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Australasian Garden Orb-Weavers (Genus Hortophora)Observer
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About 20mm body length; nocturnal.
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By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)Observer
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about 20mm length
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Margined Sea Lizard (Glaucilla marginata)Observer
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Smaller (10-15 mm length) two are G. marginatus. The larger individual is G. atlanticus. Many of both species washed up after storm.
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Sea Swallow (Glaucus atlanticus)Observer
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Larger (approx 3 cm) individual is G. atlanticus. Smaller 2 are G. marginalus. Many of both species washed onto beach after storm
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Genus ScytodesObserver
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Nocturnal. Slow moving. Approx. 8 mm body length
Not S. thoracica, based on leg patterns.
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Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera)Observer
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Approx 30mm
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Snake Mantis (Kongobatha diademata)Observer
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Approx 20mm length
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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One of the offspring of mating pair described in previous observation (12 April 2020). Still hanging around near empty egg cases.
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Genus AnthelaObserver
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Female (top) and male found together presumably after mating. Female length about 45mm head to wing tip.
Two strings of eggs laid nearby. Hatched after about a week. Caterpillars ate most of the egg cases then dispersed after about 2 days.
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Australasian Privet Hawkmoth (Psilogramma casuarinae)Observer
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70 mm, excluding horn
