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dustawayDescription
superficially similar to Brachyporopterus vermiculatus , sharing relatively long apical declivity, but 'dumpier' and lumpier. Also lacking humeral marking
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Genus TyrtaeosusObserver
donnamareetomkinsonDescription
On my verandah ceiling, looks to have been half wrapped up by a spider
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Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lamiinae)Observer
gibbergavinDescription
body length 9 mm
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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)Observer
dustawayDescription
Ichneumonoidea : TNP
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Paleticus tetricusObserver
dustawayDescription
Paleticus tetricus Pascoe 1874, flagged
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Genus AntissaObserver
daniel_healdDescription
Metallic Purple Fly, Dingo Rock
Identified as Stratiomyidae on Bowerbird by Tony D.: "It's an absolute beauty! Definitely a stratiomyid by wing venation. I can't find a genus/species match. There are species with similar metallic blue colouring, eg Lecomyia spp., but the antennae here do not match that genus."
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Isax planipennisObserver
dustawayDescription
one of the few I've seen largely scale-free
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Genus AustrophlugisObserver
dustawayDescription
ovipositing in stem of tall Cordyline rubra
RPRR Lismore NSW AU
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Excastra albopilosaObserver
jtweedDescription
Resting on an understorey plant. At a quick glance, I initially thought it was a bird dropping. The white hairs give it the appearance of being infected with an entomopathogenic fungi, maybe as a deterrent to predators...? Definitely the most amazing cerambycid I've ever seen!
Update: this species finally has a name! The paper naming and describing it can be freely downloaded from here: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.iv1x5
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dustawayDescription
superficially similar to Brachyporopterus vermiculatus
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Skeletonizing Leaf and Flea Beetles (Subfamily Galerucinae)Observer
dustawayDescription
8 joint antenna on right
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alisonpearsonDescription
At the white night lights set up to attract moths. Rainforest Patch.
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deeqldPlace
Maiala, D'Aguilar National Park, Mount Glorious Rd, Mount Glorious QLD 4520, Australia (Google, OSM)
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Nycterimyia horniObserver
alisonpearsonDescription
At the white night lights set up to attract moths. Rainforest Patch.
21mm wingspan 10mm long
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Guinea-Flowers (Genus Hibbertia)Observer
dustawayDescription
Hibbertia sp....hanging on in degraded ground by the roadside on granite near Mount Mackenzie, Northern Tablelands, NSW AU
elevation a.s.l. c.1070m
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Genus PaleticusObserver
dustawayDescription
poss. undescribed Paleticus...similar size , shape, features in common with cordipennis, fascicular deployment very similar [though some more elongated], only apical end of humeral tubercle on 7 more subdued, and lacking the white and red scales
Is that species sexually divergent?
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Genus DyschoeniumObserver
tasmanian_cryptofaunaDescription
new species
beaten from Leptospermum.
identified by Otto Bell (@elusivewwevils).
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david_boccalatteDescription
Field Notes - Bright yellow winged insect, with dark spots on head and thorax, six legs and antenna. I would like to know what the two black body parts one at rear of insect and one seemingly entering a hole in a branch of a tree. Ichneumon wasp.
