … the number of antennal segments is a reliable way to sex bees (and many related wasps). Males have 11 segments in the flagellum (plus scape & pedicel), females just 10. He’s also lacking the pollen-carrying hairs of Trichocolletes females. But a note of caution: while a visible pollen load = female, ‘no pollen’ does not = male. Not all bees transport pollen on the outside of their bodies. Many colletids, such as Euhesma, swallow it instead. Trichocolletes (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698298956385-Q2S0VJW4WGZ296YKJRMG/Homalictus.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Small but distinctive Many native bees are small and easily overlooked. This one is just 5mm long, but the metallic blue-green thorax and reddish abdomen is quite eye-catching. Clues to identity include: the extendable ‘arm’ of the mouthparts (= family Halictidae); shape of abdomen, with pollen-carrying hairs underneath (= genus Homalictus). The shiny thorax is also a common feature of Homalictus. Homalictus (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697844439074-DPEZ00JL6AJT9AZ9J79O/P8200214-Enhanced-NR-3.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Native bees vary greatly in size The fragrant, bearded flowers of Styphelia ericoides are a magnet for nectar feeders, large and small. Trichocolletes (top) (COLLETIDAE); Homalictus (bottom) (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697845229629-1BFZ2834H9NYMJKAEPM7/P9290188-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Reed bees are common Exoneura is an endemic Australian genus of relatively hairless bees. They often have white or yellowish markings on the face. Exoneura (APIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697844684793-Q6Z6C4F66AASRUAQXYN3/P9070304-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Wing venation helps with ID I tend to look for the ‘cut-off’ abdomen when identifying Exoneura. But the most definitive character is the pattern of veins in the forewing. This is true for many hymenoptera, so I’m always pleased to get a wing shot like this one. Exoneura (APIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697844773439-P0RBUIVUYUF8UAI94U0Y/P9160048-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Hairy-faced male bee Some species in this subgenus have unusually large eyes and long black hairs standing erect on the lower face. They swarm, presumably in order to attract mates. And that is exactly what this hairy little bee was doing when I noticed him. Occasionally one would land and take a feed of nectar, but otherwise they were hovering about in a cloud above a single Styphelia bush. Exoneura (Exoneura) (APIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697844688018-UPKGCYCWJ69P9HPGZ0YT/P9070936-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - First time I've sighted this species Reasonably large, bright red thorax, shiny black abdomen … certainly distinctive! Yet I don’t recall ever seeing this species before. With some help from the iNaturalist community, I now have a name. Lasioglossum (Callalictus) callomelittinum (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697845158407-0DNG3SN76O1WZ04C61OT/P9290288-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Green-and-gold Nomia Bee This species is large, colourful, and a common sight in the forest. They share a patch of sandy soil with nesting Cerceris wasps and, like the wasps, appear to be reusing burrows from last season. Lipotriches australica (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697859644083-NDJCWL0AT9292KWRHMSL/original-2.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Unusual behaviour Not every bee I spot is flower-feeding or nesting. Some perch to rest or groom, and at night males will often roost among vegetation. But I’m not at all sure what this male was up to. He repeatedly probed among the dried fruits of this sedge. It was the middle of the day, he was active and alone … it remains a mystery. Leioproctus (?) (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697860376702-V8JWPQ55HFNRNDWN3U52/P9180399-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Careful grooming, despite the wear & tear Antennae and mouthparts are important equipment for many insects, bees included. Using brushes on his front legs, this rather worn male wipes clean his extended mouthparts. Trichocolletes (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697861310286-I95FVBS9OI5349MWENNA/P9070751-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - More grooming Antennae require frequent, careful maintenance – particularly for males. The flagellum contains hundreds of sensory organs. Some are tactile, but many are used to detect airborne chemicals … including female pheromones. Trichocolletes (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697862167983-P9C4D4HS5ZYC2YCS9DBN/P9230089-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - The recognised 'pea technique' Pressing down on the lateral petals in order to reach the nectar in the throat of the pea flower, exposes the stamens in the perfect position to dump pollen on the underside of this visiting bee. Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697955772530-8DB5457JURXA6WOVZQDD/PA220333-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - A tiny, shiny Masked Bee This really is quite a small bee. The Aotus flowers provide an excellent scale for comparison. Hylaeus (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697955760734-XJYCSJO0WLAJSU38OCIO/PA220323-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Unorthodox access For such a small bee, this is perhaps the only way to get to the pollen. And as colletids ingest pollen and transport it in their crops, rather than on specialised hairs, they need to chew on the anthers and not simply brush them with their bodies. Hylaeus (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869548980-A2NM86KHEBWHOEOP06YJ/P9290236-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Really quite a large bee Compare with the other pea-feeding bees. Same species of flower, much bigger bee! Lipotriches australica (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869407634-B7D5JPMEPGOA88H1IDB5/P9071186-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - A novel crane fly Large and beautifully patterned … yet a species we’ve not recorded here before. Ischnotoma eburnea (TIPULIDAE: Tipulinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869376954-DB731VEH9B5X66E072LC/P8290112-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Stiletto fly A predictable sight in spring, as males hover in loose swarms, periodically landing and holding their front legs aloft. Ectinorhyncus (THEREVIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869422993-7A7P90WFI4RL07LZY91Z/P9110048.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Early emergence, fewer predators These rather stocky stiletto flies are a favoured food for one of our sand-nesting crabronid wasps, Podagritus. Luckily for this fly, the wasps are not due to appear before late October. The larvae of stiletto flies are wiry, elongate, free-living soil predators. As adults, the flies rarely visit drink and are not often seen at flowers. Anabarhynchus (THEREVIDAE: Therevinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697872747409-62JRPUNXGX53VZ8YA3GU/original-3.jpeg Spring 2023 KLH - A first for us, and for iNat This fly looked a bit different to our usual Anabarhynchus, so I put the sighting up onto iNaturalist. It was rather quickly identified to species level by those in the know … three taxonomists, each specialising in therevids and related flies. And this is the first identified photo of this species on the system. I’m feeling rather chuffed! Anabarhynchus calceatus (THEREVIDAE: Therevinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869497578-QN8NIEQT4ZP1MOUP5Q2Y/P9220157-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Another rarely-recorded therevid Small, hanging about the Cerceris nesting patch day after day … and again identified to species level by the experts. My first sighting of this species was in November last year, in exactly the same area. That was the first iNaturalist record (and the only ones added since then have been my sightings, here in the forest). These little flies are either rare or are simply not attracting the attention of nature photographers. Perhaps it’s a bit of both. Bonjeania argentea (THEREVIDAE: Agapophytinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869818819-AMYB9R0L4RYAY9TB4ME6/PA200373.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - A mated pair This week, a pair ‘in copula’. Another first. Bonjeania argentea (THEREVIDAE: Agapophytinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869580840-OK6NCSRF15QXH65ST1CP/PA070280-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly During the summer months, hover flies are obvious and ubiquitous. But for now, sightings remain a special treat. Simosyrphus grandicornis (SYRPHIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869800232-II37MGTPGDZ5MNMQZXHA/PA200311-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Photo-friendly flies Metallic and common, flies in this family are a common sight in the forest and familiar to anyone with a vegetable garden. As adults, these pretty little flies hunt tiny prey such as springtails, minute worms and flies. The larvae are soil-living predators. SCIAPODINAE (Sciapodinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869567340-YGMPOOIMI7L3HOEASEH8/P9300145-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - An unusual bee fly This uniquely Australian genus was, until recently, known from just this one species. Now there are two … so still a very small taxon. Nothing is known about their biology, and this head-down, bottom-up posture is puzzling (see my iNat sighting for discussion). Marmosoma sumptuosum (BOMBYLIIDAE: Bombyliinae: tribe Marmasomini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698039848475-T1K09X3ERDLGGN1X5U50/PA190473-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Our showiest bee fly Flashing silver-white in the sun, buzzing at a distinctive, high frequency (or ‘pitch’), hovering low to the ground, and frequently landing on vegetation. These fluffy little flies are a personal favourite of mine. Meomyia albiceps (BOMBYLIIDAE: Bombyliinae: tribe Bombyliini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869721985-RYKQ10LMRK7EYYWMU3H2/PA190560-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Yet another 'sand chamber' fly Bee flies of the subfamily Bombyliinae are also called sand chamber flies. They have a modified abdomen into which they gather sand to coat their sticky eggs before dropping them into the environment. Mind you, I’m not sure if this particular individual is a male or female. Staurostichus (BOMBYLIIDAE: Bombyliinae: tribe Bombyliini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697869599554-54KCY6PQORPOCBPRLSY5/PA190556.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Long-winged bee fly First sighting for the season, on a day when bee fly diversity suddenly took off. Four species across 3 genera in a single day! Aleucosia is one of Australia’s most common and easily recognised genera, yet their biology is poorly known. Aleucosia (BOMBYLIIDAE: Lomantiinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944126301-0HHQ2FNJK7PZ4777QPO2/P9060182.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Yellow-spotted Blue butterfly This was the first sighting for the season. They are now one of the more common butterflies in flight. Many species have yet to make an appearance. Candalides xanthospilos (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944159895-FRQ3F1H446NTU5PP1M2U/P9071134.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Adults feed widely, but larvae are picky eaters The larvae of this species usually feed on Pimelea, a plant that boomed in the wet, post-fire seasons but which is notably sparse this spring. I predict fewer emergent adults next year, as a result. Candalides xanthospilos (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944095050-HOG3IUGVI790MHKZLU57/P8290168-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Female flower wasp Female flower wasps lack wings … that’s obvious. Less apparent is the modification of their mouthparts. They have mandibles adapted for grasping the male, but palps and other parts normally used for manipulating food are greatly reduced. They don’t need them. Feeding for a female flower wasp typically involves immersing her head in a large drop of liquid regurgitated by the male, and simply drinking. Males often hold the drop beneath their face and head, and the female reaches up for it. But in most of our local species, a different method is used: the drop is held at the end of the male’s abdomen, and the female can access it without uncurling from her typical in-flight position. subfamily Thynninae (HYMENOPTERA: THYNNIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944332764-V9H4A4NTPW72OSM7MNYG/P9200869.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Newly-emerged from the soil One of our largest local flower wasp species, and also the most colourful. I spotted this dirt-covered female soon after she emerged from the soil. Perhaps she was a virgin, emerging into the sun for the first time. Or she may already have mated, burrowed to locate a beetle larva on which to lay an egg, and be preparing to start the mate-feed-egg laying cycle again. Either way, she climbed onto low vegetation and waited, no doubt emitting pheromones to call in a male. subfamily Thynninae (HYMENOPTERA: THYNNNIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944368916-B674ZP7O3E6MCV9A6F33/P9230006-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - 3 days on, still waiting For several days, when I looked for her, there she was. Less dusty now, but again clinging to grass stems and sending out her chemical call. I think she went to ground at night, climbing back up when it was warm and sunny. I’m quite confident this is the same individual – they’re really not a common sight, and she was always in the exact same spot (albeit on a different plant stem each time). It’s early in the season, and I’ve yet to see many larger flower wasps on the wing. I guess she has little choice but to wait. subfamily Thynninae (HYMENOPTERA: THYNNIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944231861-DXC2S9LW37RSAAH74VRS/P9180347-2.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Not a wasp The mimicry is good – slender body with a narrowed waist, long legs, wings that look folded. But this is actually a beetle. Enchoptera apicalis (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944201857-2U26K9PCO4T4KQX96CTF/P9180269-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Nectar feeders as adults Cerambycid larvae usually feed inside plant tissue, including both living and dead wood. Enchoptera is not an uncommon genus, yet nothing is known about its choice of host plants. The adults are often seen feeding at flowers … and this one was competing with bees for Styphelia nectar. Enchoptera apicalis (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944193322-4GIW9MQUJ2C5XZY1MI7S/P9160005-3.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Wandering Ringtail damselfly Male damselflies wait for receptive females alongside a suitable body of water – in this case, our small frog pond. They defend their chosen patch from incoming rival males. Austrolestes leda (ODONATA (ZYGOPTERA): LESTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944266490-HT00ECX1BYVEN6V6HARF/P9200282-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Circling about an open, sandy patch of ground, clearly intent upon something in the soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944571507-Z7XHW88O1TBQ9PUAWYR3/PA190486-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH When perched on vegetation they were often head down, close to ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944253002-3S3GEE7A3GWSLEML7AZJ/P9200198-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Even with the naked eye, their bodies flashed colourfully in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944274291-CGXR7EUBXR0536QVGSPZ/P9200293-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944292991-ADP7CT0OYA5CUWO1XEPO/P9200307-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944301937-VGMTO7RLNGYJAD3QZNPF/P9200310-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944313896-T26CDJX5RRX042HC8JOF/P9200383-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698046182194-6R1VAWL3M3F4MJ1QISUZ/P9290353-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Securely held by the 'shoulders' Male odonata have two pairs of appendages at the end of the abdomen which they use to grip a receptive female. In the case of damselflies, he holds her by the pronotum (first segment of the thorax). Austrolestes leda (ODONATA (ZYGOPTERA): LESTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698046195815-EQUG1S6IHLLLVD82XLGJ/P9290340-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Tau Emerald dragonflies The site of hold in dragonflies and damselflies differs. In dragonflies, the male grips the female by the back of the head, rather than the thorax. Given the large eyes and head of most dragonflies, perhaps this is simply a better solution to their common problem. Hemicordulia tau (ODONATA (ANISOPTERA): HEMICORDULIIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944349947-CT8JJXLBSZTQXU864EL4/P9200895-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Odonata mating is a bit odd In damselflies & dragonflies sperm transfer is a bit of a round about affair. Once the male has secured a female, he transfers his sperm from the tip of his abdomen (where it’s produced), to his 2nd abdominal segment (for temporary storage). Only then does the pair form the classic ‘wheel’, as she brings the end of her body up to accept the sperm. Austrolestes leda (ODONATA (ZYGOPTERA): LESTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697956274532-J4DM3BVZMVKL6KRC474A/PA220410-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - She inserts her eggs into pond plants In this species, egg-laying females are often accompanied by their most recent mate … still held securing in his grip. But sometimes they go it alone. Austrolestes leda (ODONATA (ZYGOPTERA): LESTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944386685-XCHX3O6DW8J9185TNTEA/P9250190.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944423885-8XDYD2EI70JO3FR0IZ6I/P9290220-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Jewel beetle mating swarm It’s not uncommon to see male beetles clambering over one another in an effort to secure a female. For a few hours, on this one day, a single Aotus bush played host to dozens of these bronze-coloured jewel beetles. Ethonion (COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944402286-HTWA8YN4262A5HR1J8TA/P9250234-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Flying Peacock spider This colourful jumping spider is tiny, and surprisingly easy to overlook among the leaf litter. Unless he’s in the sun! Maratus volans (SALTICIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944428018-J4UGPQMLL73558WKNRI9/P9290319-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - The pond attracts mud-nesting wasps Many insects obtain all the water they need from nectar feeding or morning dew on leaves. But the water requirements of a mud-nesting wasps go well beyond thirst. She repeatedly fills her crop with water, flies to a suitable source of soil, and disgorges the water until she can form a ball of mud. (The dry forest has no ready source of pre-mixed mud, except immediately after rain). She then carries the mud ball off to her chosen site for nest construction. Paralastor (?) (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE: EUMENINAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944473249-RT8WWDKG9RHDO949WA1W/PA070233.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - These flowers are moth pollinated ... … but this is not a moth. Stackhousia flowers are fragrant only at night and the plant is known to attract a variety of nocturnal moths (Blackall et. al., 2023). But might butterflies like this one not also play a role? Ocybadistes walkeri (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944800945-70E9Q945FTLBQ9HEDVW2/PA070264.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Green Grass-dart, a skipper butterfly A potential pollinator, but perhaps not an ideal one. This butterfly is clearly carrying pollen, but it will be a mix. She is a generalist. The flowers would do better with specialists, and at night there is less inter-floral competition for potential pollinators. Ocybadistes walkeri (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944461234-0QRW92ER94JYD4RJBAPW/PA070216-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944483829-FIBP9MD68AEINC5J0MOQ/PA070273.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Looks like a cone, but it's a gall ... … housing a small & flightless bug. Some casuarina (in this case, Allocasuarina littoralis) bear many of these rather attractive structures which bear a remarkable resemblance to the developing fruit of the tree. Perhaps this is not so surprising, as the gall is a product of the tree rather than the insect. Cylindrococcus (HEMIPTERA: ERIOCOCCIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944502326-B6Q8V53RA0WFXTCILES7/PA190491-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944529964-0HXSPQPOBX9UYEM5SGZS/PA190406.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - A particularly bothersome ant Stick insects, even relatively large ones like this, are usually difficult to spot. Not only do they resemble their perches, but they move slowly or not at all. So I was rather surprised to see this one flailing its legs about wildly. It was even difficult to photograph, as it didn’t stay still for more than a second (and I patiently watched on for several minutes). And then I spotted the cause of the phasmid’s distress – a tenacious ant gripping the end of the front leg. Ouch! Ctenomorpha marginipennis (PHASMIDA: PHASMATIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698271964775-RR1TRYVV4DBWZ538UDY4/PA200087.jpg Spring 2023 KLH My first Cerceris sighting of the season. I had been closely monitoring their patch, so I do think I caught the earliest action. This little female started adult life back in early April. She mated soon after emerging from her natal burrow, and then returned below ground for the winter. As with most insects, the sperm was delivered in a sealed package (‘spermatophore’) and stored within her body until she is ready to use it. With the approach of spring she emerges to begin her adult life in earnest. There will be no males on the scene for many weeks yet, but she doesn’t need them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944630609-4BL0GZ6OB9K4AKO05YKY/PA200046-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Returning from a successful hunting trip. The beetle is paralysed, but not dead. When she judges she has enough beetle bodies to feed one larva from hatching to pupation, she’ll seal the chamber with a single egg inside … and then start providing for her next offspring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944709872-IWM0KXKRJQFL66C6P4QW/PA200176-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Typically a prey laden female flies slowly over the nest ground, locates her burrow from the air, then quickly plunges out of sight. This one, however, landed briefly and took a good look at the human with the camera. Having apparently decided I was no threat, she then dived into her open nest. (Such infrequent photo opportunities are always welcome!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944634204-EKFVVFD35YFK0OBFX4YT/PA200061-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH A blocked burrow! This is not an uncommon problem for returning wasps. When she left, the burrow was open but having returned with her catch she finds it covered in sandy soil. Perhaps a passing wallaby had stomped on the mound – that certainly does happen at times. But in this case I suspect another culprit – more on that in a moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698289901908-9SWFAC8I7JX9O8EXQRO5/beetle+interest.jpg Spring 2023 KLH She persisted in her digging, abandoning the beetle on the edge of the mullock heap. Her activities, and the shiny beetle, attracted considerable attention. Satellite flies hovered overhead, briefly. The paralysed, twitching beetle was defenceless against the depredations of ants. And as the wasp seemed to forget about the beetle once she had successfully re-entered the burrow, I decided to ‘rescue’ it from the ants. Just what are these little beetles that the wasps are gathering in such large numbers? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698285128211-2YXGGOB9PL7UMBBYDZAF/PA260003-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH It is a leaf beetle (CHRYSOMELIDAE), most likely of the subfamily Eumolpinae. It might be in the genus Edusella, but I have a bit of work to do before I’d confidently take the ID to genus, let alone species. But Edusella is a reasonable first-guess, as they are known prey of Cerceris antipodes (Evans & Hook, 1986), they do look quite similar (see iNat sightings of E. perplexa, for example), and some species feed on the leaves of Acacia. We certainly have plenty of wattles within easy reach of the Cerceris nests! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698289152976-YS2O2ASH9O3R8PBC808U/PA200168-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH A little later, when I next checked, the burrow was open again. A prey-laden wasp approached but instantly backed off, dropping her prey near the entrance. Almost immediately another wasp reached out from the burrow and dragged the beetle below! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698285925112-23F87QEL7HIRCVR478JM/chased+off.jpg Spring 2023 KLH The exiled wasp repeatedly tried to enter the nest, but was repulsed each time. In the last photo (bottom right), the antennae of the resident wasp are visible. Clearly a Cerceris, and clearly intent on barring the entrance. Cerceris antipodes are known to share burrows, but the relationship is not always entirely amicable … clearly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944678090-CBPW0JYCU90VZZIOYWB8/PA200097-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH No prizes for guessing why these little pests are called satellite flies! Incoming, prey-carrying wasps are routinely orbited by a hovering miltogrammine fly … or two. The moment the wasp enters her nest, the flies land on the rim of the burrow and will often disappear inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698277676789-8WK0SC0CV562PU69W02B/PA200150-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH This photo was taken immediately after a satellite fly landed briefly on the rim of the burrow. I watched the wriggling little fly larva (arrow … and yes, it’s rightly named a maggot) hang there for a few seconds, before it dropped into the nest opening. Once inside the burrow it would seek out a paralysed beetle. Ultimately, if it successfully evades the attention of the home owners, it will consume the food stashed in a Cerceris chamber, kill the host young, and ultimately pupate within the safety of the underground nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698296495823-RCUGKTJ7PQCVKFD923OR/PA200216-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH It’s an effective strategy. Miltogramminae (SARCOPHAGIDAE) are “major mortality factors for many if not most aculeate (stinging) wasp species” (Marshall, 2012, p. 385). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944776387-MNRWQJPIRH11JZYE7RHG/PA070160.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944779678-ZSOFUIDJNXRLM0ZYFE4D/PA070180-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698281647708-KXV9JVYUULFTKNZZXQ6G/P8230041-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH The nest site from 2022 is a flat patch of sandy soil … so this year I’ve been closely watching the area. The first wasps appeared mid August, soon followed by the first confirmed nesting activity. Here a female peers at me from the entrance to her nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698281708782-PJTPQP60WLXED0N9HFK2/P9220046-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH As this species was only previously known from one museum specimen, these images are probably the first ever taken of the living wasps. Or at least the first images that can be identified to species level. (‘feeling chuffed’) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698281811575-K9XN80POQ3OF2R0Z1PXJ/P8290036-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Females stock their nests with paralysed flies, food for their larvae. A variety of flies are targeted, but crane flies do seem something of a favourite. This fly is alive, but paralysed … and also legless! Crane flies have exceedingly long legs, and perhaps they simply get in the way during transport and storage. The wasps never seem to bother amputating other prey this way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698281742311-9638JS45JI0FN9Q96ODK/P8200111-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH The very day that I first spotted nesting activity, and the opportunists had already moved in. The silvery fly watching the wasp’s every move is Apotropina … a known kleptoparasite of a variety of sand-nesting wasps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944919383-SH116ZX18K49JRF7PDRX/P9070448-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH This particular female had her burrow opening under a leaf. But something was deterring her from entering this time. She deposited her legless and paralysed prey on the soil, then hovered about while peering under the leaf. At first I suspected a lurking predator … perhaps a wolf spider … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944143964-0WMRYN5QQYGW5IQ8QMDX/P9070578-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH … but then she started hauling rocks. It seems her burrow entrance had collapsed. Did we accidentally tread on it? Perhaps a passing wallaby had done the damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698118033792-QU873AS13TDOMP8DL2NC/P9070590-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH After a few minutes she dragged her prey out of sight beneath a nearby leaf, and then resumed work at her burrow. She eventually succeeded – the following day we saw her coming and going from the original nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697955727064-2B3FXOD4Y8WBMBJTQ4GL/PA220032-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - A brand new source of pollen This flower is the very first of the Dianella to open … and within a day the bees have found it. This female is shaking the anthers to release the pollen grains from the small opening at the end of each anther. Most of the pollen on her legs was collected elsewhere – most likely the nearby Aotus judging by the colour. Lipotriches (Austronomia) (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698038590938-ZB870GWA6K5VNVRUQVEG/PA220082.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - A bee hotel ‘Bee hotels’ provide valuable accommodation for many species of native bees. Lodger bees such as leafcutter and resin bees (family Megachilidae) and many colletids (subfamily Hylaeinae) make use of pre-existing holes in trees or logs. This old branch from an Angophora is riddled with hundreds of holes, probably the past work of beetle larvae. Now it makes the perfect, natural bee hotel! Is the hotel currently in use? I’m sure of it. Although I’ve yet to get a good look at bees coming and going, there is a constant parade of bobbing Gasteruption wasps. And the most common hosts for Gasteruption larvae? … bees nesting in above ground cavities, including hotel lodgers (Parslow et. al., 2020)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697955729568-UFYE9390CFMX5XW7K30Y/PA220147.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - At home below ground Many native bees nest in the soil, a habit retained from their ancestors among the crabronid wasps (Houston, 2018. p. 47). Indeed, this Lipotriches has a nest mound and opening immediately alongside a Cerceris (CRABRONIDAE) mound … and apart from the slightly larger opening, it’s difficult to distinguish the burrows. Until someone pokes their head out, that is. Lipotriches australica (HALICTIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697955746021-KZO6QTBT0Y29UZRLIRBD/PA220269-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Leafcutter bee Much excitement this day, as I have rarely seen bees of this family. The rather large head and thick mandibles, along with the pollen-carrying hairs beneath the abdomen, help distinguish Megachile from similarly coloured bees. This is a female … and the very next day I spotted a male! Another first for our home list. Megachile (MEGACHILIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698041594348-7F9QC3TUJDDWZXU2MR59/PA230092-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Showing off his specialised foreleg Males of many bee species have modified front ‘feet’. Various authors have suggested a role for these tarsal expansions in the sex life of Megachile – ranging from blindfolds to help subdue their partners, to a source of chemical communication when used to hold or stroke her antennae (see Houston, 2018, p. 33). Fascinating! Megachile (MEGACHILIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697955741564-01GSSJ6SL3YIRUJ4J99K/PA220231-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Down from the canopy The first Euhesma sighting of the season. These little bees favour Myrtaceae (Eucalytus, Melaleuca, Leptospermum) and until this week the only Myrtaceae flowers were high in the canopy. The new blooms of Leptospermum are drawing them down within easy reach of my camera lens. Euhesma (COLLETIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697956773601-U1L3XOZEPIQJVV9K9PWF/PA220104-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Cuckoo wasps: an uninvited hotel guest Metallic colours, a thick cuticle, and compact build – instantly recognisable as a cuckoo wasp. These small, greenish wasps are our most common type. And they’re currently very interested in the bee hotel. The hole-riddled log must be providing rooms for wasps as well as bees, as Primeuchroeus has no interest in bees. She is a kleptoparasite of crabronids, sphecids and cavity-nesting vespids, exclusively. My bet is that small Pison are filling some of the hotel rooms with paralysed spiders … potential food and housing for cuckoo wasp larvae. Primeuchroeus (HYMENOPTERA: CHRYSIDIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697956786573-UX3AMTAE829W2O1L6GUH/PA220152-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - A future project These large sand wasps are on my to-do list of crabronid studies. This patrolling male was my first Bembix sighting for the season. I expect many more to appear, and soon. The pressure is on to complete my current projects and get serious about Project Crabronidae (part two). Bembix (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697960397940-YV1PRORNU0IF84NN1AZX/PA220160-Enhanced-NR.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Banded bee fly Yet another first for the season … and yet another kind of bee fly! Tribe Villini (BOMBYLIIDAE: Anthracinae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1697944175360-ZE50AU67O1MLF7A7RWB0/P9140349.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Natural demise, now a study subject When I spotted this small wasp caught in a spider’s web I couldn’t resist a photo. Nor could I resist stealing the spider’s already envenomated prey for further study. She is now specimen number 2309H, and will teach me more about ichneumonid anatomy and diversity. Soon(ish). HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698106779690-O7DLQBCB2LZCRYOA2QZQ/P9260096+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698317709108-5FH403PDJ6DOT8IFPQWM/PA020013-3-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698309782154-6GJ760DQIKFPZCVMD440/PA070044-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311606849-U0VNJUZF16BN1UBBB3EF/P9210153-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698317809580-NSJRUVU8D8Y50RZY8A9T/PA020059-2+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311481225-96QCKQAIF595OIPT86EU/PA060131-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311880720-G2ZBQCJG8725PCJQHOB5/P9210035-Edit+copy+4.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311896202-IWH36BBWKCBL2WHPCGFO/PA020050-3-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311900122-5SKFT55GB7A2E7P1QRIK/PA060025-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698106664666-2CFCFTX4W11KDX1O27DH/P9260053.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698310790062-AGA26T31DDABXYHDXCZH/PA020008-3.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698309521951-5MKCEDXNQG70Q8D3ZPDU/PA060006-2.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698107060801-C1NZJIX78DBO0ZBX8AUG/P9210001+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698108105445-0FP6CAUPW3ELTX559J04/PA050003-2.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698310154993-7F6NC30GU9S7BOQEYWO3/PA060005.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698107086264-UOU6KFQBORFC4V6LTP8H/P9210040-Edit+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311018559-WV5HW4DEUKWU95A7QUN2/PA020003-4-Edit+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698310626049-N2I4DW2NR4P5BCV6J2QI/PA060002.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311793462-HY5YD9C0ZXWXGBJHY6CE/P9260088-Edit+copy+2.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698107786279-JM8LFNBQM0M4LYGGWX3J/PA050010+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Forewing Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698311418569-ETK5ICLV9ZX7EH7D5IJB/PA060073.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Forewing Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698106914106-TJXAFWF2IH47TJK910Z0/P9260093+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Leading edge of hindwing Vipiellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698310319949-ZDKDYNEMJ0JYFO1LWX1X/PA050007+copy.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Hindwing Pycnobraconoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698310412514-ZVQDW39NBQHZ1S4012VG/PA060076+copy+2.jpg Spring 2023 KLH - Hindwing Callibracon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698117763331-K4NC7B9PTP1ALFIWXQ1Z/P9020001-2-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH Museum records show only a single specimen of Rhopalum coriolum in collection – the original female collected a century ago near Sydney, and upon which the species was described (i.e. the holotype). We collected two females last year and another two this season. Once we’ve finished writing the paper, all will be deposited in Australian museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698117758136-3IXDC8BC1B1VBAYN6NZH/P9020071-2-Edit.jpg Spring 2023 KLH The differences between species are subtle, and require close-up photography. Rhopalum variitarse, a species known from Canberra, is very similar … but there are clear differences in fine structure and colour details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698181567412-0GI7EZ5PBLPDJ6L8Y8GV/P9030023.jpeg Spring 2023 KLH This may be the first male ever collected. This one, and another we collected, will be sent to a museum once we have fully described and photographed them. https://southernforestlife.net/25th-oct-2023 daily 0.75 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709887933-1K0KCN1AIJQENVLYBV68/PA250112-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Just after ‘the catch’. Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709887933-1K0KCN1AIJQENVLYBV68/PA250112-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Just after ‘the catch’. Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709911359-K1J0Y6RHDOX4CLYT4G4A/PA250174-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Heliothela didymospila https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709924597-UJPFLVH5PT3B2I8GNTR6/PA250243-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Fruit fly … but neither the notorious ‘pest’ species, nor the model for genetic research. Austrotephritis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709938606-OZQOIN2QFTTJ4F9FGD7Y/PA250317-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Heath Ochre butterfly Trapezites phigalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711227665-C1L7I28O8J0XUPK6P3B6/PA250001.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Floral arrangment (naturally). Burchardia umbellata & Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709948466-GWR7EJPGYKBQABVF7QR3/PA250322.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Stackhousia viminea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709953124-KBXJ5KCAY3S45E8E2L7U/PA250421.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Dillwynia sericea spp. rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709962274-7NB4HDA0PBXT8CA5ELNK/PA250436.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Few orchids, their season largely over. Thelymitra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710023690-Z478ZXWJ8XZU31LYUWJ7/PA250692.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Copper Beard Orchid - just one fully open. Calochilus paludosus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709966258-8N8O2OJ7Z88XZLY95T5D/PA250445.jpg 25th Oct 2023 A fruticose lichen we regularly see at this site. Pulchrocladia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709971369-SVXS0OX45RUE86FUSWP2/PA250479-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Cryptocheilus (HYMENOPTERA: Pompilidae), probably C. bicolor. (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709987668-KAXXWAEOCKMQTAX4APIF/PA250524.jpg 25th Oct 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709995554-ZF54MJ44EDPM7G8OOPZJ/PA250663.jpg 25th Oct 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710021852-J5TPRERB86VJX3HBEZBF/PA250668-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 We saw her enter this same hole on two occasions. It could be her nest burrow. Cryptocheilus are known to construct multi-chambered nests, closing each cell but leaving the burrow open while out hunting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698714182509-4RQQBCY23QG85FLPB1G6/PA250680.jpg 25th Oct 2023 She entered slowly, with apparent caution. Perhaps there’s a risk someone has moved in while she was away. A second after this photo, she disappeared inside and did not soon emerge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709933108-0ZYGAYYVWDKEDY1P3T7L/PA250296-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 hhmmm … not sure about this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698709913526-KH89HUA6LS4ZZ4WVCBER/PA250211-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly Simosyrphus grandicornis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710064190-0P82NXYUSSMGN1H1TDHU/PA250084-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710069232-XWT7R7WL9WVMMA1MHD0K/PA250051-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711444761-FH9844BDU9KL00NHTJQ4/PA250270-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 They enter and leave their burrows quickly. This was a rare shot, and shows the diagnostic wing venation nicely. Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710097764-3TP0IDHLF7OFZQKH3JDW/PA250159.jpg 25th Oct 2023 There were several nesting aggregations of these bees. Most nest entrances were surrounded by a large mound of tumulus. And they were clearly shared burrows – we often saw several females enter or leave in succession. Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710090797-THXXX6WNP5ZGECB25XPT/PA250159-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711639184-4Y8ALS422P2B4W2MMK30/PA250346.jpg 25th Oct 2023 A small, orange wasp was investigating the Lasioglossum nests. Labium sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711642575-FB8LJFYB7IZ9MOZ4152G/PA250348.jpg 25th Oct 2023 The next day we saw one at home for the first time (see iNat record) –and it is indeed a parasite of ground-nesting bees! Labium sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711424713-2QC04LM1431SBQF5J2PD/PA250172.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710113010-MUDQPTK3QP6Z40MMPOUG/PA250264-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Same subgenus, but an obviously a different species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698710114668-Q9CRCTHFCUSZQEAJ6DXF/PA250280-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711323222-PKIY3HZNI5ZK0G4W5LFR/PA250007.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Etiella behrii (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711343887-V1GLWBI9ED5JRHGOR5MI/PA250010-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Palimmeces (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711347567-4LSRINVZAUHFMEVTKW4E/PA250014-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Dampiera stricta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711353752-1MK442WG4012PDI8TMYC/PA250018-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711368715-S45YBKKZYKQ76M65T8AI/PA250019.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711370659-ASF476USDXXM705NK1LT/PA250022-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Dichromodes ainaria (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711377891-RHYD77VYJZNXSEVTCN7L/PA250044.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711391218-MCZCES8CVIHS3L7HY7YP/PA250163.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711409901-A2S7DF7AH0LA5ZWIVUYB/PA250164.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to iNat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711413090-F7AMZKX95WJW8OXE16GF/PA250166.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711442615-RYEFEJV8PQGVW4HH5MFS/PA250175-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Bossiaea prostrata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711449343-6PEDK1R4D02O42ZJZMC5/PA250294-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711465741-NN9KG02CA001P2V4CVJ8/PA250305.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711489089-ZUN6GU9G149M3GEUP67A/PA250313.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Palimmeces (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711492345-VEPK5KWXRSD1F2LTHYOP/PA250314.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Caledia captiva (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711504579-TLDQZ46C5RON9XIFU9OP/PA250319.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Caledia captiva (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711598398-BYNP5FHPHYOTE0EWBPBG/PA250322-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711611356-3M3BQL1KZR3985EV4P70/PA250332.jpg 25th Oct 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711615300-KMBKLPF857V6U9R0YDD4/PA250334.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Palimmeces (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711623552-4LA44WA1NFI56REJF9LF/PA250338.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Caesia parviflora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698711627345-IGSA2Y915HWDMOP6KA7I/PA250343.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea opomaloides (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722718183-0T8HDZN59H4DBFWL4C1K/PA250369.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Common Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722708296-ZYBABU6OLXS64DW8JAL7/PA250353.jpg 25th Oct 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722710505-TJ9X8HYN657GTE1346N6/PA250366.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722728318-PT6AJ0MOGNTC4RO8S7A8/PA250372.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Dillwynia sericea ssp. rudis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722734151-LRZDGOA7YTJIYZHYOG7X/PA250385.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Cirphula pyrrhocnemis (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722765425-4Y99ARKK5O4PGZJ5I56A/PA250394.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Patersonia sericea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722768219-2J838R3XVTOSJITH2R9D/PA250390.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Patersonia fragilis (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698723336775-2OG1422SMYBESBHWOMU4/original-9.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Mirbelia rubiifolia (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722772615-L8HQHRD0TSKTNYED4M67/PA250401.jpg 25th Oct 2023 likely undescribed genus in grasshopper subtribe Perbelliina (link to inat record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722784631-V2M9R776UZRBFKM1YTBR/PA250420.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Epacris microphylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722800201-N19RYLPYPXKQDY7I1J32/PA250469.jpg 25th Oct 2023 There were very few Odonata in evidence. And we did look! We saw just this one damselfly, and at most a couple of dragonflies in flight. Diphlebia lestoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698732406597-F8HC8YPJ4JN04A1B0458/PA250432-2.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Drosera spatulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722798393-GB4CA6MXFLM2SHP2N0NF/PA250427.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Drosera spatulata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698722794709-P3QM55CEE9R9OXATEC1I/PA250425.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Tiny Bladderwort - a carnivorous plant, commonly found alongside Drosera in moist, sandy heathland situations. Utricularia laterifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698796372468-CJXT1MPBMSHJ3SYG954Q/PA250013.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Hypericum gramineum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1698796656188-8GK46LSN8RPA8G6G7471/PA250190.jpg 25th Oct 2023 Head of the larva can be seen protruding from its case https://southernforestlife.net/thynninae-2311a daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701504195621-VZYA6U79DIBW201UNRAV/PB290110-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Pronotum (viewed dorsally, left wings removed) Pronotum is long mid-dorsally (double arrow), the posterior edge weakly concave (single arrow heads) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701504195621-VZYA6U79DIBW201UNRAV/PB290110-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Pronotum (viewed dorsally, left wings removed) Pronotum is long mid-dorsally (double arrow), the posterior edge weakly concave (single arrow heads) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701502488081-RGXEZKB3YDRR5QBJYB7G/PC020027-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Pronotum (lateral view, wings removed) The pronotum is free (i.e. distinct) from scutum (dotted arrows) and reaches the tegula, the posterolateral apex rounded (‘pronotal lobe’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701503728150-A2BST8P5XW9ZN7ZVR8Z7/PC020037-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Pronotum (viewed laterally) Ventrally the apex appears double-edged, both rounded and acute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701507955053-DG6CHPLK3R229S4ARMRZ/PC020018-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Mesosternum (viewed ventrally) Pair of lightly pigmented (i.e. thin?) plates either side of midline (arrows) project posteriorly from mesosternum and partially conceal the mesocoxae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701562448208-GXJYOZPZM76T4U6IWLN0/Fig+42.32L+Naumann+1991.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Mesosoma, ventral Bases of mid coxae partially concealed by mesosternal lobes. Fig. 42.32L, Tiphiidae*, mesosoma ventral, male. (Naumann, 1991) (* most Australian genera in Tiphiidae at the time of Naumann’s work were subsequently elevated to the family Thynnidae.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701565698825-6U2DDJ791O6XKG6H701I/PC020051-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Frons (viewed antero-dorsally) Antennal bases (broken arrows) very slightly obscured by small overhanging ridges (solid arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701565695867-LXSPKKE9B4GH8L0V5MFD/PC020066-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Frons (viewed dorsally) Antennal bases (broken arrows) very slightly obscured by small overhanging ridges (solid arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701567909756-JDMBORQOA16YU1SVKQUA/Extract+Brown+1993+page+178+figure.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Frons of male Thynninae (a) and Anthoboscinae (aa) Arrows indicate location of torulus (antennal socket). Extract from Thynnidae key in Brown 1993, page 180. (See associated text in next image) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701567846018-MAQD2AVZTPBYJDY6PWMT/Extract+Brown+1993+page+178.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Contrasting frons structure of Thynninae and Anthoboscinae Extract from Thynnidae key in Brown 1993, page 180. (See associated figure in next image) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701570025187-PYFKTAHJB60PCK4GF6X2/PC010023-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Metasoma (viewed laterally) Seven exposed tergites, consistent with male Thynnidae (females have just six). At the apex of the metasoma is a simple cup-like structure (arrow) without visible spines, hooks or other projections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701570888233-ZR0XST0N3XIEXK7UR7EE/PC010019-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Apex of metasoma (viewed laterally) Arrow showing apex, which appears to be the epipygium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701570865418-VNRYCK8SZ53SO662XHG7/PC010030-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Apex of metasoma (viewed dorsally) Arrows showing epipygium/T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701570875712-SACEX2AGRH1BCHO0K3QT/PC010010-2-Edit+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Apex of metasoma (viewed lateroventrally) Arrows showing epipygium/T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701381731702-261QBMNWVUI39JFSJIHE/PB290026+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Forewing (left, viewed dorsally, flattened) The first submarginal cell shows a trace of a spur vein, although it is not cuticularised and therefore less obvious than in many Thynninae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571298259-TV254W8LAY1F5UW4IQVW/PB290036.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Entire (before removal of wings) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571279746-4NTLG8YUMC5FCPKGXBWB/PB290010-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Head and mesosoma (viewed laterally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571311041-IIGEX9U1FVGFE00IIQYZ/PB290046.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Body size Overall length ~10mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571291689-AYA6IJ6NF13DZU6H73LT/PB290035.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Wing size Forewing length ~7mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701390845118-2ACFMKPMT30EX7ZPFM6S/PB290031+copy.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Venation (left, removed, flattened, viewed dorsally) Forewing vein 2m-cu is received distally to 2r-m (which contrasts with the arrangement in Diamminae … see this iNaturalist sighting for illustration in Diamma bicolor male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571333264-NME49WJ7YP3L1M8T7MBR/PB290063-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Head (frontal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701572075761-C05V4P7K799ADAPXLRYM/PB290077-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Antennal segments Flagellum with 11 segments (‘flagellomeres’) = male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571348560-0AACG77H2I4RDDLXYUII/PB290083-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Ocelli & vertex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571440101-GV9R2AG0C9FOFRDUGJDU/PC020057-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Head (viewed anterodorsally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571355703-2X2G0UF7Z0T011VXE94F/PB290086-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Head (viewed dorsally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701572657016-AZVH87T8ELBNDLEW0N0U/PB290121-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Propodeum (left wings removed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701572954847-XRJMU76T2WU6426IFV8F/PB290125-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Mesosoma (viewed laterally, left wings removed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571400787-HQCQQP0FO4QY7XIP8DZJ/PC010001-2-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Metasoma (viewed ventrolaterally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701571413773-0RBJ65ZDRSMJMI9I0Z6L/PC020001-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2311A - Mid and hind leg bases (viewed ventrally) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701573969138-30SNW75Y76OTV7JDQ0P6/thynnine+example+1.jpg Thynninae: 2311A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701574065326-0Y0U1NNNAJ7KGFVSXMT6/thynnine+example+2.jpg Thynninae: 2311A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1701574158677-I7K9LOGP7DL4T7TRP88U/thynnine+example+3.jpg Thynninae: 2311A https://southernforestlife.net/thynninae-2304a daily 0.75 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845816561-AWZCRSBPEVOI2EVORX4R/P2050053-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - entire metasoma The coupling apparatus is located at the very end of the body. In many species, including this one, the hypopygium has an apical spine that extends beyond the tip of the metasoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845816561-AWZCRSBPEVOI2EVORX4R/P2050053-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - entire metasoma The coupling apparatus is located at the very end of the body. In many species, including this one, the hypopygium has an apical spine that extends beyond the tip of the metasoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845818458-CI87JJ1VZ7E9EBWLKS93/P2050079-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - terminal segments of metasoma Up close, parts of T7 and S8 are visible. Note that S6 and S7 are less apparent, especially when viewed laterally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845798785-COAI8LI5HZIAA4KKTEFG/P2050035-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2304A - hypopygium in situ The shape of the hypopygium is apparent when viewed ventrally, at least the apical part. Note that the basal section is concealed beneath the more anterior sternites (S7, S6, S5). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845902203-1KF410FLE1KU3FG7S8SD/P2070002.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - removal of S6 With S6 removed, the shape and extent of S7 is apparent. Note the close fit between the apical rim of S7 and S8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845910808-XYN8PGEJ3ANNIUYMQXEL/P2070001-2.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845949078-E5ZYKGK4ESQXUKBKC1XV/P2070001-3-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - S7+S8 removed and flipped The two terminal sternites (S7 & S8) are closely adherent and lifted off as a single unit. This revealed the genitalia (phallus), cradled by T7. Note that I have also removed T6 at this stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845954530-BPPY4436X1PBKLDTIY3M/P2070001-4+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - S8 separated from S7 Despite their close attachment, S7 and S8 are distinct sclerites. The basal part of S8, normally concealed, is quite extensive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708845978243-ZW8UDTB4RRK9I5N44115/P2070001-5.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - Genitalia (phallus) removed from T7 With just a little persuasion, the phallus was lifted out of the cup formed by T7. The basal part of the phallus bears evidence of its former connection to the genital cavity wall, but the more apical elements are ‘free’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846318096-9Y588LSEYX3JFHWXEI52/P2070035-2-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - entire phallus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846146352-I3HZKC4A81L1MLYJV7ZR/P2070048-2-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2304A - entire phallus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846155356-R8QW0LSBPH8VRKGNXPYL/P2070012-6-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2304A - entire phallus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846243487-CH38JL4NTVB4WYDJJCTD/P2070081-Edit+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - entire phallus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846641453-93ZHV0KJ84BYUZOB92OW/P2120025-2-Edit+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - basal ring Strongly sclerotized (thick & hard), the basal ring is elaborated internally. These projections are sites of muscle attachment. The internal structures of the body cavity connect with those of the phallus via the central hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846653068-S5BRHXPLEK8DT1CAEC0S/P2120007-2-Edit+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - basiparameres The dorsal suture between the left and right basiparameres is a useful feature in genus-level identification. Note that the ‘right-hand’ volsella and paramere have been removed, along with the aedeagus and basal ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846669940-EGTCBW88PR1XJA89RL5D/P2120001-2-Edit+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - basiparameres The right and left sides are also fused ventrally, but to a lesser extent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846540463-HSQCWQONC4ADNT4F88F7/P2110014-2-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - volsellae The shape is highly complex and normally concealed by the parameres. Here the isolated volsella shows its lateral face, while the partner shows the shape as seen medially. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846897452-KONZW663BPOFH3VMGJEH/P2120005-3-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - volsella & paramere Another medial view of the volsella, this time with the basiparamere removed. Note that the hairs on the paramere have been damaged during the cleaning process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708925978250-W2IKQ28Y2JS6K4FJKL7Z/P2120014-2-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - paramere With the volsella removed, the hollow nature of the paramere is revealed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708925978245-7KT35GQC6U64NFNPXYBU/P2120021-3-Edit.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - paramere The shape of the paramere is useful for genus-level ID, including the shape of the apex and the extent of the suture between the paramere and basiparamere. The outer face of the paramere, as seen here, is typically visible during coupling … although it’s still tricky in a field photo, unless the insects are large and the image sharp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846696067-45FZJ965T5JOT7Y8VQZX/P2100162-Edit-2+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - aedeagus A single sclerite, but a complex and partially delicate one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846716856-WJZ4XKELTH84H2C1GWMN/P2100176-Edit+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - aedeagus Basal projections are sites of muscle attachment. The apical filament present in this species is not found in all Thynninae. As to its exact function, I’m unsure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708846729428-L9O7941BLSPEM27LPMHP/P2100136-Edit+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - aedeagus In this species the central shaft of the aedeagus bears a long, ventral slit. This is likely to vary between taxa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708989170829-F7AC2OUKVU0GXB2ICJB7/P2100001-Edit+copy.jpeg Thynninae: 2304A - T7 (epipygium) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708989222455-QBXIVK7UNDM5O690ONQD/P2090019-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2304A - S8 (hypopygium) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1708989205994-LNEUSAX9RL9PJXE3TIYO/P2090001-Edit.jpg Thynninae: 2304A - S8 (hypopygium) https://southernforestlife.net/thynninae-coupling daily 0.75 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709185870805-RLLLCFDP3OCOX7L6M0KJ/P1150090-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 15th January, 2024 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709185870805-RLLLCFDP3OCOX7L6M0KJ/P1150090-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 15th January, 2024 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709178815827-TMC14EJ3MYC6UZ6NJ4AR/P1150063-2-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted. “The parameres are the main grasping organs and as such their apical margins are shaped to fit against the apex of the female metasoma.” (Brown, 2000. p. 213) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709179354767-KX0VNNZ014MMJF09UYCU/P1150073-2-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted. Several features in this image are likely to be helpful in genus ID: the shape of the parameres, including the longitudinal ridge; the transverse sculpting on the basiparameres; and the apical lip on S6 of the female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709185988977-5AUTZC5NWMAHNZ2EHRSZ/P1170139-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709338156347-ARFCEJ2OK5U1WOBUC7RU/P1170139-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709186083882-YL20CF200VDGG9L9VWDJ/P1210131-4-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 21st January, 2023 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709181275439-EWQ7169EAOJ76CXOKMDQ/P1210133-4-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted, and thoroughly exserted! The basiparameres are well clear of the genital cavity, perhaps in part due to the weight of the suspended female. Yet the coupling remains secure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709185291927-36K9LOLNBNPUVZEMKDYK/P2160200-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 16th February, 2023 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709185312085-F19K0AR2LQVJHMSDJJFP/P2160200-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted. The male looks very much like the male in Example 5. A close comparison of the genitalia … and I’m further convinced. The smooth, curved parameres and the narrow, ridged pygidium. Looks a match to me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709187637799-5BNDVG6USXWFD17SF3I8/P2220448-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 22nd February, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709188441367-AQHNX619G85UUIJRYJV4/P2220719-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Short, squat parameres and an indistinct pygidium. I have many sightings of lone males of this species, but few couples. I’m now keen to see if I can ID it … the shape of the terminalia should help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709187697581-RX48QEDDNQ0VGYFZ1U6J/P2220500-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The bite. It has been suggested that by biting at the terminal abdominal segments, she assists in the transfer of sperm (Ridsdill Smith, 1970). Or perhaps the firm grip on the basiparameres simply helps to support her in this compact, carrying position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709187692369-BA6PE9LVDQGR8U0EJI6D/P2220448-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The bite. Note the long mandibles of the female wrapped around the basiparameres of the male. The phallus is strongly exserted and the aedeagus is visible … suggesting the female may be pulling clear of the coupling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709452382343-AHJGW217UKCK3OLQVI11/P2220531-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling He was seeking to feed her by regurgitating drops of liquid onto the leaf, then walking forward to position her over it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709187707853-J2A66KOZMC39M85S0BCC/P2220552-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling But she didn’t seem interested, maintaining her manibular hold on his basiparameres. In defeat, he would back up and consume the drop himself. No waste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709451664895-N4RK6PVQRHWG4AKLYGS3/P2220727-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling I watched this pair for more than 10 minutes as they moved about in a small area, adopting different postures and affording me a good look at their coupling apparatus. Just seconds after this shot they separated. She dropped to the forest floor and quickly disappeared from view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709188728813-IBKHXGFJPY223HYEUPO5/P3240394-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 24th March, 2023 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709506190407-Z32UM8BJEKR5M210DI4R/P3240316-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709343576822-LVL9HK4DOUPU2V9KEBIH/P3240316-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The terminalia of the male enclose the end of the female’s abdomen. Given’s (1958) characterisation of Eirone states: “The male may be separated from other members of the rhagigasterine genera by the unspecialized hypopygium, which is apically broadly rounded and rarely projects beyond the epipygium.” (p. 321). That fits! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709343090474-SPWR7O24M09ZE8677JTQ/P3240453-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The epipygium is simple, evenly rounded apically, and lacking obvious ridges … consistent with Eirone (Brown, 2000). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709343850957-8PDO7H5D7XMSXVQF2HP1/P3240357-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Parameres short and wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709505709441-WYIM6FF70DWKTDY8G6MJ/P3240429-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Notably, the female remains in the ‘Step 1’ orientation. No twist! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709344162240-I96KHIHQLIUCCLMMJGGA/P4180127-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 18th April, 2023 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709345139046-Z7TVRVGVOO83CZVYJY5C/P4180118-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted. The apical edge of S6 in the female has a lip. This is a feature of some genera, “so that it can be … butted against by the apex of the basiparameres ventrally (when inverted)”. (Brown, 2000, p. 215). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709436254138-81TNV2SVA7DV3JF48DYD/P4180123-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus partially inverted. Actually, partially ‘reverted’, as this shot was taken after full inversion. As the pair clambered around the vegetation, the phallus twisted to accommodate the independent movement of the female. Note also the distinctive shape of the pygidium, with a Y-shaped carina. This is likely to be helpful for genus ID. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709436210826-JDKVWE427Q04MF6TO3ZV/P4180127-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted. The parameres securely grip the female terminalia, yet the male is still able to flex his body in the dorso-ventral axis – note that the epipygium is extended, bending the tip of his body ventrally, yet the parameres are angled dorsally. This is due to the ball and socket joint of the phallus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709346570100-G2EZMDFP1KPPA6VAUX8J/P8280066-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 28th August, 2022 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709347139414-SXI52KJ64C2L44VPPW4W/P8280066-2-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The bite. Phallus in natural orientation. He landed briefly landed on a leaf before flying off … all the while with her gripping his terminalia in her mouthparts. Both are covered in pollen, so perhaps they had been feeding at flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709347638093-6JEH4995EA8VUU78VA1I/PA250102-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 25th October, 2023 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709347591915-BU7P95WOLCIUMB1N22FC/PA250105-Enhanced-NR-2+copy+2.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus fully exserted, but still in natural orientation (‘Step 1’ of earlier diagrams). Note the relatively short parameres (cf. Example 1). Also note the projecting aedeagus and the open terminalia of the female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709349626192-IQJESOEYNG7MTN4KUVO0/PA250107-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Coupling involves the male arching his body ventrally, probing with his exserted phallus. At this stage the volsellae (not visible here) are probably at work, separating the female sclerites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709349735315-BTZ880LTS9AKGATB4AJI/PA250111-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling This image has me confused. The structure that I’ve labelled H certainly looks like the hypopygium … but if it is, it has been pushed into a more dorsal position. Puzzling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709349689104-QLHLB7DIZQFHL83G951L/PA250117-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The twist. The female is now mid-twist, causing the phallus to invert as she moves into the typical venter-to-venter arrangement of a coupled pair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709347218137-XLYCEFJ8IEWDRDC0XR34/PA250134-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Now securely coupled, he took flight just seconds later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709355696603-C4L4V18CI9W04EJ0HRPS/PB220341-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 22nd November, 2022 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709355719629-O9GDP8YPXIIB34T3VTBA/PB220016-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The bite. This is the archetypal thynnine position, with the female curled beneath the male, gripping the end of his body with her mandibles. In this species, the very large mandibles are well-suited to the task! Note that in this position, the phallus is fully inverted (‘Step 3’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709440522744-EBD6LNPAPMHSL8JMW12L/PB220184-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Broad pygidium, with lateral notches that accommodate the cuspids of the volsellae. This is a feature of Catocheilus, and these strong sclerites probably help hold and support the female in position. I also note that in Catocheilus, “the shape of the pygidium of the female is unique within the Australian Thynnini” (Brown 1998, p. 90). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709355736645-4D1X8WQY1M6SQ8BRZCMS/PB220341-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Distinctive parameres, with long, dense hairs on the inner surface of the narrow, apical arms. Brown observed that these hairs may serve a sensory function (rather than to increase grip), suggesting that in Catocheilus the pygidium (rather than the parameres) plays the dominant role in stabilising the coupling (Brown, 2000). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709355734747-BB223363K8TCQ98UPABR/PB220242-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The BP-P suture is not evident here … another feature consistent with the diagnosis of Catocheilus (Brown, 1998). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709356081299-5XQPWGJJAJ00JKOLNNP3/PB230012-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709356094325-T272QXA1M2YTXP6NKV0P/PB230012-3-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709356224056-MVA17ZCSQF2K6HFU0Z5O/PC130112-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 13th December, 2022 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709356235460-XJZKYKJ24N9SP6PSHK1I/PC130102-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted and therefore both wasps are able to cling to the same substrate. This is one of the orientations depicted in Step 3 of the schematic (Part 3). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709446777759-RHHX1UI25QWY3B91R5HY/PC130106-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Volsella visible, below and medial to the large paramere. Not only does the volsella serve to separate the female sclerites during the initial coupling, its shape is implicated in ensuring the association is between wasps of the same species (Brown, 2000). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709356749702-O4QTCWUTNP4ONCHSN4SA/PC130092-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 13th December, 2023 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709358262065-INYA3L049L9WTOP1CK8C/PC130103-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Phallus inverted and the epipygium extended. The smooth, basal half of the epipygium is normally concealed beneath T6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709358155590-H4KPFDBHA19JMDY3SX47/PC130063-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Large parameres and a distinctive epipygium. In conjunction with the elongate shape of the female metasoma, this should help with genus ID … when I get around to chasing it down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709357741305-9MMLX75EMASBHMKMSD1R/PC240046-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709358339003-WL50XPI4R5BOBK8UL1N4/PC240182-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709358820110-XC91HWUBSUCBBKG11F0V/PC240116-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709358840905-OIRFEY3UJQDB2M9Y58G5/PC240046-2-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709358861262-Q144JAVJX7S3H6HJWPWT/PC240182-Enhanced-NR-2+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709360016310-EIMUF17PU9768B4OQFT1/P1231032-Enhanced-NR.jpg Thynninae coupling 23rd January, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359960998-QRGWWLAEQQR346Q9JZT3/P1231093-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling Mid-twist. Volsella visible, medial to paramere, and a clear shot of the pygidium. Might this be the same species as Example 3? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359966687-KPWPTJILTT3U3CMCCZW6/P1231094-Enhanced-NR+copy+2.jpg Thynninae coupling Soon to disengage. Phallus now fully inverted as the female twists away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359972757-FI01HUTL7C67GX7DJC0U/P1231095-Enhanced-NR+copy+2.jpg Thynninae coupling Immediately after uncoupling, the phallus still inverted and fully exserted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709359975683-HZCOKRWNTB4PL4B3XR2A/P1231096-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Thynninae coupling The male rests for a few seconds before flying off. The phallus is still exserted, but has started to twist back (clockwise) into its natural orientation. https://southernforestlife.net/only-eyes-for-insects daily 0.75 2024-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857454960-7DUY24TACTXVRAJWI296/P2220200-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Australian Emerald dragonfly Hemicordulia australiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857454960-7DUY24TACTXVRAJWI296/P2220200-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Australian Emerald dragonfly Hemicordulia australiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709797030163-0KXBH2KSQR418B0WC1AQ/P1240133-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - male flower wasp Thynninae on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709797166479-926UXVULTHIQAKOJKY1Y/P1170751-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Splendid Ochre butterfly Trapezites symmomus on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709794949930-7ERLED3AHUHE0L1Z4P00/P1160249-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - particularly large march fly on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709796032994-MMJI0CASIMZQKVFX198S/P1170313-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Redeye cicada Psaltoda moerens on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709856881580-O8VFDMAQZ0HG58CIO63N/P2150216-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - banded bee fly tribe Villini on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709797819302-A0G0PRNXVTS4J2UDDFO7/P1210240-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Giant Green Slantface grasshopper Acrida conica on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709872456561-5GEY3YE45884210XU753/P3070281-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - leafhopper nymph Brunotartessus (?) on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709793965715-5GAHBIXEHCQ9VAXW1GYE/P1030008-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - female Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima aurata on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709793967494-YSIGC61UMFB2UL6D2Y9A/P1090010-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Red Squeaker cicada Haemopsalta on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709794043076-CV61KKET6W9GLFB2W2J7/P1100018-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - mating sawflies Lophyrotoma interrupta on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709794049679-EJVSAPUM71H1WK46PI18/P1100350-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Swamp Tigertail dragonfly Synthemis eustalacta on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709794067342-0D5EKL55X56C3TC0JZQ3/P1100393-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Imperial Hairstreak butterfly Jalmenus evagorus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709794924805-OCNRPAR01J6Z3YI1DBWW/P1100453-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Noble Bush Katydid Elephantodeta nobiliis … a new katydid species for the home list! on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709794926891-Q38FF9OQ5FAMWMAK6BD7/P1110308-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - male pedunculate ground beetle Carenum bonellii on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709795620070-5FSBN9WLBA9O5155D0L8/P1170523-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - bubbling bee Leioproctus … most likely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709883220644-VN20AYE91BMGTDN695GD/P1160283-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - robber fly Colepia rufiventris (?) on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709797824139-ULWASSD28LAIMQPDO5GR/P1210339-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - robber fly Orthogonis on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709796179590-U2QEXM6ISBZ279F1AWRS/P1170320-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - crane fly Ptilogyna gracilis … a new species for the home list! on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709796435126-0J96XAMTD9R18A2M15MK/P1170421-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709796764337-B8S0SF7KCVYZKNH02PY6/P2220243-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - female Elimus Elimus australis … hunting caterpillars on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709797149954-NWSL9P1P7S3RMT1403HF/P1170571-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - ichneumonid wasp Theronia maculosa on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709797161668-94A3SYLC1QUPJTMJA5YI/P1170895-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - crabronid wasp Sphodrotes on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709798592075-T9YDU56T1I8AK9040ZJ6/P1230610-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - a weird, new drone fly Deineches nudiventris … a new fly species for the home list! on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709798594331-HVY2Y48EVGFCTBR8NTVI/P1230678-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - paired flower wasps Thynninae … for the full story, see my latest blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709798598742-P2RQASD52Q8NX37HTPUG/P1240088-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Greeen-and-Gold Nomia bee Lipotriches australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709851183999-GROZTXPJM1L6FP39D9RJ/P1240112-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Eucalypt Leaf Beetle Paropsis maculata on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709851187424-KYLC53GK6YQH8DNZE8BH/P1240276-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - planthopper Tribe Hastini on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709851201282-H3HOOUQQAGFX2130KNYR/P1250033-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - blowfly Amenia on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709851786934-48AHBPV69B2VGE2D8VLS/P1280102-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - robber fly Ommatius … male on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709851937331-MYOUE6JB0SXKTV4Y9Q8U/P2030084-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - crambid moth Hednota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709851948436-QK2CQGIWTHF00R00SIVD/P2030090-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - a geebung specialist Liptriches incanescens … always present when Persoonia blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709852372114-B91EFA8SPFMBF96V74UA/P2030246-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - spider wasp on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709852531260-CQP464HMTU37U5A5YT06/P2030320.jpg Only eyes for insects - Green Grass-dart butterfly Ocybadistes walkeri on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709852541545-ZJ1GVHNGG330E2CEYMGV/P2030374-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - a rarely seen bee Hylaeus kelvini … a first for our home list, and one of just 3 sightings on iNaturalist! on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709852544533-ZGVY76CW92ZN3HVCBGUY/P2030406-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - crabronid wasp Pison on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709852986018-65G7YC59V2KH0SXYN3RA/P2030474-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Red-legged Litter Runner cockroach Platyzosterai similis on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709853018019-479NQVRLI04MJGC5R23U/P2080020-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Australian Emerald dragonflies Hemicordulia australiae see iNaturalist sighting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709856468531-SSFBBT4G9BCTI5CJ79R3/P2120091-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - mating flower wasps Thynninae … for the full story of flower wasp coupling, see my latest blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709856471694-9S90CS9U1AMXKHL12IQ0/P2120169-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Wandering Percher dragonfly Diplacodes bipunctata … the individual in the cover image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709856478359-77UWKZQX11P6VI0MAOWI/P2120213-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - dragonfly ... chomping on a wasp Diplacodes bipunctata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709856837633-KVWGO2WXJCOMSQIY8PD3/P2120269-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - hoverfly Sphaerophoria macrogaster on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709856854632-KXYO8K2M8GWQEV3IMXPD/P2150075-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Ringed Xenica butterfly Geitoneura acantha on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709856892412-I1E8H5XQ19FY5G2YFHOO/P2220104.jpg Only eyes for insects - Varied Sword-grass Brown butterfly Tisiphone aboena on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864249756-RWR7VPSSXM6AS09ECL4Z/P2220119.jpg Only eyes for insects - Varied Sword-grass Brown butterfly Tisiphone aboena on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857450370-S49XEEXQVHT1BBI6XW44/P2220165.jpg Only eyes for insects - Australian Emerald dragonfly Hemicordulia australiae on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857755022-3XH1Y9RMK2VHMXIU4JJI/P2220336.jpg Only eyes for insects - tiny trig cricket Trigonidium on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709883377927-XXFEI57W6O235KB7FZJ2/P2220758-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - robber fly Ommatius … female on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857767716-95V0ZRIFY3WUP9GO5VG6/P2250174.jpg Only eyes for insects - Spotted Brown butterfly Heteronympha paradelpha on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857778167-N8KQATF4V7TYMA2Q74V3/P2290284-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - braconid wasp Vipiellus on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857780080-4HOQCKVHT7EDP58GPJP3/P3060092.jpg Only eyes for insects - Bright Copper butterfly Paralucia aurifer on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709857784822-REXV7KAIDK3SO6PN1RUP/P3060266-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - mating signal flies Duomyia on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709859494773-W50PWHK5EC6RS2GZE2VD/P3060401-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - giant scale insect Monophlebulus on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709859511379-6JPG7D9ZC58OBRO7ISJC/P3060513-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709859611415-40PZ8TIRT3G1VYCUAA93/PB020086-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - mating flower wasps Thynninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709859626404-O8DUZPJHJ6VUOEGNIPSE/PB020204-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Green-and-Gold Nomia bee Lipotriches australica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709859677075-2L99VEI6UIZC3KC5K125/PB090093-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Square-headed Masked Bee Hylaeus quadriceps … male, displaying on his favourite flower. on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709859683937-NR9JAW4JO5YLVOLGFSH7/PB090113-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - gasteruptiid wasp Gasteruption on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860515729-YK30LXPQGXZ7TH8G611O/PB100463.jpg Only eyes for insects - round-necked longhorn beetle Amphirhoe sloanei on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860540310-7RL9UOECZ521HCQZ1HZG/PB190072-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - belid weevil Rhinotia lineata on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860542765-TOOFJ8AJHHHX5OYMU1IF/PB190136-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - jewel beetle Castiarina rufipennis on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860521754-ZI4DCG5KG1OQ2Q2KROL8/PB150104-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - mating lauxaniid flies Sapromyza sciomyzina on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709860528842-FJKGTQWEO6W5XYIF40GE/PB150181-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - huge tachinid fly Rutilia on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861165362-ITBD2K24P2GV9UDVWEV5/PB221014-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - reed bee Exoneura on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861171930-V73LZUAY1BXVYMSHGBYL/PB221277-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - blue-banded bee Amegilla on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861211511-D9OFG8P99WOSMV85BD83/PB230285-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - spider wasp Pepsinae (?) on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709883580724-VE70Q22W9E0U6EXW8KEQ/PB230161-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - large robber fly Neoaratus hercules on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861615385-Q9HBD7OI99Y7M6MINB24/PB230311-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Common Brown butterfly Heteronympha merope on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709861622337-LUJPQD3D0O1ND0N4B3WM/PC140396-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - sand wasp Bembix on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709862293748-7R0RNJDFLHBKPG9NIZT2/original.jpg Only eyes for insects - tiny slender robberfly Leptogaster on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709862469702-ILHX3VY5HZYCUJ6APKK3/original-3.jpeg Only eyes for insects - tangleveined fly Trichophthalma bivitta on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709862595331-ZAZHU440QB4HX8N7375W/original-4.jpeg Only eyes for insects - mating leaf beetles Aporocera scabrosa on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709862878407-JZHUIKF9C8PCORGA25VV/original-5.jpeg Only eyes for insects - weevil wasp Cerceris antipodes on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709863035329-6J9E54P67P0MXKIYS0M6/original-6.jpeg Only eyes for insects - male velvet ant Odontomyrme on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709863174456-BD1V56VMDBLKZZ9NFYBP/original.jpeg Only eyes for insects - Spotted Wattle cicada Galanga labeculata on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709863299506-QC5388GFNZI94TGL5JGC/original-2.jpeg Only eyes for insects - large flower chafer Chondropyga gulosa on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709863468728-CZ53BC4A80CID3YQERTB/original-3.jpg Only eyes for insects - robber fly Thereutria amaraca on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709863620945-7ZEFBPBM9NI7H3OOFDG0/original-4.jpg Only eyes for insects - Wandering Ringtail damselfly Austrolestes leda on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709863731352-NCM49EUKCV140S9W2UX1/original-5.jpeg Only eyes for insects - checkered beetle Eleale pulchra on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709863865208-I7N4B5STYSS87UE9DNTI/original-7.jpeg Only eyes for insects - Common Flatwing damselfly Austroargiolestes icteromelas on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864014061-016OATPOKS6ADGJF6AXS/original-8.jpeg Only eyes for insects - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864343398-LDF34PA8PL6AJP0N2W0K/original-10.jpeg Only eyes for insects - bee fly Staurostiches on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864463683-KABRNPWMCODF92T7PGLR/original-11.jpeg Only eyes for insects - potter wasp Paralastor on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864593379-I60NXQBAM36BS0SSUAB5/original-12.jpeg Only eyes for insects - Lichen Moth Asura lydia on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864752098-DO30H83HASH75D1LH6WO/original-13.jpeg Only eyes for insects - Plaque Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus lugubris on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709864889214-Q85HVN6XW0P5L0H7VJAU/original-14.jpeg Only eyes for insects - Wingless Grasshopper Phaulacridium vittatum on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709865051286-WJ1IK1MEU1F4N4DPRJ0E/original-16.jpeg Only eyes for insects - Common Grass-Blue butterfly Zizina otis on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709865198882-Q0B9F4LUAC9GQSA3YU9D/original-17.jpeg Only eyes for insects - Barred Skipper butterfly Dispar compacta on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709872500716-U2U7T1ENS6877PY4P2JO/P3070257-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - tiny slender robber fly Leptogaster on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709872443126-KTITGZCGEKCA8QKU4XSI/P3070183-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - Common Meadow Katydid Conocephalus albescens on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709872467849-YA0RL684D20N3YVW1B42/P3070333-Enhanced-NR.jpg Only eyes for insects - paper wasps Polistes humilis on iNat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1709872474355-DLM8ABAAKDF2Y5WGUQ3J/P3070409.jpg Only eyes for insects - grasshopper Caledia captiva on iNat https://southernforestlife.net/meranoplus-patchy-8 daily 0.75 2024-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716614085780-U8E2NDZLHNBC23SJ85I9/P5210047-2-Edit+copy.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Shield extends well beyond sides of thorax and also extends as a shelf above the propodeum. There are sclerotised projections (yellow arrows) with thinner, translucent patches (stars) between them. The propodeum bears a pair of long spines which are just visible dorsally (dotted green arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716614085780-U8E2NDZLHNBC23SJ85I9/P5210047-2-Edit+copy.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Shield extends well beyond sides of thorax and also extends as a shelf above the propodeum. There are sclerotised projections (yellow arrows) with thinner, translucent patches (stars) between them. The propodeum bears a pair of long spines which are just visible dorsally (dotted green arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716614210656-XUMHS6TVNBI03XK3LEVL/P5210067-2-Edit+copy.