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On the pink granite of Castle Hill. Probably Poecilometis sp.; very similar to Poecilometis patruelis,...

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Uploaded on Feb 8, 2012

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This pretty little (10mm?) moth is hanging under the leaf of a Carpentaria...

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Uploaded on Feb 5, 2012  |  Map

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Grasshopper nymph on Plumbago. This isn't the Giant Grasshopper, though we do have dozens of them, but it is fairly big - nearly 30mm.

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Uploaded on Feb 5, 2012  |  Map

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High in the palm tree, which is why I couldn't get close enough for a bigger image. This beetle was...

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Uploaded on Feb 4, 2012  |  Map

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I would have thought this was the common Hermetia illucens except that it was running round on the...

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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012  |  Map

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I would have thought this was the common Hermetia illucens except that it was running round on the...

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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012  |  Map

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I had this down as the common Hermetia illucens but when I found Soldier fly (1) and started looking...

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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012  |  Map

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Convolvulus hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli. Hawk moths are wet-season visitors here (late December - early May) and this is my first for this season.

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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012  |  Map

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A small (4mm?) fat fly ... nameless so far.

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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2012  |  Map

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Exploring another banana trunk nearby, perhaps with the intention of laying more eggs.

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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2012  |  Map

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Still on the banana trunk. Laying eggs in a crevice?

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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2012  |  Map

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Exploring the banana trunk.

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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2012  |  Map

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In flight, approaching a banana trunk. See below for what she did there.

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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2012  |  Map

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Stilt fly, Mimegralla australica, Micropezidae, in the Palmetum.

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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012  |  Map

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Stilt fly, Mimegralla australica, Micropezidae, on a not-so-special table-cloth.

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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012  |  Map

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Stilt flies, Mimegralla australica, Micropezidae, mating.

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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012  |  Map

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Stilt flies, Mimegralla australica, Micropezidae, mating. Same couple as adjacent - action shot!

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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012  |  Map

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