They are indeed. The native species work with the native marsupial producers, but not so good with cattle and sheep. Imports seem successful. Your CSIRO has employed some top experts in scarabs and I have many of their papers in my library.
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A Bug for Dan
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At first glance, it looks like a Cyclocephala, but I'm pretty sure it isn't. This is a group known as the masked chafers in the subfamily Dynastinae of Scarabaeidae. The dynastine scarabs are some of the largest and can reach 160 mm.
The more I look, the less convinced I am of my first impression. I'm not seeing some of the key characteristics of that group, though obviously difficult with photographs at times. No way to manipulate it, for instance, to get a better angle or change the glare to let it help define some of the characters. I'm buying some excuse, but your fauna is completely alien to me in many respects and what may be common to you, is brand new and unfamiliar to me. That makes it an interesting challenge.
I'm pretty sure it is not Scarabaeus omnisciencis or Scarabaeus circularis rationatus or anything else I can make up.
No idea at all on this one. Perhaps part of Melolonthinae?
You've set the bar for me. That's for sure.
Pools are good for trapping insects and other things. I've found bats and toads in them too.
We get the odd green tree frog but never had any mammals (knock on wood). We do get a fair bit of bat poop on the cover from flying foxes which is a lot of fun to clean off.
That's right, you guys have the giants of the bat world. The biggest bat I've rescued is a red bat and that wasn't from a pool. Not sure what the issue was, but I found it at a light in the morning after sun up. I thought it was dead, but when I nudged it with the toe of my boot, it unfurled from the ball that it was in. I took it inside, let it warm up and then carried it to the woods where it promptly took flight and flew off to parts unknown. This would be a bat the size of a large mouse with wings.
We have a few micro bats about. I like watching them hunt insects at dusk despite my parents warnings that they get in your hair.
Fruit bats are great at 3am, screaming and fighting in the neighbours palm trees -.-
I've heard the neighbors late at night, but not any bats. Though I consider some of the neighbors to be bats.
If you happen to find any of these in the pool, let me know.
Unfortunately an extinct species around my pool
I was afraid of that. And probably too late for a reintroduction program to be of much success I imagine.Unfortunately an extinct species around my pool
I'm thinking of seeing Greenpeace would be interested in helping me save them.Unfortunately an extinct species around my pool
I could try but I think they'd keep escaping.
They don't like it if you try to band them either. I keep telling them, its for science, but they don't seem to believe me.
When I have some time, I want to try and see if I can figure out the ID of your two scarabs, but if you find out, don't let my interest in a challenge stop you from posting an ID.
I gotta get to bed. Talk to you later.
This one might be Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Macrodactylini which is apparently an introduced lawn and pasture pest.