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 The extent of the overhanging, partly translucent edges of the promesonotal shield (yellow arrows) are most evident when viewed laterally. (dotted green arrow = propodeal spine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716361878198-62DNU9BGDXUJHGVH96KG/Hederick+Fig+568.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 "Translucent fenestrae or flanges generally pesent on sides of promesonotal shield; fenestrae and/or flanges always present on posterior margin of promesonotal shield (e.g. Figure 568)" (Hederick 2009 p. 151). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716363706867-KHE38Z3VABF9X77WLDQ2/P5210067-2-Edit+copy.jpeg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Frontal carina (arrows) extends to vertex, even beyond the antennal scrobe (star). The eye is positioned toward rear of the head. "Frontal carinae long, extending to or near to vertex of head; ehes placed well behind mid-line" (Andersen 2006 p. 159) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716366102359-KGAC5D94DIR8PIU09LMC/P5220011+copy.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Petiole cuboidal in profile (not triangular) and without anteroventral tooth. Posterior face of postpetiole concave (not convex). see Andersen 2006 p 159 key steps 2 & 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716366452233-2K7ZYQJHEB57W2NWCW9J/P5210057-2-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Posterior face of petiole sculptured throughout and dull (not smooth & shiny). see Andersen 2006 p 159 key steps 2 & 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716367258540-41KLU8VSFV7MM7F5RHAK/P5210074-3-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Head width about 1.2mm "HW ≤ 1.2mm; in dorsal view ... head not extending beyond humeral angles" (Heterick 2009, p. 151) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716367261187-WXJEPPH6LO5ZIDS1G4GO/P5210079-3-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Overall length about 3.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716614023044-6VHXEHVQB8F178J6LL3K/P5210041-3-Edit+copy.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Clypeus not projecting beyond apices of frontal (antennal) lobes. It is concave and has an incurved margin. "Clypeus not projecting beyond apices of frontal lobes, with the dorsal face rounding into a transversely concave, laterally rounded anterior face that at most feebly projects beyond anterior clypeal margin" Andersen 2006 p 159 key step 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716369342498-BHTYB3CRBMQAP4IMO8RW/P5210064-3-Edit+copy.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Frontal (antennal) lobes broad (stars), largely hiding the eyes. "In full-face view, clypeus strongly incurved, weakly tapered anteriad, emarginate in appearance and extended only slightly beyond apces of the antennal lobes; antennal lobes broad, often hiding most of the eye" (Heterick 2009 p. 151) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716434376758-EEGCVNROWQHJHTEQAI5W/Screenshot+2024-05-23+at+10.16.32%E2%80%AFAM.png Meranoplus: Patchy 8 extract from Andersen 2006 (p. 163) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716424993110-O88BSRLB4DRQPIZFCN0D/P5230006-Edit+copy.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Promesonotal conspicuously sculptured, not with a 'generally smooth appearance'. Posterior margin of shield with "uniformly extensive translucent flanging". Without "prominent pair of medial projections" (see Anderson 2006 p. 163 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716614322787-BTY0DAAPV266Y55IRZBD/P5220011+copy+2.jpeg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 Petiole cuboidal, with a vertical anterior face and a relatively long dorsal face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716434442860-P4XMSW3U67N0WHT02RVB/Andersen+2006+Fig+5+page+160.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 extract from Andersen 2006 (p. 160) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716510886126-DYBBGY663KT8ZDMPKB3G/CASENT0902047_H.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902047 Meranoplus oceanicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716511415988-X9VBDRT0BAQPUAXTQU2H/CASENT0902047_P.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902047 Meranoplus oceanicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716511540855-1VHBA3YPRVTU69ZC6XU6/CASENT0902047_D.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902047 Meranoplus oceanicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716511856871-ID3KUGQSHMYTXM9G9NBJ/CASENT0922913_H.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected 1974, identified by Schödl from www.antweb.org Photographer: Wade Lee Specimen: CASENT0902047 Meranoplus oceanicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716512283524-Y3VA81H1NAX4GJSOXPNC/CASENT0922913_P.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected 1974, identified by Schödl from www.antweb.org Photographer: Wade Lee Specimen: CASENT0902047 Meranoplus oceanicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716512339968-5EVBGMW54VUWHUC5MN1N/CASENT0922913_D.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected 1974, identified by Schödl from www.antweb.org Photographer: Wade Lee Specimen: CASENT0902047 Meranoplus oceanicus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716514260471-SC2TTR0SPP41SQJ73ZJ8/CASENT0902046_H.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902046 Meranoplus pubescens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716512699863-PRUUJ8IEKYRLX241ONF6/CASENT0902046_P.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902046 Meranoplus pubescens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716512919700-AQYB9BW4BWWLXHX17YKG/CASENT0902046_D.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902046 Meranoplus pubescens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716514577133-7IA9FPNPBY6JNS7B6L7V/JDM32-003330_H.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected 1987, identified by Heterick from www.antweb.org Photographer: Brian Heterick Specimen: JDM32-003330 Meranoplus ferrugineus jdm267 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716513204364-OQAYSIIF8HZK9OA9K6T8/JDM32-003330_P.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected 1987, identified by Heterick from www.antweb.org Photographer: Brian Heterick Specimen: JDM32-003330 Meranoplus ferrugineus jdm267 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716513439213-YLK6FU67339AK17J7IG3/JDM32-003330_D.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected 1987, identified by Heterick from www.antweb.org Photographer: Brian Heterick Specimen: JDM32-003330 Meranoplus ferrugineus jdm267 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716514133080-ECKX0O1V5FPPI9Y85941/CASENT0902049_H.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902049 Meranoplus ferrugineus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716513642626-IAS2HH4T5EPQUA0NVKR7/CASENT0902049_P.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902049 Meranoplus ferrugineus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716513649388-QP0MH2MCOIJCBMMC6THS/CASENT0902049_D.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902049 Meranoplus ferrugineus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716537397854-OFW89AHFV9JIW5FZ2X0Z/CASENT0902050_H.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902050 Meranoplus fenestratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716537585343-QD56FRRBX5XRYS44RMQF/CASENT0902050_P.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902050 Meranoplus fenestratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716537692563-XF7AMYH15U4UO4MIQ4UC/CASENT0902050_D.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - holotype from www.antweb.org Photographer: Ryan Perry Specimen: CASENT0902050 Meranoplus fenestratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716538246884-FIB4NFEOEO6UBF7AI5D9/ANTWEB1008668_H.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected WA, identified by Heterick from www.antweb.org Photographer: Lucinda Gibson Specimen: ANTWEB1008668 Meranoplus fenestratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716538454926-0YC7JFMGVLFVQWF3UMC0/ANTWEB1008668_P.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected WA, identified by Heterick from www.antweb.org Photographer: Lucinda Gibson Specimen: ANTWEB1008668 Meranoplus fenestratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716538459507-XKSCSQ40KWHXIJYMA88Y/ANTWEB1008668_D.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - collected WA, indentified by Heterick from www.antweb.org Photographer: Lucinda Gibson Specimen: ANTWEB1008668 Meranoplus fenestratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716613071548-AXP3BU8QTTUAWEG0JYLO/P5250060-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - Patchy 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716613086055-YPGNKUVDGC7U3OER3ODX/P5250068-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - Patchy 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716613754905-68OJ33T7GXEWREC5RS2B/P5250095-Edit.jpeg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - Patchy 8 the direction of incident light (arrows) influences the appearance of the sculpturing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716613794816-1FC0MT7U9DBAKBA31LGJ/P5250081-Edit.jpeg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - Patchy 8 the direction of incident light (arrows) influences the appearance of the sculpturing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716614370744-Y0MKC5EHZQJXI4MTERBT/P5250012-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - Patchy 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716618205480-ND8RLBQ4P06E1X1OBXHI/P5250028-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - Patchy 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716618383356-IH2Q396IPG4U005A6YN8/P5250043-Edit.jpg Meranoplus: Patchy 8 - Patchy 8 https://southernforestlife.net/patchewollock-april-2024 daily 0.75 2024-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716879273938-FCZV6T2V4E8BV7B5CKBA/P4090001-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 This Australian endemic is common and well known in most parts of Australia. Indeed, it is quite famous for the ability of colonies to rapidly dispose of large animal carcasses. Hence the common name 'meat ant'. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716879273938-FCZV6T2V4E8BV7B5CKBA/P4090001-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 This Australian endemic is common and well known in most parts of Australia. Indeed, it is quite famous for the ability of colonies to rapidly dispose of large animal carcasses. Hence the common name 'meat ant'. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716881102301-SBN83JY9WSAU82DRJ1SC/P4090105-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Meat ants, despite their name, are actually omnivores. Adults favour sugary liquids, such as those secreted by caterpillars and bugs. But they are also voracious collectors of protein to feed their young. Other invertebrates – dead or alive – are fair game. Was this mouse spider dead before the ants discovered it? Perhaps. Perhaps not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716881511759-9XK1QF2RZC0U1WR8RLQQ/P4090969-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Meat ants are notoriously aggressive toward other, day-active ant species. The Titan Pony Ant here didn't stand a chance. Although they don't sting, these ants can give a painful bite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716878745546-RWAZTZNYCFKB08OLBKRE/P4090005-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 No obvious mounds, just very circular holes. And rather a lot of them! In many locations, meat ants build huge mounds. But not always. A colony of this species in a similar environment (Morgan, SA) had nest mounds that were low or entirely absent, with just a sparse cover of gravel and twigs (ref. 1). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716883005503-BRO8G5ZQ77LNI0G3JFZC/Screenshot+2024-05-28+at+5.55.00%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 This species favours open, warm, sites with some nearby trees and vegetation. And the mallee country, including the driveway into the house block, is obviously perfect for them. Meat ants can form huge colonies. A single colony may have numerous nests, each with multiple entrances, and linked by very obvious trails (ref. 1). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1716883128018-NDYGTVU96D3L3ONR10OW/Screenshot+2024-05-28+at+5.57.31%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Meat ant trails! These very obvious tracks linked nests and probably also led to favourite foraging areas, such as nearby shrubs and trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717028917333-SEQXQMLKX38VEFVJF3NC/P4090148-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 These tough-bodied little ants with the metallic sheen are a common sight across most of Australia. But unlike the meat ants, their colonies are often quite small. Indeed, we didn't see many individuals out and about. Also unlike meat ants, they can sting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717029319295-0L06XN8UQSR3COCN1R7O/Rhytidoponera+metallica+nest.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 We found their nest on a little used track with a covering of dry vegetation. The low mound of excavated soil was less obvious than the collection of beetle carcasses surrounding it. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717314634247-3F4S3FO628Z042A4L2VG/P4090014-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 The literature on this species is extensive, their biology intriguing. Workers can mate and become reproductive, so colonies don't follow the typical 'single queen plus working daughters' model. And as colonies grow, the older workers tend to specialise in foraging while their younger nestmates stay home to care for the brood (ref. 2). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717029115641-BA0VZAL3EF0ZUY5E26UE/P4090016-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 The nest opening was slightly obscured by grasses. Indeed, the reason we didn't see many active ants may be because they prefer to forage among vegetation. There they suffer less direct competition from their dominant neighbours, the meat ants (ref. 3). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717379076162-HIT039KJH7ZEBAOOO60N/P4090049-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 These are large, long-legged ants. Despite their rather fierce appearance, they were not at all aggressive toward me. I actually had to tease them out of their nest opening for a photo ... this one I enticed onto a stick. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717379099075-9KK24IUGCS0AJMSC4K1Y/P4090042-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 A relative of the Green-head Ant, and like their relatives they have a sting. And wrinkled-looking skin ... 'rhytid' is a medical term for wrinkles ... making this genus quite recognisable in the field (ref. 4). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717398265623-UF13FAIC91NIUQJGZA6U/R.+mayri.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 This species does build an obvious mound. The opening was a ragged tear in the soil, the galleries visible just below the surface. This is consistent with descriptions of newly-established colonies. Mature nests extend around a metre below ground (ref. 5), so the galleries are less obvious. Mature colonies may contain hundreds of workers (ref. 5) ... but not the thousands of meat ant colonies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717379111170-7HCBMZB7ES2QCW5LKBPU/P4090021-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Just inside the nest opening, several workers were carrying larvae from one part of the nest to another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717545205522-C4EJT03Y0BFSN1GBJU9S/P4090074-2-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Rarely present in large numbers, these slow-moving ants are small and remarkably cryptic. When disturbed they 'play dead', curling into a ball with their antennae tucked away into grooves on their head. Soil caught in the hairs of their body provides further camouflage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717545234862-R3R78804JR54V02CWSD6/P4090063-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 I'm sure I would have overlooked these little ants if Louise hadn't pointed them out to me. Their unusual appearance and behaviour had caught her attention some time ago, and she was curious to know more about them. I was totally unfamiliar with them. Indeed, they tend to be uncommon in forests of the cool temperate zone (ref. 7). We have certainly never seen them in our home patch of SE NSW. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717545218220-R9PSQU5OEVV0ILATBRMU/P4090082-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 The broad plate covering much of the thorax lends the group their common name of 'shield ants'. It typically overhangs laterally and posteriorly, with various spines and translucent plates, depending upon the particular species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717545222970-LZ78F9KQMI0UTZ5TPFTX/P4090070-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Meranoplus nest underground in small colonies of around 150 workers. A colony usually has a single queen, but some small colonies may be queenless ... probably satellite nests arising from a 'queenright' colony, which may be many metres away (ref. 6) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717545236933-PG9BEFTYRKQ1PXOVGQ24/P4090065-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Most shield ants are generalist omnivores, foraging on the ground and opportunistically taking seeds (ref. 7). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717573040960-LJRFK2KJTH8EER9NDLTH/P4090069-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 This posture, with abdomen raised vertically, is typical of the species. Despite appearances, they don't sting ... but they can bite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717573044713-WML0U9KLARZ8CPKBQ083/P4090064-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 This subspecies is common in arid and semi-arid woodlands across southern Australia (ref. 4). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717635710355-XEAJB1AP1GC17S921JSS/Camponotus+cinereus+nest+1.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Some Camponotus species nest in wood ... hence one of their common names, 'Carpenter Ants' ... but this colony was definitely excavating soil. The diggings forming the mound was evidence of a lot of past work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717573050677-BAHHY9NYJ7AZGXNGGQFM/P4090062-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Excavations ongoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717573054793-OHHXVJOIDFNM3ABXVA12/P4090054-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717637256066-POJALHMSFWHQHDL721JM/P4090061-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 The volcano-like appearance is certainly reminiscent of a funnel-ant nest. But there was just this one mound. And the opening was relatively small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717637272070-KWJ5KPN3TJXSY1MRF76M/P4090062-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717637280690-N3880AS0WZ3Y64YZEPH1/P4090062-3-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Might this be the home owner (a species of Camponotus I believe)? see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717637263841-YYIFQ68VVVKBJG7IDFQU/P4090059-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 These small, shiny black ants were purposefull moving in and out of the nest. So either they are indeed the rightful homeowners, or they are moving in. Another puzzle I didn't have time to solve. Perhaps an accurate species ID will help. Later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717649967734-W59YII43CQUFYZUVQN5F/Aphaenogaster+nests+1.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 These distinctive, funnel-shaped nests are instantly identifiable as the work of Aphaenogaster ants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717649976159-FOGBHCGOTOZ25U60N117/Aphaenogaster+nests+2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 They are large mounds, with very wide, round openings. Here my shoes provide scale (and I don't have small feet!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717649984656-I7WVZQN4NUT7DM07HAH2/Aphaenogaster+nests+4.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Wandering insects that climb the outer wall are likely to fall directly into the opening ... and become food for colony. I'm not sure why one of these was closed. Perhaps an landslide caused by a passing large animal (not me!). Or maybe the ants sometimes close the burrow from within. A bit of a mystery, for now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717649980695-8SW69ZNNUKEH1XBBBZS5/Aphaenogaster+nests+3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 This species is typically found in habitats with at least some trees and shrubs, such as Callitris and mulga (Acacia) woodlands, and mallee (ref. 8). That fits with where I saw these ants, along a trail through quite dense bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717660032069-A200OSPXGLDHWREJHNSV/Aphaenogaster+nests+5.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Many mounds ... but not an ant in sight! Apparently this is quite typical for Aphaenogaster (ref. 8). Colonies may be quite large, yet workers are seldom seen above ground ... and even those that venture out do not go far from home. These ants don't need to forage. They tend aphids feeding on plant roots and/or they just wait for food to fall tumble in through the funnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717660527693-B4OR464JT5O4A9B72A1O/P6060001-Edit.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Late in the day I came across a large funnel with several workers active at the surface. I collected one for identification. Australia has eight species of these 'funnel ants'. Aphaenogaster barbigula is found in semi-arid parts of eastern Australia ... including north-western Victoria (ref. 8). The arrangement of hairs beneath the head is a clue to the species identity. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717721354783-94N98GBDMIC3SVEA7VDC/P4080069.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Notoncus are described as general predators, foraging on the ground. These little ants seem a good match, both in behaviour and general appearance. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717719722928-0Z9XLGKAEW1UUUMQ4RSL/P4080041.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Ants of this genus are commonly called Sugar Ants or Carpenter Ants ... however, the taxon is so large and diverse, these references to their food preferences and nesting habits don't necessarily apply. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717722637122-ENNV5FK8X0T48DS8P8OE/P4080071.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 These ants were clearly nesting below ground, rather than inside a piece of wood, so not carpenters at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717719292351-15TX132GP76VGDBPWL51/P4090056-3.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Tiny (<3mm long) and quite slow moving as they carted grains of sand from their nest opening to the small, surrounding mound. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717723055517-JQAHYELHOK9TQBE9TWT4/P4091049-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 Just one of these sighted. see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717730863811-32L0F2MZ2T9SD2MIQH7G/P4080545-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - bandwing grasshopper see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717732486767-NP72S4HADEZW86KXTVHU/P4090157-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Crested Tooth-Grinder see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717730891367-JGC539REMGM3QS3Q4X24/P4090047-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - bandwing grasshopper see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717730823405-TMM5PDEJ45KGMEHCW14B/P4080058.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - field cricket see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717735763351-1BLTV5M174LHG64OT0US/original.jpeg Patchewollock April 2024 - Australian Plague Locust see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717730908307-IVARD6U9VS1T98SRTR49/P4090136.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Wingless Grasshopper see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717730921991-74KEWSSS5WJFN8JBVNY6/P4090139-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Common Pyrgomorph see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717727817411-9CGA3KIY9DGK16SZ9JIR/P4080010.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - darkling beetle see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717727976969-QDZJFG965N870MKPVWA3/P4080083.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - ground beetle see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717728291345-CV7GCPA6IXWC7H5BYGYR/P4090170-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - weevil see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717728349547-XWZ221OBBGNKRFU98BJN/P4090958-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - soldier beetle possibly C. tricolor see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717743942982-8WSFW1L2KRXJRO1UAA29/P4080043-3-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - robber fly (with prey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717743974871-WNAS6OVULGKVZUTJD8Q3/P4090297-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - robber fly (with prey) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717743981987-PEQVG80NEGI7M8V9XMTQ/P4091017-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - robber fly see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717744394225-0HM0V8A1XQYGMM93ID8R/P4090852-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717744394223-3XTWQ8QHKTU803BJPX50/P4090873-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717744396441-SCWMDD5JTPCA7G0HPIRV/P4090881-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717744397767-6RK0OV1BINCNRNX4RNR2/P4090890-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717744398970-XG3DTSHMP4GBTPR4O9DG/P4090908.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717746735847-8F25Y1OJXHFGSMCG2H3V/P4080016.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - badge huntsman see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717746736339-WCV4OHEEAU1F6Q6GKSUK/P4080018.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - badge huntsman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747283410-USTXATYWEOEJ6X7XF7X1/P4080038.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - wolf spider (burrow with lid) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747283621-SF1AEARPLMQUUVOGPTK4/P4080043.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Variable Wolf Spider see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747303407-TJ47W9E1LYO848H2697V/P4080089.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - wolf spider see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747308315-4VCA0M9GB2CP74N7LOH3/P4080092.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - wolf spider see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747315150-ID2EAX7ZG2QJ0NPJF6NR/P4080100.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Grey Wolf Spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747987570-JJTHNFKQQFQHNK3Y8ZRO/P4080100.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Grey Wolf Spider see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747328900-0OXPCDBBFDTIZG1TLX3I/P4090113-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Red-headed Mouse Spider (remains) see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747335194-VSIQ77ME6PG28M4OSR2K/P4090353-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - wandering ghost spider see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717747337793-LMXB1J5FHHH16AYPSALI/P4090353-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - wandering ghost spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717807159788-OJ51LJT9A86WGI511N5S/P4090098-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717807122454-JKUGHB4TQOJK9SLUMOXJ/P4090115-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717807132789-HJPOY9NGOX42V1BS2E77/P4090110-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 she was producing a startlingly blue ootheca! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717807146331-JDV8DEEGP5Q5LWIASQG8/P4090104-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717807471925-3892JO2Y96FMJXO91Y5R/P4090090-2.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 These green egg cases are a common site in the area. Perhaps they are blue when first produced, or maybe they are from a different mantid species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717811056257-UL1D4AGBYAXM4SRETDOG/P4090261-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 see iNaturalist record female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717811509167-ETAECMTNPGFBA9XY4NOZ/P4090212-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717809533906-1R460AS583KU51TWR85O/P4090220-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717809545605-JYCEDEKWGLLU3U94S8DT/P4090231-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717809556839-MNPRJSZBFNHMNWOY9IHR/P4090237-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717809569718-8NPIGTFVGRL2WMKBJCZN/P4090251-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 male & female ... almost in copula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717812294812-M5J2DNAHM1KER2LDDZKB/P4090254-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 male, immediately after the female fled the scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717814104775-Y5QBO72SEN5IZH931R23/P4090309.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - spider wasp see iNaturalist record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820923631-FSOJFOY5XGD7817EROI6/P4100064-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Pink Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820927528-HU9D4EH9EG53KML3P25U/P4100050-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Pink Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820940980-79EHRDDQX56YX4V4HX9V/P4100046-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Pink Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821133761-86ABONBS5UAP4KOC2ZRG/P4080102-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Pink Cockatoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820951033-ZHMD4634HHJLSZ6UX5NI/P4090772-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Mulga Parrots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821031610-HVHRSQLJTK4M541VU25I/P4080321-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Mulga Parrot adult male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820976642-UO00LTIP1AN7WVALUQ9V/P4090577-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Eastern Bluebonnet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820978347-03DCUAYGFHA1FUIIO263/P4090609-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Eastern Bluebonnet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821202545-4XKIFETH7AZOOJENQ76O/P4100130-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Mallee Ringneck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717830200800-5EU02SO2Z0S9HMK4V0U9/P4080358-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Yellow-throated Miner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821149550-7A5DHOY76OEU572JHOQ8/P4080263-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Singing Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821019746-HD7IGVR0JP8TUTZ4J433/P4080334-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Singing Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821160973-8XUY87OD4FU1O0KFUPSZ/P4080349-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821057324-7DRLFJJTGNCY8807PMAF/P4090813-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - White-eared Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821188357-ER19G4TEB6C90798YOHL/P4090648-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Western Yellow Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820989133-A1JGEEQ6R6YR8V1Y8KDZ/P4090334-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Chestnut-rumped Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717831281622-WWPPYVRASZQVWMWEKO95/original-2.jpeg Patchewollock April 2024 - Yellow-rumped Thornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820958648-KG3P133NSLDYLYP81FQJ/P4090672-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Grey Shrikethrush (immature) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717820996058-YDZV9YWMPX49TA0104CD/P4080426-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Grey Currawong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1717821048724-PEEF6AUXA6H4NV4DHW30/P4090710-Enhanced-NR.jpg Patchewollock April 2024 - Grey Currawong https://southernforestlife.net/pemphredoninae-2406a daily 0.75 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718346036680-3TLP2N2IWG6VAJ36S1Q4/P6080041-Enhanced-NR.jpg Pemphredoninae Found inside house, at window, 8/6/24. Collected ... specimen ID 2406A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718346036680-3TLP2N2IWG6VAJ36S1Q4/P6080041-Enhanced-NR.jpg Pemphredoninae Found inside house, at window, 8/6/24. Collected ... specimen ID 2406A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718346059758-DDKWW7YTGXVOTECJOQKA/P6080045-Enhanced-NR.jpg Pemphredoninae Perhaps it came in with sticks we collected for firewood. After taking these few shots, I euthanized & preserved her (dry) for detailed examination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718346095334-OEII2RZSPO13NEISUVZN/P6080049.jpg Pemphredoninae Less than 5mm long, and with a cuboidal head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718349210217-7K5J7AWPZ2PJ40ZNXAEA/P6130022-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae overall head+body length ~ 4.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718349279962-GNF401RFY7C74PJIJA7C/P6090115-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae head rectangular in dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718349398642-HK31154KX1G5QU2A5JIR/P6090065-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae clypeus very short https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718349326120-CO2YMHHHHXZZ89FQ9SYQ/P6090086-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae eyes widely separated and near parallel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718405410029-2FZXHMYM6TI34BWTOAOR/P6090101-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae forewing with 2 submarginal cells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718351625724-GM6O7U97ZQ8JVJ6IWXWI/P6130001+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718408970514-2KQUDC2N3KJQA8KB7M3H/P6140095-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae gaster sessile (dorsal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718408982593-I3X7DHNI08WLRIA8F1C2/P6130052-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae gaster sessile (lateral view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718409494762-ELB235A37RWWOK5VLH7D/P6090094-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae eyes slightly convergent above; paraocular sulcus not evident along inner margins of eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718409476872-9CSDOT45I8WSXBQV555Q/P6090086-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae eyes broadly separated, slightly convergent above; paraocular sulcus not evident along inner margins of eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718410507301-T8G7EZ5ML20GQ4HXV8X6/P6140059-Edit+copy.jpg Pemphredoninae - pitted paraocular sulcus (arrows) along outer edge of eye - palpi short https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718423125535-ZJF0NMM95WZ975D5NEGQ/P6140120-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - obvious frontal carina (solid, green arrows) extending onto clypeus and raised in the interantennal space - well-developed scapal basin (dashed, pink arrows) - palpi short https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718410574999-KJ7076BQ7B746GIKAXTB/P6140047-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae obvious frontal carina (arrows) extending onto clypeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718410960259-2ID6WZXCOT3H6W84VHCS/P6090086-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - frontal carina extends dorsally (arrows) to mid ocellus - clypeus dark (not 'densely silver') https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718425144441-NIOLVZUBEGFCLOZXUV9K/P6140075-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae occipital carina present, and complete ventrally (arrows) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718425926858-4J4A1W6MPLDNSAQ9E9VG/P6130004-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - hindwing media diverging before cu-a - cu-a angled and appendiculate (for nomenclature, see Fig. 5, Bohart & Menke 1976) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718426985553-ITBRPOMUA1TQEPV49C6J/P6130016-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - forewing stigma large (i.e. 2-3x long as high) & completely covered by setae (i.e. micropore field not differentiated) - forewing marginal cell also large - single recurrent vein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718510779570-3FTDWJUZM8ZGFRYVTHU9/P6130016-Edit+copy+2.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 1 SCII of forewing is trapezoidal, not triangular 1. "Second submarginal cell trapezoidal or cubical, or if triangular, not distinctly stalked" –> 2 [excludes: A. queenslandensis] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718511165314-X4T8X02DUVA8HJ2O97DQ/P6090058-Edit+copy.jpg Pemphredoninae - key step 2 Head and mesosoma not strongly flattened; pronotum not elongated. 2. "Head globular to elongate, not at all flattened; pronotum transverse, not elongated and mesosoma not markedly compressed dorsoventrally" –> 4 [excludes: A. similus; A. platycephalus] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718512367154-TIBN4MWZ4S7ZB8I89X3K/P6080041-Enhanced-NR.jpg Pemphredoninae - key step 4 Head and body entirely black/dark brown, including the clypeus and mesosoma (except the pronotal lobe), not marked with yellow, red-orange or cream. The antennae, mandibles, legs, tegula and pronotal lobe are orange-light brown. 4. "Body entirely black or dark brown, except occasionally tegula and/or pronotal lobe lighter" –> 15 [excludes: A. ruficollis; A. kakaduensis; A. tricolor; A. flavifrons; A. hursti; A. magneticus; A. arator; A. sulcatus; A. deserticolus; A. steindachneri; A. kohlii] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718513465796-C2BRT6UMJFG7NZA7LDJP/P6140068-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 15 Mandible curved and gradually narrowing toward bidentate apex, not "strongly angulate at base and broadened just before apex". 15. "Mandible ... curved at base and gradually narrowing toward apex" –> 16 [excludes: A. mimi] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718514517379-BG2GP5Q9DUO5UBJANVOU/P6150021-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 16 Occipital carina ends dorsolaterally (dotted arrows), so is not complete dorsally. 16. "Occipital carina incomplete, evanescent or interrupted dorsally" –> 18 [excludes: A. reticulatus; A. termes] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718514520263-VJZHIPE3DXQGTCHB9JYN/P6150040-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 16 ... another view As this feature is a bit difficult to see, I include this second image from a slightly different angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718522951192-C70B0BYBRTWTXC31ND8Q/P6140089-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 18 Mesoscutum with fine, punctate sculpture ... perhaps best closely matching Eady's (1968) illustration of 'punctate' microsculpture (Fig. 4. p.66). NOT with distinct, transverse carinulae. 18. "Mesoscutum mostly finely punctate; gena not strongly strigose" –> 19 [excludes: A. transversus] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718522953772-4FZQ18HGPQCQCPANXX7U/P6140059-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 18 Genae evenly, finely coriaceous (see Eady 1968, Fig. 8, p. 67), not strongly strigose (see Eady 1968, Fig. 22, p. 67). 18. "Mesoscutum mostly finely punctate; gena not strongly strigose"–> 19 [excludes: A. transversus] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718525387397-YOGWAACTIEBPIG6V9MTG/P6140120-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 19 Frontal carina evident between antennae, and does appear slightly translucent along the edge ... however, I doubt this meets the definition of a "translucent lamella". 19. "Frontal carina low, barely raised between antennal scrobes" –> 20 [excludes: A. dubius] *see also comments below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718525390016-BWTCMRW5UW9AXX7OQZSZ/P6090065-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 19 Frontal carina not prominent in the interantennal region. 19. "Frontal carina low, barely raised between antennal scrobes"–> 20 [excludes: A. dubius] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718527093769-36ERKOAUL1ONO19V06MI/P6150064-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 20 Genal carina definitely present! Also, pronotal carina discrete. 20. "Pronotal carina not especially raised, the anterolateral margin smoothly rounded, not at all projecting (with reference to a dorsal view); genal carina present" –> A. deakinus [excludes: A. glabrellus; A. approximatus] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718527091015-FYZ8455S4AF2JK1Q8FSP/P6090071-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - key step 20 Pronotal carina low, not strongly raised, and without an angulate anterolateral margin. 20. "Pronotal carina not especially raised, the anterolateral margin smoothly rounded, not at all projecting (with reference to a dorsal view); genal carina present"–> A. deakinus [excludes: A. glabrellus; A. approximatus] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718595196660-SLK8F958UAGDY1EF21HK/head+shape+comparison.jpg Pemphredoninae - head shape "Head: globular, without long post-ocellar area" 2406A (lower image) does appear to have wider genae and a slightly longer post-ocellar area. Otherwise it is very similar. Note that A. deakinus in Figure 12 (Matthews & Naumann 2002, p. 107) has the mandibles extended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718605302500-VUCEHGK997WGJCJF95KF/P6090125-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - head measurements "OD = maximum diameter of lateral ocellus = 3; OOL = minimum distance between lateral ocellus and compound eye = 5; POL = minimum distance between lateral ocelli = 4; VOL = longitudinal distance between lateral ocelli and back of head (as seen in vertical view) = 15; UFW = distance between compound eyes measured at level of anterior ocellus = 19" The measurements are relative, not in absolute units. If I take the OD of 2406A as 3, then: OOL = 5.3 POL = 2.3 VOL = 9 (or VOL dotted line = 15) UFW = 18.5 So in comparison, 2406A has less distance between the lateral ocelli. Depending upon how the authors measured the VOL, 2406A has either the same VOL (dashed dimension) or a significantly shorter VOL (solid line). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718596175037-ZTGPF45PP30L815L5CHT/P6130022-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae - body length "length of body (excluding antennae) = 4.6mm" I estimate 2406A at around 4.5mm. The curved posture makes a more accurate measurement a bit tricky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718596464933-I1557Q3RT8XDL8LG0G3K/P6150002-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae - forewing length "length of forewing (apex to tegula) = 3.5mm" Intact, the wing of 2406A would be 3.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718610357582-2CREFQS0U3OZM8GULLXB/P6140059-Edit+copy+2.jpeg Pemphredoninae - extent of genal carina "Genal carina present, but fading ventrally before reaching mandibular sockets." Arrow indicates ventral limit of genal carina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718611584460-A7NXLPKGFJCEJLFICIB2/P6130016-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - forewing venation "M beyond 2r-m absent". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718611146666-9RYPD2DQL9KOSWRT86G6/P6160006-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - sculpturing of propodeum "Propodeum uniformly areolate rugose (Fig. 14); posterior face transversely strigose costulate with a small central dorsal smooth area bounded by a Y-shaped carina whose base extends to metasomal insertion." I can just make out a fine, Y-shaped carina (arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718612225859-NSBBFXZSQPQ7OP9DU5Z8/P6130033-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - texture of metasoma "Terga 1 and 2 smooth, shining, with widely scattered setigerous punctures. T2-5 uniformly faintly microreticulate."T6 apically truncate with dense brush of short setae (Fig. 16)." Note that this image was taken quite early on, while the specimen was in good condition. In some later images traces of wax (from mounting) obscure the shine on T1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718612731161-77N7A9JMZ0VZVI6JR5JX/P6140014-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - shape and texture of T6 "Terga 1 and 2 smooth, shining, with widely scattered setigerous punctures. T2-5 uniformly faintly microreticulate."T6 apically truncate with dense brush of short setae (Fig. 16)." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1718613174317-Y7D7F6II7AAQHFCS8RR2/P6140100-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - colour "Head, mesosoma, and metasoma black, non-metallic. Antenna, mouthparts, tegula, legs (except coxae) orange/red. Coxae black basally, suffused with red/orange distally." All in agreement, with the exception of the coxae which in 2406A are essentially entirely orange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771465065321-HSP0G6H3NUAR3ZORGNDT/P6130001+copy.jpg Pemphredoninae - 2 submarginal cells is typical Nearly all Pemphredoninae have 2 submarginal cells and an enlarged stigma. The shape of the submarginal cells varies considerably between species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771568879405-1S1Y908C0RXR5VP4BCUI/P6150051-Edit.jpg Pemphredoninae - occipital carina A distinct occipital carina is a feature of most crabronids (solid, straight arrows). The extent may vary, sometimes useful in distinguishing species within a genus. In Arpactophilus it is present, at least ventrally. [Note that in this particular species, there is an additional, strong genal carina – dotted, curved arrows] Spilomenina is unusual in completely lacking an occipital carina. The rear of the head looks remarkably smooth and rounded (see examples below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771469709045-LJ1360Z7XHMVGB1QKSLI/P6090086-Edit+copy.jpeg Pemphredoninae - frontal carina The median ridge (arrows) running to the mid ocellus is typical of Arpactophilus. In Spilomena, it is very short, barely reaching half way to the ocellus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771569354606-T3HJ8ET3YOKEPKB0VJ5D/2406A+scapal+basin.jpeg Pemphredoninae - scapal basin Deep depressions above the antennal sockets (arrows) are characteristic of several Pemphredoninae, including Arpactophilus. In contrast, there is only the barest indication of such ‘scapal basins’ in Spilomena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771468811699-U4JTVP06S038WNF3854O/P6140059-Edit+copy.jpg Pemphredoninae - paraocular sulcus Many Pemphredoninae have a groove alongside the eye (arrows). Often it is along the inner and/or upper margin of the eye, while In others (such as here) the groove completely encircles the eye. It may also be pitted (foveate’), as here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771560321269-MKCUNZK1G99BMFSUKL4R/G+Cocks+iNat+28895056.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Psenulus (tribe Psenini) Unlike most of the Pemphredoninae, Psenulus has 3 submarginal cells. Note too the distinctly petiolated metasoma. Image courtesy of: Graeme Cocks https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/28895056 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771567155894-227J9SE2B4241969WG5U/Kai+Squires+iNat+203404918.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Psenulus Note the distinctly petiolate gaster. The distinctive colour pattern makes this northern (e.g. QLD) species readily recognisable. Image courtesy of: Kai Squires https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/203404918 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771566933042-OXFGXQZU5HDKXGQL9LBW/Reiner+Richter+iNat+15750028.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Psenulus There are just two described Australian species in this genus. This is the less common of the two. Image courtesy of: Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/15750028 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771565418886-UC5NXKHOQYG66BRJX082/glyall+iNat332558352.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Paracrabro The combination of distinctly petiolate metasoma, carinate pronotum, and the shape of the vertex (produced behind the ocelli) all point to Paracrabro … but it it those massive, multi-toothed mandibles that are arguably the most convincing. Image courtesy of ‘glyall’ https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/332558352 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771639288736-IL0FK1TOP9CFPICGTVL8/Fricker+iNat+104798102.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Allostigmus Note the relatively long petiole and the sharply declivitous vertex. Image courtesy of: Stephen Fricker https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104798102 (This is the image used as a cover photo for this page) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771564136117-3BQCQE81SMVJRRHUZAY4/YuJun+inat+320578838.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Allostigmus This is ticks all the boxes for Allostigmus, including the relatively long petiole. Image courtesy of Yu Jun https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/319903235 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771564776798-STECO5JT60I1LI209DY6/Nigel+Main+iNat+107011141.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Arpactophilus Note the sessile metasoma, and the frontal carina reaching mid ocellus. Image courtesy of: Nigel Main https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107011141 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771563437276-JO24SZZV2I748N2FFVW5/Matt+Tudor+inat302997912.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Arpactophilus Note the sessile metasoma, presence of an occipital carine, and frontal carina reaching mid ocellus. Image courtesy of: Matt Tudor https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/302997912 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771555228746-ZVJDS1YPRTNX6VXWKSS4/G+Cocks+via+ALA.jpg Pemphredoninae - Spilomena Note the sessile metasoma & absence of an occipital carina. Image courtesy of: Graeme Cocks https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/28917588 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771562604849-VMI3AELDANPDIG328D66/YuJun+inat+320578838.jpeg Pemphredoninae - Spilomena The absence of an occipital carina, and the short frontal carina helps to distinguish this genus from Arpactophilus. Image courtesy of: Yu Jun https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/320578838 https://southernforestlife.net/megalyridae daily 0.75 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723793521764-LSVZMTVJKK124C0F5WHC/P8140079-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723793521764-LSVZMTVJKK124C0F5WHC/P8140079-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723796128367-KXO20S3FPSDD9PZ9CIPS/P8140047-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723796143240-K9YT3FPCGI7LRE2PXYIE/P8140026-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723793453892-ZAPFJ3QCQJN8KDF8U8QZ/P8140024-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723793489157-TF4A9E6AP6WLCCL0DPVV/P8140009-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723793502472-AVUWM5HRWYJDBLREF513/P8140055-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723793531825-VX4U9URINEHOQRTA4OAA/P8140017-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723884046427-KQG9YO8CR4C9VL2D51X5/antennal+segments.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - 14 antennal segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723881833544-4573SC6ZGWZTTF99V9C5/P8170044-Edit+copy.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - sub-antennal groove present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723939420795-QTRKZ1BV24AVFJ3M37TJ/pronotum.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - pronotum: absent dorsally, extensive laterally; surrounding the exposed anterior spiracle; prepectus absent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723938292929-X8W3C5G4AJOFJN42IPES/axillae.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - axillae large, narrowly separated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723940804039-NUDN8OL2M46HJLF5S49F/forewing+stigma.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - forewing: stigma absent; costal cell present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723941041639-701QC6PECW4YA2N1BR1A/hindwing.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - hind wing venation reduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1723941399183-3WN39V6LSF4ZOPX12SKW/cerci.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - cerci digitiform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724137946758-4D2R74VXGIDX9VDKFGX8/P8190008-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724138115037-3D5SR6P8NLMK832XWHFF/P8200001-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724138110403-8XAVGI46JHQ9F3EJ050C/P8200008-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724138337772-H4JJX2F2YWWLXPSCRGWM/2406C+forewing.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B forewing (removed, and under coverslip) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724138342217-A96YML4WLIJRC3WBRF41/2408B+forewing.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B forewing (removed, and under coverslip) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724228748507-RITHJ4ISE1MUBEWFEWB2/2406C+body+length.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - body length 3.9mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724229206594-L7L9701QS0NKXXUHYHVD/2406C+body+colour.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - body colour body black legs orange-brown, with: coxae black; femora infused black antennae black, with: pedicel, F1 & F2 orange-brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724229400105-9V0ILGDNXK4SKXAD1SBO/2406C+forewing+colour.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - wing colour hyaline basally; very light infumation in irregular blotches elsewhere. No discrete, dark medial band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724230576930-TDJI1C3FWHQ4SQXZ34N8/2406C+sparse+setae.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - sparse setae no dense patches of setae longest setae are on the coxae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724231370649-TP0HLENS4MEUDY78S1F4/2406C+head+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - head shape strongly transverse: width/length = 1.62 note that I assume the eyes are considered part of the head, and that therefore the maximum width (in this species) is quite anterior on the vertex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724232102270-3OSPKOOI0LVNKZOX1H7W/2406C+POL%3AOOL.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - ocellar arrangement POL/OOL = 1.45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724283737153-5CKV9L64A9PAKGBG6C37/2406C+genae+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - head shape: genae Genae: much shorter than compound eye (in dorsal view); not bulging, narrower than head width across eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724274863157-MDQ9ESH8QIXGOZOQNZ69/2406C+scutum+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - mesoscutum shape wide: length/width = 0.68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724285107831-MVJCGJZAYF2NS43L5J06/2406C+antennomere+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - basal flagellomeres: shape length/width: F1 (yellow) = 6.1; F2 (pink) = 6.7 width measured at "approximate midpoint of segment", as per Shaw (1990) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724285131172-KZ3LXVEMYLKJVDW4KAKW/2406C+F1L%3AF2L.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - basal flagellomeres: relative lengths F1 (yellow)/F2 (pink) = 1.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724276978953-YDP2XGVA48O8WQZF3GVF/2406C+forewing+venation.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - forewing venation M+Cu1 & Cu1 spectral; 1mu & Rs apex absent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724279750963-PRPAUFK1M2ISBY0C8GBY/2406C+hindwing+Rs.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - hindwing venation Rs: basal 1/3 tubular/sclerotised; apical 2/3 infumate-spectral, tapering out before reaching wing margin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724280797645-BCH8ICX0L1JEUA7L2AA1/2406C+hamuli.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - hindwing hamuli 1 long, 2 short https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724281299180-ABZX7A58LEYBN4PTRST5/2406C+antennal+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - antennal shape slightly wider apically than basally Note: antenna removed and imaged under coverslip to ensure planar view. Note too that the width of F1 is just slightly greater than F2 at the midpoint, but narrower at the extreme base. It is unclear exactly where Shaw (1990) took the measurements reported. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724291085505-0F3ZWCPGZ24P8K9LY85Z/2406C+frons.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - frons shape & occipital carina frons projecting above antennal sockets (pink arrow) occipital carina basally curving towards mandible (green arrows) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724285042144-3NAUFKVJ5RA6USATPX5P/2406C+frontal+transverse+carina+%26+mandibles.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - frontal carina; mandibles transverse carina present above antennal sockets, with pair of blunt projections either side of midline (stars) base of mandibles with transverse sulcus, flanked by series of longitudinal striae. Naumann (1987) notes this as feature in male, but not female, M. troglodytes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724285685644-60JS8AU7JK5VPL15M5N7/2406C+mandible.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - mandibles base of mandibles with transverse sulcus, flanked by series of longitudinal striae. Naumann (1987) notes this as feature in male, but not female, M. troglodytes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724292867876-4NQP97HPHCKIU2JQQGHB/2406C+ventral+head.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - mouthparts, head viewed ventrally base of mandibles with transverse sulcus, flanked by series of longitudinal striae. Naumann (1987) notes this as feature in male, but not female, M. troglodytes. subantennal groove bordered dorsally by a sharp carina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724293298094-PGNGSKWRJQTVNUCRD143/2406C+metasoma+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - metasoma shape shiny, sparse setae, pointed apically https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724380480534-J7LKARRZL7GSQTGUKFAP/2406C+dorsal+wings+removed.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - dorsal overview (all wings removed) I made the decision to remove the wings in order to fully view the propodeum and basal metasomal segments. This may have been a bit rash ... this may end up being quite a special (ie rarely-collected) male, and should be lodged with a museum. Anyway, done now. All four wings were mounted on glass slides (dry) and imaged under cover slips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724380532874-C8UA9XA1PF5I6EF036ZQ/2406C+propodeum+dorsal.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - propodeal sculpture and structures The heavily reticulate surface of the propodeum makes recognition of carinae and furrows a challenge. There is a median row of fovea (dashed arrow) ... would Shaw have called this a furrow, I wonder (?). The solid arrows indicate the location of putative lateral carinae. Again, I'm not confident that these would be considered carinae ... but see the dorso-lateral view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724380534323-I4FP8WEDM691OP5YKUYC/2406C+propodeum+dorso+lateral.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - propodeum, dorsolateral view The dashed arrow indicates the midline, and the medial row of fovea. It is not deeply impressed, so I assume this would not be considered a furrow. The solid arrows show a suggestion of lateral carinae ... most evident on the right side in this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724381126399-RCWP45616PZAFBBEUFS4/2406C+metasoma+dorso+lateral.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - T1-T3 microsculpture (dorsolateral view) T1: smooth and shiny, with very spares, tiny punctures T2 & T3: fine coriaceous ('shagreened') texture, with sparse, tiny punctures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724400826193-02J12PIW4LLFX5SLVRIZ/Megalyra+minuta+description+Froggatt+1906+extract.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724400869247-OI1JV82W2MBZ3TKC4ODK/megalyra-minuta-megalyrid-wasp-dorsal-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6828-251805-large.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - holotype (headless) Megalyra minuta, megalyrid wasp, dorsal view. Holotype. Registration no. T 6828. Photographer: Lucinda Gibson. Source: Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1009227 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724400869024-O7VRRUMQ2BFASGVKUIU8/megalyra-minuta-megalyrid-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-6828-251807-large.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - holotype (headless) Megalyra minuta, megalyrid wasp, lateral view. Holotype. Registration no. T 6828. Photographer: Lucinda Gibson. Source: Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1009227 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724400507041-QGN6JDNQMNYJ9BTSQ5UC/Megalyra+minuta+description+Shaw+1990+extract.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724402797834-84JTP1VAHHWPSYVFY2YV/Megalyra+minuta+key+steps+Shaw+1990+extract.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724544433007-XQUIPQ4ZSK8GS0B20RW5/P8190024-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724544355283-27NEA00KBW7QZ4883JC4/P8190057-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724546234065-AFL8KLGP7S40UMKJBTFR/2408B+head+dorsal+no+labels.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724544375990-JGRB9PJP7GWITOADMLXA/P8190076-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724544388673-7CW6UIFH3YMUKRVEZMZO/P8190084-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724544459567-F4D8V19G8UP8F0R1EXS2/P8190003-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724545355628-LHAEA2RB4DL5A8SA8UY1/2408B+megalyra+antennae.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724546147772-PNE5Q56UV5LVFB17AUT6/P8190076-Edit+copy+3.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724546134924-M24CD2X4DZ2KPV5QBWK1/P8190038+copy+3.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724546150337-O0ZT3GFXWH547WO79HY0/P8190044-Edit+copy.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724568896566-WOADMQUTUYVT2LYI1FE9/2408B+body+size.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - body length 5.7mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724570105776-C9OWTX12ZZDWZ0P0EC0K/2408B+body+colour.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - body colour body black legs orange-brown, with: coxae black; hind femur black in apical half antennae black, with: scape, pedicel, F1 & F2 orange-brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724570587947-WQJIID432G25L8S5ISWK/2408B+left+forewing+colour.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - wing colour slightly darkened medial band, indistinct posteriorly blotch apically, posterior to vein Rs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724570588261-3I84S5Y70OMW40G2F1HR/2408B+right+forewing+colour.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - wing colour slightly darkened, indistinct medial band, although patchy and not reaching posterior margin of wing blotch apically, posterior to vein Rs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724571783926-L4WOCVN0YZA03XLG2YOF/P8190084-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - setae of metasoma sparse, long setae on metasoma; arranged in rows, not patches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724571783926-JHL2LKTICWWZN9MNW2IF/P8190076-Edit.jpg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - long, silky setae most of body bears long, silvery setae, but nowhere forming dense patches that obscure the underlying cuticular structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724572127295-8E7DSCMIHNJE33DCHKR5/2408B+head+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - head shape near spherical: width/length = 1.29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724572134973-1OPVQXZT1EBD76T01016/2408B+POL+OOL.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - ocellar arrangement POL/OOL = 1.15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724573509232-KQSY1FG6NZRDTD82OBBS/2408B+genae.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - head shape: genae genae: relatively long, 3/4 length of compound eye (in dorsal view); head as wide across genae as across eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724575800571-RNK1SWHMB68DHGLLHVWV/2408B+mesoscutum+shape.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - mesoscutum shape near square: length/width = 0.87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724573499804-Y1DE3GAHJF8KJT9V9TKV/2408B+mesoscutum+corners.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - mesoscutum shape: corners anterolateral edge of mesoscutum curves posteriorly; corners small, not prominent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724628384536-21LB5MXCH7D3TBVM4GV3/2408B+flagellomere+dimensions.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - basal flagellomeres: shape length/width: F1 (yellow) = 6.1; F2 (pink) = 7.4 width measured at "approximate midpoint of segment", as per Shaw (1990) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724628386719-SP011YL53AUX0PPV7ONK/2408B+flagellomere+lengths.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - basal flagellomeres: relative lengths F1 (yellow)/F2 (pink)) = 0.87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724629268133-KEB93U6WY19MAC8EYSWH/2408B+forewing+venation.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - forewing venation M+ Cu1 & Rs infumate; Cu1 very lightly infumate - spectral; 1mcu absent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724629489623-ATHJ24ECH2ZW6HIO5I0H/2408B+hindwing+venation.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - hindwing: venation & hamuli Rs: basal 1/4 tubular/sclerotised; apical 3/4 strongly infumate, almost reaching wing margin hamuli: 1 long, 2 short https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724742744880-0X38JTFOL3GLW40JO3F8/2408B+frons+%26+occipital+carina.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - frons shape & occipital carina frons evenly rounded above antennal sockets (pink arrows) occipital carina basally curving towards mandible (green arrows) subantennal groove bordered dorsally by a sharp carina (yellow dashed arrows) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724742148321-FJCGRJELC2XH32UEYUXB/2408B+mouthparts+viewed+ventrally.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B base of mandibles with transverse sulcus, flanked by series of longitudinal striae. Naumann (1987) notes this as a feature in male, but not female, M. troglodytes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724743291672-P4U8ICKXNL6002S71DPM/2408B+metasoma+lateral.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - metasoma shape shiny, sparse setae, pointed apically https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1724743291450-4P4MLFK12ZZB8E575QKS/2408B+metasoma+dorsal.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - metasoma shape shiny, sparse setae, pointed apically https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1725232677848-QBGZNYYY3FXT62AS22GW/2408B+propodeum+dorsally.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - propodeum sculpture dorsal surface coarsely areolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1725232675822-V120FIZX46I9QBXWZCYD/2408B+base+of+metasoma+dorsally.jpeg Megalyridae: 2406C & 2408B - metasomal sculpture T1 smooth & shiny; T2 & T3 punctate basally, smooth apically https://southernforestlife.net/august-2024 daily 0.75 2024-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726100204767-CEDGBRW5D95EZSND5YXH/P8020053-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - a very early bee This male is the very first native bee we spotted this season. And he's particularly early this year. Tricholletes usually start to appear mid August. Trichocolletes venustus (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726100204767-CEDGBRW5D95EZSND5YXH/P8020053-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - a very early bee This male is the very first native bee we spotted this season. And he's particularly early this year. Tricholletes usually start to appear mid August. Trichocolletes venustus (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726101785643-J33O6XILQIDQFLELHX16/P8080015-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - first of many ... spring-flowering orchids. This year we anticipate a good orchid show. Last spring's offering was dismal due to a winter drought, but the signs this season are good. Caladenia catenata (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726109069895-TQPY3TQ212Q1VP0MVY1H/P8090038.jpg August 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726102344741-TVZ3DEMM8VUOYF4K4YA1/P8020010-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - mystery bee fly One of the earliest insect visitors to the Styphelia blooms ... and a type of bee fly I've never seen before. The species identity remains a mystery, as we need the wings to stop moving to be able to tell one species from the other. But even at the genus level it's a relatively special sighting. There are currently just 15 sightings on iNaturalist ... well, 16 now. Sisyromyia (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726109073586-6TMH0UPKF3BGBTLA6TSK/P8100054-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - dancing flies A cloud of long-legged insects, hovering in bobbing flight above a patch of flowering Styphelia bushes, proved to be a mating swarm of Dance Flies (tribe Empidini). This male landed briefly, still gripping his freshly killed prey. tribe Empidini (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726110031884-87K3A3QZ107ZGEDDPJ74/original-9.jpeg August 2024 - a nuptial gift Dance Flies kill for their mates. Literally. He gifts her with a freshly killed insect, in exchange for ... well, you know. Females in the subfamily Empidinae are apparently unable to hunt for themselves. If they need protein for egg production they are reliant upon such largesse (Marshall 2012). tribe Empidini (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726111451859-CUOBPZ3C6KCZ82H4PBE3/P8120084.jpg August 2024 - the butterflies are back too The very first butterfly sighting of the season. This Varied Dusky-Blue is a common, widespread species of heath and open forests in eastern Australia. Erina hyacinthina (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726111213306-NOO81NZHNNDM18MU8HET/P8120058-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - nectar specialists As caterpillars, Erina hyacinthina feeds on the parasitic vine Cassytha ... which we certainly have plenty of here in the forest. But as with virtually all butterflies, the adults simply take nectar from flowers. Erina hyacinthina (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726129346871-7980WKRZZ8KCEK63E3MK/P8150196-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - nesting supply depot Brown Thornbills (Acanthiza pusilla) have been a regular sight at our frog pond of late, stuffing their beaks with seed-bearing hairs from the ripening Cumbungi heads (Typha sp.). I guess the fluffy fibres make a lovely soft nest lining. It is a rather comical performance ... an avian equivalent of kids with fairy floss! Scroll to the bottom of the page for a short video of the action. Brown Thornbill (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726102866318-Q32V4BVWQ45X7RW5SH9L/P8240168.jpg August 2024 - August's signature flower The sudden profusion of these small, pinkish flowers is the hallmark of spring here in the forest. Styphelia ericoides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726102895763-KV7N4JGQQTVBP1WPJ3CQ/IMG_0521.jpg August 2024 - a scented garden On warm, sunny days the scent from Styphelia is quite glorious ... it smells like vanilla to me. The flowers precede the insect boom, by weeks. I always find that a surprise, but perhaps the earlist visitors are tiny midges and wasps that escape my attention. Styphelia ericoides (link to iNaturalist record of first flowering ... on 24th July!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726103714795-004NU1AFATPJQPODQKMY/P8110135.jpg August 2024 - an early march fly One of the first large flies to appear, they dwarf the tiny Styphelia flowers as they clamber about collecting nectar. Dasybasis (tbc) (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726103748075-MCHVVXNKE9ZYAWY4EYC3/P8240157.jpg August 2024 - hoverflies – the most popular dipterans The Syrphidae have been described as "the butterflies of the fly world" and "the most popular group of flies among insect photographers" (Marshall 2012). They certainly gain our attention, but perhaps no more so than their less colourful or less cooperative cousins. Melangyna sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726103755233-O36EPP79MLQCHFCFHBOZ/P8230115.jpg August 2024 - drone flies are hoverflies Nearly half the world's Syrphidae belong to the subfamily Eristalinae ... commonly called drone flies. Most have larvae that develop in decomposing vegetation, including in wet, rotting wood. And yes, this sluggish & colourful syrphid is certainly photogenic! Cyphipelta rufocyanea (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726103761604-GIBUEF84T6XHC4YZ8YTN/P8230044-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - reed bees suddenly appear I had been checking the Styphelia flowers almost daily all month, and not a single Exoneura in sight. Then in the space of a single day, they became the most numerous group of bees about. Various species in a range of sizes, many (like this very first one) quite small. Exoneura (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726107960678-6E7AII3R7CKWT8E5K5D9/P8230179-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - basking skinks Black Rock Skinks tend to live in family groups ... among rocks. This family has taken up residence in the trunk of a large fallen eucalypt, about a 1.5m above ground. Perfect eye height for me! Egernia saxatilis (link to iNaturalist record ... and a later sighting here) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726108001891-HFXQ5D8CSN30CWJE4PKK/P8240424-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - more reptilian eyes My first snake sighting of spring ... a large, shiny Red-bellied Black Snake. Wary, but also reluctant to move away. Both of us. Pseudechis porphyriacus (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726108005992-USOHHEXEQ77GVJ8UNYWL/P8240430.jpg August 2024 - Red-bellied Black Snake Identification of this species is child's play. Pseudechis porphyriacus (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726112378897-ZLPF3RIFJE1HC0ITHWMC/P8150105-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - purple peas Hardenbergia is out in all its glory. The first flowers opened in mid August, and now there are splashes of purple at ground level and adorning the many shrubs seconded by this scrambling climber. Hardenbergia violacea (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726114425214-1ZHQ11DCWUAXRQDD8Y47/P8220003.jpg August 2024 - peak wattle (?) The wattle regrowth here in the forest, post the 2020 bushfire, has certainly been prolific. But just like the dense stands of autumn-flowering Acacia terminalis, Acacia longifolia is already starting to thin out ... due in part to insect attack. In the meantime, it put on a brilliant early-spring show this year. Acacia longifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726115524551-9YD78PB034XMK8B0AQIP/P8240274.jpg August 2024 - insect attack The beautiful but deadly leaves of the sundew. The delicate pink flowers began to appear at the end of August. Drosera auriculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726115808453-RR507MH75AHLL9LLG4O6/P8240294-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - changing plumage Sporting the first signs of his breeding plumage, this male fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) was looking just a little bit tattered. Now, less than 3 weeks on, he and his fellow males are fully feathered, gorgeous ... and extremely vocal. Superb Fairywren (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726114688641-492YS57L0SF6DX9E2XWI/P8240250.jpg August 2024 - a special crabronid We discovered this little-known species nesting here a couple of years ago. Having studied them in detail, we are currently preparing a paper for a scientific journal ... as nothing has previously been published about their breeding biology. In the meantime we keep a close watch on their comings and goings. This appearance of a female, digging her burrow in the same patch of bare ground as in previous years, was therefore cause for celebration. By me, anyway. It is also added incentive to get on with that paper! Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726124155138-6H0H5RFBGGWBW3MAAXUQ/P8260147-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - another ground nester Just centimetres from the nesting crabronid, this small bee was exploring the soil ... probably seeking a nesting site of her own. Most bees in this family are ground-burrowing. Lasioglossum (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726124122360-TEKNCKJ8PTPQNLURS22A/P8240398.jpg August 2024 - a second round nectar bar Although the very first flowers of Leucopogon affinis opened in early August, their flowering is generally later than for Styphelia ericoides, peaking well into September. The bushes are just as showy, the flowers a little larger. And the nectar-feeding insects readily shift their foraging to the new nectar source. Leucopogon affinis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726124157155-36VCHFFENFV9FYR0UYNS/P8260012.jpg August 2024 - more yellow peas This is typically the first of our three Pultenaea species to flower –but not the first yellow pea to appear. Bossiaea cordifolia gets underway in July, Daviesia ulicifolia mid August. Pultenaea linophylla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726124170020-9V191WW6411HPG9SKZEU/P8270081.jpg August 2024 - Daviesia These tough, spine covered bushes tend to grow in the same part of the forest as do the grass trees (Xanthorrhoea). Soil type, perhaps, or just chance. This is one of the least common pea species on our home list. Daviesia ulicifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726124167443-5W9BHORL6WLHO0JMER0E/P8270011-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - pink peas Towards the end of August the first Austral Indigo buds opened. The many, spindly bushes reach their flowering peak around mid September. Indigofera australis (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726124661844-Q3CR2P75I5MX8HQ64F8Q/P8300848.jpg August 2024 - a pretty, twining climber These were the very first Love Creeper flowers to open ... and when I checked on them the following morning, they were gone. Flowers, buds, the lot. Pesky wallabies!! But no matter. More plants have since bloomed, adding their purple tones to the forest's increasingly colourful flowerscape. Comesperma volubile (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726129065230-INQ41TBIKBDX1995ZJSZ/P8260208-Enhanced-NR.jpg August 2024 - characteristic pose of a stiletto fly Mating swarms of these stiletto flies (Therevidae) superficially resemble those of dance flies (Empididae). Males circle and hover a metre or so above the ground, particularly when the sun shines and the wind is light. Their styles are distinctive, however. Most notably, Ectinorhynchus rely on arm waving rather than nuptial gift giving. Ectinorhyncus (link to iNaturalist record) https://southernforestlife.net/september-2024 daily 0.75 2024-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130905713-QZA62EEHK0IU0OPHBWJX/P9010206.jpg September 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130905713-QZA62EEHK0IU0OPHBWJX/P9010206.jpg September 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130910966-EGU4S8NKNIWI9NGYUNU0/P9010288.jpg September 2024 - a second spring orchid A small group of Maroonhoods herald the official start of spring, flowering in their usual spot. Pterostylis pedunculata (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130978431-JMV2JO4ERJIM41C0SYET/P9010408-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - another seasonal first Green-and-gold Nomia Bees are large, colourful ... and photogenic. This is the first I've seen this season, but I expect they will be a regular sight throughout spring and summer. They're ground-nesters, and I know at least one of their favoured nesting grounds. And they feed on a wide range of flowers. I know where to look for them! Lipotriches australica (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130954620-PU2CF0CRVO9XB0DIHV1B/P9010170-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - wasp-mimicking beetle These longhorn beetles are rather comical, with their dragon-like faces and gangly legs. They gather and feed at a range of flowers, including this Leucopogon bush. The host plants for Enchoptera larvae are unknown. Enchoptera apicalis (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130958836-7HBYIVU4OPTKSQBKUESP/P9010387.jpg September 2024 - amorous butterflies It begins with pursuit, then a furious fluttering of wings. The shape of the forewing marks the one on the right as the male. That, and his behaviour ... he is the obvious pursuer. Erina hyacinthina (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130988150-ZKCMIUM8893K66C0XYM3/P9060040-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - Exoneura One week into spring, officially, and Styphelia ericoides is already past its prime. Fruits are now forming in the wake of earlier blooms. Yet clusters of flowers and buds remain on some plants, and they continue to cater for their share of small bees. Exoneura sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130980644-V8NRMZD4CLX6CSSZ49N4/P9060005-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - kookaburra 1 : baby snake 0 From atop our bread oven this Kookaburra made a quick dive into the undergrowth and was soon back with its prize: a writhing baby Eastern Brown Snake. Juvenile snakes of this species are readily identified by their stripes and head markings. After bashing it a couple of times on the top of the oven, the winner flew off into a nearby eucalypt. Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern Brown Snake) (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726313860702-NKJ4TJTE5D03NKEDZPPT/P9080387.jpg September 2024 - Jacky's back! This young Jacky Dragon is the first we've seen since the January 2020 fire. Why this should be, we don't know. They were numerous and obvious before the fire. Anyway, it is nice to have them back. They'll just need to beware hunting Kookaburras! Amphibolurus muricatus (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131012350-PM2866KGYJQYQDG1V76Q/P9080208-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - those wasp mimics again Still hanging about the Leucopogon flowers. Still making me smile with their antics. Enchoptera apicalis (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726130993033-CQ5WBYSSX9ZW7IEKLDTI/P9060090.jpg September 2024 - persistent Kennedia The growth of this tough climber was rampant for a couple of years after the January 2020 fire. Kennedia flowers festooned the standing trunks of dead trees throughout the forest. It has since settled back to pre-fire level, and now just provides decorative touches of colour here and there. Big and red, they're favoured by birds rather than bees. Eastern Spinebills and Yellow-faced Honeyeaters love them! Kennedia rubicunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131021539-DNXF6NFP4ONO2WEDVY07/P9080240-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - the elusive male 'Blue Ant' Now this was a nice find! And the second sighting within two days (both times on this Leucopogon bush, so perhaps it was the same wasp each time). 'Blue Ants' ... Diamma bicolor ... are a type of flower wasp. The common name refers to the large, flightless females which are a brilliant blue ... and indeed quite commonly sighted. The males, however, are much smaller, winged ... and very rarely seen! This is only the second time I've photographed one, the previous being in October 2022. And it's not just here that they're a rare sighting. There are over 600 iNaturalist records of this species between Sept 2022 and now ... and only 21 of these are males (including my 2)! Diamma bicolor (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131031685-YKKRKIESZP98U7BMZFBZ/P9080269-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - another Exoneura ... but different! Last spring I spotted these bees for the first time and was puzzled. The apically flattened abdomen is characteristic of Exoneura ... but those huge, bulging eyes and the very hairy face!?! After a bit of research the puzzle was solved ... these features are characteristic of the males of some species within the subgenus Exoneura (Exoneura). And now, almost exactly 12 months later, they make another appearance. Exoneura robusta (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131040818-VVSV7QXV2A4DXA8FS5ZV/P9080283-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - mantid egg case We rarely spot mantid ('praying mantis') egg cases, which is a little surprising given that we frequently see the insects themselves. Mantids surround their eggs in a frothy material that hardens upon drying and forms the 'ootheca', the shape of which varies between species. Despite the protective ootheca, mantid eggs are often targetted by tiny parasitic wasps. I have decided to bring this one inside to see what eventually emerges ... mantids, wasps, or both! Orthodera (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131045206-8VCGPQ2A8P3H3O0CU71U/P9080288.jpg September 2024 - pink peas in profusion Approaching peak pink, when Austral Indigo adorns the shrub layer with sprays of delicate pea flowers. Indigofera australis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726224592830-V405LK6VD9YX72LZT6K5/P9080339-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - Australian Painted Lady A widespread and common species ... and yet another butterfly species taking full advantage of its long proboscis to probe the tubular Pimelea flowers. Vanessa kershawi (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726224562361-SMJ202HQ4LV7GE7WV0BL/P9080351-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - a tapestry of wing scales The lower surface of their wings are even more decorative than the upper. Vanessa kershawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131048020-XYQMLOWLI3GQ5QBL96NG/P9080298.jpg September 2024 - Lomandra flowers The tussock of green leaves is rather grass-like, but this is not a grass. Lomandra ('mat rushes') are hardy, adaptable, perennial ... and therefore well-suited to public spaces where they are widely used as both decoration and erosion control. This is one of five Lomandra species on our home list. Lomandra confertifolia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131090890-6EIBMO7B1QZBDQYL77M7/P9080373.jpg September 2024 - pink-bells Tetratheca grows well on our sandy, nutrient-poor soils. It is a plant of heath and sclerophyll forest in southern parts of Australia. Indeed, we are nearly at this species' northern limit for NSW! Tetratheca pilosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131095938-ZAS4HT76HNLZULDAJH5B/P9080376.jpg September 2024 - Wax-lip Orchid Another orchid makes its first appearance for the season. So far just a handful of blooms, but it really does look like we're in for a good orchid show this spring! Glossodia major (now Caladenia major) (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131080142-67HPGXW2CP39AKGKCNPY/P9080372.jpg September 2024 - lots of little pink orchids Small pink to white orchids of this type are common and widespread ... and rather difficult to confidently take to species level. This one does appear to be Caladenia carnea, but among the growing number of flowers appearing we may also have C. fuscata. The differences are subtle ... largely coming down to the intensity of the pink. Caladenia carnea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131108729-OVWSCHTAP5S7DOEW8448/P9080431-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - another Bush-pea The genus is reportedly under revision, so names and groupings may change. For now, this is the third of our Pultenaea species to flower this spring. Pultenaea retusa (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726140464368-Q45LMB43YVTK7Z7I4A2N/original-11.jpeg September 2024 - Yellow-spotted Blues Suddenly these small, brilliantly white butterflies appear in numbers ... and quickly set about finding mates. Just seconds after this shot the pair where securely coupled, end-to-end. Candalides xanthospilos (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131122719-NTC3U6GSVDFNQJ1GIN0J/P9080454.jpg September 2024 - blue lilies More flowers appear, this time in dense swathes on the steep slope leading down to the river. The species does well in sandy or granitic soils and full sun, and these lilies are widespread across eastern NSW and southern Australia. I'll be checking the flowers regularly for insect visitors ... several of our bee species are quite adept at clinging upside down to the dangling anthers! Stypandra glauca (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726272226708-QBI0MSV2UYM5BGHA5OQA/P8310096.jpg September 2024 - pollen feeding Hoverflies consume both pollen and nectar. The exposed anthers of Pimelea flowers are readily accessible to these short-tongued flies. Melangyna (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131141561-S1MLTXULXZUPV7WQERG4/P9090094-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - effective pollinators What makes an insect an effective pollinator? Quite simply, it must move between flowers of the same species ... and it must transport pollen. This tangleveined fly (Nemestrinidae) no doubt has the potential to be an excellent pollinator of Pimelea! The bright orange pollen grains cling to its hairy body, as it progressively works from flower to flower, plant to plant. However, unlike hoverflies, tangleveined flies are rarely numerous ... the hoverflies, bees and butterflies no doubt play a more significant role for our local Pimelea population. Trichophthalma laetilinea (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131149039-K3C20G1QY7DGMTRXTZRS/P9090046-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - an impressive probosics The very long mouthparts give this fly an advantage over hoverflies. Like the butterflies, and in stark contrast to hoverflies, Trichophthalma can reach the nectar which is held deep within the floral tube. Trichophthalma laetilinea (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131128990-KUUY59PDHGGHMWTEGBU8/P9090004.jpg September 2024 - a momentous flowering Of all the plants to begin flowering in the last month, this is certainly the most exciting for us! These attractive, tall shrubs with their drooping branches are not common in our region. Indeed, we are almost at their southern limit. The species is killed by fire and relies upon the post-burn release of seeds from its woody fruit to recolonise an area. We recorded the first seedlings three months post fire ... and on 31st August this year we celebrated the first flowering of some of those young shrubs! Hakea macraeana (link to iNaturalist record of first flowers opening) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131236553-7MO08VCSIRQQSQ8OSJIY/P9100008.jpg September 2024 - another floral spectacle On the rocky cliffside above the river, this orchid survives and thrives. Some years it flowers en masse, other years hardly at all. This year is a great year! Like our Hakea species, we are near the southern limit of distribution of this Rock Orchid. It persists in a few locations in far East Gippland, but "unscrupulous collectors" have pushed the plant to Critically Endangered status in Victoria (link to VicFlora site). Dendrobium speciosum var. speciosum (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131165170-7SL5TIREIPVCNEZEV8WC/P9090276-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - nectar-feeding male bee A species commonly found on pea flowers, this male Leioproctus was one of many bees swarming about and feeding on a single Daviesia bush. It was quite a spectacle, and included at least two species of Leioproctus plus Trichocolletes orientalis. Leioproctus platycephalus (link to iNaturalist record) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726131193972-NRYTL03NK9KXPL07KWRA/P9090182-Enhanced-NR.jpg September 2024 - pollen only Bright yellow Hibbertia flowers are currently putting on a show to rival that of the nearby yellow peas. However, they appeal to a narrower range of insects because Hibbertia flowers lack nectar. They attract only pollen-gatherers, and the plants' pollen is available to only some insects ... those that can free the grains from the tubular anthers. This small female bee had been doing just that ... gripping the anthers of Hibbertia calycina and giving them a good shake. Lasioglossum (link to iNaturalist record) https://southernforestlife.net/argogorytes-vs-austrogorytes daily 0.75 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726961209234-1A2SNV441Y5RCUFJID0H/Austrogorytes+pretiosus+male+face.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Austrogorytes pretiosus (male) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected by H. Butler in the "Avon Valley"; identified by R.M. Bohart (1999). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726961117002-5DBYUOJTQQKGZF1RAQF9/Austrogorytes+pretiosus+male+face.jpg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726961209234-1A2SNV441Y5RCUFJID0H/Austrogorytes+pretiosus+male+face.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Austrogorytes pretiosus (male) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected by H. Butler in the "Avon Valley"; identified by R.M. Bohart (1999). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726961209239-SRAGQ3APST0K3DZ7A7L3/Austrogorytes+pretiosus+male+lateral.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Austrogorytes pretiosus (male) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected by H. Butler in the "Avon Valley"; identified by R.M. Bohart (1999). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726962049934-LEEAGQW25DDE56LBFYS7/Argogorytes+female+face+anterodorsal+view.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Argogorytes ?rubrosignatus (female) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected Kerry Stuart, see related iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/235308189 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726962054813-YUHS22ANZ51ILHM6V7KR/Argogorytes+male+face+anterodorsal+view.