| • 1,164 native species on Ellura • 1,649 species (inc introduced) on the web site • 8,942 photo's • |
| Latest Multimedia of Older Identifications | Latest Species Identifications | |||||
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| 20-Apr-2021 • Na em Cryptic Bark Moth (Gastrinodes argoplaca) Male, dorsal | 20-Apr-2021 • Na em Cryptic Bark Moth (Gastrinodes argoplaca) Male, dorsal, wings open | 20-Apr-2021 • Na em Cryptic Bark Moth (Gastrinodes argoplaca) Male, ventral | 19-Apr-2021 • Na em Tiny Case Moth (Psychidae sp ES1) S3: Dorsal | 19-Apr-2021 • Na em Grey-and-white Satin Moth (Thalaina kimba) Female, dorsal, wings closed | 17-Apr-2021 • Na em Green Mallee Mantis (Trachymantis dentifrons) Female, profile | |
| 14-Apr-2021 • Na em Split-eyed Owlfly (Megacmonotus magnus) Female, dorsal | 14-Apr-2021 • Na em Split-eyed Owlfly (Megacmonotus magnus) Female, abdomen | 14-Apr-2021 • Na em Split-eyed Owlfly (Megacmonotus magnus) Female, iso-view | 14-Apr-2021 • Na em Tactile Tuft Moth (Aquita tactalis) Dorsal | 12-Apr-2021 • Na em Arid Gum Moth (Mnesampela arida) S1 Female, dorsal | 11-Apr-2021 • Na em Ragged-leaf Moth (Nycticleptes lechriodesma) Female, dorsal | |
| 11-Apr-2021 • Na em Angled Satin Moth (Thalaina angulosa) Male, Hind Wings | 11-Apr-2021 • Na em Angled Satin Moth (Thalaina angulosa) Male, Antenna | 11-Apr-2021 • Na ema Halgania Moth (Utetheisa pulchelloides) Hindwings | 11-Apr-2021 • Na em Double-striped Grass Moth (Hednota bivittella) Dorsal | 11-Apr-2021 • Na em Blotched Noctuid (Proteuxoa passalota) Profile | 10-Apr-2021 • Na em Blunt Noctuid Moth (Proteuxoa chrysospila) Dorsal, ~11mm | |
| 26-Feb-2021 • C em Two-spotted Line-blue (Nacaduba biocellata) S6: Different Shaped Spots | 26-Feb-2021 • Na emar Australian Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) Profile | 26-Feb-2021 • Na em Large Snouted Stink Bug (Kalkadoona enchylaenae) Punctuations | 07-Apr-2021 • Na a Ant-mimicking Seed Bug (Daerlac cephalotes) Dorsal | 05-Apr-2021 • Na ema White Streaked Crambid (Scoparia cleodoralis) Patchy white palps | 01-Apr-2021 • Na em Scale Insect (Pulvinaria cf sp ES1) Hatching | |
| 25-Feb-2021 • Na emar Australian Green Mantid (Orthodera ministralis) Adult S3 | 25-Feb-2021 • Na emar Australian Green Mantid (Orthodera ministralis) Nymph S4: profile | 25-Feb-2021 • Na emar Australian Green Mantid (Orthodera ministralis) Nymph S4: Wing Stubs | 31-Mar-2021 • Na em Speckled Short-palped Crane Fly (Conosia irrorata) Female, profile | 31-Mar-2021 • Na em Gum Snout Moth (Entometa guttularis) Male, profile, Wings Up | 30-Mar-2021 • Na em Small-kite Moth (Autarotis milvellus) S2, profile | |
| 25-Feb-2021 • LC em Sand Goanna (Varanus gouldii) S7: Young, Anterior | 25-Feb-2021 • LC em Sand Goanna (Varanus gouldii) S7: Young, Back | 25-Feb-2021 • LC em Sand Goanna (Varanus gouldii) S7: Young, Head in profile | 30-Mar-2021 • Na em Double Yellow-patched Footman (Termessa zonophanes) Male, dorsal | 30-Mar-2021 • Na em Woodlouse Fly (Axinia cornuta) S2, dorsal | 27-Mar-2021 • Na em Undescribed Rough-head (Hylaeora MoV1) Male, profile | |
