normal Question Assorted Insects of Diggers Rest - Part 1

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19 Nov 2023 18:21 #664

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Last edit: 14 Dec 2023 19:02 by Trevor Glyn-Jones.

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14 Nov 2023 22:05 #659

Recently we moved onto 180 acres approximately ten minutes out of Sunbury at the back of Diggers Rest , I've already had a bit of success catching some specimans and the season is still early .
Photos 1-3 :- I believe this is a Beetle of the Ecnolagria sp. .... approximately 20mm in length .
Photo 4 :- Some Spitfires on the ground moving from one tree to another .
Photos 5-7 :- A Carcass Beetle  ( Ptomaphilia lacrymosa ) found under a dead bird .
Photos  8-13 :-  I spotted this fly on the wall out the back in the BBQ area and thought it didn't look like a normal Blowfly , after i got it under the microscope i confirmed my suspicions  ..... it has unusual markings on its abdomen and a proboscis more like a March Fly , the appendages sticking out at right angles half way up are particularly interesting and if you look closely you'll see it has 3 blood mites on it as well .
Photos 14-16 :-  This Devil's Coach Horse  (Creophilus erythrocephalus) was with the Carcass Beetles .
Photos 17&18 :-  Unidentified Fly ...  Tephritis sp.
Photos 19-22 :-   Three Fungas Flies .
Photo 23 :-  Unidentified Fly .
Photo 24 :-  Unidentified Parasitic Wasp. 
Photos 25-27 :-  Unidentified Parasitic Wasp.
Photos 28-30 :-  Unidentified Parasitic Wasp.
Photo 31 :-  An extremely small Parasitic Wasp ... only 4mm long .
Photos 32 & 33 :-  Unidentified Leafhopper .
Photos 34 & 35 :-  Unidentified Leafhopper .
Photos 36 & 37 :-  Unidentified Leafhopper .
Photos  38 & 39 :-  Unidentified  Spider Hunting Wasp .
Photo 40 :-  Arboreal Cockroach .... caught sweeping a Gum Tree , it was probably looking for insect droppings on the leaves .
Photo 41 :-  A Tachinid Fly .... Rutilia sp.
(21/11/23)
Photo 42 :-  Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle .
Photo 43 :-  Scarab Beetle .
Photo 44 :- Juvenile Katydid .
Photo 45 :-  Case Moth & Cocoon ..... note two of the sticks are longer than the rest , this means it is the species Clania ignobilis .... if they were all the same length then it would of been Clania tenuis .
Photo 46 :- This flew to the outdoor light (23/11/23) .... i think it's Orthorhinis cylindirostis ( Elephant Weevil) .
Photo 47 :- Ecnolagria sp .
Photos 48-50 :-  Scarab Beetle .

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