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Argogorytes ?rubrosignatus (male) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected Kerry Stuart, see related iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/235308189 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726962165245-A8UZPX60DICVHFPJLLT6/Argogorytes+male+lateral.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Argogorytes ?rubrosignatus (male) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected Kerry Stuart, see related iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/235308189 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726962161335-6JQ3HGH0HMOWGDX0Y2MO/Argogorytes+male+dorsal.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Argogorytes ?rubrosignatus (male) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected Kerry Stuart, see related iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/235308189 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1726962049758-43FV5GWSZ2TNMABV3SOZ/Argogorytes+female+face.jpeg Argogorytes vs Austrogorytes - Argogorytes ?rubrosignatus (female) Imaged by Terry Houston; specimen collected Kerry Stuart, see related iNaturalist sighting https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/235308189 https://southernforestlife.net/physocephala daily 0.75 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729841285185-ZF1IXBF8M43U8JEFNZ15/PA240087+copy.jpeg Physocephala - refer Key to genera 1. Occiput NOT distinctly pale ventrally and dark dorsally; wing with dark brown areas (NOT completely hyaline); setae of mesonotum extremely short … go to 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729841285185-ZF1IXBF8M43U8JEFNZ15/PA240087+copy.jpeg Physocephala - refer Key to genera 1. Occiput NOT distinctly pale ventrally and dark dorsally; wing with dark brown areas (NOT completely hyaline); setae of mesonotum extremely short … go to 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729838068829-QDG7X886Y2AJZ8ZN34SA/PA240087+copy.jpg Physocephala - re Key to genera 1: Occiput not distinctly pale ventrally and dark dorsally; wing with dark brown areas (NOT completely hyaline); setae of mesoscutum extremely short ….. go to Step 12 12: cell r4+5 broad apically (NOT tapered apically); M meeting R4+5 at about 90 degrees (NOT at an acute angle) …. Physocephala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729841332326-CQ7YQZMTEV0QWZ983VKJ/PA240087+venation.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to genera 1. Occiput NOT distinctly pale ventrally and dark dorsally; wing with dark brown areas (NOT completely hyaline); setae of mesonotum extremely short … go to 12 12. Hind femur and tibia of irregular shape, bent along length; cell r4+5 broad apically (NOT tapered apically); M meeting R4+5 at about 90 degrees (NOT at an acute angle) … Physocephala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729839260978-5BXFCKFR2XJJ7IUHJVRE/PA240121+copy.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to genera 12. Hind femur and tibia of irregular shape, bent along length; cell r4+5 broad apically (NOT tapered apically); M meeting R4+5 at about 90 degrees (NOT at an acute angle) … Physocephala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729841872080-59OUNML2PJJVH7QP8PWV/PA230006+wing+cells.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 1. Wing brown anteriorly only (NOT extensively brown); discal cell never entirely brown; smaller species, length 6-13mm (NOT 15-16mm) … go to Step 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729842950125-H4I5LGZK6Z0TE3MW1BVT/PA240069-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 1. Wing brown anteriorly only (NOT extensively brown); discal cell never entirely brown; smaller species, length 6-13mm (NOT 15-16mm) … go to Step 2 [I estimate the body length at about 10.5mm … see image of ruler for my post hoc method] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729842097279-IT5ZOCLBVYQ6ZWYD6G1S/PA240001-3.jpg Physocephala - estimating size ... post hoc Foolishly, I forgot to measure the fly directly while I had her in the hand. Next best thing was to retrieve and measure the plant stem she was perched on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729844786341-86JPEVOQN7UVBVENXYJF/PA240169+frons.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 2. Frons and antennal foveae partially dark brown (NOT frons & face entirely yellow); wing with some dark brown areas posterior of R4+5 … go to Step 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729844789449-FFART1FI4QYVD4BBUIM4/PA230010+antennal+foveae.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 2. Frons and antennal foveae partially dark brown (NOT frons & face entirely yellow); wing with some dark brown areas posterior of R4+5 … go to Step 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729845078029-6N161KUFBGRL9LXCCPX3/PA240087+venation.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 2. Frons and antennal foveae partially dark brown (NOT frons & face entirely yellow); wing with some dark brown areas posterior of R4+5 … go to Step 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729845543960-UF66X6FQFY2RH15CJ86H/PA230009+antennal+fovea+%26+carina.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 3. Antennal foveae with only a small brown spot on each side of carina; hind femur dark brown on distal half, fore and mid femora yellowish brown (NOT all femora completely or partially dark brown); wing with dark brown of cell r2+3 not extednding posterior of petiole … nigrotestacea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729849929109-JOI0JVHOG1NQO6HHYQ21/PA240169+femora+colour+anterodorsal.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 3. Antennal foveae with only a small brown spot on each side of carina; hind femur dark brown on distal half, fore and mid femora yellowish brown (NOT all femora completely or partially dark brown); wing with dark brown of cell r2+3 not extending posterior of petiole … nigrotestacea [mid femora without dark markings] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729849932638-0K3YH4VGR98N33QD0XOR/PA240121+femora+colour+posterior.jpg Physocephala - refer Key to species 3. Antennal foveae with only a small brown spot on each side of carina; hind femur dark brown on distal half, fore and mid femora yellowish brown (NOT all femora completely or partially dark brown); wing with dark brown of cell r2+3 not extending posterior of petiole … nigrotestacea [mid femora without dark markings] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1729850692562-XYZDGTHVDW8Q8HK9FVSC/PA240087+petiole.jpg Physocephala 3. Antennal foveae with only a small brown spot on each side of carina; hind femur dark brown on distal half, fore and mid femora yellowish brown (NOT all femora completely or partially dark brown); wing with dark brown of cell r2+3 not extending posterior of petiole … nigrotestacea https://southernforestlife.net/larrini daily 0.75 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730936324350-E9RTTLGV2S534H097XLU/Tachysphex+ocelli.jpg Larrini - Tachysphex - ocelli and surrounding area Hind ocelli ovoid, without long tails. Note too the circular swelling between the mid and hind ocelli (dotted line), plus the mid ocellus NOT in a broad depression.…. both are features diagnostic for the tribe Gastrosericina https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/106967174 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730936324350-E9RTTLGV2S534H097XLU/Tachysphex+ocelli.jpg Larrini - Tachysphex - ocelli and surrounding area Hind ocelli ovoid, without long tails. Note too the circular swelling between the mid and hind ocelli (dotted line), plus the mid ocellus NOT in a broad depression.…. both are features diagnostic for the tribe Gastrosericina https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/106967174 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730931202151-IRFCF79HMP8F7QLTMUHU/Tachysphex+ocelli.jpg Larrini - Tachysphex – ocelli Hind ocelli oval, their long axes forming a wide angle (dotted lines) and without a long tail. Mid ocellus NOT in a deep, transverse depression. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/197284468 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730931290577-7E8O9XA93K45OJAADFE8/Tachytes+ocelli+anterior.jpg Larrini - Tachytes - ocelli & adjacent head shape Elongate hind ocellar scar, ‘golf-club shaped’, with tails nearly parallel. Note that the space between the mid-ocellus and the end of the tail is less than the length of the tail. Also note the circular swelling between the mid and hind ocelli (dotted line). This is a feature of the subtribe Gastrosericina. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/219086289 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730931798881-A6C1PDC23YZVCX0W0XLI/Tachytes+ocelli+dorsal.jpg Larrini - Tachytes - ocelli The characteristic, long-tailed hind ocellar scar. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/199091283 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730931804248-APSBGNR3BRBFW4WD7W7Q/Tachytes+ocelli+anterior+2.jpg Larrini - Tachytes - ocelli The angle and lighting in this image really highlight the shape of the hind ocellar scars. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/150637362 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730932506818-HS9FTGCBVYO4WSSGXU0L/Liris+frons.jpg Larrini - subfamily Larrina - ocellar depression & frons The deep, broad depression housing the mid ocellus distinguishes the subfamily Larrina, as does the transverse swelling below the mid ocellus (dotted line). https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/212562147 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730932510103-GX9LJ607N34K5D5PW9QQ/Liris+tarsomeres.jpg Larrini - Liris - hind tarsomeres As this is a female, the hind tarsi and pygidial plate can be used to distinguish between Larra and Liris. The last tarsomere is strongly angled (‘bent’), and bears long claws. The pygidial plate of Liris is described as “usually extensively setose”. I find this difficult to be confident from a field photo. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/212562147 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730935572145-WHOTE1P36AQ33F3F7OG1/Liris+frons+2.jpg Larrini - subtribe Larrina – mid ocellus Mid ocellus in a broad, deep depression … subtribe Larrina. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/83608262 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730935575869-Z48PX189MUUJH3OR0R9X/Liris+tarsomeres+2.jpg Larrini - Liris – last tarsomere of hind leg This is a female in the subtribe Larrina, so the shape of the last tarsomere can be useful. In this image the sharp bend and long claws are particularly obvious. Note, however, that not all Liris have this feature … but apparently no Larra do. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/83608262 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730937761214-T6NPRD83174ZFPNVTZBH/Larra+ocelli.jpg Larrini - subfamily Larrina - ocellar depression & frons The deep, broad depression housing the mid ocellus distinguishes the subfamily Larrina, as does the transverse swelling below the mid ocellus (dotted line). Note also the very shiny frons & vertex, suggestive of Larra rather than Liris (but see details of tarsomeres for confirmation of genus). https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/200081220 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1730937763137-2G0JBNO8EOBYUDNG9JN2/Larra+tarsi.jpg Larrini - Larra - hind tarsomeres As this is a female, the last tarsal segments of the mid and hind legs can be used to distinguish Larra from Liris. Here the segment is evenly arched, NOT sharply bent as in Liris, and the claws are short. Note also the hairless, shiny pygidial plate is consistent with Larra. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/200081220 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1732663899056-MRVXJ4D2X4LA2I365NLM/JeremyJones+inat+252847348.jpg Larrini - Larra – orbital sulcus, antennal texture In Larra, the upper inner angle of the eye is often bordered by a deep groove (‘sulcus’) … this is absent in Liris. The scape and pedicel in many Larra species is conspicuously shining, in contrast to the remaining antennal segments. Again, this is not the case in Liris. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/252847348 https://southernforestlife.net/megalyra-2412a daily 0.75 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406835049-QIEF889W6TTH6KP7P4EN/PC170067-Edit-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A - very small body length Excluding the antennae & ovipositor, she is less than 3mm in length. Species in the minuta group are all small to minute, with most specimens being under 4mm long. This is also true for some species from other groups, but it immediately rules out some of the most commonly collected Megalyra such as M. fascipennis, M. rufipes, & M. shuckardi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406835049-QIEF889W6TTH6KP7P4EN/PC170067-Edit-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A - very small body length Excluding the antennae & ovipositor, she is less than 3mm in length. Species in the minuta group are all small to minute, with most specimens being under 4mm long. This is also true for some species from other groups, but it immediately rules out some of the most commonly collected Megalyra such as M. fascipennis, M. rufipes, & M. shuckardi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406887383-49F6D03GDRZITTY3FN0W/PC170090-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A - costa of forewing absent The complete absence of a costal vein in the forewing points to the minuta species group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734420677836-076YLOJAX5IU3B13YL4H/genae+short.jpeg Megalyra 2412A - short genae Another feature distinguishing the minuta species group from other Megalyra is the distance between the eyes and the back of the head. That is, in dorsal view the genae are shorter than the compound eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734421238475-QR11DVNWJYO4Q871Q4L4/antennae+slightly+clavate.jpeg Megalyra 2412A - flagellum slightly clavate One further feature specific to the minuta species group is antennal shape … the apical segment being about twice as wide as the basal segment (see arrows). Note also the 12 flagellar segments … a feature of all Megalyridae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406935290-NSJY2QJXHX158TB76J17/PC170127-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A - forewing with dark medial blotch/band This feature distinguishes M. lilliputiana from all other species in the minuta species group. And it is quite unambiguous, visible even in the field photos of the live insect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735180992395-T2MD6BD7JA9TOAEFJIGH/hind+femur.jpeg Megalyra 2412A - leg colour Legs largely black, hind femora (arrow) entirely black. Many species in the minuta group have orange or yellow-brown legs. The colour of the hind femora is particularly discriminating. Shaw lists this among the diagnostic features for the species, in combination a forewing medial band & glabrous ovipositor (Shaw, 1990, p. 1026). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406825542-6A7VIFDS8P5DFZBS96M9/PC170057-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A - ovipositor length The relative length of the ovipositor to the body is ~3.1 …. which is perfectly in range for M. lilliputiana (2.38-3.67) but much shorter than for the similar species M. minuta (5.72-7.65). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501751828-HSO925GYZ0T8OU0QG1HJ/head+shape.jpeg Megalyra 2412A - head shape Strongly transverse, as are all in the minuta species group. The width/length ratio is 1.96, which is within range for M. lilliputiana (1.48-2.03) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734501772572-0XO29SUDC07ZS5BR933K/mesoscutum+shape.jpeg Megalyra 2412A - mesoscutum shape & texture The length/width = 0.57, which is within known range for M. lilliputiana females (0.51-0.61). Sculpturing matches Shaw’s description for M. lilliputiana … “deeply and evenly foveate-reticulate; median sulcus absent, obscured by foveae” (1990, p. 1027). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735181757198-HYGR4H8KC5TO23DVR6V9/antennal+colour.jpeg Megalyra 2412A - colour of antennae Antennae black, except pedicel, F1 & sometimes F2-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735182654593-5IZYFN0WP50FLI18A8PB/PC180005-Edit+copy.jpg Megalyra 2412A - hindwing venation The sclerotised segment of Rs short, the apical ¾ spectral. This is the condition for most Megalyra, and perhaps all in the minuta species group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406932188-TWPFY6WKCL25S9A8PQE1/PC170121-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735184049559-FOYE3DPFUZZ98AJ12SRT/metasoma+sculpture.jpeg Megalyra 2412A - metasoma microsculpture The metasoma of Megalyra is described by Shaw (1990) as follows: “ Elongate, subcylindrical, not compressed: T2-T7 often with some microsculpture, varying from faintly shagreened to densely punctate, otherwise mostly smooth.” (p 1008). Shaw’s description of M. lilliputiana is as follows: “T1 and sterna smooth; T2-T7 densely punctate except narrrow smooth apical margins of T2-T6.” (p 1027). The microsculpture of T2 is also referenced in the final step of the key, distinguishing M. lilliputiana from M. minuta: “Tergum 2 entirely coarsely punctured except for a narrow smooth apical margin ….. M. lilliputiana Tergum 2 imbricate on basal ½, entire apical ½ smooth ….. M. minuta.” (Shaw 1990, p. 1013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406859123-OJ8U9XO7LSF0O7ZTW137/PC170084-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734406907481-LV4D4QNPNG2RIXQWK70D/PC170100-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735190338155-TAIHV6JL8ABK9B6Q0Z99/PC180012.jpg Megalyra 2412A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735190363773-VWGEG49UKJI6UCZ7YDCH/PC180020-Edit.jpg Megalyra 2412A https://southernforestlife.net/pseudoturneria daily 0.75 2024-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734849250324-GGFB3XHJIV3P0KS419LO/tribe+forewing+venation+and+cells.jpeg Pseudoturneria - forewing venation & cells CRABRONINI have: - a single submarginal cell - media diverging beyond cu-a - stigma tapering to a point well beyond base of marginal cell - marginal cell apex truncate or rounded (not pointed) - single discoidal cell (usually) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734849250324-GGFB3XHJIV3P0KS419LO/tribe+forewing+venation+and+cells.jpeg Pseudoturneria - forewing venation & cells CRABRONINI have: - a single submarginal cell - media diverging beyond cu-a - stigma tapering to a point well beyond base of marginal cell - marginal cell apex truncate or rounded (not pointed) - single discoidal cell (usually) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734850879431-VUVDKTANCCZWNYJT71OY/tribe+clypeus+and+antennal+insertion.jpeg Pseudoturneria - antennal insertion, clypeus, eye shape CRABRONINI have: - antennae inserted low on face, sockets close to frontoclypeal suture - eyes nearly always converging below, often strongly - eye facets usually enlarged ventrad, crowding the antennal sockets - face often with silvery transverse clypeus & vertical pale scapes forming a distinctive U shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734851536850-FETR4JLUW5X70QRGCD3A/tribe+head+viewed+dorsally.jpeg Pseudoturneria - ocelli, head & eye shape CRABRONINI have: - normal ocelli - large cuboidal head - eye entire, not notched or strongly emarginate - eyes nearly always converging below, often strongly - frons often with scapal basal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734854328709-M1SCLGT2H6F8P2KY7RBD/tribe+mesopleural+architecture+1.jpeg Pseudoturneria - mesopleural architecture CRABRONINI have: - episternal sulcus present - scrobal sulcus usually absent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734852990067-ZUS13UOBUPD0ZB2WH5US/tribe+pronotum.jpeg Pseudoturneria - pronotum shape CRABRONINI have: - pronotal collar short - pronotal lobe & tegula separated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734854989364-1GEPVUE1B09LVPHYMSYX/genus+mesopleural+architecture+1.jpeg Pseudoturneria - mesopleural architecture Pseudoturneria have: - wide, flat perpectus forming a perpendicular plane to flat omaulal area - omaulus strong These features distinguish Pseudoturneria from those Rhopalum species that have a much reduced peduncle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734916274461-G4KX5B2MS1DYR1GTKMMQ/tribe+mesopleural+architecture+1.jpeg Pseudoturneria - mesopleural architecture Pseudoturneria have: - omaulus strong, continuous with postspiracular carina dorsally & reaching episternal sulcus ventrally - episternal sulcus wide, crenulate - scrobe small - verticaulus absent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734934070915-YQX13LWRDRVHX3ICDJ8E/genus+mesopleuron+ventral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - mesopleural architecture Pseudoturneria have: - wide, flat perpectus forming a perpendicular plane to flat preomaulal area - omaulus strong, continuous with postspiracular carina dorsally (collectively called the epicnemial carina by Leclercq … carène épicnémiale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734855156335-8Y2FB0IRHV5F2I6ANCPE/genus+forewing+venation.jpeg Pseudoturneria - forewing venation Pseudoturneria have: - junction of recurrent vein & submarginal cell (SCI) slightly beyond middle; ratio of basal segments of SCI close to 5:4 (in contrast to Podagritus which are always about 5:2 in Australian species) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734856015432-DPQI8183R6U3AK3TRC34/tribe+antennal+structure.jpeg Pseudoturneria - antennal structure CRABRONINI have: - scape relatively long … about half the length of the flagellum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734911566202-46FEZ3VKYPH27WKTG8CV/PB240028-4+copy.jpg Pseudoturneria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734911603869-L57V2Q285GQHU6UIOQPK/PB260001-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria - overall body shape Pseudoturneria: - are small in size, ranging from 4-6.5mm head-body length - have a stocky appearance with a subsessile gaster (in contrast to all Australian Podagritus, which have an elongate form and pedunculate gaster) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734914076275-PBC7Y2LK1LQPMHLC96U0/genus+gaster+dorsal.jpeg Pseudoturneria - gaster shape Pseudoturneria have: - segment I much narrower that segment II - segment I short, only slightly longer than wide - gaster widest at segment II or III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734912993052-VOY0NEEGQ2GKTZ35YAE9/genus+gaster+lateral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - gaster shape Pseudoturneria have: - gaster subsessile due to a very clear constriction between segments I & II - segment I thick & relatively short - segment I without dorsoposterior spine (in contrast to this diagnostic feature of Notocrabro) - segments II-V regular, ovoid - gaster widest at segment III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734915107384-HZNZCU25BW3IA1ZNB9FY/genus+pronotal+collar.jpeg Pseudoturneria - shape of pronotal collar Pseudoturneria have: - pronotal collar rounded, without a carina - median notch of collar indistinct or minimal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734917295936-I2JZC0QVUB6GAB5Q0Q9X/genus+head+shape+scapal+basin+orbital+fovea.jpeg Pseudoturneria - head features Pseudoturneria have: - indistinct orbital fovea - scapal basin simple, without dorsal carina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734917757353-78TXC3KOZ0M1ZD77ELM1/genus+head+shape+ocelli.jpeg Pseudoturneria - head features Pseudoturneria have: - indistinct orbital fovea - scapal basin simple, without dorsal carina - ocelli in a moderately high triangle, only slightly broader than long - the anterior ocellus smaller than hind/lateral ocelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734919327256-1JCPVJS9PQC5YAARB7ON/genus+propodeum.jpeg Pseudoturneria - propodeum sculpturing Pseudoturneria have: - anterior furrow wide, deep, & strongly crenulate - dorsal surface coarsely sculpted (in contrast to Notocrabro which has fine sculpturing) - dorsal surface separated from sides by lateral carina, extending from the spiracle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734935012864-X4XM69VMB2P931VWLT6A/genus+hind+tibia+b.jpeg Pseudoturneria - hind tibia Pseudoturneria have: - hind tibia of regular thickness, not clavate or otherwise strongly swollen (in contrast to Notocrabro, Podagritus and most Rhopalum) - in females, the hind tibia is strongly spinose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1734934629678-58RZAWIX2F5E993H8J89/genus+hind+tibia.jpeg Pseudoturneria - hind tibia Pseudoturneria have: - hind tibia of regular thickness, not clavate or otherwise strongly swollen (in contrast to Notocrabro, Podagritus and most Rhopalum) - in females, the hind tibia is strongly spinose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735012466430-2OEU2ULOYU0LHY5MZJP8/species+gaster+lateral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - gaster colour P. territorialis have: - gaster deep black, except for first segment (This colouration is diagnostic for the species) Note:Leclercq (1998) two males showing an unusual variation: the sternites tended to be more orange, while the first segment could be extensively black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735013039294-C0WSMXWDN221I5BZG1W8/species+T1+dorsolateral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - colour of T1 P. territorialis have: - tergite 1 orange, contrasting with the black of the following segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735019593440-2W003ORIRMYI2BGBX3FQ/species+gaster+dorsal.jpeg Pseudoturneria - colour of T1 P. territorialis have: - tergite 1 orange, contrasting with the black of the following segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735018791489-3LX3ABMTVV5UT5OSMA9R/species+scutum.jpeg Pseudoturneria - scutum texture P. territorialis have: - scutum with regular punctures throughout, without large intervals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735018817807-8Y4ZL9MP7HE7ZM8QBM87/species+scutellum.jpeg Pseudoturneria - scutellum details P. territorialis have: - scutellum not shiny - posterior edge crenulate (Note that Leclercq contrasts P. wubina & P. territorialis on this feature, describing the former as having the ‘posterior edge depressed & visibly crenulate’, in contrast to ‘not or barely crenulate’ in P. territorialis. hhhmmm …. this looks clearly crenulate to my eyes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735020618668-736SDG230VYQT619IRRT/species+propodeum+dorsal+wings+removed+lateral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - propodeum texture P. territorialis have: - propodeal enclosure entirely reticulate-areolar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735019974292-TM12QWPRLABPB2FZVBIE/species+propodeum+dorsal+intact.jpeg Pseudoturneria - propodeum texture P. territorialis have: - propodeal enclosure entirely reticulate-areolar (Note that even with the wings intact & closed, much of the dorsal surface of the propodeum is visible … making this a potentially useful character to check in field photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735021710012-BDIOSSMIB1SEWFB4QOOC/species+mandible+ventral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - mandible shape P. territorialis have: - mandibles unidentate, tips broadly rounded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735021660866-LE5G1NTS075KZADD8HUR/species+mandible+dorsal.jpeg Pseudoturneria - face view The head on view is valuable for many characters, including the inner surface of the mandible (which in some genera has a distinctive shape). However, it is effectively a dorsal view of the mandible, and conceals the shape of the tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735021683260-0OJX49VG1N6J1YTXXAT6/species+mandible+anterodorsal.jpeg Pseudoturneria - slightly ventral view of head From a slightly more ventral perspective, the shape of the tip is clearer. However, the precise shape of the lower edge is still obscured … as would any small teeth be. (Note: she was alive here, just a bit cool after a brief stint in the refrigerator) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735021697014-LE3YVXLGK2QU08JHIDN4/species+mandible+lateral+inner.jpeg Pseudoturneria - lucky lateral shot In the field, shots from this aspect are quite common. And if one is lucky, the mandibles are spread and the background provides contrast. But only if one is lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735023473912-O35NB6ZN6E28KIY8UUNX/species+clypeus.jpeg Pseudoturneria - shape of the clypeus P. territorialis have: - median lobe truncated anteriorly, glabrous & polished in its terminal third - a pair of small teeth each side of the median lobe (solid arrows … dashed arrows show position of the fourth tooth, obscured by silvery setae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735024710813-PQBEZ1VJK3MD3HUTY1K7/species+pygidial+plate.jpeg Pseudoturneria - female pygidium P. territorialis have: - pygidium distinctly hairy - pygidial plate relatively broad & punctate throughout (obscured by adpressed hairs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735025220315-5WUZJ6666MO5TEVXI6PD/species+legs+ventral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - colour of legs & antennae P. territorialis have: - legs orange, with coxae & bases of femora black, middle articles of hind tarsi darkened - scapes entirely yellow, flagellum brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735025236950-8CT8WFQS731B1UP96A34/species+legs+lateral.jpeg Pseudoturneria - colour of legs & antennae P. territorialis have: - legs orange, with coxae & bases of femora black, middle articles of hind tarsi darkened - scapes entirely yellow, flagellum brown https://southernforestlife.net/pterygophorus-cinctus daily 0.75 2025-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735726849021-FB4ZSJ1MDEOFIX9198CK/PC040084.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - female as found dead on ground, antennae intact body length = 13mm, Benson (1938) reports female body length 11-14mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735726849021-FB4ZSJ1MDEOFIX9198CK/PC040084.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - female as found dead on ground, antennae intact body length = 13mm, Benson (1938) reports female body length 11-14mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735873417509-ZWX14TEBCJ2S8NO6Y6LH/PC220178-3.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Identity of terga shows bulge at anterior border of T7 - Benson (1938) lists this as a diagnostic character separating Pterygophorus from Lophyrotoma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735727109970-B9CRYPPL9RR3KK51DCWR/PC040035.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior yellow band confined to tergum 3 dorsally posterior yellow band confined dorsally to a narrow bulge at the anterior border of tergum 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735727900757-B7GOSSTURAFG7F1EZAVS/PC040036-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior yellow band extends laterally on tergum 3, crossing into anterior half of tergum 4 in its lateral region posterior yellow band extends ventrally, expanding to posterior edge of tergum 7 and crossing into tergum 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735973734436-2UORGGA89GV72X5RTOWQ/PC040031-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior yellow band expands into sternum 3, making a complete band around segment 3 posterior yellow band expands to ventral border of tergum 7 and 8 tergum 10, pygidium is also yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735727759899-NSS3QJMI4UL5WGZP5448/PC040025-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior yellow band expands into sternum 3, making a complete band around segment 3 posterior yellow band expands to ventral border of tergum 7 and 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735891007471-DK3EL2OWGY9WMUPPUEJX/PC220013-Edit-4-annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior yellow band expands onto sternum 3, making a complete band around segment 3 posterior yellow band expands to ventral border of tergum 7 and 8 - left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735886537979-AJLC66L0Y6YIYD8AODM5/PC220098-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen with two yellow bands posterior yellow band expands to ventral border of tergum 7 and 8 - left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735972588944-TT11A6LCI8K4H0FHP5V1/PC220034-2-Edit-annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen with two yellow bands posterior yellow band expands to ventral border of tergum 7 and 8 - right side terminal segment, tergum 10 (pygidium) is yellow extended saw visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735972196834-LP87906VIU9GY3E0Q6GW/PC220104-2-Edit-annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen morphology and colour view of tergum 10, pygidium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735807793897-EMZL5KLSHZ3OJ5GC91FQ/PC220025-2-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Abdomen morphology shows saw extended from sheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735974044082-XSATRYQXR6M64N7TXNDJ/PC220164-3.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - distal end of saw arrow shows tooth #10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735974143330-JOFKJ6XBN08IE8SJ7954/PC220057-3.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - photomicrograph of tooth #10 43 denticulations present on this tooth - Benson (1938) reports 28-40 denticulations present in P. cinctus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735975375389-1R6M049G9ZZCDS1U8DV0/P.+cinctus+10th+saw+tooth+Benson+1938+fig.+6.png Pterygophorus cinctus - drawing of 10th saw tooth of P. cinctus from Benson (1938) fig. 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735805190125-XJKF18A1OMNNC24QCC26/PC040084+crop.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Antennal morphology scape and pedicel black/dark brown 8 basal antennomeres yellow remaining 13 apical antennomeres black most apical antennomere is clubbed total 23 antennomeres. antenna length = 0.4 length of forewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735807763762-VFYVY1CVH0HJETBUWO0F/PC220055-2-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Antennal morphology scape black, pedicel dark yellowish-brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735895933988-TPCT63G97XBJSEBAD25P/P1030036-2-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Antennal morphology 8 basal flagellomeres yellow. pecten directed antero-ventrally on each flagellomere, becoming longer in apical flagellomeres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735896554053-5X4E71GXV81JJAS34QS1/P1030002-2.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Head morphology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735974866869-FN3F98TMNXDBEKYSK5U9/P.+cinctus+head+frontal+view+Benson+1938+fig.+1.png Pterygophorus cinctus - P. cinctus head frontal view shows eyes converging in front so that length of eye is about equal to distance between eyes in front - Benson (1938) fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735897321656-CB70DSJ58K5NY8VH7VWV/P1030002-2+annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Head morphology apex of clypeus emarginate (vs. truncate, separating P. cinctus from P. distinctus according to Morice, 1919) diagnostic characters of Pterygophorus vs. Lophyrotoma (according to Benson, 1938) distance between eyes in front subequal to (1.1x) length of eye (vs. at most 2/3) breadth of clypeus 2/3 length of eye (vs. about equal) breadth of clypeus at 2/3 length of eye (vs. as long as) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735807895167-ANMEV06F06AUQUX58YBP/PC220172-2-Edit-3.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Head morphology black; short, fine pale pubescence; shining, impunctate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735949503625-HMG89E5X1QYWBTLFA3B0/PC220001-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Head morphology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736028900387-ZS00RWCMKSKXTFL02RPN/PC220049-3-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Head morphology ligula same length as 3 basal segments of labial palp labium 1.1x greatest breadth of clypeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735947189176-INO5KVZ1FOKN2K20RO5R/PC220049-3-annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Head morphology malar space (arrowed) = 0.42 breadth of mandible at base (arrowed) (vs. more than 0.5 in P. insignis and P. facielonga according to Benson, 1938) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735954217519-A134H866Z23GZBX9N1HF/PC220124-Edit-annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Thorax morphology and colour pronotum, mesoscutellum and metascutellum pale yellow and shiny between sparse punctures; mesoscutum black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735955370013-SLL3AE68LH81NJO2EJNE/PC220181+annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Thorax morphology and colour thorax covered by short, fine, pale pubescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735946485942-WELK9HP79730VEVWI36C/PC220170-2.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Thorax morphology and colour short, fine, pale pubescence over thorax accessory furrow on pronotum (arrowed) subparallel with side-margin of pronotum - diagnostic feature separating Pterygophorus from Lophyrotoma spp. except for L. zonalis and L. cygna pronotum colour yellow with black anterior border and black behind accessory furrow mesepisternum black with large central yellow area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735952496735-0J784TH93ZOCFTF5P1MK/PC220172-2-Edit-3+annotated.jpeg Pterygophorus cinctus - Thorax morphology side portion of pronotum cut off by accessory furrow broader than length of malar space (vs. about half length of malar space) - separates P. cinctus, P. distinctus, P. insignis and P. facielonga from P. turneri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735975060188-GWRUOSTQJO6T3HL9CZQY/P.+cinctus+pronotum+lateral+view+Benson+1938+fig.5.png Pterygophorus cinctus - P. cinctus pronotum lateral view shows accessory furrow on pronotum - Benson (1938) fig. 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735807756373-590TOXNJ8PPSTIKVH72P/PC220066-2-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Thorax morphology ventral view of mesepisternum showing large yellow patch and short, fine, pale pubescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735807834535-WPLE4CDWX4USCQPYXPXX/PC220013-Edit-5.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Forewing morphology and colour - ventral view costa and stigma yellowish-brown hyaline with dark brown band extending along anterior border to wing apex, covering 1st discoidal, 1st cubital and radial cells completely and half of 2nd and 3rd cubital cells venation black in basal and anterior region, brown in apical region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735979346396-BZ2K6J14BWX3Z302GSB2/PC040025-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Leg colour coxa, trochanter, femur - all legs black tibia - all legs black except for whitish-yellow on ventral side of basal 1/3rd tarsi - all legs black except for whitish-yellow on dorsal side of basal 1/3rd of all tarsomeres https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735807919469-4JUQC7ZONTDI6M67OHP4/PC220190-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Forewing dorsal view costa and stigma yellowish-brown hyaline with dark brown band extending along anterior border to wing apex, covering 1st discoidal, 1st cubital and radial cells completely and half of 2nd and 3rd cubital cells venation black in basal and anterior region, brown in apical region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735807875567-1FBQKS85ZLI1TLLSGGR3/PC220167-3.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Leg colour hind leg removed showing black colour in all parts of all segments except for whitish-yellow on ventral side of basal half of tibia and on dorsal side of basal 1/3rd of all tarsomeres https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736041866061-BJPS66UYG89VY6T8XUTP/PC220029-3-3.jpg Pterygophorus cinctus - Leg morphology hind basitarsus no longer than following tarsal segment https://southernforestlife.net/sphodrotes daily 0.75 2025-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735805065566-3HFN9D6PUWAZKZQDW1OC/P1010261-Edit+copy.jpeg Sphodrotes - mandible shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735785207762-0IF79YEDDSJAEYB4Q0KJ/P1010005-Edit-Edit.jpg Sphodrotes - overall shape & size Sphodrotes punctuosa females: 9.5 – 12mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735805065566-3HFN9D6PUWAZKZQDW1OC/P1010261-Edit+copy.jpeg Sphodrotes - mandible shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735946236084-3ESQF1LW7GEP9BDOSPR9/2501A+with+scale.jpeg Sphodrotes - overall shape & size Sphodrotes punctuosa males: Differing from females in … Smaller head-body length (8 – 10mm); longer antennae Note also that, as in many crabronids, males have an additional flagellar segment (11, cf. 10 in females) and an additional visible segment in the gaster (7, cf. 6 in females). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735950259329-K7A7JUMJC8SC5XDHZ5TJ/male+antenna.jpeg Sphodrotes - male antennae As with nearly all members of the tribe Miscophini, male Sphodrotes have 11 antennal flagellomeres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735946142305-MADC489CO6WE6GWX1QHG/leg+colour.jpeg Sphodrotes - leg colour Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Femora black with light ferrugineous apices. Tibiae and tarsi light ferrugineous.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735880479281-EQ7AXZRT5HJ5MXJJXUNP/wing+features+genus.jpeg Sphodrotes - forewing venation Sphodrotes species: “Forewings with three submarginal cells of which the second is petiolate. Both recurrent veins received by the second submarginal cell, or the first being interstitial, or even joining first submarginal cell ni single specimens.” p.87 Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Wings slightly infumate.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735802092986-YSL2ZE24GUHY1WG7WZYI/P1010058-Edit.jpg Sphodrotes - facial sculpture & pubescence Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Facial sculpture double, consisting of deep punctures separated by shining, finely and densely punctate interstices less than their diameter. Lower face with silvery pubescence of varying density. Frontal line absent or very indistinct.“ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735802141997-OJPIO61VNHV85DI9VS9H/2301L+face.jpeg Sphodrotes - facial sculpture & pubescence Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Facial sculpture double, consisting of deep punctures separated by shining, finely and densely punctate interstices less than their diameter. Lower face with silvery pubescence of varying density. Frontal line absent or very indistinct.“ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735946485602-TEG1RGKJ6LT938BP1OWE/male+frons.jpeg Sphodrotes - facial sculpture & pubescence Sphodrotes punctuosa males: Differing from females in … “Punctation on frons much denser and stronger, interstices narrower, micropunctation finer. Frontal and clypeal pubescence much denser, brassy or slightly golden.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735805030081-OGH992YKAZTNJ8NLPGR8/P1010261-Edit+copy.jpeg Sphodrotes - mandible colour & pubescence Sphodrotes species: “Mandibles with externoventral notch, proximally delimited by a blunt tooth.” (p. 87) Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Mandibles densely pubescent proximally, median part ferrugineously amber, apex black to dark ferrugineous.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735803175386-EPST7BQ7VAAT6Q72DGMQ/fovea.jpeg Sphodrotes - fovea; antennal colour Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Facial foveae distinct, medially bordered by a longitudinal elevation.” “Antennal colour varying from almost quite dark brown or black to light yelowish ferrugineous.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735946800089-AI4LWNN8DOMIP1NBV9JY/male+scapal+basi.jpeg Sphodrotes - fovea & scapal basin; antennal colour Sphodrotes punctuosa males: Differing from females in … “Facial foveae absent. Scapal basin deeper.” “Proximal flagellar segments light ferrugineous ventrally to quite light ferrugineous.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735879916374-U1BYOPVH8E3XQ6PZTW2B/genus+features+dorsal.jpeg Sphodrotes - dorsal structures Sphodrotes species: “Pronotum short. Axillae shining smooth.” “Propodeal synsclerite: Dorsal enclosure only indicated by a shallow, indistinctly pitted, groove.” (p.87) Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Propodeum. Dorsal face with a weak, median carina (absent in some specimens), remaining surface strongly reticulate. Posterolateral areas with dense, silvery pubescence, teeth absent or only slightly indicated. Lateral faces coarsely striate medially. Posterior face with superficial, transverse striation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735881969765-9K2FXZTUQIVWZG4VA8ND/propodeum+dorsal.jpeg Sphodrotes - propodeum Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Propodeum. Dorsal face with a weak, median carina (absent in some specimens), remaining surface strongly reticulate. Posterolateral areas with dense, silvery pubescence, teeth absent or only slightly indicated. Lateral faces coarsely striate medially. Posterior face with superficial, transverse striation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735947912783-WRUW2UFXT51X7FNGRJES/P1030099-Edit.jpg Sphodrotes - thorax & propodeum Sphodrotes punctuosa males: Differing from females in … “Thoracic, propodeal, and gastral sculture stronger and denser.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735881989912-O7GPEA0LNW0BSCWQO6CF/propodeum+lateral.jpeg Sphodrotes - propodeum Sphodrotes species: “One or two posterolateral prominences usually present, less pronounced in males than in females.” Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Posterolateral areas with dense, silvery pubescence, teeth absent or only slightly indicated. Lateral faces coarsely striate medially. Posterior face with superficial, transverse striation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735800389504-J5GV5HJND5X3I25R28E4/P1010156-Edit+copy.jpeg Sphodrotes - thorax black & densely punctate Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Thorax, incl. pronotal lobes black, strongly and densely punctate, punctation on scutum not as strong as that of frons, interstices even, finely punctate.” “Anterodorsal mesopleuron very strongly sculptured, punctures pit-like. Episternal sulcus deep.” “Entire mesopleuron with thin greyish-white pubescence.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735947521958-UDDCSA7CIEY0YDAHQ9BI/P1030055-Edit.jpg Sphodrotes - thorax punctation Sphodrotes punctuosa males: Differing from females in … “Thoracic, propodeal, and gastral sculture stronger and denser.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735801227526-92IF25YVDYXC9JLAESRO/hypoepimeral+area.jpeg Sphodrotes - mesopleuron very strongly sculptured Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Anterodorsal mesopleuron very strongly sculptured, punctures pit-like. Episternal sulcus deep. Hypoepimeral area with coarse, reticulo-striate sculpture. Entire mesopleuron with thin greyish-white pubescence.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735785744056-6QMP7MQP4K4YW6CC8W6F/P1010031-Edit.jpg Sphodrotes - gaster black with limited pubescence Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Gaster black, apical tergal margins slightly ferruginously transparent. Pubescence thin, silvery to slightly golden, forming fasciae on tergum I-III.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735884174545-Q5UDUYRYJ30VZV7364VE/SI+lateral.jpeg Sphodrotes - first segment of gaster Sphodrotes species: “Tergum 1 with a laterobasal, strongly raised, almost angularly projecting lamella. Sternum 1 (except in prima) with a median vault or carina terminating in a compressed tooth.” p.87 Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Sternum I with indistinct median keel, posterior tooth rather weak.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735884534085-IG0TGDB6VTAHZ33VXWR2/SI+ventral.jpeg Sphodrotes - first segment of gaster Sphodrotes species: “Sternum 1 (except in prima) with a median vault or carina terminating in a compressed tooth.” p.87 Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Sternum I with indistinct median keel, posterior tooth rather weak.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735949457659-2QUVNSKRUSO8UFI8Q9RX/SI+ventral+male.jpeg Sphodrotes - first segment of gaster Lomholdt makes no mention of male difference in the structure of SI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735786140946-LY0SQF3NCX7ZSRKVYK31/P1010302-Edit.jpg Sphodrotes - gaster black with limited pubescence Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Gaster black, apical tergal margins slightly ferruginously transparent. Pubescence thin, silvery to slightly golden, forming fasciae on tergum I-III.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735948102532-DVYNGHCH74XWAJQ85Y3S/P1030069-Edit.jpg Sphodrotes - gaster punctation Sphodrotes punctuosa males: Differing from females in … "Thoracic, propodeal, and gastral sculture stronger and denser.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735945109471-CQNRWGHF3MJDUXU60B2B/foremetatarsus+female.jpeg Sphodrotes - foreleg tarsal rake Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Fore-metatarsus with 5-6 rake spines of which the distal one is distinctly shorter than the second tarsal segment.” [arrows indicate spines; thicker, yellow arrow is the most distal spine] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735945604877-20XSHZ32SBRDDZ5E73OV/foremetatarsus+male.jpeg Sphodrotes - foreleg tarsal rake Sphodrotes punctuosa males: “Metatarsus I with 4-5 rake spines.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735951576726-A9XY3E1QDPVS6YVBY2N1/clypeus+frontal+female.jpeg Sphodrotes - female clypeus (frontal view) Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Clypeal outline (Fig. 31), the three lateral teeth distinct, median emargination very shallow or absent.” The arrows indicate the lateral teeth, with the innermost (dotted arrow) difficult to see beneath the fringing setae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735951721369-YA0V3DINKSWK30ADSBBB/clypeus+ventral+female.jpeg Sphodrotes - female clypeus (more ventral view) Sphodrotes punctuosa females: “Clypeal outline (Fig. 31), the three lateral teeth distinct, median emargination very shallow or absent.” The arrows indicate the lateral teeth, with the innermost (dotted arrow) difficult to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735951808426-PF6C4M7Z099NZMECBRJD/clypeus+frontal+male.jpeg Sphodrotes - male clypeus (frontal view) The dense pubescence conceals the apical rim of the clypeus when viewed face on. [compare with Lomholdt’s Fig. 32] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735951918588-2QYVYJWGWJLMLBI17D1P/clypeus+ventral+male.jpeg Sphodrotes - male clypeus (more ventral view) The arrows indicate apical rim of the clypeus. There is a suggestion of a single, lateral tooth (thicker, yellow arrows), but it is not prominent as it is in the female. [compare with Lomholdt’s Fig. 32] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735952376608-DPUFRJ4VNHBHPXT6LOJJ/Lomholdt+figures.jpg Sphodrotes - Lomholdt 1983 Figs. 29-32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735970867770-HTCQJZTK293J8RVON5QV/PC270257.jpg Sphodrotes Sphodrotes have: - inner margins of eyes parallel, or slightly converging below - a wide scapal basin (most) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735971141588-CW740RP8VEWL0414KAE9/PC280004-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Sphodrotes have: - inner margins of eyes parallel, or slightly converging below - a wide scapal basin (most) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735962154915-4Z9MM85IPEGXBEWMRBZU/P1100182-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Sphodrotes have: - 3 submarginal cells in the forewing - the second submarginal cell triangular and petiolate, or at least narrowed anteriorly (arrow) - broad genae, so the head appears rectangular when viewed dorsally - integument strongly sculpted, and usually pitted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735966707640-WG26TZSNZ7YEQBRT40GO/P1100189-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Sphodrotes have: - both recurrent veins (arrows) received by submarginal cell II (usually, with occasional exceptions) Unlike many other wasps, Sphodrotes rarely display their wings in this way, so one has to be lucky to get field shots clearly showing forewing venation … making this a less useful feature for genus level ID. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735968208919-4U8C7A3G3UBB7PQKRIE9/PC270232.jpg Sphodrotes Most of the Sphodrotes I see are males, either flying on patrol or perched on low vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735968263696-VW8A4ZBI0K49V3VZIJP2/PC270249.jpg Sphodrotes They tend to pivot to and fro on the same perch, looking in all directions, before flying off again … and often returning to the same perch a short time later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735968437275-9FD9459IPA8O6HQ6MZQO/PB190065-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Makes life easy for the photographer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735967768247-AESF8YZ5NC2WUJUHJONU/PC150080-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Sphodrotes have: - the mesopleuron sharply angled anteriorly (arrow) That is, they look to have a square chest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735962541441-9CA417OD2TOZA0VETR1D/P1100172-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Occasionally I catch a female outside her burrow, grooming in the sun. Such photo opportunities are, however, quite rare. It’s normally the males that are sitting about on the vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735967136060-LTZ9V7TBICQ0DT5FW2QF/PB220181-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Sphodrotes have: - integument strongly sculpted, and usually pitted This coarsely sculptured integument is one of the most reliably visible clues to the genus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735968665375-LPB77S688BR05A62UYAQ/PC270108-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Inspecting her chosen nest site … sandy soil beneath a layer of loose gravel, fallen leaves and twigs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735969508568-KT7CQOW4TCY2YNA24H32/PC270059-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Excavation works proceed in relative obscurity. This is in stark contrast to the ‘out in the open’ approach of nest digging among some other crabronids (e.g. Cerceris, Bembix). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735968913207-6DWM6F7ER8LGIF63RTK5/PC070079+copy.jpg Sphodrotes If I’m patient and watch a known burrow entrance, I may get a glimpse of the female returning with prey. Typically they dive into the open burrow beneath the leaf litter before I can get a good look … let alone a shot. This was my lucky day, as she landed outside before wrestling her large catch below ground. Evans (1973) recorded Sphodrotes nemoralis in Far North QLD provisioning their nests with immature bugs (Pentatomoidea … stink bugs, etc). And it seems our local species is targeting similar prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735968692557-T4GMH9OJLFS30ZINJ9CB/PC070095+copy.jpg Sphodrotes Within 4 minutes she headed out again, quickly departing the area. Like many ground-nesting crabronids, Sphodrotes are susceptible to a variety of parasites and nest invaders. Avoiding detection is a priority – although a near impossibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735971338387-F4QPXZ98AU2F0Q4QD995/PC290021-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes I had just spotted this female land on the stick, when the male flew in and grabbed her. Note the much smaller head and body of the male … a size difference that is difficult to appreciate unless they’re coupled like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735971363446-SGMTZVXCQF6PLDNJK34C/PC290022-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes His mandibles are gripping her antennae, appearing to pull her head up … perhaps making it more difficult for her to scurry or fly away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1735971378304-F8AWAGEJ6UEC29PO0PB0/PC290023-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg Sphodrotes Escape she does, by throwing her whole body off the stick, although the coupling holds firm for a moment longer. Immediately after this shot they were separated … and the male was perched nearby, grooming. https://southernforestlife.net/new-places-new-faces-2025 daily 0.75 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736472658213-3DICUV9JQ2ETBCPA5Y77/P8220004-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Rhopalum coriolum Making their first appearance in late winter, these little wasps are one of the first crabronids of the season. They favour a firm-packed, clear and sunny patch of fine gravel for their burrows. By mid spring the adults are nowhere to be seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736472658213-3DICUV9JQ2ETBCPA5Y77/P8220004-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Rhopalum coriolum Making their first appearance in late winter, these little wasps are one of the first crabronids of the season. They favour a firm-packed, clear and sunny patch of fine gravel for their burrows. By mid spring the adults are nowhere to be seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736473222926-XMFDZZP30T91EG2IRH5O/P9220046-2-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Rhopalum coriolum Although less than 7mm from head to ‘tail’, their jizz catches my eye. Bobbing flight just above the ground, legs dangling, long abdomen trailing. And every year nesting in the same place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736481828410-1HXY3K6SPFE2BMC1KRWK/P4210337-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Cerceris antipodes From October to April these bright yellow faces are my constant companions. The females overwinter as adults and set to renovating and stocking their nest burrows whenever weather allows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736472569022-OIU2N93V9ZHCVEDNX3XJ/P8220004-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg New places New faces 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736482468257-FFQL39DDRT5ZXOYCCZ02/PC310255-Enhanced-NR.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Cerceris antipodes At 8mm, male Cerceris are slightly smaller than the females but from mid summer they are more commonly seen, patrolling the nest mounds looking for an opportunity to mate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736482364401-L97KJMD971YW3X4VL6FT/PC220106-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Cerceris antipodes Until last month, I didn’t know where the males spent the night. Now I do … tucked away in the cracks or borer holes of old wood. In good weather, this little male gets out and about. But by day’s end he is always tucked in, with just his face visible to me as I pass by. He’s not alone. There’s a second male next door, in an adjacent crevice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736483077218-C0RTVFP4YNGTRI1AIOSG/PB100076-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Lipotriches australica Right alongside the Cerceris mounds are the perfectly round doors to bee burrows. And just like the Cerceris, this species nests in this same patch year after year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736483515708-YL6NCQHF923PD4WOFDZ1/PC140162-Enhanced-NR.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Lipotriches australica While female Green-and-Gold Nomia Bees spend their nights below ground, males cling to one another on low vegetation. There must be some protection in numbers, for the bees seem rather vulnerable out in the open. They’re sluggish in the cool of evening and males cannot sting. Indeed, I think a dawn patrol of fairywrens made short work of the cluster the morning after this shot was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736488341893-TO31U6ISBHLPSPTHP4QR/PC270059-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg New places New faces 2025 Sphodrotes punctuosa Another dependable among the summer crowd, although females tend to be reclusive. They dig their nest burrows under leaves and rarely show their faces in the open. The males, however, are quite a different story! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736489262854-G6VJDC1IF8ZZJHUQPPB0/PB220186-Enhanced-NR.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Sphodrotes punctuosa When not patrolling the sandy, leaf-littered tracks favoured by the nesting females, males strike a pose on low vegetation. They turn on the spot, no doubt on the lookout for rivals and threats … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736488900051-576VTZJEOXTDMXLJ0G4E/P2020087-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Sphodrotes punctuosa … and typically favour me with a long, hard stare. Rather plucky for an insect no more than 10mm long! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736491602976-CVHZU6PM4G5M4NQHTB0A/PC310232-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus On a shady forest path here at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736491612280-U7MOWHN0M5JS12O1V10H/PC300321-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Pseudofoenus On a shady forest path here at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736491584058-M5L4UJN9NC7LYEHZQOCI/PB240023-4+copy+3.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Pseudoturneria In a roadside ditch, about 2km from the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736642145426-6FCZCSPEG6Z8GN2FQNUM/PC260161-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Austrogorytes spryi A shady forest path, with an ever-changing layer of leaves and small twigs … and a familiar face emerges! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736491626309-QSVDB4YREDE34XJGB2AL/PC170100-Edit.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra lilliputiana From northern NSW, alongside tropical rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736642502516-H0S4IMUA2SY2SO0EDSCN/PC260162-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Austrogorytes spryi My first brief glimpse, but enough to confirm that these medium-sized sand wasps are actively nesting here again this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736642196173-KZX18ZU967FVEZGJBHKN/PC290150-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Austrogorytes spryi My best chance of getting a good look at the nesting females is quite early in the morning. They occasionally perch on low plants alongside the track, preening, perhaps warming up in a patch of sun … and wary of threats in the vicinity of their nearby nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736642449498-2VT2VV3RLYEKAC10WZ4X/PC300373-Enhanced-NR.jpeg New places New faces 2025 Austrogorytes spryi There are at least two females with nests in close proximity. Returning from a successful hunt, this one perched briefly before diving below ground. Austrogorytes typically prey upon leafhoppers (e.g. Eurymelinae), both nymphs and adults. This appears to be a nymph she is holding below her body, gripped by her middle legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736646336041-PK3N28GIW6SHQ84GRH53/PC260135-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 As I watched the nest, waiting for Austrogorytes to return, this small wasp flew over … clearly also monitoring this site! Something quite new! The appearance of a crabronid, but the behaviour of a parasite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736647324196-LZUT0VQWO9Z76TS1W1A9/PC260103-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 When not hovering about the nest site, the little wasp perched close by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736647345400-9F62EDO4I0ID48IRK9J3/PC260077-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Patient and attentive, she certainly seemed to be watching the nest entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736648291158-L95ZWS95AU4F3LAY9WXM/PC260127-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Moments after this hovering sortie, she disappeared under the leaves … apparently into the Austrogorytes’ burrow (although the opening of the nest was hidden from view). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736649216972-CMQAPG1G2J53LEP1LN4I/PC310164-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus (and Austrogorytes spryi!) On this day I was barely settled, my camera trained on the little parasite as she was again watching the nest opening … and the nest owner flew in! Sometimes you just get lucky!! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736649238743-HJ230CLZDAMZ80I3HAGT/PC310164-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg New places New faces 2025 Austrogorytes spryi Carrying her paralysed prey in the usual way, the nesting female slows her flight before quickly disappearing into the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736651410008-NKRQH3H8RW54X0DC42SU/PC310188-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus Previously motionless, the stealthy parasite becomes twitchy. She seems ‘excited’. First peering down into the nest opening (arrow) … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736649258761-66E59K69GSNMVSQFZFV2/PC310196-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus … then hovering, before descending & disappearing from view. Briefly. I think the owner is still down below. I didn’t see Austrogorytes depart, and I was watching intently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736652802185-XQY4AQGWOWBGRCWDNSQ1/PC310235-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus It was a quick visit. Within 2 minutes she’s out again, perched and grooming. But still close enough for a quick dash back inside should she so choose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736662624484-DBIIAG766V30TBQPS2C6/P1010243-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus 10:55 am Patrolling the area around the nest, apparently with an eye (or two) on the opening (arrow). Soon after this shot, there was further action. Austrogorytes, the home owner, left the burrow and flew off (10:58:14). Acanthostethus entered the burrow and disappeared (10:58:57) … but, not for long. She was back out, on watch about 20 seconds later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736661416968-T5PBQD5P3YWA7UZTLDQ0/P1010278-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus 10:59:24 And suddenly she is joined by a second watcher! Two seconds after this shot the first wasp scurries into vacant nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736661432272-Q5YEX88H7SCN9IW59328/P1010284-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus 25 seconds on and the explorer returns (10:59:50), the second wasp motionless all the while. At first I thought Wasp #2 might be a lurking male, but no. Both are females. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736664107749-XEDV27A90GMLUAKILU7C/P1010315-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus Wasp #1 fusses about the burrow entrance for a further 40 seconds, making just a single 2-second dash inside during that time, then departs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736664402156-8AIJW8R7SSVQ8HGO3ZUR/P1010338-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus Only now that she’s alone does Wasp #2 move in for a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736664414605-DDORC63G9MT6A9CX65OU/P1010350-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Acanthostethus Wasp #2 continues to loiter in the area of the opening, but I didn’t see her enter. Perhaps she’s awaiting a fresh food delivery by the unfortunate host. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736650115652-M0S23J03WKR2JM4DWL3X/PC300445-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Several of the diagnostic features of Acanthostethus are clearly visible here: - heavily sclerotised cuticle - stout gaster - posterolateral spines on the propodeum - antennae narrower at the base than the apex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736665737222-89O51EVJ6OVVOHSACLGH/P1010362-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736665660378-S1DV8T02XPXHEWF6KWLS/P1010243-2-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg New places New faces 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736665951258-WU0BXSGF51LZN650L4WH/PC300480-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736665827455-4DG6TXOV11986Z9FYCRW/PC300534-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736665157697-6UX1QFDYZ76KAEQDHEYE/PC300487-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736665885805-ETJLVI3YJGCE3U6O2VPW/PC300550-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736820724559-11CO8M49UDAM564NU3I0/PC300315-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Pseudofoenus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736820745471-GXAANJOA36ODX310KDO9/PC300350-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Pseudofoenus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736820754658-SSHQ01KDVSZ5578G758A/PC300347-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Pseudofoenus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821655048-UZ6X0J2554UD9L0FTBJJ/PC160166-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 10:40am, 16th December … and I spot dozens of wasps within just a few minutes! Some nests have an obvious tumulus surrounding the opening, particularly those on the flatter ground at the bottom of the ditch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736820768137-QJ67O345942TBK5P4LCG/PC300333-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Pseudofoenus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821662750-3MMNK6L2XBR6IF4DDR56/PC160084-2.jpg New places New faces 2025 The nest openings are typically small, ragged-edged, and often hidden under an overhang. Not at all obvious … unless there’s a silvery face peeking out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821668849-I9EF9RWR6WQ97UK6WTUJ/PC160117-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Even the owners seem to have some difficulty locating their burrows. They spend considerable time hovering and inspecting the area before quickly landing and disappearing inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736822755512-1R2IY4AA430NNHUEL2BA/PC160138-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Most entrances that I spotted were vertically oriented, like this one. And open, although quite well concealed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821678281-11JHE9X4J4QAZUK47JCO/PC160173-2-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 This field shot alone was enough to convince me that I’d never seen its like. The shape of the gaster is quite unlike Rhopalum or any other Crabronini I was familiar with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821715928-TUD1RC3P4S5FR05LFS18/PC170135.jpg New places New faces 2025 Pseudoturneria Given how unusual the wasps were, and the large number at the nesting ground, I decided to collect a few for study. And it was well worth it. I was quickly able to confirm the genus – and it’s one very rarely photographed or collected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821772464-S7BQY13HQTKTAF1YARWG/PC170140.jpg New places New faces 2025 Pseudoturneria territorialis Although unknown until 50 years ago (Leclercq 1974), this is probably the most ‘common’ species of Pseudoturneria. Even so, there are few published records and I’ve yet to find any images online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821864939-P11QS7YC9WR7RNEJVASD/PC170099-2.jpg New places New faces 2025 Pseudoturneria territorialis For the logic behind my species identification, along with many more images, references, and a summary table for the 5 described species of Pseudoturneria, see the notes made in late December. The way we celebrate Xmas in the bush ;) https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/pseudoturneria-crabroninae-crabronini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821592194-QCXUOIAVMAERL762W700/PC040216-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra On an old, burnt fence post about a metre above ground. Walking quickly over the surface, seemingly attracted to the cracks and crevices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821903865-IBJ2MDVEMC74KBVB4WN7/PC170057-Edit.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra lilliputiana This is a small wasp (her head-body length less than 3mm)… but with an oversized ovipositor! Although not all female Megalyra species are so well-endowed, it is a trademark of the genus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821909041-S89W8FHKYHZ2KSPUI1ZW/PC170067-Edit-Edit.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra lilliputiana Another feature of this rather odd genus is the rather odd head shape. Large eyes. Rounded face. Antennae long and very low set. Mouth small and difficult to see, tucked away beneath the head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821595117-KYPV3L1QE46UR7TQJIIR/PC040225-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra I might have overlooked the tiny, black-bodied wasp … but the long, hair-like ovipositor was catching the sun as she moved about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736821592163-2RKWJTUX9WJUBRU10VPW/PC040194-Enhanced-NR.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra She peers into a borer hole in the old fence post … and an equally small face peers out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736831202389-HQYFNDJMM3SR205T2U4S/PC040194-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra Who has already taken up residence in the hole? I’m tempted to think it’s a crabronid … perhaps Arpactophilus (Pemphredoninae), based simply on the widely spaced eyes and general colouration. But it would simply be a guess. I have only this single photo to document the parasite’s apparent interest in the wood dweller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736832384236-XN0RWPYK6H0DARL22UVX/PC180020-Edit.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra lilliputiana A ventral view of that unique little face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1736832337395-PIKSIWWMU2XUI1N028OB/PC170084-Edit.jpg New places New faces 2025 Megalyra lilliputiana As is my standard practice, I recorded the logic behind my species identification on a notes page … a ‘behind-the-scenes’ section of our website. https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/megalyra-lilliputiana The page includes annotated images plus a summary of the 22 described species in this genus, based on my reading of Shaw’s 1990 work. https://southernforestlife.net/bembix daily 0.75 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739084978624-HYWSTPMK29ACF95E5MNM/PC070023-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - sternal processes of male Males in some species have distinctive midline processes on the second sternite (S2) (star) and often also on the sixth (S6) (solid arrow). In Bembix furcata, these processes are quite diagnostic. Although this would seem to makes species ID trivial for male B. furcata, there are two complications. First, these processes can be greatly reduced in some individuals, and S2 not apparently bifid, particularly in small males. Second, to see these processes (or the sternites at all), requires a nearly lateral or (ideally) ventral view. Most photos are taken from above. The lateral view of the clypeus in this male matches the description for Bembix furcata: strongly protruberant, evenly arched in profile (dotted arrow). Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739084978624-HYWSTPMK29ACF95E5MNM/PC070023-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - sternal processes of male Males in some species have distinctive midline processes on the second sternite (S2) (star) and often also on the sixth (S6) (solid arrow). In Bembix furcata, these processes are quite diagnostic. Although this would seem to makes species ID trivial for male B. furcata, there are two complications. First, these processes can be greatly reduced in some individuals, and S2 not apparently bifid, particularly in small males. Second, to see these processes (or the sternites at all), requires a nearly lateral or (ideally) ventral view. Most photos are taken from above. The lateral view of the clypeus in this male matches the description for Bembix furcata: strongly protruberant, evenly arched in profile (dotted arrow). Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739084951481-TLRN8P5Y1J4RIXUX6VPA/PC070019-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg Bembix - metasomal tergites In Bembix furcata males, S2 is strongly projecting (star) and often apically cleft to form two points (‘bifid’); S6 has a broad and complex projection (arrows), including a pair of angles at the outer sides and a short, blunt apicomedial point. Male and female Bembix are best distinguished on the basis of the number of metasomal segments visible dorsally. That is, a count of the tergites. Males have 7, females just 6. Antennae also differ in the number of flagellar segments (males with 11, females with 10). However, apical segments are often short and may be difficult to count accurately in many field photos. Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739063737762-TLQTL3KEZUAQM86VCJ2S/P1020067-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - clypeus, labrum, S2 process In this male the clypeus (dotted pink arrow) is protruding and largely white, although black laterally and apically; the labrum (solid green arrow) largely black, but white-cream laterally. The mandible is pale in colour, the base just visible tucked in behind the labrum. Note also the large, arched process on S2 (star). Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739332364833-NSBQFJODPI95JVTQJN4C/PB120787-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - vertex, front basitarsus In this species the vertex (star) is well below the level of the eye tops (line). The front basitarsus (arrow) is slender, narrowly margined black along the outer edge, and bears 6 slender, pale amber pecten spines. Note too that the following three tarsal segments are quite slender (not expanded or modified). Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739331194261-61XKCE1S260N1EL7A58M/PB260175-Enhanced-NR.jpg Bembix - male antennae In this species, flagellomere 5 (F5) is slightly excavated beneath, F6 more strongly so, and F7 spinose beneath (arrow). Compare to Fig. 134 (Evans & Matthews, 1973). Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739065012859-ZTH4XJ34BUHQDDPEOX3I/P1090483-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - clypeus shape & colour In this female, the clypeus (arrow) is very strongly protuberant and prominent laterally. It is bright yellow but with a large, black spot mediobasally. Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739065466413-U8DBUSA8FOET5LFT058O/PB160398-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - tegula, mesoscutum, scape Note the small lateral yellow streak on the mesoscutum, just above the tegula (star). The scape (arrow) is black above, yellow below. The clypeus in this female is wholly yellow, without the black basal mark seen in some other individuals of the same species. Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739066857439-38FZKJ1BL7XIC6YOKTNC/PB160405-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - frons, vertex, flagellum A full frontal view is necessary to assess the level of the vertex summit (star) with respect to the eye tops. Here the vertex is well below eye level. Species vary in the width of the frons (double-headed arrow) relative to the eye height. In this female the frons is broad, the inner eye margins nearly parallel. Differences in mandible shape between species are subtle, but do provide useful information. Here the mandible has a strong cutting edge (dotted arrow), described by Evans & Matthews as “an oblique cutting edge between the apex and the tooth on the inner margin.” The number of antennal segments differs between the sexes. Females have just 10 flagellar segments, while males have 11. Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739068272206-OK4Z4YZIUCYJ4AQRX2DL/PB160413-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - front tibia & basitarsus, clypeus Of particular importance is the structure and colour of the front basitarsus (arrow), including the number of ‘pecten’ spines. In all Bembix species, tarsal segments 2-4 bear two pecten spines each but the number on the front basitarsus varies from 6 to 42. Here there are 6 pecten spines on the front basitarsus, which is quite slender. Also of note is the darkened, slightly lobed outer edge. The spur on the inner apex of the front tibia (green star) is distinctive in some species. Here it is unmodified, ‘simple’. From this angle, the midline of the clypeus is visibly elevated (red star). The shape of the clypeus is a useful feature for distinguishing between species, although it can be difficult to discern in field photos. Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739084938029-B4A1US0QV81E0U8P0PMA/PB181124-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg Bembix - front basitarsi, clypeus shape An anterior view of the front legs displays the colour and number of pecten spines, and the shape of the basitarsus itself (arrows). In this female the basitarsus is long and slender (not broadly expanded), mostly yellow but with a darkened outer edge, weakly lobed at the base of the spines. The six spines are long, and amber in colour. The clypeus in this female is elevated mediobasally (star). Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739084933523-R1VTLK53X2NYEXDF3IXW/PB160421-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Bembix - pronotum, mesopleura, labrum, mandibles While colour patterning typically shows at least some variation within a species, it still provides a useful piece to the ID puzzle. Two of the thoracic regions of note are the pronotum and the mesopleura. Note that in Bembix, the pronotum is much lower than the mesoscutum. It is often largely concealed in dorsal view, so lateral shots are helpful. Note too the large pronotal lobe (star), which is extensively yellow in this species. This angle also demonstrates why the labrum (arrow) can be difficult to see – it is often tucked away under the head. When digging, females will usually have the mandibles open and forward of the labrum, making their colour easy to determine. In this female they meet the description of ‘yellow’, as the dark apex is universal in Bembix and so is not mentioned in the summary table of species descriptions. Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739175071881-XCCPJRXIHADG6T625U89/P1090483-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg Bembix - sand wasps indeed! Many Bembix species are extensively, densely hairy (‘setose’). And these hairs readily trap sand and dirt, making it very difficult to see the colour pattern of the underlying structure. Just another of the challenges of species identification from field photos! The six metasomal tergites confirm this as a female. Note how each tergite (the dorsal plate of the segment) extends laterally. The sternites (the equivalent ventral plates) are not visible from this angle. Bembix furcata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739261226044-9T2G89GR7U7IZRRWI85Q/P2200154-2-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpeg Bembix - dorsal mesosoma ('thorax') The major visible plates along the dorsal midline of the mesosoma are: pronotal collar (low in Bembix, relative to the mesoscutum); mesoscutum (often simply called the scutum); scutellum; metanotum (very short); and the propodeum. When the wings are in the usual position at rest, the propodeum is obscured, as it is in species with particularly dense setae (hairs). The U-shaped yellow mark on the mesoscutum is referred to as a discal mark. In some individuals (and species), the discal marks are much narrower than this, and the segments of the U are often not connected. Bembix variabilis Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25727992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739231401205-S811IL62TLCGPTSKZB6T/Reiner+147447501+a.jpeg Bembix - clypeus, labrum, front basitarsus The features shown in this image are diagnostic for Bembix palmata males. The bright yellow clypeus is concave apically, has prominent round lobes laterally (curved solid arrow), and has a small median, basal ridge (star). The labrum is depressed near the base (dotted arrow), and also bright yellow. And the shape of the extremely broad front basitarsus (straight arrow) is unique. Bembix palmata Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/147447501 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739231719504-OII2F4RH96BGG5UUYRII/original-8.jpeg Bembix - S2 process, propodeum markings The best chance to see the sternal process of males is when they are feeding at flowers. This species has a high ridge on S2, right-angled at the apex (straight arrow). The yellow marks on the sides of the propodeum (curved arrow) are also visible from this angle. Note too the yellow marks on the extreme lateral sides of T1, highlighting the extent to which the dorsal tergites wrap around ventrally. Bembix palmata Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/147447501 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739259903656-JOFF1PUONVVZBBZ9FKM7/Reiner+105595939.jpeg Bembix - front basitarsus, male antenna The uniquely shaped front basitarsus (straight arrow) of Bembix palmata is worth showing again. Note too the broadly expanded lobes of front tarsomeres 2, 3 and 4 (stars). The shape of the male antenna is another feature that can helpful in species recognition. Modifications tend to start at flagellomere 5 (curved arrow), and in this species it is strongly spinose. Compare to Fig. 121 (Evans & Matthews, 1973). Bembix palmata Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/105595939 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739240249262-ZI4STVEFF6EI5Y0ZABF0/original-9.jpeg Bembix - clypeus, labrum, front basitarsus, vertex Although the diagnostic features in females of this species are not as pronounced as in the male, they are nevertheless enough for a species ID (when taken in combination with colour patterning). As in the male:the clypeus is broad with a median carina basally (star); the labrum is depressed basally (dotted arrow); and the front basitarsi are expanded (solid arrows) as are the following tarsomeres. Note too the vertex level with the eye tops (line). This is the not an uncommon condition, but it does contrast with some other extensively yellow species such as B. flavifrons. Finally, in this species the female typically has a pair of black spots on the yellow clypeus. This too is a widespread pattern, seen in many species (yet often highly variable within a species). Bembix palmata Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/66902356 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739261873067-01HYL9YGSZALZPOIYHP9/Reiner+150716071.jpeg Bembix - numerous pecten spines The five species of the Pectinipes species group are characterised by their numerous pecten spines. All have at least 10, and some as many as 42! This female has 12 I can count, and probably more. Compare to Fig. 36 (Evans & Matthews, 1973). Bembix flavifrons Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/150716071 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766299819083-XNWMFNY39Q43MX1XTELT/Bembix+flavifrons+male+Museums+Victoria+2482511+features.jpeg Bembix - pecten spines, clypeus, labrum, male antenna The large number of pecten spines immediately identifies this as one of just three species (the Pectinipes species group). The highly distinctive shapes of the clypeus and labrum shape are diagnostic, and the strongly curved antennae provide further support. Bembix flavifrons Photographer: Mark Norman (Museums Victoria) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2482511 Accessed 21 December 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739236255972-7VL8K4QKN90TBA6LY7OU/Kerry+Stuart+198711178.jpeg Bembix - a unique colour pattern There are few Australian Bembix that can be unambiguously identified to species level based on the colour pattern alone … but this one can! Commonly referred to as the ‘Panda Sand Wasp’, Bembix vespiformis is unmistakable. There is some variation … the apical segments are not always orange (particularly in the east), and T2-4 may be all black or have white spots. But the large, tapered white spots on T2 are a consistent feature. Bembix vespiformis Image courtesy Kerry Stuart https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/198711178 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1739236263405-U1T7IXKM3OEPP62B8EHY/Kerry+Stuart+195650631+a.jpeg Bembix - long, dark pecten spines Despite the distinctive colour pattern, I like to check as many other features as possible against a putative species description. For example, here the colour of the mandibles, legs, mesoscutum all fit with Bembix vespiformis … as do the 7 long, dark pecten spines on each of the front basitarsi (arrows). Note that this is one of many Bembix species widely distributed across continental Australia. Bembix vespiformis Image courtesy Kerry Stuart https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/195650631 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740294743455-21RBFX3TZU7ETYF24BA1/Harris+69648244.jpeg Bembix - B. furcata NOTE: this is the only species known from Tasmania - clypeus white, bordered black; labrum black - centre of vertex well below level of eye tops https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/69648244 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740295248621-T4ZI2HMZZA1M47DBRQ2U/Harris+197504176.jpeg Bembix - B. furcata Note: this is the only species known from Tasmania - clypeus prominent laterally - centre of vertex well below level of eye tops https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/197504176 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740286534566-ZBMAHTHAOM1I357CJNJP/Reiner+25727992.jpeg Bembix - B. variabilis - band on T1 has an angular median notch (in addition to the pair of more lateral emarginations) - colour of metasomal bands is typically cream or off-white (but may be brighter yellow in some individuals) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25727992 (image courtesy Reiner Richter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740289181698-FMWL21HIOO73SG135D7K/Koche+107168910.jpeg Bembix - B. variabilis - discal markings on mesoscutum may be a pair of large yellow streaks and a transverse yellow mark behind (as here), or these may be thicker and connected to form a solid U-shape https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107168910 (image courtesy Hauke Koch) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740288587167-0XNOV8S52ZUV40P5XQCG/Brian+Byrnes+145146372.jpg Bembix - B. lamellata - tricoloured mandible - large (broad?) S2 projection - S6 elevated, angulate apically - unusually dense & long pale hairs, including on T1 & propodeum - metasoma mainly black, limited white markings https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145146372 (image courtesy Brian Byrnes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740288004390-0TDUDXW43EV4KW7EUSYC/Brian+Byrnes+145157864.jpg Bembix - B. lamellata - central vertex above eye level - clypeus & labrum wholly pale - large yellow spot on mesopleura https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145157864 (image courtesy Brian Byrnes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740292264524-MF2BBPY3LVP3ORSRP24Y/Reiner+25720932.jpeg Bembix - B. littoralis (?) - white to yellow bands on T1-T5, interrupted medially & each with strong, anterior emarginations - centre of vertex not strongly depressed (cf. B. furcata) Despite being a common, widespread species, I’m not yet completely confident in my ability to recognise it. It remains a work-in-progress. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25720932 (image courtesy Reiner Richter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740293123483-2GL87Z28ABPB2F700UPT/Goods+256325551.jpg Bembix - B. palmata - front basitarsus much expanded from base; broad & flat: following tarsomeres also expanded on the outer margin - clypeus prominent laterally, forming round & projecting lobes - bright yellow legs, clypeus, labrum https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/256325551 (image courtesy Graham & Maree Goods) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740296616756-B9ZSQTKZRA932QOS7U7J/Teale+Britstra+25832854.jpeg Bembix - B. vespiformis - metasoma with strongest white marks on T1, tapered medially; following tergites mostly black - apical tergite may be orange https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25832854 (image courtesy Teale Britstra) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1740293835785-72X3E51RXLDJFOLKM8FI/Phil+Warburton+203204274.jpg Bembix - B. trepida - clypeus protuberant but flattened apically, & with oblique black markings basally - front basitarsus slender, & with darkened lobes at base of each pecten spine - T1 has yellow spot at extreme side, in addition to white marking more dorsally - S1-5 with yellow lateral spots https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/203204274 (image courtesy Phil Warburton) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766299256566-6O15SR5L0LNG356G8C88/Bembix+flavifrons+male+Museums+Victoria+2482511+anterior.jpeg Bembix - B. flavifrons - numerous pecten spines on front basitarsus (at least 16) - expanded front basitarsus - clypeus shape diagnostic, with pair deep lateral grooves and strongly elevated medially and laterally - labrum also unusual form, with median basal sulcus and strongly elevated laterally - mid tibia much expanded from a slender base Photographer: Mark Norman (Museums Victoria) https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2482511 Accessed 21 December 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766300835091-0NGWUES2BKJK54GEVNKX/PB281218.jpg Bembix - B. littoralis This is one of the most common and widespread species … yet it remains an identification challenge. The variation in colour is “almost beyond description”, and they are rather generalist in their morphology. However, it can be done. With caution. This one I’m confident of, having obtained a specimen for a closer look. In particular, note: - broad and high vertex, strongly elevated centrally - slender mandibles - in this dark variant, the combination of minimal mesoscutal markings with narrow metasomal bands (in contrast with coast B. variabilis, which have broad metasomal bands even when the mesoscutum is entirely black) more details here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768774610533-YCZJT2OUR1D0H1M8661E/original-75.jpeg Bembix - mandible shape The differences in mandible shape between species are slight and somewhat relative … yet they are important. In some cases, they are one of the few reliable diagnostic characters. For example, female B. littoralis and B. variabilis are structurally very similar. Colour patterns certainly help but as both are highly (highly!) variable species, a structural feature provides a valuable cross-check. Both species have slender mandibles, but that of B. variabilis is particular slender and straight, with a very small tooth (green arrow). Mandible shape correlates with nest substrate. Species that nest in coarse sand or compact soil typically tend to have robust mandibles, strongly curved, and with an oblique cutting edge between the apex and the tooth. In contrast, those that burrow in very friable substrate tend to have slender mandibles with little or even no cutting edge … as in this B. variabilis. B. variabilis Image courtesy Faz https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/335029293 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768798131232-D4AGPB1ISP4OKIGD8J75/PB220546.jpg Bembix The outer edges of the front tarsi are adorned with an array of stiff spines. These form a rake for sweeping sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768798163077-UIFKVEEM1WQDQLSXQLNZ/PB220570.jpg Bembix Incidentally, these ‘pecten spines’ are an important diagnostic character. Species vary in the number, colour & length of the spines, as well as in the shape of the tarsal segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768793462783-K9Q0VCBKIZMH5WUXOFKW/PB220695.jpg Bembix Mandibles are used to prise out larger stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768801428996-GZN4NEVI1R93KBXJHW5A/PB220752.jpg Bembix Digging a new burrow or opening a concealed one involves a similar set of actions. It is the front pair of legs that do the scraping as the wasps scuttles backwards with each sweep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768798210886-XSHLG22PECX676VWW8ON/PB220743.jpg Bembix The action is fast and furious. With sand from the last sweep still flying, she is already reaching forward for another load. