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Micromus tasmaniaeObservador
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Based on one find in the past, I think this may be a brown lacewing (Hemerobiidae) cocoon. It may even be Micromus tasmaniae. I think you can just see some jaws poking out of the end-on image. It was found in the base of a potted plant that I was ditching.
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Ixodes cornuatusObservador
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Whoa I've loaded some gross stuff today. Despite searching, we missed the fact that the dog had picked up this tick. He'd been very unhappy about something on his back end and we'd searched and searched but failed to find it. It dropped off on the carpet at home. I'd seen that the cat and dog were fascinated by something on the carpet, but I took a while to investigate. Yuck!
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Moscas e Mosquitos (Ordem Diptera)Observador
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I definitely took one for the team to get this photo. There was a dead wallaby on the beach and I decided that I really neglect all carrion insects, so I gave it about 30 seconds of my tolerance to get a photo of this unobliging maggot and a carrion beetle. I have no idea which fly, and it didn't give me a chance to see its head. I was leaning over the carcass for this. YUCK! My guess is a blowfly.
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Joaninha (Hippodamia variegata)Observador
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This should be in Europe. But it isn't. Hippodamia variegata
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Borboletas e Mariposas (Ordem Lepidoptera)Observador
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This was like a creepy museum piece, with a horribly haunting expression. Alive and well and I let it out the next morning.
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Borboletas e Mariposas (Ordem Lepidoptera)Observador
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Urgh. Added for the record.
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Género AnonychomyrmaObservador
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Ants foraging on a rather spectacular bird pellet. I think it's probably a currawong.
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Género BobillaObservador
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I have no idea how this adventured into our second storey bath, but it did.
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Família EvaniidaeObservador
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Not a good photo, but I don't see them very often.
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Cigarrinhas (Família Cicadellidae)Observador
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A little cicadellid nymph. Another one to add to the mystery pile.
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Ecnolagria rufescensObservador
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I must have been bored that day to take 2 of these beetles. Ecnolagria rufescens
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Italochrysa insignisObservador
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Italochrysa insignis looking very lovely on a less lovely outside wall.
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Género RutiliaObservador
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I love these big Rutilia flies. We were kind of lucky in that it got cold when I was out, and there were drops of rain, so the fly actually sat still on the path. They usually take off like rockets.
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Família OecophoridaeObservador
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On bracken, you really need to do a double take to discover that this isn't just a deposit of wren poo.
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Género TelanepsiaObservador
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Or possibly another poo mimic. This looks along the lines of Ioptera but I'm not confident as I can't see little crests behind the head.
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Género ErechthiasObservador
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This one was by far the most interesting of all the moths I uploaded in this bunch. It was running around, in daylight on a trunk amongst a stack of ants. I couldn't get decent photos due to the speed, and size. I also can't find an ID. I thought it would be easy with the eye spot wing flange. These lead me to Tineidae.
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Culladia cuneiferellus I think. I love those scales on the edges of the wings.
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Ecnolagria rufescensObservador
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I really want to turn up E. grandis one day, but I guess this is the usual dull Ecnolagria rufescens.
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Gelonus tasmanicusObservador
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Gelonus tasmanicus adult and nymph living amongst dead Correa (I think) foliage.
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Soldadinhos (Família Membracidae)Observador
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I'd boldly designated this to be a Sextius exuvium in the past, but this one was with Ceraon tasmaniae. Membracidae at least.
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Género SericophorusObservador
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I think this was still alive...just.... It was on a Eucalypt trunk and had a beautiful blue sheen. I don't think I've seen one before. It was a bulky wasp, maybe around the 1cm mark (if memory is right!).
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Género TachysphexObservador
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I think these are both Pison sp. Both were exploring a fallen log.