First verified photos of a species
15 photos
These are species for which there were no previous verified photos of a live specimen in the wild at the time the photo was taken.
Note that once a species has been photographed and identified, it...
Trichoptera - Caddisflies
1 photo
The caddisflies have aquatic larvae and winged terrestrial adults. There are two suborders: Integripalpia and Annulipalpia which are differentiated based on the adult mouthparts. Integripalpian...
Arachnids - Mites
1 photo
Arachnids - Araneae - spiders
23 photos
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods in the order Aranea. They have eight legs, "jaws" called Chelicerae and spinnerets that extrude silk.
The spider anatomy includes two main body parts,...
Arachnids - Ticks
5 photos
Members of the Order Ixodida
Blattodea
12 photos
Order of insects that includes cockroaches and termites.
Cockroaches
Metamorphosis: Paurometabolous Key characteristics:
•Body flattened dorso-ventrally and usually elliptical in shape
•Body...
Cephalopoda (Class)
1 photo
Squids, Octopus and Nautiluses
Ceratopogonidae - Midges
1 photo
Chilopoda
1 photo
Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda within the subphylum Myriapoda.
Coleoptera - Beetles
86 photos
Insects in the order: Coleoptera.
Most Australian beetles fall into two of the four sub-orders: Adephaga and Polyphaga.
Coleopterans can have a variety of antennae types including pectinate (like...
Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
11 photos
The Scarab beetles are a diverse family with a range of sizes, shapes and behaviours.
Antennae are 7 to 12 segmented and usually lamellate in that the last 3 to 8 segments form plates, that can fan...
Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
4 photos
The Staphylinidae, Rove Beetles, vary in size from 1 to 40mm though most are in the medium range. They feed on decaying mater or are predacious both as larvae and adults.
They are predatory at the...
Collembola - springtails
2 photos
Apterygota (wingless), most less than 2mm white/yellow/gray to blue/gray
• 6 abdominal segments, legs with 4 segments
• Antennae 4-6 segments
• Most respire through the cuticle without...
Cnidaria
3 photos
Jellyfish, Corals, Hydrozoans, Anemones
Dermaptera - Earwigs
4 photos
Decapoda (Order)
5 photos
The Decapod order includes Crabs, Prawns Lobsters, Shrimps and allies.
Diptera
121 photos
The Order diptera - flies
Diptera is divided into two suborders: Nematocera and Brachycera.
Nematocera are the primitive flies with elongated bodies and long segmented antennae (usually more than 6...
Diptera -Calliphoridae - Blowflies
7 photos
The eyes are wider spaced in females than males. In the males the eyes are often touching and occupy most of the head.
A row of bristles on the meron (a separate sclerite on the thoracic pleuron)...
Diptera - Muscidae - house flies
3 photos
Muscidae often have a metallic head. this distinguishes them from Calliphoridae, the blowflies, which do not have metallic head.
They are 3-10mm in length, dull to dark coloured with dark...
Diptera - Sarcophagidae - Flesh Flies
1 photo
Red eyes and red genitalia are commonly found in Sarcophagidae. They often have a checkerboard pattern on the abdomen.
Unlike the Calliphoridae, the eye spacing is similar between the...
Ephemeroptera - Mayflies
2 photos
Mayflies
Fish
1 photo
Fungi
1 photo
Hemiptera -Bugs
83 photos
Insects in the order Hemiptera. Insects in this order have opisthognathous piercing-sucking mouthparts.
Hymenoptera - Ants - Formicidae
40 photos
Hymenoptera - Ants- Formidicae - Myrmicinae
2 photos
This is the largest subfamily in Australia, in terms of the number of genera and the number of species. There are over 350 species in 38 genera in Australia.
Morphologically, the species in the...
Hymenoptera - ants -Formicidae - Formicinae
12 photos
Sting is absent; gaster without a prominent constriction; petiole is often narrow in profile, scale-like. (These characteristics are shared with the sub-family Dolichoderinae).
Small cone present at...
Hymenoptera - Ants- Formicidae -Dolichoderinae
12 photos
The family of Dolichoderinae is one of the most species-rich families of ants. It is found throughout the world. The family includes some notorious invasive pests such as the Argentinian ant,...
