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Larva was collected from Woodlands Historic Park on 21/10/23. Adult moth eclosed on 12/2/24. I believe this one is female as it is slightly larger than the moth that eclosed on 8/2/24 (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198758057). The case is also slightly larger. It was difficult to get photos of this one as it was easily startled and I didn’t want it to fly off around the room. I tried to get some photos of the abdomen. I had put the (presumedly) male moth in the same container as this one. Unfortunately the male died on 11/2/24, before the female eclosed.
Edited to add photos comparing the size of the male and female specimens. A bit tricky as the male moth died in an awkward position and had shredded his wings a bit.
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Larva was collected from Woodlands Historic Park on 21/10/23. Adult moth eclosed 8/2/24. Initially thought it was one of the Lepidoscia, based on the case style, but over time it added a few sticks to the side of the case. Now the adult moth has eclosed, I’m pretty sure it’s Trigonocyttara clandestine. A first for me, so that’s exciting. I collected 3 of these at the same time. One sadly died after managing to climb down a very small hole into the water jar for their foliage. The other may still be pupating. The other one is slightly larger so may be a female.
Edit: The other moth eclosed on 12/2/24 and was indeed female. I’ve added photos comparing the size of the male and female. Unfortunately the male died on 11/2/24 and was a bit tricky to position for the photos, but the size difference should still be clear.
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Spotted this moth in a eucalyptus. It was not keen on staying still for a photo.
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The flash of iridescent blue caught my eye and I spotted this little skink sunning itself. Speedy little guy didn’t want to sit still for photos. Apologies for the poor quality photos, they were taken on my phone at full zoom to avoid startling it.
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Género AnestiaObservador
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Cocoon made of spare hairs. Found on eucalyptus. Possible Anestia?
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Família AraneidaeObservador
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Found this little spider blending in with the dead portion of this eucalyptus leaf. Guessing Araneidae?
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Uraba lugensObservador
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Uraba lugens eggs (already hatched) and damage to eucalyptus leaf.
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Uraba lugens eggs (already hatched) and damage to eucalyptus leaf.
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Paropsisterna larvae on eucalyptus
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Woodlands Historic Park. Not sure what species of eucalyptus these were on but nearly every tree in the area had loads of Uraba lugens and extensive foliage damage from their feeding.
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Woodlands Historic Park. Not sure what species of eucalyptus these were on but nearly every tree in the area had loads of Uraba lugens and extensive foliage damage from their feeding.
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Woodlands Historic Park. Probably a Lepidoscia species. On a eucalyptus. Collected to raise to adult.
Adult moth eclosed from one of these specimens on 8/2/24. Confirmed as Trigonocyttara clandestina. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198758057
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Woodlands Historic Park. Probably a Lepidoscia species. On a eucalyptus. Collected to raise to adult.
Edit: Adult moth eclosed from one of these specimens on 8/2/24. Confirmed as Trigonocyttara clandestina. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198758057
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Woodlands Historic Park. Probably a Lepidoscia species. On a eucalyptus. Collected to raise to adult.
Edit: Adult moth eclosed from one of these specimens on 8/2/24. Confirmed as Trigonocyttara clandestina. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198758057
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Woodlands Historic Park. I was looking for Uraba lugens when this little mantis photobombed. It was speedy and didn’t stay still to get decent photos. I’m guessing a nymph? Possibly Orthodera ministralis
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Woodlands Historic Park. I don’t know the species of eucalyptus, but nearly every one of these trees had loads of Uraba lugens and extensive damage to the foliage from their feeding.
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Mating pair found on an agapanthus at night. Identified elsewhere by Matthew Connors as Coptaspis brevipennis.
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Found on an agapanthus at night. Identified elsewhere by Matthew Connors as a male Coptaspis brevipennis.
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Awful photos (my phone camera is not great at night), but this is more just for a record. I was able to see the dark spot on the forelimb to confirm this is Pseudomantis albofimbriata.
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Orange and black wasp that was darting around the lower foliage in the garden. Identified elsewhere by Ken Walker as Ctenochares bicolorus.
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Frog spotted in tree at night. Too high up to get a better angle. Around 5cm long. Underside was lighter than top. Guessing Litoria?
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Found on Broccoli plant. Suspect this is Crocidolomia pavonana.
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Pieris rapae caterpillar found on broccoli
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Phonognatha graeffei that appears to have caught a Polistes chinensis. The garden has lots of these spiders, all with their little curled leaf homes.
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These aphids were covering several long stems of a broccoli that had gone to seed. Assuming Brevicoryne brassicae given the host plant.
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Género HelpisObservador
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This observation is for the little spider, not the Illeis galbula on the leaf above. Only noticed the spider after taking photos of the ladybug. Guessing one of the jumping spiders?
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I only noticed after taking the photos of Illeis galbula that there was a little spider on the leaf below