Ellura Sanctuary, Swan Reach, SA, 5354
                 
1,477 native species from Ellura • 2,156 species (inc introduced) on the web site, of which 1,503 are Research Grade Species • 13,791 example photo's with 6,543 enlarged • 
Latest Multimedia of Older Identifications   Latest Species Identifications
26-Apr-2025 • If m
*Prickly Paddymelon
 (Cucumis myriocarpus ssp myriocarpus)
   Green Fruits
26-Apr-2025 • If m
*Prickly Paddymelon
 (Cucumis myriocarpus ssp myriocarpus)
   Flower & Failed Fruit
26-Apr-2025 • If m
*Prickly Paddymelon
 (Cucumis myriocarpus ssp myriocarpus)
   Yellow Fruit
26-Apr-2025 • LC m

Small Burr-grass
 (Tragus australianus)
   S2, Older Plant, profile
25-Apr-2025 • Na e m

Mottled-brown Leafhopper
 (Katipo sp ES01)
24-Apr-2025 • If m

*Caltrop
 (Tribulus terrestris)
   Habit
25-Apr-2025 • LC e m f

Sweet Quandong
 (Santalum acuminatum)
   Young Fruit
25-Apr-2025 • LC e m f

Sweet Quandong
 (Santalum acuminatum)
   Ripe Fruit
25-Apr-2025 • NT e m

Bitter Quandong
 (Santalum murrayanum)
   S3, Lots of Fruit
24-Apr-2025 • Na e m
Pale Wattle Hopper
 (Dardus sp ES02)
   Dorsal
10-Apr-2025 • If m

*Tree Tobacco
 (Nicotiana glauca)
   Bud, Bud Flowering & Flower
29-Mar-2025 • Na e m

Red Flour Beetle
 (Tribolium castaneum)
   S2, dorsal
25-Apr-2025 • NT e m

Bitter Quandong
 (Santalum murrayanum)
   S3, Ripening Fruit
25-Apr-2025 • NT e m

Bitter Quandong
 (Santalum murrayanum)
   S3, Shrivelled Young Fruit
25-Apr-2025 • NT e m

Bitter Quandong
 (Santalum murrayanum)
   S3, Bark
25-Mar-2025 • Na e m

Marbled Swift Spider
 (Ticopa australis)
   S1, Male, dorsal
08-Mar-2025 • Na e m

2-spotted Sand Wasp
 (Bembix minya)
   S1, Female, dorsal
05-Mar-2025 • If e m

*Fringed Larder Beetle
 (Dermestes frischii)
   S1, dorsal
25-Apr-2025 • If e m

*Sheep Nasal Bot Fly
 (Oestrus ovis)
   S6, dorsal
25-Apr-2025 • If e m

*Sheep Nasal Bot Fly
 (Oestrus ovis)
   S6, Face
25-Apr-2025 • If e m

*Sheep Nasal Bot Fly
 (Oestrus ovis)
   S6, Wing Venation
02-Mar-2025 • Na e m

3-spotted Sand Wasp
 (Bembix lamellata)
   S1, Female, dorsal
02-Mar-2025 • Na e m

Yellow-faced Black Sand Wasp
 (Bembix severa)
   S1, Male, dorsal, wings open
02-Mar-2025 • Na e m

Leg-spur Sand Wasp
 (Bembix flaviventris)
   S8, Female, dorsal
24-Apr-2025 • If m
*Paddymelon
 (Citrullus colocynthis)
   Whole
24-Apr-2025 • If m
*Paddymelon
 (Citrullus colocynthis)
   Oblong Large Fruit
24-Apr-2025 • If m
*Paddymelon
 (Citrullus colocynthis)
   Flowers
02-Mar-2025 • Na e m

Moustache Sand Wasp
 (Bembix trepida)
   S2, Female, dorsal
28-Feb-2025 • Na e m a c

Half-band Hover Fly
 (Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) sp ES01)
   Female, dorsal
27-Feb-2025 • Na a