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768801758977-P1ZZR02DYWM9GMN5O150/PB220760.jpg Bembix A few sweeps later, now dragging each load further from the entrance before kicking it out behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768798176313-WPTXUBVHL0H5VZVKPY1S/PB220631.jpg Bembix Males dig too, whether to create overnight retreats or (as here) in search of a female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768802163047-63OI4W5Z5HR7RV78FL6Q/PB220636.jpg Bembix Those mandibles in action again. No wonder they become worn with time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768807912893-JSG9T0O17P8ZT8CC51FP/PB220722.jpg Bembix On returning from a successful hunt, females fly directly to the site of their nest. The cues she follows may be visual, chemical, or both. Whatever the mechanism, it is remarkably reliable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768807968383-EX7OL43QGMFY3XM7KF0P/PB220735+copy.jpg Bembix Bee flies are a favoured prey of Bembix furcata, according to a study undertaken in the ACT (Evans & Matthews 1973). The fly in this photo is indeed a Bombyliidae – perhaps Staurostichus, a genus that takes flight in large numbers here during November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768807945249-8542IFOXK5MN64GFNBG6/PB220730+copy.jpg Bembix The fly is held securely by the wasp’s middle legs. And she continues to hold it while she rakes open the burrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768807972983-53A0VZ0LQZEC2DRDODM4/PB220736.jpg Bembix She is quick to disappear from sight, and for good reason. On the surface she may lose her prize to thieving neighbours – one of the downsides of a crowded nesting area. Then there are the ever-present ants that will grab any prey left unattended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768810305821-C5Z8LT1XSE2B1EZMXLNU/PB220420.jpg Bembix Males spend much of their time flying back and forth over patches of the nesting area. This is a behaviour I typically associate with our local Bembix. But on this day they were keen to dig. Very keen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768810243970-T7U4YKL7UEKVHXSY26E0/PB220427.jpg Bembix Back in 2017 I wasn’t at all sure what this was about. Indeed, I assumed these were nesting females. Now I know better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768810122986-L5C0HEWDHZ2UUOM6X7F4/PB220449.jpg Bembix Males can detect the presence of females as they prepare to emerge for the first time. Such females are virgin and receptive. They will mate just once, then quickly get under way with nest digging, egg laying, and provisioning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768811839369-XZSP3NMANLWCVKDT9XU5/PB220434.jpg Bembix Males can sense the presence of females well before they reach the surface. Studies have shown the both chemical and vibrational cues are involved, and that males recognise the sex of the hidden wasp. They can even distinguish newly-emerging virgins from previously mated, nesting females! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768811267096-1L253MZGEYHXCXQM97Z6/PB220435.jpg Bembix The digging male soon attracted the attention of a second, cruising male. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768810274951-4WJKITWAHXA51NOSXB91/PB220408.jpg Bembix Initially I didn’t see any overt physical attack, but the interloper was clearly seeking to drive the other male away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768810136288-RO4JSWNNVYGM4RD13I02/PB220452.jpg Bembix And then a third one sought to crash the party! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768810142199-O393ZNB8SHXITA6MFJ9B/PB220461.jpg Bembix The newcomers were persistent, but the first male did his best to guard the excavation site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768812493816-Y5CZ35588EH4RXULUE6Z/PB220518.jpg Bembix Well, perhaps not all just intimidation. There was the occasional physical stoush! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768810199315-B2O2OJ8T0ZYTLJUTM9LM/PB220523.jpg Bembix Perhaps his larger size was an advantage. Bembix furcata males range from 14mm to 21mm in length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768813076146-FS63THEO4GDUH9H0RLX1/PB220715.jpg Bembix Returning with a paralysed fly, this female prepared to dig open her burrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768813081684-WBM3ZJSKB9SLOPJFPAN4/PB220716.jpg Bembix In a lightning attack, a cruising male made a grab for her. She was clearly not receptive! Unfortunately, it all happened a little too fast for me to capture on camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768813479162-SRGLMO103NMT9KPN80N8/PB220720.jpg Bembix Within seconds she was again aloft, lining up her approach. The earlier photo series under ‘A hunter of flies’ show her subsequent success. The male did not make a second attempt. https://southernforestlife.net/pterygophorus-pw041 daily 0.75 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745134661567-7IUBR5GKHWVD6IF546JU/P4110046.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - living female soon after collection on 11/4/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745134661567-7IUBR5GKHWVD6IF546JU/P4110046.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - living female soon after collection on 11/4/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745152393097-YK5F1X4E5356AGN3KX47/P4110043.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - living female soon after collection on 11/4/25 body length 14.5mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745154895526-HIG2CLH5BSA9KFB77H66/P4180005-3-2-labelled.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Dorsal view - identities of thoracic and abdominal segments - after euthenasia on 12/4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745217100940-7NDKX9BVAJQSJQFN3O59/P4180002-4-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior band confined to tergum 3 dorsally posterior yellow band is exposed intersegmental membrane between terga 6 and 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745153517337-NN0R8G0S300TR6RXW0GV/P4120003-3-Pano.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior yellow band fills tergum 3 laterally and just crosses into tergum 4 posterior yellow band extends ventrally into tergum 7, expanding to its posterior edge and crossing into tergum 8 saw extended https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745216210774-JDH8CTZCD9YHVHFICJTR/P4120008-3-rectangle.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Extended saw - area in rectangle shown in next photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745135639501-9WLPKK0BJV5C4N7MTE7X/P4120033-2.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - photomicrograph of tooth #10 34 denticulations present on this tooth - Benson (1938) reports 28-40 denticulations present in P. cinctus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745216819038-1B3BJ7ZIL89633Y85ULJ/Benson+1938+fig.6.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Drawing of saw tooth #10 of P. cinctus from Benson (1938) fig. 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745369373684-CU2R1EAYGFD2AS5KCTC8/P4180027-3-labelled.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Abdomen with two yellow bands anterior yellow band expands onto sternum 3, making a complete band around segment 3 posterior yellow band expands to ventral border of tergum 7 and 8 tergum 10 (pygidium) is also yellow small cerci visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745220097897-957NHHOG2Q92SHZYLLI6/P4180025-4-Edit-unlabelled.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Head and antennal morphology - frontal view Head black; short, fine pale pubescence; shining, without punctures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745222063851-P64WLUJM04Z5DA3I7JNT/P4180025-4-Edit-3.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Head and antennal morphology - labelled apex of clypeus emarginate malar space less than ½ breadth of mandible at base (=0.45) distance between eyes in front subequal to length of eye (=1.1) breadth of clypeus no more than 2/3 length of eye (=0.6) 23 antennomeres - scape and pedicel black; 8 basal flagellomeres yellow; apical 13 black; pecten directed antero-ventrally on each flagellum, becoming longer in apical flagellomeres; most apical antennomere is clubbed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745480927498-I8KYH1H7CVJX8AKZQVEM/P4180026-3-new.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Head morphology apex of clypeus emarginate malar space less than ½ breadth of mandible at base (=0.45) distance between eyes in front subequal to length of eye (=1.1) breadth of clypeus no more than 2/3 length of eye (=0.6) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745368130173-WSHFAX8B9TUEYWTH3W3P/P4180024-3-labelled-new.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Head - lateral view mouthparts labelled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745221019554-M1COLTJZB9YXCLUBBPPO/Benson+1938+fig.1.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Drawing of Pterygophorus cinctus head - frontal view shows eyes converging in front so that length of eye is about equal to distance between eyes in front - Benson (1938) fig. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745238226483-WMAFJMXTKHPBCT5FPWZW/P4180009-3.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Thorax morphology and colour short, fine, pale pubescence over thorax accessory furrow on pronotum (arrow) subparallel with side margin of pronotum pronotum yellow with black anterior border and black behind accessory furrow mesepisternum black with large central yellow area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745238833562-EL2D1T0Y8Y408UKJUE9Q/Benson+1938+Fig.5.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Pterygophorus cinctus pronotum lateral view shows accessory furrow on pronotum - Benson (1938) fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745238438945-KGXV0Z45XXIAF1XB62A4/P4180024-3-2.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Thorax morphology side portion of pronotum cut off by accessory furrow (arrow) is broader than length of malar space (arrow) - separates P. cinctus, P. distinctus, P. insignis and P. facielonga from P. turneri. thorax covered by short, fine, pale pubescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745308807232-NWXO9UHVUSKRIH8QJ5FD/P4180070-Edit-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Thorax morphology and colour Pronotum and mesoscutellum pale yellow, shiny between sparse punctures Metascutellum black with pale yellow central patch Mesoscutum black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745311406495-CZGR9Y7CJ4VPHCRKB9NU/P4180050-2.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Forewing dorsal view wing hyaline with dark brown band extending along anterior border to wing apex, covering 1st cubital and radial cells completely and half of 2nd and 3rd cubital cells (but not 1st discoidal cell) costa and stigma yellowish-brown venation black in basal and anterior regions, brown in apical region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745313223717-E5HFMXOVWKZUDY8EI7U8/P4180028-3.jpeg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Leg colour coxa, trochanter and femur - black in all legs tibia black in all legs, except for dorsal side of basal third, which is whitish-yellow tarsomeres black in all legs, except for basal third (in some tarsomeres more), which is whitish yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1745311696786-AQOPPIBKUG7JT7XK2SLY/P4180006-2-Edit-Pano-Edit-2.jpg Pterygophorus: PW041 - Leg colour coxa, trochanter and femur - black in all legs tibia black in all legs, except for dorsal side of basal third, which is whitish-yellow tarsomeres black in all legs, except for basal third (in some tarsomeres more), which is whitish yellow https://southernforestlife.net/sawfly-field-photos-gallery daily 0.75 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746317980909-2GS4YQWXVOXX81GPSXGB/Pergagrapta+polita+female+dorsal.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta polita - female - yellow antennae longer than points of insertion but shorter than breadth of head - reddish brown head, thorax and abdomen with yellow patches - yellow pronotum with reddish-brown front patch - yellow scutellum with distinct midline furrow and distinct reddish hind lobes - legs all yellow, except for reddish-brown femur - yellowish wings, with reddish-yellow veins (image courtesy @gibbergavin, near Townsville, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746317980909-2GS4YQWXVOXX81GPSXGB/Pergagrapta+polita+female+dorsal.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta polita - female - yellow antennae longer than points of insertion but shorter than breadth of head - reddish brown head, thorax and abdomen with yellow patches - yellow pronotum with reddish-brown front patch - yellow scutellum with distinct midline furrow and distinct reddish hind lobes - legs all yellow, except for reddish-brown femur - yellowish wings, with reddish-yellow veins (image courtesy @gibbergavin, near Townsville, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746317997283-NDIZQG8VFH5IIX4AFAX2/Pergagrapta+polita+female+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta polita - female - pronotum yellow with reddish-brown patch on front - yellow patches on side of abdomen (image courtesy @gibbergavin, near Townsville, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746319018719-Y4Y9N49S2KOXNLSAUV0C/Pergagrapta+polita+male+lateral+02.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta polita - male - body parts same colour as female (image courtesy - @heidi_d, near Mudgee, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746347776949-R79L0X11904RLFU93TRH/Pergagrapta+gravenhorstii+female+dorsal.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta gravenhorstii - female - orange antennae, longer than points of insertion, shorter than breadth of head - black head, pronotum (with narrow yellow margin) and thorax - black scutellum with indistinct midline furrow and orange hind lobes - legs all orange, except for black coxae - orange wings, with orange veins (image courtesy @jimbobo, Dandenong, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746347797563-GKC33F8V26ORX4B56Z1Q/Pergagrapta+gravenhorstii+female+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta gravenhorstii - female - pronotum black with thin orange border - legs all orange, apart from black coxae - abdomen front 2/3rds orange, rear 1/3rd black (image courtesy @jimbobo, Dandenong, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746317528770-26Y3H5PHHTKBSA2TG665/original-82.jpg Sawfly field photos gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746357117133-BMN44HHXHTZF90HI6JD8/Pergagrapta+bella+female+dorsal.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta bella - female - orange antennae, longer than points of insertion, shorter than breadth of head, with dark scape and pedicel - reddish-brown head - thorax reddish-brown and black on sides, with cream patch in middle - scutellum reddish-brown with distinct middle groove and well-developed reddish hind lobes - legs all orange - yellow wings, with black and brown veins, orange stigma (image courtesy @elusiveorchids, Hobart, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746357136657-I2C9OHXBUPVJ65LC41I0/Pergagrapta+bella+female+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta bella - female - pronotum reddish-brown with cream hind border - black pleurae with cream streaks - all legs - coxa black and orange, femur reddish-orange, tibia and tarsus orange - abdomen part black and reddish brown above and below with white lateral patches, venter varies from all reddish brown to all black to part reddish brown and part black to reddish brown with black stripes (image courtesy @elusiveorchids, Hobart, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746362818339-A5VSR0WX9VTTDL4LZGY1/Pergagrapta+bella+male+lateral.JPG Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta bella - male - orange antennae, with dark scape and pedicel - black head with cream stripe on cheeks - thorax black - pronotum black with cream hind border - pleurae black with cream streaks - all legs - coxa black and white, femur, tibia and tarsus orange - abdomen black with white lateral patches (image courtesy Roger Farrow, Wadbilliga NP, NSW) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1746362516303-54EJ7LTUK7YZPQ6FRJJ8/Pergagrapta+female+and+male+lateral.JPG Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta bella - female mating with male - orange antennae, with dark scape and pedicel - black head with cream and orange stripe on cheeks - thorax black - pronotum black with cream hind border - pleurae black with cream streaks - all legs - coxa black and white, femur, tibia and tarsus orange - abdomen black with white lateral patches, last segments orange (image courtesy Roger Farrow, Wadbilliga NP, NSW) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750553546547-DIOABJCKSYPW7KW6DWU9/Pergagrapta+bicolor+doral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta bicolor - female - black antennae longer than points of insertion but shorter than breadth of head - black head, thorax and abdomen - black pronotum with yellow posterior margin - yellow scutellum with distinct midline furrow and short, pointed pale yellow hind lobes - fore and mid femora black, hind femur white with black apex, tibiae white, hind tibia with black apex, all tarsi with black apices - pale yellow hyaline wings, with black veins (image courtesy @gibbergavin, near Warialda, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750553659945-N5ECX2HRDJV0WW7JU87L/Pergagrapta+bicolor+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta bicolor - female - black head with yellow genae, antennal tubercles, clypeus and labrum - black pronotum with yellow posterior border- - all black abdomen (image courtesy @gibbergavin, near Warialda, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750556151649-V1GNPQNRFBTLQE1CWXDG/Pergagrapta+castanea+dorsal.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta castanea - female - yellow antennae, longer than points of insertion, shorter than breadth of head - dark reddish-brown head, thorax and abdomen, with small yellow patch at rear of middle lobe of mesoscutum - scutellum same reddish-brown colour as rest of body, with distinct middle groove and well developed hind lobes - yellowish-white legs - wings pale yellow hyaline with reddish-brown veins, costa and stigma (image courtesy @mhocking, Blue Mountains, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750556659755-ZO2XKXVUITT99KWR22TI/Pergagrapta+castanea+dorso-lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta castanea - female - yellowish-white antennae - uniform dark reddish-brown body, including scutellum - yellowish-white legs - wings pale yellow hyaline, reddish-brown veins, costa and stigma (image courtesy @mhocking, Blue Mountains, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750556105324-ENI32DTRQD6S385DRGCD/Pergagrapta+castanea+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta castanea - female - abdomen dark reddish-brown with row of pale straw-coloured spots along each side (image courtesy @mhocking, Blue Mountains, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750557983015-8P3W10EXU14K0567LKSP/Pergagrapta+castanea+male.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta castanea - male - yellow antennae - uniform dark reddish-brown body, including scutellum, small yellow patch at base of middle lobe of mesoscutum - yellowish-white legs - wings pale yellow hyaline, reddish-brown veins, costa and stigma (image courtesy @maxcampbell, near Bemboka, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750576259243-KRY4N7GOI0G95XGD3762/original-120.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta glabra - female - yellowish-brown antennae, longer than points of insertion, shorter than breadth of head - reddish-brown head, thorax and abdomen - central tear-drop patch in middle of mesonotum, black streaks on sides - reddish-brown pronotum with thin yellow hind border - scutellum reddish-brown with midline furrow and pale well-developed hind lobes - wings brownish infuscate, stigma, costa and veins blackish-brown - legs orange with apex of hind femur and tibia black (image courtesy @cairina, Perth, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750576281816-2CX3HYI6NMUD1RG2HDM4/original-121.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapa glabra - female - reddish-brown head with yellow genae, clypeus and labrum - reddish-brown pronotum with thin yellow hind border - legs orange with apex of hind femur and tibia black (image courtesy @cairina, Perth, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750577023681-3SAQDDWCAAV9RLTSWLNH/original-114.jpg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta glabra - female (dark form) - black antennae - black head, mesonotum - black scutellum with distinct midline furrow and orange hind lobes - reddish-brown pronotum - reddish-brown abdomen - wings blackish infuscate, stigma, costa and veins black - legs all black, except for orange coxae (image courtesy @cole0ptera, near Eumundi, Qld, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750577098070-AM1ESNUC3VRK8YP7NXF5/Pergagrapta+glabra+dark+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta glabra - female (dark form), ovipositing - black antennae - black head, orange genae - reddish-brown pronotum - reddish-brown abdomen - legs all black, except for orange coxae (image courtesy @cole0ptera, near Eumundi, Qld, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750664110338-BF3XI5TAS22PZDVZP4II/Pergagrapta+latreilli+female+dorsal.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta latreillii - female - antennae black - reddish-brown head, labrum, clypeus, antennal tubercles, genae yellow - pronotum reddish-brown with yellow rear border - scutellum reddish-brown with distinct midline furrow and prominent hind lobes - mesoscutum reddish-brown - wings yellow hyaline, veins blackish-brown, costa and stigma reddish-brown - legs orange, with apex of hind femur, tibia and tarsi black (image courtesy @daviaker, near Yarram, VIC, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750662945019-LKB2KQ0OM9V2V3PJ6LX8/Pergagrapta+latreillii+female+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta latreillii - female - antennae, black flagellum, reddish-brown club, scape & pedicel - reddish-brown head, labrum, clypeus, antennal tubercles, genae yellow - pronotum reddish-brown with yellow rear border - scutellum reddish-brown with distinct midline furrow and prominent hind lobes - mesoscutum reddish-brown with yellow spot on middle lobe and dark borders on lateral lobes - abdomen orange-brown - wings yellow hyaline, veins dark brown, costa and stigma reddish-brown - legs yellow, with apex of hind femur and tibia black (image courtesy @gibbergavin, Wollomombi NSW, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750664893768-MPSPS1A3F498O6HWW3H6/Pergagrapta+latreillii+male+dorsal.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta latreillii - male - antennae orange, black scape and pedicel - head black, yellow spots on vertex, inner orbits, antennal tubercles and genae - pronotum black with yellow rear border - scutellum yellow with vague medial furrow, prominent hind lobes - mesonotum black with yellow teardrop on middle lobe - wings smoky hyaline, veins dark brown, costa and stigma orange - legs orange (image courtesy @gibbergavin, near Tenterfield NSW, iNaturalist observation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1750664923097-NYINZ7P260H6I3EL9VCS/Pergagrapta+latreillii+male+lateral.jpeg Sawfly field photos gallery - Pergagrapta latreillii - male - antennae orange, black scape and pedicel - head black, yellow spots on vertex, inner orbits, antennal tubercles, clypeus and genae - pronotum black with yellow rear border - scutellum yellow with vague medial furrow, prominent hind lobes - mesonotum black with yellow teardrop on middle lobe - abdomen orange - wings yellow hyaline, veins dark brown, costa and stigma orange - legs orange (image courtesy @gibbergavin, near Tenterfield NSW, iNaturalist observation) https://southernforestlife.net/polistinae daily 0.75 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074226880-XFX1PBWAE1AZMY1W8YX3/Polistes+erythrinus+iNat+20340579.jpg Polistinae - Polistes erythrinus Ferruginous and black, entirely lacking yellow markings. Pronotal humeri & keel ferruginous. Mesoscutum black with ferruginous stripes (this varies; some with much wider stripes; others wholly black). Wings extensively yellowish brown, including the veins. Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/20340579 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074226880-XFX1PBWAE1AZMY1W8YX3/Polistes+erythrinus+iNat+20340579.jpg Polistinae - Polistes erythrinus Ferruginous and black, entirely lacking yellow markings. Pronotal humeri & keel ferruginous. Mesoscutum black with ferruginous stripes (this varies; some with much wider stripes; others wholly black). Wings extensively yellowish brown, including the veins. Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/20340579 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074228392-7FMTC2EEJJVI8BGYUHMU/Polistes+erythrinus+iNat+21374040.jpg Polistinae - Polistes erythrinus Gaster dark ferruginous with black markings, particularly T1, the base of T2, and S2. Head ferruginous, with black markings including underside and up into the genae. Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/21374040 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074229138-C6FUVBNKVTV5CG69MQ7C/Polistes+schach+iNat+25727944.jpg Polistinae - Polistes schach Almost entirely orange, with just a small amount of black (including: base of gaster; ocellar region) and yellow (including apex of femora, entire tibiae & tarsi). Image courtesy Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25727944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074231931-GE95WF3F1T5PEPRPAY1Q/Polistes+schach+iNat+105635057.jpg Polistinae - Polistes schach Head orange, with large black spot encompassing ocelli. Pronotum orange, with yellow markings largely restricted to keel and hind margin. If there is any yellow on the humeri, it is very limited (as here, just visible in anterodorsal corner). Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/105635057 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074253330-NN75XPHPM0J7VKP37N2P/Polistes+tepidus+iNat+32633052.jpg Polistinae - Polistes tepidus tepidus Black, with extensive yellow-orange markings, including: head; humeri of pronotum; gaster posteriorly. Large yellow spots on black mesoscutum are common among northern specimens such as this one from QLD … but they are typically absent of greatly reduced further south. Legs mostly yellow-orange. Black at base of femora and hind tibia (usually, as here). Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/32633052 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758860300917-6D2P4E6ZVNQ8JVBLE9LB/iNaturalist+156560134.jpg Polistinae - Polistes tepidus tepidus Black, with extensive yellow-orange markings. The majority of specimens are like this one from NSW, lacking the pair of yellow-orange spots on the mesoscutum that characterise the species in northern QLD and Papua New Guinea. Image courtesy of Nells Gross https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/156560134 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758861387158-NUBVK9KI7ZBVUF5CWN5V/iNaturalist+190482787+b.jpg Polistinae - Polistes tepidus tepidus Black with orange-yellow markings, including the genae and, in females, a broad yellow band above the antennal sockets. The legs are extensively bright yellow or yellow-orange, but the femora are black, as are the hind tibiae in most southern specimens (like this one from NSW). Image courtesy of Nells Gross https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/190482787 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755515640395-1OYZ9TI0WV9POZNU3QE0/PC030441-Enhanced-NR.jpg Polistinae - Polistes stigma townsvillensis Clypeus yellow, with black bands dorsally and ventrally. Head ferruginous, with dark rings around ocelli. Scutellum ferruginous, narrowly yellow anteriorly (variable). Metanotum ferruginous, with yellow markings (variable). Distal half of marginal cell of forewing with a well-defined black spot. Wings otherwise almost hyaline, brownish in costal region. Veins brown. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/254086954 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074249869-HGO9S0E9UPUTGRE0OEEO/Polistes+stigma+iNat+265035366.jpg Polistinae - Polistes stigma townsvillensis Ferruginous with highly variable pattern of black and yellow markings. Pronotum ferruginous, hind margin yellowish. Mesoscutum ferruginous, with narrow black margin anteriorly (variable, although only very rarely black). Mesopleruon ferruginous, with some black markings. Legs ferruginous. Image courtesy Norm Farmer https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/265035366 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755517832884-92MMTSYS1BG7NSZ2DU74/Polistes+humilis+iNat+259415143.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis Black, with extensive ferruginous markings. T1-3 dark ferruginous, black basally. Yellow apical bands on T1 and T3 (variable). Forewings dakrkened apically, but without a clearly defined spot. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/259415143 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074258620-HP0XETUVHZCWN9HU3YHY/Ropalidia+impetuosa+iNat+271575595.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia impetuosa Yellow markings include: scutellum; metanotum; apical band on T2, extending around S2. T1 entirely red-black. Pronotal humeri (‘shoulder panel’) rust-red (‘ferruginous’), keel yellow. Image courtesy of Lachlan Copeland https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/271575595 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755559194503-XAOY6WOQITC8XW1GIPSW/Polistes+humilis+iNat+261964017.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis Head ferruginous, with black markings on upper frons. Inner orbits yellow. Clypeus yellow, with some ferruginous markings dorsally. Forewings fuscous (brownish grey), with costal region more yellow-brown. Marginal cell darker, but wing without a clearly-defined dark spot. Legs ferruginous, except coxae and basal region of femora black. Mesopleuron black. Image courtesy of observer ‘teenytinyworld’ https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/261964017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755330348330-0BJ2SWMF9D36K3GFUTUP/Ropalidia+impetuosa+iNat+48619802.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia impetuosa General body colour ferruginous (red-brown), but extensively blackened. Yellow markings strong and obvious, including scutellum, metanotum, stripes on the propodeum, and a broad band on apex of T2. Image courtesy of sdoug7405 https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/48619802 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074270601-FMO1D2XT3M40HPODM9LE/Ropalidia+romandi+iNat+30729968.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia romandi Extensively yellow, including: entire pronotum; pleura (sides of thorax); most of the head; last 4 segments of the metasoma (‘abdomen’) T1 apically (posteriorly) yellow, darker (in this case red) basally. T2 with a wide, yellow band apically, preceded by a darkened area. Basally red-brown. Yellow spot on spiracle. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/30729968 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074273479-FJ1B79KWV1XP624ZNQG9/Ropalidia+romandi+iNat+188633364+b.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia romandi Mesoscutum yellow, with 3 dark (black to rusty brown), longitudinal stripes. Scutellum yellow, with dark central stripe. Metanotum yellow. T1 yellow apically, rusty brown (‘ferruginous’) basally. Top of head (around the ocelli) black to rusty brown. Image courtesy of Sandy Clark https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/188633364 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755327034071-LUFL6WXYSRYTBMJ9H440/Ropalidia+socialistica+iNat+230393502.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia socialistica Pronotum black, with wide yellow stripes laterally, & narrowly yellow centrally. Mesoscutum entirely black, tegulae yellow. Scutellum & metanotum each with pair of yellow spots. Image courtesy of Nadine Gaffney https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/230393502 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074277508-M83TPV0THPMHHI9I09C8/Ropalidia+socialistica+iNat+259139666.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia socialistica Head black, with yellow spots on upper & lower gena (behind eye); base of mandible. T2 black, with very wide apical (posterior) band extending forward to the anterior margin & expanding around the spiracle. T1 black, also with a broad apical band, sides, & spot around the spiracle. Pleura (sides of thorax) black, with yellow scrobal spot (around stigma of mesopleura). Image courtesy of Nadine Gaffney https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/259139666 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755332710838-6UZLGUDSU0216AZB8YD7/Ropalidia+gracilenta+iNat+263425056.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia gracilenta Dark ferruginous overall, with limited and indistinct pale markings. T1 with white-yellow apical band. T2 also with narrow apical band. Image courtesy of Philip Griffin https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/263425056 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755312762334-XQBGTHSI2RKZ5TAY2N7U/Ropalidia+gracilenta+iNat+294772228.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia gracilenta Overall dark red-brown, with the following pale spots/marks visible dorsally on mesosoma: pronotal keel; tegulae; scutellum; metanotum; propodeum. Image courtesy of Lachlan Copeland https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/294772228 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755390633197-UUT88R9880B3W0XM6UJY/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+269191397+b.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana The ferruginous mesoscutum with black markings, an example of the colour variation seen in this species. T2 with an apical yellow band … another variable feature of R. plebeiana. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/269191397 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755312100721-Q4T5710TGH0ISNA6A77U/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+116811489.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana Yellow spot at base of mandible. Yellow preapical band on T1. In this individual, T2 is entirely ferruginous and with long, appressed hairs. Image courtesy of Phil Warburton https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/116811489 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755312287746-MVSMEHVNN83O2HZKFM2S/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+200759685.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana In some individuals, the ferruginous areas are extensively blackened. Unlike females, this male has serrated antennae and a yellowish stigma (in the forewing). Image courtesy of Gunter Maywald https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/200759685 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755848519058-0PD7CQ2SAM5PRSA5N31O/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+115535536.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana A pair in the throes of coupling … or at least a coupling attempt. It is rare indeed to witness this. Note that the male genitalia are exserted, clearly visible extending from the tip of the metasoma. The shape of the metasoma distinguishes this species, as do the serrations on the underside of the male antennae. Image courtesy of Nells Gross https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/115535536 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755313684317-0E986FZJX8D8AHG6JVMG/Ropalidia+revolutionalis+iNat+286531162+b.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia revolutionalis Dark ferruginous throughout, more or less mottled black on mesosoma and T2. Image courtesy of Nick Lambert https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/286531162 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755312921473-WMUHSJTL6KX45S5LWK8Y/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+10447781.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana Combs suboval or irregular in shape, suspended from one or more central peduncles. The standout feature of this species, particularly along the south-east coast (Itô & Higashi, 1987), is the aggregation of huge numbers of adjacent combs. Note however, that not all colonies are so large. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/10447781 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755390633195-FMDBGZZZMEVEVDG6EG3Y/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+192872817+b.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana Concrete bridges seem particularly attractive to this species, with some well studied colonies in southern NSW known to persist for decades (Itô & Higashi, 1987). The age of this aggregation on a bridge near Bega in southern NSW is unknown. Image courtesy of Max Campbell https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/192872817 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755322915818-1IYB8G802TXNY8N3WKZ7/Ropalidia+revolutionalis+257208603.jpeg Polistinae - Ropalidia revolutionalis Dark ferruginous throughout, more or less mottled black on mesosoma and T2. Head of female dark ferruginous, with blackened areas around antennal sockets and ocelli. Image courtesy of Norm Farmer https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/257208603 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755313421263-94L8FQUSNBRK2DHKT4K5/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+200893960.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana This large nest aggregation was under a rock overhang in the Victoria alps. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/200893960 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755313593158-LC05U29YR08V1V8MLME6/Ropalidia+revolutionalis.jpeg Polistinae - Ropalidia revolutionalis The combs of this species seem quite stereotypic. Two rows of cells, suspended from a single peduncle at the top, and gradually increasing in length as the season progresses (Hook & Evans, 1982). Image courtesy of Norm Farmer https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/199621399 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755409041662-5M7CO1H4IH43WGV8EQ62/Ropalidia+revolutionalis+iNat+260007913.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia revolutionalis By mid to late summer, it is common for the nest to have expanded to include multiple ‘satellite’ combs (Hook & Evans, 1982). This image includes several males (green arrows). Image courtesy of observer ‘jiggy’ https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/260007913 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755410421670-J5MI62F4I9F9QJPBAEWC/Ropalidia+gracilenta+iNat+107363970.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia gracilenta I’ve yet to find any published descriptions of the nest of this species, but this seems representative of the sightings on iNaturalist. Note in particular, the long, oblique cells in a near single column, and the terminal peduncle. Image courtesy of SG Dickinson https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107363970 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756109879708-WMB9R9UU3UEITXEVS0FW/Ropalidia+gracilenta+iNat+20362038.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia gracilenta Based on this sighting, combs can be very similar to those made by R. revolutionalis: elongate, 2-cells wide, with a terminal peduncle. There is just a single comb here … in R. revolutionalis, by the time the primary comb is this long, the colony has usually produced additional ‘satellite’ combs. But otherwise I have yet to identify a diagnostic difference. Take-home message: the comb shape alone should not be relied upon to distinguish R. revolutionalis from R. gracilenta. Image courtesy of Thomas Mesaglio https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/20362038 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755329484151-ZMY954TEH8PRCK5E6S57/Ropalidia+socialistica+nest+iNat+74372849.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia impetuosa Single large comb, leaf-shaped (elongate oval), suspended from vegetation by terminal peduncle. Image courtesy of Dezmond Wells https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/74372849 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755323184990-PF83O8B2XIV8J4OKGIXC/Ropalidia+revolutionalis+257208603+male.jpeg Polistinae - Ropalidia revolutionalis Males of this species are similarly ferruginous to black. As here, some have large, pale (or even bright yellow spots) at the base of T2. In either sex, T2 may also have a narrow yellow apical band. Note too that the male head and face is quite distinctive – almost entirely black above, with extensive yellow markings on the lower face, including the clypeus and most of the mandibles. Image courtesy of Norm Farmer https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/257208603 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755341552374-M2NTI6DX53SAXZ4H44MO/Ropalidia+revolutionalis+iNat+273752872.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia revolutionalis Antennae with 11 flagellar segments (= male). More extensive yellow head markings than in female of this species. Image courtesy of Norm Farmer https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/273752872 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1756169544419-E7ALO011VSUA4JO1LHX8/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+109356751+b.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana Antennae with 11 flagellar segments (i.e. total of 13 segments, counting the basal scape & pedicel). Antennae appear serrate (due to the ventral prominences, particularly strong on flagellar segments 2-4). This is a useful diagnostic feature for this species (cf. R. revolutionalis). Extensive yellow markings on face & clypeus (quite unlike females in this species). Also extensively yellow on the underside of the mesosoma (‘thorax’), including coxae & anterior side of femora, & mesosternum. Image courtesy of John Bromilow https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109356751 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755343221103-LNVT7FRQ45X1RE09O40D/P5080075-2.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana 7 visible metasomal tergites (= male) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/78038563 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074275578-57TDUDT28HZW9NZO9MN1/Ropalidia+socialistica+iNat+53566113.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia socialistica Large, naked (i.e. without paper covering), vertical comb, typically in a tree crevice … as here. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/53566113 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755343756002-IBQS5YKXQLBP0NNLZ20X/Ropalidia+plebeiana+iNat+78038563+b.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia plebeiana Antennae with 11 flagellar segments (= male). Male antennae modified in this species, appearing serrate due to ventral projections, and with hooked terminal segment. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/78038563 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755411292735-UXT5BBIWWLV8UW474TC2/Ropalidia+romandi+iNat+241384764.jpg Polistinae - Ropalidia romandi Massive nests, sometimes home to thousands of wasps. Inside the papery envelope are a large number of free-hanging combs. The nests are typically suspended among tree branches. Image courtesy of Jemaine Mulcahy https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/241384764 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755074251305-VC2CWUI5ZV3UTXVK3NVU/Polistes+stigma+Woombah+145398758.jpg Polistinae - Polistes stigma townsvillensis T1 black basally, with yellow sides and apical band (variable). T2 and T3 with apical yellow bands. This too is highly variable, and T2 usually lacks a band). Mesoscutum here black (more typically ferruginous). Costal region of wings brown, the marginal cell with a dark spot. Veins brown. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145398758 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755595191339-8MPJRPFHTUVJOY9FMD54/Polistes+humilis+iNat+263367081.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis A particularly ferruginous colour variant of this species. A complete absence of yellow bands on the gaster (a common state for P. humilis). Note the black mesopleura, with a reddish spot (cf P. schach). Note too the darkly fuscous wings, lacking any distinct black spot in the region of the marginal cell. Image courtesy of Harvey Perkins https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/263367081 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755565589522-UH2WDV1JXTKRZPA2YSUK/Polistes+humilis+iNat+265382858.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis Black with extensive ferruginous markings. Mesoscutum extensively black. Mesopleuron black, with anterodorsal reddish spot. Mesosternum yellow. Mandibles yellow. Also yellow markings in malar space, and a stripe along the gena. Forewings strongly fuscous. Image courtesy of Nick Lambert https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/265382858 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759127308159-IM6R8GHFOH64KWCW808P/iNaturalist+296708279.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis Extensive yellow markings are common among P. humilis synoecus, including often complete-length yellow stripes on the propodeum (as here). This subspecies often has several yellow bands on the gaster, and a band on T2 is not unusual. Image courtesy of Nadine Gaffney https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/296708279 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755587106463-XKRT9UROPL7NSPEN5STN/Polistes+humilis+iNat+302547121+b.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis Clypeus yellow, with ferruginous dorsal marks and black margin. Frons ferruginous, with yellow along inner orbits. Mandibles ferruginous. Mesosternum black in this female (cf yellow in males). Image courtesy of John Tann https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/302547121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755567364802-K8PZOTQEPTJTQ5O82WA6/Polistes+humilis+iNat+302547121.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis Male with extensive yellow markings on head, including: clypeus; mandibles; inner orbits to bottom of ocular sinus (notch in eye); interantennal spacescape beneath; malar space (varies). Mesosternum also extensively yellow in male, along with coxae, and stripes along the femora. Image courtesy of John Tann https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/302547121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755646002631-JG400HLOR1I6B1T4L0GG/Polistes+chinensis+iNat+191344848.jpg Polistinae - Polistes chinensis ('Asian Paper Wasp') Native to the Palaearctic region. Introduced into the Sydney area, & established by 2008. Also introduced in New Zealand. Now widespread and (disturbingly) common throughout south-eastern NSW and Victoria. Nests are the typical, dangling umbrella-shaped comb, often built under outdoor structures or in vegetation. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/191344848 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1755649617921-FG2REMYTJN07IINWV7TT/Polistes+dominula+iNat+203855668.jpg Polistinae - Polistes dominula ('European Paper Wasp') Native to the Palaearctic Region. Introduced into the Perth area and established by 1977. Now apparently also established around Melbourne and central Victoria. Very similar to P. chinensis, but with a pair of yellow marks on the mesoscutum. The nests can become quite large, and are sometimes built in secluded locations such as roof cavities. Image courtesy of John Cull https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/203855668 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758595745723-38G4G9VFDD5N4VBTZQQH/mesopleural+structures+diagram.jpg Polistinae For reference: the various regions, ridges and grooves of the mesopleura in Polistes. In particular, note the location of the epicnemial carina and the dorsal groove. There presence or absence is a key to the subfamilies. Note too the location of the mesepimeron and mesepisternum, and that together these form the mesopleuron. The colour pattern of the mesopleuron can help distinguish between species, particularly between P. humilis and P. stigma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758596202484-HCH6561DDU9G9NYENGT2/pleural+structures+diagram.jpg Polistinae For reference: the location and extent of each of the major lateral structures of Polistes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758596342426-KZZ2CW370VN6PXO0KNB6/iNaturalist+20361200.jpg Polistinae Mesoepisternum with dorsal groove and epicnemial carina = subgenus Gyrostoma. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/20361200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758608430587-XUBWHIOLOJYN7RUHAU0I/iNaturalist+149521599.jpg Polistinae Dorsal groove and epicnemial carina of mesepisternum evident = subgenus Gyrostoma. Mesopleuron entirely black = typical of Polistes tepidus. Image courtesy of Nigel Main https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/149521599 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758601455230-KMJDISCC5W9129CISA0G/iNaturalist+154552500.jpg Polistinae Dorsal groove of mesepimeron made obvious here due to black markings in the sutures = subgenus Gyrostoma. Mesopleuron orange, with black lining of sutures = Polistes schach. Note also the small yellow patch in the anterodorsal region of the mesepisternum. Large yellow patch on anterior mesosternum = typical of male P. schach. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/154552500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758878310883-HGJJOKCZCICLAI7XLCKS/Screenshot+2025-09-26+at+7.16.52%E2%80%AFpm.png Polistinae In this high resolution image, the scrobal sulcus is obvious … and is is equally clear that there is no dorsal groove = subgenus Polistella. This very orange variant of P. humilis is otherwise easily mistaken for P. schach. Image courtesy of Gunter Maywald https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/156358837 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758596668399-5JO1GP3DTLFONENCWUFQ/iNaturalist+35482110.jpg Polistinae No apparent grooves or carina on mesepisternum (although difficult to be sure), suggesting subgenus Polistella. Mesepisternum black, with large anterodorsal reddish spot = common pattern for P. humilis. Image courtesy of Thomas Mesaglio https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/35482110 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758600515317-J3IM653O8SOR5QF50X56/iNaturalist+263477744.jpg Polistinae No dorsal groove on mesepisternum = subgenus Polistella. (Note that from this angle it isn’t possible to assess the presence/absence of the epicnemial carina.) Mesopleuron black, with a red & yellow mark in the anterodorsal region of the mesepisternum = consistent with P. humilis, and suggestive of the subspecies P. humilis synoecus. Image courtesy of Nadine Gaffney https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/263477744 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758600124438-78L9ISFN7DU52G98WC7S/iNaturalist+201453918.jpg Polistinae Mesepisternum without dorsal groove or epicnemial carina = subgenus Polistella. Mesepisternum entirely black = typical base colour for P. humilis. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/201453918 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758600916297-6LQUVG7MNLHJS0YKU06T/iNaturalist+265035366.jpg Polistinae No dorsal groove or epicnemial carina on mesopleuron = subgenus Polistella. Mesopleuron ferruginous, with large black spot on mesepimeron = Polistes stigma townsvillensis. Image courtesy of Norm Farmer https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/265035366 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758687200647-G1Z8SGFRGGHYHKYKPN1N/head+shape+diagram.jpg Polistinae Comparison of head shape for the five candidate species of Polistes, with an emphasis on differences between subgenera. The eyes of Polistella species are relatively large, extending beyond the midpoint of the clypeus. The malar space is therefore considerably shorter than in Gyrostoma. In addition, when viewed from this angle, the head appears more triangular in Polistella. … I think of Gyrostoma as having ‘chubby cheeks’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758694956930-7SFG13JE7ARFQQEG63L6/iNaturalist+21292500+a.jpg Polistinae Malar space relatively long, eye not reaching midpoint of clypeus = subgenus Gyrostoma. Note also, the eye is distinctly separated from the clypeus = a feature of P. erythrinus. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/21292500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758846797354-SJYD4KN8FUYZ60UBMKMF/iNaturalist+154552500+b.jpg Polistinae Genae relatively wide, giving the distinctive ‘chubby cheeks’ appearance of this subgenus (Gyrostoma). Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/154552500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758702532457-KQVMVKELP89HLS1E0HXI/iNaturalist+253254052.jpg Polistinae The eye does not reach the midpoint of the clypeus, and the genae are relatively wide = subgenus Gyrostoma. Image courtesy of Kent Walker https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/253254052 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758695817309-ZHKD7P25PXFPEW0BGKWH/iNaturalist+192855939.jpg Polistinae Malar space relatively long, eye not extending to midpoint of clypeus = subgenus Gyrostoma. Note that the eye is not separated from the clypeus (unlike in P. erythrinus). Note too the almost triangular shape of the clypeus = a feature of P. schach females. Image courtesy of Richard Shirky https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/192855939 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758861395257-O3CUFC1HR1XXQNBZ8LKK/iNaturalist+190482787+a.jpg Polistinae Bottom of eye is well above the midpoint of the clypeus = subgenus Gyrostoma. Image courtesy of Nells Gross https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/190482787 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758704910225-GNQQMMYHINNFEO14840D/iNaturalist+265035209+b.jpg Polistinae Eye extends beyond midpoint of clypeus = subgenus Polistella. Image courtesy of Norm Farmer https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/265035209 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758703622692-U60HM2YGZY3UWHEFZM2S/iNaturalist+315413841.jpg Polistinae Eye extends well beyond midpoint of clypeus, and head quite strongly triangular = subgenus Polistella. Image courtesy of Nicholas John Fisher https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/315413841 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758695472118-H1MTW07C06OFY257O98K/iNaturalist+21440246.jpg Polistinae Very short malar space, eyes extending beyond midpoint of clypeus, head triangular from this perspective = subgenus Polistella. Note that the triangular shape of the head is even more pronounced in males of this species than it is in females. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/21440246 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758696291913-1TGEFMM25MDCUFEPSF9X/iNaturalist+199046035.jpg Polistinae Eye extends beyond midpoint of clypeus = subgenus Polistella. Image courtesy of Lachlan Copeland https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/199046035 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758702201400-850MSNUMB58V40QUHUS8/iNaturalist+237447653.jpg Polistinae From this angle it’s difficult to make a call on the eye-clypeus relationship. However, the narrow genae and vertex point are consistent with subgenus Polistella. Image courtesy of Nick Lambert https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/237447653 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758702888426-L9P8CHW1EK0WHNR01IT9/iNaturalist+256864592+b.jpg Polistinae The head is quite triangular, relatively wide across the top and narrowing below = subgenus Polistella. Image courtesy of Jessy Cottee https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/256864592 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758771338918-8Z9KNZ1QHI2IGHDUCYOP/iNaturalist+275628280.jpg Polistinae Several males ‘standing tall’, displaying their colourful underparts. Image courtesy basicz https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/275628280 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758770968403-LGJYY61GNKHBF7GR3HC3/iNaturalist+302547121.jpg Polistinae The mesosternum* (stars) is extensively yellow, as are the front coxae (circles). [*technically the region referred to as the mesosternum is the ventral part of the mesepisternum … but for simplicity I have followed the terminology of Richards 1978] Image courtesy of John Tann https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/302547121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758772110672-2US158UKMR88DZRJRUUS/iNaturalist+154067286.jpg Polistinae Yellow mesosternum (arrow) visible in the male, behind the front coxae which are also fully yellow. Image courtesy of Locky Cooper https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/154067286 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759191873080-22S50TT5GDSZ3AQUEL3G/shape+1st+gastral+segment.jpg Polistinae One of the features separating P. humilis from P. stigmatownsvillensis in Richards’ (1978) key to the adults of Australian species of Polistes is the shape of the first gastral segment. The distinction is relatively subtle, but in full lateral view the ratios of length to height are measurably different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759195402514-DFAR46TXL18IL1PYG50Z/iNaturalist+255321869.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis humilis The shape of the first gastral segment is a clear match for P. humilis: relatively short and steeply rising. Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/255321869 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759194954689-FZM55A3ZW3G3SERLE7J1/iNaturalist+289477883b.jpg Polistinae - Polistes humilis synoecus Due to the relatively steep slope of T1, it can appear particularly short when viewed dorsally. Note that the yellow markings on T1 and on the propodeum are similar to those of P. stigma. Image courtesy of Nadine Gaffney https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/289477883 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759194370466-XP4ZCEI85ZR8NW8485Y1/iNaturalist+16575782.jpg Polistinae - Polistes stigma townsvillensis Perhaps there is a suggestion of a more gradual rise in T1 here, but from such an angle it is difficult to call. Note the clearly defined dark wing spot in this image, a distinguising feature of this species (cf. P. humilis). Image courtesy of Reiner Richter https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/16575782 (Far North QLD) https://southernforestlife.net/trichorhachus daily 0.75 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506510292-GXQTBDPDTP5FGMP9VMF1/P9190001-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus body length 4.7mm antennae; 3 segmented, simple whole thorax, abdomen bright metallic blue all segments of all legs bright metallic blue laterally and dorsally, except joints between femora and tibiae orange hind basitarsus longer than next 2 tarsal segments together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506510292-GXQTBDPDTP5FGMP9VMF1/P9190001-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus body length 4.7mm antennae; 3 segmented, simple whole thorax, abdomen bright metallic blue all segments of all legs bright metallic blue laterally and dorsally, except joints between femora and tibiae orange hind basitarsus longer than next 2 tarsal segments together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506568675-QFL6IG3I0ZOS0CUBI94C/P9190012-Edit-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus genae and face yellow-orange tongue longer than head, dorsal side blackish lateral side of head, thorax and abdomen unpunctured tegula yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758510107754-R7RUHVVFAY2NZA0QHG0U/P9190025-Edit-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus clypeus, labrum, inner orbits, orange antennal flagellum shorter than closest distance between eyes face, ventral side of thorax and abdomen unpunctured ventral side of thorax and abdomen metallic blue, except for orange apical segment of abdomen ventral and anterior side of all segments of all legs black, except for ventral side of fore tibiae which are orange ventral side of tongue grey pre-apical spur on mid and hind tibiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506619058-XUKNF4DYMR7R4NBA4HHK/P9190045-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus flagellum of antenna shorter than distance between eyes, approx. same width as scape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759195802707-ANFM8CNWF0WENTI75Q9Y/P9190067-Edit-sca%3Be.jpg Trichorhachus antenna; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange; flagellum single segment, approx. same thickness as scape mandibles yellow with black tip labrum and clypeus yellow inner orbits and genae yellow glossa (tongue) grey ventrally, black dorsally; almost as long as eye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758600253187-P4EXRWT286MP9TQ8TS0C/P9200015-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured distance between hind ocelli greater than distance between an ocellus and back of head antennal flagellum about same thickness as scape, shorter than distance between eyes vertex black, genae orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506770620-59NGCAPEW7VA0980V8K5/P9190085-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus prosternum and mesosternum bright metallic blue, without punctures genae, mandibles, labrum orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506601269-76KGKFF0NGRV21NZGEMT/P9190038-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen viewed ventrally abdomen shining with coarse transverse wrinkles apical segment of abdomen yellow-orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506962083-MPQT8DB3WISZW05IZLFX/P9190119-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen viewed dorsally after removal of wings all terga bright metallic blue, except posterior tergum 1 pale orange, unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758581152769-EVU3KFA6B4AIBNJ6EIVX/P9190102-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus apical abdominal segment with ovipositor sheath viewed dorsally. sides of sawsheath are separate dorsally - similar to Benson fig. 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758602234864-HC8WX51ASY8O511Z9IBC/P9200057-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lateral view of rear of abdomen, showing ovipositor sheath (third valvula) and protruding tip of saw (lancet or first valvula). sides of sawsheath are separate dorsally - similar to Benson fig. 10 of T. australis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758792792127-0T015EPPIXV82YSUR5Z9/P9200069-Edit-2.jpeg Trichorhachus posterior view of end of abdomen showing ovipositor structures. sides of sawsheath are separate dorsally - similar to Benson fig. 10 of T. australis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758598398453-BHGTPXCGQT4T98QIB09Y/P9200154-Edit-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus apical tip of ovipositor sheath (third valvula) after removal from body, densely covered in stiff bristles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758592981623-EH134MGEBD2UJYVKIFFS/Benson+1938+fig.9%2C10.jpg Trichorhachus sawsheath and apex of abdomen in T. nitidus (9) and T. australis (10) - from Benson (1938), figs. 9, 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758581478402-8ZB940WO8DGJC9WODJLA/Benson+1938+fig.11%2C12.jpg Trichorhachus portion of saw in T. nitidus (11), including teeth 8-12 of total 14 widely spaced teeth and T. australis (12), including teeth 8-16 of total of about 27 teeth, each bearing smaller denticulations - from Benson (1938), figs. 11, 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758708799575-MEZRN095W5VQ0CQA6QOH/P9240065-montage.jpg Trichorhachus saw (lancet or first valvula) dissected from female - with hair bands and 16 teeth, each bearing smaller denticulations (serrulae). different number of teeth to T. australis and different to T. nitidus in possessing serrulae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758760531949-CR9SUZLOXLIZ7VPWFBO7/P9210028-Edit-pano-2.jpeg Trichorhachus enlarged view of end of saw (lancet or first valvula) showing teeth 1-6, each with 3 small serrulae (denticulations) Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) state that in the Trichorhachus sp. ovipositor examined (Fig. 27A,B) serrulae were absent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758507077230-LU0PPVF0C5TTGETTMCFC/P9200001-2-Edit-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus distal 2/3rd of saw (lancet) saw is similar to T. australis but has fewer teeth (16 vs. 27) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758873377311-Q97YYID24FWULQAR2S8Q/P9200086-Edit.jpeg Trichorhachus lance (second valvula) dissected from body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758598321626-K6TMAC1TOQHLVM12HMAX/P9200119-Edit-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus lance (second valvula) dissected from body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506648126-4S1BNTJKUXCRY7GOHDFG/P9190053-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus forewing RHS hyaline; stigma and venation black; basal vein joins subcosta at a distance from the cubitus almost as great as the length of the 1st transverse cubital vein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506663549-PTAQCGHSW3H2QB8HZY1F/P9190056-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus hind wing RHS hyaline, stigma and venation black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506812795-FB13XN08UPRQJ1VHPAWH/P9190095-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus forewing LHS hyaline; stigma and venation black; basal vein joins subcosta at a distance from the cubitus almost as great as the length of the 1st transverse cubital vein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506797714-MZ2B17X92CUU1H3FK53X/P9190091-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus hind leg - all segments black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758599526436-PGBCFZGC0AOFJZ9LD424/P9190061-Edit-2.jpg Trichorhachus mid leg - all segments black, tibia with preapical spur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506892267-5HGBV77C73NQQ6F0QQTC/P9190099.jpg Trichorhachus fore leg - tibia orange on ventral surface, all other segments black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758506875183-VAQM64TTE2PA3K9YDEJW/P9190098.jpg Trichorhachus fore leg - tibia orange on ventral surface, all other segments black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758593987068-MSXA9FLI69MULA5ALAPV/P9190145-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus body length 5.0mm antennae orange, 3 segmented, flagellum bifurcated, setose whole thorax, abdomen bright metallic blue all segments of all legs bright metallic blue laterally and dorsally, except joints between femora and tibiae orange hind basitarsus longer than next 2 tarsal segments together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759194866228-QCLQD7J6XCKBTG7AJE5C/P9190194-Edit.jpeg Trichorhachus parts of proboscis shown: - glossa (tongue), labial palps and prementum parts of labium; glossa longer than prementum, almost same length as eye - galea, most distal part of maxilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759194768396-O4C8PW2CORY6RM1O0AXR/P9190173-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus antennae; 3 segmented, all segments orange; flagellum bifurcated, setose clypeus, labrum, mandibles and genae orange glossa (tongue), labial palps and prementum parts of labium; glossa longer than prementum, approx. same length as eye pronotum, mesonotum and mesopleura bright metallic blue, unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758682947498-TQS7TL049E3JSKKM8JSN/P9230040-Edit-scale-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus antennae: 3 segmented, flagellum bifurcated, setose distance between hind ocelli much greater than distance between ocellus and back of head vertex black, genae orange pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured forewings hyaline, stigma and venation black; basal vein joins subcosta at a distance from the cubitus almost as great as the length of the 1st transverse cubital vein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758592795980-8EWEX2Y9BRKZVE7AUZUT/P9190187-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus labrum, inner orbits, orange face, ventral side of thorax and abdomen unpunctured ventral side of thorax and abdomen metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium) of abdomen ventral and anterior side of all segments of all legs black pre-apical spur on mid and hind tibiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758682904696-UHKO0LOIX9W0MSZCZMH2/P9230087-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus after removal of mid and hind legs: labrum, mandibles, all 3 segments of antennae orange ventral side of thorax and abdomen unpunctured and metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium) of abdomen all segments of fore legs shiny metallic blue, except basal ¼ of tibiae orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758683006915-TP2JMK0D7P9G50Q1W5HB/P9230105-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen viewed ventrally: bright metallic blue, unpunctured apical segment (hypopygium) orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758870728718-40NCOW1QVENPCD3VCRIW/P9250001-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus dorsal thorax and abdomen after removal of wings and legs pronotum, mesonotum, scutellum bright metallic blue; unpunctured abdomen, all terga bright metallic blue except posterior half tergum 1 pale yellow; with coarse transverse wrinkles but unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758870707197-OQFX0BKUBA1XEQOU530M/P9250008-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus rear of abdomen, dorsal view all terga shining metallic blue; without punctures orange harpe, tongue-shaped cusps used to grip base of female genitalia during copulation, protruding from rear of body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759376306906-1M8KQVTZDI1P3IFHLG9R/P9250023-3-Edit-labelled.jpeg Trichorhachus genitalia dissected from male - close match to drawing of penis valve of T. hyalinus (Fig. 4) in Benson (1938) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759376374424-A9REV0JH1HYPH3EFRIN7/P9250008-3.jpg Trichorhachus genitalia dissected from male - compare to following figures from Benson (1938) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759376706543-380L97I0PW2PFJMSO4YM/P9250013-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genitalia dissected from male - compare to following figures from Benson (1938) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759377486936-D5I2OPLDQ67YFC9ES3CK/Screenshot+2025-09-25+at+7.51.40%E2%80%AFpm.png Trichorhachus Male genitalia of Trichorhachus australis - Benson (1938) fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758794072616-WGD90LQAIUTCA6AJE1AK/Screenshot+2025-09-25+at+7.51.50%E2%80%AFpm.png Trichorhachus penis valve of Trichorhachus australis (2), T. nitidus (3), T. hyalinus (4) - from Benson (1938), figs. 2-4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758682963471-68TYACWX5AEV9XYU12IK/P9230013-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus hind legs: right leg above, outer surface (coxa missing); left leg below, inner surface, with detached coxa all segments shiny metallic blue, tibia with a preapical spur hind basitarsus longer than next 2 tarsal segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758682979176-QUVVB3IY26D8CFXLUYBF/P9230006-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus hind legs: right leg on left, inner surface (coxa missing); left leg on right, outer surface, with detached coxa all segments shiny metallic blue, tibia with a preapical spur hind basitarsus longer than next 2 tarsal segments together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758702865491-9GYE6GQTAYBEDQM827ZJ/P9230029-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus mid legs: left, inner side of right leg (missing coxa and last 3 tarsomeres); right, lateral side of left leg (missing coxa) all segments shiny metallic blue, tibia with a preapical spur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758702978088-2TJ8C3HWGLQRO9JS0GN8/P9230023-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus mid legs: top, lateral side of right leg (missing last 3 tarsomeres); below, inner side of left leg all segments shiny metallic blue, tibia with a preapical spur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758767267111-LARQ6ZABHV11PQLF2ULP/P9250036-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus right foreleg (missing trochanter and coxa) - all segments black, except base and apex of tibia orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758766747673-MPR3CBH7BSWF7HLSTOMZ/P9250032-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus right foreleg (missing coxa) - all segments black, except base and apex of tibia orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758766036011-IQ0UQY4W85FWZ006BRVG/P9250001-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus left forewing: hyaline, stigma and venation black; basal vein joins subcosta at a distance from the cubitus almost as great as the length of the 1st transverse cubital vein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758766301372-N5W7MSXSJLCTR20Q8MPN/P9250007-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus left hindwing; hyaline, black veins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758880865172-AP7CYORNCZKVBHFQKIPB/P9260004-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus body length 5.0mm antennae: 3 segmented, simple; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange antennal flagellum longer than closest distance between eyes flagellum slightly narrower than scape ventral side of thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue genae, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) legs: all coxae and femora black, all tibiae and tarsi orange-blackish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758928266722-0M425AHXRHYEJW3CLEVZ/P9260014-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genae orange, vertex black proboscis shorter than head, galea relatively short lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue; tegula blackish-orange legs: all coxae and femora black, except hind femora black basal half, orange apical half dorsally; all tibiae and tarsi orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758931477403-KIHL2M5LDX0BTT732OET/P9260019-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus antenna black scape, orange pedicel and flagellum (with apex blackened), thinner than scape genae orange, black vertex pronotum black medially, orange laterally mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured stigma brown, venation dark brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759192783394-8DLS41T6GBVDIVY7TO3K/P9260099-2-Edit.jpeg Trichorhachus parts of proboscis shown: - glossa (tongue), labial palps and prementum parts of labium; glossa shorter than prementum, much shorter than length of eye - galea and maxillary palps parts of maxilla antennal flagellum slightly narrower than scape at greatest width https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759192846878-8AUBR0RU9CSJS8P92CLZ/P9260031-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus parts of proboscis shown: - glossa (tongue), labial palps and prementum parts of labium; glossa shorter than prementum, much shorter than eye length - galea and maxillary palps parts of maxilla genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black frons black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758932292559-Y1EHL0KIU1W6M080V3EO/P9260038-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black pronotum orange with black dorsal patch tegula brownish-orange mesopleura, mesoscutum and scutellum black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758932408518-87QFP58B7JHBNK4SFG6Z/P9260119-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (tips of latter black) frons black pronotum orange with black dorsal patch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758932662605-MYHZ5V42FX7VB91DM727/P9260115-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (tips of latter black) frons black pronotum orange with black dorsal patch tegula orange mesopleura shiny metallic blue, unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758932762059-PUSWJ6BUI0BT4MDHABJV/P9260057-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black distance between ocelli greater than distance between ocellus and back of head mesoscutum shiny metallic blue, unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758932850912-H06YSQKE18YPEBA122TS/P9260065-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genae, inner orbits, clypeus, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) forelegs - coxa, femur black; distal femur, tibia and tarsomeres orange; distal tarsomeres black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759038056813-L5LIY1MJ1YP21JQ1XL3X/P9270047-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus frons, post-ocellar area black; inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, vertex orange ocelli mounted on elevated platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758932940272-0X4Z3J17IVU1H5S01922/P9260045-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen shiny metallic blue laterally venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759044128160-9E1B4XGI5LGVN7BD3O89/P9270127-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen viewed laterally shiny metallic blue, unpunctured cerci, 10th abdominal segment orange sawsheath (3rd valvula) black, laterally flattened, not bifid cf. fig. 9 from Benson (1938) tip of projecting saw visible - orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758933107390-T5SMG9BCULHMOIBDLFGN/P9260084-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lateral view of apex of abdomen sawsheath laterally flattened, black; not bifid at apex, cf. fig. 9 from Benson (1938) projecting saw visible, orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758933008398-NM234L76U8KOONZGXW8Q/P9260050-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen shiny metallic black; sawsheath black; lancet orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759042718756-WZEV5LBTM8I5XKJQ8WJP/P9270132-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus apex of abdomen viewed dorso-laterally cerci, 10th abdominal segment orange sawsheath (3rd valvula) black, laterally flattened, not bifid sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to fig. 9 from Benson (1938) tip of projecting saw visible - orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759018997169-NHGIFYMBLVPCIIAPDS7W/Benson+1938+fig.9%2C10.jpg Trichorhachus sawsheath and apex of abdomen in T. nitidus (9) and T. australis (10) - from Benson (1938), figs. 9, 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759045172136-0M2LF4KOT74ZIXKLESMG/P9270141-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen viewed from rear after removal from female and treatment with KOH to separate sclerites saw, sawsheath, 10th tergum with attached cerci, 9th and 8th terga visible same as photograph of T. nitidus ovipositor in Fig. 24F, Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) - see Reference images below sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to Benson fig.9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759046459424-UAZVKCXEN298QR9K14CQ/P9270013-3-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus sawsheath viewed laterally after dissection from body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758962309557-2DVFQJFNWTWDFSWTXYUX/P9270024-3-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lancet (saw) dissected from female; with ~16 teeth, cf. fig. 11 from Benson (1938) which shows teeth 8-12 very similar to 1st valvula (lancet) in Fig. 27A of Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) which shows ~16 teeth - see Reference figures below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758962396180-FY7JEJJYGGVJCCAPR7DS/P9270011-4-Edit-pano.jpg Trichorhachus lancet (saw) dissected from female; with 16 teeth (#15, 16 faint), cf. fig. 11 from Benson (1938) which shows teeth 8-12 very similar to 1st valvula (lancet) in Fig. 27A of Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) which shows ~16 teeth - see Reference figures below serrulae (denticles) absent on teeth - listed by Malagon-Aldana as a character state of ovipositor of Trichorhachus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758974876334-CDSP7IKAOXZ9DV0LJIP3/Benson+1938+fig.11%2C12.jpg Trichorhachus portion of saw in T. nitidus (11), including teeth 8-12 of total 14 widely spaced teeth and T. australis (12), including teeth 8-16 of total of about 27 teeth, each bearing smaller denticulations - from Benson (1938), figs. 11, 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759044550698-MW04SAF1Q4P5H5L7AS6K/P9270007-3-Edit-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus saw (lancet) dissected from female, separated from lance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759044915124-9SXF8OIMUX23RYN57YZ3/P9270009-3-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lance dissected from female, lancet separated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758933365385-FA94KYPQSDJIXNFF99CY/P9260092-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus dorsal view of wings: hyaline, stigma and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759047245396-SCSXPE50RJDYQ7UJ18PC/P9270004.jpg Trichorhachus left forewing: hyaline, stigma and venation brown identical venation to Trichorhachus sp. wing in Fig. 17A, Malagon-Aldana (2021) - see Reference images below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759047404319-JG93F7RFVYLNRU57U3CA/P9270011.jpg Trichorhachus left hind wing; hyaline, venation brown identical venation to Trichorhachus sp. wing in Fig. 17A, Malagon-Aldana (2021) - see Reference images below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1758933248149-1IPTCPPEDSN9EACFMKDG/P9260078-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus ventral view of body mesopleura, mesosternum and venter shiny metallic blue, unpunctured coxae and femora of all legs shiny metallic blue, distal tip of fore femur orange; tibiae and tarsi of all legs orange with distal tips of tarsal segments black hind basitarsus long than following two tarsal segments; preapical spines on mid and hind tibiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759047640982-Q44G44GVF0BTC3YCMFNT/P9270033-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus hind legs dissected from female (left tibia and tarsus missing); coxae and femora black; apical femur, tibia and tarsi orange; apex of tarsomeres blackish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759048504518-2X5KJU1R3PUD856B8PES/P9270021-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus forelegs (LHS) and mid legs (RHS) removed from female (tarsi missing from mid legs) - all femora black with apical tip orange, all tibiae and tarsi orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759122596009-R2N3WSSNM3MVMHFODBVH/P9290001-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus body length 4.8mm antennae 3 segmented, flagellum bifurcated, setose; scape black, pedicel blackish-orange; flagellum basal half orange, apical half blackish-orange labrum, inner orbits, genae, mandibles (except for black tips) orange ventral side of thorax and abdomen metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium) of abdomen, unpunctured legs: coxae, ventral side of all legs black; femora, ventral side of all legs black, apex of fore and mid legs orange, apical ¼ of hind legs orange; tibiae and tarsi of all legs orange, apex of hind tibiae blackish, dorsal side of all tarsi blackish pre-apical spur on mid and hind tibiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759124627090-VN8E6EB7PR7GS8LWPQ1P/P9290007-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus body length 4.9mm genae orange, vertex black proboscis shorter than head, glossa shorter than prementum lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen black; tegula blackish-orange; pronotum black with thin posterior orange rim legs: all coxae and femora black, except apex of fore and mid femora orange, apical 1/5th hind femora orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, tarsi somewhat infuscated, especially in fore legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759124157073-1WTSY0MQUZC3S6CS0998/P9290094-Edit.jpeg Trichorhachus distance between hind ocelli much greater than distance between ocellus and back of head vertex black, genae orange mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured fore wings hyaline, stigma brown, venation dark brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759132348008-SAKFHB7T06NZ1KHPNNX3/P9290001-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus anterior abdomen and thorax, viewed dorsally after removal of wings and legs all terga bright metallic blue, except posterior of tergum 1 pale yellow; unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759125269905-DKZZFZC6H8XT60A05WR6/P9290132-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus antennal flagellum bifurcated, setose; orange , blacked distally vertex, face black; ventral half of clypeus, labrum, mandibles, inner orbits, genae orange galea orange, stipes black, palps black; galea shorter than stipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759125972570-O9IURNVB0Z6YSJNTFL7R/P9290190-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus scape black and orange; pedicel orange; flagellum orange face, clypeus black; labrum, mandibles, inner orbits, genae orange galea orange, stipes black, palps black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759126125397-3YFFJW8EVA82BQGMKKOI/P9290177-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lateral view of abdomen all segments bright metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759126292584-MCBR4CO98GOCA37JPJ2N/P9290154-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lateral view of abdomen and hind legs all abdominal segments bright metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium) hind coxae and basal ¾ of femora bright metallic blue; tibiae orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759126568398-YYSZOPLM3LPLUI9VVXYU/P9290211-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus ventral view of abdomen all segments of venter bright metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium); orange harpe, tongue-shaped cusps used to grip base of female genitalia during copulation, protruding from rear of body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759376871087-RSTTI7MTZ5EIQTAE85U5/P9290001-4-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genitalia dissected from PW053 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), see Reference images below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759380205034-YLZ1PXTGRALXXM3WJHR4/P9290005-4-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus genitalia dissected from PW053 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759377549454-5QTWLXXYOT78S1O3SSFF/Benson+1938+fig.5.jpg Trichorhachus Male genitalia of Trichorhachus australis - Benson (1938) fig.