Thursday, 12 April 2018

#86 to #151 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I've recently returned from a wonderful visit to Brisbane where I managed to photograph a bunch of amazing insects!

First of all, I'm starting the numbering from #86 to correct an earlier ID error for #32 here: http://2018insectphotos.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/24-to-32-at-woodlands-historic-park.html

I had an amazing 10 days in Brisbane. Most of it was spent in Sandgate, which was great for me because where we were staying was right next to Dowse Lagoon where I found most of the insects shown here. I think I spent about 16 hours in total wandering around the lagoon! I photographed a massive 65 insects that I could identify to a species level with help from BowerBird.org.au. Wowsers!

#86 Diplacodes trivialis

#87 Ischnura heterosticta

#88 Ropalidia revolutionalis

#89 Pristhesancus plagipennis

#90 Leptocorisa acuta
#91 Eressa geographica
#92 Melanitis leda

#93 Rhyothemis phyllis

#94 Lophyrotoma zonalis

#95 Sphodropoda tristis

#96 Dicranosterna circe
#97 Asura lydia
#98 Doratifera vulnerans

#99 Calomela ruficeps

#100 Neola semiaurata
#101 Asota plagiata

#102 Candalides hyacinthina

#103 Rhyothemis graphiptera

#104 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

#105 Epilachna vigintioctopunctata

#106 Atractomorpha similis

#107 Ellipsidion australe

#108 Chrysomya saffranea

#109 Lampromicra senator

#110 Ommatius mackayi
#111 Pelopidas lyelli
#112 Hypolimnas bolina

#113 Ancita varicornis

#114 Ellipsidion humerale

#115 Polyrhachis daemeli
#116 Amata humeralis
#117 Trichalus ampliatus

#118 Paropsisterna cloelia

#119 Glycyphana stolata
#120 Plesiochrysa atalotis
#121 Conogethes haemactalis

#122 Tectocoris diophthalmus

#123 Erysichton lineata

#124 Catopsilia pomona

#125 Catopyrops florinda

#126 Papilio aegeus

#127 Cephrenes augiades

#128 Ochrogaster lunifer

#129 Danaus affini

#130 Tirumala limniace
#131 Suniana Sunias

#132 Poecilometis histricus

#133 Poecilometis patruelis

#134 Euploea core
#135 Ocybadistes flavovittatus

#136 Coelophora inaequalis

#137 Eressa angustipenna

#138 Rhinotia lineata

#139 Eurema hecabe

#140 Brachydiplax denticauda
#141 Orthetrum villosovittatum

#142 Rhodothemis lieftincki

#143 Pterygophorus cinctus (I'm pretty sure about this one, but not entirely, I've included it for now)
#144 - Halmus chalybeus

#145 - Dudua aprobola
#146 - Adversaeschna brevistyla
#147 Endotricha mesenterialis
#148 - Nacaduba berenice
#149 - Austromalaya reticulata
#150 - Nyctemera baulus
#151 - Pseudagrion microcephalum


Friday, 16 March 2018

#83 to #86

I was lucky enough to find a unicorn darner in the front yard as I drove into the driveway recently. It stayed put long enough for me to run in, get the camera, and fire off just one photo before it took off rapidly.
#84 Austroaeschna unicornis
We went to the beach at Anglesea over the Labour Day long weekend, and amongst other things I found a species of drone fly that I have not seen before...


#84 Eristalinus aeneus
This week's visit to Woodlands Historic Park was a hard slog, as there wasn't very much of anything around. I did find an interesting bee for the park list (and this list) as well as a lone pied lacewing that was just too far away to get a good photo of, so I'll have to put up with this average one!

#85 Lipotriches (Austronomia) flavoviridis

#86 Porismus strigatus

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Friday, 9 March 2018

#80 to #82 pending IDs that have been identified via bowerbord.org.au

I've managed to receive a few IDs for photos taken earlier in the year after posting images on bowerbird.org.au

#80 Campion tenuistrigus

#81 Chortoicetes terminifera

#82 Distoleon bistrigatus

Saturday, 3 March 2018

#72 to #79 at Woodlands Historic Park

Yes, I've been back to Woodlands Historic Park to see what I could see, and I managed to find some very interesting insects, including a few rare ones!

#72 Junonia villida calybe (Meadow argus)

#73 Philagra parva

#74 Aporocera (Aporocera) consors

#75 Snellenia lineata (Lycid mimic moth)

#76 Campion australasiae

#77 Epidesmia tryxaria

#78 Dispar compacta

#79 Ogyris abrota (Dark purple azure) (Sorry about the poor photo, but this is a rare butterfly and it was quite flighty and I could only get distant photos)

#199 to #203 at Balbirooro, Victoria, Australia, December 26 2018

Yesterday I went to twitch an Eastern Yellow Wagtail,a very rare bird for our part of the world. While I was there, I found some very nice i...