| 13-Feb-2021 • Na em Striped Ladybird (Micraspis furcifera) Face | 13-Feb-2021 • Na em Striped Ladybird (Micraspis furcifera) Dorsal | 08-Feb-2021 • LC em Wirewort (Asteridea athrixioides) Field | 27-Mar-2021 • Na em Scrofa Hawk Moth (Hippotion scrofa) Female, dorsal | 27-Mar-2021 • Na em White's Stick Insect (Sipyloidea whitei) Male, dorsal | 22-Mar-2021 • Na em Brown Native Earwig (Labidura truncata) Female, dorsal | |
| 08-Feb-2021 • Na ema Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Male: Eye | 08-Feb-2021 • Na ema Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Female: dorsal | 07-Feb-2021 • Na emar Old Lady Moth (Dasypodia selenophora) The "Eye", called a Reniform Stigma | 22-Mar-2021 • Na em Dusky Plant Bug (Minchamia hubbardae) Dorsal | 22-Mar-2021 • Na em Singed Wood Moth (Culama crepera) Dorsal, natural colour | 19-Mar-2021 • Na em Beautiful Plant Bug (Poecilotoma callosa) Dorsal | |
| 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Metalic Green Tomato Fly (Lamprolonchaea brouniana) Female: Face | 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Metalic Green Tomato Fly (Lamprolonchaea brouniana) Female: Face in Profile | 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Metalic Green Tomato Fly (Lamprolonchaea brouniana) Male: Face | 11-Mar-2021 • Na em Small Wood Moth (Sympycnodes arachnophora) Male, profile | 09-Mar-2021 • Na em Horse-nosed Weevil (Pelororhinus crassus) Male, profile, anterior | 08-Mar-2021 • Na emr Striped Grasshopper (Apotropis vittata) Female, S1, dorsal | |
| 02-Dec-2020 • Na m Crow Moth (Cruria donowani) Dorsal | 01-Dec-2020 • Na em Satin Twig Moth (Thudaca campylota) S2: dorsal | 01-Dec-2020 • Na em Satin Twig Moth (Thudaca campylota) S2: profile | 08-Mar-2021 • Na em False Gumleaf Grasshopper (Goniaeoidea sp) Profile | 05-Mar-2021 • Na em Yellow-antennae Weevil Wasp (Cerceris sp ES2) Dorsal | 05-Mar-2021 • Na em Dark-antennae Weevil Wasp (Cerceris sp ES1) Resting in it's nest | |
| 11-Nov-2020 • Na em Calperum Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus calperum) S2:Female Nymph, Mouth | 11-Nov-2020 • Na em Calperum Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus calperum) S2:Female Nymph, profile | 11-Nov-2020 • Na em Calperum Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus calperum) S2:Female Nymph, Back | 02-Mar-2021 • Na em Short-tongued Flower-loving Fly (Apiocera sp ES4) Female: dorsal | 02-Mar-2021 • Na em Dash-marked Flower-loving Fly (Apiocera sp ES3) Female: dorsal | 02-Mar-2021 • Na r Brown Flower-loving Fly (Apiocera sp ES2) Female: dorsal | |
| 23-Oct-2020 • NT em Clustered Lawrencia (Lawrencia glomerata) Flowering | 23-Oct-2020 • NT em Clustered Lawrencia (Lawrencia glomerata) Flower Closing, another Opening | 23-Oct-2020 • NT em Clustered Lawrencia (Lawrencia glomerata) Stem Leaves | 01-Mar-2021 • Na em Flat-head Leafhopper (Thymbrini sp) Dorsal | 26-Feb-2021 • Na ema Red and Blue Flower Beetle (Dicranolaius bellulus) Female: profile | 25-Feb-2021 • Na a Fin-faced Weevil (Acantholophus planicollis) Profile | |
| 23-Oct-2020 • VU em Limestone Sida (Sida spodochroma) Habit, in flower | 23-Oct-2020 • VU em Limestone Sida (Sida spodochroma) Seed | 23-Oct-2020 • VU em Limestone Sida (Sida spodochroma) Fruit | 24-Feb-2021 • Na em Ant Spider (Habronestes cf pseudoaustraliensis) Female S1: dorsal | 24-Feb-2021 • Na em Wiry Bee Fly (Staurostichus sp ES3) Dorsal | 23-Feb-2021 • Na em Matchstick Grasshopper (Vandiemenella viatica) Dorsal | |