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759378995688-59Y1DUSQG0KA5RG1KX14/Benson+1938+figs.2-4+volsella.jpg Trichorhachus penis valve of Trichorhachus australis (2), T. nitidus (3), T. hyalinus (4) - from Benson (1938), figs. 2-4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759130030195-OQXBONGRBB3HX6GPTZ4X/P9290007-2.jpg Trichorhachus fore wing hyaline; stigma and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759130208809-WE5MXU1D4Y5PPLOWXDAR/P9290011-2.jpg Trichorhachus hind wing hyaline; stigma and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760753560565-EOUXBQZEILUS820DAMHH/PA150001-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus body length 5.5mm antennae: 3 segmented, simple; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange antennal flagellum slightly longer than closest distance between eyes flagellum slightly narrower than scape genae orange, vertex orange, post-ocellar region and frons black lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue legs: all coxae and femora black, except apical ¼ hind femur orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, tarsomeres darkened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754185372-JPS0592JAFNY3ZJE1BD9/PA150017-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus pronotum orange posteriorly, black anteriorly genae orange clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) tegula blackish-orange wings hyaline; costa, stigma and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760755581202-JQ5GJM991V641YZNXX19/PA150080-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus glossa pale yellow with speckled black tip, shorter than black prementum, labial palps black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754427699-Z5W5WDNPKWBPYWLKXO2N/PA150032-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen shiny metallic black; sawsheath black, flattened; lancet orange; cerci orange sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to Benson fig.9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754100518-JH41M1R48CV1D527Q7ET/PA150015-3-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus glossa pale yellow with speckled black tip, shorter than black prementum, labial palps black, maxillary palps black pronotum orange ventrally and laterally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754283314-MSULDNBFP82A4I4888ZB/PA150026-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus ventral view of terminal abdominal segments, showing flattened saw sheath sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to Benson fig.9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754494351-2E03DE20M3AB3XIEAAAI/PA150034-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus pronotum black and orange tegula brownish-orange mesopleura black legs: coxae and femora black, tibiae and tarsi orange with some blackening of distal tibia on forelegs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754557621-J6Y5ZRXT3O8XSBGPU5KL/PA150041-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus abdomen shiny metallic blue laterally legs: mid and hind femora black, apical 1/3rd hind femur blackish-orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754793289-1LIQHF9G41F84LRI7OO5/PA150053-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus antennae: scape black, pedicel orange, flagellum orange with blackish tip genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black distance between ocelli greater than distance between ocellus and back of head mesopleura shiny metallic blue, scape blackish-orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760754928070-VKZ3P1UXLM66R4N3TQCX/PA150065-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus distance between hind ocelli greater than distance between ocellus and back of head genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black pronotum orange speckled with black dorsally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760755517192-7YW8815KTUMRURFGR7P6/PA150075-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus mesonotum, scutellum bright metallic blue pronotum black anteriorly and dorsally, orange posteriorly tegula orange, speckled with black wings hyaline, brown venation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760758860923-9UKUHJCE3SGR4MFS9OPK/PA150090-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus thorax and abdomen shiny metallic blue, T1 with pale yellow stripe in posterior half saw sheath black, orange distally cerci orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760833665877-NOLN9N6MSPBSVQPETO5W/PA160040-Edit-scale.jpeg Trichorhachus abdomen viewed from rear after removal from female and treatment with KOH to separate sclerites lancet, lance, sawsheath and 10th tergum with attached cerci, 9th tergum visible identical to photograph of T. nitidus genitalia in Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), Fig. 24F (cf. Warradarge PW055) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760833461872-H11UH51MTGH4EHSNHONU/PA160047-Edit.jpeg Trichorhachus abdomen viewed from rear after removal from female and treatment with KOH to separate sclerites lancet, lance, sawsheath and 10th tergum with attached cerci, 9th tergum visible identical to photograph of T. nitidus genitalia in Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), Fig. 24F (cf. Warradarge PW055) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760759081848-RUM1W5M87QPETVM468IT/PA150100-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue ventrally legs: all coxae and femora black, with distal apex of hind femur orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, hind tibiae darkened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760759631192-MJ3DSZXPP0M9T48HYVRG/PA160079-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus saw sheath (valvula 3, damaged on RHS) and lance (valvula 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760759413154-B8LFSPMZ6E2ERRJGTUAM/PA160003-2-Edit-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus sawsheath (valvula 3) viewed laterally after dissection from body. cf. Warradarge PW055 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760759609119-7PQ25611NXBWS32QC3EP/PA160015-3-Pano.jpg Trichorhachus lance (valvula 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760760043832-6S72ARKAXK07RE00S1TB/PA160085-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lancet (valvula 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760760229250-G3VLED7ZTOTUCNMHS9VJ/PA160065-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus lancet (valvula 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760700738872-VZIAFNFM6CBPQQI7QWU3/PA160032-2-Edit-pano-2.jpg Trichorhachus lancet - 12 teeth, first 3 with serrulae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760700765157-4X7EPEIMH0XC12HOTGJF/PA160077-2-pano.jpg Trichorhachus lancet, first 9 teeth - serrulae on first 2-3 teeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760770813802-JTNFOFVGY49XL3M9N26V/PA160120-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus other side of lancet - 11 teeth, first 8 with serrulae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760761098204-QBS7DLS1SLRNLIYKQAZW/PA150107.jpg Trichorhachus forewing: costa, stigma and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760759328827-XRXMR4S44Q8MU08Y0OOY/PA150110.jpg Trichorhachus hind wing: hyaline, costa and venation brown https://southernforestlife.net/trichorhachus-02 daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759627071753-07IAVRBBOL5UMMC8CBER/PA030022-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus 02 body length 5.0mm antenna; 3 segmented, simple; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange antennal flagellum shorter than closest distance between eyes flagellum slightly narrower than scape ventral side of thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue, pronotum orange genae, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) legs: all coxae and femora black; apex of fore and mid femora, apical 1/5th hind femora orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange with apices slightly infuscated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759627071753-07IAVRBBOL5UMMC8CBER/PA030022-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus 02 body length 5.0mm antenna; 3 segmented, simple; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange antennal flagellum shorter than closest distance between eyes flagellum slightly narrower than scape ventral side of thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue, pronotum orange genae, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) legs: all coxae and femora black; apex of fore and mid femora, apical 1/5th hind femora orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange with apices slightly infuscated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759627273822-0M8KMKZP2HOAD7KHGNCN/PA030031-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genae, lateral vertex orange lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue; tegula blackish-orange legs: all coxa and femora black; except apical ¼ of femur orange laterally; all tibiae and tarsi orange, slightly infuscated in apical half laterally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759627294957-LQ4MR3LSB5EBCIJHAYSE/PA030040-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genae and vertex orange, except post-ocellar area black mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured stigma brown, venation dark brown, subcostal cell clearly evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759627323785-FOXE7ZV82F6GN45BWY1Q/PA030047-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 glossa shorter than prementum; much shorter than length of eye antennal flagellum slightly narrower than scape at greatest width genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum orange pronotum orange with black dorsal patch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759627506526-A9L1N9TUEM50ZTUMH28Z/PA030055-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 tegula brownish-orange mesopleura, mesoscutum and scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured wings hyaline, venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759628074258-2XF9XFBWNW5K44I1V32G/PA030061-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 abdomen metallic blue laterally venation brown, subcosta cell prominent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759628106447-K49IABOHGC6TMNWPIPRT/PA030067-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 forewing hyaline, stigma blackish-brown, venation brown abdomen shiny metallic blue; sawsheath black with brown apex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759701328722-72Y7C6A2IWDBCI2Z76T3/PA030077-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 glossa (orange) shorter than prementum (black), much shorter than eye length galea grey/orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759701773387-6MINEM7CZQF3W4XHAECX/PA030146-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 glossa (orange) shorter than prementum (black), much shorter than eye length galea grey/orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759702886188-SFGCGAQMMPUBIUMAD27L/PA030116-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 vertex black; inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange prominent frontal carina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759701356511-RM4N5EXLO6LG4FJTVZQB/PA030081-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) prominent frontal carina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759701382372-53RJLT1HKNBPTS7GNVO7/PA030097-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 post-ocellar area black, vertex more laterally orange; unpunctured distance between posterior ocelli greater than distance to back of head pronotum orange with black patch on dorso-medial side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759701400685-DXOUHCPRV67BY3NJQ2EN/PA030091-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 pronotum orange with medial black patch mesonotum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured tegulae orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759701431695-I8414X8Q58NAAITAQT75/PA030104-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 pronotum orange with black dorso-medial patch vertex laterally, genae and inner orbit orange antennal flagellum slightly narrower than scape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759701857267-B57Q6V453DNUY0BLSF05/PA030150-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 apex of abdomen viewed dorso-laterally shiny metallic blue, unpunctured cerci, 10th abdominal segment orange sawsheath (3rd valvula) black, laterally flattened sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to Benson fig.9 of T. nitidus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759702132815-43QHH4EUQL6P1BTLQ3O7/PA040044-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 abdomen viewed from rear after removal from female and treatment overnight with KOH identical to photograph of T. nitidus genitalia in Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), Fig. 24F sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to Benson fig.9 of T. nitidus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759705193587-1RGTPBEGDK9FO2S4W7BP/PA040009-4-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 sawsheath (3rd valvula) separated from female genitalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759706731165-MDG5RSXH6AZPRWV62P36/PA040005-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 sawsheath (3rd valvula) separated from female genitalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759702154630-553OTKYC15CQ9935VK4A/PA040065-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 dissection of female genitalia one side of saw (1st valvula, lancet) above other side of saw attached to lance (2nd valvula) below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759702171386-NOQ785K1U0321UQ5ROOE/PA040008-2-Edit-stack.jpg Trichorhachus 02 saw dissected from female genitalia 12-13 teeth saw teeth with serrulae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759702202991-0NLVM3GVJJAFVUINCQZ4/PA040037-2-Edit-stack.jpg Trichorhachus 02 tip of saw (lancet) showing last 4 teeth, which are serrulated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759706921043-HB4CZYTSU84B70B9P2LD/PA040001-3-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 forewing hyaline: costa, stigma and veins brown prominent precostal cell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759814703944-9MQ16FS73YTWOXT6P4CR/PA070001-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus 02 body length 4.9mm antenna: 3 segmented, simple; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange antennal flagellum just shorter than distance between eyes flagellum slightly narrower than scape ventral side of thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue, pronotum orange genae, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) legs: all coxae and femora black with apical 1/5th - ¼ of femora orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange with some tarsal segments darkened in some legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759815363443-PZ6J561QIDM69H5MEY0N/PA070010-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genae, lateral vertex orange lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue; tegula orange; pronotum orange, mottled with black legs; all coxae and femora black; except apical ¼ of hind femur orange laterally; all tibiae and tarsi orange, some tarsal segments of some legs darkened apically https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759815690491-KC4T5NVK64XC0CY8SPQ3/PA070028-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genae and vertex orange, except post-ocellar area black mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured stigma brown, venation dark brown subcostal cell clearly evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759819089988-CJMCY3NJ17B9MR68FPSA/PA070188-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genae, inner orbits, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black glossa shorter than prementum; much shorter than length of eye; labial palps black pronotum orange, speckled with black tegula orange mesonotum, scutellum, pleurae shiny metallic blue. unpunctured wings hyaline, brown venation, subcostal cell clearly evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759819757839-T12W5M3E1QWS6G4TEF81/PA070198-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 detail of mouthparts glossa (orange) shorter than prementum (black), labial palps black, 4-segmented https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759816060888-BZYW65JZF8RB4HGUC93Z/PA070053-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 glossa shorter than prementum; much shorter than length of eye genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759816684650-M2VQUK172X34RG7KPGEJ/PA070061-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 tegula orange pronotum orange, speckled with black mesopleura, mesoscutum bright metallic blue, unpunctured wings hyaline, brown venation, subcostal cell clearly evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759816891406-EY82V9O0BUD30YO1L9DV/PA070065-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 mesopleura, metapleura bright metallic blue, unpunctured legs: coxae and femora of fore and mid legs black; apical tip of femora orange; tibiae and tarsi orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759817179297-LZAF0Q9FRCXQASFS8IWE/PA070084-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 abdomen shiny metallic blue 10th abdominal segment orange; cerci orange sawsheath black with brown apex wings hyaline, brown venation, subcostal cell clearly evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759817740200-UFLFR2X0ODBV8XDWOC0P/PA070093-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 forewings hyaline subcostal cell clearly evident costa, stigma and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759817929463-APLNQ5HD22X9S6KFTMKX/PA070038-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) glossa orange, prementum black, maxillary palps black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759818531931-LGC0BFF3DWBM0WQKIBEM/PA070145-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 antennal flagellum slightly longer than closest distance between eyes flagellum slightly narrower than scape inner orbits, genae, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips) glossa orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759818854884-S4ETP1N9GTIZAJUZQ6O6/PA070133-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 ventral view of genitalia sawsheath black, laterally flattened sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to Benson fig.9 of T. nitidus cerci orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759818178800-88TOLH05D8GVLAK66MHS/PA070116-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 antennal flagellum slightly narrower than scape at thickest point vertex black with region lateral to post-ocellar area orange distance between hind ocelli greater than distance between an ocellus and back of head mesoscutum and scutellum shiny metallic blue, unpunctured pronotum orange, speckled with black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759910548731-VX8ZOCV6YYJEO7ZT9QLB/PA080001-5-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus 02 body length 4.6mm antennae 3 segmented, flagellum bifurcated, setose; scape blackish-orange, pedicel orange; flagellum orange genae, inner orbits orange lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen black; tegula blackish-orange; pronotum black with thin posterior orange rim legs: all coxae and femora black, except apex of hind femur orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, apex of hind tibia blackish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1759910664624-DMHRMA9XGPI22TVPGVLB/PA080010-4-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus 02 distance between hind ocelli much greater than distance between ocellus and back of head vertex black, genae orange mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue; unpunctured forewings hyaline, stigma, costa and venation dark brown; subcostal cell barely evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082055283-QDOVX40ESDF9GQS0T320/PA080046-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 scape black, pedicel blackish-orange; flagellum orange clypeus, labrum, inner orbits, mandibles (except for black tips) orange ventral side of thorax and abdomen metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium) of abdomen; unpunctured legs: coxae, ventral side of all legs black; femora, ventral side of all legs black with apices orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, apex of hind tibiae and some tarsal segments somewhat infuscated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082166309-X6W6RNCPWR5LZ2MZV9XO/PA080028-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 distance between hind ocelli much greater than distance from an ocellus to back of head vertex solid black, genae orange pronotum black with thin orange posterior rim mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured tegula blackish-brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082233646-DNSFGCV6GD9QO0F5K5DT/PA080095-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 clypeus orange with thin black rim, labrum orange, mandibles orange with black tips, inner orbits orange glossa pale orange with black base, prementum black, labial palps with orange tips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082201991-I8SYWB2ZMHJYDU1LWV27/PA080058-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 scape blackish-brown, pedicel brown clypeus orange with prominent midline ridge; labrum, inner orbits orange; mandibles orange with black tips fore coxae black, fore femora black with apical 1/5th orange on ventral side, tibiae and tarsi orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082255559-P1O7I0YTS7RAQPO5K3TU/PA080133-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 ventral view of abdomen all segments of venter bright metallic blue, except for orange apical segment (hypopygium); orange harpe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082341975-X5XXBKTS28UWZR4UOJRV/PA080155-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 dorsal view after removal of legs and posterior half of abdomen all terga bright metallic blue, except posterior half of tergum 1 pale yellow; unpunctured forewings hyaline; costa and venation brown; subcostal cell thin but present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760169337044-NYGKUWPCBSRVD09WOH7B/PA080148.jpg Trichorhachus 02 distal half of forewing; hyaline, stigma, costa and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082458783-RNAWTTANXB1XG95QOED5/PA080109.jpg Trichorhachus 02 hind leg; costa black, femur black with distal 1/5th orange, tibia and tarsi orange with apex of tibia black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082508378-P71EWM49NIS767384XXK/PA080124.jpg Trichorhachus 02 foreleg; femur black with apical tip orange; tibia and tarsi orange with apical tarsomeres blackish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760082495774-B2Y8VLLQ1SK66M4QCAY5/PA080114.jpg Trichorhachus 02 middle leg; femur black with apical tip orange, tibia and tarsi orange with infuscation of tips of tarsal segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760170673762-H3GOLB88S83QQX410Y4G/PA090007-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genitalia dissected from PW057 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), see Reference images below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760170009911-JLFTFXKF4181LMDPRI4M/PA090009-5.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genitalia dissected from PW057 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), see Reference images below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760170430902-YIM0ETEAK7A5UVXOOQLV/PA090015-4.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genitalia dissected from PW057 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), see Reference images below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760170604702-V6F16GN5OSZEOJFLLMPA/PA090012-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genitalia dissected from PW057 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), see Reference images below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760169982391-KTMFDCQ11QBIKDEBQ3KJ/PA090003-6-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genitalia dissected from PW057 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), see Reference images below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760170515031-Z9A0UBHZQ54W9Z5VAED6/PA090011-4.jpg Trichorhachus 02 genitalia dissected from PW057 - close similarity to drawing of T. nitidus male genitalia in Fig. 19, D-F Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), see Reference images below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760399396197-0KFU2LV0NYUNWF65P0VY/PA130004-Edit-scale.jpg Trichorhachus 02 body length 4.3mm antenna 3 segmented, flagellum bifurcated, setose; scape black, pedicel orange, flagellum orange genae orange lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue; tegula black; pronotum black legs: all coxae and femora black, with apex of femora orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, apex of tarsi blackish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760403719091-DCATTNJUEHM70DLEW1CZ/PA130014-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 body length 4.3mm scape black, pedicel orange, flagellum orange clypeus, labrum, inner orbits, genae, mandibles (except for black tips) orange ventral side of thorax and abdomen metallic blue, except for orange apical abdominal segment (hypopygium); unpunctured legs: coxa, femur all black, except apex of femur; all tibiae and tarsi orange, apex of tarsomeres somewhat infuscated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760404261218-FTQVZ978Z1AG5EZ4LHF4/PA130023-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured forewings hyaline; stigma, costa brown; venation dark brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760404513391-XHZ3JS3JAJYWSTC4HVV6/PA130033-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 scape blackish-brown, pedicel brown clypeus orange with thin black rim, labrum orange, mandibles orange with black tips genae orange, inner orbits orange, frons black fore coxae black, fore femora black with apical 1/5th orange on ventral side, tibiae and tarsi orange glossa orange, speckled black, labial palps with orange tips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1760406326685-T2QDJ3ECHATEJDYZ5FTW/PA130039-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 02 pronotum, mesopleura, mesosternum black fore and mid coxae and femora black, apical tip of femora orange, tibiae and 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cells in forewing; SCII nearly always petiolate (as here) - pronotal collar short - first gastral segment usually pedunculate (sometimes a narrow petiole) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761459760651-3YG4ONB86RIBB7CJKRNS/PB200364-Enhanced-NR.jpg Cerceris - gaster constricted between segments - body coarsely sculptured - ocelli normal - 3 submarginal cells in forewing; SCII nearly always petiolate (as here) - pronotal collar short - first gastral segment usually pedunculate (sometimes a narrow petiole) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761459714418-6H0D9J4GHUXOPU1GYDXD/PA290116-Enhanced-NR.jpg Cerceris - body coarsely sculptured - head wide - eyes widely separated - ocelli normal - 3 submarginal cells in forewing; SCII nearly always petiolate (as here) - pronotal lobe & tegula separated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761459729511-TKFE7182855JLUEIGMKA/P4210337-Enhanced-NR.jpg Cerceris - head wide - eyes widely separated - eyes slightly (as here) or strongly converging above - antennal sockets divided by a strongly raised ridge - clypeus trilobed (although not always as obviously as in this species), with the median lobe extending upwards and truncate a short distance below antennal sockets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761459750681-YFCGAK3XOFGXF50QLL6C/P8290231-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Cerceris - gaster constricted between segments - body coarsely sculptured - head wide - hind femur apically expanded, truncate - gaster pedunculate or petiolate; T1 much narrower than T2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761459838937-RLR1AE0PQPGW3B6E50IF/PB240072.jpg Cerceris - gaster constricted between segments - body coarsely sculptured - head wide - 3 submarginal cells in forewing; SCII nearly always petiolate (as here) - well-defined pygidial plate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761460825260-GOIB553KCFPJYT7T6VPC/PB100416.jpg Cerceris - gaster constricted between segments - hind femur apically expanded & flattened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761546211309-PUCKWWF8DWYPR5IWLQD9/PB200373-Enhanced-NR+copy.jpg Cerceris - clypeal lamina of female In Cerceris, the clypeus is trilobed (L= lateral lobe; M = median lobe). The clypeal lamina of the female is a plate-like elevation arising from the median lobe. It varies significantly in different species, and is therefore of considerable diagnostic value. In this species, Evans (1982) describes the clypeal lamina as “recumbent, nearly as wide apically as median lobe” (p. 357). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761604785401-35WEFYEMJ1E9W1K2LYR6/PB070021.jpg Cerceris - clypeal lamina of female Evans variously describes the clypeal lamina as porrect, subporrect, subrecumbent, recumbent, or absent. These categories are not absolute, and I find the distinction between subrecumbent and subporrect can be quite tricky. But they are useful descriptors (see illustrative figures extracted from Evans, included in the ‘Bits & pieces’ section of this page). A lateral or near-lateral view is helpful in assessing the shape of the clypeus in detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762050825260-YM3L6BKL002308C1I0E5/original-49.jpeg Cerceris - clypeal lamina of female In addition to the angle of the lamina (porrect, recumbent, etc), some are distinctively shaped and/or bear prominent teeth. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/267493072 (image courtesy of Nick Lambert) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761638746188-WZRREL992M7ZL1TEVWWH/SAMA_Carceris_aurantiaca_female_DET_late_head.jpg Cerceris - clypeal lamina of female The clypeal lamina can be quite extraordinary, as highlighted here. This museum specimen was identified by H. Evans as Cerceris aurantiaca, and he describes the clypeus as follows: “clypeal lamina much longer than wide, porrect but strongly curved downward, apex truncate” Image kindly provided by Dr Ben Parslow, Collection Manager, South Australian Museum (SAMA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761606858192-R1GLMU52F7NRU6HO2AEV/P4200185+copy.jpg Cerceris - male clypeus Male Cerceris lack the clypeal lamina, but the trilobed shape of clypeus is usually evident. The median lobe typically has 3 small apical teeth or may be truncate. Males also typically have obvious ‘hair brushes’ (arrows) on the apex of the lateral lobes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761547124967-22G9WZ880SM04YTIUODF/P2020127.jpg Cerceris - mandibles The shape of the mandibles varies considerably between Cerceris species, but they are subject to wear so interpret with caution. For example, this female photographed in February has extremely eroded mandibles. Cerceris females can live for months, and their mandibles do a lot of digging in that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761607582338-J5H6XDDZ6RATU4Q2YR0C/PB200364+copy.jpeg Cerceris - metasoma colour The colour pattern of the metasoma is remarkably diagnostic. This is particularly true for the colour of tergites (T1/petiole – T6 above). Note that the tergites are visible in dorsal and lateral views, as they wrap well around the segments. The corresponding sternites are best seen in a ventral view, and as such are less often captured in field photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761608083191-ARBB3JAUCMWBSALSG0PP/PB100275+copy.jpeg Cerceris - colour pattern C. antipodes is a particularly widespread species, and is one of the most variable in terms of colour pattern. Despite this, the large, yellow, anterolateral spots of T2 are diagnostic. Note that in this example, the spots are surrounded by a reddish-brown colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761608078692-KN5F9UEV11U32ZS7P88Q/PB240073+copy.jpeg Cerceris - colour pattern The extent of melanisation (‘blackness’) is a common contributor to intraspecies colour variation. Compare T2 in this individual with the previous image. The yellow anterolateral spots are present, but otherwise T2 is entirely black. Note also the absence of yellow spots on the pronotum. Different colour morphs can tend to reflect location. For example, Evans states that southern populations of C. antipodes tend to be darker than those from northern NSW and southeast QLD. Colour often also varies within populations. These two wasps were part of the same nesting aggregation … observed at the exact same location, just a couple of weeks apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761632053382-74SY0ANRTUFCUTJPE5B6/P2270304.jpg Cerceris - C. antipodes Male Cerceris are typically smaller than their female counterparts. They can be recognised by the additional visible tergite (T7), although it is often small, and by the number of antennal segments (a total of 13, rather than 12). The colour pattern of males typically differs somewhat from the female. For example, in southern C. antipodes males the anterolateral spots of T2 are typically large and medially joined to form a continuous basal band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761626139010-1Q02OSQDP9D1BHHTEXNQ/iNat+39041814.jpeg Cerceris - C. opposita A dark-looking wasp with limited yellow markings, reasonably common in southeastern Australia. - note T2 has yellow spots or a band in the apical (posterior) third (in contrast to the anterolateral markings of C. antipodes) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/39041814 (image courtesy Reiner Richter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761626546754-QUCP6OGBLM0UROOS821I/iNat+70806099.jpeg Cerceris - C. minuscula The most widespread of any Australian Cerceris – all mainland states & territories. Note that no Cerceris are known from Tasmania. - very small (forewing length just 5mm) - petiole red (not unique, but very unusual) - T3 pale, with mediobasal black wedge (usually) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/70806099 (image courtesy Reiner Richter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761633103820-EEX4DSAL96N1T4GD72RX/iNat+15207162.jpeg Cerceris - C. goddardi Placed in the same species group as C. antipodes and C. australis, and so similar in several structural features. However, the colour pattern (while variable) is quite distinctive … and the female has a particularly broad head. Note that the petiole is extensively yellow, although black basally and often with some red (as here). T2 has a yellow band just before the posterior margin, which extends to include the lateral margins. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/15207162 (image courtesy Reiner Richter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761633929744-YKGH1MJK8GEVDZNS0HCM/iNat+321974098.jpeg Cerceris - C. goddardi The female of this species has a particularly broad head, the eyes divergent below. The clypeus has a subrecumbent lamina, but it is “broadly incomplete” medially, with the sides curved “mesad and upward”. Viewed from above (or indeed head on, as here), it looks to have a pair of small teeth projecting from the apex of the lamina. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/321974098 (image courtesy Scott Gavins) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761621444827-L79O1C32FJ2RLDXT6CQW/iNat+103879235a.jpeg Cerceris - C. froggatti The largest of the Australian Cerceris. - black mandibles & black-brown clypeus - no clypeal lamella, but there is a pair of tubercles in the centre of the median lobe (not visible here through dense silvery pubescence) - eyes strongly divergent below https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/103879235 (image courtesy Donna Maree Tomkinson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761621444614-FA50KG72TCSTE041I7EQ/iNat+103879235b.jpeg Cerceris - C. froggatti This species is reasonably common but with an apparently limited range: central NSW through to just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, QLD. Note: - the distinctively marked metasoma, including: petiole black; T2-3 black with orange markings latero apically, those on T3 more broad; T4-6 orange -forewings wings darkened along costal (leading) edge - petiole particularly wide, & convex both laterally and dorsally https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/103879235 (image courtesy Donna Maree Tomkinson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761624476644-P9KODUATULCXCG3FOCPF/iNat+246741066.jpeg Cerceris - C. multiguttata - diagnostic colour pattern on the polished enclosure (ie the dorsal triangle) of the propodeum … it is yellow laterally, black medially and basally - metasoma colour pattern is also distinctive: the petiole yellow but black on basal third; T2 yellow but with a large, mediobasal black spot; T3 black; T4-5 yellow https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/246741066 (image courtesy Ged Tranter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761628410345-SKX5AE8DARP33IVX2LFJ/iNat+258728419.jpeg Cerceris - C. australis An abundant and widespread species throughout eastern Australia. The colour varies in both hue and extent: from yellow to orange; some individuals extensively marked, others far less so. Compare this male from north NSW with the following one from central Victoria. Note differences in the colour of the petiole and overall hue of the markings. However males consistently have T2 yellow & T3 wholly (or almost wholly) black. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/258728419 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761628886752-PGBP9BO08GD6CR9SAFWJ/iNat+150642673.jpeg Cerceris - C. australis In comparison to the previous example of C. australis, note the all-black petiole and deeper orange hue of the metasomal markings (particularly T2). https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/150642673 (image courtesy Reiner Richter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761625285596-REA9FVZ4KJ6G3TWWQESI/iNat+163623099.jpg Cerceris - C. gilesi This species is only known from Western Australia, and therefore did not feature in Evans’ 1982 revision. I have included it in the summary table (matrix), along with two other species known from the west. This one is such a good match with the original description that I feel comfortable suggesting the ID … despite no recent review of western Cerceris. - distinctive colour pattern, with bright reddish-orange markings including T1, T2 and T5 …. but with T3 & T4 black https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/163623099 (image courtesy Steve Dew) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761629506297-LSQFCKVPOB2YROVGTSH9/iNat+25743224a.jpeg Cerceris - C. balteata The clypeus in this species is quite striking. The median lobe lacks a lamina, but has a rather ‘nose-like’ projection. Evans described the median lobe as “elevated, then abruptly declivous and weakly concave on apical 0.4” (1982, p9 314-5). Yep … a nose! (see also Fig. 71 in the Bits & Pieces section below) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25743224 (image courtesy Reiner Richter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1761629619170-R39JOCXLMUMJICOQ941U/iNat+25743224c.jpeg Cerceris - mesopleuron shape In most Australian Cerceris the mesopleuron is rounded in shape. However, in a few species the lower part bears small tubercles or even large spines … as here (arrow). https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25743224 (image courtesy of Reiner Richter) https://southernforestlife.net/cerceris-2510a daily 0.75 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465278993-EE1M63JJB64MD6NYOM4Y/PA260095-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - clypeus shape HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “Clypeus short and broad, with a subrecumbent lamina which is broadly incomplete medially, each side of the lamina curved mesad and upward so that, from above, there appears to be a pair of small teeth;apical clypeal margin truncate medially, dentate opposite lateral margins of lamina and with a pair of smaller teeth mesad of these” (Evans 1982, p. 352) NOTE re VARIATION: “… the degree to which the lamina is incomplete medially varies somewhat; there may be a rather broad space that is unthickened and unpigmented, or at the other extreme the lateral margins may be connect by a somewhat thickened and pigmented ridge which is, however, depressed.” (Evans, 1982 p. 353) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465278993-EE1M63JJB64MD6NYOM4Y/PA260095-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - clypeus shape HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “Clypeus short and broad, with a subrecumbent lamina which is broadly incomplete medially, each side of the lamina curved mesad and upward so that, from above, there appears to be a pair of small teeth;apical clypeal margin truncate medially, dentate opposite lateral margins of lamina and with a pair of smaller teeth mesad of these” (Evans 1982, p. 352) NOTE re VARIATION: “… the degree to which the lamina is incomplete medially varies somewhat; there may be a rather broad space that is unthickened and unpigmented, or at the other extreme the lateral margins may be connect by a somewhat thickened and pigmented ridge which is, however, depressed.” (Evans, 1982 p. 353) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465271975-RG2502RHOCY9JDU98MXW/PA260060-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - clypeus colour HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “clypeus yellow except narrowly dark along apical margin and that of lamina, also black mediobasally” (Evans 1982, p. 351) NOTE re VARIATION: “I have seen a few females in which the clypeus is mostly or wholly black” (Evans 1982 p. 353) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465301314-GUVR4A145QWOAM1OXGTU/PA260066-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - clypeus shape The clypeus is subrecumbent … a condition best assessed in a lateral view such as this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465244980-N7K23TXTH1KN6FP1FB0Y/PA250020.jpg Cerceris 2510A - mesopleuron shape KEY STEP 1: “Mesopleura rounded, without a tubercle, spinose process, or carinae on lower central part” (Evans 1982, p. 305) Note that C. megacantha is otherwise. In that species the mesopleural process is very large, spinose, and strongly projecting from the sides of the thorax. It would be obvious! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465417953-WTB3NRQRCFWL4GZAA5EH/PA250043-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - lateral view of thorax (colour) There is a suggestion of a yellow spot in the anterodorsal region of the mesopleuron. Othewise it is entirely black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465257694-MD4U95FG0QCY9MLU5HNZ/PA260085-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - head shape & colour (viewed dorsally) Head broad. Distance between lateral ocellus and eye (OOL) is much greater than the distance separating the lateral ocelli (POL). Upper orbits and vertex each with a pair of yellow spots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465367096-RFQL7S87HB33GDENLVO5/PA250008.jpg Cerceris 2510A - dorsal thorax colour & punctation HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “pronotal collar, tegulae, scutellum, and propodeal slope each with a pair of yellow spots; metanotum transversely yellow” (Evans 1982, p. 351) “mesoscutum and scutellum with small, subcontiguous punctures with a longitudinal bias” (Evans 1982 p. 352) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465331783-XWF6DOZPAU90EF6GY1V9/PA260117.jpg Cerceris 2510A - dorsal thorax & propodeum colour HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “… tegulae, scutellum, and propodeal slope each with a pair of yellow spots; metanotum transversely yellow” (Evans 1982, p. 351) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762467833445-13I8IC7NZY8APO0VV9PQ/PA260121.jpg Cerceris 2510A - propodeal structure HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “enclosure of type B, dull, with a few punctures and short, basal striae” (Evans, 1982 p. 352) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465313764-SXN10I9CEIIPYSU7HNIN/PA260116.jpg Cerceris 2510A - petiole shape & colour HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “petiole about as wide as long, sides subparallel, bearing some long, pale setae”‍ …“petiole yellow except black basally” (Evans 1982, pp. 351-2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465309166-R7EEKDPRD3FLSWWKE9T4/PA260113.jpg Cerceris 2510A HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “T2 transversely yellow just before posterior margin, this yellow extending to include lateral margins” (Evans 1982, p. 351) NOTE re VARIATION: “the amount of yellow on T2 is also variable, and some specimens have rufous areas on T2, either posteriorly or bordering the anterior black” (Evans 1982, p. 353) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465372879-W0F9KSWDAT7T8Z24XF6B/PA250029-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - T2-5 colour & structure HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: “T2 transversely yellow just before posterior margin, this yellow extending to include lateral margins; T3 with a narrow yellow band posteriorly and T4 and 5 with wider yellow bands” … “Tl-5 with small, subcontiguous punctures, interspaces alutaceous, rather weakly shining” (Evans 1982 pp. 351-2) NOTE: compare the colour bands as seen in life (panel at top of page) with the dramatic loss of yellow pigment after death (here). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762465375480-AY8Y2JI8VZ5X3K13KG47/PA250035-Edit.jpg Cerceris 2510A - forewing venation & length Wing venation varies little between Cerceris species, but colour does. HOLOTYPE DESCRIPTION: Wings subhyaline, fore wing fumose along costal margin; stigma pale amber” (Evans 1982 p. 352) The forewing length of this female is nearly 8mm, the same as in the holotype … although Evans reports wide size variation (6.5-10mm). https://southernforestlife.net/pseudoturneria-nov-2025 daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762478844367-YU9D5TTVAEE7BGZTITQA/PB040092.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762478844367-YU9D5TTVAEE7BGZTITQA/PB040092.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762479128199-8F046R6I69RZV817GRG1/PB040207.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762478861404-5Q8APK6C70PEPNW8KSSZ/PB040083.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762478879630-TU1NMM9MQ1XX1MNF7FGT/PB040059.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762478896261-ICKUCWZDMWKGQY7O3NQT/PB040079.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762478909136-Z9WNX9GPS3E9O52I8EW3/PB040089.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762481052008-IZAG4CVAIWV8H5P022WU/PB040193.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762481089772-FJKRWCXHPWQC9LX677HL/PB040195.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762481080650-JTC0ABLI2S75ZDNO09I6/PB040185.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762483601510-X707V67H1JYTN2J5593P/PB050098-Edit-2.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - distinguishing the sexes In addition to the slender shape, males are identified by the number of visible tergites: 7, rather than the 6 of females. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762499694848-9SSSOUYVH2OD5X69QKL0/PB040114-2.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - distinguishing the sexes The number of antennal segments also differs between the sexes. Males have a total of 13 segments (cf females 12). However, as the flagellomeres are particularly short in these wasps, counting segments in field photos will prove challenging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762495926600-5WP5G7FY8QC8XL0ZC5RU/PB070006-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - size comparisons Males closely resemble females but are smaller and more slender-bodied. Forewing length (a commonly used indicator of body size): female 2412B= 5mm male 2511B = 3.5mm male 2511F = 4mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762483534823-54RFQMDSKAMGMPTNUGT5/PB050042-Edit-2.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - size This is the smallest of the males collected, with an overall length of around 5mm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762483663249-J04MNYQN96S2XENN2QGC/PB050072-Edit-2.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - size 2511F was the largest male collected, with an overall length around 6mm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762565301363-4PGHPDIP472O81QW7VYE/PB050002.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - forewing venation Pseudoturneria have: Forewing: - marginal cell largely truncated - basal segments of the submarginal cell in a ratio close to 5:4 (ie just slightly beyond the midpoint) Hindwing: - jugal lobe (solid arrow) as long or longer than the submedian cell (broken arrow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762481409587-G9FL6Z3WOXNXO9W7NLRT/PB050013-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - head shape & ocellar triangle Pseudoturneria have: - ocelli in a moderately high triangle, the anterior ocellus smaller - subrectangular head - naked eyes - relatively short flagellomeres … males with 11 flagellomeres and withour remarkable deformations - pronotal collar non-keeled, short, well-rounded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762567304480-RANP1UAZ9668BKRFNIO7/PB050134-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - frons & scapal basin shape Pseudoturneria have: - scapal sinus smooth, shiny, moderately concave, without lateral or dorsal carina; separated from eyes by a narrow, pubescent space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762564765334-5PWNW4I081G14Q0N91H3/PB050009-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - face & clypeus shape Pseudoturneria have: - inner orbits converge towards the clypeus - zero or minimal eye-antennal insertion distance; short inter-insertion distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762572848127-7C9Y4WLP0KZDTZ16WV92/PB080017-Edit+copy.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - genae & propleuron Pseudoturneria have: - genae simple - propleuron simply conical https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762574029229-7J7JTOI6UA1E37A7X4P6/PB050112-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - mesopleural architecture Pseudoturneria have: - - wide, flat perpectus forming a perpendicular plane to flat omaulal area - omaulus strong - episternal sulcus wide & crenulate These features distinguish Pseudoturneria from those Rhopalum species that have a much reduced peduncle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762573631169-ZBDDLIAVDD61H6JHOM1G/PB080012-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - mesopleural architecture Pseudoturneria have: - wide, flat perpectus forming a perpendicular plane to flat omaulal area - omaulus strong - episternal sulcus wide & crenulate - verticaulus (precoxal carina) absent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762572431731-XGLI8D8PGZQRK7M29FQD/PB080006-Edit+copy.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - propodeum structure Pseudoturneria have: - anterior furrow wide & deep, strongly crenate - dorsal surface sculpted, sometimes strongly reticulate - dorsal & lateral surfaces separated by keel, evident from the stigmata Pseudoturneria territorialis have: - propodeum enclosure (dorsal surface) entirely reticulate-areolar - scutum & scutellum not glossy (regularly punctate, without large intervals) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762568770432-UH578O74FYBI8NMIZGF3/PB050057.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - metasoma/gaster shape Pseudoturneria have: - very thin lateral carina on tergite I - tergite II basally depressed - following segments regular, more of less oblong in male (oval in female) (presume this refers to dorsal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762481461988-9QGALA8E6UQHY6AMWR7B/PB050026-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - metasoma/gaster shape Pseudoturneria have: - gaster subsessile due to a very clear constriction between segments I and II of metasoma - segment I thick, relatively short Pseudoturneria territorialis have: - gaster largely black, but at least one segment mainly orange - in the type and most examples, TI is orange while TII-TVI are deep black - there is a tendency towards blackening at the base of TI - note that some males have more extensive orange on the gaster (e.g. a series from SA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762498281559-6HBLKK2Z3T9KEWA9IRWH/PB050120.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - pygidium Pseudoturneria have: - pygidial area of male trapezoidal, well edged, very flat, punctated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1762569424357-WE431KJY9HTHLETA8UKR/PB050080-Edit.jpg Pseudoturneria Nov 2025 - metasomal sternites (+ leg III) colouration In Pseudoturneria turneria males: - sternites TII to TVI are generally black, but in some they may be ‘thinned’ and vaguely ferruginous - tarsomeres II-IV of leg III are darkened (cf. P. couloni) https://southernforestlife.net/clarence-dec-2025 daily 0.75 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087761482-TQ9VIJ60W3Q3V1HP3XLT/PB260563.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 We went seeking sand wasps along a sandy track in heathland … and sure enough, these small male Bembecinus were patrolling the same short stretch as in previous seasons. Indeed, on day 1 of our searching I struggled to spot a female. The males would zip about in low flight, then return to favoured perches atop sticks or small rocks. Bembecinus sp. (male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087761482-TQ9VIJ60W3Q3V1HP3XLT/PB260563.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 We went seeking sand wasps along a sandy track in heathland … and sure enough, these small male Bembecinus were patrolling the same short stretch as in previous seasons. Indeed, on day 1 of our searching I struggled to spot a female. The males would zip about in low flight, then return to favoured perches atop sticks or small rocks. Bembecinus sp. (male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087804190-A78A2PJM6YRND8Y8DAK3/PB281299.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 The same site two days later … under cloudless skies in the heat of late morning … and female Bembecinus were out in force. Huge numbers, but largely confined to one section of the track. This is clearly a favoured nesting site, and they were digging with intent. Bembecinus sp. (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087789371-W0P1Y9YOU8BO4CQ5DSC5/PB281219.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Bembix … the genus I was most keen to see! While I’ve yet to confirm the species ID, but I’m confident it will be one of those I’m seeking. Bembix sp. (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765171694965-QNFWEDQ8O40KQ7BMFZDC/PB281290.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Another Bembix, and with more extensive yellow markings … but most likely the same species. In this genus, the extent of the pale markings on the mesoscutum (the ‘back’) can vary significantly. Particularly so if this is the species I think it is (more about that later). Bembix sp. (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765261673559-J41FV12IQYPV9LEOV2U1/PB281272.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Male Bembix were also present, mostly flying in patrol and only rarely landing. Bembix sp. (male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087787305-L03STBI0CY10SMRRVF5U/PB281197.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Bembecinus specialise in hunting leafhoppers, progressively feeding their larvae throughout development. Bembecinus sp. (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087785381-70LS2YBS0ZU2BCP34QFO/PB281074.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Ants are the bane of nesting sand wasps, quick to investigate every new excavation in the sand. And the wasps aren’t happy about it. Bembecinus sp. (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087791396-8L6QVIL3SJ09AKSBJVSF/PB281242.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Although the wasps take flight when confronted, they do their best to intimidate the curious ants. Bembix are typically much larger than Bembecinus, and this was certainly the case for the two species sharing this nesting area. The ants in this and the previous photo provide a sense of scale. Bembix sp. (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765261667261-EGSU5U098VBWGUA36AP1/PB281180.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Before delivering her catch to her burrow, this wasp first had to face down a marauding ant. She did. Eventually. After several attempts. The ants are no doubt ready to grab any prey that the wasps leave unattended. I know from watching their antics elsewhere that the are indeed fast-acting opportunists! Bembecinus sp. (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087760422-Q71DIW64HU79NGLOQXM5/PB260480.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 The sandy track favoured by the sand wasps was also the nesting ground for these large, eye-catching spider wasps. Although we didn’t see any hauling prey, they were certainly very actively digging in the sand. And the ants were as bothersome to ever! (see Paul’s video, below). Heterodontonyx bicolor (female) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087782317-X4ADEFERGTBAP9NFY84E/PB260674.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 For a hatchet wasp, this was a big one! The distinctive shape of the metasoma (abdomen) makes identification to family quite straightforward, but beyond that … don’t know. Wasps in this family are solitary parasites of cockroach ootheca (egg cases). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087745364-NU3GFPWBT55KRPLFW17Z/PB250269.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 It’s not everyday we get a new butterfly species for our life list! And a pretty one, at that. The' ‘Green Awl’ is a generally uncommon species, with a limited distribution … and we were near the southernmost extent of its range. The host plant for their larvae is Mucuna gigantea (the ‘sea bean’), a distinctive tropical vine with massive pods and seeds. The adults feed at tubular flowers – such as lantana – taking advantage of that particularly long proboscis. Hasora discolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765246366840-ZSQ17U69Q0CRR6WKUVI8/PB270823.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Another first for us! The ‘White-banded Plane’ is widespread in the eastern tropics, but not particularly common. The gliding flight, with wings held perfectly flat, is a distinctive feature of the ‘aeoplane’ butterflies (subfamily Limenitinae). Phaedyma shepherdi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765246399803-MCXYAROWTLYK7ITE5F50/PB270075.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Yet another rainforest species, the aptly named ‘Blue Triangle’. This one was intently lapping at the moist sand not far from an ocean beach, no doubt attracted by the salt. Graphium choredon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765247738774-ZHNYZBVRU087P2U6Z1VO/PB270759.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 A very common species across northern Australia, in ‘good years’ the migrants dispersing well down the coast of northern NSW. Eurema hecabe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765248878205-GOMISOXKSE6ODXY9O0I4/PB260379.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Common and widespread … but not seen south of Sydney, so another bonus for our trip up north. Nacaduba berenice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765250683780-0OPPWGQ5LP55R5SYF2FV/PB260023.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 A large, day-flying moth that could easily be mistaken for a butterfly. These were numerous in the rainforest where we were staying. Cruria synopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765253072658-O4JU3C6HNN37GNFY9NKQ/PB260030-2.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 These colourful grasshoppers were so numerous in patches of vegetation that the sound of them hopping from leaf to leaf was enough to catch our attention. That is, if their brilliant colours hadn’t already stopped us in our tracks! Valanga irregularis (nymph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765253021102-8QO30ZRRFE94R67AS0QU/PB260040.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 This Valanga species is called the ‘Giant Grasshopper’. By late summer, having reached the adult stage, they’ll be about 70mm long. Australia’s largest species of grasshopper! These were nymphs, however, and so less gigantic. Valanga irregularis (nymph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765253051379-2X4VELK426AONWKUOF56/PB280926.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Amidst the hoards of tapestry-coloured Valanga we occasionally spotted a bright yellow grasshopper munching on the leaves. Despite some superficial similarities, this species belongs to a different genus. Adults are much less colourful than these brilliant nymphs. Austracis proxima (nymph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765252369953-J5ZCIR2LO5CWWZCRUC80/PB260027-2.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Among hundreds of grasshoppers along this stretch of heathland track, we also sighted a few katydids. And this colourful nymph was arguably the most spectacular! Caedicia marginata (nymph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765253275254-L1F1D5F60X4L02TEIS2I/original-74.jpeg Clarence Dec 2025 Insects that go through nymphal stages during their development often radically change in shape and colour. This is most likely the same species as the crimson nymph we found nearby. Note too the larger wings. These increase in size with each successive moult. Caedicia marginata (nymph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765252704098-MH1EIJXTI3NH8FHAXS6O/PB280913.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Fully grown, with long wings. And now it can fly! Caedicia marginata (adult) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765260430554-AUGB00WA08TBSH9P9W0O/PB281029.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Bee flies such as this one gather sand into a chamber at the end of the abdomen - sand which will then coat their sticky, thin-shelled eggs. This sandy coating protects and probably camouflages the eggs when they are dropped onto the sand. Comptosia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765260193697-O3PXSR6WUC3MUCBLLY4F/PB280958.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Yet another bee fly. A huge one! And yet another species we’ve not seen before. Ligyra are known parasitoids of ground-nesting wasps … so the nearby sand wasp larvae are probably among their local hosts. Ligyra sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765261479088-PXF5VCW0468EHZWE4XSW/PB270857.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Very like a species we get at home. And yet another parasite of ground-nesting bees and wasps. Meomyia sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087909084-YQDU6GAP8KOMEGFTQ3BQ/PB281309.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Despite its large size and rather ferocious, dragonfly-like appearance, this ‘Mydas fly’ adult is not a hunter. Eggs are dropped in the sand, where the larvae develop into active predators. Just one more problem for the nesting sand wasps to contend with! Militinus sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765261940078-P704I34FE7TSZ5SXT3A1/PB270850.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Not all flies are drab. Small, brilliantly metallic flies such as this are a familiar sight to most gardeners. They are predators, feeding on soft-bodied prey such as springtails and tiny worms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765087743580-V7QNL9EEVG4R2H0X1Q99/PB250098.jpg Clarence Dec 2025 Another colourful fly, this one a ‘crane fly’ – a huge family of delicate, long-legged flies found in most humid environments. I came across a large number of these tiger-striped ones gathering on low plants at the edge of the rainforest. Nephrotoma sp. https://southernforestlife.net/trichorhachus-03 daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765578804468-YWTM2GAOMU9ZV30ODTYD/PC120001-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 body length 4.7mm antennae: 3 segmented, simple, scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange glossa shorter than prementum; much shorter than length of eye genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum orange pronotum black with orange posterior region mesoscutum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue; tegula orange legs: all coxa black; fore and mid femora black with orange apical tip, hind femur black basally, orange apical 1/3rd; all tibiae and tarsi orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765578804468-YWTM2GAOMU9ZV30ODTYD/PC120001-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 body length 4.7mm antennae: 3 segmented, simple, scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange glossa shorter than prementum; much shorter than length of eye genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum orange pronotum black with orange posterior region mesoscutum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue; tegula orange legs: all coxa black; fore and mid femora black with orange apical tip, hind femur black basally, orange apical 1/3rd; all tibiae and tarsi orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765688800604-P5NRVVXFQWG2PVDO04AP/PC120008-3-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 ventral side of thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue genae, labrum and mandible orange (latter with black tips) legs: all coxae and femora black, except hind femora with orange apical tips ventrally; all tibiae and tarsi orange, except last tarsal segments on fore tarsi black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765689275008-FG87BTDNASC9Z08O1ZIG/PC120012-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 vertex black in post-ocellar area, orange laterally mesoscutum, bright metallic blue, unpunctured stigma brown, venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765691998861-SZV5F9JH33YRGNHGW3V5/PC120151-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 dorsal view of head after removal of left antennal flagellum genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black distance between ocelli just greater than distance between ocellus and back of head antennal flagellum shorter than closest distance between eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765689532198-878TFKTYGISMK6YNYEJI/PC120027-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 glossa shorter than prementum, much shorter than length of eye clypeus, labrum, genae and inner orbits orange pronotum black with orange posterior region, tegula orange mesoscutum, mesopleura black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765689962587-LXN92SON7HORTQDS4AZ8/PC120035-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 meso- and metapleura, fore coxae shiny metallic blue, unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765690114504-WP4SE3392Q4M29FWS5QA/PC120042-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 abdomen shiny metallic blue laterally; sawsheath black hind coxa black; hind femur laterally black basal half, orange apical half; hind tibia orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765690394180-4Q1SY083RSAZHPOIDE52/PC120054-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 hind femur laterally; black basally, orange apically mid and hind tibia and tarsi orange, most distal tarsal segments infuscated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765690791746-G4900538YZY4PGB4YCCV/PC120079-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 ventral view of body with right fore and mid femur, tibia, tarsus removed mesopleura, mesosternum and venter shiny metallic blue, unpunctured all coxae and femora shiny metallic blue with hind coxae orange on apical lateral side; all tibiae and tarsi orange with most apical tarsomeres infuscated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765690615132-MXD78X5SVZ9RYJD7TODC/PC120059-2.jpg Trichorhachus 03 left forewing; hyaline, stigma and venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765691169547-2E3SMTWHG1SO6T0EJ4NE/PC120145-2.jpg Trichorhachus 03 dorsal view after removal of wings and legs mesoscutum, scutellum, abdomen shiny metallic blue, except posterior of tergum 1 pale yellow; unpunctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765691705816-6TRTS6SELX1QO6QZZUHT/PC120114-2-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 ventral view after removal of fore and mid femur, tibia and tarsi on both sides cerci orange sawsheath flattened laterally, black, not bifid sides of sawsheath meet dorsally - similar to Benson fig.9 of T. nitidus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765691471196-6OCH3KJXK758X40V8JJH/PC120157-Edit.jpg Trichorhachus 03 lateral view of abdomen after removal of wings and legs all segments bright metallic blue, unpunctured sawsheath black with orange tip, laterally flattened, not bifid https://southernforestlife.net/bembix-littoralis-2025 daily 0.75 2025-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954485728-9197B3U46B0URW1YNPIA/PB280141.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - broad vertex, high centrally - small discal marks on mesoscutum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954485728-9197B3U46B0URW1YNPIA/PB280141.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - broad vertex, high centrally - small discal marks on mesoscutum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954498632-IASO8ET2MKGL9D1JG68L/PB280146.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - vertex high (at least as high as eyetops) - white bands on metasoma narrow, broken, slightly sinuate - T6 black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954490761-GZA5B8TDHXRYEQEGSNSC/PB280140.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - small white lateral markings on S2 and S3 (at least) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954956207-ESYNVE3BOZ116E8GBFZ8/PB281219.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - eyes diverging above to a very broad vertex - vertex high centrally - clypeus with pair of large black spots basally, barely joined medially - front basitarsus not broadly expanded, & with relatively small number of pecten spines - mandible slender https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954979635-JMRRJSIFX9Q7CVWP7J6X/PB281242.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - clypeus moderately protruberant, smoothly rounded - head and mesosoma hairy - thin yellow streak on posterolateral edge of mesoscutum - narrow, sinuate, broken white bands on T1-5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765954969123-PQBWSAVBD1X7Z138H10A/PB281239.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - small number of pecten spines on front basitarsus - vertex high centrally, above level of eye tops - vertex very broad - clypeus without lateral prominences - mandible slender, tooth small https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955112393-4QOEC5BJU7CV2OB9XUCR/PB281263.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - vertex high, above eye tops - eyes diverging above, vertex very broad - without discal markings on mesoscutum, but with small yellow streaks on lateroposterior angles Although I can’t be absolutely sure, I think this is the same individual as ‘01’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955183549-PLMG3QRU5UNR2VWQA8AN/PB281292.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - a bright, narrowly interrupted, posterior yellow band on mesoscutum (in addition to the paired discal streaks and lateral streaks) - pair of yellow marks on scutellum are broad, approaching midline - complete transverse band on metanotum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955174491-0AK4WKLOB8TEI67RSU3A/PB281290.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - vertex high centrally, at least reaching level of eye tops - bright yellow discal streaks on mesoscutum - very mesopleura with long, pale hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955189902-EFT93YI5V48U7AZDAQ0W/PB281295.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - white band on T1 reduced to a pair of spots (so presumably a pair on each side of the midline) - white bands on T2-5 very narrow, broken medially - T6 black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955284747-Y1Y9YIQ8649R531F6A00/PB280126.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - vertex broad and high - limited pale markings on mesoscutum - narrow pale bands on T1-5, broken medially https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955294545-UZHE98QBMZ3YJ1F1WIVL/PB280128.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - very broad vertex - narrow, broken white (or slightly yellowish) bands on metasoma Note the length of the pale marking on T1 … considerably longer than in most B. musca, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955297345-BVPU87WEGU12EJEQX3XB/PB280129.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 Even without details of the clypeus, mandible, or front basitarsus, the breadth of the vertex would just about convince me this was B. littoralis. Just about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955659026-7CX89714V8VR4UERJ5O0/PB281272.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 The clypeus and labrum are just visible here: the clypeus yellow, with black markings basally; the labrum yellow (at least laterally). That is probably enough to exclude the following: - B. musca (which has black along the sides of the labrum) - B. lamellata (in which the labrum and clypeus are wholly black) - B. furcata & B. thooma (both with labrum wholly black) I can also exclude B. trepida on the basis of: - the long pecten spines (they are short in B. trepida) - the clypeus looks smoothly rounded (not abruptly flattened as in B. trepida … although this may be difficult to judge from this angle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955681903-HWGUNVG4Z6BLHBFDWOZF/PB281268.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 It is this shot that confirms Wasp 03 as male. There are seven visible tergites. Female Bembix have just six. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955466074-RKYEXUE8YRBNIIYX85R7/PB280137.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1765955678963-3SZF1UBY0VTDPMGATFWP/PB280147.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 The vertex looks high, about level with the eye tops. So that fits with B. littoralis … and B. variabilis, B. musca, B. lamellata, etc. The very broad apex also fits with B. littoralis … and B. variabilis males. However, B. variabilis has much wider metasomal bands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766035700231-UWPWVI6EBIK516W4OIKN/PC120001-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - vertex broad The inner eye margins diverge above, the vertex therefore very broad. Note that the width of the frons is roughly the same in B. littoralis, B. variabilis and B. musca females. However, only in B. littoralis does the very broad vertex get a special mention by Evans & Matthews (1973). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766106922649-A3YP1DQISVDDILE1Z4AU/PC150016.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - hairy head Although not a key diagnostic feature, B. littoralis females “vestiture pale, very dense and relatively long over much of head and mesosoma” (p. 270, Evans & Matthews 1973). Well that fits! Note too the broad vertex when viewed from this angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766036603401-N4810X84LU6STLTZ9ME6/PC120026-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - vertex high The centre of the vertex is clearly higher than the eyetops, when viewed frontally. Note that in B. variabilis, the vertex is slightly below the eyetops (and in B. furcata it is much lower still). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766038571175-ZM18STIESV3DO6VR8RKX/PC140003.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - mandible shape The mandible is slender, somewhat curved at the extreme apex but otherwise relatively straight. This shape is typical of Bembix that nest in very friable sand. Compare this with the figures from Evans & Matthews. The length to width ratio is about 6 (compared to the 6.3 reported for B. littoralis and 7.0 for B. variabilis). (In this image, one antenna has been removed. It shows a single focal plane, with no stacking, to support accuracy of measurement.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766103048519-L94NM59F4XJPO4QIA6SA/PC120042.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - mandible shape The tooth is small (dotted arrow), as is the cutting edge (solid arrows). In B. variabilis the cutting edge is essentially absent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766040173170-SLPXGFQ94GLAHBF98P0C/Evans+%26+Matthews+mandibles.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - mandible shape Note that in their description of B. musca, Evans & Matthews (1973) referenced Figure 28 as an illustration of the shape (see Key Step 69). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766037844995-RG1Y5DM5CKDLQ1QHKQIF/PC120045-Edit.jpeg Bembix littoralis 2025 - front basitarsus shape The front basitarsus is weakly lobed, and bears 6 pecten spines. The smaller, basal spines are pale, while the strong apical ones are amber in colour. The length to width ratio is 3.0 … exactly as reported for B. littoralis. Note that in B. variabilis the front basitarsus is more slender, with a ratio of 3.3. left leg, frontal view, tibia at top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766040642759-5M5ALYBU1PRCSPELGACZ/Evans+%26+Matthews+basitarsi.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - front basitarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766096573247-TIOREUK9MGBLV9HAYWZ7/PC120108-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - front basitarsus colour Initially the colour of the front basitarsus made me question the identity as B. littoralis. The blackened margin to the basitarsus is not mentioned in their description of B. littoralis (Evans & Matthews 1973) but is a described feature of B. musca, B. variabilis and B. lamellata. However I am now convinced that this is simply another aspect of the additional melanisation of such ‘darker variants’. Specimen 2511M is consistent with B. littoralis in too many other, diagnostic features (including vertex height, mandible shape, and clypeus colour). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766096500595-KHIBEU9M9K5FX0X26420/PC120063-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - clypeus shape in profile The clypeus is protruberant and smoothly rounded. That is, there is no abrupt flattening of the apex as seen in species such as B. trepida and B. tuberculiventris. Note that this general shape is shared by all members of the Littoralis species group (B. lamellata, B. littoralis, & B. variabilis) and also B. musca, although the latter is more strongly protruberant. [antenna on right removed in order to better view the clypeus] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766101550336-VLFBO9MC1K7UF9ESC15R/PC120035-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - clypeus colour (& shape) A broad black band at the base of the clypeus, with an emargination at the apical midline. This is one of the differences between B. musca and B. littoralis. In B. musca, the black band extends forward medially, towards the apex. Note too the lack of any lateral prominences or medial ridge, both of which are features of B. furcata. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766104679678-0LJCWDHICMXYFOPGNVVG/PC150006-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - mesoscutum colour The discal marks are small (solid, curved arrows), and there is just a couple of traces of the posterior mark (dotted, straight arrows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766096578103-4DNOTLA2J68UXP5RW4XP/PC120114-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - metasoma colour pattern Thin, broken, slightly sinuate white bands on T1-T5. T6 is entirely black. Note that in combination with the very limited markings on the mesoscutum, this is entirely consistent with descriptions of dark variants of B. littoralis. In contrast, B. variabilis with limited mesoscutum markings have much broader metasomal bands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766288837641-QWGW67VG9T2H9000DVG6/PC210007.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - size Consistent with B. littoralis: - overall body length 12-13mm - forewing length 9mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125680922-2AKCBQ2T3CNDJPHTM1HA/PC120081-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - frons Consistent with Bembix: - eyes essentially parallel, diverging (usually slightly) above and below Consistent with B. littoralis: - upper front (frons) covered in long, erect, pale hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125726186-IR73SD6AGU9V8OM44FJY/PC120104-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - labrum & mandibles Consistent with Bembix: - labrum prominent and long Consistent with B. littoralis: - labrum and mandibles pale (yellow, in this case) [labrum cream in type specimen] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125558273-8FO7DCAXYB8BELNH2G92/PC120085.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - sternites - sternite 2 with strong punctures - small pale spot at one side of S3 (suggesting a more extensive pattern of pale / yellow markings in lighter variants) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125605851-XJTKM22YJNQ6EQVLBOPV/PC120018-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - metasoma Consistent with Bembix: - gaster sessile, with T1 nearly as broad as T2 Bands appear white, in contrast to Type in which they grade into yellow laterally. Again, this variation accords with that reported for the species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125582303-KK157AUWE0Z7MM3QSUL4/PC120011.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - forewing venation Consistent with Bembix: - forewing media diverging slightly before cu-a - 3 submarginal cells - SCI greatly elongated before stigma - SCII four-sided, and not petiolate - veinlet between SCI & SCII crooked Evans & Matthews found “no noteworthy differences in wing venation among Australian species” (p. 10) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766105848617-P91UXT1JBCA9K45RKGXK/PC120087+annotated.jpeg Bembix littoralis 2025 - other mesosomal markings As with the mesoscutum, pale markings elsewhere on the mesosoma are limited. In more heavily marked B. littoralis individuals, there are transverse yellow marks on the scutellum and metanotum, and the propodeum is extensively yellow. In 2511M, there are just a pair of lateral spots on the scutellum, a thin broken band on the metanotum, and the propodeum is entirely black. Such extensive melanisation is known in B. littoralis. Although Evans & Matthews didn’t specifically mention the range of colour variation for the scutellum, propodeum, etc, they did state that in some males from coastal locations “there may be no pale maculation at all on the mesosoma” and that in females “colour variation is as striking as in males” (p. 271). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125588548-D9VT64IZ2V712HA82LT6/PC120012-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - pronotum & pleura colour Consistent with B. littoralis: - base colour of pronotum & mesopleuron yellow However, the type female had only limited black markings: laterally on the pronotum; along sutures of the pleuron. The more extensive dark marks here I attribute to intraspecific variation … the degree of which this species is well known for! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125633817-09JEWTN2GQIA1DZES9U2/PC120044.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - front legs Consistent with B. littoralis: - front basitarsus bearing pecten spines - coxae yellow, with limited black markings - front femora largely yellow, streaked black - tibiae yellow, also with limited black markings - tarsi pale (yellow in this case) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125703026-3NMJ9HS707S0O6PUJBQ0/PC120094-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - clypeus / head hair covering Consistent with B. littoralis: - clypeus in profile evenly rounded - vestiture pale, very dense and relatively long over much of head and mesosoma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766125740697-DMBWUJZ580CTAP2SK5FF/PC120120-Edit.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 - pygidium (T6) Consistent with B. littoralis: - tergite 6 tapering evenly to a narrowly rounded apex, its surface covered with strong punctures “except midline more or less smooth and polished” (p. 270). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766284819127-WBD8VI6XGOWC2VO68BEC/PB281268.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766284835085-066ODS2OSTADHTYCUJ53/PB281272.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766284853259-5NAIT48Q2C3NHMDAXT1E/PB280147.jpg Bembix littoralis 2025 https://southernforestlife.net/pterygophorus-nsw-highlands daily 0.75 2026-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766543319684-9SKV7DW6UCBEF55GUNEW/PC230044-Edit.jpeg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Dorsal view of intact insect Head black Antenna with 20 antennomeres: - scape and pedicel black; 7 basal flagellomeres yellow; apical 11 black; pecten directed antero-ventrally on each flagellum, becoming longer in apical flagellomeres; most apical antennomere is clubbed Pronotum and mesoscutellum pale yellow, shining between sparse punctures Mesoscutum black Metascutellum black Abdomen black with 2 yellow bands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766543319684-9SKV7DW6UCBEF55GUNEW/PC230044-Edit.jpeg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Dorsal view of intact insect Head black Antenna with 20 antennomeres: - scape and pedicel black; 7 basal flagellomeres yellow; apical 11 black; pecten directed antero-ventrally on each flagellum, becoming longer in apical flagellomeres; most apical antennomere is clubbed Pronotum and mesoscutellum pale yellow, shining between sparse punctures Mesoscutum black Metascutellum black Abdomen black with 2 yellow bands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766533473635-UXW13M6U62A9LWPY47IK/PC230001-2-Edit-Pano-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Lateral view, body length 10mm anterior band fills tergum 3 laterally and crosses into tergum 4 posterior yellow band extends ventrally into tergum 7, expanding to its posterior edge saw extended https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766542716013-GLBY60B3UT4GFT348INP/PC230017-4.jpeg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Abdomen colour shown after removal of wings Abdomen black with 2 yellow bands Anterior band largely confined to T3 dorsally, just crosses into T2 anteriorly and T4 posteriorly Posterior band is the exposed intersegmental membrane between terga 6 and 7 (this region pushed inwards here) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766531854621-YJPLD7UDYP8INLWQVDPU/PC230078-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Head and antennal morphology Head black: short, fine pale pubescence; shining, without punctures Antenna with 20 antennomeres: - scape and pedicel black; 7 basal flagellomeres yellow; apical 11 black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766535602044-0R5SLPH808HKVUGEG6X9/PC230002-4.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Fore wing removed from body wing hyaline with dark brown band extending along anterior border to wing apex, covering 1st cubital and radial cells completely and half of 2nd and 3rd cubital cells and 1st discoidal cell costa and stigma yellowish-brown venation black in basal and anterior regions, dark brown in apical region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766557488357-Q2AHVSOX6FR0MIH11MI2/PC230059-Edit.jpeg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Ventral view - showing colour of legs and body femur solid black in all legs fore and mid tibiae and tarsomeres - white basally, black apically hind tibia and tarsi pale pygidium (T10) yellow saw sheath black, saw dark brown venter black, except for pale yellow sternites 3 and 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766553662674-NY2YPTHICAWGJ4NRU19A/PC230024-Edit.jpeg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Thorax morphology and colour short, fine, pale pubescence over thorax mesoscutum black, pronotum yellow with black anterior border and black behind accessory furrow (black arrow) accessory furrow subparallel with side margin of pronotum side portion of pronotum cut off by accessory furrow (white double arrow heads) broader than length of malar space (white double arrow heads on head) mesepisternum black with large central yellow area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766535539746-50DJDEJ26LF8TIMA1Y4V/PC230074-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Detailed view of terminal segments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766534046625-8RABGUUQ9BDOIH3B4VMH/PC230033-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Extended saw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766537175687-ZPFGBHZ5F48XPH2QPC3O/PC230007-3-Edit-pano.jpeg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - Saw after dissection from insect view of lancet (first valvula) showing teeth 1-11 area in square around tooth #10 shown in next image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1766537232327-79J49CH6EKBCX04R24XT/PC230051-2-Edit-3.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - photomicrograph of tooth #10 ~26 denticulations (serrulae) on this tooth. Benson (1938) reports 28-40 serrulae present in P. cinctus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767925260011-TXEWAWFNS4AF7LVYX7TP/P1090013.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands larva #1 Doughboy TSR 8th April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767925150286-SSAGMIG6X28BZA5XMDFA/P1090004.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands larva #1 Doughboy TSR 8th April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767925164177-8V5X96VHGVTHRGMZRSEP/P1090006.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands larva #2 Doughboy TSR 8th April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767925178374-MI6Y30SY1YBH5DUHJS0Q/P1090005.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands larva #2 Doughboy TSR 8th April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179076541-62G1YGXMZRFRSCSQ8GUA/P2270034-3.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - habitus, dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772159668550-5E7AJ3ZURC855QUTDAY9/P2270002-Pano-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772167330323-OX6H6K7L3GTMB1CQFIZ4/P2270005-Pano.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - detail dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772167309675-ABSQVA1ZDXI3MCUWH7DM/P2270010-Pano.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772167385661-LMUFUY8P9SRUTF568S2C/P2270012-2.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - abdomen lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772167457549-XEYUDCKJY4B3AV9XCC7D/P2270022-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - frontal view head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772167435238-I1ZRG1C7M6GHQRE54ZPG/P2270016-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - ventral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772167729935-PTYIYH0ZS8IASQJNOIP5/P2270008.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #1 - left fore and hind wing, dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179055073-925WFYAUX9MJ6YX1A8HV/P2270031-Edit-Pano-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #2 dorsal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179372007-9BK0WD3LEK11ARUVHXD6/P2270041-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #2 - lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179468449-2OGYTLCSBIFZLI12AK6V/P2270045-Edit-Pano.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #2 - lateral view detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179694576-OZ2CHSN3KU1V3SVHKQYZ/P2270074.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #2 - thorax detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179547397-SQHY7AN8KW3CHIIDKN2O/P2270054-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #2 - frontal view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179780401-IES9B9939G3DSBW3CI6Y/P2270068.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #2 - left fore and hind wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772179627416-AVJM42EEFOVIZVYY0LMX/P2270060-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus NSW Highlands - #2 - ventral view https://southernforestlife.net/bembix-trepida-2512g daily 0.75 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153732321-4U7NH4ASWDROXRTXENEH/PC310002.jpg Bembix trepida - female 6 metasomal segments visible dorsally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153732321-4U7NH4ASWDROXRTXENEH/PC310002.jpg Bembix trepida - female 6 metasomal segments visible dorsally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153792709-2RSTR26VMO1ZGNBZ4Z0U/PC310002-2.jpg Bembix trepida - mandible shape robust, but relatively long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153980755-5N8EZIVFDSGA7X3T5NZN/PC310010-2.jpg Bembix trepida - large size body length 17mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153724766-O95AKNLE3N01K4A0YO7C/PC310001.jpg Bembix trepida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767165303429-2GD9055UV4NDRM5DGNK4/PC310007.jpg Bembix trepida - clypeus shape protruberant but abruptly flattened in apical 2/3 as seen in lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153891603-2VTT3XA5AGOLJQE2DYPS/PC310011.jpg Bembix trepida - clypeus shape protruberant but abruptly flattened in apical 2/3 as seen in lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767165460995-SYPZVR71JYWEJBXBS5M4/PC310016.jpg Bembix trepida - clypeus shape flattened in apical 2/3, the flattened portion with strong punctures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767166054353-SZZERWSYKG4P7LAW54Z4/PC310017.jpg Bembix trepida - vertex height centre of vertex very slightly below eye tops (in full frontal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153803176-1MC4TXHFZCY3IDM7XLPS/PC310003-2.jpg Bembix trepida - front basitarsus - 7 amber pecten spines - basitarsus relatively slender, with 4 large, black lobes see Fig. 57 (Evans & Matthews, 1973) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153830280-MVT3D7P0N7I8K0A7K78Q/PC310004-2.jpg Bembix trepida - front basitarsus - 7 amber pecten spines - basitarsus relatively slender, with 4 large, black lobes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767166474599-YJ7ZH30GI0OEFBQ8R8QM/PC310031+copy.jpg Bembix trepida - scape colour pale yellow, streaked black above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767166612730-3D48SAZF6DZ4VY1K64ZY/PC310017.jpg Bembix trepida - labrum & clypeus colour labrum = cream clypeus = cream, grading to yellow above, with oblique black marks basally (only rarely united to form a chevron … here they are narrowly separated) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153765322-BERQE9YCAPNETCSAT3AH/PC310028.jpg Bembix trepida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767166758023-20YSQ3C7Y2IYM54Z3VAH/PC310005.jpg Bembix trepida - frons colour pale yellow with pair broad black stripes reaching antennal sockets (broadly black across vertex & ocellar region) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767166883117-02J299B91R5BCQ37IV2K/PC310008.jpg Bembix trepida - pronotum colour pale yellow, with thin black streaks laterally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767167147973-D7BO0ZAVD8J172WWM6SK/PC310027.jpg Bembix trepida - scutellum & metanotum colour black with transverse yellow marks (variable in shape & extent) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767167227834-WXEPG2USG7GR0PI6PDUE/PC310026.jpg Bembix trepida - propodeum colour black with yellow V-shaped mark dorsally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767167441350-LIM7XFOHCMO5PV0FICQB/PC310007.jpg Bembix trepida - mesopleuron colour yellow, with black along the sutures only https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767167695208-3EGIF5Y24R3CUZ8LN5EF/PC310003.jpg Bembix trepida - leg colour yellow with black markings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767167558739-V37SYQS5Y9D5XROH32S3/PC310020+copy.jpg Bembix trepida - venter (ventral thorax) colour black, with yellow anterior girdle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767167784984-7CUI72NMAQ28AGC6EKGP/PC310028.jpg Bembix trepida - metasomal dorsum colour pattern T1-5 white, broken bands T2 band broad, with black spots (nearly enclosed here … sometime fully enclosed on T2 and/or T3) T6 black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767153956329-7LSYLP9W40TY5BWBX8PP/PC310030.jpg Bembix trepida - mesoscutum pattern & punctation black, with: - yellow streaks laterally - pair yellow discal marks - transverse posterior spot (isolated from discal marks) shining, densely covered with very small punctures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1767167880450-P6PQ1BQ0WL6YT1D4A9Z5/PC310019.jpg Bembix trepida - metasomal colour patterning (lateral & ventral) S1-S5 with yellow spots laterally T1 with yellow spots laterally (not joined to the white dorsal bands) (note the in this long-dead specimen the colour has faded, but the colour is clearly contrasts with the white of the dorsal bands) https://southernforestlife.net/xyloperga-amenaida-vs-halidaii daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768785267512-0T7IBTSWY7EXHZYFIU2Q/P1150077-Edit-scale-Pano.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii body length 13.7mm - all segments of all legs orange - lateral folds of tergites yellow, venter black - mesosternum black - genae, inner orbits, mandibles (except black tip), labrum yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768785267512-0T7IBTSWY7EXHZYFIU2Q/P1150077-Edit-scale-Pano.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii body length 13.7mm - all segments of all legs orange - lateral folds of tergites yellow, venter black - mesosternum black - genae, inner orbits, mandibles (except black tip), labrum yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768785599758-5NTQVL8PQU9PUEQRDW3V/P1150147-Edit-Pano.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii right side of body - coloured body parts bright yellow - abdomen dorsum black, yellow laterally; T1-T4 with yellow stripes - all segments of all legs yellow, basal region of all coxae black - mesepisternum black with wide, transverse yellow stripe - genae narrower than eye viewed laterally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768804812760-7Z60DBB59DSWLTASR9HN/P1160023.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii left side of body - mesepisternum black with wide, transverse yellow stripe - genae narrower than eye viewed laterally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768804464235-5O5TWTIWD0WTUQSW270V/P1160021.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii - vertex bright yellow with 3 wide, longitudinal black stripes which extend anteriorly to cover ocellar region - pronotum black with broad yellow hind border - mesoscutum black with orange patch near rear of middle lobe - abdomen dorsum black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770973148346-W1THAQXCFFFFRLP4C8T7/P2120002-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view with wings spread - vertex yellow with 3 wide, longitudinal black stripes which extend anteriorly to cover ocellar region - mesoscutum black - abdomen with T1 black, T2-T4 black with scattered yellow areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768785462983-CHM243B8C4F54ZTA7U6O/P1150133-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii - scutellum semi-oval, convex, solid yellow with long obtuse orange hind lobes - fore wings pale yellow hyaline, costa and stigma orange, venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770973609541-BZEY22BFIEITKRUSM6PH/P2120052-Pano-Pano.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view of left wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770973685443-7F5JRNIBESZMNFIN40SR/P2120029.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detail of ventral view of right forewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770973508814-G3X7HZO6C29GAD55R8VK/P2120028.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770972595605-RWOE5HIFDCRYQQTBDORO/P2120039.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of right side of head - genae yellow, unpunctured, bare - genae narrower than eye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770972621524-HZQZFYUI5SBJBD63DFNV/P2120040-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of left side of head - genae yellow, unpunctured, bare, narrower than eye width - clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange; clypeus with a transverse fold - antennal tubercles, inner orbit yellow - pronotum black with wide orange posterior border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770971778493-63LBINZHSX4PFRMSVNKM/P2120009-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view of head - vertex bright yellow with 3 wide, longitudinal black stripes which extend anteriorly to cover ocellar region - sparsely pilose, a few, short, brown hairs - heavily punctured with unpunctured area with short brown hairs in anterior part of yellow stripes, just behind lateral ocelli - post-ocellar region of vertex with few hairs, densely punctured - antennal tubercles, inner orbits, clypeus and labrum yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768785386498-YVTI6RLA9RTG17H0DTI1/P1150170-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii - pronotum black with broad yellow hind border, black region densely punctured and covered in short, brown, erect hairs - mesoscutum black with pale orange spot towards rear of middle lobe; middle lobe densely punctured and pilose in medial region - scutellum convex, solid yellow with obtuse long orange hind lobes and shallow midline furrow; anterior border black - long yellow extensions from anterior corners towards tegulae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770971997250-872CVK2JU9952GFH4X6L/P2120013-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detailed view of anterior lobe of mesoscutum and pronotum - pronotum black with broad yellow hind border scarcely punctured - middle lobe of mesoscutum densely punctured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770973007283-IPWIAHRPV7Q95M37X6DA/P2120045-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of left side of thorax - mesepisternum black with wide, transverse yellow stripe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770972446379-CUJ2TWIAYHSD1N5HZT1K/P2120033.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of thorax - mesosternum black with white anterior border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768785693141-0WFQLFFOM0Z2I8UVP8D3/P1150092-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of saw and sawsheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768785723698-ECDBW2XCRIB5XRKK0WXV/P1150082-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of saw and sawsheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769298162510-M8LCTCP8CS4BJPHQS7LM/P1170033-2-Edit-4.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of saw (refers to lancet or lancet and lance), sawsheath and tergite X after dissection from body and clearing in KOH - circular, brown cerci present on tips of tergite X - ventral surface of sheath (valvula 3) covered in stout dark brown bristles, arranged in rows - fine hairs extend from lateral sides and tip of valvula 3 - lance (valvula 2) and lancet (valvula 1), each paired, visible between the sheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768812430095-Z32NS00QQS92D087A7B1/P1170019-4-Edit-3.