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Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) also known as Green Blowfly

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 to enjoy the nectar.

Cut-leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa), Alice Springs, NT
Cut-leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa), Alice Springs, NT
Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) also known as Green Blowfly
Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) on Life on the Banksia praemorsa, Alice Springs NT
Ellipsidion humerale nymph on the Banksia praemorsa, Alice Springs NT
Ellipsidion humerale nymph on the Banksia praemorsa, Alice Springs NT
Ellipsidion humerale on the Banksia praemorsa, Alice Springs NT
Ellipsidion humerale on the Banksia praemorsa, Alice Springs NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Order: Proteales
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Genus: Banksia
  • Species: Banksia praemorsa

Cut-leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa), Alice Springs, NT
Cut-leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa), Alice Springs, NT

See our page on the Cut-leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa), the Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina), and the Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humerale)


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