| 16-Oct-2020 • Na emr Spotted Bandwing (Qualetta maculata) 5th Instar: dorsal | 16-Oct-2020 • Na emr Spotted Bandwing (Qualetta maculata) 5th Instar: profile | 06-Oct-2020 • NT em Splendid Daisy-bush (Olearia magniflora) Blooming | 23-Feb-2021 • Na em Golden Velvet Ant (Ephutomorpha fulvocrinita) Dorsal | 23-Feb-2021 • Na em Pygmy Grasshopper (Tetrigidae sp) Nymph: profile | 23-Feb-2021 • Na em Adelaide's Muscle Man Ant (Podomyrma adelaidae) S1: Dorsal | |
| 06-Oct-2020 • Na em Gold-headed Blue Tachinid Fly (Cuphocera sp) Dorsal | 06-Oct-2020 • Na em Gold-headed Blue Tachinid Fly (Cuphocera sp) Profile | 06-Oct-2020 • Na em Gold-headed Blue Tachinid Fly (Cuphocera sp) Antennae Profile | 23-Feb-2021 • Na emr White Pebble Weevil (Elaeagna squamibunda) Profile | 21-Feb-2021 • Na em Red Belid Weevil (Rhinotia scalaris) Dorsal | 21-Feb-2021 • Na em Spotted Belid Weevil (Rhinotia niveopilosa) Front | |
| 24-Sep-2020 • LC m Dwarf Button-flower (Blennospora drummondii) Florets | 24-Sep-2020 • LC m Dwarf Button-flower (Blennospora drummondii) Bud | 24-Sep-2020 • LC m Dwarf Button-flower (Blennospora drummondii) Patch | 13-Feb-2021 • Na em Yellow Dwarf Bee (Xanthesma (Xanthesma) sp) Dorsal | 13-Feb-2021 • Na em Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila sp) Dorsal | 08-Feb-2021 • Na em Balaana Bee Fly (Balaana abscondita) Dorsal | |
| 24-Sep-2020 • RA m Pink Mulla Mulla (Ptilotus exaltatus) Habit | 24-Sep-2020 • RA m Pink Mulla Mulla (Ptilotus exaltatus) Flower & Bud | 24-Sep-2020 • RA m Pink Mulla Mulla (Ptilotus exaltatus) Flower Close Up | 08-Feb-2021 • Na em Red-tailed Mydas Fly (Miltinus sp ES1) Dorsal | 07-Feb-2021 • Na em Green & Black Bee Fly (Pygocona sp ES3) Male: dorsal | 07-Feb-2021 • Na em White-legged Masked Bee (Hylaeus sp ES6) Male? Yellow-face Mask | |
| 24-Sep-2020 • LC m Soft Millotia (Millotia tenuifolia var tenuifolia) Flower, just opening | 24-Sep-2020 • LC m Soft Millotia (Millotia tenuifolia var tenuifolia) Seeding | 24-Sep-2020 • LC m Soft Millotia (Millotia tenuifolia var tenuifolia) Seed Head | 07-Feb-2021 • Na em Pink Desert Leaf Beetle (Paropsis roseola) Dorsal | 07-Feb-2021 • Na a Wet-area Grasshopper (Praxibulus sp) Adult | 06-Feb-2021 • Na r Small Fluffy Bee Fly (Nigromyia sp) Dorsal | |
| 24-Sep-2020 • RA ma Small Poranthera (Poranthera microphylla) Single large specimen | 24-Sep-2020 • RA ma Small Poranthera (Poranthera microphylla) Many Small Specimens | 24-Sep-2020 • RA ma Small Poranthera (Poranthera microphylla) Flower & Fruit | 05-Feb-2021 • Na em Red and Blue Flower Beetle (Dicranolaius sp) Female: dorsal | 04-Feb-2021 • LC emr Triodia Dragon (Ctenophorus spinodomus) Full length | 02-Feb-2021 • Na em Marbled Swift Spider (Ticopa sp) Male: dorsal | |
| 24-Sep-2020 • Na em Frosty Cape-moth (Hypsitropha ANIC1) Male, dorsal | 24-Sep-2020 • Na em Frosty Cape-moth (Hypsitropha ANIC1) Male, Hindwings | 24-Sep-2020 • Na em Frosty Cape-moth (Hypsitropha ANIC1) Female, dorsal | 02-Feb-2021 • Na em Resin Bee (Megachile cf oblonga) Profile | 26-Jan-2021 • Na em Orange-winged Pardillana (Pardillana sp 11) Adult | 26-Jan-2021 • Na emr Crepitating Spurthroat (Scurra marmoralis) Dorsal | |
