Favoritos de liz_odonnell

Clear-winged planthopper with bonus red mites
Identified as Salona panorpaepennis on Bowerbird by Liz O'Donnell: "Not a cixiid - note the distinctive venation around the wing edges."

A female Chaetophyes species - it has yet to attain any dark wing colouration. Chaetophyes nymphs begin tube-life early summer, overwinter inside, and emerge as adults around springs end. The nymphs obtain the calcium for tube construction from their high volume xylem feeding (Newby 1979).

Hundreds of individuals of this species were observed on resting on a stand of Pinus radiata trees close to surface rock with plentiful lichens. No mating behaviour or other interaction between moths was observed and the moths were generally spaced at least 30cm apart. A single individual of this species was sighted nearby four days earlier on 8 April.

Crane fly of some kind, sorry no clear shot of the palps but some unusual features - pale thorax with dark transverse stripes, clear wings with smoky staining along veins, honey coloured abdomen that is very long, slender and pointed.

Snipe Fly
Identified as Geron on Bowerbird by Tony D.: "These are Geron - both sexes. The female (1st pic) is at least a Geron (Plichtamyia) sp. by the white scale patch on the frons, though Bowerbird doesn't have the subgeneric level in this case."

ID? Small tiger-striped millipede
Identified as Paradoxosomatidae on Bowerbird by Ken Walker: "I asked Bob Mesibov if he could provide an ID and this was his reply: "Sure: new genus, new species (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). It's a mature male in a size class that doesn't fit any of the described NSW genera. I've collected things this small closer to the coast in NSW, but they don't have the transverse banding. If only this wasn't just an image, and the male had been collected and put in ANIC or AM...". Liz -- any chance you could collect a specimen for Bob? (:->!"

Species? Banded beetle with feathery antennae
Identified as Macrosiagon on Bowerbird by Liz O'Donnell: "ID based on the unusual features of this beetle including wing exposed by "tailcoat" shape of the elytra, and the feathery (plumose) antennae. An ID confirm (and if possible species name) would be great given that most photos for this genus seem to be fairly elderly museum specimens."

Species? Red-eyed grey fly with extra long legs
Identified as Senostoma on Bowerbird by Liz O'Donnell: "Grey fly with red eyes, elongated mouthparts and very elongated legs."

Horse fly with green eyes and line across the eye
Identified as Dasybasis Dasybasis froggatti on Bowerbird by David Ferguson
Bite itched for several weeks

White parasitoid on tiny eucalyptus sapsucker
Identified as Epipyropidae on Bowerbird by Liz O'Donnell: "The larvae of this family parasitise Hemiptera, and they are "white and globular" according to the Butterfly House website. I've also considered the possibility that it could be a Dryinidae wasp larva but am inclined to discount that ID as Dryinidae larave are usually dark brown (not white)."

Species? Tiny brown wasp lurking on mantid egg case
Identified as Torymidae on Bowerbird by Liz O'Donnell: "The location on a mantid ootheca suggests Torymidae family, possibly Podagrion genus? An ID confirm would be great as there are no photos of the genus on ALA."

Bot fly frog parasite in headwaters of Yass River
Identified as Batrachomyia on Bowerbird by Liz O'Donnell: "Identified with assistance from Frogsafe website http://www.frogsafe.org.au"