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Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)Observer
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This snake is around 1.5-2m long when stretched out. I think it lives in the roof. If I stand on the deck talking on my phone it drops a poo at my feet. This has happened three times now. I would categorise this snake's temperament as judgemental and aloof. (Not that temperament is a category on this site ... but I feel it should be.)
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Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata)Observer
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More of these please! They are like jewels with wings! Roughly 3cm long.
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Australian Long-eared Bats (Genus Nyctophilus)Observer
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Found this micro bat clinging to my front door. Very hard to photograph the face without using a flash. Also I didn’t want to risk a bite. Got it to a wildlife carer who thought it was a Horseshoe bat. Apparently they are cave dwellers. Not sure why it was stuck to my door after dawn - must have been quite a party!
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Trooping Crumble Cap (Coprinellus disseminatus)Observer
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I would love to know what these are.
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Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)Observer
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Night Tiger or Brown Tree Snake. Fell from above me while trying to shed its skin
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Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota ssp. mcdowelli)Observer
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Much darker than the other carpet pythons in the garden. Lives between rocks, under a big birdsnest fern. Very placid.
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Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax)Observer
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It would be simple to say this is a green tree frog, but I can never tell until they are fully grown. This one is tiny, about 1.5cm. There is no accessible water close by for breeding.
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Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)Observer
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It was hard to get closer without scaring it away. I have included an older photo when one was outside my front door. Not sure if it is the same one.
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Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)Observer
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In a neighbours guava tree. At least 2m long
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Small Green Banded Blue (Psychonotis caelius)Observer
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Very small butterfly. About 1.5-2cm.
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Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)Observer
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Sadly this one seems to have been attacked.
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Genus TrametesObserver
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I can’t find the species. None of the suggestions match the underside. Any ideas? The area is far north coast NSW rainforest.
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Paracupta lambertiObserver
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So hard to photograph, colours keep shifting from gold to green to deep purple. I’m wondering what type of wood they bore?
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Giant King Cricket (Anostostoma australasiae)Observer
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Is this a Weta? I thought they only occurred in NZ. It was on my doorstep this morning.
I have added a pic of her mandibles. They look like they’d give a decent bite.
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White Looper Moth (Pingasa chlora)Observer
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About 8cm wide at wingtips.
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Bush Stone-Curlew (Burhinus grallarius)Observer
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At a shopping centre, standing outside the pharmacy’s automatic doors, as if waiting for someone
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Australasian Giant Centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes)Observer
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This dropped from my ceiling one night, like a ninja, landing next to me with a heavy thud. About 14cm long. Not aggressive. I released it into the garden.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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This was about 5cm long. Is it a caterpillar? The legs are so unusual. It was on a box outside so I don’t know it’s food source.
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Eastern Stony-creek Frog (Ranoidea wilcoxii)Observer
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This frog changed colour as I watched it. It was pale yellow/beige when first uncovered, then slowly went the darker rust colour. Around 7cm long.
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Zopherosis georgiiObserver
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I have not been able to find information on these. I think they come from the giant red cedar tree next to the house. It was approximately 5cm long.