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Spine-waisted Ants (Genus Aphaenogaster)Observer
irene_rDescription
Couldn't work out what it was that these tiny red ants were struggling to carry. Nest holes in very sandy soil.
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Large Dingy Skipper (Timoconia peron)Observer
irene_rDescription
Mt Sugarloaf, Newcastle. Perhaps "hill topping".
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Observer
irene_rDescription
A misty morning and this little moth resting close to a large orb-weaver's web.
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Subgenus AustronomiaObserver
irene_rDescription
Very small bee about 7mm long. Seemed reluctant to move, possibly cold from a recent shower of rain.
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Satellite Flies (Subfamily Miltogramminae)Observer
irene_rDescription
Two flies. About 7mm body length.
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White Banded House Jumper (Maratus griseus)Observer
irene_rDescription
Very small jumping spider on an external house wall.
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Tropical Beehive Snail (Coneuplecta calculosa)Observer
irene_rDescription
Tiny, about 5mm across widest part. Observed under a leaf of a small tree.
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Cutworm Moths and Allies (Family Noctuidae)Observer
irene_rDescription
This caterpillar dropped out of a tree in front of me. Perhaps a bird dropped it? I put it back into the tree (coastal rain forest tree).
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Genus SwainsonaObserver
irene_rDescription
Invasive weed attracting bees and butterflies.
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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
irene_rDescription
Quite a large jumping spider - it kept jumping onto the camera lens.
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Subgenus MaiellaObserver
irene_rDescription
Visiting Swainsona peas - an invasive plant here.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
irene_rDescription
White-colored fungus or lichen growing over dead Casuarina trees.
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Splitgill Mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)Observer
irene_rDescription
On a path from the creek through to the beach. A lot of decaying casuarina in one area.
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Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)Observer
irene_rDescription
Adult with young one.