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Pentacta ancepsObserver
henrycarrickDescription
Underneath active grain jetty, concrete pylons, industrial rubbish and sandy substrate. Pictured at night in around 5m of water. Photographed by Tim Karnasuta and posted with his permission.
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Comb-bearer Bees Genus CtenocolletesObserver
lroganDescription
Ctenocolletes nicholsoni (Thanks Terry) Large hairy bee feeding on Scaevola and Grevillea
Identified as Ctenocolletes centralis on Bowerbird by Bernhard Jacobi: "Sorry, I was so excited that I wrote "nicholsoni" in my identification, which should have read "centralis". I just started to move in bowerbird, so I do not know yet how to undo or correct identifications!"
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Amorbus alternatusObserver
matthew_connorsDescription
Adult of this individual
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New England Flatwing Austroargiolestes alpinusObserver
damiannarelleddwfaunaDescription
Male, Ros Coy has many great images of this species
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New England Flatwing Austroargiolestes alpinusObserver
damiannarelleddwfaunaDescription
Male, Ros Coy has many great images of this species
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German Yellowjacket Vespula germanicaObserver
scottwhite1Description
I think it is a European wasp? See several in the last two weeks.
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Downy Milk Cap Lactarius pubescensObserver
streglystendecDescription
Very dark and damp area under thick canopy of introduced feral trees, blackberries, and other weeds of Belair National Park.
Heavy clay over sandstone and quartzite.
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Australian Green Tree Frog Ranoidea caeruleaObserver
marmilDescription
Under sleeper on top of cane toad
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Early Mosquitohawk Micromidia convergensObserver
damiannarelleddwfaunaDescription
Male
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johnwalterDescription
This Liverwort is indistinguishable from Lejeunea drummondii in the field and requires microscopic examination.
The third image shows the underside with the near circular under leaves which are cleft to about halfway.
The leaves also have a small lobule on the underside which is partially obscured by the under leaf when wet. The position on the lobule of the single cell apical tooth is the final determiner of the species identity, see indicated by a black arrow in the final image. (x400 magnification)
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Jawed Land Leeches Family HaemadipsidaeObserver
matthew_connorsDescription
Everything has a silver lining... This pandemic has been great for catching up on sightings! Just finished a set of photos so let's do some maths :P
I've managed to upload 354 sightings in 27 days, which came from 1,486 unsorted photos. This is about 13 sightings per day or 55 photos per day.
Now, I have 30,599 unsorted photos, so it would take me another 556 days (about a year and a half) to sort all of them if I manage to keep this rate up!
BUT in these 27 days I have taken 341 photos total, so we must account for the accumulation of photos as well. Rate of photography is a bit under 13 photos per day, so this translates to an extra 7,022 photos by the time I've caught up. And so, like Zeno's Achilles, I must again catch up!
When, unlike Achilles, I eventually catch up, I will have sorted 39, 712 photos or roughly 9,460 sightings. And this will take me....
drumroll
722 days!
That's just under two years. So I'll be done by June 29th, 2022!
Let's hope the pandemic doesn't last that long....😂
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Southern Sassafras Atherosperma moschatumObserver
reinerDescription
Finally found a tree flowering AND within reach! I can finally change the default photo of the red flower from Flickr!
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Australian Tiger Ictinogomphus australisObserver
urliup-wildlife-sanctuaryDescription
Photo by W.Klease
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Genus FistulinaObserver
daniel_healdDescription
Had Sun Flies (Tapeigaster sp.) occupying and inspecting it by the time we came back on the return leg.
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Tiger Longhorn Aridaeus thoracicusObserver
flippergDescription
? the joys of trawling through the archives on a cold winters day... interbreeding insects!
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Southern Australian Paper Wasp Polistes humilis ssp. humilisObserver
stephen169
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Mycena roseoflavaObserver
meganclarkDescription
Found at Mt Macedon on twigs on the ground. First sighted in the same area 3 weeks ago but needed better photos for an ID. ID given by facebook groups Victorian. fungi and Macedon Ranges fungi, flora and fauna. I am a total novice
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Elegant Blue Webcap Cortinarius rotundisporusObserver
liz_kDescription
Cortinarius rotundisporus with rosecomb. Growing in bush soil in native forest.
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Mycena carmelianaObserver
reinerDescription
biggest colony I've ever seen of these
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Slender Reedling Indolestes tenuissimusObserver
graham_winterfloodDescription
Indolestes tenuissimus
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Australian Raven Corvus coronoidesObserver
andrewpavlovDescription
Australian raven - was seen to approach and attack an injured pied cormorant. Photos taken at Norah Head.
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Red and Blue Damsel Xanthagrion erythroneurumObserver
cowirrieDescription
Is this a female damselfly with a male abdomen growing out of her back? Despite appearances, was alive and capable of flight like this.
Damselflies were common at this site, with many of them moulting. Seen at Four Springs Lake, close to the lake shore.
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johneichlerDescription
Banksiamyces toomansis (Name not available on BowerBird)
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Chalky Percher Diplacodes trivialisObserver
reinerDescription
I love the awesome color of those blue-green eyes in mature males of this species.
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Australian Paper Wasp Polistes humilisObserver
sdoug7405Description
27°28'55.715" S 153°10'25.727" E
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Amanita ochrophyllaObserver
konan_farrellyDescription
Lamellae Fluoresced bright yellow under UV, pileus margin fluoresced a pallid yellow
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Southern Tigertail Eusynthemis guttataObserver
russellbestDescription
Probably different individuals photographed but I think all are females. On walk up Mt Towrong.
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Anzoplana trilineataObserver
konan_farrellyDescription
Fluoresced brilliant blue under UV
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Green Grass-Dart Ocybadistes walkeri ssp. sothisObserver
chrisclarke25Description
These three landed together and took off together in what seemed a co-ordinated display!
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Splendid Longlegs Austrocnemis splendidaObserver
jeff_melvaineDescription
Copula formed by the female's approach from behind.
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Bonnets Genus MycenaObserver
konan_farrellyDescription
Brilliant green fluorescence under UV
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Coastal Petaltail Petalura litoreaObserver
christopherburwellDescription
Coastal Petaltail male, Petalura litorea
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Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingiObserver
bim186Description
Male & Female
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Butterflies and Moths Order LepidopteraObserver
bushbanditDescription
On the sheltered side of a blackened tree stump
