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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 . -
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. -
Garden Mantid Orthodera ministralis Photo E Collins This small Mantid lives in gardens and feeds on a variety of small insects. Its ootheca is often stuck to walls or a fence and has a woody appearance. -
Glenoleon sp Photo E Collins This beautifully patterned Antlion was photographed resting on granite at Mt Pilot.It is the only know 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 -
Grass Dart sp Photo E Collins A tiny , often overlooked, butterfly -
Green Katydid Caedicia simplex Photo E Collins These insects are masters of camouflage. Often mistaken for grasshoppers -
Gum Leaf Grasshopper Photo E Collins Goniaea sp. This ground dwelling grasshopper is nature's camouflage at its best. It lives on the ground among dry leaves. Here it blends with the granite rock. -
Hairstreak Butterfly larva with attendant ants Photo J Heywood Another aspect in the web of life where one sp supports another. -
Harpobittatus australis sp Scorpion Fly Photo E Collins An amazing insect. Enlarge to see the remarkable detail in the legs and clasping ability.