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simongroveDescription
Keeled snail Austrorhytida lamproides, Woolnorth, Tasmania, Febraury 2022, found by Karen Richards
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Triaenonychid Harvestmen (Family Triaenonychidae)Observer
sclerobunusDescription
Not sure what genus this is, potentially something new.
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Family CharopidaeObserver
hntroDescription
itty bitty (~2mm) snail under rock!
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Genus AustrorhytidaObserver
christine876Description
Found this snail (who looked like it was on its side, not upright like a garden snail). Very dark snail itself. When turned over the shell was like a funnel - only way I can describe it, it wasn’t flat.
Found in a wet Ferny creek bed on concrete drainage culvert
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Los Angeles Thread Millipede (Illacme socal)Observer
silversea_starsongDescription
Seems Siphonophorida is in California after all, I was waiting for the day!
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Family CharopidaeObserver
ben_travagliniDescription
Beneath wood chunk in dry to slightly damp sclerophyll forest.
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Genus OrthorhinusObserver
gibbergavinDescription
on Acacia cultriformis; body length 8 mm
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dhobernDescription
Curculioninae sp., to actinic light and LepiLED, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, 18 April 2019
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Genus ElleschodesObserver
dhobernDescription
Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 7-14 October 2022
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Genus DecilausObserver
ellurasanctuaryDescription
~5mm long. While it did occasionally have it's snout protruding, as soon as I turned the light on, or it saw motion, it tucked it up, so couldn't get a shot of it.
Does have similarities to Elaeagna squamibunda
https://www.ellura.info/Blattodea-Coleoptera-Hemiptera.html#Elaeagna-squamibunda
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Ecrizothis bovieiObserver
nomadcamDescription
Large approx 12mm in length. Small approx 8mm in length.
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Pravonitor monteithiObserver
jenny_wDescription
Identified as Pravonitor monteithi on Snails of Australasia Facebook group.
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elusiveorchidsDescription
Endemic Tasman Island cricket, body length c.30mm.
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dustawayDescription
6mm
variably colourful, [greens or browns on white]
non tuberculate, largish punctures partly concealed
alternate interstices raised, particularly 3rd near base
5-7mm
on twigs of fallen tree crown, Syzygium crebrinerve
TNP Joalah
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Genus AromagisObserver
debtaylor142Description
A very small weevil foind on the flowerhead of Ozothamnus diosmifolius.
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Tribe AterpiniObserver
simongroveDescription
Aterpine weevil, perhaps Ophthalmorychus, Lake Lea, Vale of Belvoir, Tasmania, January 2023
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Cacephatus sericeusObserver
tristantasDescription
No idea. Possibly Mandalotus. Was rather difficult to get a good photo. Found on a magnolia just by our beehive.
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Sitalcina peacheyiObserver
mhedinDescription
under stones, rich rocky microravine
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Sitalcina secaObserver
mhedinDescription
under rocks retaining moisture, burned redwood ravine
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mhedinDescription
3 adult males, about 10 adult females, about 10-20 immatures observed in colony
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Genus CatastygnusObserver
roserobinDescription
Weevil, Leptopius, thank you Boris Bueche!
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Genus CavelliaObserver
invertebratistDescription
Fieldwork with @ lloyd_esler, @ predomalpha and @ fiestykakapo.
Native coastal beech forest, under a decomposing wood.
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Family CharopidaeObserver
elusiveorchidsDescription
5 individuals under dead Allocasuarina tree, size of largest 2-3mm
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dhobernDescription
Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 7-14 May 2021
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Genus MetyrusObserver
bootown-beginnersDescription
Camouflaged as a bird dropping?
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Genus LeptopiusObserver
bridgetteaussiemacroDescription
© Bridgette Gower 2021 Aussie Macro Photos
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Genus LeptopiusObserver
emmasullDescription
found in a bathroom on the wall
green/mossy color with eye like markings on the head
roughly 2.5cm long
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simongroveDescription
Cave harvestman Hickmanoxyomma cavaticum, Mystery Creek Cave, Tasmania, December 2015