Montane Katydid
 (Tinzeda minor)
   S1, Female, iso-view
09-Apr-2025 • LC m r c

Australian Silver Gull
 (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp novaehollandiae)
   Adult, Eye
09-Apr-2025 • LC e m a f c

Australian Magpie
 (Gymnorhina tibicen)
   Female Eye
09-Apr-2025 • RA m a

Buff-rumped Thornbill
 (Acanthiza (Geobasileus) reguloides ssp australis)
   Back
25-Feb-2025 • Na m

Square-backed Sand Wasp
 (Bembix sp ES07)
   S1, Female, dorsal
24-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Fairy Neenan Grasshopper
 (Perbelliina sp ES01)
   S1, Adult, Female, dorsal
24-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Braconid Mimic Longhorn
 (Proagapete carissima)
   S1, profile
03-Apr-2025 • LC e m

Eastern Brown Falcon
 (Falco (Ieracidea) berigora ssp berigora)
   Nest
03-Apr-2025 • LC e m c

Australian Nankeen Kestrel
 (Falco (Tinnunculus) cenchroides ssp cenchroides)
   On the Wing
03-Apr-2025 • NT m a c

Australasian Coot
 (Fulica atra ssp australis)
   Head
22-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Black-striped Mummy Wasp
 (Teresirogas sp ES01)
   S1, Male, dorsal
20-Feb-2025 • Na e m
House Centipede Mite
 (Trombidia sp ES01)
   5 specimens
19-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Scraped Crab Spider
 (Cymbacha saucia)
   S1, Female, dorsal
21-Mar-2025 • Na e m
Small-wart Carcass Beetle
 (Omorgus sp ES03)
   S3, Male, Antennae
21-Mar-2025 • Na e m
Small-wart Carcass Beetle
 (Omorgus sp ES03)
   S3, Male, profile
21-Mar-2025 • Na e m
Small-wart Carcass Beetle
 (Omorgus sp ES03)
   S3, Male, Lamellae & Pronotum
19-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Pinhole Borer
 (Notoplatypus elongatus)
   S1, Adult, dorsal
18-Feb-2025 • Na e m a

Zebra Sawfly
 (Pergagrapta bella)
   S1, Female, profile
16-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Toe-biter Water Scorpion
 (Laccotrephes tristis)
   S1, Adult, dorsal
20-Mar-2025 • Na e m f r

Red Eyes Bug
 (Leptocoris mitellatus)
   Plague of Adults
20-Mar-2025 • Na e m f r

Red Eyes Bug
 (Leptocoris mitellatus)
   Cannabalism
20-Mar-2025 • Na e m f r

Red Eyes Bug
 (Leptocoris mitellatus)
   Plague of Adults
13-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Straw-coloured Ground Cricket
 (Cyrtoprosopus stramineus)
   S2, Male, Wing Venation
10-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Schwiedland's Spiny Ant
 (Polyrhachis schwiedlandi)
   S1, Worker, dorsal
09-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Broad Shield Bug
 (Diemenia immarginata)
   S1, Male, dorsal
09-Mar-2025 • Ir e m a

*Redback
 (Latrodectus hasseltii)
   S49, Male, body
09-Mar-2025 • Ir e m a

*Redback
 (Latrodectus hasseltii)
   S43, Juvenile, Female, dorsal
09-Mar-2025 • Ir e m a

*Redback
 (Latrodectus hasseltii)
   S44, Juvenile, Female, dorsal
08-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Undescribed Shield Ant
 (Meranoplus sp ES01)
   S1, Worker, dorsal
08-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Pebblebug
 (Lipocallia sp ES01)
   S1, Female, profile
08-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Brown-bum Sugar Ant
 (Camponotus sp ES01)
   Major Worker, dorsal
23-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Giant Centipede
 (Ethmostigmus rubripes)
   S4, dorsal
23-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Giant Centipede
 (Ethmostigmus rubripes)
   S4, Head
23-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Giant Centipede
 (Ethmostigmus rubripes)
   S4, "Teeth"
07-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Red-legged Mallee Grasshopper
 (Pardillana sp ES01)
   S3, Female, profile
07-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Photograph yet to be loaded
Black-Footed Gondwanan Katydid
 (Metholce nigritarsis)
06-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Sword-tail Cricket
 (Trigonidium vittaticolle)
   S1, Male, dorsal
20-Feb-2025 • Na e m r

