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Antlion - Glenoleon species Photo E Collins This beautifully patterned Antlion was photographed resting on granite at Mt Pilot. It is the only known record for Victoria. Ken Harris has checked it against the specimens in Museum Victoria and there is no match. It is only the second record for Victoria. My thanks to Ken Harris for the ID -
Antlion larvae sand trap - Glenoleon sp. (Myrmeleontidae) The sand trap is designed to trap passing ants or other prey - photo by Neil Blair -
Antlion, larva - Glenoleon sp. (Myrmeleontidae) (2) Photo by Neil Blair -
Ants with Horned tree-hoppers Photo J Heywood Horned Tree-hoppers with ant attendants. Ants are also attending the Hairstreak pupa. Another interesting relationship in the web of life. -
Apis mellifera Photo E Collins This photo was taken on a very hot day. Many bees were clustered on twigs at the edge of a dam. A few were "swimming' and it was thought they would drown. However they made it safely to the bank and climbed out of the dam. It is believed they returned to the hive quite wet and used the water to cool the hive. While in the water they spun around in circles making a lovely pattern on the su -
Austronomia australic Native bees Photo N Blair These sleepy native bees were found on a cold morning clinging to a seed head of Fenn Sedge -
Bee Fly Comptosia insignis Photo E Collins Resembles a bee. Often hovers over bare ground. Feeds on nectar. -
Bee Fly Comptosia sp Photo J Birckhead Often hovers over bare ground.Feeds on nectar. -
Bee Fly - Comptosia sp. (Bombyliidae) The Bee Fly photo by Neil Blair Bombyliidae ; Comptosia species -
Bee fly of Genus Antrhax Photo E Collins Feeds on nectar. The larvae of these flies are predators of insect eggs and commonly of those of grasshoppers. This one was basking in the sun on clay. -
Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum Photo E Collins An aptly named dragonfly which skims across water and occasionally lands at the water's edge. -
Blue-banded bee Amegilla pulchra Photo E Collins A mortar bee which digs a tunnel in soil/gravel for breeding.Feeds on flower nectar. -
Blue-banded bees Photo E Collins Caught sleeping on a lavendar stem. -
Box of honeycomb Photo E Collins Bees occasionally make use of our nest boxes. This honeycomb dripped honey! -
Brown centipede Ethmostigmus rubripes Photo E Collins Strictly not an insect. Valuable nocturnal predator. The bite is painful -
Bull Ant Myrmecia sp Photo E Collins This is an aggressive ant with a very painful bite. It makes a large nest mound often in association with "Honey Pots", Acrotriche serrulata. -
Caedicia simplex Photo E Collins Often mistaken for a grasshopper the Katydid does not hop,it walks or flies.This is a juvenile Green Katydid. -
Camponotus molossus Photo N Blair This photo shows the ant taking a dry stem into the nest. The ants are Sugar Ants and are not aggressive. -
Camponotus molossus Photo E Collins This amazing turret-like structure is six centimeters tall. Made of grass and debris and is a "trademark" for this species. -
Chequered Swallowtail distribution map DSE Database