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view of saw, sheath and tergite X dissected from body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769298620691-DB7X45CRAZ2LTDFXHB1E/P1170046-2-3.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of lance, lancet and sheath after removal of tergite X https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768813022039-8INPL44DK03KXQR7ZXRU/P1170082-Edit-merge-Pano-Edit-3.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of lance and lancet after removal of sheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769559936036-F0EIO7KMWP19MZ214ABC/P1170001-6-Edit-5.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of lance and lancet, ventral side below - divided into repeating units, annuli - approx 13 sharp sawteeth present on distal third of lance - some fine serrations apparent further proximally on lancet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768813425642-XK20QOAK3DO6MHXZOJB9/P1170001-6.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detailed view of distal end of lance and lancet, showing large, sharp sawteeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768813682829-7TBJEKY0PDGKA2Y3Z55X/P1170095-4.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of middle region of lancet - broad, finely serrated areas apparent but no sharp teeth similar to drawing of saw of Xyloperga halidaii in Benson (1939), fig. 37 and Morice (1919), Pl. XV, fig. 11 and saw from syntype in Oxford Museum - contrast drawing of saw of Xyloperga amenaida, fig. 35 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768813913102-GHX7B0EH82PNH7F4PQ5D/P1170099-3.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii proximal region of lancet - teeth not apparent, but cutting edge separated into units aligned with annuli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770948752265-MMR3D64WAS9ECDEZAW0S/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.08.28%E2%80%AFpm.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii photo of saw of Xyloperga halidaii - Morice (1919) Pl. XV Fig. 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768872090960-OJKPX4XBV1LKG9565480/P1190014-2-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view - mesoscutum black with yellow V-mark at rear of middle lobe, interrupted at midline, heavily punctured, many long golden hairs medially - scutellum yellow, thickly punctured, covered in brown hairs, short black midline furrow anteriorly - fore wings pale yellow hyaline, costa and stigma brown, venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768901270028-SOXZKIK40GXE273NYKE6/P1190080-Edit-Pano.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view - mesoscutum black with yellow V-mark at rear of middle lobe, interrupted at midline, heavily punctured, many long golden hairs medially - scutellum yellow, thickly punctured, covered in brown hairs, short black midline furrow anteriorly - fore wings pale yellow hyaline, costa and stigma brown, venation brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768870715960-J7RS7HV7SPEU80ZYXUT7/P1190002-2-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view - all segments of all legs orange, except pale basal patches on all coxae - lateral folds of tergites pale yellow - mesosternum pale brown with black V mark at midline - mesepisternum pale brown with black lines at sutures with mesosternum - clypeus, labrum and mandibles brown, except tip of mandibles black - labial and maxillary palps brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768822991958-S5IEJ4B86760HUBLKR4U/P1190004-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii right side of body - abdomen dorsum black, pale yellow on lateral folds - mesepisternum solid pale brown - lateral border of lateral lobe of mesocutum black and orange - costa and stigma of fore wing brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768872309851-20EAUAJV4ZFG9C488WKZ/P1190008-2-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii left side of body - antennal flagellum orange, black scape and pedicel - clypeus, labrum and mandibles brownish-yellow, with black tips to mandibles - saw partially protruded - lateral folds of terga, venter pale yellow - mesepisternum brownish-yellow, thickly punctured, black line at junction with mesosternum - mesosternum brownish yellow with black triangular mark at midline - all segments of all legs yellow, with white patches on coxae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770970479786-M7KGHIG0BLSGENEPGQCR/P2120117-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detailed view of left side of head and thorax - antennal flagellum orange, black scape and pedicel -clypeus, labrum and mandibles brownish-yellow - genae unpunctured - mesepisternum solid brownish-yellow, moderately punctured - mesosternum brownish yellow with black mark at midline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768873726055-RH1UUG1HSG9RDSMTQ4QM/P1190015-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii - vertex brown with two short, narrow black stripes on sides of post-ocellar area, covered in short black, recumbent hairs, densely punctured - ocelli linked by an incomplete rectangular grid of black lines - scape and pedicel black, flagellum brown - antennal tubercles orange - pronotum black with wide light brown hind border, covered in black hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768823008996-E7CLXS8JUAWP9EEWZDM4/P1190003-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii body length 17.8 mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770969806864-PTOSTMW5WKO404QUY018/P2120159-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii anterior view of head - antennal tubercles, clypeus, labrum, labial and maxillary palps, mandibles brown with mandible tips black - scape and pedicel black, flagellum brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768896880704-OVY6LTCP2QQFR6E0LOVX/P1190045-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorso-lateral view of head - scape and pedicel black, flagellum yellowish-orange (chestnut) antennal tubercle yellow - vertex covered in recumbent black hairs, densely punctured in post-ocellar area but unpunctured laterally - genae smooth, chestnut, wider than width of eye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770969547774-JYZU2UKOMJ7ZBBJ6LDA9/P2120130-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detailed view of side of head and scutellum - genae unpunctured and bare - lateral region of vertex covered in short, black, recumbent hairs - dorsal region of scutellum covered in long black recumbent hairs - tegula pale orange, covered in short pale hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769323150514-G9X1D78ZJ9U6TO03AKS5/P1190059-Edit-edit.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorso-lateral view of front of thorax - pronotum black with broad yellow posterior border, with long black hairs posteriorly - tegula yellow - lateral face of lateral lobe of mesoscutum orange posteriorly, black anteriorly - mesepisternum yellow, moderately heavily punctated, with fine golden hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768875638445-65KHTHYFX5LY80HHJMRZ/P1190065-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii - scutellum thickly punctured, covered in brown hairs, black midline furrow anteriorly - hind lobes pale yellow, close to midline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768894101928-TZEJUDOQOA85SMU33BMI/P1190067-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii - mesoscutum black with yellow V, interrupted at midline - heavily punctured, covered medially in long golden hairs in the posterior half - lateral border of lateral lobes yellow posteriorly, black anteriorly - tegula yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770969904375-ECFFFP6Z9ZZ3EZSZ0UI7/P2120152-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detailed lateral view of scutellum and posterior end of mesoscutum - both heavily punctured - scutellum covered in black hairs, midline furrow black anteriorly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770970875704-R5Y6CMF3XC72NKGJLYRC/P2120099-Pano.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770970843947-TOF28DOIR2NPMJZKDAPJ/P2120102.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detail of ventral side of forewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768900025870-PCJWPICJNTR8OT7OXE60/P1190001-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of abdomen, showing saw and sawsheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768823363104-IW72QYETO1T81BCY9C4P/P1190009-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of saw partially protruded from sheath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769313277319-5FK1DKQ13KUO5601FNU9/P1190020-Edit.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detail of apical region of saw showing lancet and lance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1768822901708-1K5WH1C97T1P027U0Q8T/P1190024-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detail of more basal region of saw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769318159726-8VNTRRCXS8FH32UM3DR5/P1220061-edit.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii Latero-ventral view of extended saw showing lancet (valvula 1) and lance (valvula 2) These blades are divided into repeating units, annuli, each of which bears a sawtooth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769071094412-MN1DGC7LFTMB2HIRG2BC/P1220002-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of saw, sheath and tergite X after dissection from body and clearing in KOH - circular, brown cerci visible on tergite X https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769071108176-5H16K043G9LH9UUO1UIR/P1220011-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii magnified view of end of saw, sheath and tergite X https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769071243563-X7VR2NS5F2F38JK0OWSQ/P1220143.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii tergite X separated from sheath and saw, showing dense hairs laterally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769245043840-GNL98AJR0G3UTXXSFLU0/P1220144.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventro-lateral view of saw after removal of sawsheath (3rd valvula) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769245495638-703LMB3M8R9AK9CC7ZBE/P1220134-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of tip of saw - a row of sawteeth present along each lancet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769324616178-OXIF8V0QU3EH8RUD1654/P1220118-Edit-edit.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii basal region of saw viewed latero-ventrally campaniform sensillae are sensory organs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769071473122-VLD4QV34XBOW79Q1THKK/P1220007-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii tip of saw - lancet above, showing teeth - lance below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769155518926-CNFWQRGC0L2B92CC4RUH/P1230002-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view right side - body length 11.5mm - all segments of all legs orange, except base of coxa and distal tips of tibia and tarsi of hind legs black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769071488756-DH2HWFRSWDDU016JDS1N/P1220072-2-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii sawteeth at distal end of lancet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770150246527-LIREF4RZAJN4I3F9GXBL/P2030033-Edit-Pano.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view of pinned and spread specimen - scutellum heavily punctured, with transparent orange, obtuse hind lobes - tegulae transparent orange - mesoscutum black with yellow uninterrupted V at rear of middle lobe; heavily punctured and short, recumbent golden hairs medially on lateral lobes and posterior half of middle lobe - scutellum yellow with anterior extensions to tegulae on lateral sides of mesoscutum; transparent orange, obtuse, widely spaced hind lobes; heavily punctured - dorsum of abdomen black, except T10 pale orange and pale orange stripes posteriorly on T1, T2 and anteriorly on T3, T4, T5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770110912300-5KLIJ6ULRMGDWZRUY1GE/P2030074-Edit-Pano-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view, left side - coloured body parts bright yellow - genae yellow, narrower than width of eye viewed laterally - lateral region of vertex orange - pronotum black with yellow hind border - mesepisternum black with wide, transverse yellow stripe - abdomen dorsum black, with yellow stripes on some anterior terga - lateral folds of terga and venter yellow - mesosternum transparent orange - hind femur dilated and dark orange colour - hind tibia with apex black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770111032199-C5SVKEB63YSBHQQ0HLIP/P2030006-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii frontal view of head - genae, inner orbits, antennal tubercles, labrum yellow - clypeus yellow with black base, emarginate - mandibles orange with black tips - scape, pedicel, flagellum and club all orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769232015358-IL54FQAJF7GEBPYG2ANW/P1230049-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detail of antenna - scape pedicel, flagellum and club all orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769231968388-WMUXWGXXCNHC1S1LOL3J/P1230040-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view of head - vertex yellowish-orange with 3 wide, longitudinal black stripes which extend anteriorly to cover ocellar region, densely punctured - vertex covered with golden and brown short, recumbent hairs, except for bare, unpunctured region immediately behind lateral ocelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769231993945-YVR8SSPDAZWSDOP8NAGJ/P1230045-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii higher magnification view of post-ocellar region of vertex showing clear, unpunctured area immediately behind lateral ocelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770873443583-9JJ2TSOQALTGY8HTO06V/P2030086-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of left side of vertex showing fine, golden and black hairs covering surface, except for patch behind lateral ocellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770111442772-0KJX0UJ2XSA1FHU4PCW5/P2030023-Edit-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii higher magnification view of the left side of the vertex showing dense covering of short black, recumbent hairs. this area densely punctured, apart from area behind left ocellus, which is also bare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769305077687-7T32DQNOF2ZELDQ0E1S6/P1230036-Edit-labels.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view of abdomen and thorax - forewings pale yellow hyaline, orange costa and stigma, venation orange - tegulae transparent orange - scutellum yellow with anterior extensions to tegulae on lateral sides of mesoscutum; transparent orange, obtuse, widely spaced hind lobes - mesoscutum black with yellow V at rear of middle lobe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770873646489-W2WMH7GVJAQ07GVLQOJ8/P2030093-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of left side of mesonotum, showing fine golden hairs covering anterior and lateral lobes and pronotum. these areas heavily punctured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769232136009-VV3BWLYQ9VK292V34W44/P1230004-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detailed view of mesoscutum and scutellum - scutellum heavily punctured, with transparent orange, obtuse hind lobes - tegulae pale orange - abdomen dorsum black, T1-T4 with yellow stripes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769231942480-BURFE2D6F7B1ZM7FJCIU/P1230029-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii dorsal view of thorax - pronotum black with broad yellow hind border - mesoscutum black with yellow V-shape at rear of middle lobe, heavily punctured, medial part of lateral lobes pilose with golden hairs - scutellum yellow, heavily punctured, sparsely pilose anteriorly, with black anterior border and yellow anterior extensions to tegulae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770873799440-6P645X80V9X2Y82VVHGR/P2030100-Edit-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii lateral view of scutellum, showing fine golden hairs on anterior, lateral sides and on hind lobes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770111623320-KLKAARCDFKO9FOB8WIU9/P2030029-2-Edit-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii detail of scutellum - solid yellow colour, with posterior border and hind lobes transparent orange - heavily punctured - shallow medial furrow - some short brown hairs on anterior and posterior borders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769231811850-BK33LCZSHCEUSJV4BI9H/P1230012-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of body - mesopleura black with wide transverse yellow streak - mesosternum transparent with narrow pale yellow border to mesopleura - lateral folds of terga and venter yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770111155993-IE18Y8YPZX02LTKNVNW6/P2030058-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of thorax - mesopleura black with wide yellow transverse stripe - mesosternum transparent (internal organs visible beneath) with narrow pale yellow border to mesopleura - fore leg coxa pale yellow, femur, tibia and tarsus orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770111338276-3R79CE252J100JXF293D/P2030052-2-Edit-2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of abdomen - lateral folds of all terga yellow - venter all yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770150370269-58U8WBBPX52MGJSJ41AF/P2030048-2-Edit-2.jpeg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii posterior view of end of abdomen showing genitalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770111551738-KIQEXFXMZ6WN57NCX4NU/P2030044-Edit.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii ventral view of mid and hind legs - coxae pale yellow with black basal patch - femora, tibiae and tarsi orange, with apex of hind tibia and tarsi black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1770111245130-7DV5XGX9A4QCMOMAO1NZ/P2030015.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii forewing - hyaline, pale yellow, basal half darker than apical half - hairy patch underneath radial, 1st & 2nd cubital, 1st discoidal and medial cells - costa orange, black hairs on outer edge - stigma orange, less than half as long and broad as radial cell - basal and median veins orange, same colour as other veins - 3rd cubital vein almost straight and directed to point well outside apex of stigma - basal and 1st recurrent veins subparallel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769037714704-KZDTYHTEEUEDO4FOEO4R/Screenshot+2026-01-22+at+10.11.20%E2%80%AFam.png Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii from Benson (1939) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769037689288-KCIUDWAP6YG2CGT56EK6/Screenshot+2026-01-22+at+10.10.42%E2%80%AFam.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii from Benson (1939) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1775257328446-SQ139ODYRIYOVCPJNI4N/HYME2719_3_Perga_halidayii_Westwood_ovipositor2.jpg Xyloperga amenaida vs halidaii https://southernforestlife.net/night-moves-jan-2026 daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388109975-TEGXSLM24SSUEH8JAHD1/P1240046-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 A large, lone spider astride a twig catches my eye with its near-perfect symmetry. Delena cancerides (‘social huntsman’) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388109975-TEGXSLM24SSUEH8JAHD1/P1240046-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 A large, lone spider astride a twig catches my eye with its near-perfect symmetry. Delena cancerides (‘social huntsman’) - male https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388142095-RRVF1BFK6T5F9Z9PS9JM/P1240090.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 More delicate symmetry suspended from the low vegetation. Imbophorus aptalis (plume moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388496595-J2QSRIJU721EBZ7H64T4/P1240058-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Sawfly larvae are typically gregarious, and it is common to see them neatly aligned when feeding. More lovely symmetry! These were rapidly devouring a eucalypt leaf. perhaps Lophyrotoma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388127498-O8ENA2S9JT3VGJPINIM7/P1240013-6.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Forest cockroaches are many and varied, some with striking colour patterns. They are typically hidden in the leaf litter or under bark during the day … but at night it is not uncommon to find them out and about. Platyzosteria (litter runner cockroach) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388389455-9KOAI3ZUBXTGTPIA49SG/P1250271.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 One of the most common and widespread of mantids. Orthodera ministralis (Australian Garden Mantis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388157277-3M8ASE8NPTEBRMF4N6MD/P1240102.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 A species we hear at the pond only occasionally. They have been making their presence known since the heavy rain last week. This one was deep in forest, far removed from any standing water. And very obliging for the camera! Limnodynastes dumerilii (Eastern Banjo Frog; Pobblebonk) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388949641-B4V18J3YL0NWF43NH0WJ/P1250277.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Orthodera ministralis (Australian Garden Mantis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769467271380-QGSDGTV7HW90YQSW0CMZ/P1240031-3.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Common and widespread in forests and woodlands. Johnrehnia (forest cockroach) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388166670-PD083QPJTFRS214U3UBD/P1240132.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 10:15pm Recent warm days have brought the summer cicada chorus to life. By day most are out of sight, high in forest canopy. So it was a special treat to find this one just emerging after many months (or perhaps years) spent underground. Psaltoda moerens (Redeye Cicada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769998743386-2I6DKY4K3TGLYQW0CCR7/P1240240.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 10:44pm Emergence from the final nymphal skin is a slow, laborious process. At this stage the legs are free but the wings have yet to begin their expansion. Psaltoda moerens (Redeye Cicada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769409588397-4E90VZ49RND25CV6XFF7/P1240007-7.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 11:53pm Within an hour, the wings are fully expanded. Psaltoda moerens (Redeye Cicada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388241963-EDJATAXZ38UWSZAVSXUZ/P1250127-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 12:17am It takes time for the cuticle to harden, and until then the insect hangs motionless by the claws on its front pair of legs. Psaltoda moerens (Redeye Cicada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388872613-5LK1XHP66LK274XBO7D6/P1250181.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 1:00am By morning, the entire body will be jet black. Indeed, it took me a while to recognise the species. Even the wings will develop distinctive dark ‘infuscations’, characteristic of the species but not at all evident yet. Psaltoda moerens (Redeye Cicada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388180654-9CFS9NQRPYTUYZTCB34Z/P1240143.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 A small, delicate nymph – and a species we see often. Ctenomorpha marginipennis (Margin-winged Stick Insect) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388524172-RLOBBM7AY1A4NPSFB96I/P1240066.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 13cm in length, but apparently still a nymph (based on the short wings). Phasmids are vegetarians, this one munching away on the tough leaves of a young Banksia. Ctenomorpha marginipennis (Margin-winged Stick Insect) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388193771-2KMVSL4IE9DF6C10OWXX/P1240224.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 One of our more common, medium-sized moths. The impressive antennae mark this one a male Anthela acuta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388211014-7DZDV642AJ51ACPR3NQP/P1250091-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 A male … the antennae are the clue. Opodiphthera helena (gum moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388229597-5EFDOI5FEAHT92226WOS/P1250107-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 With a wing span of 13cm, sightings of these gentle giants are always a treat. Opodiphthera helena (gum moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388817885-L32EJTUGO6VMS1F6WH7B/P1250123.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Like the adults, the caterpillars are sensational – large and colourful, feeding in the open on eucalypt leaves. Yet we have never seen one! Perhaps they are out of our reach, high in the forest canopy. Opodiphthera helena (gum moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388255722-IPBG29TES1KEQ4ZWZC2X/P1250168-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 There is something particularly endearing about passalid beetles. They live in family groups, the adults caring for their growing larvae under rotting logs. And they’re vocal! When disturbed, they buzz in a way that is clearly audible to humans. Aulacocyclus edentulus (Bess beetle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388281982-PKTWI8P2RW4FLKO4FVAX/P1250179.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Click beetles can be devilishly difficult to identify, but this one is distinguished by its large size (36mm long) … and those extraordinary antennae! Pseudotetralobus (click beetle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769414546355-WEWJGO1BH01022IYUMGF/P1250170.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 12:55am Wolf spiders are mobile hunters. This one has taken a large sugar ant. Venator spenceri (wolf spider) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388359288-O5JX3KNWTFCVG8ZZOFXV/P1250253.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 1:45am Mobile they might be, but this feeding wolfie wasn’t going far. Nearly an hour after I first spied her, she was still in the same patch of forest floor … and still with a mouthful of ant. Venator spenceri (wolf spider) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388471646-V3RY82IH7KVZBSNABDMS/P1240050-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 No prizes for guessing … this one a common orb weaver. She has just started to construct her web. The supporting lines are in place. The next steps will be to weave the spiral. Hortophora (garden orb-weaver) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388560373-UAGFPLF11XJQWC7KXXJM/P1240077.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Nearly 8cm long, but a caterpillar we’ve never seen before. The adults are familiar – although we saw none this night. Unsurprising, as they tend to fly in April-May. So I’m guessing this huge caterpillar will soon pupate. Chelepteryx chalepteryx (White-stemmed Acacia Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388621206-JRN53BMS1196HB4XZ401/P1240118.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 The soft body of this cricket must make it particularly vulnerable to predators and desiccation. A nocturnal lifestyle makes sense. This is a nymph. Hyalogryllacris (raspy cricket) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769463647855-BVM5SBL8TNHO3X4FODVS/P1240035-3.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Another nymphal orthopteran. Pseudorhynchus mimeticus (Mimicking Snout-Nose) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388664857-6SM9MW1LOKUXQWAW5U1Z/P1240227.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 In this family, both sexes have branched antennae. The clue that this is a female is the tuft of orange scales at the tip of the abdomen. These are deposited when she lays her eggs, providing a degree of protection and support for the egg mass. Acyphas chionitis (tussock moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388299890-OQ6TP691AOPUL077AN26/P1250189.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 One of several large species of frogs out and about this night. This species lives under rocks or logs close to permanent water. Predictably, this one was alongside our small frog pond. Limnodynastes peronii (Striped Marsh Frog) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388681961-LAERJ7WQD8OO0QXT2KOL/P1240236.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 In contrast to the Striped Marsh Frog, this species spends much of its adult life well away from water … including in tall trees. They come to water to breed. This male was calling loudly from a log in the frog pond. Pengilleyia peronii (Peron’s Tree Frog) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769388774268-IFTUIV1I4XBXU9V4MIUY/P1250097-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769400624565-7X0Z98YTQ2O6HHO9A9FQ/P1240030-5.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404559208-CFWZHEZ4KWN0YE856BBL/P1250202.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 A massive moth – and a new one for our home list. Endoxyla magnifica (wood moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769400657381-Y21QG5Z3WVNQ6O5U7DU4/P1240179.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Magnificent indeed! This is one seriously large insect. And one not often seen. There are currently just 18 identified sightings on iNaturalist. That’s not many, given the very active community of ‘mothers’ in eastern Australia! Endoxyla magnifica (wood moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769400666037-ND9KPK0BD72DOTRHTAGX/P1240183.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 The feathery antennae are a sex marker in this species. So this one is a male. Endoxyla magnifica (wood moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769456667584-G625BTWECK2WHDBI3NEH/P1250221.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Despite the name, these moths are not so commonly seen as adults. We do see evidence of the larvae throughout the forest, with their characteristic sac-like retreats on the trunks of young Acacia. This is only our second sighting of an adult … and our first was just three weeks ago. Males are even more colourful, being almost entirely bright green. However, they rarely come to lights. We hope to spot one soon, when prowling the forest trails by torchlight. Aenetus ligniveren (Common Splendid Ghost Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769457046079-GINE3F5NWH73QUXICJEX/original-77.jpeg Night moves Jan 2026 A second Aenetus female on the same night! We thought this momentous enough … until we later realised that it was actually a different species of this beautiful genus. Again, a female. This was an especially exciting (and surprising) find. There are fewer than 50 sightings on iNaturalist, and none anywhere nearly so far south. Needless to say, another first for the home list. Aenetus lewinii (Lewin’s Splendid Ghost Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769457727010-JOD5R5G1T6NIK50YJFP8/original-78.jpeg Night moves Jan 2026 One more for the list. And yet another species not commonly seen, even though its range includes the Melbourne area … which is something of a hotspot for moth watchers. Myrascia bracteatella (concealer moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769400641953-BGBH87XIZ81GL1693Z83/P1240154.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 A rather stunning moth and yet another new one for home … although it is a widespread and rather common species. Aglaopus pyrrhata (picture-winged moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769463116534-DEPLUKPBWH7QE4Q7GKPF/original-80.jpeg Night moves Jan 2026 This is also the first member of this family we have recorded here. Aglaopus pyrrhata (picture-winged moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404500317-ZB82B698EUVFGZ5V7590/P1250049-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Another regular. And another for which we are near the southern limit of its range. Aglaosoma variegata (Patterned Notodontid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404522838-7H9UFRR4EVV2R0EV0QI5/P1250084.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 The warm night air was also filled with swarming ants. Here a large female has drawn several smaller males. Camponotus (sugar ants) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769458626524-HRPOXG02HAW204KE6WW1/original-79.jpeg Night moves Jan 2026 Not entirely new for us, but only our second ever sighting. Sympycnodes rhaptodes (leopard moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769400705036-K2ZKC72BUC410IDOK96D/P1240214.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Lacewings are usually represented at a light sheet. Myrmeleon acer (Common Brown Antlion) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404508637-L9JUXWWAW9NUZY2V8TLU/P1250070-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Katydids too are attracted to light. Polichne spinulosa (katydid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404483576-CSBXO7MX5ACLEGKYTN7T/P1250043-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 These large, ferocious-looking beetles were about in numbers. They are regular attendees at January light sheets. Cnemoplites australis (longhorn beetle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404541580-V15BKDR9KJFPLC0JOZYF/P1250163-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Another summer regular, and a close relative of the iconic ‘Christmas beetle’ (genus Anoplognathus). These relatively large beetles feed both as larvae and as adults: the larvae on decaying wood, compost or roots; the adults on leaves and flowers. Schizognathus burmeisteri (shining leaf chafer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769400721371-WJ7ZO0DYELFOLP4XA8AL/P1240215.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Not on the sheet, but on the post alongside. I suspect the orientation is deliberate, enhancing the camouflage effect. Ectropis fractaria (Ringed Bark Moth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404577729-6VP3B2SUWN0QXQL4HWTV/P1250210.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Yet another beetle drawn to the bright light. Phyllotocus bimaculatus (nectar scarab) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404662811-G6N4STGGR2VX66RR77XW/P1250231.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Crane flies are another common sight around the forest, day and night. Leptotarsus clavatus (large crane fly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769404400928-QZ0172TYN9LUXSPVSJRK/P1250036-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 The activity around the light also attracts the opportunists. The leopard moth succumbed to the depradations of a large bull ant. Myrmecia (bull ant) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769463719380-8X0LXBHFE7F471YURX0G/P1250097-2.jpg Night moves Jan 2026 Another hunter taking advantage of the action, this one searching the ground beneath the light. Cormocephalus westwoodi (Westwood's Green Centipede) https://southernforestlife.net/pseudotetralobus-australasiae daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513347218-4MMY0U66I04HFDV792H8/P1270011.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513347218-4MMY0U66I04HFDV792H8/P1270011.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513089801-SIIFBB98EDWX9EZ7QDXY/P1270022-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513474815-T9GU1OTUL7E65TDGJ6U8/P1270001-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513210522-C7NQABE5WP7MOVBZ5JKW/P1270019-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513257187-ACPA9ZNZ39VH11Q6LIZE/P1270017-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513277086-FR2N2N27OKJPAHW6MKXC/P1270016-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513303188-RI9W6U6ECV1ARRLKTJ16/P1270013-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513363714-EP6B3E2IXOY7PU80GL4R/P1270010-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513376697-Q0BLYHWCGKM5LN9U3JTG/P1270008-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513397229-VZTO9KFSXUXXISO7B7O0/P1270007-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513433634-LHBZDP82OSPUGVT4U9WE/P1270006-2.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737804123-YEHV0FWHN26HBR7I8ICI/P1270003-3.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737877737-N5I5UT9HB4RHF65XB1IN/P1270007-3-2.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769513329191-FEDHJ11IEB4SYB7ZS2U9/P1270012-3.jpeg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737599635-5IMEJSW7OD0NY19DQGFZ/P1270011-3.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737907268-7VY0XEOCH5QQRJLQUR5K/P1270013-3.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737937245-66ZNKRRTZY38IZ3SJIOP/P1270014-3-2.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737326028-S9UE8VJE848J47GAVF2I/P1270006-3.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737305990-6COE26LP51A9E53MRGGD/P1270005-3.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737892966-WAMIT5ARA2X8WZVD87RH/P1270009-3.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769738328867-3KLMCC4TTFWPH761PVGX/P1270015-3.jpg Pseudotetralobus australasiae https://southernforestlife.net/biodiversity-by-dna-jan-2026 daily 0.75 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769673187097-P1MMGVVA64T1HUWO4Z4V/GMTP+Oct+2025+stats.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 GMP coverage, as of October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769673187097-P1MMGVVA64T1HUWO4Z4V/GMTP+Oct+2025+stats.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 GMP coverage, as of October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769671121361-FCDZ2L39W4SB7CETT9C1/world+map+of+GMTP+sampling.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Ecoregions currently sampled (with at least 10,000 records and 1,000 BINS) as part of the GMP. https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/evgeny.zakharov/viz/EcoRegionCoveragePublic/EcoRegionCoverage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769726050020-C8G3UD73C61A4FYQFXJL/Trap+1+early.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Trap 1, one of two Malaise traps we erected on 3rd January 2026. Both will be in place for the next 12 months. The elevation at this site is the highest across our home forest, about 26m above sea level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769724596657-AQ2TCLMAH6Z3MXCTK6KT/Trap+2+early.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Trap 2, on a track that runs through a low-lying part of the forest (~16m above sea level). The barrier surrounding it is to discourage wombats and wallabies from barging on through. After all, the traps do straddle the forest tracks regularly used by the local wildlife … and by us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769724350045-Z5XBNOD5WLHRX45VZJGN/Wonboyn+NSW+trap+1+-+high+ground+c.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Within a couple of hours of initial set-up, it was clear Trap 1 was working! Insects collect in the upper chamber and are preserved in the ethanol filled collection bottle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769724436916-SHQVCG2USYBHG89BHMUU/week+1+trap+1+overview.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Here’s a glimpse of the first week’s harvest from Trap 1. Even we were amazed by the extraordinary diversity! Granted, conditions were particularly ‘good’ for insects that week, with above average temperatures. A heatwave, in fact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769732663649-0YS3KK2DMY4P7XEZ41VS/Cerceris+global.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 The BOLD library currently holds barcode data for more than 800 specimens of Cerceris, spanning 45 across Europe, Africa, North America, Asia … and a few from Australia. These represent 133 species, based on their DNA barcodes. https://portal.boldsystems.org/result?query=Cerceris[tax] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769731670493-H3PI4JH761F0HJNC9BQD/Cerceris+in+Australia+BOLD.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Currently, filtering the search for Cerceris in Australia yields 19 specimens, representing 8 species (as determined by their DNA barcodes … BINS in this summary table). https://portal.boldsystems.org/result?query=Cerceris[tax],Australia[geo] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769731676198-2BZRNCTIMF178YGP36SH/Cerceris+minuscula+BOLD.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 For one species of Cerceris, Cerceris minuscula, there are currently 7 records. The specifics of where, when and how each specimen was collected are all recorded on BOLD, along with other relevant details. This information is freely available to the public (with the exception of any data under embargo while awaiting publication by the researchers involved). https://portal.boldsystems.org/result?query=%22Cerceris%20minuscula%22[tax] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769731681281-JRVLXH6NG6RKB9J6MZ9H/Perga+BOLD.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Another example of search results by genus, this one a page Paul has made good use of in his ongoing study of Australian sawflies. https://portal.boldsystems.org/result?query=Perga[tax] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769736436391-CV1K1C209JINOZTEQATT/standard+design+worldwide.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 The GMP employs the same Malaise trap design, worldwide. For example: top left: Mt. Kitanglad Range, PHILIPPINES middle left: SINT EUSTATIUS (Dutch Caribbean island) middle right: Ziarat, PAKISTAN bottom left: Beirut, LEBANON bottom right: Isabela Island, GALAPAGOS / ECUADOR [images from GMP website] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769736448535-1UYZ4C7XS6QMRLS6XO27/insect+flight+path.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 The aim is to set the trap across an insect flight path. The GMP sampling protocol includes the following explanation: Site Selection - Deploy the trap at a site which is subject to minimal disturbance and ideally in a habitat’s climax vegetation (i.e. placement in a national park or other protected area is preferred). When possible, position the trap at a right angle to an insect flight line, in areas with low undergrowth; forest edges or clearings and elevated sites are recommended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769736454642-3FQ4H8JBIZR6U8LF00BR/sample+bags.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Samples are collected weekly and stored cold (ideally in a freezer). Batches are then shipped to the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics for imaging and sequencing. [image from GMP website] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769737923130-NB2WWQVEIK5M94KCHRLL/barrier+net.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 The black barrier net of the trap is set across the insect flight path. Many flying insects move towards light when they encounter an obstacle. Hence the white roof of the tent. The Malaise trap was initially developed by René Malaise, back in 1934. The version in use across the GMP is a later model, known as Malaise Trap II, Townes Style. photo: Trap 1, 30th Jan. 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769736463211-1LMLUJWU96NN68Q0501I/Steinke+Fig+1+extract.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 At CBG, the samples are analysed in detail. This includes a system for imaging individual specimens before sequencing. [extract Steinke et al. 2024, Figure 1, p. 122] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769744138309-VWTNZZW4SOQ2B04UN1ME/inside+tent.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Once inside the tent, all upward movement leads to the collection opening at the apex. photo: Trap 1, 30th Jan. 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769744176075-TNBVNFSJ8HWHF3S6PT37/live+fly+in+collection+chamber.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Once an insect ‘escapes’ the tent through the apex opening, it is trapped in the collecting chamber. Most soon drop into the ethanol filled bottle below. photo: Trap 1, 30th Jan. 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769670390700-0PN1Q0QXTH7KXFBZOPA2/ecoregions+of+Australia.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 We are located in a GMP ecoregion (as per Dinerstein et al. 2017) that includes the far south coast of NSW, the east coast of Victoria, a large part of south western Victoria, and south western slopes of NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769671574684-AM9T5TO74HCBC013NXB5/none+in+our+ecoregion.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Our samples will be the first for our ecoregion! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769755386122-ZRUN790U856QF435TV9C/PC310063.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Austrogorytes spryi There are currently no reference examples on BOLD for this endemic Australian genus. Collected here by hand, 30th December 2025. Currently stored dry, pinned. (#2512E) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769756599637-VD562IQH17UCZZTGDPUI/PC240064.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Sphodrotes punctuosa Another Australian endemic genus not well represented in the BOLD reference collection is Sphodrotes. There are currently 5 specimens, and all a single species – S. nemoralis. Having examined our local species in detail, I’m confident it is a different species – S. punctuosa. Collected here by hand, 24th December 2025 (#2512C). Currently stored in ethanol, but soon to be pinned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769757454045-XSVR9SSTR9CZ9ANPXCQM/P8190001.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Now this is one of several rather special specimens – genus Megalyra. The family Megalyridae is currently represented by just 22 specimens on BOLD, and the genus Megalyra just 7 – from anywhere in the world. With just one from Australia! Collected here by hand, 19th August 2024. Currently stored dry. (#2408B) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769761654477-KJ3RJW2OW9LWP37IPOC1/P1170008-3-Edit.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Proctotrupidae I think, based on the venation and ovipositor. BOLD currently has just 2 specimens of a single Australian species, recognised at the family level. This may be the same species … but it may be different. The barcode will be the test. Either way, it’s a new family for our home list! No wonder really, given its small size. (Temporarily isolated from the Trap 1, Week 2 collection, with special permission from Paul Hebert.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769762219610-EWOEADOKZPHBZW0NR1X4/P1100068-2.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 This looks like Pseudoturneria, a crabronid wasp I’ve studied nearby but until now had not found here in the forest. Once I set and pin it, I’ll be better placed to confirm the ID. Pseudoturneria is yet another Australian genus not currently represented in the BOLD database. We’ll soon change that! From Trap 1, Week 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769762997584-MXGSQ1XFOWUWDOWR4XMF/specimen+015.jpeg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Now who is this intriguing crabronid?!? At first glance I thought another Pseudoturneria … but perhaps not. The legs are a different colour, so it’s almost certainly a different species. Definitely worth a detailed study before it goes off to BOLD for sequencing. From Trap 1, Week 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769811789095-FC60623DC5B6M2OWV41F/P1240032+copy.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 The missing female! Arrolla lawrencei was described from a single male, the female unknown at that time (1990). We have sighted pairs of this species here in the past (details here), but not collected them. It seems we have now! A description of the female is worthy of a short publication … and barcoding, of course! From Trap 1, Week 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769828964894-D0LK937D0UB43FN3CR5A/week+04+trap+1+copy.jpeg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Flies and wasps dominate each of our weekly collections. Many are large and showy, and there is a huge variety. Others are extremely small – but they all play a role in the forest ecosystem. And all will be barcoded. With special permission, we view each sample collection before bagging and storage. Any specimens removed for further study are carefully labelled, and we take great care in handling. It is critical to the validity of the GMP data that every insect, no matter how small, is recorded and processed as part of the appropriate sample. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769829019922-WTRKUCWC1ZCUTROEV4XL/other+orders.jpeg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 It’s not ALL flies, wasps, ants and bees. Many other orders are represented in the mix. In this image alone there are various beetles (Coleoptera), bugs (Hemiptera), moths (Lepidoptera), a cockroach (Blattodea) and grasshoppers (Orthoptera). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769829004744-XR8LK3BVN3IN1B697BA8/flightless+plus+tiny.jpeg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 The raspy cricket in the centre of this image was a surprising find. Not only do we see this species only rarely … but it is flightless. It must have climbed the trap mesh and ultimately fallen into the collection bottle. And it wasn’t alone! This single sample contained an adult female (centre, arrow), an adult male, and at least five nymphs (eg arrow top left). Note too the many tiny insects, some circled in red. Probably flies and wasps … we’ll know soon enough! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1769829082843-MCNFFHSGP0DN43ZOX78Q/P1240014-3.jpg Biodiversity by DNA Jan 2026 Another postcard for biodiversity. By my reckoning there are six insect orders in shot here, and apart from a few beetles, no two are alike. With a pair of small spiders for extra variety. I didn’t arrange them this way. It’s just a random closeup of a part of the (much!) larger weekly sample. https://southernforestlife.net/podagritus-2026 daily 0.75 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771206215379-IB1LR7KUH1T8QPU43CYD/PB130009-3-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771206215379-IB1LR7KUH1T8QPU43CYD/PB130009-3-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771206455960-6JFVYYGAVI0NSIFAB002/P2150042.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771206256227-T3N50S9SG1Q9W0HXEARD/PB130158-2-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771207006749-SZM6HZ6GAQPMSO392F2F/P2080060-2-Edit+copy.jpeg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771286667705-21KV29EX47RF6EG50070/P9020193-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771213402102-9A3ZPYGS1Y3OHC5D30CN/P2080033-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi The ‘typical’ angular prepectus of the genus – consisting of two nearly perpendicular planes – is exemplified in this large species of Podagritus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771213510960-RDH8RNCXRJF0UBMDP40T/PB130116-3-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi In this species, Leclercq notes the thickening that delimits the two faces of the prepectus. From this angle it is quite apparent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771213511440-HUK6XTMZM8T657T2Q3MA/PB130135-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi Compare this to the previous image. The two planes of the prepectus are visible in both, but from this angle the absence of a strong epicnemial carina is more apparent. The thickened edge in the position of the postspiracular carina is clear, but the omaulus is not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771222779312-6U2BR96JTAKMTS7T1APP/podagritus-echuca-kiatae-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-270-344842-large+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus kiatae Note the two flat planes of the prepectus, with the upper section in the same plane as the region of the mesopleuron posterior (to the right) of the episternal sulcus. Note too the absence of a ridge at the junction of the planes. That is, there is no sign of an epicnemial carina. This is the condition in the vast majority of Australian Podagritus species. photographer: Kristy Hoath; Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013432 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771213223248-2PBZL9JFOED5C16J2N88/rhopalum-rhopalum-neboissi-mud-dauber-wasp-lateral-view-holotype-registration-no-t-538-4338-large+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum neboissi (holotype) There can be no question that this is Rhopalum, as it is the holotype of a species described by Leclercq (1957). Yet in this image the prepectus looks angular … simply due to the light reflecting of the front surface. photographer: Kristy Hoath; Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1013430 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771221299102-88PBOQFRIEG7WYBC8G3W/P2150013-4-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp. In this direct lateral view I’m tempted to think the prepectus flat, with a distinct anterior edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771221305283-4B4YTS3FXQ1DABRLRWCM/P2150010-5-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp. This is the same specimen as in the previous image, but now viewed anteroventrally. The rounded shape of the prepectus is more evident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771221047395-M3PNT3RBS2QC9JG26HUN/P2150005-4-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp. When viewed slightly ventrally, the rounded shape of the prepectus is apparent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771226271627-RLER2JYGT6304IYXUMUL/PB130009-3-Edit+copy.jpeg Podagritus 2026 - pronotal collar dorsally large In this species the dorsal surface of the pronotum is particularly long (distance from anterior to posterior edge) and flat. Note too that in this species there are obtuse, anterolateral ‘teeth’ and a median longitudinal groove. These characters become relevant when discriminating between species of Podagritus. Podagritus leptospermi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771226277677-DCSJYOS82ZP6A80BLADI/PB130055-Edit+copy.jpg Podagritus 2026 - pronotal collar flat The shape of the collar (flat or rounded) is best viewed laterally. This species also illustrates the alignment of the upper surfaces of collar and mesoscutum. They form a smooth, continuous arch. Podagritus leptospermi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771296360926-9GZRJZS5LHK301JR5RD1/Podagritus+25011I+pygidium.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi The size and spacing of the small depressions (‘punctures’ or ‘punctations, depending upon the author) often differs between species. So too does the overall shape of the plate, including the apex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771296364907-20ZNAOWME4IE8FYYZTJ0/Podagritus+2511J.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Podagritus leptospermi The shape of the pygidial plate also differs between males and females. In this image the male genitalia can be seen protruding beyond the pygidium. This is quite common after death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771296446398-BZ2AB49V28KKMUVX022G/Rhopalum+GMP66380-004.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp The presence of a pygidial plate is evidenced by the strong lateral carinae, in this species uniting apically into a fine, curved point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771296421074-QEV0H36CV3MITWFX2PFG/Rhopalum+GMP66380-004+lateral.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp. In small species such as this one (body size less than 6mm), the details of the pygidium are easier to see when viewed from the side. The surface is shiny, without the extensive punctations common in Podagritus. Note too the stinger, extended upon death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771296434557-5RO9XKKUNK6NQHHVUTGT/Rhopalum+GMP66384-020.jpg Podagritus 2026 - Rhopalum sp. No sign of a flattened or edged region on the terminal tergum – i.e. no pygidial plate. I presume the pair of large, lateral structures are part of the male genitalia. The parameres / gonostyle I guess.. [The small ovoid object I suspect is a parasite of some type] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771371316208-0NA8N0JT1P7EW15IVA44/PB130077-2.jpg Podagritus 2026 Body length: 13mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771376222511-XDRMVR0FDFNKH7LS3VV5/PB130154.jpg Podagritus 2026 Body length: 11mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771371339332-UI6Y8HGVEYS6F5JGYNQ8/PB130091-2.jpg Podagritus 2026 Gaster: strongly clavate. Femur 3: strongly depressed ventral surface; broadly yellow. Pronotal lobe: dark. Leg 1: femur apical half yellow; tibia yellow Leg 3: tibia entirely black; tarsi yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771372037622-U8ZOSVVV3JSHIQKBWS99/PB130113-2.jpg Podagritus 2026 Femur 3: strongly depressed ventral surface; broadly yellow. Pronotal lobe: dark. Leg 3: tibia entirely black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771372954706-LRA4YK3CGKVZ0UBVJU2O/P2080004.jpg Podagritus 2026 Gaster: strongly clavate; widest in middle of T4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771371385329-ACNH56KSSPPPQ0XRBSW1/P2150001-8.jpg Podagritus 2026 Femur 3: strongly depressed ventral surface; broadly yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771371675082-9PZ23I1DM6ANL5Y1KWAT/P2080059-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 Key step 1: Metanotum flat or slightly convex. Scutellum not prominent at the posterior angles. Key step 5: Enclosure rough, irregularly sculpted, visibly limited posteriorly by a groove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771371574713-EOXYU60YCD9QP8W280BI/P2080055-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 Key step 5: Propodeal enclosure: dull, rough-coriaceous, bisected by a well-defined longitudinal groove, and separated from the posterior part by an apical groove. Propodeum beyond enclosure: strong transverse ridges in the apical part of the middle segment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771378660900-E0D18516FBW9YZVPCTZX/PB130028-2.jpg Podagritus 2026 Paralysed Anabarynchus (DIPTERA: Therevidae). When I collected the female Podagritus leptospermi #2511I on 13th November 2025, she was returning to her burrow holding this fly. At 9mm in length, it’s quite a load … but I have seen these wasps flying with even larger Anabarynchus, up to 13mm! https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/326379635 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772153767250-1S4Z1I5XV6IMWJ5YP60M/P2080002.jpg Podagritus 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772153797951-LSHWYL9GRVAIELB0TR2Q/P2080005-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772153818733-78U7ZPFCGIKZMZOB9XMC/P2080019-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772153843361-T3T5JJP44D2UJ6PBGS82/P2080024-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772153856290-GXIWYKAMC9HMW6E5S02X/P2080029-Edit.jpg Podagritus 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772153860131-XT7PUBWEJT5UN5T3YS04/P2080033-Edit.jpg Podagritus 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772244189309-AC6YMASSJ5DGQ2K1CYC4/PB130497.jpg Podagritus 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772244200086-WQJRKJWVIC7GDR2ZVDUX/PB130506.jpg Podagritus 2026 https://southernforestlife.net/perga-dorsalis-2026 daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771312555154-PG1QH1KL6Y8HOBVMAOOU/P2170011-3.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - orange antennae, longer than distance between insertions - black head, dorsal yellow patch on vertex - orange pronotum - shining black mesoscutum - smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum with small hind lobes - dorsum of abdomen shining greenish black - forewings pale brown hyaline - hind femora dark orange, apex black on dorso-medial side - hind tarsus shorter than hind tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771312555154-PG1QH1KL6Y8HOBVMAOOU/P2170011-3.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - orange antennae, longer than distance between insertions - black head, dorsal yellow patch on vertex - orange pronotum - shining black mesoscutum - smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum with small hind lobes - dorsum of abdomen shining greenish black - forewings pale brown hyaline - hind femora dark orange, apex black on dorso-medial side - hind tarsus shorter than hind tibia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771313513223-V7OMYY0LVO6NN1M2LN0C/P2170008-3.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - genae black with orange dorsal patch, pilose - clypeus and labrum orange - mandibles black and chestnut with tips black - pronotum dark yellow, pilose dorsally - mesepisternum black with large central pale yellow patch, moderately heavily punctate - mesepimeron black - metepimeron white - metepisternum black - mesosternum shiny black, unpunctured - lateral folds of terga, venter shiny green black, unpunctured - abdomen with green-black iridescence - sawsheath orange with pale yellow hairs, with considerable space between each hair, tips of hairs spoon-shaped - saw (lance and lancet) dark orange - coxa black basally, pale yellow apically - all femora dark orange - all tibiae orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771313927262-9ZQJ66V34U71R6SE6VUO/P2170002-4.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - antennal flagellum orange, scape black and orange, pedicel orange - inner orbits, genae black, strongly punctated - mesosternum, lateral folds of terga and venter shining black - sawsheath orange with pale yellow hairs - all coxae yellow with paler medial sides - all femora orange with hind femora dark orange - all tibiae and tarsi orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771312279685-N6WPT1R57BFONP3VB05S/P2170028-2-Edit-Pano.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771312345156-WAFLQOUO5HA9BUN3MZXQ/P2170015-3.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 body length 22mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771312494230-IULU2YX5DHNEGSOOICOW/P2170012-3.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - hind ocelli closer together so that POL (distance between posterior ocell) is less than OOL (distance between ocellus and eye) - postocellar region is longer than its breadth in front, POL only about half as long as distance between hind ocellus and hind margin of head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771312234301-QB9MQ9YYQSCL7S600CFM/P2170010-3.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771313857851-VYF2JPNL8I1PU3UJWMRI/P2170003-5.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - abdomen with green-black iridescence - hairs of sawsheath well spaced apart, tips of hairs spooned - saw-bench relatively short and broad - hind basitarsus about as long as next three tarsal segments together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771312311512-BWXTHHHJOKCBM0WZEQ1L/P2170021-2-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 lower genae with dense, short hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771363955023-C80WC5XJWL5DVWZ2LGXU/P2180001-2-Edit.jpeg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771362918979-VKMNDNPPCVCLV0AI3T8K/P2170059-Edit-Pano.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 hairs of sawsheath well spaced apart, tips of hairs spooned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771315333354-TUXP5RBXTJFAC5AB5ME3/P2170022-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314346197-G4JSOXODKQCZMOPFXVQR/P2170017-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314395986-OV3NCNV297SN3J1U84N3/P2170018-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314449233-RV35AMXFZ1THJ19K08Q5/P2170033-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314502433-9LCS8MX26WAAW4NEHURV/P2170021-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314600270-EU69BUON1KHZDZ82PSIO/P2170014-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 abdomen with green-black iridescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771314759622-94A0QY587YPQLYQA6IOQ/P2170046.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1771414739949-LEM5GMBADYV8G92PXWNU/P2180001-4-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 sawsheath in #PW043 Perga affinis‍ (iNaturalist observation, Chris Seager) - hairs on sawsheath are more closely spaced than in P. dorsalis and lack their spoon shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774492307778-FCZM924NVNPJIUAYFT7W/P3260002-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - wings yellowish-brown infuscate - vertex without small glabrous area at meson (=midline?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774492484069-HV9MBO9YSO3M1SQSPI9B/P3260009-2.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774492933848-ARHB1LRXNKJIUV8W2YJX/P3260053-Edit-Pano.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - hind basitarsus about as long as the three following tarsal segments together - next to last tarsal segment clearly longer than broad - mesepimeron with a distinct pale patch - abdomen with green-black iridescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493366516-F62VIIS1LJNIUNBKIH0K/P3260042-Pano.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - coxae black in part https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493159947-O578OJD94NRLC602V4E1/P3260042.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493588200-MC3H1DL7EV9OCU069O7H/P3260032-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 flagellum much longer than front margin of clypeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493637307-GZG0GCKVNYIDF1L26U7P/P3260017-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - vertex without small glabrous area at meson (=midline?) - lower genae with dense, short hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493492076-9T001V4KG88R68BBSZ90/P3260043-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - lower gena with dense, short hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493694872-YOX9KIFH7SQ8XZA9FS9Q/P3260025-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - hind ocelli closer together so that POL (distance between posterior ocell) is less than OOL (distance between ocellus and eye) - postocellar region is longer than its breadth in front, POL only about half as long as distance between hind ocellus and hind margin of head - lower genae with dense, short hairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493209942-TP8RS2CS89930JH6PKGN/P3260041.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493257493-0S35X726GY2FU7UQ8ZDB/P3260040.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493312267-EOHQ40MKAXUE4MEQF7G3/P3260039.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493420975-BD5UOBYGV24SSCGO8SCV/P3260050-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493089649-RWIG572YYIWC2XTWBOO5/P3260009-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774493036389-CB2L6E5RVCUKS5HSPR45/P3260002-Edit.jpg Perga dorsalis 2026 - flattened “saw-bench” relatively short and broad, with seven or eight obvious longitudinal striae - hairs of ovipositor valves with a considerable margin between each hair, tips of hairs spooned - extreme apices of valves diverging when viewed from beneath https://southernforestlife.net/rhopalum-coriolum daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772406603304-MM7HWDF2DTFBDQMH3TBF/P9020098-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - scapal basin Key to species groups Step 1: Scapal sinus without a denticle or process, apart from the inter-insertional projection ……… –> 2 (not Lower scapular sinus with denticle or carinate process independent of the inter-insertional structure) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772406603304-MM7HWDF2DTFBDQMH3TBF/P9020098-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - scapal basin Key to species groups Step 1: Scapal sinus without a denticle or process, apart from the inter-insertional projection ……… –> 2 (not Lower scapular sinus with denticle or carinate process independent of the inter-insertional structure) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772406992900-OQHA54CL8LFQ7SYHJBW6/P9030043-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - scapal basin Male like female, without a process or tooth in the lower scapal region (apart from the short interantennal ridge) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772412715726-DF5PYWUCPDGZXBECY7AB/P9020023-2-Edit+copy.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - propodeum Key to species groups Step 2: Propodeum - dorsal surfaces very incompletely separated from lateral surfaces; stigmatic carina generally absent or indistinct ….. –> 4 (notdorsal surface completely separated from the lateral surfaces by a keel that passes under the stigma; lateral surfaces with a distinct stigmatic keel) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772412436973-TX1BU5J8AG16TWJ5G2FS/P9030007-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - propodeum Male like female, propodeum with no sharp division between the dorsal and lateral surfaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772416008256-4XULGVE36UH5RMMD5NM6/P9030076-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - prepectus; pronotal collar Male like female, the prepectus rounded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772416156875-TQ8X4Q5QZ11757YHO5KW/P9030020.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - propodeum Male like female, propodeum without median longitudinal groove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772427803090-O5PDGAP6CPW1T7RSDSYQ/P9020042-2.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - forewing venation re first option for Key Step 6: The shape of the marginal cell does not match the description for Group clavipes, nor the illustration at Fig. 106 (see ‘Bits & pieces’ section for excerpt). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772430984983-MC5L40BA751P9XVMCG4Y/P3020001-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - segment I metasoma (dorsal) re second option for Key Step 6: The shape of the first gastral segment is not subrectangular. And it is distinctly ovoid posteriorly. This therefore procludes moving on to Step 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772432499829-EYICCUOLEYIBPXWFWO6Q/P9020132-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - inter-antennal space Key to species groups Step 8: space between the antennal insertions without protrusion; insertions separated by an entirely pubescent, flat space (not with a compressed, non-pubescent, very distinct projection) … 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772416352608-MT0HS5AJX0IILDEIS15Q/P9030067-Edit+copy.jpeg Rhopalum coriolum - femur 1 Male like female, femur more or less elliptical, not abruptly widened at base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772433630308-PIPR0C67X75QMBP80Q3Q/P3020009-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - pygidial plate punctation Key to species groups Step 11: Pygidial area not punctate posteriorly, almost entirely glabrous with just a few bristles … –> 12 (not densely punctate and with adpressed setae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772434104556-6ABH87JVV5AQ37326RK9/P9020087-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - metasoma shape Key to species groups Step 12: Gaster pedunculate … –> 14 (notwith sessile or subsessile gaster) Step 14: Female pygidial area triangular, flat, and with straight sides … 16 (not with pygidial area very long, very narrow; and not with segment I of metasoma trapezoid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772490806537-OI1M4BM69KHLXF8Y4BEH/P3020006-2-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - mandible Key to species groups Step 16: Mandible with single strong tooth, plus a recessed lower tooth* … –> 17 (notbidentate) * it is somewhat unclear whether this should be considered bidentate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772434116313-FSOC5BRT95YQJJRJP1UV/P9030001-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - metasoma shape Male like female (gaster pedunculate, not sessile or subsessile) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772431880889-C1YCUDJ6OB8BSH8L73ZO/P3020005-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 2 Pygidial area rimmed, partly smooth, with some distinct punctures –> to Step 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772587064614-Y42UBOGS31YHCFZ9HF86/P9020051-2-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 20 Genae black, including near mandibular socket. Gaster and thorax also entirely black/dark –> to Step 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772414843103-C68QDN2MNY5WGTJPIIJP/P9020203-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 22 Pronotal collar not laterally dilated into conical tubercles (as it is in R. etiratum) –> to Step 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772414707317-P70HHCTVRC6YPUU47HYE/P9020082-2-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 23 Prepectus rounded: omaulal area not in two perfectly perpendicular flat planes –> to Step 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772415598882-L5DI725248920D2ZO6LK/P9020146-Edit+femur+1.jpeg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 23 Front femur elliptical, not suddenly enlarged at base (as it is in R. etiratum). –> to Step 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772588297786-TYFNF4UPB2MLHOCKOX0O/P9020224-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key steps 29 & 30 Gaster black, legs extensively black. not with extensive orange colouration (as in R. transiens & species group coarctatum) –> to Step 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772588742236-NPRE3L076NWWCNFC334C/P9020112-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 32 Space between antennal insertions setose and without protrusion –> to Step 34 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772412511538-M0QOFAV4XZFBZ75VHVPY/P9020048-2-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 32 Propodeum shiny –> to Step 34 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772491551981-76ME49ETL24KUN737DDH/P3020001-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 34 Gaster pedunculate, not sessile or subsessile –> to Step 41 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772589370576-SYO3ZI45MV75V9D7933B/P9020182-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 41 Head much wider than long (not subsquare), with definite punctation –> to Step 42 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772589589608-1AOQ1IBSY82LRX5CK1D3/P3020021-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key steps 41 & 42 41. Mesoscutum with punctations, not smooth & shiny –> to Step 42 42. Scutellum similarly sculptured, not striated –> to Step 43 43. Punctures on mesoscutum relatively dense, without large smooth intervals –> to Step 51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772589974238-9EMXFO94UOHAOCSM14H7/P9020020-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 43 Mandible black, not ivory or yellow. Scape extensively black, not entirely pale –> to Step 51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772406077879-MHDUBN20PKUOK4YEJJX9/P9020132-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key steps 51 & 52 51. Mandible apparently bidentate, with the lower tooth shorter and recessed –> (to Step 59) … I have elected to follow Step 52* * In Leclercq’s 1957 key to species group the ‘unidentate’ option included the caveate ‘rarely with a trace of a very recessed lower tooth’ 52. Mandible black, without light citrine or ivory markings –> to Step 53 (Group variitarse) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772592601903-O68RHIH6JA5XOCRRGKMH/P9020098-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 53 Clypeus margin subtruncate medially (dotted region), with prominent tooth on each side (arrows). Lateral teeth longer than the middle margin = R. coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772406177355-6YRG8L2WRDXQ4D4MTMGX/P9030030.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - mandible Male like female, mandible with strong, rounded upper tooth and much smaller, recessed lower tooth. Mandibles entirely black. The scape is extensively yellow beneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772605260288-SOXKOWWX1PNKW4FY8R7W/P9020122-Edit+copy.jpg Rhopalum coriolum - Key step 53 Occipital carina ending ventrally in a denticle (arrows) = R. coliolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772609099597-PYP5LD708K47JWSBDLRN/P9030104-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772609022921-3WLOIW2670W9IT1Q9VMD/P9030147-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772608886277-Z19C1K4OVLHP39I9CSJ9/P9030088.jpg Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772609275630-HO025XIT7ZG61ZVVV4NJ/P9030015-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772609504027-S88MYGRCGN7VE4HGJULZ/P9030089-Edit+copy.jpg Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772609438905-OBML4Y2UUTWXC0OYR553/P9030089-Edit.jpg Rhopalum coriolum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1772609331833-6GSIID2W18QHL518ZQPD/P9030056-Enhanced-NR.jpg Rhopalum coriolum https://southernforestlife.net/pterygophorus-pw103 daily 0.75 2026-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773272884827-K96T5Y165IZDQ27ZAVN4/large-33.jpeg Pterygophorus PW103 - Female soon after emergence on 2/3/26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773272884827-K96T5Y165IZDQ27ZAVN4/large-33.jpeg Pterygophorus PW103 - Female soon after emergence on 2/3/26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773273597535-RU0XGYUEW1IWWO04NTJY/P3110015-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Lateral view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773273405147-A7WI0DN5P3UKM39W4OKO/P3110012-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Dorsal view 11 March 2026 - abdomen with two coloured bands anterior pale orange band confined to T3 dorsally with small triangular midline patch at posterior border of T2 posterior orange band on exposed intersegmental membrane between T6 and T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773273619843-0PO2CU1E68N8UZIY0T0U/P3110004-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Ventral view body length 14.0mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773274104267-77PQ0YZ69HEFJKDZN55Y/P3110024-Edit-Pano.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Dorsal view anterior pale orange band confined to T3 dorsally with small triangular midline patch at posterior border of T2 posterior orange band on exposed intersegmental membrane between T6 and T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773274264564-PO60JQEGYMXTC8FPAM81/P3110024-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Head, thorax morphology and colour Head all black; short, fine pale pubescence; shining, without punctures Pronotum orange, mesoscutellum pale orange, shiny between sparse punctures Metascutellum pale orange Mesoscutum black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773281219158-YKJ32K45UMYYY73C31EZ/P3110037.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Thorax morphology and colour mesoscutum black with side lobes shining between scarce punctures and short, pale pubescence on posterior and medial regions mesoscutellum orange, shining with scarce punctures and short, pale scattered pubescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773281316791-WQFRARTFTF3E709URDPT/P3110042.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Anterior abdomen colour and morphology anterior pale orange band confined to T3 dorsally with small triangular midline patch at posterior border of T2 metascutellum orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773276392992-SRPWEPVUNBUFB07LX36A/P3110028-Edit.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Posterior abdomen morphology and colour anterior pale orange band confined to T3 dorsally with small triangular midline patch at posterior border of T2 posterior orange band on exposed intersegmental membrane between T6 and T7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773281411172-DGJM0WDPSK0SCZFLWS69/P3110009-2-Pano.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Latero-ventral view posterior orange band extends laterally to fill T7 to ventral border; crosses into T8, filling it to posterior and ventral borders T10 (pygidium) orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773274013285-C92JP6KRF7K31OPYD22I/P3110013-Pano.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Abdomen with two coloured bands anterior pale orange band expands onto sternum 3, making a complete band around segment 3, and partially into sternum 4 posterior orange band expands to ventral border of T7 and fills lateral region of T8 to its ventral border tergum 10 (pygidium) is orange small orange cerci visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773443489781-G1D82FCYAF043BLTQYPX/P3110003-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Ventral view of end of abdomen - saw retracted - sawsheath visible, no apparent teeth along medial edge or long protruding hairs; contrast with Perga dorsalis sawsheath, shown in next two images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773445717694-ZDU6WM02WMK8VAC9E8U7/P2170049-Edit-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Ventral view of abdomen of Perga dorsalis see next image for details of structures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773445779822-SDAAUZ5IWIR32X3LGP6S/P2170059-Edit-Pano-labelsjpeg.jpeg Pterygophorus PW103 - Sawsheath of Perga dorsalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773295513372-IK0ELLI4Y0B4DU6LKFNK/P3120038-Pano.jpeg Pterygophorus PW103 - Saw dissected from female area within rectangle shown in next image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773295727566-MT4KQCX7OGE2PL5CMTYN/P3120043.jpeg Pterygophorus PW103 - Teeth #9, 10, 11 from saw tip area within square - tooth #10 - shown in next image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773312962693-KQBFGQ2AVG403Y1C7P43/P3120003-Edit-edit.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Tooth #10 showing denticulations (serrulae) 46 denticulations (serrulae) on tooth #10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773277438449-ZSC9YD1EOEH6QIBX19LR/P3110005-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Head and antennal morphology - frontal view head black; short, fine pale pubescence (but hairs longer on face); shining, without punctures distance between eyes in front subequal to length of eye (0.98) breadth of clypeus no more than 2/3 length of eye (0.66) 22 antennomeres - scape and pedicel black; 8 basal flagellomeres pale orange; apical 12 black; pecten directed antero-ventrally on each flagellum, becoming longer in apical flagellomeres; most apical antennomere is clubbed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773280965809-5LRUELW7X225IVNNB8CZ/P3110032-Edit.jpeg Pterygophorus PW103 - Head and mouthpart morphology apex of clypeus emarginate malar space less than ½ breadth of mandible at base (0.29) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773281506088-PV06U3PR5I1WOUXZ83W6/P3110019.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Thorax morphology and colour short, fine, pale pubescence over thorax pronotum orange with black anterior border and black behind accessory furrow accessory furrow on pronotum subparallel with side margin of pronotum mesepisternum black with large central orange area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773281849743-R9VRXTV20QXDB756OVWJ/P3110017.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Forewing ventral view wing hyaline with dark brown band extending along anterior border to wing apex, covering radial and 1st cubital cells completely and part of 2nd and 3rd cubital and 1st discoidal cells costa and stigma yellowish-brown venation black in anterior and basal regions, dark brown in posterior and apical regions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773282304916-P4NAQJLO8B11RCRSUTRO/P3110016-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Leg colour coxa, femur and trochanter black in all legs fore and mid tibiae pale with outer face black apically, hind tibia all pale tarsi pale in all legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1773452946650-DNCEH67MLFMYYOOVC35G/P3110036-2.jpg Pterygophorus PW103 - Hind tarsus hind basitarsus only slightly longer (1.1X) than next tarsal segment https://southernforestlife.net/bembix-olba-wilcannia-aureofasciata daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774391919380-EMF8YTBHVGJXC6F6P9PT/Kerry+Stuart+iNat+342858697.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. olba - metasomal segments 1-3 entirely O-Y - T4-6 broadly transversely Y apically - S2 process large, rounded below, concave behind - mesopleura Y above, B below (including venter) image courtesy Kerry Stuart: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/342858697 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774391919380-EMF8YTBHVGJXC6F6P9PT/Kerry+Stuart+iNat+342858697.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. olba - metasomal segments 1-3 entirely O-Y - T4-6 broadly transversely Y apically - S2 process large, rounded below, concave behind - mesopleura Y above, B below (including venter) image courtesy Kerry Stuart: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/342858697 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774394457006-B1FQX506WSU1IRU4C81C/Jean+Hort+iNat+68527581.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. olba - metasomal segments 1-3 entirely O-Y - T4-5 broadly transversely Y apically (T6 not visible here) - S2 process large, rounded below, concave behind - wings subhyaline (not heavily infuscated) - mesopleura Y above, B below (including venter) image courtesy Jean and Fred Hort: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68527581 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774393387508-QV6RYYZALVW6X7L1VXX4/Jean+Hort+iNat+68527413.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. olba - T1-3 entirely O-Y - T4-6 extensively Y - mesoscutum with broad, Y discal stripes - wings subhyaline - propodeum Y, with black patch anterodorsally image courtesy Jean and Fred Hort: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68527413 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774393453889-HJ2EH9JRTK3D7056ILB2/Jean+Hort+iNat+68527413+b.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. olba - 7 pecten spines - frons extensively O-Y, with limited black across & below ocelli - mesopleura & venter Y image courtesy Jean and Fred Hort: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68527413 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774391923445-I8W3N7J68K1W9ESHRJY3/LGJ+iNat+337896162+a.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. wilcannia - T1-3 broad orange bands apically, B basally - clypeus entirely black - mesopleura & venter black - S2 process small, angulate image courtesy LGJ: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/337896162 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774391929269-Z5CH7G7RYTOOAYKW9D4P/LGJ+iNat+337896162+b.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. wilcannia - front basitarsus with 6 pecten spines - front tarsomeres 3 & 4 with strong apical flanges beneath image courtesy LGJ: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/337896162 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774392597960-1REI0FLE8TEPVUADQ0V5/Jean+Hort+iNat+68678881+a.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. aureofasciata - infuscated wings - mesopleura black - T1-2 black with orange markings - T3 orange mark not reaching sides - T4-6 entirely black image courtesy Jean and Fred Hort: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68678881 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1774392602287-3VFV1IFWNWLVCLY26ILX/Jean+Hort+iNat+68678881+b.jpeg Bembix olba, wilcannia, aureofasciata B. aureofasciata - T1-3 with O-Y markings, T3 narrower & not reaching sides - propodeum black, with small/limited orange markings image courtesy Jean and Fred Hort: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68678881 https://southernforestlife.net/blog-overview-page daily 0.75 2024-02-11 https://southernforestlife.net/about daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497500710719-QPG4PMJ2TLYA92OT4M1W/PA150091.jpg about https://southernforestlife.net/birds daily 0.75 2017-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496978581696-F906RMNPPSAM91RZL8V5/PA290209-2.jpg birds - Gang-gang Cockatoo (adult male) Callocephalon fimbriatum Feeding on Acacia terminalis fruit. These birds are quite approachable when they are feeding, and can spend hours in the same bushes or trees if there is sufficient food.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496979650032-65MOH2TQHY52ICC95U0X/PA300012.jpg birds - Gang-gang Cockatoo (adult female) Callocephalon fimbriatum Feeding on Acacia terminalis fruit. Note that she is 'left-handed', as all parrots tend to be. Gang-gangs take a variety of seeds, including eucalypts and Acacia, as well as some insect larvae. We have not, however, seen them tearing at the bark to extract grubs in the way the larger Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos are wont to do!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496979867334-4JJUSYS4YYVR2E880YCM/P5140039.jpg birds - Eastern Spinebill (adult male) Acanthorynchus tenuirostris It is common to see these birds dusted with pollen from feeding on tubular flowers such Correa reflexa and Epacris impressa, particularly during Winter.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360280939-INCEB0CDGNFUNIK8AAYX/PC290114.jpg birds - Eastern Spinebill (juvenile) Acanthorynchus tenuirostris One of our more numerous breeding residents.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1496989876141-MM8Z883PVJ5QI3IRVKV5/PC140028.jpg birds - Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera Adult, feeding here on nectar from a young Grass Tree spike (Xanthorrhoea resinosa). Little Wattlebirds are blossom nomads. They are less commonly sighted here than is their larger cousin, the Red Wattlebird.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360260469-LESTEKI2D41V2D96ZMEM/P8060034.jpg birds - Superb Fairy-wren (male) Malurus cyaneus A common bird of south-eastern Australia, this is the only Fairy-wren species we are likely to see in our area. The male here is in fully breeding plumage, displaying his 'threat-posture', with ear feathers partly raised. Perhaps I was impinging upon his turf!   Photo taken early August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533303547-XCO0RGZ4F16ME9GB58KN/March.jpg birds - Superb Fairy-wren (male) Malurus cyaneus At the end of breeding season, most males lose some or all of their breeding plumage. Older and more dominant males retain more of their blue and black head markings throughout the winter. This male is well on the way to plain, brown 'eclipse' plumage. His tail will remain bright blue.   Photo taken early March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360283095-B1R0D8BH48QCTNK2JBKO/PC290195.jpg birds - Superb Fairy-wren (juvenile) Malurus cyaneus These social birds nest in low vegetation, including among the ferns and Lomandra spp. around the house. They favour open areas for feeding, which is why they are such familiar birds around towns and parks. Female Superb Fairy-wrens look just like this juvenile but with blue tail feathers.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533114546-B41SMLPKL7JKUGS4M45U/P5060006.jpg birds - Southern Emu-wren (female) Stipiturus malachurus In the same family as the fairy-wrens, but a much rarer sighting! This photo was taken on the single occasion we've seen this species on the block. In May 2016 we saw a small group, including a beautiful, blue-throated male, amongst the sedges and shrubs in a secluded corner of the forest - a most unexpected treat. The species is not common and is typically restricted to coastal heath. We do see them on the heath areas of Nadgee Nature Reserve to the south.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533103798-0OJ1DPQWZZTZDMXSO6X4/P4180329.jpg birds - Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis One of the more numerous resident birds. They feed on insects and other invertebrates, usually taken on the ground when the birds 'pounce' from low, vertical perches.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360294582-K3E52QTBOA9WRAC3K9XN/P1170093.jpg birds - Eastern Yellow Robin (immature) Eopsaltria australis This rather scruffy bird is just developing adult feathers. Males and females are indistinguishable.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360294839-6RG9NMMMM0SVXXN7B4AL/P1170096.jpg birds - Eastern Yellow Robin (immature) Eopsaltria australis The brown feathers are remnant juvenile plumage.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360317242-GWJC4AFE1JZUEHQZU58B/P3020297.jpg birds - Rose Robin (male) Petroica rosea A tiny bird with a distinctive call, and a stunning colour in the male. They are resident here, breeding during the summer months in the most densely forested areas of the block.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360195777-BGJSZZH9EW09CGI8IW1E/PA110008.jpg birds - Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus A summer breeding migrant, arriving in September and departing to fly north again in March. Each year they raise one or two clutches of young. They nest in a tree hollow, high in an old Angophora tree.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360309230-L5ZCPIDVQDF3DQFMKRRO/P1060099.jpg birds - Sacred Kingfisher (juvenile) Todiramphus sanctus One of two chicks fledged in January 2017, this photo taken just 15 days after the bird left the nest hollow. The young birds range widely around their parental territory of 5+ hectares, calling and continuing to be fed by their busy parents for several weeks.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360218074-5KVCIFO85V4HH74IF1FO/PB260320.jpg birds - Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta These tiny honeyeaters are summer visitors to our area. During Spring, 2016, we were treated to regular sightings and the birds were clearly breeding here. We saw newly-fledged young and perhaps 8 or 10 individual adults.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360280937-W6QVC4Q01MS908G8JP4E/PC290151.jpg birds - Scarlet Honeyeater, Superb Fairy-wren, New Holland Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta, Maluras cyaneus, Phylidonyris niger During the very dry summer of 2016-17, every water source was precious. Our bird baths and frog ponds have never been so busy!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360231971-I7GTB6L7V215IQXRPJC2/P5060011.jpg birds - Spotted Pardalote (adult male) Pardalotus punctatus Tiny birds with a distinctive, loud call. They are resident, spending most of their time gleaning lerps from leaves in the eucalypt canopy. They nest in tunnels excavated in the soil.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360241273-KG44YD9069H7FU0T5L4X/P2050055.jpg birds - Glossy Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus lathami Sometimes called the 'Casuarina Cockatoo', this species feeds almost exclusively on casuarina 'cones' (Allocasuarina species.). Although widely distributed across Australia's east coast, their state-based status is either Vulnerable or Endangered. The main threats to their survival are loss of both feed trees and nesting hollows.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360271287-C2WB0LOKQ92K8F6FX7OA/P4210022.jpg birds - Glossy Black-Cockatoo (male) Calyptorhynchus lathami The males have a small head crest (contrast this with the huge crest of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo!) and lack the yellow facial feathers of the female.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360250369-TT58FSVLBR2T0KTEWMNU/PC090238.jpg birds - Glossy Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus lathami With their bright red tail panels, this species is sometimes mistakenly called a 'Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo'. The distinction is important, as although they are members of the same genus, the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (C. banksii) has a very different biology and distribution. The two species overlap in QLD and northern NSW, but we have only one - the Glossy Black-Cockatoo - this far south.   