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matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 10:10 PM AEST

Description

Ah, a roach. What is it? Good question. It is something. Well, it's Neotemnopteryx or Paratemnopteryx at least, probably the former

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matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 09:15 PM AEST

Description

Okay, males are a little easier so maybe we can get somewhere. Using the same reasoning as before, it's definitely Aritella, and the mirror is divided into at least three cells (maybe more but hard to see), so it must be in the Ilya Group or the Dumpalia Group. All of the Dumpalia Group are only known from WA so I am happy calling this Ilya Group. There are a lot of species but maybe we can get somewhere.
A. girralonga is out of range but it looks like everything else is fair game! The forewings are not darkened so A. fulviceps is out. A. chidnaria similarly has some areas of the forewing nearly black. A. cooma has the pronotum slightly wider at the front than at the rear. A. arinya has the face mostly yellow. So that leaves us with A. ilya and A. gurrinya. The key actually does separate them on external characters, with A. ilya having some forewing veins very light yellow and A. gurrinya having them all essentially the same colour as the membrane. I'm not seeing any traces of yellow veins here, and indeed the description also states that A. ilya has the pronotum wider in front than behind. So I am pretty happy calling this A. gurrinya!

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matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 08:25 PM AEST

Description

Normally a Lepidogryllus ID is out of the question because they are essentially identical, but L. parvulus has not been recorded near here so I'm fairly happy calling it L. comparatus

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What

Corsair Bugs (Subfamily Peiratinae)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 08:25 PM AEST

Description

A pirate!

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matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 08:25 PM AEST

Description

See now this is an interesting one. Normally I would not attempt it with the notes given in Otte & Alexander (1983), but we also have Rentz & Su (2019) to go on. The latter shows A. fulviceps as looking like this, and calls it "a very distinctive species". Otte & Alexander's description matches this too, with extensive darkened regions on the forewings. Now, is that enough to be sure? No, probably not. But there is something additional - all the little pattern details are the same as in Rentz & Su's photographs. The pattern on the pronotum and legs are pretty much identical, and the overall shapes and proportions are the same (including ovipositor length). So tentatively I am happy to call this A. fulviceps

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What

Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra morsitans)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 08:22 PM AEST

Description

A bit dusty

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Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 07:01 PM AEST

Description

I'm actually quite liking the crickets at the moment. So what is this? We have a male as well in a few sightings which I initially thought would be the same species, but as it turns out I may even have two different species here in the females. So what are these red-headed crickets? They're Modicogryllini, and the red head, pale legs, lack of stripes on the head, and divided mirror (in the male at least) puts them in the Aritella group. The divided mirror of the male and rather long forewings of the female place them firmly in Aritella itself.

So how far can we go into the genus before we get stuck? The head is not black, so it's not A. laticaput or in the Duldrana Group. Aaaaaand I don't think we can really go further than that unfortunately. Even the males are very difficult without call or dissection, and there are more than twenty species in the genus. But that's okay, genus is good

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What

Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 06:33 PM AEST

Description

T̶w̶o̶ five birds on a wire

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What

Eucalyptus (Genus Eucalyptus)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 06:24 PM AEST

Description

A lovely sunset

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matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 06:16 PM AEST

Description

I have no idea what this is - I unfortunately did not notice it until looking back at my photos. From the size of the snail next to it, the entire structure is somewhere between 2 and 3 cm long

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Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 06:16 PM AEST

Description

ID by John-Michiel Koens

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What

Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 06:03 PM AEST

Description

As the light fades

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What

Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:54 PM AEST

Description

Another familiar face from the east coast

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What

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:59 PM AEST

Description

Okay last finches for the day I promise! They were so numerous

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What

White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:55 PM AEST

Description

Yellow and grey

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What

Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:49 PM AEST

Description

Love a cheeky parrot

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What

White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:41 PM AEST

Description

And a blurry honeyeater at the water too

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What

Sandalwoods, Mistletoes, and Allies (Order Santalales)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:49 PM AEST

Description

This one I know is a mistletoe

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What

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:41 PM AEST

Description

More finches!

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What

Black-fronted Dotterel (Charadrius melanops)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:40 PM AEST

Description

when will my reflection show

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What

Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:40 PM AEST

Description

Someone familiar

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What

Black-tailed Native-Hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:37 PM AEST

Description

In the mud

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What

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:37 PM AEST

Description

Came quite low actually

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What

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:36 PM AEST

Description

Some younger ones

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What

White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:24 PM AEST

Description

Looking straight at me

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What

Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:19 PM AEST

Description

Very narrow leaves on this

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What

Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:19 PM AEST

Description

My first diamond dove! Such an elegant species

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What

Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 05:19 PM AEST

Description

I love the crest

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What

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 04:53 PM AEST

Description

Silhoutted

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What

Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)

Observer

matthew_connors

Date

September 28, 2018 04:52 PM AEST

Description

Surveying

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