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Tribe OxyteliniObserver
mariannebrougDescription
Curious creature the size of an ant. At first I couldn't work out what it was ... and then the wings unfurled!
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Thorny Bitter-Pea (Daviesia pectinata)Observer
isaac-schroederDescription
Super tall
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
jvanweenen
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Paratrombium albumObserver
ellurasanctuaryDescription
DOH, I forgot to put a rule on it to measure it's length 😔
Compared to some ridges on the edge of the container, it's ~3mm long (excluding legs).
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Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)Observer
bioshots_jm
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Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)Observer
bioshots_jmDescription
Cheiloneurus, maybe?
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Bush Banana (Leichhardtia australis)Observer
rarefruitausDescription
Go up to the lookout, then follow the path down the hill to the other side. Continue the path until it crosses the creek bed, then look in the acacia trees around the creek
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Madagascar Ocotillo (Alluaudia procera)Observer
insiderelicDescription
Could be Phytoplasma.
Host species is Acacia acinacea.
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Colloderma oculatumObserver
peterbosDescription
Lifecycle observed over 3 weeks. On wood of fallen log with saturated surface and bryophytes present. Initially sighted in proximity of Trichia botrytis. Initially black and then silvery in gel, but once exposed to air - iridescent yellow, green, purple and orange colours. Apparently enjoyed by springtails.
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Genus LaxtaObserver
mariannebrougDescription
Reference https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228951185 for the Heterotextus miltinus.
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Litargus balteatusObserver
mariannebrougDescription
Larva on Phlebia sp. It had two tails.
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Genus ZonioplocaObserver
ellurasanctuaryDescription
~13mm long female.
Always thought these were Zonioploca latizona based on the images in Rentz's book, but it's WAY too small. Z. latizona females are ~23mm. They also have a ventrally yellow thorax, unlike the black here. Other differences include the entirely red legs and black head & face.
So I'm assuming it's an undescribed species?
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Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)Observer
lorraineharrisDescription
two young darters on a bank of the River Murray with a parent not too far away
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Feather-horned Beetle (Rhipicera femorata)Observer
marknewtonDescription
15mm
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White Porch Spider (Cryptachaea gigantipes)Observer
mariannebrougDescription
See observation for wasp. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200253257
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Genus MacrobiotusObserver
terrybrDescription
Extracted from golden lichen growing on walnut tree.This is the fourth tardigrade species on this lichen, Ramazzottius is by far the most abundant.
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Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)Observer
davecrowDescription
Note: long zoom..crept over hill to take this shot and not disturb them. A pair have been breeding for 5 years on our farm.
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Inch Ant (Myrmecia pyriformis)Observer
mariannebrougDescription
On my house wall.
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ellurasanctuaryDescription
~13.5mm long
Found in Senna artemisioides.
Found 4, 2 in each bush, but only managed to capture one from each.
They quickly dropped off onto the ground when felt threatened.
Also seems to have a metalic blue body.
www.ellura.info/Blattodea-Coleoptera-Hemiptera.html#Melobasis-sp
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Lawn Shrimp (Arcitalitrus sylvaticus)Observer
mariannebrougDescription
Crawling up the wall of my house after an unseasonably wet day in Adelaide.
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Auger Beetles (Family Bostrichidae)Observer
janet705_whitingtonDescription
Tiny
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Tri-horned Treehopper (Acanthuchus trispinifer)Observer
glassmithDescription
It was on an eggplant bush in my vegetable garden. It has patches on it that look unhealthy? but I know so little about insects.
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Ship-timber Beetles (Genus Atractocerus)Observer
emuuuuDescription
What IS this thing?
