Insects
Order Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies
Tipanaea patulella - White Rush Moth
Altica sp. - Blue Metallic Flea Beetle
Plague Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus sp.
Chauliognathus lugubris
Predatory on small insects, adults also feed on pollen and nectar. Spring to Autumn.
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Source:
Daley, E. 2007. Wings: an introduction to Tasmania's winged insects p.30
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191564063
A native cockroach - Platyzosteria sp.
Often found under wood. Image shows with an ootheca (egg case) attached.
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Source: Museum Victoria Website
Ichneumonid Wasp - Echthromorpha sp.
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There are around 2000 species in Australia Some female ichneumonid wasps have a very long ovipositor (a tube-like structure for laying eggs) which is used to reach insect larvae such as wood grubs which burrow in bark and wood.
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Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155120007
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/ichneumonid-wasps/
Bristle Fly - Tachinidae family being eaten by a Crab spider.
Source: Daley, E. 2007. Wings: an introduction to Tasmania's winged insects p.128
Dung Beetle - Subfamily Scarabaeinae.
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In January these were found in the front yard on wallaby scats. These fiesty beetles zoom across the grass towards the scats with great excitement!
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Source: Daley, E. 2007. Wings: an introduction to Tasmania's winged insects p.128
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This beetle was spotted in early December and was very still as I was photographing it. After a time, it went to shelter under some leaves.
Longhorn Beetles - Family Cerambycidae
This beautiful beetle was found in January almost dead and entangled in a spider's web on our veranda.
Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles - Subfamily Lamiinae
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During November, I found this beetle on a Eucalyptus stump with a resupinate fungus. Perhaps it was more interested in the other tiny food sources (lerps) onsite?
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Lesser Meadow Katydids - Genus Conocephalus
Observed in early March on reeds, most have a lifecycle that lasts around one year. They eat leaves, flowers, pollen, nectar and small invertebrates.