Category: Insects

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  Life on the Banksia praemorsa

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes you need to be at the right place at the right time… to capture some of the life that enjoy the Banksia praemorsa. Like many banksias, when in flower, they attract a variety of insects… Continue reading

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  Firetail

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ The “Firetail” Stenotritus… 😃 Ok, nothing to do with this week’s bees, but pretty stoked… 🙂 4 years ago I spotted a male Stenotritidae with an unusual bright orange tuft of bum fluff that didn’t match… Continue reading

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  Four units in this procession…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ The word “procession” has its roots in Latin – move forward, late Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n- ), from procedere ‘move forward’ Source: Dictionary.com Whilst not quite a cavalcade, on this particular morning,… Continue reading

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  a lot of Psyllid activity …

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ I came across a small Eucalypt yesterday with a lot of Psyllid activity … Phyllolyma sp. adults and lerps. Quite uncommon apparently to see the adults and also with them mating. Note the balls of sugary… Continue reading

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  This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp

  Author Norm Farmer ◦ This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron formosum) a type of mud-dauber wasp that builds pot-shaped nests out of mud. She pops into the granny flat each day, makes her nest in the kitchen… Continue reading

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  Blogging Shield Bugs and Stink Bugs

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Just some of my observations of Shield / Stink Bugs (Acanthosomatidae and Pentatomidae) into a collage … having the comparison really highlights their beauty and diversity. 1.Scientific classificationKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: InsectaInformal: PterygotesOrder: HemipteraSuborder: HeteropteraInfraorder: PentatomomorphaSuperfamily:… Continue reading

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  Ask 10 entomologists for an identification…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ It started with a pleasant Sunday stroll in the Hills … I was about to sit down on a bench but saw a delightful little blue-winged wasp. I decided to photograph it before sitting down. I… Continue reading

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  obliging enough to pose…

  Author Deb Taylor ◦ This wasp was first sighted moving across gravel and mulch on the ground (as shown in last 3 photos) but after flying away alighted in a nearby Cotoneaster where it stayed for quite some time. kerrileeharris… Continue reading

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  Stop killing the bugs…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Over the years, as I’ve been out wandering in the bush with my camera, a deepening has taken place. As I walk, it’s as though I’m walking myself ever deeper into the natural world, and as… Continue reading

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  Who, me?…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Seeing quite a few of these big guys (and girls) on the mallee flowers at the moment, very friendly… 4th pic, “Who, me?…”, Yes you! In fact, a little too friendly in my opinion… 5th pic,… Continue reading

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  No clue have I

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Yet another windy week, makes for lots of photo deleting as it is without accidentally and unknowingly changing the mode setting on your camera to 20 frames per shot (I’d reckon it was while being dragged… Continue reading

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  is it still really necessary to get pinned specimens in order to get published?

  Author Phil Warburton ◦ I found this interesting wasp at the Ulladulla Wildflower Reserve on the NSW south Coast. I believe it is a Calopompilus sp. and I think it is an undescribed species. We can quickly eliminate 10 of… Continue reading