Spotted Bandwing
 (Qualetta maculata)
   S12, Female Adult, Rear Leg Colour
20-Feb-2025 • Na e m a f

Crusader Bug
 (Mictis profana)
   S11, 4th Instar, dorsal
20-Feb-2025 • Na e m a f

Crusader Bug
 (Mictis profana)
   S11, 4th Instar, body
31-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Mini Owlet Moth
 (Mataeomera dubia)
   S1, dorsal
30-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Red Lynx Spider
 (Oxyopes rubicundus)
   S1, Female, profile
30-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Giant Green Slantface
 (Acrida conica)
   S1, Female, profile
20-Feb-2025 • Na e m a
House Centipede
 (Allothereua maculata)
   S6, dorsal
20-Feb-2025 • Na e m a
House Centipede
 (Allothereua maculata)
   S6, body
20-Feb-2025 • Na e m a
House Centipede
 (Allothereua maculata)
   S6, Eye & Antenna Bend
30-Jan-2025 • Na m
Australian Grass Pyrgomorph
 (Atractomorpha australis)
   Nymph
29-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Eastern Plague Grasshopper
 (Oedaleus australis)
   S1, Female, profile
28-Jan-2025 • RA m c

Elegant Parrot
 (Neophema elegans)
   S1, Female, posterior
19-Feb-2025 • Na e m r

Crepitating Spurthroat
 (Scurra marmoralis)
   S3, Female, dorsal
19-Feb-2025 • Na e m r

Crepitating Spurthroat
 (Scurra marmoralis)
   S3, Female, profile
19-Feb-2025 • Na e m r

Crepitating Spurthroat
 (Scurra marmoralis)
   S3, Female, iso-view
25-Jan-2025 • Na e m
Flower Wasp
 (Thynninae sp)
   S1, Female, dorsal
25-Jan-2025 • LC e m

Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko
 (Strophurus intermedius)
   S1, dorsal
23-Jan-2025 • Na e m
Tuberculate Litter Cockroach
 (Platyzosteria scabrella)
   S1, Male, dorsal
11-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Metallic-faced Rutilia Fly
 (Rutilia simplex)
   S2, Female, Antenna
11-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Metallic-faced Rutilia Fly
 (Rutilia simplex)
   S2, Female, dorsal
11-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Metallic-faced Rutilia Fly
 (Rutilia simplex)
   S2, Female, profile
23-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Grand Litter Cockroach
 (Platyzosteria grandis)
   Male, dorsal
23-Jan-2025 • Na e m a f
Jeanne's Bark Cockroach
 (Laxta jeanneae)
23-Jan-2025 • Na e m
Brown Cockroach
 (Blattellidae sp ES01)
01-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Orange Stick Insect
 (Lysicles sp)
   S2, Male, Head & Forewings, profile
01-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Orange Stick Insect
 (Lysicles sp)
   S2, Male, Forewings Up, anterior
01-Feb-2025 • Na e m

Orange Stick Insect
 (Lysicles sp)
   S2, Male, Hindwing Venation
23-Jan-2025 • Na e m

White-banded Cockroach
 (Melanozosteria balteata)
   S1, Male, dorsal
22-Jan-2025 • Na e m
Dark Native Bark Cockroach
 (Calolampra atra)
   S1, Male, dorsal
22-Jan-2025 • CR m

Malleefowl
 (Leipoa ocellata)
   S1, profile
01-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Rutilia-mimicking Bristle Fly
 (Anamastax cf sp)
   S8, dorsal
01-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Rutilia-mimicking Bristle Fly
 (Anamastax cf sp)
   S8, Wing Venation
01-Feb-2025 • Na e m
Rutilia-mimicking Bristle Fly
 (Anamastax cf sp)
   S8, Antennae
22-Jan-2025 • Na e m
Shelford's Cockroach
 (Robshelfordia sp)
   S3, Female, Body
16-Jan-2025 • Na a

