A pair of Tawny Frogmouths take turns on the scrappy nest of sticks. He hunts at night she sits at night I think. One chick visible. Harassed by swooping a Pied Currawong in the afternoon.
Catoblastus moth damage on Opuntia tomentosa (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/184788027) along Mitchell Highway north of Charleville, Queensland, Australia. July 2023.
On opuntia stricta plant
Larval frass on Opuntia tomentosa
Self-dispersed population. ID based on leaf chlorosis and eggs.
Self-dispersed population. ID is based on chlorosis of D. unguis-cati leaves and eggs on the underside midrib.
Pupae discs of jewel beetle observed on cats claw vine at Southside hockey grounds Gympie.
Self-dispersed population. Photograph is of hole where pupal mine was present. Adult beetles were also observed but could not be photographed.