I'm guessing a Noisy Miner got it. A Kookaburra or Magpie would have swallowed it whole.
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A Bug for Dan
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I'm guessing a Noisy Miner got it. A Kookaburra or Magpie would have swallowed it whole.
In the US, it is illegal to serve miners no matter how noisy they are.
A moth. Guessing from the size of the screen, not a particularly huge moth at about 14 squares across. Probably about 2.54 cm or so, I'm thinking.
A really small species of fly.
Spotted this on my climbing beans as I was watering them. It's dusk so not much light and the photos aren't great. I would say grasshopper but it looks wrong. It seems to have some head adornment.
Edit. Apparently it's a Longhorn Grasshopper, a type of Katydid.
Another edit. Forgot to say it was about 50mm long.
Edit. Apparently it's a Longhorn Grasshopper, a type of Katydid.
Another edit. Forgot to say it was about 50mm long.
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Found it I think Zaprochilus australis Bent Twig Katydid Zaprochilus - Wikipedia
Ants trying to get a grasshopper back home. We call the ants green heads or bully ants. Not sure what the grasshopper is. Green-head ant - Wikipedia I nearly got arrested taking these pics.
We don't have anything so elaborate here, but apparently Australia and South America have some really jazzy grasshoppers.
Looks like a species of cricket. The ants are pretty interesting looking.
I was about to edit that one but I can't. I've been told it's a species of raspy cricket
It is. I can't say for sure what group. Maybe Sphecidae.
It sort of reminded me of a camel cricket. But a quick look indicates that the camel crickets are now considered a separate family. Still the resemblance is there.
Finally a decent Scarab! Found this bloke in the backyard, commonly called Xmas Beetles. One of the biggest I've seen for many years, he was 40mm long.
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Christmas beetle - Wikipedia
That is spectacular! I am not unfamiliar with these and was hoping you would find some more. I've never seen them outside of photos, but I've read about them.Finally a decent Scarab! Found this bloke in the backyard, commonly called Xmas Beetles. One of the biggest I've seen for many years, he was 40mm long.
Christmas beetle - Wikipedia
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I've been doing some looking around and it seems like this is Anoplognathus pallidicollus, but it could be Anoplognathus porosus. Not sure without a specimen in hand and a good key. But I'm leaning to A. pallidicollus. Have you come up with an identification for the species?Finally a decent Scarab! Found this bloke in the backyard, commonly called Xmas Beetles. One of the biggest I've seen for many years, he was 40mm long.
Christmas beetle - Wikipedia
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Only anoplognathus sp.
There's a key by Carne from 57, but I don't have a copy and can't find it where I can access it.
Still, I think it an awesome find, even if they are common found where you are.
In the 60s and 70s there were thousands of them every year, they were a danger to motorcyclists, it felt like getting shot. They started disappearing in the 80s, that's the first big one I've seen for about 30 years. Not sure why but I guess land clearing is the main problem and maybe pesticides.
Scarab larvae often develop in the soil and temperature and moisture levels can reduce the success of survival to adult. It is likely a number of factors including those you mention.
The sad fact is that insect populations seem to be decreasing in many places around the globe. Some of it is light pollution at night. We like a well lighted city.