| • 1,021 native species on Ellura • 1,428 species (inc introduced) on the web site • |
| Latest Multimedia of Older Identifications | Latest Species Identifications | |||||
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| 23-Feb-2020 • Na em Brown Nose Fly (Metallea incisuralis) S3, Male: dorsal | 23-Feb-2020 • Na em Brown Nose Fly (Metallea incisuralis) S3, Male: profile | 23-Feb-2020 • Na em Brown Nose Fly (Metallea incisuralis) S3, Male: Setae | 02-Apr-2020 • Na em Blue and White Bristle Fly (Microtropesa latigena) Posterior | 01-Apr-2020 • Na em Yellow Dryland Bee (Callohesma sp) Dorsal | 01-Apr-2020 • Na em Riverina Weevil (Amycterus riverinae) Face | |
| 21-Feb-2020 • Na em Desert Longhorn (Microtragus mormon) Dorsal, pale | 20-Feb-2020 • Na em Raspy Cricket (Apotrechus sp) S3, Male: profile | 20-Feb-2020 • Na em Raspy Cricket (Apotrechus sp) S3, Male: dorsal, Wings Open | 01-Apr-2020 • Na a Green Shield Bug (Cuspicona privata) Dorsal | 01-Apr-2020 • Na em Green Parasitic Blowfly (Amenia sp ES1) Face | 27-Mar-2020 • Na em Golden Cup Moth (Pseudanapaea sp) S1: Male, profile | |
| 19-Feb-2020 • Na em Black and White Seed Bug (Dieuches nudus) S2: dorsal, close | 19-Feb-2020 • Na em Black and White Seed Bug (Dieuches nudus) S1: anterior, Spurs | 19-Feb-2020 • Na em Black and White Seed Bug (Dieuches nudus) S1: Femur Spurs & Spines | 27-Mar-2020 • Na a Grass Webworm (Hednota grammellus) S4:In Nature | 07-Mar-2020 • Na ema Golden Blowfly (Calliphora stygia) Male, dorsal | 29-Feb-2020 • Na em Valuable Digger Wasp (Sphex pretiosus) Profile | |
| 10-Feb-2020 • LC emr Pearl Bluebush (Maireana sedifolia) A Sea of Pearl | 10-Feb-2020 • LC emr Pearl Bluebush (Maireana sedifolia) Mature Fruit | 10-Feb-2020 • LC emr Pearl Bluebush (Maireana sedifolia) Fruit in Profile | 27-Feb-2020 • Na em Western False-widow Bee Fly (Pseudopenthes hesperis?) Dorsal | 26-Feb-2020 • Na em Blue-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphex fumipennis) | 24-Feb-2020 • Na em Western Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha pseliota) Dorsal | |
| 07-Feb-2020 • Na em Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider (Argiope cf protensa) S11 Female: ventral, long tail | 07-Feb-2020 • Na em Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider (Argiope cf protensa) S9 Male: dorsal, narrow stripe | 07-Feb-2020 • Na em Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider (Argiope cf protensa) S11 Female: dorsal, wide stripe | 24-Feb-2020 • Na em Yellow-striped Mosquito (Culex globocoxitus) Female: profile | 24-Feb-2020 • Na em Orange-footed Black Beetle (Batessia westwoodi) Anterior | 23-Feb-2020 • Na em Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus) Female, profile | |
| 07-Feb-2020 • Na em Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider (Argiope cf protensa) S11 Female: dorsal, narrow stripe | 07-Feb-2020 • Na em Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider (Argiope cf protensa) S11 Female: ventral, short tail | 07-Feb-2020 • Na em Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider (Argiope cf protensa) S9 Male: dorsal, wide stripe | 21-Feb-2020 • Na a Tea-tree Longhorn (Rhytiphora obliqua) Elytra | 21-Feb-2020 • Na a Eucalypt Longhorn (Phoracantha semipunctata) Shell | 13-Feb-2020 • Na em Orange-striped Potter Wasp (Vespidae sp ES5) Abdomen | |
