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Megachile aurifrons (Golden-browed Resin Bee)

I see red…

Author Koh Lin ◦ 

You can sometimes see “red” in the most surprising places… from the eyes of the Golden-browed Resin Bee, to the butt end of the Red and Blue Beetle. There is also the aptly named Redback Spider and the Red-headed Mouse Spider (both being venomous).

Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons), Alice Springs, NT
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons), Alice Springs, NT
Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Beetle), Alice Springs NT
Red and Blue Beetle (Dicranolaius bellulus), Alice Springs NT
Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti), Alice Springs NT
Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti), Alice Springs NT
Red-headed Mouse Spider (Missulena occatoria), Alice Springs NT
Red-headed Mouse Spider (Missulena occatoria), Alice Springs NT

Then there is the Red Jewel Bug, Red Spiny Assassin Bug, Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle, Red Triangle Slug and the Red and Black Spider.

Choerocoris paganus, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Red Jewel Bug (Choerocoris paganus), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Red Spiny Assassin Bug (Scipinia arenacea), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Red Spiny Assassin Bug (Scipinia arenacea), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle (Paropsis obsoleta) found on Eucalypt, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle (Paropsis obsoleta) found on Eucalypt, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Red Triangle Slug (Triboniophorus graeffei), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Red Triangle Slug (Triboniophorus graeffei), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Red and Black Spider (Nicodamidae), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor

Not to overlook our red ants…

Red Bull Ant (Myrmecia gulosa), Hyams Beach NSW © Phil Warburton
Red Bull Ant (Myrmecia gulosa), Hyams Beach NSW © Phil Warburton
Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Red-headed Spider Ant), Burrinjuck NSW © Tony Eales
Red-headed Spider Ant (Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus), Burrinjuck NSW © Tony Eales

and the beautiful Red Spotted Jezebel…

Red Spotted Jezebel (Delias aganippe), Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Red Spotted Jezebel (Delias aganippe), Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan

The following listed in the same order as the photographs above:


and then of course there is the Reddish-brown Flower Beetle…

Aphanestes gymnopleura, Glen Aplin QLD © Marc Newman
Reddish-brown Flower Beetle (Aphanestes gymnopleura), Glen Aplin QLD © Marc Newman

and the commonly named Red-tipped Crab Spider…

Red-tipped Crab Spider (Sidymella rubrosignata) on a Flannel Flower, Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Red-tipped Crab Spider (Sidymella rubrosignata), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW

… I see red…