by Peter Rowland | Saturday, October 24, 2020
Wandering Whistling-Duck Scientific Name: Dendrocygna arcuata Size: 54 to 60 cm What does it look like? The Wandering Whistling-Duck plumage is generally dark, brown on the back, rear of neck and top of head, and chestnut-brown on the belly, with conspicuous white...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Water Dragon Scientific Name: Intellagama lesueurii Size: Snout Vent Length 200 mm, Total Length 900 mm What does it look like? Large, very distinctive dragon, with angular head, enlarged nuchal crest, raised, ‘saw-like’ vertebral crest running length of body, and...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Water Strider Scientific Name: Limnogonus luctuosus Size: Total Length 11 mm What does it look like? The Water Strider has a dark brown body with pale stripes, pale legs, rear two pairs of legs very long and slender. Adults have winged and wingless forms. Where is it...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Wattle Pig Scientific Name: Leptopius spp. Size: Total Length 10-20mm What does it look like? The adult Wattle Pig beetle is light grey-brown to dark brown in colour, pronotum and elytra with bumpy protrusions arranged in longitudinal ridges. Snout characteristically...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, October 24, 2020
Wedge-tailed Eagle Scientific Name: Aquila audax Size: 1 to 1.2 m What does it look like? The plumage is chiefly blackish-brown, with paler brown on the wings, nape and undertail coverts. In flight the wings are held upswept and the characteristic wedge-shaped tail is...