| 04-Feb-2020 • Na em Black Bush Earwig (Nala lividipes) Male: dorsal | 04-Feb-2020 • Na em Padded Diving Beetle (Eretes australis) Male: dorsal | 04-Feb-2020 • Na em Padded Diving Beetle (Eretes australis) Male: Pad, dorsal | 11-Feb-2020 • Na em Mud-nesting Wasp (Anterhynchium sp) Dorsal | 11-Feb-2020 • Na em Yellow-faced Potter Wasp (Australodynerus cf merredinensis) Dorsal | 11-Feb-2020 • Na ema Mud-nesting Wasp (Paralastor sp ES1) S2: Female: dorsal | |
| 17-Jan-2020 • LC em Red Mallee (Eucalyptus oleosa) Result of Galahs removing bark | 17-Jan-2020 • Na emr Titan Pony Ant (Rhytidoponera mayri) Profile | 17-Jan-2020 • Na emr Titan Pony Ant (Rhytidoponera mayri) Face | 10-Feb-2020 • If em *Skeleton Weed (Chondrilla juncea) Whole | 08-Feb-2020 • Na em Black-spotted Shield Bug (Cuspicona intacta) Dorsal | 05-Feb-2020 • Na em Small Zebra Spider Wasp (Ctenostegus sp) Dorsal | |
| 10-Jan-2020 • Na ema Gumleaf Skeletoniser (Uraba lugens) S3, Male: Hindwings | 10-Jan-2020 • Na ema Gumleaf Skeletoniser (Uraba lugens) S1, Female: profile | 10-Jan-2020 • Na ema Gumleaf Skeletoniser (Uraba lugens) S1, Female: dorsal | 04-Feb-2020 • If ema *European Earwig (Forficula auricularia) Male: dorsal | 27-Jan-2020 • Na a Southern Paper Wasp (Polistes humilis ssp humilis) New Nest, Eggs, all open Cells | 27-Jan-2020 • Na em Gold Ring Velvet Ant (Eurymutilla sp ES2) Female: Dorsal | |
| 02-Jan-2020 • Na ema Hairy Maggot Blowfly (Chrysomya rufifacies) Female, dorsal | 02-Jan-2020 • Na ema Hairy Maggot Blowfly (Chrysomya rufifacies) Female, profile | 02-Jan-2020 • Na ema Hairy Maggot Blowfly (Chrysomya rufifacies) Female, Face | 25-Jan-2020 • VU m Leafless Bluebush (Maireana aphylla) Leaves & Flowers | 24-Jan-2020 • RA m Native Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa) Habit, buds, flowers, seed pods | 23-Jan-2020 • Na em Green Pony Ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) Side fins of Antennal Scrobe | |
| 28-Dec-2019 • Na em Desert Hawk Moth (Hopliocnema brachycera) S3, Male: Antenna fans | 28-Dec-2019 • Na em Desert Hawk Moth (Hopliocnema brachycera) S13, Female: dorsal, open | 28-Dec-2019 • Na em Desert Hawk Moth (Hopliocnema brachycera) S10, Male: profile | 23-Jan-2020 • Na em Black Striped Grey Moth (Ectopatria paurogramma) Dorsal | 23-Jan-2020 • Na ema Southern Austroicetes (Austroicetes frater) S4: dorsal | 23-Jan-2020 • Na a Honey Brown Beetle (Ecnolagria rufescens) S1, Male: dorsal | |
| 19-Dec-2019 • Na a Big Red (Neoaratus hercules) Female: profile | 19-Dec-2019 • Na a Big Red (Neoaratus hercules) Female: Wing Venation | 19-Dec-2019 • Na a Big Red (Neoaratus hercules) Female: dorsal | 22-Jan-2020 • Na a Green Mintbush (Prostanthera chlorantha) Flower & Bud | 16-Jan-2020 • If a *European Wasp (Vespula germanica) S3, Worker: dorsal | 15-Jan-2020 • Na em Large Pie-dish Beetle (Helea waitei) S3: dorsal | |
| 19-Dec-2019 • Na em Orange-backed Robberfly (Mauropteron pelago) Male: profile | 19-Dec-2019 • Na em Orange-backed Robberfly (Mauropteron pelago) Male: Face | 19-Dec-2019 • Na em Orange-backed Robberfly (Mauropteron pelago) Female: dorsal | 13-Jan-2020 • LC r Cannonball Burr (Dissocarpus paradoxus) Whole | 12-Jan-2020 • Na em Big-headed Ant (Pheidole sp ES2) Dorsal | 12-Jan-2020 • Na em Big-headed Ant (Pheidole sp ES1) Profile | |