| 16-Sep-2020 • LC em Narrow Thread-petal (Stenopetalum lineare) Habit | 16-Sep-2020 • LC em Narrow Thread-petal (Stenopetalum lineare) Basal Leaf | 16-Sep-2020 • LC em Narrow Thread-petal (Stenopetalum lineare) Buds & Brown Flower | 21-Dec-2020 • Na em Greenish Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp ES2) S5: Male | 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Rutilia-mimicking Bristle Fly (Anamastax cf sp) Dorsal | 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Pale-footed Fungi Fly (Tapeigaster argyrospila) Dorsal | |
| 16-Sep-2020 • Na em Lesser Bulb Hover Fly (Eumerus sp) Dorsal | 16-Sep-2020 • Na em Lesser Bulb Hover Fly (Eumerus sp) Profile | 16-Sep-2020 • Na em Lesser Bulb Hover Fly (Eumerus sp) Abdominal Stripes | 02-Dec-2020 • Na a Striped-wing Long Legged Fly (Heteropsilopus ingenuus) | 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Emarginate-winged Long Legged Fly (Dytomyia sordida) Male: dorsal | 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Brown-striped Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp ES7) Profile | |
| 16-Sep-2020 • LC m Pygmy Purslane (Calandrinia granulifera) Habit | 16-Sep-2020 • LC m Pygmy Purslane (Calandrinia granulifera) Fresh Anthers | 16-Sep-2020 • LC m Pygmy Purslane (Calandrinia granulifera) Mature Anthers | 02-Dec-2020 • Na em Mantis Lacewing (Campion callosus) Profile | 01-Dec-2020 • Na em Black-winged Fruit Fly (Spathulina acroleuca) Female: dorsal | 01-Dec-2020 • Na em Beautiful Hover Fly (Austalis pulchella) Female: Body Patterns | |
| 14-Sep-2020 • LC m Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) Anterior | 14-Sep-2020 • LC emar Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus) Female, Under-wing | 14-Sep-2020 • NT emr Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius) Male, profile, back | 01-Dec-2020 • Na em Salt and Pepper Grasshopper (Urnisa guttulosa) Female: profile | 11-Nov-2020 • EN m Cup Velleia (Goodenia connata) Flower | 11-Nov-2020 • LC m Blue Boronia (Boronia coerulescens ssp coerulescens) White Flower, Blue Buds | |
| 14-Sep-2020 • Na a Dagger Fly (Empis sp) Female, dorsal | 14-Sep-2020 • Na a Dagger Fly (Empis sp) Female, abdomen | 14-Sep-2020 • Na a Dagger Fly (Empis sp) Female, profile | 07-Nov-2020 • LC m Kangaroo Apple (Solanum simile) Flower | 06-Nov-2020 • RA m Smooth Raspwort (Haloragis acutangula) Habit | 06-Nov-2020 • LC m Wiry Podolepis (Podolepis capillaris) Flower | |
| 14-Sep-2020 • LC m Soft Millotia (Millotia tenuifolia var tenuifolia) Profile | 14-Sep-2020 • LC m Soft Millotia (Millotia tenuifolia var tenuifolia) Flower, profile | 14-Sep-2020 • LC m Soft Millotia (Millotia tenuifolia var tenuifolia) Flower, opened | 05-Nov-2020 • Na em Pink-bellied Frit Fly (Gaurax sp ES2) Female: dorsal | 05-Nov-2020 • Na em Orange-marked Black Leaf Beetle (Ditropidus sp) Dorsal | 05-Nov-2020 • Na em Unusual Peacock Spider (Maratus anomalus) Male: dorsal | |