False Blister Beetle
 (Sessinia punctum)
   S1, dorsal
15-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Blue-tailed Cuckoo Wasp
 (Chrysis cf saginata)
   Female, dorsal
29-Jan-2025 • Na e m
White Matchstick Grasshopper
 (Morabinae sp ES05)
   S3, Male, dorsal
29-Jan-2025 • Na e m
White Matchstick Grasshopper
 (Morabinae sp ES05)
   S3, Male, iso-view
29-Jan-2025 • Na e m
White Matchstick Grasshopper
 (Morabinae sp ES05)
   S4, Male, profile
11-Jan-2025 • NT m

Mallee Pomaderris
 (Pomaderris paniculosa ssp paniculosa)
   Habit
11-Jan-2025 • Na c
Coast Pomaderris
 (Pomaderris paniculosa ssp paralia)
   S1, Leaves & Flowers
10-Jan-2025 • If f c

*Coastal Galenia
 (Aizoon pubescens)
   S3, Bud & Flower
28-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Adelaide Pyrgomorph
 (Monistria discrepans)
   S25, Juvi Male, dorsal
28-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Adelaide Pyrgomorph
 (Monistria discrepans)
   S25, Juvi Male, profile
28-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Adelaide Pyrgomorph
 (Monistria discrepans)
   S25, Juvi Male, Body
08-Jan-2025 • NT e m c

Short-stem Flax-lily
 (Dianella brevicaulis)
   Bud & Flower
08-Jan-2025 • NT m c

Slender Devil's Twine
 (Cassytha glabella)
   Bud & Flower
07-Jan-2025 • NT m c

Seaberry Saltbush
 (Rhagodia candolleana ssp candolleana)
   Bud, Flower & Fruit
20-Jan-2025 • If e m a c

*European Honey Bee
 (Apis mellifera)
   Female worker
20-Jan-2025 • If e m a c

*European Honey Bee
 (Apis mellifera)
   Wing Venation
20-Jan-2025 • If e m a c

*European Honey Bee
 (Apis mellifera)
   Swarm
07-Jan-2025 • Na c
Lonely Ichneumon Wasp
 (Enicospilus insularis)
   S1, Female, dorsal
07-Jan-2025 • If c
*Common European Greenbottle Fly
 (Lucilia sericata)
   S1, profile
07-Jan-2025 • Na c

Grey-spotted Wave
 (Dithalama cosmospila)
   S1, dorsal
20-Jan-2025 • If a

*European Wasp
 (Vespula germanica)
   S5, Queen, Face
20-Jan-2025 • If a

*European Wasp
 (Vespula germanica)
   S5, Queen, dorsal
20-Jan-2025 • If a

*European Wasp
 (Vespula germanica)
   S5, Queen, profile
07-Jan-2025 • Na c
Painted-face Antlion
 (Myrmeleon pictifrons)
   S1, profile
07-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Black Jelly Lichen
 (Enchylium sp)
   Patch
06-Jan-2025 • Na c

Orange-footed Clerid Beetle
 (Eunatalis sp)
   S1, dorsal
18-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Confusing Beetle
 (Salax sp)
   S2, Tibial Spurs & Serrations
18-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Confusing Beetle
 (Salax sp)
   S2, profile
18-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Confusing Beetle
 (Salax sp)
   S2, dorsal
06-Jan-2025 • Na c

Cream Wave Moth
 (Scopula perlata)
   S1, dorsal
05-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Thread-legged Assassin Bug
 (Stenolemus bituberus)
   S1, Wing Venation
05-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Black & Orange Wasp
 (Sphodrotes rubra)
   S1, Female, Iso-view
17-Jan-2025 • Na e m a

