by Peter Rowland | Friday, November 13, 2020
Magnetic Termites Scientific Name: Amitermes meridionalis Size: Total Length 6 mm (soldier) What does it look like? The Magnetic Termite soldier has a yellowish head and dark mandibles curved inward with single ‘tooth’. Workers pale, alates brown with pale wings. ...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Monarch Butterfly Adult Larva (Caterpillar) Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus Size: Wingspan 90-100 mm What does it look like? The adult Monarch Butterfly wing is orange, with ornate pattern of thin black lines and broad black margins on each wing. Black margins...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Mottled Flower Scarab Scientific Name: Protaetia fusca Size: 17 mm What does it look like? The Mottled Flower Scarab is a small, usually shiny dark-coloured rounded beetle, with broad shovel-like head and pronotum, small fan-like antennae, may have hairs on underside...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Musk Duck Scientific Name: Biziura lobata Size: Total Length 47-73cm (males much larger than females) What does it look like? The male Musk Duck arguably has the unfortunate reputation of being perhaps the most grotesque looking of all of Australia’s birds, due to a...
by Peter Rowland | Friday, November 13, 2020
Little Red Fruit-bat Scientific Name: Pteropus scapulatus Size: Head-Body 120–200 mm; Forearm 116–140 mm What does it look like? The Little Red Fruit-bat’s fur is pale brown to rich reddish-brown, often becoming more greyish on head, and occasionally with...