Click for more information on this species from Birdlife Australia   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360250381-I399T9WYCHZXYEMSQ1Y0/PC120185.jpg birds - Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus These are occasional visitors to the block throughout the year. They favour cool, mountain forest and are found throughout the southern alps. It is perhaps surprising, therefore, that they were so commonly sighted here over the 2016-17 summer, both adult and juvenile birds among them.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533140551-O4AQ4A0BK8T8IAAWE9YX/PC280097.jpg birds - Crescent Honeyeaters (female & male) Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus Our bird baths DO break our own rule of not interfering with the wildlife. However, unlike providing seed or other food types, we reason that water is at least a natural resource for them. The baths don't appear to impact on the birds' normal behaviours and the water is certainly a welcome resource - particularly during hot weather and long, dry periods. Plus we get a good look at some birds that might otherwise be difficult to spot!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360285559-BMSVQQ1RPECZKFUVSW0T/PC280033-2.jpg birds - Leaden Flycatcher (immature female) Myiagra rubecula A summer migrant to our region, arriving in October and heading north again in March. We know the moment the Leadens have arrived, as suddenly the trees are resounding with their distinctive calls as they establish breeding territories among the taller eucalypts. They are one of the key 'sounds of summer' in the south-eastern forests.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360304177-RICUB6KEPREE6TRDBUOY/P2270241.jpg birds - Leaden Flycatcher (immature female) Myiagra rubecula We have had many debates about the identity of these females. The female of the Shining Flycatcher is almost identical. However, based on their calls and behaviour as much as on their colouration, we're 99.9% confident that we only see Leadens in our dry sclerophyll forest. The other clue is that the Shining tends to favour wetter forest and mountain gullies.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533144851-QTHFS0WZ3G0YCV4F4T5E/PC290075-3.jpg birds - Leaden Flycatcher (male) Myiagra rubecula Leaden Flycatchers feed on insects, either taken in flight or picked from among the leaves. They generally feed in the mid-canopy.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533074961-B1PXBIDOK7TCPJ4PG8Z3/P1110143.jpg birds - Leaden Flycatcher (male), White-naped Honeyeater (juvenile) Myiagra rubecula, Melithreptus lunatus A male Leaden Flycatcher looking confusingly like a Satin Flycatcher, and a juvenile White-naped Honeyeater looking confusingly like a young Brown-headed Honeyeater. We are, however, confident of their identities.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498621389044-VLGR02JSYE4J3Q4VVYRH/PB260388.jpg birds - White-naped Honeyeaters (adult & fledgling) Melithreptus lunatus Flocks of noisy, bossy White-naped Honeyeaters make their presence known in summer. They breed here and we often see them with begging fledglings in tow. They are not strictly north-south migrants, but instead the flocks rove widely in Winter and we see them less often.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533078732-9HCYKAES8JRWIEO7ZV6U/P1120036.jpg birds - Australian King Parrot (female) Alisterus scapularis The King Parrots are our most common resident parrot. They feed an a wide range of seeds, fruit, flower and even insects. The berries of Leucopogon affinis (Lance Beard-heath) are an important food source for many of the resident bird species, large and small.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360316990-CMKIESEM7G4YX0IWDIJ5/P3020287.jpg birds - Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys For such a widespread and familiar bird, this is a species we rarely see on the block. Willie Wagtails feed mostly on the ground and tend to favour open country and avoid densely forested areas. We do get an occasional visitor to the more open area immediately around the house. The bird here is in the process of beating a hapless 'skipper' butterfly into submission. There are butterfly scales flying everywhere!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533097271-GD0SPNJ3E6L9ZIL0176C/P2280132.jpg birds - Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons A very occasional summer visitor. These beautiful, highly active fantails are more typically found in wet forest, gullies or mangroves.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533147190-99HN8SBBI0EFF18PJ0CG/PC290083-2.jpg birds - Grey Fantail (just-fledged juvenile) Rhipidura albiscapa A common and obvious species, present for most of the year and breeding here during the summer months. A northern migration of birds from the south east is reported in the literature, according with our experience - we see far fewer Grey Fantails during the winter months. This species typically feeds in mixed species flocks with a range of other small birds such as thornbills and pardalotes. They are a useful 'indicator' bird when bird-watching: if you hear and see Grey Fantails, there are likely to be other small birds in the vicinity.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360304539-02N3BSND0IE3CZC6AOL2/P2270459.jpg birds - Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella Seeing these quiet finches at home is always a special treat. They are not common and are typically in pairs or small groups, not large flocks. This is a species people often confuse with the much more common Red-browed Finch. Both have a bright red rump, but in every other aspect, including behaviour, the two species are very different.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360319299-4X64GS3YDZ40LPME19NJ/P3010120.jpg birds - Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis A common finch found in a variety of habitats, so long as there are seeding grasses available. Here they often associate with the Superb Fairy-wrens, the latter eating insects not seeds. Red-browed Finches roost and nest in shrubs or low-hanging tree branches, often among the dense tangle formed when twining vines overgrow a host tree. It is quite comical to watch them flying with long pieces of vegetation in tow. These small birds cut off grass stems - sometimes 500mm long! - and then fly back to their nest site, labouring under the load.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360306388-5S4QZ0JBS3HISJ8LCCDZ/P2280062.jpg birds - Red-browed Finch (adult & juvenile) Neochmia temporalis Young birds lack the red brow and bill, but do have the bright red rump.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533089518-SNCCAJ54MUB64PNI1XNQ/P2250120.jpg birds - Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus We commonly hear these birds, their duetting calls being loud and unmistakable, yet we see them less often. They are really quite secretive. Typically they will fly up to a perch above the fern cover only briefly, before diving back down to feed among the undergrowth. Whipbirds most commonly reside in wet forests. Although the block is predominantly dry sclerophyll forest, it does encompass several shaded areas with dense stands of Rainbow Fern (Calochlaena dubia). Whipbirds are a resident species, common in eastern Victoria and NSW.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533078970-6Y9S1C01T98MW3OAO7J9/P2100055.jpg birds - Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum These elusive ground-dwellers are supremely well camouflaged, which may partly explain why we see them so infrequently. It may also be, however, that they are not common and not always in the local area. We have seen them with dependent young in tow so they must breed here or nearby.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501501114515-XSU6CA6HBEV18IHVJWPA/P7250017.jpg birds - Spotted Quail-thrush (female) Cinclosoma punctatum The female Spotted Quail-thrush is even more cryptic than the male. Their spotted markings blend superbly with the leaf litter or sandy gravel of the forest floor. And their erratic stop-start movement also helps. When motionless, they are very difficult to see. We have typically spotted them from within the house (it serves as a very comfortable bird hide!) as they prey upon the Wingless Grasshoppers (e.g. Phaulacridium vittatum) that boom in mid summer.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533098014-XHHY41ENMETHIJMUFJAA/P3020187.jpg birds - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (male) Calyptorhynchus funereus These large cockatoos are frequent visitors throughout the year. Sometimes they arrive or fly over in flocks of 8 or more, but more typically we see family groups of three - a male, a female and a single, loudly begging juvenile.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533093091-7UFSADWZX66BXYEMPI0O/P2270179.jpg birds - Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos are notorious for chewing through branches and 'damaging' trees. They certainly do rip apart branches and bark, extracting fat white grubs. Perhaps they are performing an accidental service by pruning infected branches. It is also common to see them feeding on Hakea and Banksia seeds. They are perhaps the only birds in this region with the strength to break into such large, woody fruits.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533086965-HKIKN76C7HEDCX0C9SKQ/P2250103.jpg birds - Fan-tailed Cuckoo (juvenile) Cacomantis flabelliformis From late winter into summer, the musical and distinctive calls of the Fan-tailed Cuckoo resonate throughout the forest. Like most Australian cuckoos, they are 'obligate brood parasites', laying eggs in the nests of much smaller species including Superb Fairy-wrens, Brown Thornbills and White-browed Scrubwrens. It is no wonder these small birds make such as ruckus whenever a cuckoo is in the area. Fan-tailed Cuckoos are insectivorous. They will sit silently on a branch, then fly off to capture an insect before returning to the same perch to eat it. They favour forest with a thick understorey.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533125746-XTBC804WFQ7Q71KJDXZX/PA040090.jpg birds - Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus Like the Fan-tailed Cuckoo, this smaller cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of small birds such as thornbills, scrubwrens and fairy-wrens. It is a specialist at preying on hairy caterpillars, typically feeding in the forest canopy. Heard more often than seen, it has a distinctive, whistling call.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533128081-SPFZHU9XTWZI3412WDIM/PB020044.jpg birds - Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla We have two resident species of thornbills present in significant numbers - Brown Thornbills and Striated Thornbills. Superficially similar in appearance, once you become familiar with their behaviours and calls it is not so difficult to distinguish these tiny birds. And they are truly tiny, weighing just 5-8g! Brown Thornbills feed in the mid storey and near the ground, and do not form large flocks - they are more likely to be in the company of Superb Fairy-wrens and Scrub-wrens than in groups of their own species. They build grassy nests in the Rainbow Fern (Calochlaena dub) thickets and among the Lomandra and sedges in secluded sections of the block.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533141823-WUE81QCH3B3M5KAKBB2T/PC280130.jpg birds - Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata We typically see Striated Thornbills moving through the canopy in large groups of 10-20. They pick insects from the leaves of eucalypts, chittering constantly. As they are reported to be sedentary within a few hectares of forest, and long-lived (10-12 years!), our resident birds are no doubt getting to know us. They certainly know where to find the bird baths! We have seen their fledglings but not their nests, which they apparently build high in the trees.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533151247-98KJAYP1MQD1E94NAZKV/PC300021-2.jpg birds - Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans (ssp. elegans) This species is highly variable, with 6 recognised subspecies. 'Yellow-types' and 'Orange-types' dominate in western Victoria and South Australia, but we see only the 'Crimson-type' in our region. The species goes by many informal names, including 'Mountain Lowry' in NSW. It is a well-known species and one readily attracted to bird feeders in parks and towns.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533152014-ZUBLEH9O2EM5SEW0WTR9/PC300022-2.jpg birds - Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans (ssp. elegans) Crimson Rosellas eat a wide range of food. Overhead clicking sounds and a rain of fruit falling from the tall Eucalyptus sieberi (Silvertop Ash) usually means that they're feeding high in the canopy. Lower down, they can be seen feeding on flowers and fruit, such as in this Indigofera australis shrub. We've also watched them keenly tearing open galls on Acacia mearnsii, no doubt feeding on the larvae inside.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533090749-2NKN0342ST4EQ0AZ7Q0E/P2250250.jpg birds - White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (dark morph) Coralina papuensis (spp. robusta) This is another highly variable species. There are five recognised subspecies and within each subspecies there are both 'light morphs' and 'dark morphs'! We usually see only the dark morph, and usually just a single bird. An infrequent visitor to our forest, the species tends to prefer open woodlands.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533109701-NJI72M9NA6H9KB50JOEJ/P4300209.jpg birds - Superb Lyrebird (adult male) Menura novaehollandiae The vocal mimicry of male lyrebirds is legendary. They may call for hours, loudly and precisely mimicking a myriad of other bird calls. Our resident lyrebirds are particularly good mimics of Eastern Whipbirds, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos and Pied Currawongs.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533110951-CO5NT570M6V1SI5XCKKB/P4300245.jpg birds - Superb Lyrebird (adult male) Menura novaehollandiae Several Superb Lyrebirds live on the block, year round. They feed and nest on the ground but roost quite high up in the canopy, Lyrebirds favour shaded forest, raking through the damp leaf litter with their huge feet in search of insects and other invertebrates. The males display throughout autumn and winter, typically at sites they have cleared for the purpose. They do not form pairs and play no part in nesting or raising the young.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533215476-5BQW50KAZ2MXBPQTTMJT/P1010022.jpg birds - Wonga Pigeons (adult in centre, juveniles right & left) Leucosarcia melanoleuca We enjoy the booming 'whoo whoo whoo' of the Wonga Pigeons, but I have heard many others cursing the monotonous call of the birds. The block is home to several of these plump pigeons, including at least one breeding pair. Wonga Pigeons build a nest of sticks high in the forking branches of large trees. We keenly watched a nesting pair through the summer of 2015/16 - conveniently nesting in a large Angophora near the house - but were concerned that they'd struggle to defend their chicks against marauding goannas and Pied Currawongs. They don't appear to have any active defence against such predators and instead seem to rely upon remaining unseen. Their markings are surprisingly cryptic when they're hunkered down in the nest. Having rapidly-growing chicks might also help. The pair successfully fledged two large chicks just 3 weeks after laying the first egg!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533326617-F2R52XFY862WSHE6CBL5/P2014880.jpg birds - Nankeen Night-Heron (immature, about 1 yr) Nycticorax caledonicus Only once have we sighted this species on the block. This sub-adult was seen early one morning, perching a couple of metres from the river's edge. As their name suggests, Nankeen Night-Herons are largely nocturnal birds and tend to roost quietly near water during the day. It may be that they're here more often and we have simply overlooked them. We spend less time at the river edge than we do in the higher, forested parts of the property.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533121148-JUPFMUVJG6FCOZ6LU92G/P6230002.jpg birds - White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster The resident Sea-Eagles are prominent members of the local bird fauna. Their goose-like honking resounds as pairs duet in flight during their winter-spring breeding season. They patrol the river adjacent to the block and nest a short distance upstream. Occasionally they are challenged by territorial Wedge-tailed Eagles, but the Sea-Eagles appear able to hold their own against the larger raptors.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533107386-R9ZZSXO8P7O7H5IFOB51/P4227494.jpg birds - White-bellied Sea-Eagle (juvenile, 1st year) Haliaeetus leucogaster Young birds are unlike their snowy white and grey parents. They gradually develop their adult plumage over 4 years. This photo was taken in April, so the bird is probably only 6-9 months old. It was perched alongside the river, eventually taking flight to glide further downstream and land in a large, bare tree.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533122129-UITW3CZQTLSCVP2KQ3TO/P8260020.jpg birds - Satin Bowerbird (mature male) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus The strikingly glossy, blue-black plumage of the adult male is not so commonly seen. We wondered about this for some time, surprised at the apparent gender imbalance, until we discovered that males don't attain their adult plumage until they're at least 5 years old! Also surprising is the fact that we've yet to discover a bower on the block. As Satin Bowerbirds are known to favour dense, wet forests, it may be that their bowers are further afield and the birds here are simply foraging rather than establishing breeding territories. This is the only bowerbird species found in the forests of south eastern Australia.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533124687-LYZ78ODUC2MAW2HI75UJ/P8260029.jpg birds - Satin Bowerbird (mature male) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Bowerbirds are voracious consumers of vegetation. The only way to grow vegetables in this area is to have the garden fully enclosed by wire netting. Any emergent plant tips are quickly nipped off! Their natural food includes insects and flowers too. Epacris impressa (Common Heath) is one of our most common forbs. It flowers for most of the year, peaking during the winter months. And it is a favourite of many of the locals, not just for its nectar. The Satin Bowerbirds, Pied Currawongs and even the wallabies happily devour entire flowers!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533133972-COTOZKQM4VP6GOBF8TMF/PC040201.jpg birds - Satin Bowerbird (juvenile) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Females and immature males are nearly indistinguishable, particularly when young. Both sexes develop the stunning purple iris very early.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533135260-VTDE508YI5BO4FEFRVND/PC040210.jpg birds - Satin Bowerbird (adult female or immature) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Bowerbirds will feed at any level of the forest and are reported to favour 'edge zones', where forests abut more open areas. The rather stocky birds seem as comfortable bouncing heavily across the ground as they do along a high branch. In this photo, the bird is feeding on the ripening berries of Leucopogon affinis (Lance Beard-heath).   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533137552-AMQF39GZRJ1OUQZ2B8UC/PC280004-2.jpg birds - White-throated Treecreeper (adult male) Cormobates leucophaea White-throated Treecreepers almost never come to ground. The only time we have seen them do so was to quickly grab some nesting material. They fly swiftly between trees, typically land on the trunk, then proceed to work their way upwards as they forage for insects. Ants are their main target. They do not peck holes in the bark, but will pull probe rough bark to get at their prey. Even when they come to the bird bath they retain a vertical, 'head-up' stance. It is quite comical to see them grip the rim with their huge feet and then lower themselves slowly, backwards, into the water, calling loudly all the while.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533105868-NAKJ9FMT4CFUPV92WKTW/P4180378.jpg birds - Red-browed Treecreeper (adult) Climacteris erythrops The Red-browed Treecreeper is quite similar in appearance to the White-throated, but less commonly seen. It also occupies a distinct niche. The Red-browed Treecreeper feeds on both rough and smooth-barked eucalypts, whereas the White-throated is a rough bark specialist. The Red-browed is also much more likely to feed along smaller branches and may even work its way 'down' a branch - something the White-throated almost never does.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533118380-IOWEA0XDDCXEAHFLPM10/P5250052.jpg birds - Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata A rather shy, unobtrusive bird, the Bassian Thrush feeds almost exclusively on the ground. They seem to come and go from the block with no particular seasonal pattern. At most there are 3-4 birds present at any one time, more typically only 1 or 2. Whether on the ground or perching, they are cryptic. They commonly 'freeze' for extended periods and their contact call is a soft, high-pitched 'peep' that does little to bring attention to themselves.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499222142926-E5MZOZ22G15IAZW1S6S2/P2040085.jpg birds - Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata Bassian Thrush have a very characteristic feeding behaviour: they make short dashes along the ground, head down, and then stop, motionless and virtually invisible against the leaf litter. They feed on worms, snails and other invertebrates, unearthing them with a probing 'flick' of the beak.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533117126-KKO2XRYJ8DU94ZJ437XB/P5150024.jpg birds - Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrike-thrush are common across Australia, advertising their presence with loud and musical calls. They are present here in the forest throughout the year. Although a predatory bird and reported to include small nestlings on their list of prey items, we have not seen them raid nests nor have we noticed small birds mobbing them. It seems that, here at least, they predominantly prey upon lizards and arthropods, including large moths and caterpillars.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533131174-0ETY5HB63VVAPF364TBB/PB120055.jpg birds - Golden Whistler (male) Pachycephala pectoralis The territorial call of the Golden Whistler was one of the first bird calls I learned to recognise when we came to live in the southern forest. We hear them throughout the year, although they are present in much greater numbers during summer, when the block becomes home to several breeding pairs.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533138794-XQ26XUDVTD809XWNO43J/PC280076.jpg birds - Yellow-faced Honeyeater (juvenile) Caligavis chrysops During the summer months, this is one of the most 'obvious' bird species in the forest. Not only are they present in large numbers, but they also call loudly and fly about at speed, at all heights, from the canopy to near ground level. They breed here and their boisterous flights seem to be a combination of territorial behaviour, the training of fledglings, and - at least it can seem - just plain fun. Most birds migrate north in Autumn. At that time, large flocks are seen flying high overhead most mornings. The majority of our local birds have left by mid March, returning again in August.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533144572-SRQJ03HXMINKG8OPNMH0/PC290038-3.jpg birds - Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus These striking birds are occasional visitors to the block, although they may be here more often than we realise. When we do spot them, they are typically in small groups and feeding high in the canopy. Their favoured prey are spiders and other arthropods that they glean from peeling bark. In this environment, therefore, they spend much of their time exploring the long bark strands that hang from the upper branches of Eucalyptus sieberi (Silvertop Ash).   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533148698-PAEKUCCFROJ3860WTW0L/PC290091-2.jpg birds - Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris The numerous honeyeater species we see vary remarkably in their social behaviours. The Yellow-faced Honeyeater, for example, is boisterous and vocal. The White-naped Honeyeater seems like the neighbourhood bully, loudly bossing other birds out of its way. And then there's the Brown-headed Honeyeater. This species is quiet, calm and non-aggressive - and their eye markings leave them looking permanently bewildered by all the fuss going on around them.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533326623-Z4D1DPG3O2GYJOVBVDNF/P2038682.jpg birds - Painted Button-quail (male) Turnix varius We hear the booming calls of the female Painted Button-quail in the summer months, but we rarely sight the birds. The low frequency calls are extremely difficult to localise and the birds are well-camouflaged and also hidden amongst the undergrowth.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498533330052-K82O777UH4SCSTS35JKQ/P2128829.jpg birds - Painted Button-quail (adult male with chick) Turnix varius We were lucky a few years ago when a male wandered past the house/bird hide, with two chicks at foot! We have read that the males assume all parental duties and that females may lay eggs in the nests of several males in a season.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498621390997-CSK9P9B82L55CHB9H1Q3/PC230235.jpg birds - White-winged Chough (fledgling & adults) Corcorax melanorhamphos 'Family' groups of Choughs move through the block at irregular intervals. They clearly have a large home range, and we often see what we believe to be the same 'mob' feeding a kilometre away. The number in the group varies between about 8 and 12. Apparently such groups usually consist of a single breeding pair and the 'helper' young from previous years. It certainly seems that there are numerous adult birds involved in the care of each demanding fledgling.   https://southernforestlife.net/other-animals daily 0.75 2017-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505737026742-B72JRP0ITBNZID6P5IKJ/P9170005.jpg other animals - Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor Swamp Wallabies only occur in forest with stands of dense undergrowth (lots of it on the block) which is where they hide during the day. This is the most secretive of our three macropods. We seldom see "swampies" during the day and they bound away with a heavy thud if we disturb them. Swamp Wallabies have the most varied diet of our macropods - they prefer bushes and forbs over grass but seem to eat almost any type of the former vegetation. They are also avid eaters of fungi.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498912713113-DII08A2WRYDIKPRKF7FI/P2040044.jpg other animals - Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus We chanced across this individual when searching for insects and spiders at night. It may also have been looking for insects, as they comprise part of their diet. They mainly feed on nectar and pollen from Banksia, Eucalyptus and Callistemon species, all of which are found on the block.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Burramyidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498911064947-TD3K1FG1E8PA124RYLNW/P3190016.jpg other animals - Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis We have seldom seen this small dasyurid in the flesh as, like most marsupials, it is nocturnal. However, we have recorded its antics on a night-vision video camera and we inadvertently trapped the individual in this photo. Like all Antechinus species, A. agilis is a carnivore, mainly eating arthropods such as beetles, spiders and cockroaches but also taking skinks. They probably also forage on Banksia flowers.   Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Photo taken March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498910735048-P9ZK4T70X1RKEEWLHLEC/P3230025.jpg other animals - Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi We have seen a number of different bats on the block, flying around the house at dusk hawking insects. However this is the only one that we have been able to positively identify, after finding a dead individual on the road nearby. This species is found throughout Australia. It roosts in a variety of habitats, including dead trees. In Summer it hunts throughout the night, till dawn.   Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498911407920-C68J9MD5PJI9EN3E6T2M/wombat.jpg other animals - Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus The block is home to several wombats. We often hear them at night, munching on vegetation outside our bedroom window. We seldom see them during the day - only on rare occasions when it is overcast. The image shows a young animal, which ventured out in the early morning. But their cubic scats are found all over our walkways and there are several burrows at different sites on the block.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Vombatidae Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498911868660-Y8AFKWGZEY2GOU4AIJWG/P7140004.jpg other animals - Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus This Ringtail Possum was one of a pair sighted at night in an Acacia mearnsii tree a few metres from the ground. Ringtails eat leaves, flowers and fruits of a variety of plants in the family Myrtaceae - primarily eucalypts.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Petauridae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498913202896-0DW683FL215KYSETWYIU/PB220051.jpg other animals - Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula A major item of the diet of Brushtail Possums are eucalyptus leaves, but they supplement this with flowers and fruit. They typically take 3 or 4 different plant species on a foraging trip to get sufficient nitrogen.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Phalangeridae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501238842793-ZUMKXZDVX50LIB5OUQMS/P7280014.jpg other animals - Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula This Brushtail was sitting in an Acacia longifolia tree, which was in bloom - probably feeding on the blossom.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Phalangeridae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157582032-OGEL4ICOSJX2N1YM1GSW/PB170304Nov.jpg other animals - Red-necked Wallaby (male) Macropus rufogriseus banksianus The Red-necked Wallaby is a forest species, widely distributed in south-eastern Australia from south-east SA to the Tropic of Capricorn. We frequently seen it on the block in the early morning or late afternoon. It is usually alone but sometimes we see pairs of females. It grazes on grasses, low shrubs and forbs. During the day, it rests in dense vegetation, such as rainbow fern thickets.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501158723020-VY47FCBA15V3MA1MPQR5/PA180873.jpg other animals - Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus banksianus Joeys remain in the pouch for about 40 weeks. This little guy had not yet left the pouch, but probably wasn't far off it. Females can give birth to young in all months.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501159541531-G8N8GZ0MJD7TUXYPLPSJ/PA180890.jpg other animals - Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus banksianus The young gets to graze at the same time as the mother. The white object above the female's eye is a tick. Our macropods commonly carry a heavy load of these parasites - without any apparent ill effects.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501160885429-IHYVL11S5PYT7THD5SEO/P4166412.jpg other animals - Eastern Grey Kangaroo (male) Macropus giganteus giganteus The Eastern Grey is the largest of the three macropods found in our area. It grazes on grasses and forbs, with a much more restricted range of choices than Red-Necked and Swamp Wallabies. These are our maintenance-free lawn mowers! We often see a group of several animals, usually a male in company of several females, grazing on the more open areas of the block. They are more tolerant of our presence than the wallabies and can often be seen grazing in the middle of the day - especially when it is overcast.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501167171938-UJD3NWG042MYEKP8W44N/P4270017Apr.jpg other animals - Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus giganteus This little guy is very young indeed. It will be a while before he justifies his species name 'giganteus'.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203156085-6USFO35N8GUSFG4LYK67/PC020010.jpg other animals - Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor This image shows the thick-set, stocky build of the Swamp Wallaby in comparison to our other macropods. They also have much darker fur. Our frog pond has become a favourite watering hole for the wallabies and kangaroos. However it was still a surprise to see this swampy drinking at the pond as they are very shy animals. Their gait is very different to other macropods - they jump with their head kept low and their tail straight. A number of behavioural, anatomical and genetic differences lead to the Swamp Wallaby being placed in a different genus (Wallabia) to other macropods (Macropus). So, surprisingly, the Red-Necked Wallaby is more closely related to the Eastern Grey Kangaroo than it is to the Swamp Wallaby.   Order: Diprodontia Family: Macropodidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516403477189-RSD6CU9J38Q67LDHM738/P1200101.jpg other animals - Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes The Bush Rat is a native Australian rodent. It is an omnivore, taking fruit, arthropods, seeds, grasses and fungi (and in summer, the tomatoes from our vegetable garden!). We seldom see them as they are nocturnal. We trapped this one in our tool shed - the big, protruding eyes are a distinctive feature of this species. Note that the tail is about the same length as the body - unlike the introduced Black Rat (Rattus rattus), in which the tail is noticeably longer than the body. I was surprised to discover how many native rodents we have in Australia - 54 extant species. We had another 10 rodent species, but they did not survive European invasion. Rodents first arrived in Australia between 4-6 million years ago and underwent an evolutionary radiation to produce 57 different species (the 'old endemics'). Then about a million years ago a Rattus entered from New Guinea and evolved into 7 species (the 'new endemics'), of which Rattus fuscipes is one example. Europeans brought another 4 rodents with them, including the Black Rat, Rattus rattus.   Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516190979675-EGG7JEP76WUUUCHPRDBI/PC030051.jpg other animals - Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus The Swamp Rat is another of the 'New Endemic' rodents, which evolved from a single species of ancestral rat that arrived in Australian from New Guinea a million years ago. The Swamp Rat is very similar to the Bush Rat - just a bit smaller and lacking the bulging eyes of that species. It also moves around during the day, unlike the Bush Rat which is strictly nocturnal. Nonetheless, Swamp Rats must be quite cryptic because the only individual we have ever seen on the block is this baby. Swamp Rats eat grasses and sedges and some insects.   Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063865644-2PREQXWX8S3CESJ1Z3P0/PB300032.jpg other animals - Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis This is one of six venomous snakes - belonging to the family Elapidae - that we have on the block. In fact, we have the full set of Elapidae species for our region! We see the Eastern Brown rarely, but have sighted it all over the forest. It is most commonly found on the west-facing rocky headland overlooking the river, where it basks in the afternoon sun. The colouration of Eastern Browns is highly variable - ranging from brown to black. The juvenile is a striking creature with black narrow stripes on a tan background! The adults feed on other reptiles and mammals, but will occasionally take frogs and birds.   Order: Squamata Family: Elapidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501209926449-0L114DADF2D054HUKELA/P5020001.jpg other animals - Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus This is the snake we most commonly encounter - not surprising, as one often takes up residence in the bottom of our compost bin! While they are rated as dangerously venomous, we have never felt threatened by them. They slither away quickly when discovered. They are a large snake - most of the ones we have seen are between 1 and 1.5m in length. The prime item in their diet is frogs, but they also take other reptiles and small mammals. Check out our blog "Red-bellied Black Snakes love water" in 'News & Stories'.   Order: Squamata Family: Elapidae Photo taken in May   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501122048964-D43E1C07XVZ5ATIT0K64/P4150030.jpg other animals - Eastern Small-eyed Snake Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens This is another dangerously venomous home snake. However its retiring nature and nocturnal habits mean that it presents little risk to us. We have only sighted it when lifting sheets of corrugated iron, boxes or rotten logs. It is smaller than the other elapids - the ones we have sighted have been less 50cm long. It is reported to feed on lizards and frogs.   Order: Squamata Family: Elapidae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063853755-VEHM9JLA9DBNG9QTX46E/P8180006.jpg other animals - Grass Sun-skink Lampropholis guichenoti We generally encounter this species in more open areas - in leaf litter around the house and in the vegetable garden - devouring small grasshoppers and other insects. It is the most common and one of the smallest of the 7 species of skinks found here. By mid Autumn we see large numbers of very small individuals - presumably the progeny of the previous Summer's breeding.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501124853541-78VZL59MCSW5JFGLW9TP/PB140413.jpg other animals - Garden Sun-Skink Lampropholis delicata This small skink (up to 50mm long) is found in similar habitat to the similarly-sized L. guichenoti - in more open areas, foraging in the leaf litter or grasses for insects and other small invertebrates. The individual in this photo is taking advantage of an intermittent feeding bonanza, which many other creatures in the forest partake in - a termite swarm.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501154806314-10SCJGH8NHVWQZIIN01E/P1060244.jpg other animals - White's Skink Egernia whitii We have seen this moderately large (up to 90mm long) skink in only one location - on a dry, rocky, west-facing cliff top overlooking the river. They are usually found sunning themselves on a rock. This site is a favourite hangout for a number of our reptiles.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501124114862-X0CEL6SX8R0HKP2PRYZW/P2140010.jpg other animals - Black Rock-Skink Egernia saxatilis This is our largest skink - up to 125mm in length. It has a characteristic thick trunk. It is typically found on the same rocky cliff top location as several other of our reptiles, but at least one individual also inhabits our wood heap.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157069584-4US7NQHWUAT09WFU2Q56/PB010026.jpg other animals - Yellow-bellied Water-Skink Eulamprus heatwolei We have sighted this moderately large (100mm long) skink in a few places - on the riverbank, on our wood pile and on a tree stump close to our vegetable garden. The animal in the latter location - shown here - suns himself on the log, in between catching insects in the vegetable garden. I have a sentimental attachment to this species, as it is named after a former colleague at the University of New England, Hal Heatwole - one of Australia's leading herpetologists.   Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501129073448-AYE27U961NO28TLYAHCN/PC280022-2.jpg other animals - Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus This is one of two 'dragons' that call the block home. Jacky Lizard is quite a large creature - up to 35cm long when fully grown. They are quite territorial, often taking up a prominent position on a tree stump to survey and guard the surrounding domain. We have seen a lizard launch off his log and rush towards and grapple with a competitor that came within 10m of him.   Order: Squamata Family: Agamidae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501130039875-ESNKS2IF3C40RUBOX63L/P2210053.jpg other animals - Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus This juvenile Jacky Lizard is basking on a flowering stem of Coast Sword-sedge, Lepidosperma latens. It was so well camouflaged that I barely noticed it at first.   Order: Squamata Family: Agamidae Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501212289928-48HYGCTNDVU7C08V0F9B/PC140132Dec.jpg other animals - Eastern Water-dragon Intellagama lesueurii howittii This is our other 'dragon'. We often see an individual on a fallen tree trunk overhanging the water upstream of the block, above the limit of tidal flow. It drops into the water to escape if we come too close. They can apparently remain underwater for up to 90 minutes. But this guy was sighted on the water's edge immediately in front of the block. They are a diurnal species, feeding mainly on insects but also small rodents.   Order: Squamata Family: Agamidae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501211174569-B9XCNQETVU4YKOYO6QFZ/P1260001.jpg other animals - Lace Monitor Varanus varius This lizard - easily the largest on the block - can be rather inquisitive! I photographed this guy through the loungeroom window. It then wandered off and checked out our vegetable garden. We see Lace Monitors after they come out of hibernation in late Winter/early Spring, then right through Summer. They will take live prey, such as chicks at the nest, but they are generally seen cleaning up a carcass of roadkill. Indeed they play a vital role in the ecosystem as recyclers of dead bodies - including other lace monitors! Our blog 'Lace monitor recovery' in the 'News & Stories' section tells this story.   Order: Squamata Family: Varanidae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360535079-004DZ9EZ4CAB3YI3LAVT/PC240003.jpg other animals - Emerald-spotted Tree Frog Litoria peronii This is the largest of the five frog species we have sighted here. The mating call of the male sounds like a maniacal cackle. The frogs call throughout the year but they are particularly vocal during the breeding season in Summer. The pair in the photo is in amplexus. The male grasps the female tightly and fertilises the eggs as they are released from her body.   Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204402236-QEW8DLVQDZRAWOQOGPN3/PC250039.jpg other animals - Southern Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii This is a widespread, common species and is an agile climber. One individual spends the day wedged in a crack in the supporting column of our deck umbrella! Our frog bog is apparently very acceptable breeding habitat. We have found spawn, tadpoles and froglets of this species in the pond in December and May.   Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Photo taken in December https://southernforestlife.net/plants daily 0.75 2017-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1505720077160-FEU9JHT381L9DUDPKQQW/P9180016.jpg plants - Woolly Tea-tree Leptospermum lanigerum This tea-tree blooms in September - one of the earliest of the Leptospermum species to come into flower. Tea-trees are a magnet for insects, many of which depend on the nectar and pollen they provide. In turn this species depends on insects for pollination as each flower is either only male or female. Family: Myrtaceae (eucalypts, tea-trees) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583580951-1JDX2Q5ZVJ9OVR0X3E82/PB010087.jpg plants - Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea The Tiger Orchid blooms in October-November and we typically see over a dozen flowering stems, each with several flowers, on the block. These are visited by Common Hover Flies.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360589753-UYOESJAAV4FN5301RP67/PA140025.jpg plants - Flying Duck Orchid Caleana major We have seen just a few examples of this bizarre orchid on our block. It really does resemble its namesake! It flowers in October-November and each stalk has a couple of flowers.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501325706424-IWLVYYTMBZ4UIC63E2J4/P4170092-2.jpg plants - Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa This is one of two Banksia species on the block. It is typically a low shrub, about 1m high. The flowers are pollinated by several species of bees, ants and moths and we regularly see the Eastern Spinebill feeding on the nectar - as shown here. However the most effective pollinators are reputed to be mammals, including at least three species that occur on the block - Eastern Pygmy Possum, Agile Antechinus and Sugar Glider.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501271936934-F4Z748QUEN4GIWKKEDEI/P9300052-2.jpg plants - Saw Banksia Banksia serrata The wet gullies on the block are dominated by stands of Banksia serrata trees - some of which are over 15m tall. This species can live for up to 100 years. The trees in the foreground of this image are Banksia serrata. A number of old flower spikes - commonly, but technically incorrectly called 'cones' - can be seen in these.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in December     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063941853-JBR1N9G2XNP2NYK9FQ89/P1080024.jpg plants - Saw Banksia Banksia serrata The large, creamy grey flowers of this species are seen from November to April. Rainbow Lorikeets and Common Ringtail and Brushtail Possums feed on the blossom. The plant is also host to larvae of the Banksia Longicorn Beetle (Paroplites australis). We look forward to adding this species to the list of four longicorns we have already seen on the block.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501273000644-OP8QGLULUNBXKI5VUSIL/P8112309.jpg plants - Saw Banksia Banksia serrata An old flower spike or 'cone' of this Banksia. These were the inspiration for May Gibbs's "Big Bad Banksia Men". The forest floor under these trees is sometimes littered with old spikes that have been torn apart by Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos as they extract the seeds. This image also shows the leaves whose shape gives the species its name.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913584381-CO7MVZFB60VPFZ8O63PZ/P1240032-2.jpg plants - Large-leaf Hop Bush Dodonea triquetra Female flowers of Dodonea triquetra, Large-leaf Hop Bush. Male and female flowers are found on separate plants and lack petals.   Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269063509-0PGXED8AJTUYMIKNDFQ6/P1240047-3.jpg plants - Large-leaf Hop Bush Dodonea triquetra Male flowers of this species, which grow on a different plant to female flowers.   Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913610839-7GMQRXN26V1B10OJQTRZ/P8222993.jpg plants - Drooping Mistletoe Amyema pendula Many of the eucalypts on our block are parasitised by this species. Note that the Amyema leaves resemble eucalypt leaves. Mistletoes commonly evolve leaves to resemble their host. For example, mistletoes that parasitise casuarinas have needle-shaped leaves.   Family: Loranthaceae (mistletoe) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913631407-GHAF9QKFHH8X2IRBNUNQ/P8222996.jpg plants - Drooping Mistletoe Amyema pendula This species comes into bloom in mid Winter. The flowers provide a valuable source of nectar for several of the honeyeaters at a time of the year when few other plants are flowering - particularly in the canopy.   Family: Loranthaceae (mistletoe) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913709220-58MPE4R2O04OJX3PUSKZ/P9300026.jpg plants - Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona This plant flowers in late Spring. Several low shrubs grow at the base of a cliff, fronting the river.   Family: Myrtaceae (eucalypts, tea-trees) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913888072-HCMNG0I0FCW09HP3VOR4/P9300082.jpg plants - Hairy Pink-bells Tetratheca pilosa This low growing forb is widespread on the block. The attractive pink flowers appear in late Winter.   Family: Elaeocarpaceae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913743397-K0BYBHUKZ1J1P3WRT15K/P9300048.jpg plants - Guinea Flower Hibbertia fasciculata This is one of four Hibbertia species found on the block. It is a low growing forb, which flowers in late Winter through to late Spring.   Family: Dilleniaceae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269526051-IMNZBBWZ0UC50XQT7XWP/P8070012.jpg plants - Guinea Flower Hibbertia fasciculata A close up view of the flower of this species.   Family: Dilleniaceae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913855190-439IKPYZIJTKVVU0T6O1/P9300075.jpg plants - Pink Fingers Orchid Caladenia carnea This attractive orchid flowers in late September. The flowers are about 2cm across and vary in colour from white to bright pink.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913779825-VMV8FK3VYWFB9CD8Z2J9/P9300066.jpg plants - Golden Tip, Clover Tree Goodia lotifolia This is one of 21 species on the block that belong to the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae (legumes). It has the typical flower shape of the legume family, but the leaves have an unusual 3-foliolate arrangement. It flowers in late Winter-early Spring. This is a diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913869733-PS264JGQHONM7JMYA14G/P9300077.jpg plants - Wax-lip Orchid Glossodia major This is one of several orchids that flower on the block in September-October.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913823012-HZ5RCCPA1RDXIWLSZHKQ/P9300070.jpg plants - Burgan Kunzea ericoides Burgan or Känuka, as it is also called, is a medium sized bush, which flowers profusely in November-December. It is quite a fragrant bush when in bloom.   Family: Myrtaceae (eucalypts, tea-trees) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500181123635-5BEV7JY6KXYIPYFR2QH3/P9110024.jpg plants - Love Creeper Comesperma volubile This plant grows as a low, twining vine. Its purple flowers make an attractive show throughout Spring - appropriately named!   Family: Polygalaceae (milkworts) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913942599-H22ZQ4TQ01W0YT1ZUUUE/PA160013-2.jpg plants - Long Purple Flag Patersonia occidentalis Large numbers of these purple flowers appear in clusters on the block in late September. The plant has a long, unbranched flowering stem, which bears several flowers. The flowers appear in the morning on sunny days and each lives for only a single day. We lie at the northern limit of this particular Patersonia species.   Family: Iridaceae (irises) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500187070637-VWH9EXNNWXPO5G04K7L8/P8290025.jpg plants - Leafless Sour-bush Omphacomeria acerba This is a hemiparasite, which taps into the roots of a neighbouring plant to extract nutrients. Its leaves are reduced to small scales, which are shed soon after they form. Its flowers are tiny and male and female flowers form on different plants. It develops a succulent fruit, which although small, is quite tasty.   Family: Santalaceae (mistletoes) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500186407865-Q1QG615Y1RCKWKPQLY9I/P8243443.jpg plants - Leafless Sour-bush Omphacomeria acerba A close up of a male flower of this unusual plant.   Family: Santalaceae (mistletoes) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1499913924865-RG8HSMYE4MXGLSEFZUBU/PA140008-2.jpg plants - White Fingers Orchid Caladenia catenata This orchid closely resembles the related species C. carnea, but it starts flowering earlier, in late Winter. Like C. carnea, the flowers persist for some weeks.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269550898-SP0XNCPKKBJL1GI8A6V3/P8090010.jpg plants - Slender Rice-flower Pimelea linifolia A widespread, low-growing shrub on the block. It flowers through most of the year, peaking in August to October. It is pollinated by a wide range of insects, including moths, butterflies, flies and native bees.   Family: Thymelaeaceae (rice flowers) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269573500-Y2AG6TKI6SPTJXPWHQOJ/IMG_0698.jpg plants - Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada This low shrub grows in clumps up to 60cm tall. It has a simple form - the straight stems branch only once, the leaves are very small and the flowers even smaller. Male and female flowers are found on separate plants. Male flowers are shown in this image. Amperea flowers through most of the year, with a peak in Spring to Summer.   Family: Euphorbiaceae (spurges) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063971719-730QO7DLBJL2VSCJRDRT/P8180005.jpg plants - Tree Broom-heath Monotoca elliptica This plant grows as a large shrub or small tree with a stout, rough-barked trunk. In early Spring it produces masses of small, white flowers, which attract large numbers of bees.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269656798-HE6VAU4QSIZ63E2A00EB/P8183327.jpg plants - Tree Broom-heath Monotoca elliptica Close up of the small flowers of this species.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501380856740-J7ZVKCR2SWR9L6ZYVGLY/P8192868.jpg plants - Common Correa Correa reflexa Another species that flowers in the Winter. In fact, its bell-shaped blooms can be seen for most of the year, except for the peak of Summer. It is one of the 'signature' plants on the block - being widespread, having an eye-catching flower and blooming for much of the year. Like the similarly shaped flower of Epacris impressa, Correa is an important food source for the Eastern Spinebill. The Red Wattlebird, Crescent Honeyeater and New Holland Honeyeater also take nectar from these flowers. The purple flowers in the background are Hardenbergia violacea, the Purple Coral-pea.   Family: Rutaceae (citrus) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501380283015-BVFTEQYKPSW9ELJTAZMU/P7300093.jpg plants - Common Heath Epacris impressa In Winter the block is covered by the pink, red or white flowers of this plant. Its provides an important food source for the Eastern Spinebill, which has a beak superbly fashioned to extract the nectar from the tubular flowers. A number of birds, including White-winged Coughs, Pied Currawongs and Crimson Rosellas use a less subtle method to gain nourishment from the plant - they snip off and eat whole flowers. E. impressa is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501379661610-Y145AMK3KMWW0922ROHA/P4200047-2.jpg plants - Native Cranberry Astroloma humifusum This is a low forb, which is restricted to the steep cliff faces overlooking the river. It produces a reddish, slightly succulent fruit, which inspired the common name.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269674007-540SC045BA7F3GU9FEPO/P8200028.jpg plants - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis This species grows as a medium-sized compact shrub and is one of the most widespread on the block. It flowers profusely from early August to October. On sunny days in Spring a strong scent of vanilla from these plants wafts across the block. The fruit is a round, red berry, which is avidly eaten by several of the larger birds on the block, including Satin Bowerbird, Pied Burrawong, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, King Parrot and Crimson Rosella.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269963838-736AX0T0WNLSNSSBTIQ7/P9120028.jpg plants - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis The Bright Copper Paralucia aurifer is one of several butterflies and other insects that feed on and pollinate the flowers of this species.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269692939-976JCE07253WGC3GU2VV/P8203426.jpg plants - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis Close-up view of the flower of this species, showing the "bearded" petals from which the plant gets its common name.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501294595679-EJ2J88G8V4N9GPB454VO/PB251440.jpg plants - Lance Beard-heath Leucopogon affinis The fruit of this plant is a berry which turns from green to orange to red as it ripens. The birds seem to prefer the red ones but we have also seen them take the orange and green berries.   Family: Ericaceae (heaths) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269743520-RDJCAW9PZK39EJGOL1EG/P8290062.jpg plants - Rusty Velvet-pods Hovea pannosa Another of the 21 species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae (legumes) that grow on the block. The attractive purple flowers appear in August-September and the plant grows as a prostrate herb. The species gets its common name from its hairy pods.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501325738983-GDRQVZHQILMCF5WHK1H5/P9180399.jpg plants - Willow Needlewood Hakea macraeana This Hakea species grows into a large bush or low tree - up to 7m tall. The leaves take the form of cylindrical spikes. The seeds from its woody fruit are a favourite food of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos. When in full bloom it makes quite a show!   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270071514-PJMMI6OWYK1EST9KKJ5H/P9120008.jpg plants - Willow Needlewood Hakea macraeana Like other members of the Proteaceae family, Hakea macraeana has a specialised pollination mechanism. Normally, the stigma, the tip of the style, receives pollen brought in from another flower by a pollinator - a bee, fly or other insect. In Hakea, the stigma picks up pollen from the anthers inside its own flower while the flower is still closed. The flower then opens, the style loops out and presents that pollen to the pollinator. Several curved styles - 'pollen presenters' - can be seen in the flowers in the bottom part of this image.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501397371975-QZSUHK3ZFJZ8BU6KUDGZ/P7300004-2.jpg plants - Narrow-leaf Geebung Persoonia linearis This is a very common large shrub (up to 3m tall) on the block. It has a long flowering period - from December to July.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksia, grevilleas) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501390911921-ZDBY404H0EMW2XGXOUL9/PB151324.jpg plants - Narrow-leaf Geebung Persoonia linearis The fruit of Persoonia is a green, fleshy berry and is a well-known bush tucker. It is also eaten by Satin Bowerbirds. I don't muchcare for it myself, personally.   Family: Proteaceae (proteas, banksias, grevilleas) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269991590-XGLINLPN1B3JWQZM3NMI/P9290062.jpg plants - Golden Glory Pea Gompholobium latifolium This plant grows as a medium-sized bush with dense foliage. The leaves are sub-divided into three narrow leaflets. The flowers are larger than many other peas.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269827331-YP9B7BKJEZAF47GVQONF/P9100370.jpg plants - Moss Rosulabryum capillare This moss is sporulating. Green spore-bearing caps, sporophytes, are present on the tips of the red stalks (setae).   Family: Bryaceae Photo taken August   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269848877-EP8J6PDHDFSPABZWO259/P9100374.jpg plants - Austral Indigo Indigofera australis A straggly, medium sized shrub. Large numbers of striking, pink flowers appear in late July and the plant continues to bloom through to October.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501389482616-ECC3AYR4XL8NY7PALZI5/PB071280.jpg plants - Grey Everlasting Ozothamnus obcordatus This medium-sized bush puts on a spectacular show when it flowers in late Spring. Like all Asteraceae, it produces flowering heads made up of many individual flowers, as can be clearly seen in this image. We have seen only two plants on the block to date, but each is visited by hordes of pollinating insects when in flower.   Family: Asteraceae (daisies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269861019-GXYQLRMIN6Y6NJSVJ5CS/P9100379.jpg plants - Tall Everlasting Coronidium elatum This perennial herb is a coloniser of disturbed soil. We found many on the block after we bought it. The fruit is wind dispersed and thus readily spreads over long distances. The flowering heads are tall - often over 1.5m high - and appear in early Spring. We have found 15 species of Asteraceae on the block, two of which are introduced weeds.   Family: Asteraceae (daisies) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269939252-7I4H2PPY780YEJDHZ6ON/P9110042.jpg plants - Gorse Bitter-Pea Daviesia ulicifolia This low shrub has spiky leaves (actually phyllodes, as seen in many wattles) and flowers in September.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269881518-ADAGDV3DSWE0TDTVM1TN/P9100381.jpg plants - Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans Numerous clusters of these orchids are seen on the block from late July to September. All Pterostylis species grow in association with a fungus in the soil, which is required for germination of the seeds of the orchid. Like many other orchids, parts of the flower resemble the sex organs of certain species of gnats and mosquitoes. As the males of those insects seek to mate with the bogus female, they transfer pollen between flowers.   Family: Orchidaceae (orchids) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269979896-VI3VTN376EFEQUWSONG0/P9170004.jpg plants - Large-leaf Bush-pea Pultenaea daphnoides A medium-sized shrub with large, paddle-shaped leaves. The plant is host to the larvae of the Fringed Heath Blue butterfly (Neolucia agricola). P. daphnoides is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500269904538-D6K9R0RQA9W67M4TF5CZ/P9110015.jpg plants - Blue Flax-lily Dianella caerulea Another widespread, low herb on the block, which flowers through Spring and early Summer. It is buzz-pollinated by native bees, such as the Green and Gold Nomia Bee (Lipotriches australica). D. caerulea is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Hemeracallidoideae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063931328-FN6N1XCXGXQ16YRW7TXN/P1110027.jpg plants - Blue Flax-lily Dianella caerulea The fruit of Dianella is a purple berry, which is eaten by birds such as the Yellow-faced Honeyeater and Wonga Pigeon.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Hemeracallidoideae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501326387738-0X8BY24SDJ0MZGI5FJ8M/PC103123.jpg plants - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis This casuarina species is a very widespread tree on the block. In some sites, such as in the shallow gully shown here, it is the dominant plant. They are the ones with the dark, ridged bark. We often hear and see Glossy Black Cockatoos high in these trees, feeding on the woody fruit. The seeds they extract are virtually the sole item of their diet. Allocasuarina is a common coloniser species - it has regrown vigorously on the block in areas of disturbance. Many trees die at a young age - perhaps due to damage from cerambycid beetle larvae or Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos searching for the same.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375864491-A49HGTI0SPTARBRMFCBV/P7300014.jpg plants - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis The tree on the right is a male, the one on the left a female. Both are flowering, but the male inflorescence is much more showy. A. littoralis is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501329030171-OBJ4OSHONTQU1NHHWMQ4/P4170045-2.jpg plants - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis Casuarina has a number of unusual features. Its leaves have been reduced to minute scales, seen in the image as brown whorls spaced at regular intervals on the green, needle-shaped branchlets. Photosynthesis is carried out in these branchlets, which bear a superficial resemblance to the needles of pine trees. Casuarina is however a flowering plant (Angiosperm), not a Gymnosperm. (Confusingly though, its fruit does resembles the cones of conifers). Male and female flowers grow on separate plants. This image shows three female inflorescences. Each contains multiple carpels, so the fruit ('cone') developing from it has multiple seeds.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375877511-4YHF3N4GMIVTJ6ZJ03YY/P7300010.jpg plants - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis The male inflorescence of this species. The ends of the needle-like branchlets are densely covered in hundreds of individual male flowers, each of which bears a single, tan-coloured anther. Imagine the amount of pollen they must release!   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501396094587-ELBOUHRLZD5L96GB1RTI/P7300018-2.jpg plants - Casuarina Allocasuarina littoralis A collection of fruit on a female A. littoralis tree. Each of the several dozen valves in a fruit (which haven't yet opened in this image) contains a seed.   Family: Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270001790-6HH7FKL4RH41UAMOAYW6/P9290040.jpg plants - Spiny Bossiaea Bossiaea obcordata This low shrub has small, roundish leaves and bears numerous spines on the branches. It is one of the 31 Fabaceae species on the block. Like all plants that can fix nitrogen, Fabaceae do well in low nutrient soils, as occur widely on the block.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270014750-OH1NA8CQDV2VWM5RMRB1/P9270017.jpg plants - Lilac Lily Schelhammera undulata Schelhammera is a low growing herb. Its striking flowers appear in many areas of the block in Spring and the blooms persist until early Summer. S. undulata is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Colchicaceae (autumn crocuses) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501463154698-KGFLR8CIGPMHT70OHKB2/PA040147.jpg plants - Popoto Burchardia umbellata This is a low growing forb, quite widespread on the block. Its attractive flower appears in Spring, growing on a short, elevated stalk. It and Schelhammera undulata are the only two members of the family Colchicaceae we have found here.   Family: Colchicaceae (autumn crosses) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501294610398-T7N38HLKG1S2U2KDJLWA/PB080026.jpg plants - Purple Fan-flower Scaevola ramosissima This plant grows in shaded areas of the forest. The attractive flowers appear in early November.   Family: Goodeniaceae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501323043523-19EAV1QXI26JDRF59SMR/P5311096.jpg plants - Rainbow Fern Calochlaena dubia We have large, almost pure thickets of this attractive fern in a number of areas on the block. The fronds can be up to 1.5m tall. It is in the same family as the tree fern Dickinsonia antarctica and is not at all closely related to the Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum, with which it is often confused. This is one of 8 fern species on the block.   Family: Dicksoniaciae Photo taken in May   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375851559-1F5NDL5U584HO1W2DI5N/P7300020.jpg plants - Rainbow Fern Calochlaena dubia A typical thicket of Rainbow Fern. The plants spread sideways by rhizome growth. These thickets provide ideal habitat for a number of the smaller birds, including the Brown Thornbill, Superb Fairy Wren, White-browed Scrubwren and Eastern Whipbird. They take refuge, feed and nest in these densely vegetated areas.   Family: Dicksoniaciae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501063953729-RKVXDBWM13PS95R46O5W/IMG_1301.jpg plants - Pale Grass-lily Caesia parviflora Another low shrub on the block, which flowers from October to April.   Family: Anthericaceae Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270033429-9N6T23BV3R7Z85ZZSVQA/P9200048.jpg plants - Bossiaea Bossiaea cordifolia The fruit of this Bossiaea shows that this genus belongs to the family Fabaceae - legumes. This is one of the most common plants on the block. Butterflies such as Candalides hyacinthina take nectar from its flowers. It has very spiky leaves.   Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae (legumes) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500270053401-HMBV6SKSLBU6XNG6S406/P9200032.jpg plants - Tall Sundew Drosera auriculata This is a small herb with a distinctive character - it is carnivorous. The leaves of this plant are highly modified. They are covered in hairs which secrete a mucilaginous substance that traps insects and enzymes that digest the prey. Drops of these glandular secretions can be seen at the tips of the red hairs in this image. Carnivorous plants are often found in sandy soils with low nutrient levels, as occur on our block. Carnivory supplements their nutrition.   Family: Droseraceae (sundews) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501120956393-10091SJIDHP6ZXQDNET0/P4190036.jpg plants - Red shaggy-cap bolete Boletellus emodensis A large and distinctive mushroom that grows among the grasses and leaf litter. Fungi identification can be difficult. It is acknowledged that there are a huge number of undescribed species in Australia. In addition, the appearance of any given mushroom varies considerably as it ages. We are reasonably confident of this one, though.   Family: Boletaceae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501154863653-PMLD9W2RPTVBCDB6N8CS/PB020074-2.jpg plants - Fringe Lily Thysanotus juncifolius This low growing forb starts flowering in late October and right through to February we are treated with a spectacular display of purple blooms. It belongs to the same family as Lomandra, which one would not readily guess from its habit.   Family: Asparagaceae Subfamily: Lomandroideae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501229010549-IGHLWGSUHIO3FH4DKVBR/PC120013.jpg plants - Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides A small, inconspicuous herb with similarly small, inconspicuous flowers. However, this is one of the most widespread plants on the block and is a diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Haloragaceae (watermilfoil family) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501229029646-UHATY59DMBBLLPGXVK6O/PC120014.jpg plants - Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides The small flowers of this low growing, but widespread forb. The styles branch profusely to give a feathery appearance to the flower.   Family: Haloragaceae (watermilfoil family) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501465499974-NRUYEFZWM8YM76NPGWU1/P2030007.jpg plants - Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides While Gonocarpus may not have the flashiest flowers, it is a plant much loved by Eutrichopidia latinus, the Owlet Moth. This image shows this moth ovipositing on the plant, which is a key food plant for its larvae. The anthropocentric view of the world is so limited!   Family: Haloragaceae (watermilfoil family) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501271779523-CNJBQDAQI6ITFH4RXVGR/P9300052-2.jpg plants - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa Large areas of the block, particularly the higher parts, are covered with this species of grass tree. Unlike many other Xanthorrhoea species, X. resinosa does not have a trunk. The trees in the foreground of this image are Banksia serrata.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501396283112-N91INKESAQLU4EQMAO3Z/P7300014-2.jpg plants - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa A single, young Xanthorrhoea plant.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501225957976-NBUUA9RVVOEIWDTXAQR5/PC150017.jpg plants - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa In October a single tall, woody flowering stem grows up from the centre of the plant and hundreds of tiny white flowers develop on this scape in a spiral arrangement. In any given year, only a small percentage of plants flower. Butterflies, hoverflies and several species of honeyeaters visit the scape, which flowers for some weeks, to feed on the nectar. The image shows an Eastern Spinebill hovering in a stationary position just before it extracts nectar with its long tongue.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501228040944-D41A58YK7T0CMWEQAFQ7/PC070126Dec.jpg plants - Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea resinosa A closer look at the flowers on a X. resinosa scape - here visited by Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady). Eventually the entire length of the scape becomes packed with flowers.   Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeioideae (grass trees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231115846-0DXAWJHW9Z66H9WDUOKA/P2057004.jpg plants - Coast Sword Sedge Lepidosperma latens This is the dominant plant species in the undergrowth across the block. It grows in clumps, which spread sideways by rhizomes. It looks like a grass, but it's not - they come later. It's a sedge. Sedges grow well in poor soils, as found on the block. The leaf margins on this species have a sharp, cutting edge - hence the common name.   Family: Cyperaceae (sedges) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231294210-5WKTHO657M3F2PB515YA/P2056999.jpg plants - Coast Sword Sedge Lepidosperma latens This sedge flowers from December to April. The yellow and white tufts protruding from the brown flower spikelets are the anthers and styles, respectively. The fruit that develops from these flowers is a dark brown nut - probably good tucker for some critter.   Family: Cyperaceae (sedges) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375841257-H8OTNOCARFBKDLIA9NTS/P7300022.jpg plants - Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia While it also superficially resembles a grass (Poaceae), Lomandra actually belongs to a different family - Asparagaceae. Five different species occur on the block. L. longifolia has the longest (up to 100cm) and widest (up to 2.5cm) leaves of those and is a popular cultivated garden plant. All five species are key food plants for a variety of butterfly larvae. L. longifolia is the host plant for the Splendid Ochre butterfly (Trapezites symmomus) - one of our home species.   L. longifolia is one of the diagnostic species for our type of forest - Lowland Gully Shrub Forest.   Family: Asparagaceae Subfamily: Lomandroideae Photo taken in July   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501334787447-5EHSQ0ACCBWMB32IZQLL/PA241098.jpg plants - Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia This image shows the spectacular male inflorescence. Female flowers are found on a separate plant.   Family: Asparagaceae Subfamily: Lomandroideae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501275781459-2X1GWEJYDKJ999P3TIWJ/PB130129.jpg plants - Stout Bamboo Grass Austrostipa ramosissima This is one of 18 species of native grasses - belonging to the family Poaceae (true grasses) - on the block. Some, like this one, prefer open areas but several species are found in shaded sites in the forest. The stem or culm, which bears the flowering head or inflorescence appears in November. This image shows a young inflorescence, which is just beginning to open, on the long culm typical of this species. The culm in A. ramosissima bears a number of long leaves.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501273716825-03HXYCTFL2G7DP4JL2GJ/PC140014.jpg plants - Stout Bamboo Grass Austrostipa ramosissima A close up of the inflorescence of this grass at a later stage of maturation. A small orb-weaver spider (Araneus sp.) has set up home here. Warning! Serious botany ahead! Grass flowers have become highly modified in the course of evolution. Petals and sepals have turned into a variety of structures unique to grasses - glumes, lodicules, palea, lemma and awn. However, the reproductive bits of the flower, the stamens and pistils, are still present and correct - albeit hidden from view at the stage of development shown in this image. Each of the purple/green elongated oval objects in this image is called a spikelet. In this species it contains an individual flower or floret. The long thin extension at the tip of the spikelet is an awn - this is the bit that gets stuck in your socks or the fur of another passing mammal. One diagnostic feature of this grass species is the long length of the awn.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501286910481-2CNBDHCPHL4C240ZZ87G/PB090031.jpg plants - Fine-leaved Snow Grass Poa meionectes This is a low growing tussock grass with narrow leaf blades which are tightly inrolled. It is a favourite food of the Eastern Grey Kangaroo - the leaf blades never get very long! It is the most common tussock grass on the block. Several culms are present on this plant and most of the inflorescences have shed their seed. It flowers from November to January.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501273746997-OW8CPM5UO5432T46NWW9/PC060299.jpg plants - Fine-leaved Snow Grass Poa meionectes The spikelets in this grass have characteristic purple tips and they lack an awn. Each spikelet contains 3-5 florets, which have not yet opened in this image. An Orb-Weaver spider (Araneus sp.) has set up shop on the inflorescence. It can be difficult getting a photo of a flowering grass without including a spider or insect in it. This highlights the important role played by grasses in the forest ecosystem.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in early December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501288354811-ZXLDLBIADGOUIGIOY77M/PB300001.jpg plants - Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides This is the dominant grass in open areas on the block - particularly around the house site and in areas of water run-off. In those locations it forms a continuous mat - seen out of focus in the background. It's the closest we have to a lawn. It is a favourite food plant for the Eastern Grey Kangaroo and the Red-necked Wallaby. So we don't need a lawnmower! Unlike most of our other grasses, Microlaena flowers throughout the year, as long as there has been sufficient recent rain. This image shows the characteristic "weeping" flowering culms, from which the plant gets its common name.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501289637993-41UV355VIOO3MR8WW6NE/PB300013.jpg plants - Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides A close up of the inflorescence shows the long awns characteristic of this grass. The spikelets have opened to reveal the white anthers, dangling in the breeze. Grasses are wind rather than insect- or bird-pollinated. This explains why they don't have colourful flowers and why the inflorescences generally have an open, extended form.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501290862416-V0WF1RKNVD187XP26QMR/PC010004.jpg plants - Wiry Panic Entolasia stricta This grass has quite a different flowering habit to many of our other natives. A long straight culm develops in late November and bears a large number of closely packed awnless spikelets, each with two florets, only one of which is fertile. It favours the same open, well-drained sites as Xanthorrhoae resinosa.   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in early December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501293520714-7KOZ8D0KAT3NQWS05N0T/PC193203.jpg plants - Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra This is without doubt the most spectacular grass on the block. Not surprisingly, it is a popular cultivated plant in home gardens. We value its aesthetic beauty but just as importantly its place in the forest ecosystem - it is the food plant for the larvae of a number of our home butterflies, including Heteronympha merope (Common Brown) and Geitoneura klugii (Klug's Xenica).   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501292051833-F8LTCDKASIKP1A3BAD71/PB230016-2.jpg plants - Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra This close up gives a better idea of the complexity of the Themeda inflorescence. Anthers can be seen drooping from the spikelets below, while purple styles are evident in those above. Each spikelet contains 4 sterile florets and one bisexual floret. Themeda has long awns!   Family: Poaceae (true grasses) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501292062983-5V02BQHUS7B5032GLTKV/PB230004-2.jpg plants - Redanther Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma pallidum Another very attractive native grass, which flowers in November. We have only seen a small number of these plants on the block to date and in just one location. This species has an expanded inflorescence - a panicle - which assists wind pollination.   Family: Poaceae Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501294561100-3Y69NXD4ZT0J3E23BZ9S/PB080020-2.jpg plants - Redanther Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma pallidum A close up of an opened spikelet of this species shows its spectacular red anthers. The purple, feathery styles are pretty cool as well! Each spikelet contains 2-6 florets.   Family: Poaceae Photo taken in November   https://southernforestlife.net/travel daily 0.75 2017-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519216956-3IKJ32OV6HHM9IGFKKTX/P3290402.jpg travel - Common Glider Tramea loewii This dragonfly species is widespread across Australia, New Guinea and the western Pacific, so it is possible we'll see them at home some time. Our first sighting, however, was about as far from home as we could get without actually leaving the mainland. Broome, in March, seemed to have as interesting an array of dragonflies as it did birds, and that is saying something!   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360634949-49XGU2O9HYFIJY05GQHY/P4120713.jpg travel - Gouldian Finch (male) Erythrura gouldiae This iconic (and endangered) finch was certainly on our wish list during our northern birding adventure of 2015. We followed the advice of a guide book and went to check a creek bed in the town of Wyndham. It was the middle of the day, at least 40 degrees Celsius, and our expectations were not high. But there they were! About ten birds, including some juveniles, feeding on the seeding grasses and drinking from the drying creek pools. An amazing opportunity to watch Gouldians in the wild. Sadly, most people can only ever hope to see them in a cage.   Wyndham, East Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500447401624-AP09LIYPEBJWDPJH1JZP/P4120686.jpg travel - Gouldian Finch (male) Erythrura gouldiae The face colour of Gouldian Finches varies. Most have black faces, like the previous photo, but about 25% are red-faced. There are apparently rare yellow-faced birds, but we were not lucky enough to see one.   Wyndham, East Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500440499833-HHH26HG90G4QV4ZI22WD/P5050210.jpg travel - Black and White Tiger Danaus affinis These butterflies are known to favour swamps, where their larval host plants grow among the waterside reeds. And it was certainly wet under foot where we came across huge numbers of adults, mating and competing for mates.   Mataranka, Northern Territory (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143466877-3X0ZYDCYSQ760ODIXOC6/P4090511.jpg travel - Blue-winged Kookaburra & Darwin Stick-insect We bore witness to the final moments of this huge phasmid (Eurycnema osiris). The Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) is a distinctive bird of Australia's north, shyer and generally less numerous than its southern cousin, and with an even more extraordinary call.   Windjana Gorge, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143504075-XQQ0U1QC4WEVK7ATNDXC/P5030109.jpg travel - Wandering Pennant (male) Macrodiplax cora 'Wandering' makes sense for this dragonfly, as the species is migratory and found throughout the tropic and subtropics. I haven't found any migration studies for this particular species, but it is known from various studies that some dragonfly species undertake long-distance migration, travelling many hundreds of kilometres.   Victoria River, Northern Territory (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360645925-Y0XR7YLXRUODNKM6TTAK/P5270021.jpg travel - Australian Pied Oystercatchers Haematopus longirostris With its distinctive appearance, Pied Oystercatchers are well-known birds of coastal rivers and estuaries. It is therefore often a surprise for people to realise that the species is classified as 'Vulnerable' in NSW. In 2016 there were reported to be only 200 breeding pairs in NSW. The Clarence River in northern NSW, where this shot was taken, is a recognised stronghold for the species.   Yamba, New South Wales (May, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143507662-F2PLDM9R4KLA2YMG52R7/P5060021.jpg travel - Blistered Pyrgomorph Monistria pustulifera (?) This large grasshopper, with its amazingly pattern of coloured dots, is perfectly camouflaged against the stony desert ground. I'm reasonably confident of the species identification - the habitat we found it in certainly accords with that for M.pustulifera, also called the Inland Painted Grasshopper. The area was hot, dry and with a sparse scattering of desert bushes. An inspiration for dot painting, perhaps ...   Tennant Creek, Northern Territory (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519223157-TEQ7JP6CFHOFXULOQLLA/P3221066.jpg travel - Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax In central Australia, the Wedge-tailed Eagles make short work of road kill. And they guard it quite jealously, too!   Stuart Highway, south of Coober Pedy, South Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143511273-EH55OGNU5ES618ZTVN3H/P6070843.jpg travel - Painted Grasshawk Neurothemis stigmatizans Within a small patch of rainforest inside the town limits of Mission Beach, we discovered a wonderful, hidden lagoon. While most other tourists were lazing on the beach or leaping (parachuted & screaming) from small planes, we were crouched among the biting mosquitoes photographing dragonflies. I think Odonata might be my favourite insect order.   Mission Beach, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143514449-G0HUNGZ3T6ZTVBZ2XAKM/P6080268.jpg travel - Painted Grasshawk (male) Neurothemis stigmatizans Another look at that extraordinary wing venation.   Mission Beach, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143515161-53ICZT7CNZ18XCPRQYMA/P6221085.jpg travel - Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses These large, brilliant butterflies are a stunning sight flitting among the coastal rainforests of northern Queensland. They are simply mesmerising. And they can be incredibly difficult to photograph! They rarely land for long, and when they do it is usually with closed wings. We spent hours one day trying to photograph Ulysses as several of the insects teased us in a national park, occasionally landing but only in the canopy. And then we stumbled on the secret. Simply wait to find them visiting showy garden flowers!   Daintree Village, northern Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500454485231-PVXWDHYLWAIEL420VWMQ/P6221089.jpg travel - Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses With wings closed, the Ulysses is much more cryptic, especially when hanging among the leaves of a native tree. Note that the 'swallowtails' and tips of the hindwing are dusted with pollen.   Daintree Village, northern Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712407146-XVIR5BA62KSLXNM76NNG/P6210969.jpg travel - Olive-backed Sunbird (male) Cinnyris jugularis The other blue flash commonly seen in the QLD tropics, particularly near the coast. These tiny birds take insects as well as nectar and are quite often seen in parks and gardens.   Cairns, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143518223-JNWN33VN4RWDDO610RVN/P6221153.jpg travel - Cairns Birdwing (female) Ornithoptera euphorion This huge, slowly-fluttering butterfly can easily be mistaken for a small bird as it flies by. As with the Ulysses, I took advantage of showy garden flowers to get a close look at these beautiful insects.   Daintree Village, northern Queensland (June 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360649925-UJQHYINAO1FUBVQJ3QRA/P3310631.jpg travel - Flame Robin (male) Petroica phoenicea These stunning robins breed in the high country and, reportedly, might be seen in our home region during the Winter months. We have, however, never seen them in our local forests. Flame Robins apparently tend to favour more open areas. So we were delighted to see dozens of the birds around the historic Mount Buffalo Chalet in the national park.   Mount Buffalo National Park, Victoria (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498913472120-1UVVSTA94VMZLFPCP0V8/IMG_7292.jpg travel - Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus are shy and so any sighting is a special event. I considered myself very lucky when this one obliged by surfacing not far from the river bank where I stood, camera in hand. They tend to be most active around dawn and dusk, as was the case here. Population estimations are difficult due to their elusive behaviour. They are not listed as a threatened species, but it is acknowledged by the IUCN that their status should be monitored.   Thredbo River, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360658931-DMVFNAJF8H243KS2HJOT/P3100903.jpg travel - Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops This is a species that we see at home only rarely. We are therefore pleased to discover large flocks of the noisy, active birds when we visit the forests around Chiltern.   Chiltern - Mount Pilot National Park, Victoria (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497143518473-FXDWO4YJS3JOQ056WTBV/P6230378.jpg travel - Peppermint Stick Insect Megacrania batesii We discovered these amazing insects through a tip-off from Daintree's legendary river birding guide 'Sauce'. On returning from one of his morning river cruises, and discovering we were interested in 'bugs' as well as birds, Sauce told us a little secret. "Drive north into the Daintree, stop by the beach, and check out the Screw Palms". We did - and "WOW!" Megacrania batesii is only found in one particular Pandanus, Pandanus tectorius, and the plant only grows in a couple of locations in Australia. The plant and the insect are also found on some tropical Pacific Islands.   Daintree National Park, northern Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360644054-W31L70V67H1GH3G86NAZ/P5280109.jpg travel - Australian Logrunner (male) Orthonyx temminckii For us, this was the find from two days birding in the rainforests of the Queensland-NSW border. Their noisy, territorial calls dominate the forest in the early morning, but it can still be tricky to get a good look at these stocky little ground birds. They scratch about in the undergrowth and run, rather than fly, when disturbed.   Lamington National Park, southern Queensland (May, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519216737-ZL3D10UJS8R1S1X0M92X/P3170550.jpg travel - White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis This species is widespread in the south and east, and we do see them at home occasionally, typically in winter. They are noted for the wide variety of habitats they can occupy, from mountains to deserts and mallee. Indeed, we came upon this one in true mallee - hot, dry and wonderfully wild country near the border between South Australia and Victoria.   Ngarkat National Park, South Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519219928-F3EU7QZU5AC4Q0EHE8P0/P3270250.jpg travel - Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera One of the most fantastic pigeons! Not only is the 'hairstyle' profoundly comic, they also move in an almost mechanical manner. Our first ever sighting of this species were two birds in Ormiston Gorge, near Alice Springs. A week later we came upon another small group alongside the road at the end of the Tanami Track, a 1000km desert road that runs northwest from Alice Springs to Halls Creek.   Tanami Desert, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360659381-2ZAHRCKVXWCU2E8AH5E6/P3100930.jpg travel - Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes A truly tiny carnivore, weighing in at less than 40g. We were doing some serious twitching in the national park near Chiltern (a site renown for its bird life), when we spotted this plucky little Yellow-footed Antechinus. Based on her behaviour and the time of year, she probably had a litter of young in the tree stump she was peering at us from.   Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Victoria (March, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519219934-K5AZHZBFWIDE9MBVCGOR/2015-03-24+11-12.jpg travel - Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes Although Australia does have many endemic dragonfly and damselfly species, there are also many - such as this one - which have a wide distribution. This species is found across Australia and on many Pacific Islands. Only the male attains this brilliant scarlet colour. The female is yellow-green.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519226659-QQAYZ77B9EDR0SITXTSH/P3300143.jpg travel - Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus A summer breeding migrant in Australia, with most individuals overwintering in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The distinctive calls of Rainbow Bee-eaters were with us throughout our trip across Australia's north during March-May 2015.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519222926-ADA8KXIA5289BM5YD4LP/P3300126.jpg travel - Rainbow Bee-eaters Merops ornatus Here a male displays his insect catch to his mate. This species apparently forms a strong pair bond. The male can be distinguished by the longer tail streamers.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500519226906-Q5QN4JC2ZH07IWQB0GOP/P3310266.jpg travel - Barking Owl Ninox connivens Early one morning, not far from our campsite at Broome Bird Observatory, we looked up to discover this amazing sight. Most nights during our camping trip across northern Australia, we fell asleep to the endearing 'woof-woof' call of Barking Owls.   Broome, Western Australia (March, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534563319-3HQWYFZCB7QROGWCSYZ0/P4021014.jpg travel - Migratory shorebirds Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-tailed Godwits, Red-necked Stints, Curlew Sandpipers, Red Knots ... and probably others (shorebird ID can be challenging!) The principal purpose of our trip to Broome in 2015 was to witness the gathering and departure of the migratory shorebirds. Roebuck Bay is a major staging area and the Broome Bird Observatory is an ideal base from which to witness this astonishing event. Tens of thousands of shorebirds of various species depart from the shores of Roebuck bay and fly to their breeding grounds in northern Asia/Siberia.   Roebuck Bay, Western Australia (April, 2015) Click this link for more from BBO about the shorebird migration   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534566732-DWAS7I8718671465ORN6/P4060093.jpg travel - Ruddy Turnstones, Crested Terns & Lesser Crested Terns It's not only the migratory shorebirds that collect around Broome's coast. We discovered this large mixed flock roosting on a rocky section of coast fronting the open ocean, north of Roebuck Bay.   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534570704-I3Q8OO5KLEOHL70EBE3G/P4060159.jpg travel - Crested Terns & Lesser Crested Terns Thalasseus bergii, Thalasseus bengalensis The bright orange bills of the Lesser Crested Tern distinguishes this species from its larger cousin. The range of the Lesser Crested Tern does not extend into NSW. They nest along the Kimberley Coast, north from Broome, and also off the QLD coast.   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534563063-PGO8ZMTSCHJX1GO5SYYH/P4030066.jpg travel - Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida Widespread and particularly common in the tropics, the range of this attractive little dove also includes most of NSW - except for our home corner in the far south east.   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534566724-60BJ06PVTGUYAHA7A5Q5/P4050103.jpg travel - Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis This is the largest of Australia's ten bowerbird species and is found across the north, from Broome to the central QLD coast. The Great Bowerbird shares two obvious characteristics with the related Spotted Bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata) of Queensland/northern NSW and the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) of central and western Australia: 1) they decorate their bowers with mainly white and green objects, including shells and bones, and 2) the males have a patch of bright pink neck feathers that are normally hidden but can be raised in display (or after bathing, as was the case in this photo).   Broome, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500538623316-WO0EH3AM7KO90B1R5IYA/P6290206.jpg travel - Spotted Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata This was our first sighting of a Spotted Bowerbird. He had a small, concealed bower not far from our campsite.   