Tea-tree Longhorn
 (Rhytiphora obliqua)
   S2, dorsal
17-Jan-2025 • Na e m a

Tea-tree Longhorn
 (Rhytiphora obliqua)
   S2, profile
17-Jan-2025 • Na e m a

Tea-tree Longhorn
 (Rhytiphora obliqua)
   S2, Body
05-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Yellow Dryland Bee
 (Callohesma sulphurea)
   S1, Female, dorsal
04-Jan-2025 • If c
*Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil
 (Lotus subbiflorus)
   Flower
04-Jan-2025 • LC m c

Streaked Arrowgrass
 (Triglochin striata)
   Whole
17-Jan-2025 • Na e m a c

Omnivorous Tussock Moth
 (Acyphas semiochrea)
   S10, Male, profile
09-Jan-2025 • RA m f c

Drooping Sheoak
 (Allocasuarina verticillata)
   S10, Maturing Fruit
09-Jan-2025 • RA m f c

Drooping Sheoak
 (Allocasuarina verticillata)
   S10, Fruit Split Open
04-Jan-2025 • NT m c

Knobby Club-rush
 (Ficinia nodosa)
   Whole
04-Jan-2025 • LC m c

Australian Sea Rush
 (Juncus kraussii ssp australiensis)
   Whole
04-Jan-2025 • LC m c

Narrow-leaf Bulrush
 (Typha domingensis)
   Whole
09-Jan-2025 • RA m a c

Kangaroo Thorn
 (Acacia paradoxa)
   Seed & Aril
08-Jan-2025 • Na e m a c

Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp
 (Radumeris tasmaniensis)
   S14, Female, Head
08-Jan-2025 • LC e m c

Satin Everlasting
 (Helichrysum leucopsideum)
   In Seed
01-Jan-2025 • If c
*Bathroom Moth Fly
 (Clogmia albipunctata)
   S1, dorsal
26-Dec-2024 • Na a

Pruinose Scarab Beetle
 (Sericesthis geminata)
   S1, dorsal
24-Dec-2024 • If c

*Yorkshire Fog
 (Holcus lanatus)
   Flowers
08-Jan-2025 • LC m r c

Rough Blue-flower
 (Halgania cyanea)
   Carpet
08-Jan-2025 • Na e m

Small Zebra Spider Wasp
 (Ctenostegus sp)
   Wing Comparison
08-Jan-2025 • LC m c

Sweet Apple-berry
 (Billardiera cymosa ssp cymosa)
   Fruit
24-Dec-2024 • NT m c

Angled Lobelia
 (Lobelia anceps)
   Flower
24-Dec-2024 • If a c

*Large Painted Lady
 (Gladiolus undulatus)
   Flower
24-Dec-2024 • If c

*Bulbil Watsonia
 (Watsonia meriana var bulbillifera)
   Leaves
08-Jan-2025 • RA m c

Native Juniper
 (Myoporum insulare)
   Purple Fruit
08-Jan-2025 • LC m a f c

Sweet Bursaria
 (Bursaria spinosa ssp spinosa)
   Flowers
08-Jan-2025 • LC m a f c

Sweet Bursaria
 (Bursaria spinosa ssp spinosa)
   Green Fruit
24-Dec-2024 • If a c

*Ribwort Plantain
 (Plantago lanceolata)
   Flower
24-Dec-2024 • Na e m

Black-striped Shield Bug
 (Amphaces sp ES01)
   S1, Male, dorsal
24-Dec-2024 • Na c

Muscleman Longhorn Beetle
 (Rhinophthalmus nasutus)
   S1, dorsal
07-Jan-2025 • Na e m a c

Orange Potter Wasp
 (Delta bicinctum)
   Feeding on Xmas Bush Flowers
07-Jan-2025 • Na e m c

Green Lacewing
 (Mallada signatus)
   S7, profile
07-Jan-2025 • L a c

Southern Grass-dart
 (Ocybadistes walkeri ssp hypochlora)
   S2, profile, Hind Wings Up
22-Dec-2024 • Na e m

Zebra Stiletto Fly
 (Agapophytus labifenestellus)
   S1, close
22-Dec-2024 • Na c
Leopard Moth
 (Endoxyla lituratus)
   S1, Female, Isoview
19-Dec-2024 • Na c

