by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Blue Tiger Scientific Name: Tirumala hamata Size: Wingspan 70-72mm What does it look like? Medium-sized, black-and-blue spotted butterfly. Male upperside dark with numerous light blue spots and streaks. Hindwing has obscure grey sex brand opening to small, conspicuous...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Giant Bull Ant Scientific Name: Myrmecia brevinoda Size: Total Length 26 mm What does it look like? The Giant Bull Ant or Bulldog Ant is variable in colour, but generally reddish-brown, with black abdomen, large eyes and powerful, forwards-projecting jaws. It...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, February 26, 2022
Red-shouldered Lycid Scientific Name: Trichalus ampliatus Size: Total Length 20mm What does it look like? Elongated black beetle with brick-red elytra, red ‘shoulders’ on sides of pronotum, thick black legs and antennae, and longitudinal ridges on soft elytra. Where...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Striped ichneumon wasps Scientific Name: Gotra spp. Size: Total Length 15 mm What does it look like? Predominantly black with broad white bands on antennae. Head, body and legs normally have white or yellow bands and spots, and legs have orange-brown bases. Female’s...
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Teddy-bear Bee Scientific Name: Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis Size: Total Length 15 mm What does it look like? Stocky, golden-yellow bee, with 6 (female) or 7 (male) variable-width, blackish, hairless cross-bands on the abdomen. Remainder of body is covered in...