by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Black Lawn Beetle Adult Larvae Scientific Name: Heteronychus arator Size: Total Length 15mm What does it look like? The adult Black Lawn Beetle, or African Black Beetle, is a shiny black, rounded beetle. The larvae are pale and soft-bodied with a brown sclerotized...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Predatory Mosquito Scientific Name: Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) speciosus Size: Total Length 12 mm What does it look like? The adult Predatory Mosquito, or Elephant Mosquito, is large, dark and shiny, with strongly backwards-curved proboscis. The abdomen has large...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Long-legged flies Scientific Name: Multiple species Size: Total Length 1-9mm What does it look like? Characterized by long, slender legs. Most species metallic green or bronze, occasionally yellow, and banded with black, but a few can be dull brown or black. Abdomen...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Dotted-wing lauxaniid flies Scientific Name: Homoneura spp. Size: Total Length 6mm What does it look like? Overall colouration brownish to orange with reddish compound eyes. Body has sparse blackish hairs, and legs moderately long. Wings longer than body, translucent...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Queensland Fruit Fly Scientific Name: Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tryoni Size: Total Length 5-8mm What does it look like? The Queensland Fruit Fly, or Q-Fly, is reddish-brown to dark brown and yellow, with red eyes and membranous wings. Where is it found? Mainly through...