| 10-Dec-2019 • Na a Klug's Xenica (Geitoneura klugii) Female, Wings, under | 10-Dec-2019 • C ema Black-rimmed Brown (Heteronympha merope) Female: dorsal | 10-Dec-2019 • C ema Black-rimmed Brown (Heteronympha merope) Female: Hindwing, under | 11-Jan-2020 • Na em Arid Honey-carrying Ant (Melophorus sp) Dorsal | 01-Jan-2020 • Na a Wingless Coreid Bug (Agriopocoris sp) Male, dorsal | 31-Dec-2019 • Na a Pink-rimmed Shield Bug (Diemenia rubromarginata) Dorsal | |
| 30-Nov-2019 • Na em Subcoastal Squawker (Pauropsalta cf accola) S2, Teneral: dorsal | 30-Nov-2019 • Na em Subcoastal Squawker (Pauropsalta cf accola) S2, Teneral: profile | 30-Nov-2019 • Na em Subcoastal Squawker (Pauropsalta cf accola) S2, Teneral: Face | 29-Dec-2019 • Na a Long Gum-tree Shield Bug (Poecilometis strigatus) Adult, dorsal | 28-Dec-2019 • Na a Gum-tree Shield Bug (Omyta centrolineata ssp siccior) S9: dorsal | 19-Dec-2019 • Na em Red-rimmed Blue Pie-dish Beetle (Pterohelaeus sp ES3) Dorsal | |
| 15-Nov-2019 • LC mr Broad-banded Sand-swimmer (Eremiascincus richardsonii) S1: dorsal | 15-Nov-2019 • LC mr Broad-banded Sand-swimmer (Eremiascincus richardsonii) S1: profile | 15-Nov-2019 • LC mr Broad-banded Sand-swimmer (Eremiascincus richardsonii) S1: anterior | 18-Dec-2019 • Na em Spotted Bandwing (Qualetta maculata) | 15-Dec-2019 • Na em Sand Wasp (Bembix sp ES5) Male, dorsal | 15-Dec-2019 • Na em Cockroach Wasp (Tachysphex sp ES2) With Cockroach | |
| 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Short-clawed Skink (Ctenotus inornatus) Dorsal | 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Short-clawed Skink (Ctenotus inornatus) Anterior | 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Short-clawed Skink (Ctenotus inornatus) Head | 13-Dec-2019 • If ema *Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum) Dorsal | 13-Dec-2019 • Na ema Hairy Springtail (Entomobryidae sp ES1) Long Body | 13-Dec-2019 • Na a White-spotted Hairy Springtail (Entomobryidae sp ES2) Dorsal | |
| 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) S2: dorsal, Original Tail | 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) S3: dorsal, Regrown Tail | 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) S3: iso-view | 11-Dec-2019 • Na em Gold-lined Flower Wasp (Aeolothynnus cf sp ES5) Dorsal | 11-Dec-2019 • Na em Two-coloured Flower Wasp (Aeolothynnus cf sp ES4) Dorsal | 08-Dec-2019 • Na em Small Black Flower Wasp (Iswaroides sp) Male: dorsal | |
| 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) S3: profile | 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) S3: Head | 15-Nov-2019 • LC r Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) S3: "Eyebrow" | 08-Dec-2019 • Na a Black Flower Wasp (Anthobosca sp) Female: dorsal | 07-Dec-2019 • Na em Concealer Moth (Isomoralla curriculata) Profile | 07-Dec-2019 • Na em Purple-sheen Concealer Moth (Philobota ancylotoxa) Profile, ~13mm | |
| 14-Nov-2019 • DD r Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis) Face | 14-Nov-2019 • DD r Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis) Dorsal | 14-Nov-2019 • RA r Tree Skink (Egernia striolata) Anterior | 05-Dec-2019 • Na r Two-ways Case Moth (Metura cf sp) Dorsal | 04-Dec-2019 • Na em Black & Yellow Flower Wasp (Aeolothynnus cf sp ES3) Anterior | 03-Dec-2019 • Na a Black Flower Wasp (Lophocheilus sp) Dorsal | |
