Pics #1 & 2 - Went outside this morning and flicked a Blowfly off the backdoor jamb into a small Black House Spider web , it was punching above it's weight but it overpowered it and dragged it into it's lair .
Pic #3 - One week on and there's very little evidence of the massive battle that took place .
Pics # 4-6 - Spotted this nice Dragonfly on the back wall at home this afternoon (29/11/22)
Pic #7 A nice Blue Damselfly i rescued from under the back porch.
Pic #8 - we've got a visitor in the house at the moment , he can stay as long as he stays up high near the cornice , when they start hanging around the light switches in the dark they tend to get ejected outside ( not good for an old mans heart ) 11/12/22 .
Pic #9 - Snapped this shot down the backyard this morning , it's a Long Nosed Lycid Beetle ... Porrostoma rhipidium (11/12/22) .
Pic #10 - Got another visitor overnight , this one is a little bigger and doesn't like close ups (12/12/22) .
Pic # 11
A small wasp on the lawn (11/12/22)
Pic #12 - My Brother 'n Law found this Fiddler Beetle in his backyard in Sunbury but it's unfortunately missing it's head , still , nice colors on the outer wings .
Pics # 13 & 14 - An unusal Spider i found while sweeping brush in the Wombat State Forest (18/12/22)
Pics # 15 - 17 - Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus sp , swept a few of these out of the brush today , also called "coneheads" (18/12/22)
Pics # 18 & 19 - Swept this little Spider up today , they weren't uncommon in the bushes i was sweeping with my net (18/12/22) . Looks like it's a member of the Arkyidae family .
Pics # 20 & 21 - A couple of shots of a member of the Belidae species , Kangaroo Flat , Bendigo (29/12/22)
Pic # 22 - A Juvenile Stink Bug , Kangaroo Flat , Bendigo(29/12/22)
Pics # 23 & 24 - These are Soldier Beetles ( Chauliognathus lugubris ) , they also known as Plague Soldier Beetles which is understandable as they were covering any flowing gums down at Emu Bottom when i was there .
Pic # 25 - A Fiddler Beetle from my Driveway in Sunbury (4/1/23)
Pics # 26 & 27 - Bit off topic i know but while we were at Kangaroo Flat i noticed this nice little nest , probably a Willy Wagtail or something similar and my Son bumped into a nice Stumpy Tailed Lizard ( it wasn't keen on the photo graphic session though) 29/12/22
Pics # 28 & 29 - A Eucalypt Beetle down Emu Bottom (31/12/22)
Pics # 30 - 32 - A nice big Dragonfly on the fence at home (6/1/23)
Pic # 33 Another Dragonfly , this one was at Emu Bottom , Sunbury .
Pic # 34 - The Dragonflies are out in force in Wombat this summer , managed a quick shot of this one (26/2/23)