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I see I have not put up many photos of Anthrax bee-flies though they are very common. This is ...

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012  |  Map

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Or tumbling flower beetle; my brief researches suggest the taxonomy of this group is unresolved. Family...

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012  |  Map

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An immature katydid on new Eucalyptus growth; quite startling.

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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012  |  Map

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A photo from November which I had thought was C. alecgemmelli but isn't. C. alecgemmelli is HERE So far...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Common longhorn beetle mimic of wasps. They were very agile and would not stay still so this is for the...

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012  |  Map

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A chafer feeding on an Angophora. Probably Neorrhina punctatum, spotted flower chafer. An earlier photo...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012  |  Map

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This is a very small part of the robber-fly seen HERE to show the mite on its second...

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Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012  |  Map

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Diochlistus tenebrosus on grass stems; female. As far as I know the first photo of a live one of this...

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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012  |  Map

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A cicada, about 30mm long.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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The very small robber-fly, possibly a Laphria relative is less than 10mm long; sitting on an Angophora. ...

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Uploaded on Jan 17, 2012  |  Map

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The only thing you can say about their walk!

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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2012  |  Map

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My researches suggest that this is a Chrysobothris species but I could be completely wrong! The live one...

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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012  |  Map

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A lacewing Nymphes myrmeleonoides. As seen at the Sydney International tennis womens final, but not the same one!

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Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012  |  Map

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A female Meomyia sericans scraping up sand off the track; I have seen this species doing this before. ...

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Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012  |  Map

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A grasshopper sitting on a tree-trunk in the heat of the day.

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Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012  |  Map

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Of the rare and restricted Diuris parvipetala.

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Uploaded on Jan 11, 2012  |  Map

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More from the Angophora flowers. A Splendid Ochre; there were a number feeding on the flowers.

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Uploaded on Jan 10, 2012  |  Map

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A hover-fly, Eristalinus having a refuel from the Angophora flowers. There were many present around the two trees in flower.

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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2012  |  Map

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