Alpha adventure: Sydney northern beaches, Nov 21

A weekend trip to the northern beaches to escape the unseasonal cold weather in Canberra!

The trip included visits to Warriewood Wetlands, Ku-Ring-Gai National Park and Mona Vale Basin for some bird and bug spotting!
Highlights included lots of interesting insects and spiders! My particular favourites are:
-Mesostenina wasp
-Handmaiden moths
-Flower-feeding march fly
-Austral ellipsidion cockroaches
-Common triangular spider
-Saint Andrew's cross spider
(plus a few more I've linked below)

I also spotted a red-bellied black snake lurking in the wetlands, and a few nice beach coming finds on the beach, including a violet globe snail.

Posted on November 17, 2021 08:54 AM by alphaj16 alphaj16

Observations

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Violet Globe Snail (Janthina globosa)

Observer

alphaj16

Date

November 12, 2021 07:38 PM +11

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Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)

Observer

alphaj16

Date

November 12, 2021 11:20 AM UTC

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Saint Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi)

Observer

alphaj16

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November 13, 2021 12:32 PM UTC

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Common Triangular Spider (Arkys lancearius)

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alphaj16

Date

November 13, 2021 12:33 PM UTC

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Flower-feeding March Fly (Scaptia auriflua)

Observer

alphaj16

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November 13, 2021 12:47 PM UTC

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Handmaidens (Genus Amata)

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alphaj16

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November 13, 2021 12:51 PM UTC

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Lemon Tree Borer Parasitoid Wasp (Xanthocryptus novozealandicus)

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alphaj16

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November 13, 2021 01:23 PM UTC

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alphaj16

Date

November 14, 2021 09:08 AM UTC

Description

Chiltern Trail

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Observer

alphaj16

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November 14, 2021 09:38 AM UTC

Description

Chiltern Trail

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Austral Ellipsidion (Ellipsidion australe)

Observer

alphaj16

Date

November 14, 2021 10:18 AM UTC

Description

Chiltern Trail

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