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
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 | 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...