| 14-Nov-2019 • RA r Australia Coral Snake (Brachyurophis australis) S1: dorsal, moment of release | 14-Nov-2019 • RA r Australia Coral Snake (Brachyurophis australis) S1: profile | 14-Nov-2019 • RA r Australia Coral Snake (Brachyurophis australis) S2: Head & Snout | 03-Dec-2019 • Na a Blue Hairy Flower Wasp (Austroscolia soror) Female: Wing Venation | 01-Dec-2019 • Na em Flat Flower Wasp (Aeolothynnus cf sp ES1) Male: Anterior | 01-Dec-2019 • Na em Small Flower Wasp (Aeolothynnus cf sp ES2) Male, dorsal | |
| 12-Nov-2019 • NT r Desert Skink (Liopholis inornata) Dorsal | 12-Nov-2019 • NT r Desert Skink (Liopholis inornata) Profile | 12-Nov-2019 • NT r Desert Skink (Liopholis inornata) Eye Shape | 01-Dec-2019 • Na em Large Yellow Flower Wasp (Elidothynnus melleus) Male, S1: dorsal, ~25mm | 01-Dec-2019 • Na a Flower Wasp (Ariphron sp) | 01-Dec-2019 • Na em Spined Acacia Shield Bug (Alcaeus varicornis) Posterior | |
| 11-Nov-2019 • LC r Spotted Slider (Lerista punctatovittata) S2: dorsal | 11-Nov-2019 • LC r Spotted Slider (Lerista punctatovittata) S1: Rear Legs | 11-Nov-2019 • LC r Spotted Slider (Lerista punctatovittata) S2: Head | 30-Nov-2019 • Na em Acacia Shield Bug (Alcaeus lignicolor) S1: dorsal | 29-Nov-2019 • Na ema Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis) S2, Female: profile | 29-Nov-2019 • Na emr Red Eyes Bug (Leptocoris cf mitellatus) Instar | |
| 08-Nov-2019 • LC r Ranges Stone Gecko (Diplodactylus furcosus) Dorsal | 08-Nov-2019 • LC r Ranges Stone Gecko (Diplodactylus furcosus) Profile | 08-Nov-2019 • LC r Ranges Stone Gecko (Diplodactylus furcosus) Head | 28-Nov-2019 • Na em Orange-tailed Digger Wasp (Podalonia tydei ssp suspiciosa) Male: profile | 27-Nov-2019 • Na r White-tipped Bee Fly (Comptosia cf calignea) Dorsal | 27-Nov-2019 • Na r Small Fluffy Bee Fly (Myonema sp) Dorsal | |
| 10-Oct-2019 • Na emr Jumbuck Sugar Ant (Camponotus ephippium ssp ephippium) Minor Worker: Petiole & Back | 10-Oct-2019 • Na emr Jumbuck Sugar Ant (Camponotus ephippium ssp ephippium) Comparison of Major & Minor | 10-Oct-2019 • Na emr Jumbuck Sugar Ant (Camponotus ephippium ssp ephippium) Major Worker: Petiole & Back | 27-Nov-2019 • Na emr Green Ground Beetle (Carenum elegans) S2: dorsal | 27-Nov-2019 • Na em Flower Chafer (Diaphonia dispar) Dorsal | 27-Nov-2019 • Na em Transparent Pie-dish Beetle (Helea castor) Dorsal | |
| 09-Oct-2019 • Na em Brown Ant-like Flower Beetle (Chileanthicus sp) Dorsal | 09-Oct-2019 • Na em Brown Ant-like Flower Beetle (Chileanthicus sp) Side | 09-Oct-2019 • Na em Brown Ant-like Flower Beetle (Chileanthicus sp) Profile | 27-Nov-2019 • Na em Green Sheen Ground Beetle (Carenum subcyaneum) Back | 27-Nov-2019 • Na em Thread-waisted Wasp (Parapsammophila eremophila) | 27-Nov-2019 • Na em Green Sheen Ground Beetle (Conopterum superbum) Dorsal | |
| 07-Oct-2019 • Na em Adelaides Fly Mimic (Abracadabrella cf lewiston) Dorsal | 07-Oct-2019 • Na em Adelaides Fly Mimic (Abracadabrella cf lewiston) Profile | 07-Oct-2019 • Na em Adelaides Fly Mimic (Abracadabrella cf lewiston) Anterior | 26-Nov-2019 • Na r Chequered-margin Bee Fly (Oncodosia patula) S2: dorsal | 26-Nov-2019 • Na emr Petite Bee Fly (Zaclava sp) In flight | 26-Nov-2019 • Na r Sheoak Moth (Pernattia sp) Dog Collar | |