Wandering Hills Longhorn
 (Cacodacnus planicollis)
   S2, Male, dorsal
07-Jan-2025 • LC e m f c

Old Man's Beard
 (Clematis microphylla)
   Seeding
07-Jan-2025 • Na e m c

Arid Honey-carrying Ant
 (Melophorus sp ES01)
   Huddle
07-Jan-2025 • RA m c

Muntries
 (Kunzea pomifera)
   Fruit
14-Dec-2024 • Na e m

Spotted Wedge-shaped Beetle
 (Macrosiagon sp ES02)
   S1, Female, dorsal
01-Dec-2024 • Na e m
Spotted-belly Weevil
 (Pelororhinus maculiventris)
   S1, profile
01-Dec-2024 • Na e m

Daisy Longhorn Beetle
 (Rhytiphora cruciata)
   S1, Female, dorsal
01-Jan-2025 • Na e m a f r c

Old Lady Moth
 (Dasypodia selenophora)
   S17, The "Eye", called a Reniform Stigma
01-Jan-2025 • Na e m a f r c

Old Lady Moth
 (Dasypodia selenophora)
   S17, dorsal
01-Jan-2025 • Na e m a f r c

Old Lady Moth
 (Dasypodia selenophora)
   S17, Hindwing
30-Nov-2024 • LC e m

Lesser Long-eared Bat
 (Nyctophilus geoffroyi)
   S1, dorsal
25-Nov-2024 • Na e m

Smooth-backed Parasitic Wasp
 (Lissonota sp)
   S1, Female, dorsal
25-Nov-2024 • Na e m

Tobacco Looper
 (Chrysodeixis argentifera)
   S2, profile
26-Dec-2024 • Na f a p

Southern Paper Wasp
 (Polistes humilis ssp humilis)
   S5, Female, dorsal
26-Dec-2024 • Na f a p

Southern Paper Wasp
 (Polistes humilis ssp humilis)
   S5, Female, Wing Venation
26-Dec-2024 • Na f a p

Southern Paper Wasp
 (Polistes humilis ssp humilis)
   S5, Female, profile
17-Nov-2024 • Na c

Speckled-eye Jewel Beetle
 (Ethonion leai)
   S1, dorsal
17-Nov-2024 • Na a

Garden Soldier Fly
 (Exaireta spinigera)
   S1, Male, dorsal
16-Nov-2024 • Na e m
Red-antennae Spotted Spider Wasp
 (Calopompilus sp ES02)
   S1, Female, dorsal
25-Dec-2024 • EN e m a c

Bogong Moth
 (Agrotis infusa)
   S10, Male, dorsal
25-Dec-2024 • EN e m a c

Bogong Moth
 (Agrotis infusa)
   S8, Male, dorsal
25-Dec-2024 • EN e m a c

Bogong Moth
 (Agrotis infusa)
   S6, Female, dorsal
16-Nov-2024 • Na e m
Golden Slit-eyed Beetle
 (Seirotrana parallela)
   S1, dorsal
16-Nov-2024 • If

*Chicory
 (Cichorium intybus)
   Flower
16-Nov-2024 • Na e m

Undescribed Buzzer
 (Cicadettina sp ES01)
   Male, profile
24-Dec-2024 • EN e m a c

Bogong Moth
 (Agrotis infusa)
   S14, Male, Antenna
24-Dec-2024 • If e m a c

*Capeweed
 (Arctotheca calendula)
   Flowers
24-Dec-2024 • RA m a c

Kangaroo Thorn
 (Acacia paradoxa)
   Stem
15-Nov-2024 • Na f

Cotton Bush
 (Ptilotus obovatus)
   S2, Flower
14-Nov-2024 • Na f

Golden Bearded Sugar Ant
 (Camponotus aurocinctus)
   S1, dorsal
13-Nov-2024 • If c

*Feral Pigeon
 (Columba livia var domestica)
   Flock
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