by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Blue Banded Bee This species features in my book A Naturalist’s Guide to the Insects of Australia Autographed Copies Available Scientific Name: Amegilla spp. Size: Total Length 15 mm What does it look like? Adults have a black abdomen with bright metallic blue...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, February 20, 2022
Giant Yellow Robber Fly Scientific Name: Blepharotes coriarius Size: Total Length 45 mm What does it look like? The Giant Yellow Robber Fly is large, grey and black, with bright yellow hairs on upper surface of abdomen and greyish-brown wings extending beyond tip of...
by Ryan Dunn | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
American Cockroach Scientific Name: Periplaneta americana Size: TL 55mm What does it look like? The American Cockroach is a large reddish-brown cockroach, with a pale yellowish-brown margin on the pronotal shield. They have large wings (extending past the tip of the...
by Ryan Dunn | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Arboreal Termite An arboreal termite mound with a bird nest hollow excavated within it Scientific Name: Nasutitermes walkeri Size: TL 7mm (soldier) What does it look like? Arboreal Termite soldiers are yellow-brown, dark rounded head with single prominent ‘spike’....
by Peter Rowland | Friday, October 16, 2020
Australian Cockroach Scientific Name: Periplaneta australasiae Size: Total Length 35mm What does it look like? The Australian Cockroach is brown, with a yellow border around the pronotum and longitudinal yellow stripes on the outer edges of the wings. Very similar to...