| 04-Oct-2019 • LC em Broad-leaf Desert Senna (Senna artemisioides ssp coriacea) Comparison S a zygophylla | 04-Oct-2019 • LC emr Woody Desert Senna (Senna artemisioides ssp petiolaris) Comparison S a filifolia & artemisioides | 25-Sep-2019 • NT em Narrow-leaf New Holland Daisy (Vittadinia blackii) Whole | 24-Nov-2019 • Na ema Spined Predatory Shield Bug (Oechalia schellenbergii) Adult: dorsal | 23-Nov-2019 • Na r Go-striped Bee Fly (Comptosia heliophila) S1: dorsal | 23-Nov-2019 • Na r Sand Dune Grasshopper (Urnisiella rubropunctata) Profile | |
| 25-Sep-2019 • NT em Narrow-leaf New Holland Daisy (Vittadinia blackii) Flower, from abvoe | 23-Sep-2019 • Na ema Gumleaf Grasshopper (Goniaea australasiae) Adult Colour Variation | 23-Sep-2019 • Na ema Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper (Goniaea opomaloides) Colour Variation | 23-Nov-2019 • Na r Forward-spined Shield Bug (Neagenor transcontinentalis) Dorsal | 22-Nov-2019 • NT mr Comb Grevillea (Grevillea huegelii) Flowers | 22-Nov-2019 • Na em Strong-horned Grasshopper (Retuspia validicornis) Male: dorsal | |
| 20-Sep-2019 • If ema *Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) Ventral | 20-Sep-2019 • If ema *Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) Profile | 20-Sep-2019 • If ema *Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) Anterior | 22-Nov-2019 • Na em Calperum Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus calperum) Whole, profile | 21-Nov-2019 • LC r Echidna Grass (Triodia scariosa) Patch | 20-Nov-2019 • NT r Slender-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) Male: Hind Feet Soles | |
| 20-Sep-2019 • Na emr Red-banded Seed-eating Bug (Melanerythrus mactans) Dorsal | 20-Sep-2019 • Na emr Red-banded Seed-eating Bug (Melanerythrus mactans) Profile | 20-Sep-2019 • Na emr Red-banded Seed-eating Bug (Melanerythrus mactans) Ventral | 20-Nov-2019 • Na r Banded Orb Spider (Argiope trifasciata) Female: ventral | 20-Nov-2019 • Na em Mainland Forester (Hestiochora continentalis) Female: dorsal | 17-Nov-2019 • LC mr Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis) Head | |
| 20-Sep-2019 • Na em Saltbush Mirid (Coridromius chenopoderis) Dorsal | 20-Sep-2019 • Na em Saltbush Mirid (Coridromius chenopoderis) Profile | 20-Sep-2019 • Na em Saltbush Mirid (Coridromius chenopoderis) Proboscis | 17-Nov-2019 • LC r Eastern Desert Ctenotus (Ctenotus regius) S3: Stripe | 16-Nov-2019 • LC r Southern Blind Snake (Anilios bicolor) Snout | 16-Nov-2019 • RA r Sandplain Ctenotus (Ctenotus schomburgkii) Head | |
| 19-Sep-2019 • Na ema Wingless Grasshopper (Phaulacridium vittatum) Mating | 19-Sep-2019 • Na ema Wingless Grasshopper (Phaulacridium vittatum) Mating | 17-Sep-2019 • LC em South-eastern Morethia Skink (Morethia boulengeri) Head Scales | 16-Nov-2019 • Na r Eastern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus williamsi) Eye | 15-Nov-2019 • Na em Chinnocks Jewel Beetle (Castiarina chinnocki) Dorsal | 15-Nov-2019 • Na em Black-necked Jewel Beetle (Castiarina atricollis) Dorsal | |
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