by Peter Rowland | Friday, October 16, 2020
Banana Stalk-fly Scientific Name: Telostylinus lineolatus Size: TL 20mm What does it look like? The Banana-stalk Fly is dark brown and yellowish-cream, with large red eyes on elongated head, and moderately long, thickened antennae with single long thin arista arising...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Blue Triangle Scientific Name: Graphium choredon Size: Wingspan 57-60mm What does it look like? Blue Triangle adults are virtually unmistakable with any other butterfly species in Australia. Wings with broad black margins, bright turquoise-blue central panels and...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Black-headed Sugar Ant Scientific Name: Camponotus nigriceps Size: Total Length 8-14mm What does it look like? The Black-headed Sugar Ant has a black head and abdomen (gaster), remainder of body brownish. Body smooth with sparse short hairs, longer and most numerous...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Common Methana Scientific Name: Methana marginalis Size: Total Length 25-30mm What does it look like? The Common Methana is typically dark brown to reddish-brown, with conspicuous broad cream edges along the edges of the body, wings (adult) and extending to the front...
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Orange Lacewing Upperwing Undersurface of the wing Scientific Name: Cethosia penthesilea Size: TL 65-70mm What does it look like? The Orange Lacewing has upper wings with black outer margins which are more extensive on the forewings, and has large orange centers. The...
