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Common Ring-tailed Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - using my hedge as a corridor
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Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - Three feeding. seen them around occasionally
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Red-headed Mouse Spider (Missulena occatoria)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - bright red fangs
4_5 cm in length
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Little Marbled Scorpion (Lychas marmoreus)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - 2cm long in current position. about 1cm between pincers. very low profile to the ground. some sort of band of colour on each pincer
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Peron's Laughing Tree Frog (Litoria peronii)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - about 6-7cm nose to tail.
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Typical Paper Wasps (Genus Polistes)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - small nest with only one larvae in sight
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Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - found in large numbers up here. no larger than a thumbnail. usually hidden in flax plants and sometimes in the she oaks.
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Australasian Garden Orb-Weavers (Genus Hortophora)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - usually sits under the eaves during the day and makes a big round web at night. this one had an abdomen with a diameter of about 2-3cm
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Peron's Laughing Tree Frog (Litoria peronii)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - 4-5cm from nose to tail. light brownish colouring although hard to tell in poor light. small lumps all over its back.
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Skinks (Family Scincidae)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - Pretty long. close to 20cm. long white stripes down the length of it's body with white dot like markings as well.
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Scarabs, Stag Beetles, and Allies (Superfamily Scarabaeoidea)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - about 30cm below the original surface
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Snout and Bark Beetles (Superfamily Curculionoidea)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - 2-3 mm long. all black. mostly crawled, but did land on me
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Genus TachystolaObserver
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - tiny moth. no more than 10mm long.
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Northern Wattle Moth (Dasypodia cymatodes)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - about 50mm from wingtip to wingtip. 30 from head to tail.
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White Cedar Moth (Leptocneria reducta)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - medium sized moth. about 2cm long
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Genus ChrysopilusObserver
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - small fly. couldn't see much because it was in a dark spot. didn't appear to have any bright colours so I've opted for long legged over hover.
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Genus PheropsophusObserver
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - beetle was about the size of an adult thumbnail. found in the leaf litter under some photineas
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - pictures aren't great, but a distinctive green head on these ants.
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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - tiny brown ants with the eggs in what I thought was a black ant nest.
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - about 3mm in length. small white eggs found. collection of seeds also found. Unfortunately where I was digging
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Tribe ChrysopiniObserver
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - body 12mm, antennae 15mm, wings about 15mm. green body with a yellow strip straight down the back.
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Common Southern Carnivorous Snail (Austrorhytida capillacea)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - found in the leaf litter. diameter of about 12-15mm. can't say I've seen them before and we have thousands of snails.
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Scolopendrid Centipedes (Family Scolopendridae)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - approx 3cm. found several while digging. Unfortunately disturbed one with eggs about 10cm below the surface. It was curled around the eggs
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Bare-nosed Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)Observer
mrpazDescription
Field Notes - quite common to see a womat in this area. usually see one every couple of months. This one was pretty small, only about 40-50cm long.