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Insects & Inverts
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Insects are one of the world's mega-groups - such a diverse show of species. Insects are not too difficult to find, not to hard to photograph but they are difficult to understand their life styles and habits. Join this project to explore the world of insects in Australia.
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Daniel Heald identified a sighting
Daniel Heald 7 July 2019
Hylotrupes bajulus(species)Taxonomy: Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Hylotrupes: bajulusCommon Names: Beetles, Cerambycids, European house borerDaniel Heald says
Bit late to report this now :/
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Ken Walker described a sighting
Ken Walker 1 July 2019Ken Walker says
Hi Hermit -- BowerBird is in the process of closing down. We suggest you move your activities to iNaturalist where there is a BowerBird project and much identification assistance is available. Few people are now looking at BowerBird.
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Hermit described a sighting
Hermit 1 July 2019Hermit says
Looked like a VERY large cricket but did not hop, it walked everywhere, and instead of jumping/flying/running away when threatened with a finger, it chose to attack, front feet raised and mandibles (?) spread, it advanced several rapid steps forward.
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Hermit added a sighting
Unidentified insect
0 votes1 favourites020Sighted 13 Jun 201927 mill st minyip Vic 3392Projects
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Rose Robin described a sighting
Sighting Bee, Leafcutter, Megachilidae, Lithurgus Lithurge atratus. Update: likely Hibiscus heterophyllus pollen on this beautiful insect's back.
0 votes2 faves2 ids3 notes0 disc.Sighted 26 Apr 2019
Rose Robin 22 June 2019Rose Robin says
Wow, thank you Michael - great to know! Pretty sure I've seen those flowers on a nearby property.
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Michael Batley described a sighting
Sighting Bee, Leafcutter, Megachilidae, Lithurgus Lithurge atratus. Update: likely Hibiscus heterophyllus pollen on this beautiful insect's back.
0 votes2 faves2 ids3 notes0 disc.Sighted 26 Apr 2019
Michael Batley 21 June 2019Michael Batley says
The final photo shows separate spherical objects on the wing and leg that I believe are pollen grains. Lithurgus species specialise in visiting flowers that have very large pollen grains and are found mostly on flowers in the family Malvaceae. One plant species with purple pollen is the native rosella, Hibiscus heterophyllus, which is present on Mt Tamborine. So I think that all the purple stuff is pollen.
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Rose Robin described a sighting
Rose Robin 14 June 2019Rose Robin says
Thank you Matthew, for all your assistance...it's so sad to know that Bowerbird won't be there waiting for us to log in whenever we find something interesting, or just plain amazing as most of the photos on Bowerbird are. I've learnt so much from you and others. All the very best for the future!
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Irene Richardson described a sighting
Irene Richardson 14 June 2019Irene Richardson says
Thank you Mathew for all your help, both here and on the other side!
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Robert Read identified a sighting
Robert Read 13 June 2019
Qualetta maculata(species)Taxonomy: Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae: Qualetta: maculataCommon Names: Grasshoppers, Spotted bandwing1 votes0 -
Matthew Connors identified a sighting
Matthew Connors 13 June 2019
Sphodropoda quinquedens(species)Taxonomy: Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Mantodea: Mantidae: Sphodropoda: quinquedensCommon Names: Mantids, Praying mantisMatthew Connors says
This will be my last post here on Bowerbird - it was a fantastic site while it lasted, but all good things have to come to an end. For those of you still here, thankyou for all of your help and input, and thankyou for all of the amazing sightings you've shared! It's been a fantastic journey and I'm honoured to have been a part of Bowerbird. I'll be moving everything over to iNaturalist shortly and will see you all on the other side. Farewell Bowerbird, and thanks for everything! You will be greatly missed.
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