by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Blues, Coppers and Gossamer-winged Butterflies (Family: Lycaenidae) One hundred and fifty-seven species contained within forty-seven genera have been recorded in Australia. Butterflies are small in size and often iridescent blue or purple in colour. Insects Home...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, November 8, 2020
Bony Fishes (Class: Actinopterygii) The ray-finned fishes Actinopterygii are the largest assemblage of all vertebrate groups, with over 29,000 species known. Together with the Sarcopterygii, the lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods, they are the bony fishes or...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, February 28, 2022
Booklice, Barklice, Biting and Sucking Lice (Order: Psocodea) Until relevantly recently this order was split into two separate orders, the booklice and barklice of the order Psocoptera, and the ‘true’ lice of the order Phthiraptera, Forty families are known in...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Border Thick-tailed Gecko Scientific Name: Uvidicolus sphyrurus Size: 70mm SVL (Snout-Vent Length) What does it look like? The Border Thick-tailed Gecko is grey-brown, with numerous white spots and black speckling above, the spots forming loose transverse bands....
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Bowerbirds (Family Ptilonorhynchidae) There are eight endemic species in Australia, with a further two also found in New Guinea. In all bower-building species, the male constructs, decorates and maintains the bower, which he uses to attract females for mating. The...
