Cape Tribulation.
Maybe?
Praying Mantis in the process of laying an egg sack
Praying Mantis.
(False Garden Mantid, Pseudomantis albofimbriata>, MANTIDAE)
Albury NSW Australia
28 March 2006
On Monarda punctata
There have been lots of these little bees visiting the goldenrod since it started blooming, but I have had a really hard time getting a decent picture because they move so erratically and, when they do set down, they burrow themselves into the flowers. Yesterday morning when it was still quite chilly, this enterprising little guy was the only insect I saw in the goldenrod patch, and it was moving relatively slowly. (It was joined by many others when it warmed up.) I love this picture!
Mother and joey. Have been watching the development of the joey over recent weeks. Apologies for poor photos - stretching the limit of a mobile phone on the opposite side of a window.
@ozzicada Apparently rental properties are in short supply!!
Wild, Large Spotted Ladybird
Harmonia conformis, pupae, and molts,on Acacia tree, Modbury, SA, Australia
wild, energetic mover, Genus Gotra Wasp, Fairview Park, SA, Australia. Photos by Karen Weaving, @karenweaving62 and Owen Gale, @owen65,.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/338279-Gotra
Very similar to these below
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/67655-Xanthocryptus-novozealandicus
wild, Black-Faced Kangaroo, aka, Western Grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus, female, foraging in grassy areas, Athelstone, SA, Australia
The plant she is frequenting is Crowea exalata. There were a number of c.s. bushes in the nearby vicinity and she kept going between all of them.
While still fast, she was still slightly slower moving than what I see of this species early on in the season.
Austronomia flavoviridis, male.
The flower it was photographed on (if that helps) is a flannel flower (actinotus helianthii)