| 13-Sep-2020 • Na em Double Striped Tangle-veined Fly (Trichophthalma bivittata) Dorsal | 13-Sep-2020 • Na em Double Striped Tangle-veined Fly (Trichophthalma bivittata) Profile | 13-Sep-2020 • Na em Double Striped Tangle-veined Fly (Trichophthalma bivittata) Antennae & Proboscis | 05-Nov-2020 • Na em Two-dot Smoky Buzzer (Myopsalta binotata) Male: profile | 05-Nov-2020 • Na em Red-faced Jumping Spider (Saitis sp) Male: Face | 05-Nov-2020 • Na em Striped Stonehopper (Cratilopus sp ES3) S2 & S3: Size Comparison | |
| 13-Sep-2020 • Na m Black & White Striped Bee Fly (Meomyia sericans) Dorsal | 13-Sep-2020 • Na m Black & White Striped Bee Fly (Meomyia sericans) Profile | 13-Sep-2020 • Na m Black & White Striped Bee Fly (Meomyia sericans) Face | 23-Oct-2020 • Na em Metallic Blue Parasitic Wasp (Calosotinae sp ES1) | 22-Oct-2020 • RA em Corrugated Sida (Sida corrugata var corrugata) Woody Base | 21-Oct-2020 • LC m Violet Twinleaf (Roepera iodocarpa) Habit | |
| 13-Sep-2020 • Na m Blue-legged Hairy Grasshopper (Tapesta carneipes) Dorsal | 13-Sep-2020 • Na m Blue-legged Hairy Grasshopper (Tapesta carneipes) Profile | 13-Sep-2020 • Na m Blue-legged Hairy Grasshopper (Tapesta carneipes) Fastigium | 21-Oct-2020 • Na em Small Netelia Wasp (Netelia sp ES2) Female: profile | 21-Oct-2020 • Na ema Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp (Netelia sp ES1) Female, S1: dorsal | 18-Oct-2020 • Na em Red Ichneumon Wasp (Riekophion emandibulator) Dorsal | |
| 12-Sep-2020 • LC em Wirewort (Asteridea athrixioides) Patch | 12-Sep-2020 • L ema Australian Admiral (Vanessa itea) Underside Wings | 12-Sep-2020 • L ema Australian Admiral (Vanessa itea) Topside Wings | 16-Oct-2020 • NT m Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum) Flowering, from above | 16-Oct-2020 • VU m Twiggy Lignum (Muehlenbeckia diclina) Flowering | 16-Oct-2020 • Na em Blue-porcelain Robber Fly (Dasypogoninae sp) Female: dorsal, Wing Venation | |
| 12-Sep-2020 • Na em Bee Parasitizing Wasp (Labium cf brevicorne) S2: dorsal | 12-Sep-2020 • Na em Bee Parasitizing Wasp (Labium cf brevicorne) S2: profile | 12-Sep-2020 • Na em Bee Parasitizing Wasp (Labium cf brevicorne) S2: petiole | 15-Oct-2020 • Na em Yellow-faced Moth Parasitic Wasp (Enicospilus skeltonii) Male: dorsal | 06-Oct-2020 • Na em Bark Louse (Clematostigma cf maculiceps) Profile | 06-Oct-2020 • Na em Slender-wing Beaded Lacewing (Trichoma gracilipenne) Body | |
| 12-Sep-2020 • Na ema Wingless Coreid Bug (Agriopocoris sp) S3, Male, dorsal | 12-Sep-2020 • Na ema Wingless Coreid Bug (Agriopocoris sp) S3, Male, profile | 12-Sep-2020 • Na ema Wingless Coreid Bug (Agriopocoris sp) S3, Male, head | 05-Oct-2020 • Na a Wattle Pig (Leptopius cf duponti) | 25-Sep-2020 • RA m Azure Daisy-bush (Olearia rudis) Habitat | 25-Sep-2020 • NT m Velvet Dampiera (Dampiera marifolia) Habitat | |
| 12-Sep-2020 • LC em Desert Spinach (Tetragonia eremaea) Habit | 12-Sep-2020 • LC em Desert Spinach (Tetragonia eremaea) Flower | 12-Sep-2020 • LC em Desert Spinach (Tetragonia eremaea) Leaf | 25-Sep-2020 • LC m Native Rosemary (Dampiera rosmarinifolia) Single Bush | 25-Sep-2020 • LC m Grooved Dampiera (Dampiera lanceolata var lanceolata) "Plain" Flower Front | 24-Sep-2020 • Na em Metallic Jewel Beetle (Melobasis sp) Elytra Ridges | |
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