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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 -
Cicada Black Prince Family Cicadidae Photo E Collins -
Cicada case Photo P Spencer -
Common Brown Heteronympha merope Photo M O'Brien DSE Female on Senecio garlandii. Larval plants grasses -
Common Brown Heteronympha merope Female Photo E Collins Larval food plants : native grasses. Common -
Crane Fly Gynoplistia sp Photo E Collins A more robust looking Crane Fly over 1.5cm in length. -
Crane Fly family Tipulidae Photo E Collins A harmless and fascinating insect. -
Crane Fly sp Photo E Collins Another Crane Fly demonstrating the great variety in the family. -
Crane Fly sp Photo E Collins Mating Crane Flies. Belonging to a large and diverse family of flies the Tipulidae . -
Cyclochila australasiae Photo S Berg Yellow Monday Cicada. December -
Daggerfly Empis sp Photo N Blair This is a predatory fly, note its dagger-like proboscis.It uses this for two purposes, one to suck up nectar, which this one was doing and secondly to attack prey. While inside the orchid it got the pollen sacs stuck to its back. So it becomes an accidental pollinator as it moves from orchid to orchid. -
Delias harpalyce Imperial Jezebel Photo J Heywood The pupae winter on the web.The food plant is mistletoe. These are just hatching. -
Delias harpalyce Imperial Jezebel and pupae Photo J Heywood Jan has caught this hatching event. -
Dragonfly Hemianax papuensis Australian Emperor Photo E Collins This is one of the larger dragonflies. -
European Wasps Vespula germanica Photo E Collins An introduced species. A large aggressive wasp with a very nasty sting.It lives in large colonies and preys on a variety of insects which it feeds to its larvae. These were caught mating on the footpath. -
Eurymela sp Photo J Heywood Black Gum-leaf Hopper, This one has blue spots. Many species are attended by ants but this species had none in attendance. They can cause damage to young eucalypts. Controlled in nature by predatory insects and birds. -
Fly Rutilia sp Photo E Collins An attractive, nectar feeding and beneficial fly -
Fly in Pterostylis bicolor Photo Neil Blair An unamed fly as a pollinator.
