Body length 3.5 mm (head to distal apex of abdomen, antennae excluded). Wings elytra-like.
All images are of the same individual.
One individual observed resting on the leaf of Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. pryoriana.
Similar to:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131031965
https://diapriidae.wordpress.com/diapriidae/ambositrinae/acanthobetyla/
On Pittosporum undulatum
Only one plant found, multiple flowers on this plant were going to seed.
Found on the beach. ? Shell, ? Egg casing
Callan Park, NSW, on exposed bank not far from harbour shore.
It is not uncommon to see tomatoes growing in the wild in good seasons, presumably these have been spread during flood events as Carnarvon is an horticultural area and tomatoes are widely grown. Most wild plants have small fruit like cherry tomatoes possibly reverting back to original strains.
I think P. sericea or P. longifolia?
Rare sighting of a white flower
Four petals, everything that looks similar has three!
Dharawal NP near O'Hares Creek
a very unusual 4 petalled, drooping specimen, with elongated style/stigma
Found a white and purple one growing next to each other, shrivelled up the next day. Both had long hairy stems.
this is the ONLY one I have ever seen!
Referring to the white covering and the egg clusters.
The Chalcidoid Wasps are represented in a separate submission.
WA Herbarium collection Barcode 8987017
The last image shows the flower after its labellum was triggered.
Mites on the thorax of this Catagogus diorymerus beetle
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148009618
Photo 1 - Caudacheles dorsum x20
Photo 2 - Caudacheles x20 venter
Photo 3- Caudacheles prodorsum x40
Photo 4 - Caudacheles_dorsal gnathosoma (head capsule) x100
Photo 5 - in situ photograph
Many thanks to Owen Seeman for providing photos 1-4 and identification.
Flock of seven birds preparing to roost - quite vocal.
Multitudes of individuals resting along the leaves of one eucalyptus tree
Today I saw these two Scaly-breasted Lorikeet juveniles together with a Rainbow Lorikeet flock and no adult Scaly-breasted Lorikeets. The two juveniles were sticking closely to these two Rainbow Lorikeets and were both food begging, vocally and physically, of the two adult Rainbows. However, after they watched the two Rainbows eat they would imitate the adults also eat the same food (sunflower seeds and pet lorikeet mix). The two adults were behaving towards the presence of the juveniles in the same manner as I've seen other Rainbows do so with their own offspring.
My suspicion is that the adult Rainbows overtook a nest site occupied by the parents of the Scalys. Then ended up unintentionally incubating the eggs left behind and when they hatched they imprinted and reared the Scalys as their own. I think this is an interesting case of Rainbow Lorikeets fostering the Scaly-breasted Lorikeets.
This observation is for the Scaly-breasted Lorikeets.
Any ideas on a species for this guy? 30 years and I’ve never seen one like him down there
Orecchiette at only $2 a bag attracts the attention of this frugal shopper.
I think this is from Cassidinae but I can't find a match. There were eggs (I think) around it, but I'm not sure if there is any connection.
It looks like the coconut hispine beetle without the flanges.
Thanks @thebeachcomber!
Leaf crossection asymmetrical
behold my really excellent photography
Galls on Leptospermum spinescens ?
Larval or pupal stage of Microdontinae in a Technomyrmex sp. nest. See also https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120660740
This is clearly not an empty shell. The occupant was still moving
On cultivated Corymbia maculata.
Found in garden. Roughly the size of a pin head
Actinodium spec. ‘Fitzgerald River’
Myrtaceae
native range is SW. Western Australia
buitenste steriele bracteeen 7 mm !
Stirling Range Drive
Stirling Range National Park
Western Australia
Stylidium purpureum Wege (2015) (POWO not)
Stylidiaceae
native range is SW. Western Australia
Purple Triggerplant
1e plek, 2km zandweg op
S27 40.256 E114 16.932
Kalbarri NP
Western Australia