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brunonia wrote:
2 min ago
No, Rob, I don't think any more were taken. There has been discussion about it and D. inopinus, but apparently the markings are a little too red for that.
We have seen D. amabilis there in the past. (Others from Friends of Grasslands have, I mean.)
Diuris chryseopsis
clarehoneydove wrote:
21 min ago
My best guess is Ectomocoris ornatus but not sure its safe to i.d. off such a blurry image.
Unverified Assassin bug (Reduviidae)
clarehoneydove wrote:
26 min ago
Does look like Kapunda Troughtoni but as we have no sightings up yet I will leave it to.someone more knowledgable to verify.
Unverified True bug (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
AlisonMilton wrote:
38 min ago
@Aira This is a concealer moth
Unverified Leafhopper or planthopper (Hemiptera, several families)
entom2 wrote:
1 hr ago
Hi Michael, understand perfectly! Melobasis thoracica, if that is what this is, has a wide distribution in the SE of Oz (a single record in the Atlas of Living Australia - ALA - of its purported occurrence at 'King George Sound', i.e. Albany, in southern WA, is extremely dubious as to such provenance and will require confirmation), so it very likely occurs near to wherever you live, in case you get a chance to go look. Especially look for it on the foliage of Acacia spp., (around Sydney it favours Acacia fimbriata but it might favour a different Acacia sp. in your area). Here is a link to the species on Dr Peter Lang's absolutely brilliant web page for this species: https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Melobasis_thoracica
Buprestidae sp. (family)

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