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Australian Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)Observer
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Missing Location
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Fragrant Heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule)Observer
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Missing Location
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Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle (Monolepta australis)Observer
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These guys are in abundance here for the past week. Swarms emerge on dusk and rest on foliage during the day. They take off if you brush past.
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Giant Blue Robber Fly (Blepharotes splendidissimus)Observer
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What a monster fly. 40mm wing tip to tip, same end mouth part to abdomen tip. Abdomen 20mm wide. It stinks like off fish. It's massive and exquisite. The head moves on its joint, and I just found it before ants started directing it. I can not see ANY similar images on inat and only choose this genus because of the smaller angled wings above main wings like stabilisers (?) evident in this genus' image.
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Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)Observer
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I have no idea what this group belongs to, and if/what it becomes. It was in some wood rot frass on my house. I'm just stabbing in the dark with my first id here because I'm hoping someone with an interest in wood-borers may know. Probably completely off the mark but got to start somewhere!
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Peacock Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa bombylans)Observer
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Found lying on my garden path. What a treat 😍
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Mountain Katydid (Acripeza reticulata)Observer
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Had bright orange and blue on abdomen under wings but not exposed once I reached for camera.
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Bronze Orange Bug (Musgraveia sulciventris)Observer
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On orange tree.
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Typical Sawflies (Superfamily Tenthredinoidea)Observer
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Appeared different to all suggestions, but thanks to @george.seagul's for lead to typical sawflies.
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Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota ssp. mcdowelli)Observer
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Not long after we met, I found a little frog on the orange tree about 80cm from where the pythons head was... Lucky little frog. I think it got away.
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Convolvulus Hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli)Observer
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Caterpillar 60 to 70mm long large caterpillar on sweet potato. Note other post just before this one of similar caterpillars. Maybe the same but looking very different.
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Convolvulus Hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli)Observer
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Many of these caterpillars on sweet potato leaves. Many moths in area also which have yellowish colour and are fast and small, about 15mm wide. I am assuming that the caterpillars are same species just older bigger ones get more details developed on them.
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Amorbus alternatusObserver
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By river Torrens on fresh new eucalyptus leaves at base of tree.
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Western Shovelnose Stingaree (Trygonoptera mucosa)Observer
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I don't know what this stingaree is but it would be great to find out what the community thinks of these images. If it IS a masked Stinagree then I would understand it to be an example outside of the usual known WA range.
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White-tailed Spiders (Genus Lampona)Observer
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Approx 25mm long in this position.
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Ceryerda cursitansObserver
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Found under old galvanised bin.
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Grass Lynx Spiders (Genus Oxyopes)Observer
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I am putting this genus (Oxyopes) as it's the iNat suggestion.
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Saint Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi)Observer
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I imagine this is a juvenile. Hard to I.D.