Macquarie Marshes, central northern NSW (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534570507-AAJ15969KWOD9HX30IDL/P4120097.jpg travel - Masked Finch Peophila personata We discovered a pair of these striking finches during an early morning walk at Parry Creek Farm. The 3-hectare camp ground is a recognised birding spot, located within Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve. Masked Finches feed on seed, although this bird was clearly transporting the seed head for display or nesting material. This is the same genus as the Black-throated Finch (Peophila cincta), a species much in the news in 2017 due to threats posed by proposed coal mining activities in QLD.   Wyndham, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534573862-TBWWXYT7Z0289QYKAQQE/P4120217.jpg travel - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata This is a summer migrant species, breeding in Siberia during the northern hemisphere summer. A common shorebird bird usually seen in flocks, we came upon this single individual feeding in the beautiful, protected, Marglu Billabong.   Marglu Billabong, Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534574304-GG619JT9ICLJNMJIESKP/P4120415.jpg travel - Graphic Flutterer Rhyothemis graphiptera These striking dragonflies were present in huge numbers at Marglu Billabong. We came across them again at various lakes and swamps across the Top End.   Marglu Billabong, Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534577244-E2V2VJG1QQL0GEGCUMGU/P4120782.jpg travel - Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus A distinctive honeyeater only found in the tropics, near freshwater. And that's exactly where we found this bird: at 'The Grotto' in east Kimberley, feeding on flowers overhanging a freshwater pool.   near Wyndham, east Kimberley, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534577441-1MUSI9S0IH9TSZQZ0MS0/P4150097.jpg travel - Star Finches Neochmia ruficauda This was our first sighting of these stunning finches - and our only encounter with them to date! The species has a rather restricted range, but given how easy they are to recognise, and the fact that we were looking very hard, they do not seem common. We discovered a small group feeding on seeding grasses in a roadside irrigation ditch, along with large numbers of Double-barred Finches.   Kununurra, Western Australia (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534580257-9NSZ5G9ZRDK02LKF6XAT/P4250136.jpg travel - Shining Flycatcher (female) Myiagra alecto In a patch of rainforest at Howard Springs we were treated to a full concert by these delightful birds. Males and females both, with heads thrown back, breast feathers puffed up, were calling in high, musical notes.   Howard Springs (near Darwin), Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534580537-K0Z6KMT3Z6E7QG4Q9VS8/P4250165.jpg travel - Shining Flycatcher (male) Myiagra alecto The males are glossy black - a stark contrast to the three-colour female.   Howard Springs (near Darwin), Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534583573-5HHWSIQSSAXUR9A02RZA/P4280379.jpg travel - Partridge Pigeons Geophaps smithii smithii A Top End endemic, we were hoping to find these birds in their stronghold of Kakadu National Park. The guide books describe their preference for 'recently burnt areas' ... and that's exactly where we spotted them. These two birds were 'ash-bathing' in a burnt patch not far from the road. They were too engrossed in the activity to be bothered by us stopping the car to take a few photos. Ironically, given their fondness for ash, the population is declining and has been declared 'Vulnerable' - due largely to the loss of ground cover through too-frequent burning, combined with predation by feral cats.   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534583809-N17WUU09NPT4B9DQZ7PJ/P4300194.jpg travel - Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus banksii There are six recognised sub-species of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, each with a distinct appearance. This subspecies, C. banksii macrorhynchus, is largely confined to the tropical Northern Territory and the Kimberley. During a walk in Kakadu, we heard the characteristic cracking sounds of feeding cockatoos. A short distance away we came across a family of three.   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500534585826-U0R0C1I12WF7ESUBE0GK/P4300223.jpg travel - Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (male) Calyptorhynchus banksii The adult male has an amazing crest!   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551404647-V77DFMCXIRYTA2PVTYFV/P5010285.jpg travel - Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhyncus asiaticus This huge bird is Australia's only stork. The species extends beyond Australia, with populations in India and Papua New Guinea, and is now listed as 'Near Threatened' across its range. The Australian population is reported to be the largest. Its stronghold is in the wet tropics and subtropics, although the species was once quite common - and actually bred! - on the NSW coast south of Sydney. The bird is now a rare sighting in the south-east. Preservation of wetlands with nearby large trees is essential for the species' survival. Kakadu National Park, therefore, provides an ideal habitat for this hunter of frogs, snakes and fish. They are rather shy birds, and we encountered this male while taking a sunset boat cruise on Yellow Water, Cooinda.   Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551408406-DBVRGD4POG5VGCX98H12/P5110156.jpg travel - Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor Varied Lorikeets are endemic to tropical Australia and are 'blossom nomads'. That is how we found them. The dominant 'eucalypt' in the region around Riversleigh is a bloodwood, a Corymbia (Corymbia terminalis, we think). At the time of our visit, most trees were covered with unopened buds but there were a small number in full bloom. And these trees were a magnet to all manner of nectar feeders, birds and insects alike.   south of Boodjamulla National Park, Queensland (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551417359-6DWICLOR6TJ5ZXEK2UXH/P5210158.jpg travel - Striated Heron Butorides striata There is wide colour variation in this species - pale grey, dark grey, and even a warm reddish brown. And the juveniles are different again, being very heavily streaked. Despite this potential for confusion in species identification, this is a recognisable bird in mangroves around the Australian coast. Its shape, stance and behaviour are unmistakable. Perhaps surprisingly for a sedentary species, the Striated Heron has a huge distribution. It is native to Australia - and to Brazil, Kenya, Israel, Thailand, UAE, Bangladesh ... and dozens of other countries!   Daintree River, far north Queensland (May, 2105)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551417372-USPA45S2G9Q467AN2E0Y/P5230427.jpg travel - Blue Tiger Tirumala hamata A day walk through the varied habitats of Cape Hillsborough National Park yielded a surprise. Descending from a ridge, we passed into a rainforest gully - and there were hundreds and hundreds of butterflies! They hung from the vegetation everywhere we looked, and flew about us in clouds as we passed through. Magical! Most were Blue Tigers, a migratory species known to form such congregations along the east coast.   Cape Hillsborough National Park, near Mackay, Queensland (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500551419305-68JDRG54Q1YP2008OPC5/P5290857.jpg travel - Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata Our first ever sighting of these distinctive hawks was quite an event. Walking along a ridge above the beach, among tall trees, we were treated to several Pacific Baza hunting in the canopy. And it was clearly successful hunting! They were snatching large mantids from among the leaves, then leisurely devouring each insect, bite-by-gruesome-bite.   Cape Hillsborough National Park, near Mackay, Queensland (May, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500637851378-DQYOUKDXG7DHCYSOPNSG/PA010294.jpg travel - Sooty Oystercatchers (male & female) Haematopus fuliginosus Unlike their beach-based cousins the Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris), Sooty Oystercatchers feed and breed on rocky headlands and offshore islands. The species inhabits the entire coastline of Australia. The population as a whole is considered stable, but in New South Wales its conservation status has been declared 'Vulnerable'. The bird behind, with the longer bill, is the female.   Montague Island, NSW (October, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500638081633-YINGQ1598GHTKHQ6D53L/PA032392.jpg travel - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophorchroa leadbeateri Our first sighting of this uncommon, and beautiful, cockatoo species. We were just leaving the National Park, heading south through farmland, when we spotted a flock of 20+ birds sheltering from the wind among a small copse of roadside trees.   Murray-Sunset National Park, Victoria (October, 2013)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500710576712-TOVHZ1UCW4KF1BAZHM6K/PC230738.jpg travel - Red-backed Fairy-wren (female & male) Malurus melanocephalus Early one morning, in the sand dune vegetation above a beach, we heard fairy wrens calling. I just had time to ready the camera when this pair popped up to look at as. A very lucky morning walk indeed! Particularly as this was our first sighting of this predominantly northern species. The male (on the right) is in full breeding plumage.   Yamba, New South Wales (December, 2013)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500710576983-K8OG99ZV0BVGY5WOOH9K/PC260060.jpg travel - Pheasant Coucal (adult male, breeding) Centropus phasianinus We heard the bird's repeated booming calls from quite a distance and were relieved that, by the time we climbed the hill toward the sound, he was still there. And in a tree, clearly visible! Pheasant Coucal are quite common in the Clarence Valley, living among the sugarcane, but they tend to be elusive birds.   Yamba, New South Wales (December, 2013)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712403178-KAXSS85X2QWPTVSZMZW5/P6010207.jpg travel - Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris Crabs are the stable food for this prehistoric-looking species. The birds are typically most active at night, spending the day sitting motionless and concealed among the mangroves. We were therefore very lucky when gloomy weather coincided with a very low tide - and we happened upon three Beach Stone-curlews feasting on Soldier Crabs. The Beach Stone-curlew is found throughout Indonesia, PNG and northern Australia. However, the overall population is small and decreasing. The species has an international listing as 'Near Threatened'. On several occasions we have seen Beach Stone-curlew in northern New South Wales, and consider ourselves very fortunate. It is listed as 'Critically Endangered' in NSW - surveys in the year 2000 reported the state's population at just 13 birds!   Tin Can Bay, near Fraser Island, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712403160-AHB1K2JP439QTH4OSPCQ/P6030151.jpg travel - Brown Falcon Falco berigora It is easy to become complacent about sightings of the Brown Falcon. A common species, they are found across Australia, often sitting on power poles or fence posts. Seen up close, however, they are quite a beautiful bird. They favour open habitats and have a broad diet. It is unsurprising, therefore, that the Brown Falcon has adapted so well to agricultural landscapes.   near Mackay, Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500783952722-97K1S0OUI189KOAR3N18/P4200080.jpg travel - Tropical Golden Orb-weaver (female) Nephila pilipes These long-legged spiders can be a bit intimidating, even for us - and we rather like spiders. The body of the female can be 50mm long and, including the leg span, the animal may be 200mm across! Not only are they huge, but they tend to be found in large numbers, their golden webs festooning the bush ... including across walking tracks!   Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory (April, 2015)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712407154-1EK7WZHSDPVLUDB2P6HB/P6090070.jpg travel - Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus Although quite a common bird in north Queensland, a Spectacled Monarch sighting always feels special to us. They are confident and curious birds, and so attractive - in a slightly comical way. Like so many rainforest species, however, they can be difficult to spot (and photograph!) among the dense vegetation.   Atherton Tablelands, far north Queensland (June 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712411007-OZORWD8FQJ5F17SN886Q/P6230670.jpg travel - Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana It was only after hours of searching the Daintree River with 'Sauce', a local boat operator and bird guide, that we finally came upon this heron. These large birds are shy, and are only found along forest-fringed tropical coasts and estuaries. So you need a boat. And some luck!   Daintree River, far north Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712414129-OIHETJK26LKOLIMUKPDQ/P6231329.jpg travel - Wompoo Fruit-Doves Ptilinopus magnificus Despite the fact that they are quite common in tropical rainforests, and even around the subtropics, we still get a thrill each time we spot these beautiful birds feeding in the treetops. These two were gorging on a fruiting palm alongside the Daintree River.   Daintree River, far north Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500712414642-33XVAQFD8CCUGNFHZRI2/P6240998.jpg travel - Yellow Honeyeater Stomioptera flava A visit to Tyto Wetlands yielded even more sightings of woodland birds than waterbirds. This Yellow Honeyeater seemed to almost glow in the late afternoon sunlight. Yellow Honeyeaters are common in north Queensland but do not extend south beyond about Marlborough (north of Rockhampton).   Tyto Wetlands, near Ingham, north Queensland (June, 2016)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500805166285-T1433SZT2IVIRT7AHS0R/P3201271.jpg travel - Pacific Gull (adult & juvenile) Larus pacificus Fishers Point is the name given to a remote rocky point near the southernmost tip of Tasmania. It is part of the Southwest National Park, a wild and remarkable place. We were camped on the shores of Recherche Bay and took a late afternoon walk along the shore to the Point. And the sight was extraordinary. Hundreds of seabirds were gathered - predominantly Pacific Gulls, Kelp Gulls and Crested Terns - all feasting on small fish. The birds would fly sorties out to where the leatherjacket were schooling, and then return to shore with their catch. Or, at least, they would try to. It seemed the Crested Terns were doing most of the fishing while the much larger gulls preferred to steal a meal.   Recherche Bay, southern Tasmania (March, 2014)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502608981215-TFXF0GH1BGSSUJ97EQXF/P8070343.jpg travel - Eastern Osprey (adult male) Pandion cristatus 'Osprey' are found in many parts of the world. They are generally recognised to belong to two separate species: our 'Eastern Osprey' (Pandion cristatus) occurs in the Australasia and Pacific Islands region. Yamba, New South Wales (August, 2017)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502608993021-MS7M9EUI4UXZ5A55N53S/P8060178.jpg travel - Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus These large raptors have a wingspan of around 180cm. They are unique among the eagles in having a 'reversible' toe. This adaptation allows the birds to firmly grip large and slippery fish! While visiting family in Yamba, we were able to watch this beautiful bird and her mate hard at work preparing a brand new nest. It is likely that they'll use this same nest for many breeding seasons to come. Yamba, New South Wales (August, 2017) See 'Nesting Osprey' in News & Stories for more about our August 2017 sightings of this pair.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1502844343904-V5WKO3GBNYT0IAPIGJ2S/P8030353.jpg travel - Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus We have often sighted these birds on the north coast of NSW. 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Sightings here in the forest are quite common, although we usually see just a single insect at any one time. It is no coincidence that in this image the beetle is pictured on a wattle - Acacia terminalis. Adult females bore holes into the stem of saplings of particular Acacia species, into which they lay their eggs. After the larvae hatch out, they dig into a main root and feed off the plant tissues as they continue their development. The adults eat the wattle foliage and bore into twigs to extract the sap.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Curculionidae (weevils or snout beetles) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360439986-JTERL6GRG8QGQP6KKJ35/PA240003-2.jpg invertebrates - Elephant Weevil Orthorhinus cylindrirostris It's not hard to tell how this weevil got its name! Its host plants include the eucalypt Angophora floribunda, which is widespread on the block. The larvae tunnel into the wood.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Curculionidae (weevils or snout beetles) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501123283661-6C7D7HZJKVCWCPMNYMSA/P2090037.jpg invertebrates - Fiddler Beetle Eupoecila australasiae These large and beautiful beetles are also referred to as Horseshoe Beetles. They belong to a group of scarabs called flower chafers. They are active during the day, which is rather unusual for scarabs. The adults feed on pollen and nectar - particularly that of Eucalyptus, Angophora and Leptospermum - and play an important role in pollination.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamily: Cetoniinae (flower chafers) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501123283651-QU3N93427VKMJFDCUDNV/P2090052.jpg invertebrates - Fiddler Beetle Eupoecila australasiae The larvae feed on rotting plant material, including that found under fallen logs. Perhaps that was what this beetle was searching for. The pattern from this angle must look quite intimidating to a small predator!   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamily: Cetoniinae (flower chafers) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231701126-JUTGOY551JWAIOU0G2N1/PB220048.jpg invertebrates - Jewel Beetle Castiarina scalaris The long-lasting flowers of Ozothamnus obcordatus bushes attract many insects and spiders. Jewel Beetles are among the more colourful, feeding on the nectar and petals of the flowers. These beetles may play a role in pollination. The larvae of most Jewel Beetles are wood borers. The family Buprestidae is huge, with over 1200 Australian species described to date - and many others not yet named! We were fortunate that this species is a known one.   Order: Coleoptera: Family: Buprestidae (jewel or metallic wood-boring beetles) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500810573332-GIFX5ZJFVPXWNFUD9BYB/P2010007.jpg invertebrates - Longicorn Beetle Coptocercus biguttatus This image illustrates how this family of beetles was awarded its common name! The larvae of longhorn beetles are wood borers and play an important role in recycling the carbon in dead and dying trees.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae (longhorn or longicorn beetles) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501290563958-D2BU7AX0B1QTPP2YUVII/PB050286.jpg invertebrates - Net-winged beetle Porrostoma sp. (?) Occasionally in Summer, and for brief periods, these insects are a common sight in the forest. They are reasonably large and distinctive, both in colour and shape. And they often perch for extended periods on grasses and flowering shrubs. As adults, Porrostoma are reported to feed on flowers and nectar. The larvae live and feed in the leaf litter. Apparently this family of beetles is mimicked by various moths and other beetles. I am reasonably confident of the identification here, at least to family, but would need to examine one more closely to be confident of the genus.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Lycidae (net-winged beetles) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500605690486-LHD9KDCJRG9ATCR4G5NE/PB261178.jpg invertebrates - Golden Stag Beetle (male) Lamprima aurata This brilliantly-coloured male shows the prominent, antler-like mandibles that give the family its name. The larvae, which have the familiar "witchety grub" appearance, are wood borers. They are useful carbon-recyclers, living within sick, decaying casuarina trees, rather than healthy trees.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Lucanidae (stag beetles) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360538958-RUGA3J556DC9KCFTTY84/P1080013-2.jpg invertebrates - Stag Beetle (female) Lamprima varians This female belongs to the same genus as the Golden Stag Beetle. She lacks the impressive antler-shaped mandibles seen in the male.   Order: Coleoptera; Family: Lucanidae (stag beetles) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583652107-WPNLB1M69LMRMLT94QW8/P1080028.jpg invertebrates - Garden Katydid Caedicia simplex This katydid is in the same insect order as grasshoppers and crickets, but can be readily distinguished from them by its long antennae. They go largely unnoticed during the day because they are well camouflaged within low shrubs, rushes and grasses. We see them moving around more actively on warm evenings. Katydids are herbivores, eating young foliage and petals. This image shows an adult emerging from its nymphal skin at night. The wings will gradually inflate through blood pressure and it is likely that, before it departs the scene, the adult will consume its cast off skin - excellent recycling!   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids, bush-crickets) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583655559-MU3TCUDIYOY7C69YOQ0R/P1100065-2.jpg invertebrates - Upolo Meadow Katydid Conocephalus upoluensis This katydid is similar in its habits and lifestyle to the 'Garden Katydid'. Its is also a nocturnal species, searching for its food - flowers and seeds of grasses and other plants - on warm nights in Summer, when we hear its low buzzing calls. The short wing stubs of the individual in this image shows that it is a nymph. Like other hemimetabolous insects, orthopterans go through a series of nymphal stages after hatching from the egg. The nymphs closely resemble the adult but they lack reproductive organs and have undeveloped or no wings.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids, bush-crickets) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161555182-1HQ15JLF5NAPQCXA6H31/P1120049.jpg invertebrates - Wingless Grasshopper Phaulacridium vittatum The common name for this grasshopper is not entirely accurate, as it does have wings - albeit short, non-functional ones. In fact, even that is not correct - some adults do have full sized wings and can fly. Don't you love common names!! The proportion of fully winged animals in a population increases as population density increases. We first start to see nymphs in November, and by December the area around the house is often swarming with adults. They take a toll on some plants in our vegetable garden but the native forbs don't seem to suffer too much. The grasshoppers themselves are avidly eaten by a range of birds, including Yellow-faced Honeyeaters and Spotted Quail-thrush. All good!   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501400273388-I6QLROF2ME3ZV1V8Z179/P2180093.jpg invertebrates - Wingless Grasshopper Phaulacridium vittatum This proves that these Wingless Grasshoppers are indeed the adults of the species, and not just nymphs! A mating pair - as usual, males are smaller than females.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501403185565-GEUHVFGRE7YWRPZAVXCB/P3190071.jpg invertebrates - Giant Green Slant-face Acrida conica We often see this grasshopper in late Summer among the long grasses and forbs. An unusual beast, with that elongated head! It would make a nice treat for a larger bird, such as a Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike, if the birds could sight it - it is superbly camouflaged. We only see them if they are disturbed and 'flush' from the vegetation.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501403243405-18C6N1OKKHIZX9LG5ZS3/PA160019.jpg invertebrates - Common Psednura Psednura sp. This nymph belongs to a small group of grasshoppers found only in Australia. Order: Orthoptera; Family: Pyrgomorphidae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204505140-OTVME9I0BMDDKNVV60C6/P3010061.jpg invertebrates - Wood Cricket Apotrechus unicolor We only chance across this species occasionally, as during the day it lives in the leaf litter in a shelter constructed from leaves and twigs. And it needs to hide! Such a large and soft-bodied insect would provide a good meal for many insectivorous birds and other animals. In fact we once saw a Spider Wasp hauling a Wood Cricket, paralysed, back to the wasp's nesting burrow. Apotrechus unicolor are large insects. The one in the photo is a nymph, and just 35mm long - we have found adult females with a body length of 50mm! Wood Crickets become active in the evening when they climb vegetation to feed. Other individuals we have seen had much longer antennae - we presume this one was damaged.   Order: Orthoptera; Family: Gryllacrididae (wood crickets, leaf-rolling crickets) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231728916-V841GIEWHZ4P49TTMCXZ/PC130104.jpg invertebrates - Australian Green Mantis Orthodera ministralis We generally encounter this species on shrubs in the more open areas of the forest, hunting small insects. This individual was quite small - only about 15mm long. Mantids really are the most elegant of insects!   Order: Mantodea; Family: Mantidae (praying mantises) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231728911-X9219CISTVPF5DGRMZWS/PC130110.jpg invertebrates - Australian Green Mantis Orthodera ministralis This view from above gives a sense of how well camouflaged the insect is, particularly as it moves little, just sitting, scanning, occasionally swaying. This is a nymph, still wingless. We have seen the winged adult in April.   Order: Mantodea; Family: Mantidae (praying mantises) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305172054-MMPOL3OC661Q5LMTCB06/P1150008.jpg invertebrates - Boxer Bark Mantid Paraoxypilus sp. You'll have to imagine this beautiful little mantid in its natural bushland setting, on the forest floor, to appreciate how superbly well camouflaged it is. It is a tiny beast - only 20mm long. This one is a female - the male is winged.   Order: Mantodea; Family: Amorphoscelidae (praying mantises) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161557389-CM3W0OMXSOYYDU6NBN1L/P1270273.jpg invertebrates - Milk Vine Bug Oncopeltus sordidus This "bug" is a true bug, belonging to the insect order Hemiptera. Most hemipterans feed on plant juices, penetrating the surface of a leaf or stem with their specialised mouthparts. This piercing-sucking 'stylet' is a distinctive feature of hemipteran insects. There are two vines growing here that belong to the family Apocynaceae - Marsdenia rostrata and Tylophora barbata. And by mid Summer, both vines are covered in Oncopeltus bugs. The adults are winged and quite mobile.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae (seed bugs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161560820-2JOZWXGRP3YAYVVETXT2/P1310031.jpg invertebrates - Milk Vine bugs Oncopeltus sordidus The young nymphs clump together, gradually dispersing more independently as they grow. Like the adults, nymphs too are typical hemipterans, piercing the host plant and drawing out the sap. By late summer, the Marsdenia leaves are looking sick, with large pale blotches. Most groups of sap-sucking insects are attended by ants. The ants drink the sugar-rich secretions of the insects. We have never seen ants attending the Oncopeltus. Perhaps the toxicity of the Marsdenia sap makes the 'honeydew' of these bugs unpalatable, or even toxic.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Lygaeidae (seed bugs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305325650-BD2Y3ATT5TQ4TCIRPCYJ/P2214773.jpg invertebrates - Psyllid and lerps Glycaspis seriata Perhaps the most ecologically-important hemipterans in a forest ecosystem are the psyllids, or 'lerps'. These bugs and, most notably, their nymphs, provide food for a large number of bird species. Pardalotes are lerp-feeding specialists, and lerps also feature heavily in the diets of Thornbills and Rosellas. The 'lerp' actually refers to the cap that the larvae produce and shelter beneath. It is this sugar-rich cap that the birds are so fond of. Explosions in psyllid numbers can also cause significant damage to trees, and for this reason they are often considered a 'pest' insect. The adults are winged and resemble plant hoppers. In this photo, I have exposed one small nymph by removing its cap. Normally they would rarely be so exposed, but would instead enlarge the covering cap as they grow. Order: Hemiptera; Family: Psyllidae (psyllids) Photo taken in February Click to read 'Exuding Abudance', an excellent 2012 Birdlife article by Tim Low, reviewing the role of lerps in Australian ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501283460667-VFO6HJLSN8TPN6T8NKIP/PB050376.jpg invertebrates - Two-lined Gumtree Leafhopper Eurymeloides bicincta These are the most common leafhoppers we see. Most young eucalypt saplings are colonised by the bugs - and their attending ants. Typically all stages of nymphs as well as winged adults share a branch. They appear to feed from the stems rather than the leaves. The ants in this case are likely to be Iridiomyrmex.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501281324024-12N33ZPIPL9V2RJR06Q0/P3020030.jpg invertebrates - Leafhopper Brunotartessus sp (?) I took this photo only moments after the leafhopper had emerged from its nymphal skin. And a few hours later, the head and body of the insect had turned a beautiful blue! We commonly see the nymphs of this species on eucalypt seedlings. They are very alert, and quickly move to the hidden side of the leaf when disturbed ... making photography a tricky exercise. Leafhopper identification can be complex. Although superficially similar to Brunotartessus fulvous, I am not confident of the identification and so need to look more closely at this species.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305323257-XY5O3A2G5CURUPGF7KU2/P2150129.jpg invertebrates - Green Treehopper Sextius virescens Yet another ant-attended hemipteran species. This bug is feeding on Acacia longifolia - and bears a striking resemblance to the leaf buds on the plant!   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Membracidae (horned treehoppers) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583702431-HWBMQB5LZ4LCR6I0G6DV/PB230153.jpg invertebrates - Leafhopper Ishidaella sp. We discovered this particularly colourful leafhopper on a flowering grass head. There was just one, which is a little unusual. Typically, leafhoppers are found in large numbers and at various stages of development. Given that this lone insect was fully winged, I assume it was in the process of dispersing and had undergone its early (flightless) development at another site. At about 3mm, Ishidaella is larger than many of the leafhopper species we see.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501283448805-MRLH2LL3ZADW8Z3M1N2N/PA310151.jpg invertebrates - Red Mirid Bug Pseudopantilius australis We discovered just two of these large and beautiful bugs, one on Lomandra, the other nearby on a Leucopogon bush. Their colours are just stunning!   However, as a group, Miradae are not well-loved. Many species are sap-sucking agricultural pests.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Miridae (mirid bugs) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231715270-IVSJAUQVY1PTKTS6SYAG/PB250057.jpg invertebrates - Toad Bug Nerthra sp. (?) The plant-sucking hemipterans like the leafhoppers and aphids can be a pest in agricultural situations but, in the animal world, they are rather benign. The same cannot be said for all hemipterans, however. This tiny Toad Bug is a predator. It hunts under the leaf litter, in sand and muddy soil. And it is nearly invisible! We had lived in the forest for several years before I noticed them for the first time, yet they are quite common. Now that I recognise them as an insect - and not just a piece of dead vegetation! - I can find them quite readily.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583655333-QC6WP10YUH7Y7WQPL1J6/P1100012-4.jpg invertebrates - Ground Assassin Bug Ectomocoris patricius When it comes to predatory hemipterans, Assassin Bugs are perhaps the most ferocious. In the Reduviidae, the specialised hemipteran mouthparts have further evolved into a lethal weapon. And they are generally quite large insects! The Assassin Bug uses its massively-enlarged stylet for both prey capture and feeding. It impales another insect, injecting it with venom and also with digestive enzymes. Finally, it sucks pre-digested tissues of the unfortunate prey back up through the stylet. Handle with caution! To date we have identified three species of Assassins here in the forest.   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Reduviidae (assassin bugs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128731342-VMXSGQY0FKKZ9I29RG01/P2210166.jpg invertebrates - Common Paper Wasps Polistes humilis Wasps, bees and ants belong to a single order - Hymenoptera. Some species live in colonies with complex social structures, but many others are solitary insects. Nearly all social wasps belong to the same family - Vespidae. Polistes build their colonial, 'paper' nests from chewed wood mixed with saliva. These nests are elaborate constructions, with new cells being added even as larvae are developing in the older cells. We have discovered several nests hanging in low shrubs - in this photo, in a Geebung (Persoonia levis).   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae (vespid wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305323911-30UNUIGKAF18LUWO2AW6/P2210164.jpg invertebrates - Common Paper Wasp Polistes humilis Polistes regurgitate collected food and feed it to their growing larvae. The nest cells are open, and a (careful!) close look inside reveals the growing young - fat, white 'grubs'. When they are fully developed, the cells are capped. The next generation of flying wasps then contribute to the colony as workers.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae (vespid wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305200894-10ZH0VJ7FHWPN9T7FM3F/P3200131.jpg invertebrates - Common Paper Wasp Polistes humilis When it comes to stinging insects, Paper Wasps have a rather fearsome reputation. We were warned by several people that we should remove the nests they were building, particularly from anywhere in the vicinity of the house. However, they have not been a problem at all. I gather people generally get bitten when they do try to remove them! Left alone, the wasps seem to keep to themselves and apparently are efficient caterpillar hunters - very welcome when they build near to the vegetable garden!   During hot and dry weather, it is common to see large numbers of wasps and bees of various species drinking from every available water source.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Vespidae (vespid wasps) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231822956-6926TS2VLGJ4DBWTJH9W/PC090058-2.jpg invertebrates - Dusky-winged Ichneumonid Lissopimpla excelsa (?) This is one of several, beautiful 'ichneumonid' wasp species we have sighted here in the forest. They typically appear to be searching, antennae flicking, as they rapidly walk over foliage. They are rarely large insects, always with long antennae. The ichneumonid wasps belong to the the largest of all the hymenopteran families ... there are 24,000 described species, worldwide! Most are parasitoids, the larva developing within the body of a living, insect host and eventually killing the host. The long 'stinger' is used to pierce the host and lay the egg. The host is often a caterpillar (Lepidoptera) or beetle grub (Coleoptera). Also called an 'orchid-dupe wasp', Lissopimpla males are reported to pollinate a number of orchid species, fooled by the flower which resembles a female wasp - at least to the male, anyway.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Ichneumonidae (ichneumonid wasps) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583658635-XUQ25IRG5CZPFEUCLOR6/P1270007.jpg invertebrates - Native Flower Wasp (female) Thynnus zonatus Like Ichneumonid Wasps, Thynnus zonatus is a parasitoid. Species in this group target beetle larvae as hosts for their own larvae. Many species in the family Thynnidae, including Thynnus zonatus, have wingless females. I discovered this female sitting at the top of an upright Patersonia leaf, about 300mm above the ground. She was quite motionless but dropped to the ground when disturbed. The following day she was back in place, in exactly the same spot! According to the literature, such females release pheromones to attract flying males. After mating, the female drops to the ground and goes in search of Scarabaediae larvae on which to lay her eggs.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Tiphiidae (tiphid wasps. flower wasps) Photo taken January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501068336443-HLLI5OLHM334J0EXNG91/P2080002.jpg invertebrates - Hairy Flower Wasp Austroscolia soror This massive, blue-black wasp caught our attention as it rested on a Gahnia leaf. This was an unusual sighting for us. Since then we have seen the species only a couple of times, and always in late Summer. As the name suggests, these solitary wasps feed on nectar from flowers such as tea-trees (Leptospermum spp.). Like Thynnus zonatus, their larvae are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. The rather tattered-looking wings in this Austroscolia are not tattered at all - this is their normal shape!   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Scoliidae (scoliid wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305172044-6GTLI2SWBE9DD0CKB443/P1200044.jpg invertebrates - Orange-collared Spider Wasp Ferreola handschini A common strategy among wasps is to lock a large, paralysed prey animal away in a cell with a single larva and leave the larva to develop in isolation, well-provisioned with 'fresh' food. Spider wasps (family Pompilidae) employ such a strategy. These large, robust wasps specialise in capturing spiders - sometimes very large spiders! - and have developed potent poisons and strong stings for the purpose. They are solitary wasps and usually have strikingly beautiful, 'warning' colouration. From mid to late summer we see numerous Pompilidae species hauling stunned spiders. It is no coincidence, I suspect, that the peak breeding activity of spider wasps coincides with the time of the year when spiders are most abundant.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Pompilidae (spider wasps) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332209523-ISKHZQD6GGGQFLPF43B4/PC280045.jpg invertebrates - Sand Wasp Bembix sp. Bembix are solitary insects - although we never see just one. Throughout Summer, sandy areas of the forest floor are abuzz with these Sand Wasps. They seem to be everywhere, having appeared from nowhere! In a manner similar to the Spider Wasps, Sand Wasps lay each of their eggs in a separate burrow, provisioned with dead or paralysed insects. Once developed, the larva will pupate in the soil. We surmise that the species here may overwinter as pupae, emerging as adults in Spring. This could account for the adults' sudden appearance - in large numbers - in November.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Crabronidae (sand wasps, mud-daubers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332205679-5CCLS48E1UN8RL3H1JQX/PC260150.jpg invertebrates - Sand Wasp Bembix sp. These medium-sized wasps rapidly excavate short tunnels, departing at intervals and then returning - often clutching a fly. Hover flies seem to be a favoured food here in the forest.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Crabronidae (sand wasps, mud-daubers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583658641-9D4HO86AZF9AQK82YAQ1/P2090022-2.jpg invertebrates - Cuckoo Wasp (female) Primeuchroeus sp. Pretty but parasitic! This striking iridescent blue-green wasp uses the same parasitic strategy to rear its young as many other wasps. But in this case the target host is another wasp, rather than a beetle or other insect larva - hence the 'cuckoo' moniker. Cuckoo Wasps lay their eggs into the nests of social wasps. The cuckoo wasp larvae feed on the larvae of the social wasp or on food that is delivered to the nest by the host workers. Interestingly, we saw the female Cuckoo Wasp in this image resting on the wall of our house, close to a Common Paper Wasp (Polistes humilis) nest. Just an innocent bystander?!!   Order: Hemiptera; Family: Chrysididae (cuckoo or emerald wasps) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360507414-1JH763PXH25DEYX8P6BD/P2200041.jpg invertebrates - Nomia Bees Lipotriches sp. A slowly writhing mass of bees on a bush or plant stalk is a common sight on a summer evening. The insects crawl over and around one another, rarely flying, eventually settling in for the night. The following morning, as the day starts to warm, they become increasingly active and gradually disperse.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Halictidae (sweat bees) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161556419-ME4OGWWBDA5OS982RHRU/P1120058.jpg invertebrates - Nomia Bees Lipotriches sp. Although we have yet to find an authoritative reference for identification, we think these are Lipotriches, perhaps L. flavoviridis or L. australica. The genus belongs to a group of bees called Nomia Bees. The males are reported to congregate overnight, as we have seen, although the reasons for these gatherings are not clear.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Halictidae (sweat bees) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501122859137-L2QJVXQ7D5MBJT68UHOW/PB110015.jpg invertebrates - Nomia bees Lipotriches sp. Nomia Bees are not a social bee in the sense that they do not form a breeding colony with worker castes. Very few native bee species do. Females dig a burrow and in each 'cell' off the burrow they deposit an egg on top of a ball of pollen. They are recognised as important pollinators.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Halictidae (sweat bees) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501123250902-6748EE2R6813NB7WDGOT/PC130143.jpg invertebrates - Blue-banded Bee Amegilla sp. (probably Amegilla asserta) Blue-banded Bees are one of the better known native bees. They are quite large and attractive, and frequently pollinate gardens. They are also well known for their habit of resting by clasping a plant stem with their mouthparts, as this male is doing here - affording a rare opportunity for a decent photograph. They are more typically on the move and quite a challenge! We see them here in Summer, their distinctive buzzing alerting us to their presence as they visit flowering plants - including in the vegetable garden.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Apidae (social bees) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501278812620-SJ7JAAE3IBE2PJKUQEXP/PB040109.jpg invertebrates - Black Bull Ant Myrmecia tarsata The Black Bull Ant is common here in the forest. It is one of ten ant species we have identified on the block to date - although we have yet to really survey the ants in earnest. We typically see Myrmecia tarsata actively hunting prey - such as this caterpillar - from October, and throughout the Summer months. For a bull ant, Myrmecia tarsata is of medium size - about 22mm long.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583675376-V93380N47OH7MQDF5HET/PA210024.jpg invertebrates - Black Bull Ant Myrmecia tarsata 'Bull Ants' belong to the genus Myrmecia. There are more than 90 species and they are only found in Australia (plus one species in New Caledonia). Their stronghold is in the south east of the country - in other words, here! Myrmecia are rather famous for their painful stings and aggressive nature. So far we have recognised three species of Myrmecia in our local forest: M. tarsata, M. simillima, and M. chrysogaster. We are perhaps fortunate that we do not seem to have the VERY famous Myrmecia pilosula.... - the Jumping Jack Ant. Our local species are fine - they are not overly aggressive and we've not been stung for years - but living with M.pilosula might be a different story. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in October Click here to read 'Australia's stinging insects, an interesting 2016 'Conversation' article by David Yeates, CSIRO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500797323900-P26M14PY44RBZGW3TTBX/PC280014.jpg invertebrates - Black Bull Ant Myrmecia tarsata Bull Ants swim! One Summer morning I spotted this Black Bull Ant with a honey bee, struggling on the surface on the frog pond. To rescue it from 'drowning' I used a stick to lift it from the water, to the safety of the shore. To my great surprise the ant turned a circle, appearing to orient itself, secured his load of dead bee, and then purposefully stepped straight back into the water. I looked on as it swam very deliberately across the pond to the other side - where it was no doubt heading in the first place! On reaching the far shore, the ant reversed out, dragging the bee up and over the rocks, then off through the grasses. Lesson for me: best not to interfere with nature.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501281325752-KWRQ508ATSB34R4XC0UU/P3020130.jpg invertebrates - Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima This is the largest of the Myrmecia species we have on site. These ants immediately adopt an aggressive posture if disturbed, but we are rarely stung, perhaps because they are so easy to spot. They're big .... close to 25mm .... shiny, and when they turn to look at you they display their very menacing jaws. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501281324019-WPLWO17AK9WKMECY6DEW/P3020122.jpg invertebrates - Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima Bull ants can move quickly and therefore can be tricky to photograph. Here I was lucky. The ant was atop a sedge leaf, with nowhere to go. The colour, sculptured ridges, and the 'teeth' along the jaws are all useful in confirming the species identification. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501278821310-HFRIDHIQNDFHX9PEYG8K/PA110069.jpg invertebrates - Australian Red Bull Ant Myrmecia simillima The other opportunity for a close look at this ant is when one of them is busy hauling prey. These ants are strong and persistent. The terrain that they work in - the forest floor - is full of obstacles, and their prey is often large and awkward. The ants usually walk backwards when carrying a load, feeling their way with their hind legs. Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Photo taken in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231680819-5QHY7855289NHSQ3I51Y/IMG_7451.jpg invertebrates - Spiny Dolly Ant vs Black Tyrant Ant Dolichoderus doriae (left), Iridiomyrmex rufoniger (right) The 'Dolly Ants' are an intriguing group. In warm weather they may be seen forming a seething ball among the grasses, sometimes up to 200mm in diameter. This 'ball' persists for days. It is the entire ant colony, shifting the larvae from underground to the surface, for added warmth. The tiny ant in this photograph is probably the most numerous ant species in the forest. Iridiomyrmex species are known to have huge colonies and to establish and defend large territories. It is this genus that tends Jalmenus evagorus butterfly larvae. The interaction in the photo was most likely a territorial battle. We witnessed several Iridiomyrmex tugging at this single 'Dolly's' legs and antennae, generally immobilising it. Dolichoderus and Iridiomyrmex both belong to the same ant subfamily, and both are generalist feeders and scavengers. They lack stings but can release strong-smelling defensive chemicals when disturbed.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Photo taken in April Click to see our blog in News & Stories for further insight into the relationship between Iridiomyrmex and Jalmenus butterflies.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155540583-HR1ZOZYLAY4W868RY6BR/P4170195.jpg invertebrates - Red-headed Spider Ant Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus These distinctive scavengers are usually seen singly, and typically hauling a dead insect. They live as colonies in the soil and will, at need, recruit other members to help with food retrieval. We see them most months of the year. The raised 'gaster' - end of the abdomen - and the long legs can give the impression of a spider. This stance is used as a defence posture, suggesting that potential predators may see the same resemblance that we do. Leptomyrmex belong to the same family as Iridiomyrmex and Dolichoderus - they are stingless.   Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae (ants); Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500523656378-WVV7I604CRBVIKU24SVE/PA260047.jpg invertebrates - Flower-feeding March Fly Scaptia auriflua This fly belongs to the family Tabanidae, known in Australia as March Flies. March Flies are widely disliked because of their biting habit. In fact, only the females bite - the blood they extract is necessary for egg production. The males on the other hand feed exclusively on pollen and nectar. In the attractive species shown here, Scaptia auriflua, both sexes are nectar feeders. So no need to be alarmed if you're approached by a March Fly with colourful eyes!   Order: Diptera; Family Tabanidae (March flies, horse flies) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583695676-WYG5BCBNNIOPJIF9LWS0/PB190020.jpg invertebrates - Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly Simosyrphus grandicornis Hover Flies are one of the most important pollinators here in the forest. We see them in large numbers, hovering near and taking nectar and pollen from flowers of a wide range of plant species. Hover Flies play another important ecological role - their larvae feed on aphids.   Order: Diptera; Family: Syrphidae (hoverflies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305296320-MZ7RYMDQSBWD4B2FT5LW/PA180869.jpg invertebrates - Black & Grey Bee Fly Meomyia sericans The high-pitched buzzing of these attractive flies is a common sound in summer, particularly in areas of exposed, sandy soil. They often hover in place, motionless except for the blur of their wings. We see them land on the sand and appear to burrow. It is likely that they are able to locate buried larvae, such as Sand Wasp larvae, and then lay an egg in the burrow of this would-be host. Reportedly, these flies are quite opportunistic in their choice of larval host. The adults feed on nectar and may be important pollinators.   Order: Diptera; Family: Bombyliidae (bee flies) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305296077-EKVZEAUQ6TOEKHXVTKKM/PA180948.jpg invertebrates - Aleucosia bee fly Aleucosia sp. The dark patterning on the outstretched wings of Aleucosia is like a work of art. These conspicuous insects appear in small numbers in Spring, and are often in mated pairs when we see them. Like many insects, this coupled state lasts an extended time, presumably ensuring that the female remains unavailable to other males. If disturbed, they will fly a short distance and land, still coupled.   Order: Diptera; Family: Bombyliidae (bee flies) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360475111-7QWR1HYOA8NW5G3PSYMJ/PB250072.jpg invertebrates - Small-headed Fly Ogcodes basalis When I first noticed this insect clinging to a grass stem I thought something had eaten its head! These bizarre looking flies have grossly inflated bodies and small heads. Adding to their weird appearance is the fact that their eyes are fused together along the midline. Flies in this family are apparently quite rare and their biology not well understood. They may be parasitoids of spiders.   Order: Diptera; Family: Acroceridae (small-headed flies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500808120419-XV1F7D57KV922VGCHA88/P1240018.jpg invertebrates - Crane Fly Leptotarsus clavatus So far we have seen recognised six distinct species of crane flies on the block, but there are doubtless more than that. We almost always see them on casuarina - either resting or mating. Female crane flies mate almost immediately after they emerge from their pupal case. They lay their eggs in moist soil or in decaying wood. The larvae play an important role in the forest ecosystem, breaking down organic material and returning it to the carbon cycle. The adults don't do much except rest and mate. They drink water but don't feed at all.   Order: Diptera; Family: Tipulidae (crane flies) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500808936847-QAQ5B73ER9WZYHF5DLHL/PB060583.jpg invertebrates - Crane Flies Leptotarsus tortilis The reason we so often see Crane Flies on casuarina, as here, may have less to do with the casuarina (although it does seem to afford good 'foot-holds') than with the fact that there is a pile of old, decaying wood and bark nearby. It is possible that the adults we are seeing have recently emerged from larvae in that wood.   Order: Diptera; Family: Tipulidae (crane flies) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500809978434-6EY7NRD1SZDY26V8T7IC/P2160086.jpg invertebrates - Robber Fly Colepia sp.1 Robber Flies are generally large flies and are active predators, eating a wide range of other arthropods, such as beetles, flies, dragonflies, moths, spiders and bees. We have seen at least eight distinct species on the block to date but, as with the crane flies, that number will no doubt grow when we make a more systematic survey. Robber flies take their prey in flight, pierce a soft part of the body with their sharp proboscis, and inject it with saliva containing neurotoxins and digestive enzymes.   Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae (robber flies) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500809144845-CXXSSZF0Z0VCH2HHY2C8/P1120131.jpg invertebrates - Robber Fly Colepia sp.2 This was the first time I'd come across an ovipositing Robber Fly. Normally we see these large predators either on the hunt or feasting on their catch. Instead, this female was slowly stepping her way backwards down a plant stem, gluing down a neat, tightly packed row of brown eggs as she went.   Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae (robber flies) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501161552459-XNFZO258UULEVK5OQZLS/P1060221.jpg invertebrates - Orthogonis Orthogonis ornatipennis These Robber Flies are quite different in appearance from the more 'typical' members of the family Asilidae. We see them here in January-February, often as mating pairs. This is the female - the male has a splendid golden 'moustache'. Members of the genus are sometimes referred to as 'bee-like robber flies', perhaps due to their colouring.   Order: Diptera; Family: Asilidae (robber flies) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128733029-K9GZLEMCK6RLD8BNBW4K/P2210177.jpg invertebrates - Spotted Brown (male) Heteronympha paradelpha Perhaps the most conspicuous group of butterflies in the south are the 'browns'. The local forests are potentially home to at least a dozen species of browns, including this Spotted Brown.   Heteronympha paradelpha adults tend to appear here in quite large numbers for a short period - perhaps a week or so - in late Summer. As is the case for most browns, the larvae feed on grasses. Here the grass favoured is one of our common species, Microlaena stipoides.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156159056-KDPEMJO7X5AHFUNSJHRZ/P1060354.jpg invertebrates - Eastern Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha The upper wings of nearly all 'browns' are variously orange, brown and black. This can make identification a bit tricky. However, this 'forest brown' is unmistakable when it perches with closed wings - the pattern is striking and unique. We do not see Geitoneura acantha in large numbers, which is perhaps surprising as one of their favoured food plants - Microlaena stipoides - is a common grass here.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156195237-SVR517D3DSGOHU8YVWYL/P3190086.jpg invertebrates - Common Ringlet Hypocysta metirius Common Ringlets have quite specific areas on the block that they favour and we can reliably find the adults there throughout the Summer. That they are so common here is a little surprising, as we are at the southern extremity of their distribution. Their range extends from the tip of Cape York all the way down the east coast - to us. They fly low to the ground and land frequently, often with wings open. As with all browns, they are a favoured food of birds and lizards. The eye spots on the hind wings must help avoid attacks to their heads ... but the wings certainly suffer as a result. Most individuals are sporting bite and tear marks to the hindwings.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128735159-JMIS9CKGBQPDICTLQE7H/P2210193.jpg invertebrates - Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona albifascia The Swordgrass Brown is quite large and definitely striking, with a slow, lilting flight. We typically see only one or two at any one time. Tisiphone are unlike most other species of browns, both in their colouration and in their host plants. Their larvae feed on Gahnia species, not grasses. Males patrol these sedges on the lookout for newly-eclosed females. There are five subspecies of Tisiphone aboena, each with a distinct appearance and distribution. The subspecies we see here, T.a.ablifascia, is the most southern and occurs across eastern Victoria.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156754445-MY4ZUIJLGAZZ4WAYKYTI/PB251136.jpg invertebrates - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi The territorial behaviour of males of this species is quite astonishing to witness. It is really not something I expected to see from a butterfly! A male will guard his chosen patch of low-growing forbs and aggressively chase off passing butterflies of any species - except, presumably, receptive females of his own species.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203426722-FW6EORLAL9S3M1B2YEM4/PB110081.jpg invertebrates - Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi For a couple of years, Vanessa kershawi was by far our most numerous and conspicuous butterfly species on the block. The genus is renown for its migrations so, perhaps, in those years we just happened to be included in their flight path. They remain a significant part of the butterfly fauna every summer, but have not been such a dominant one in the past couple of Summers.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156173298-PTS63MKIMYA7OG53428F/P1160022.jpg invertebrates - Australian Painted Lady (chrysalis) Vanessa kershawi I discovered this stunningly gold chrysalis hanging on a small eucalypt seedling. Not knowing what it belonged to, I collected it - and three days later a perfect Vanessa kershawi emerged.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Nymphalidae; Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501137486749-DDYK3K1OGGQZX1N0RHO4/P1150020.jpg invertebrates - Imperial White Delias harpalyce This is a 'southern jezabel', a member of the family Pieridae. They are quite large butterflies but we usually only see them fleetingly, as they tend to fly high in the canopy. Their larvae feed on mistletoe, so here in the forest they no doubt use the dominant mistletoe species, Amyema pendula (Drooping Mistletoe) - which tends to grow on high branches of the tallest trees, usually at least 20 metres up. Delias harpalyce are reported to be distasteful and perhaps even toxic to vertebrates. Presumably the classic red-yellow colouration is aposematic, a warning to insectivorous birds.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Pieridae (whites & yellows) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501160049927-SDR84FPYOM1E8TVSHVPX/P1060269.jpg invertebrates - Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagorus We tend to first notice this species when we spot a denuded Acacia sapling surrounded by butterflies. As is the case for many species within this family, Jalmenus evagoras has a well-studied association with ants. The feeding larvae and pupae are tended by Iridomyrmex ants in a commensal relationship. The 'hairstreaks' belong to the very large and diverse butterfly family, Lycaenidae.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in January Click here to see our blog in 'News & Stories' for more images and videos of the ant-larvae interactions, and the extraordinary mating behaviour of the butterflies.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203428750-7BN6M19DJYTOG0QDNMPQ/PB190091.jpg invertebrates - Bright Copper (male) Paralucia aurifer These tiny but brilliant butterflies almost glow in the sun. The larvae feed on Bursaria spinosa, a species with a limited distribution on the block. The spiny plant, in the same family as Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae), only grows on the rocky slopes leading down toward the river. The adults range more widely, feeding on flowering plants in all areas of the open forest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157884033-5H4DV47IEPOMRQ1TCKZL/P9120031.jpg invertebrates - Bright Copper (female) Paralucia aurifer In this species, the underside of the female's wings are almost as beautiful as the upper surface. The breeding biology of this species is fascinating. We have yet to witness this, but apparently the later instar caterpillars are nocturnal and ant-tended. No real surprise there, as ants associate with many species in the Lycaenidae family. The surprise is that the caterpillars then pupate within the ants' nest! The female in this photograph is feeding on nectar from Leucopogon affinis - a flowering shrub that seems to feed dozens of the local species, invertebrate and vertebrate alike!   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157882272-0H47KS29ZT6UU8S4UX1U/P9120018.jpg invertebrates - Common Dusky Blue (male) Candalides hyacinthinus Some butterflies are neither large nor showy. One of the most common groups flying around low flowering plants in Summer are the 'blues'. Newly-eclosed males, like this one, can be strongly blue-purple, but many others appear worn and dull, with few coloured scales at all. Like most butterflies, this adult is opportunistic in seeking nectar - feeding here from Leucopogon flowers. It is the larval stages that are host-specific. The caterpillars of Candalides hyacinthinus feed on Cassytha vines.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in September   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501157862027-FVUQ5X8DZIOZ8WFX7NKR/PA210073.jpg invertebrates - Yellow-spot Blue (male) Candalides xanthospilos The Yellow-spot Blue is small, like the Common Dusky Blue, and behaves in a similar manner. It is instantly recognisable, however, by the bright yellow spot on the upper forewing, and the much whiter undersides when the wings are closed. These are our two most common Candalides species, and their larva occupy distinct niches. Whereas C. hyacinthus caterpillars feed on the parasitic vine Cassytha, which scrambles over grasses, forbs and tall shrubs alike, C. xanthospilos larvae feed on the low-growing shrub Pimelea linifolia (Slender Rice Flower). Due to grazing by wallabies, the Pimelea here rarely grow more than 50cm high.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156751292-6RRX79JQHLOSINKR1KZK/PB220019-2.jpg invertebrates - Fringed Heath Blue Neolucia agricola Yet another small 'blue', the Fringed Heath Blue is easily overlooked. The upper wings are brown and the patterned underwings provide perfect camouflage against dry vegetation. In this image, the butterfly is resting on Lepidosperma latens. This species is common in heathland, including among heath plants in forests such as this. The larvae feed on a range of Fabaceae ('pea' flowers) including some that are particularly common on the block, such as Aotus ericoides and Bossiaea cordifolia.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Lycaenidae (hairstreaks, coppers & blues) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501124196242-T9RF2FPOAANBFXAK59HJ/P1240026.jpg invertebrates - Splendid Ochre Trapezites symmomus In Summer, we see these 'skippers' regularly patrolling clumps of Lomandra, particularly Lomandra longifolia, and males rigorously defending their territories. The larvae are reportedly nocturnal feeders on Lomandra, but we have yet to search for them in earnest. The Splendid Ochre is one of the most common and recognisable species of what is otherwise a difficult group. We see many other, smaller skippers too but have yet to get serious about surveying them. Perhaps next Summer!   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hesperiidae (skippers); Subfamily: Trapezitinae (ochres) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155713933-G233A6O6KDORXFH5HNCK/PC090039.jpg invertebrates - Spotted Sedge Skipper Hesperilla ornata Another skipper and - helpfully (!) - easily recognised by the spotty patterning of the underwings. The larvae feed on Gahnia which, here, means they are using Gahnia radula (Thatch Saw-sedge).   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hesperiidae (skippers); Subfamily: Trapezitinae (ochres) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128661856-EN6K0I67BXADS2BRY2DL/P2240006-3.jpg invertebrates - Heliotrope Moth Utetheisa pulchelloides Moths and butterflies are not so very different. They share a common ancestor and are grouped into a single order, Lepidoptera. In Australia, there are more than 80 families within Lepidoptera - and just 5 of those are called 'butterflies'. Most butterflies are colourful and fly during the day. They have antennae with some form of hook at the end. But many of the day-flying, colourful lepidopterans are actually moths. This Heliotrope Moth is a migratory species, widespread across Australia, southern Asia and the Pacific. It is not a common species here in the forest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae (footmen & tiger moths) Photo taken February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128661849-3XGKH28UG436I6BT31MX/P2240043.jpg invertebrates - Lydia Lichen Moth Asura lydia During late Summer we see many of these distinctive 'tiger' moths, particularly in the most shaded, damp parts of the forest. They are sluggish in the early morning, but soon become much more active. The colouration is presumably aposematic, the moths distasteful to birds due to something in their diet as caterpillars.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae (footmen & tiger moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128787766-MCYDKBDT5FTVYY40O5NP/P2050018.jpg invertebrates - Spotted Tiger Moth Amata nigriceps Although superficially similar to Asura lydia, this Amata species is considerably larger and we often see it flying in the early morning. It is also more likely to be found in open, drier parts of the forest. The caterpillars of Amata nigriceps are thought to feed in the leaf litter. The reported peak month for sightings of adults in the south (i.e. eastern Victoria) is February, in accord with our own observations.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Arctiidae (footmen & tiger moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128665479-G4O9UYEUFHO1YS2UJLMF/P2240102.jpg invertebrates - Grass Moth Hednota pleniferellus This Grass Moth is one of many species of tiny, inconspicuous moths - no doubt a group that makes a significant contribution to the food chain. Fairy wrens and other ground-feeding insectivores can often be seen feasting on small moths such as this. Fairy-wrens use the twitching of their upright tails to flush tiny moths that are otherwise concealed among the grasses. Hednota pleniferellus caterpillars feed on grass such as Poa meionectes (Snow Grass).   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Crambidae (grass moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156753973-Y5AS5F83C9BQBJDCSEVQ/PB230027.jpg invertebrates - Yellow-shouldered Cosmet Limnaecia sp. Another tiny moth, yet quite spectacular when seen up close. And more food for the Fairy-wrens, I imagine! Limnaecia belongs to the 'seed borer' family, Cosmopterigidae - along with nearly 400 other named species in Australia! Although we don't know exactly what the caterpillars feed on here in the forest, the larvae in this family generally feed inside plant stems and seeds - hence the name 'borers'.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Cosmopterigidae (seed borers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501203426490-H46I7SLUJKJGJR48J7RE/PB110002-2.jpg invertebrates - Southern Old Lady Moth Dasypodia selenophora At 90mm from wing-tip to wing-tip, Dasypodia selenophora is a truly conspicuous moth. As this species flies at night and is attracted to lights, these beautiful moths are well-known for entering buildings or settling on walls. And the coloured eye-spots are spectacular. We find them here, occasionally, from October to December, and usually just a single individual. I do find the common name a little unsettling, though. Or maybe I'm just taking it too personally ... I think I'll adopt the alternative common name of 'Moon Moth'.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155698172-N23KNV4OKBB1KSBSMB4U/PC050026.jpg invertebrates - Spring Taxeotis Taxeotis perlinearia There are many medium-sized, nocturnal moths that rest on the forest floor during the day, flying only if disturbed. This Taxeotis is one such species. Their camouflage is superb. The only way I can see (and photograph!) them is if I watch very carefully where they land. Their peak flight month in southern Australia is October - hence 'Spring' Taxeotis.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128593871-0YLULE7AYCGS58TC60PJ/P2270008.jpg invertebrates - Pale Grey Heath Moth Dichromodes estigmaria Another well-camouflaged moth that sits motionless on the forest floor unless disturbed. It belongs to the same group as the Taxeotis - Geometridae.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501222829995-JNN2UDV89VRE8K1WXXVJ/PB020016.jpg invertebrates - Golden-winged Epidesmia Epidesmia chilonaria Yet another secretive Geometridae moth. This species does fly more readily by day but will also sit totally motionless, to the point that you may almost touch it before it moves away. The upper hind wings are bright orange - hence the name - but are completely hidden when the moth is at rest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501222829995-NRRRWO2HIMQZ0Q5WMXG3/PB040131.jpg invertebrates - Golden-winged Epidesmia Epidesmia chilonaria A distinguishing feature of Epidesmia chilonaria and related species is the way they hold their labial palms locked together and pointing forward. Looks rather like a long nose, and quite comic.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156747560-UEQBBOJX0DQSPTS52O4X/PB100098.jpg invertebrates - Cryptic Emerald Aeolochroma mniaria We discovered this striking looking moth on the wall of the house one morning. Although this was our first record of the species, they could easily go undetected in the forest, resting on lichen-covered tree trunks. The common name suggests as much. Another Geometridae, but this one in the sub-group called 'Emeralds'   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Geometridae (loopers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501156750631-WBSTJ6O00YJMHNCG8P4E/PB130069.jpg invertebrates - Common Whistling Moth Hecastesia fenestrata This species is not cryptic at all. The hindwing and hairy body are bright orange and visible in flight. But not only is it day active and brightly coloured - it also audibly announces its presence! In flight, males emit a sound that I think of as clicking but others clearly hear as a whistling. Either way, their spiralling early morning flights are hard to miss. This species belongs to the family Noctuidae. Most members of this family have hairy caterpillars.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501227441949-Y9C1NEDTU8LYOTREFN74/P2190005.jpg invertebrates - Common Whistling Moth Hecastesia fenestrata The larvae of the Common Whistling Moth are quite large, and simply stunning! They feed on the parasitic vine, Cassytha.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583702646-KHPLYCNOUCLQFR9JQDVS/PC060036.jpg invertebrates - 'Milk vine' caterpillar Fodina ostorius The caterpillars of this moth lack defensive hairs and are certainly not camouflaged! It seems likely that their spectacular colouration is aposematic, and that the caterpillars are distasteful to most predators. Fodina ostorius caterpillars feed on 'Milk Vine' (Marsdenia species) or, as was the case when we discovered this one, on Tylophora barbata, another shiny-leaved vine in the same family as Marsdenia. Many plants in the family Apocynaceae produce alkaloids or potentially poisonous saps.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501228299309-Q136NXWT9H23N753CCPC/PC120049.jpg invertebrates - 'Milk vine' caterpillar Fodina ostorius Just days after collecting the yellow caterpillar shown in the previous photo, we discovered two near-black individuals on other Tylophora barbata vines. They seemed identical to the yellow one, but with much more extensive black markings. In order to unambiguously identify the species, we collected the two black caterpillars and raised them on leaves from the host plants. They synchronously pupated after four days in captivity.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501228274217-FEV9TV1427V6G8JSBG76/P1020006-2.jpg invertebrates - 'Milk vine' moth Fodina ostorius The two collected caterpillars emerged in synchrony, just 16 days after pupating! Each shiny, brown chrysalis - which had been formed without cocoons - split open in the space of one hour. The strikingly marked black and white moths that emerged confirmed the species identity for us. We photographed and then released them back to the forest.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae (armyworms) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128727377-MIKFD9C6G7YLKT17J257/P2210117-2.jpg invertebrates - Ghost Moth Elhamma australasiae This night-flying species appears in quite large numbers, particularly in February and March. They have highly variable colours and patterns on the forewings, and typically purple hindwings and body. Elhamma australasiae is a member of the family Hepialidae. We also see large numbers of another two Ghost Moth species - Oxycanus dirempta and Abantiades labyrinthicus. Ghost Moths often emerge and fly after rain.   Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hepialidae (ghost moths) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583676822-DX6N0U7MWGA8O9OJW9K8/PA210091.jpg invertebrates - Wandering Ringtail (male) Austrolestes leda Various species of dragonflies and damselflies are seen in the forest. There is a large body of fresh water not far upstream, and many Odonata species range quite widely from their site of emergence, in search of food and mates. A major motivation for constructing a small frog pond alongside the house was to encourage more visits from this group of insects, and so that we might see them up close. And it has worked! The pond is less than a year old, and already it has attracted breeding damselflies and dragonflies. Austrolestes leda was the most numerous pond visitor last summer.   Order: Odonata; Family: Lestidae (spreadwings, reedlings) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583682002-SQE06F8RO2C89VRTVS9H/PA280001.jpg invertebrates - Cup Ringtail Austolestes psyche Australia is home to more than 300 Odonata species. Based purely on their reported distributions, nearly 100 species might be seen in this corner of the country. However, in reality, the number we are likely to encounter in the forest is much smaller. 'Riverine' species don't travel far from the site of their larval development. And even some more 'wandering' species are found only at higher latitudes or in non-forest environments. In that light, the 14 species so far seen on the block seems like a respectable level of diversity!   Order: Odonata; Family: Lestidae (spreadwings, reedlings) Photo taken in October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583689975-C3HZN6RL8J77ENW3G1I9/PB030204.jpg invertebrates - Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas The two pairs of wings of damselflies are usually similar in size and shape. This is not the case for dragonflies, the forewing typically being longer and the hindwing broader. Most damselflies perch with their wings folded back along their bodies - but not all do! Damselflies in the family Megapodagrionidae rest with their wings spread. These small Flatwings, with their extraordinary coppery-green shine, are quite often seen in the forest here. At the pond, they tend to sit on the surrounding rocks, standing tall on their very long legs.   Order: Odonata; Family: Megapodagrionidae (flatwings) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583697935-KO7QUM57LXU21G7JFZAK/PB220026.jpg invertebrates - Aurora Bluetail Ischnura aurora This beautiful species is a much rarer sight than the previous damselflies, although the species is found across Australia and beyond. Ischnura aurora is one of the smallest damselflies we have seen here. When visiting the pond, they tend to hang well back from the water, perhaps intimidated by the territorial (and larger!) Austrolestes leda. The females were unaccompanied by males when egg laying.   Order: Odonata; Family: Coenegrionidae (pond damsels) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583685543-X3FBZB16JELXAGQA4E8W/PB020050.jpg invertebrates - Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda Odonata eggs are laid in or (rarely) near water. The nymphs are predatory, feeding on whatever small animals they can find in their aquatic habitat. Mosquito larvae make excellent food for developing damselflies - one reason we have no concern that the pond alongside the house will generate a local mosquito plague.   Order: Odonata; Family: Lestidae (spreadwings & reedlings) Photo taken in October Click here to read the blog in News & Stories , for more of our observations of damselfly breeding.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375429022-PDJV12EPEIONY7B3XHMH/P2200072.jpg invertebrates - Blue Skimmer (female) Orthetrum caledonicum This is the typical pose of a resting dragonfly, with wings outstretched. Many of Australia's Odonata are endemic. Orthetrum caledonicum, however, is a very widespread species. It occurs throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and on some Pacific Islands.   Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae (skimmers, perchers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332209733-XBSUH2GMWDO51IGT85R3/PC290091.jpg invertebrates - Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum Identification of Odonata on the basis of colour can be tricky. Colours vary with age - newly emerged insects, in particular, are typically quite pale and may look radically different a day later. Another challenge to using colour is the varying degrees to which individuals develop 'pruinescence'. This refers to the waxy layer that obscures the underlying colour and often reflects as white. Pruinescence is particularly common in the families Lestidae, Coenagrionidae and Libellulidae - and these happen to be the three families best represented here in the forest!   Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae (skimmers, perchers) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1498360520800-ZZV771V0D55ZPJZT4UZG/PC010240.jpg invertebrates - dragonfly Just when I thought I was coming to grips with dragonfly identification, this brief sighting of an egg-laying female has me stumped. The facial markings are like those distinctive for Hemicordulia tau (Tau Emerald) but the colour patterns on the abdominal segments seems wrong - more like Orthetrum caledonicum (Blue Skimmer) ... but not quite that either. A mystery for another day.   Order: Odonata Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375375281-NMFSED71E8ULJBZWWRYB/P1110137.jpg invertebrates - Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum Odonata are aerial predators, capturing prey insects in flight. They have excellent vision, as the size and shape of their eyes attests.   Order: Odonata; Family: Libellulidae (skimmers, perchers) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501332206156-KILEK5EHN19KPW30S9K8/PC260119.jpg invertebrates - Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau Some Odonata spend a lot of time perching, making them wonderful subjects for photography. Others, however, are almost always on the wing. The Tau Emeralds were the dominant dragonfly at the pond during summer, males constantly patrolling above the water and for a good distance all around. They hover, dart, hover, dart .... very tricky to get a shot. But occasionally I would get lucky. This pair joined on the wing but then landed, albeit quite briefly. The male is the one holding the plant stem as the female is reaching upward to collect the sperm.   Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicordulidae (modern emeralds) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501375456707-YXS1PYMNVH900CDJXLT3/P3200157.jpg invertebrates - Australian Emerald Hemicordulia australiae Towards the end of Summer there was a shift in the dragonfly balance-of-power. The two species that held reign earlier - the Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) and the Tau Emerald (Hemicordulia tau) - were replaced by the territorial prowling of male Australian Emeralds (Hemicordulia australiae). This species has a strikingly green sheen to the eyes and front of the face, a colour that is clearly visible even when they are flying about at speed. Again, as with the Tau Emerald, the best chance for a photograph was on the rare occasions when they would land - which usually was only after the male had secured a mate.   Order: Odonata; Family: Hemicordulidae (modern emeralds) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516853896076-GDCKXCOZT90VDRSP8IFH/P1060346.jpg invertebrates - Blue-eyed Lacewing Nymphes myrmeleonoides This is a nocturnal lacewing, resting during the day beneath a leaf. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Nymphidae Photo taken in January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516855171253-BN13ZM8J3LUSW1HSFVZI/P5030010.JPG invertebrates - Golden Eye Lacewing Mallada sp. This is another nocturnal lacewing - this specimen was attracted to our house lights in the evening. Golden Eye Lacewings have a varied diet, feeding on pollen and nectar, supplemented with small arthropods. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Chrysopidae Photo taken in May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1516853876403-96USVZS7X0T6MPPVGYWP/P1040002.jpg invertebrates - Angular-wing Lacewing Periclystus circuiter This large lacewing is perfectly camouflaged in the forest. Its larva is the familiar "antlion", which constructs a pit trap in loose soil to trap prey. Order: Neuroptera; Family: Myrmeleontidae Photo taken in January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500383402791-KSVTSB16IDO8E8T3FIXY/P1080022.jpg invertebrates - Australian Christmas Jewel Spider (female) Austracantha minax Small it may be (8mm wide), but this orb-weaver has a striking shape and colouration. We often see this spider in groups, with their webs strung between low bushes or rushes, such as Lomandra.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken January   NOTE: Spiders belong to the class Arachnida, a totally separate arthropod class to the insects (class Insecta). But spiders are not the only arachnids. The spiders are grouped together in the order Araneae. We show representatives of two other orders - Trombidiformes and Scorpiones- toward the end of this image collection.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500382707023-VU42KO3J5K211U85XBNI/PB200960.jpg invertebrates - Australian Christmas Jewel Spider (male) Austracantha minax The expanded pedipalps show that this is a male. It is smaller than the female and has less prominent spines. This individual was not in a web, but roaming around low vegetation near the females.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583662334-FQB3RKDV024FTHK700ZB/P3020046.jpg invertebrates - Common Triangular Spider Arkys lancearius This group of spiders evolved from orb-weavers, but abandoned the mode of prey capture typical of that group. Instead, they hunt by ambush - lurking in foliage then jumping on their prey and grasping it with their greatly enlarged forelegs, which bear inward pointing spines. The spider shown here had recently mounted a successful attack on a wasp. Arks typically hunts at night, hiding in foliage during the day. This shot was taken in the early morning, so perhaps they take any chance that presents to secure a meal.   Order: Araneae; Family: Arkyidae (ambush hunters) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583672838-44M5RXN0K954BW8YL8X0/PA160077-2.jpg invertebrates - Flying Peacock Spider Maratus volans This beautiful, tiny (5mm long) spider belongs to the jumping spider family, Salticidae. As the name implies, this group of spiders catch their prey by stalking, leaping and pouncing on it. The name 'peacock' comes from the fact that this species raises the pair of brightly coloured flaps over the abdomen during courtship. We see Maratus volans throughout the summer months, typically on low bushes and grasses.   Order: Araneae; Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) Photo taken November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500460344989-DVE14IOCT9NNTL00AFM2/PA310070.jpg invertebrates - Flying Peacock Spider Maratus volans The pair of large, central eyes is a diagnostic character of jumping spiders - and one that adds to the popular appeal of this group.   Order: Araneae; Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) Photo taken October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501290424495-YCNARWW8IID081RZPTN8/PB050323.jpg invertebrates - Jumping Spider These tiny predators are everywhere. This one was clearly guarding her nest, coming forward to check on me, but quickly disappearing again into this well-camouflaged little hide in the seed head of a sedge.   Order: Araneae; Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) Photo taken in November As Robert Whyte and Greg Anderson say in their new book 'A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia': "Jumping Spider Diversity - so many species, so little time" (p.224)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583691382-Q4TSKV863SHUITL0G1MF/PB080029.jpg invertebrates - Lozenge-shaped Flower Spider (female) Australomisidia pilula (?) Small, colourful spiders that adopt a sit-and-wait hunting strategy are a photographer's delight. In Summer, you don't have to search the forest for long before you find an intriguing and tiny hunter, lurking in the vegetation. Australomisidia pilula is an ambush hunter, like the Common Triangular Spider, but unlike the latter, Australomisidia hunts during the day. It is commonly found lurking amongst flowers. scuttling out when its prey approaches. It preys on insects and even other spiders.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500524510913-154MW6H7EH3LC9M7O81Q/PC120073.jpg invertebrates - Lozenge-shaped Flower Spider (female) Australomisidia pilula This female is guarding her brood of spiderlings, hidden inside a folded leaf, held together with silk.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501207208131-WN0L6AVGPKXYM5GULYEU/PC120037-4.jpg invertebrates - Bearded-legs Crab Spider Stephanopis barbipes These tiny ambush predators blend in beautifully with the leaf litter of their hunting ground.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501207173097-1B1C3Z5PFJ0F5ZEQ4IQ6/PC120033-4.jpg invertebrates - Bearded-legs Crab Spider (male) Stephanopis barbipes Only the males have hairy legs! Presumably, therefore these 'beards' are involved in courtship.   Order: Araneae; Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231808293-WNPKPLSTXCLSZ3YCOFHR/PB160072.jpg invertebrates - Pointy Orb-weaver Araneus acuminatus (?) Sitting atop this Ozothamnus flower head, the little hunter is beautifully camouflaged.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1500524931007-V1J24AORIJ69SDAYEMID/PA040169.jpg invertebrates - Half Orb-weaver Araneus dimidiatus In Spring and Summer there are folded leaves hanging suspended from scrappy-looking webs throughout the forest shrub layer. They are all spider retreats. Each leaf is rolled over and held with silk. Here I have peeled open such a leaf in order to view the occupants. In this particular species, male and female spiders share the same retreat. The male appeared to actively guard the fat-bodied female, posturing and concealing her with his own body. Many different spider species use curled leaf retreats. During the day, the only sign of these spiders are their protruding leg tips. At night the spiders emerge to feed on insects trapped in a familiar orb web, woven in a low bush. This is clearly an important food resource for many of the insectivorous birds. We see species such as the Yellow-faced Honeyeater systematically searching folded leaves, trying to extract the spiders inside. For a 'retreat', I often think the folded leaf actually advertises the spiders' presence!   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken October   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204760505-V7V9J2WVS143YWOYVYDB/P2140049.jpg invertebrates - Garden Orb-weaver Eriophora transmarina ? This large, bright-orange beauty sat 'hidden' among the leaves of a single Persoonia (Geebung) bush for a couple of weeks. Perhaps a different colour might have helped with the camouflage (?) Eriophora show great variety in colour and patterns - yet another tricky spider to identify with any degree of confidence.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231808537-Y6UECTETA34EDQP6L3Q6/PB110010-2.jpg invertebrates - Tailed Orb-weaver or Knobbed Orb-weaver Araneus senicaudatus or Eriophora pustulosa ... ? These mid-sized orb weavers can be so tricky to identify. In general, they hide in the bushes during the day, building their orb webs afresh each night.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (Orb-weavers); sub-group: Araneinae (classic orb-weavers) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128701191-VWJ1RUFBFC7LG18FT89C/P2220087.jpg invertebrates - Union-Jack Wolf spider Tasmanicosa sp. Now for a group that are REALLY tricky to identify to the genus or species level. Wander through the bush at night and you quickly realise that wolf spiders are everywhere! They are nocturnal hunters, seeking and capturing their prey on the ground. They have a distinctive eye pattern, and their eyes are highly reflective in torchlight - making them ridiculously easy to find.   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501205325220-X9K64MCYS87HVN24R5EA/P1080010-3.jpg invertebrates - Union-jack Wolf spider Tasmanicosa sp. At least some of the local wolf spiders build burrows in the sandy soil. Vegetation is often used to line the entrance, and sometimes to obscure the burrow. The spider disappears in backwards if disturbed but will otherwise peer from the doorway. They can be coaxed to pounce on a teasing grass blade, no doubt demonstrating the technique they use to attack passing prey.   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305164130-RKEGQ2MDO7Z02K6JYCFQ/P1070026.jpg invertebrates - Wolf Spider Hogna sp. (perhaps) And this is what wolf spiders are particularly famous for! In many species, the female will carry around a silken egg sac until it hatches - and then she carries all the little spiderlings safely about on her back.   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501305164126-YRGQ5X90YIAIS1L62IEV/P1070026-2.jpg invertebrates - Wolf Spider Hogna sp. (perhaps) A close up ... just in case you missed it!   Order: Araneae; Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501128727887-U5OH61ROOSNXIOTWJKMC/P2210027.jpg invertebrates - Rainbow's Dew-drop Spider Argyrodes rainbowi The silver patches on this species are eye-catching. It is otherwise an easily overlooked spider. Argyrodes are tiny. They usually inhabit the webs of other spiders, 'stealing' from the larger spiders' catch or, perhaps, collecting the scraps. We found this individual in the web of a leaf-curling spider (Phonognatha graeffei). The related Dew-drop Spider, Argyrodels antipodianus, we reliably find wherever a Nephila spins her large golden web.   Order: Araneae; Family: Theridiidae (comb-footed spiders) Photo taken in February   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501155202394-7906JBVCTEDA8PZL8XVL/P3200026.jpg invertebrates - Eastern Golden Orb-weaver Nephila plumipes Each Summer we see only one or two of these large, distinctive and well-known orb-weavers here in the forest environment. Once established, an individual female may occupy the same site for many weeks. The female is the obvious spider. The males are tiny in comparison. The golden silk of the webs is strong and the webs are often large - several metres across. Despite the strength of the silk, however, they do suffer damage from errant birds and large, trapped insects. The webs become progressively untidy, 'patched', and filled with old prey, until what was once a gleaming work of art is really quite a tatty 'mess'.   Order: Araneae; Family: Araneidae (orb-weavers); subfamily: Nephilinae (golden orb-weavers) Photo taken in March   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501205325513-001LLNW6KTB1MFF1IUQQ/P1150006.jpg invertebrates - Huntsman Neosparassus sp. (perhaps) Huntsman of all sizes and many species are a feature of Summer. Some become quite large, others are small and fragile. This one may even be a juvenile. They are active, nocturnal hunters and it is common to find them in the morning, consuming moths.   Order: Araneae: Family: Sparassidae (huntsman spiders) Photo taken in January   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501204648736-90NUS45XP7K14HLWD2LM/PC140044.jpg invertebrates - Ant-eating Spider Habronestes sp. This pretty, ant-eating spider is displaying its characteristic ant-mimicking stance: the front legs mimic antennae. We often see them moving about the ground cover, no doubt on the hunt.   Order: Araneae; Family: Zodariidae (ant-eating spiders) Photo taken in December   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231811689-ZZ0LCRHL6SJRRTMLT4Q7/PB220082.jpg invertebrates - Silver Orb-weaver Leucauge sp. We don't really know a lot about this spider. I am tentatively identifying it as a Tetragnathidae (long-jawed spider), but need to make more observations - and images. Such a pretty thing!   Order: Araneae; Family: Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Spiders) Photo taken in November   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1501231739630-613QCVIAHME53VCNKZFR/PA280007.jpg invertebrates - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama This is where we leave the spiders, but not the arachnids. Scorpions belong to a distinct order within the class Arachnida. This rather fearsome looking predator is quite small - just 30mm long (not counting the impressive 'tail'). We often find them under wood and bark. They apparently feed on any invertebrates they come across, such as beetles, cockroaches, and millipedes. The family Urodacidae contains just this single genus, 21 species, and is only found in Australia. Order: Scorpiones; Family: Urodacidae (Australian burrowing scorpions) Photo taken in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583668319-F1GQ8MVIQ7CMH0UHPUYI/P4160009-2.jpg invertebrates - Forest Scorpion Cercophonius squama This individual is no doubt feeling a bit unhappy at being disturbed. The outstretched tail is ready to strike. The white, feathery structures seen protruding between the second and third pair of legs contain specialised vibration receptors which help the scorpion detect nearby prey. I have been stung by one, once. It hurts, but not for long. I didn't see the scorpion while I was digging in the garden - no gloves! - and obviously managed to dig through its burrow. No wonder it got cross.   Order: Scorpiones; Family: Bothruiridae Photo taken in April   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ec80a8d2b857fe42e4f603/1497583669252-BABDDZU25PMYDTLJTF7T/P5060011-2.jpg invertebrates - Red Velvet Mite Trombidium sp. Yet another arachnid that is not a spider. We often find these mites crawling around the surface of the soil in Autumn. This image shows a larger mite - 4.5mm long - surrounded by a cluster of smaller individuals - 1.5mm long - which we presume to be males trying to mate with a single female. 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