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drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Small extremely camouflaged grasshopper looking insect.
Elongated body and had a strong jump
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Wrap-around Spiders (Genus Dolophones)Observer
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Potentially a species of wraparound spider ??
Found at night on a eucalypt tree
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Large Spotted Ladybird (Harmonia conformis)Observer
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Ladybug found in the backyard of an inner city house
I think this might be Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata?
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Margin-winged Stick Insect (Ctenomorpha marginipennis)Observer
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Stick insect found feeding on eucalypt at night
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Genus AeolothynnusObserver
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - I believe this is a flower wasp of the Radumeris genus
It was found on a flowering eucalypt at Innes National Park
Is this a male carrying the flightless female on his abdomen ?
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Slender Green Orbweaver (Araneus talipedatus)Observer
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Small green spider with mottled browned patches on the abdomen
Found at night on a eucalypt tree
I believe this to be Araneus talipedatus
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Slender Gumleaf Grasshopper (Goniaea vocans)Observer
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Small, grey grasshopper found jumping through leaf litter at Innes National Park, SA
Unsure of exact species
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Black-and-white Tiger Moth (Ardices glatignyi)Observer
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Found resting at night on a eucalypt leaf, was very sluggish
I think this is Spilosoma glatignyi ??
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Black-tipped Orange Ichneumon Wasp (Ctenochares bicolorus)Observer
drphilDescription
Sighting and photos (c) drphil.
Field Notes - Found perched on a leaf on the inner suburbs of Melbourne, seemed sluggish and was moving slowly as a result but did eventually fly off
After much research I am unable to determine the exact species