Hymenoptera - Ants - Formicidae - Myrmeciinae
9 photos
These large ants are only found in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia they are most abundant and diverse in the southern regions and rare in the tropics.
The subfamily contains only two genera....
Hymenoptera -Bees
61 photos
Bees are in the Epifamily Anthphila which (along with some wasp families) is in the suborder of Apocrita.
A useful resource for identifying Australian native bees can be found at:...
Hymenoptera - Sawflies
3 photos
Hymenoptera - Wasps
112 photos
The word Hymenoptera is derived from Greek and can be broken into two parts:
Hymen: This means "membrane." It refers to the membranous wings that are characteristic of insects in this...
Hymenoptera - Apocrita, Wasps - Chalcidoidea
3 photos
This superfamily is amongst the largest and the most diverse of the parasitoid wasps and they are found throughout the world.
Some are parasitoids and some are hyperparasitoids. Some live as...
Hymenoptera - Apocrita, Wasps - Ichneumenoidea
40 photos
The superfamily of Ichneumonoidea is amongst the oldest of the parasitic wasp groups with a fossil record dating back to the Cretaceous, 145-66 million years ago (Rasnitsyn, 1980).
There are two...
Lepidoptera - Butterflies and moths
88 photos
Butterflies are in the superfamily Papilionoidea. There are several superfamilies of moths.
Many male moths have antennae that are plumose(feathery).
Mouthparts are generally include siphoning...
Mantodea - Mantises
4 photos
Mecoptera
2 photos
Hangingflies and Scorpionflies
Neuroptera - Lacewings
5 photos
Odonata
70 photos
Insects in the order Odenata - Dragonflies and Damselfies
Odonata in the EBG
18 photos
Orthoptera - Crickets
3 photos
Crickets are in the infraorder Gryllidea.
Orthopterans have hypognathous mouthparts i.e. oriented downward
Orthoptera - Caelifera - Grasshoppers
22 photos
Grasshoppers are in the suborder Caelifera.
Orthopterans have hypognathous mouthparts i.e. oriented downward
Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae - Katydids
8 photos
Orthopterans have hypognathous mouthparts i.e. oriented downward
Phasmida - Stick insects
4 photos
On order of insects that are difficult for predators to find because, as the common name implies, they are well disguised as sticks. Notwithstanding their effective disguise, some also have...
Psocodea - Lice
2 photos
Scorpiones - Scorpions
1 photo
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, characteristic stinger tails curving over the back and claws or pedipalps for grasping.
Australia is home to over...
Symphonaptera
1 photo
Fleas
Thysanoptera - thrips
1 photo
Thrips are usually minute - 1mm long or less. However there are a few larger species that can be several millimetres long. They are weak fliers and their wings are fringed with a row of hairs but...
Australian Amphibians
4 photos
Australian Birds
241 photos
Australian Insects
749 photos
This is my album for Australian insects in general. There are also albums for each of the insect orders.
Australian mammals
29 photos
Australian Reptiles
29 photos
Australian plants
16 photos
Barlings Beach Reserve
24 photos
Batemans Bay Water Gardens
10 photos
Bingie
11 photos
Bingi, south coast NSW, Australia
Burrewarra Point
4 photos
The Point at the south end of Guerilla Bay in New South Wales, Australia.
Coastal Walks
2 photos
Coila
2 photos
Cullendulla Reserve
16 photos
Surfside, NSW, Australia
Deua National Park
1 photo
The Deua National Park lies between Moruya, Braidwood and Cooma
Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens
120 photos
The Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens are just south of Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast, Australia. For more about the gardens see the Ausemade website at:...
Eurobodalla National Park
116 photos
The Eurobodalla National park stretches for 50 kilometres from Moruya Heads down to Mystery Bay, taking in several urban developments but also forests, coastal lakes and estuaries and critical...
Eurobodalla Natural History Society
18 photos
Eurobodalla Shire
308 photos
A shire on the south east coast of New South Wales, Australia
Googong
8 photos
The Googong region of NSW near Queanbeyan
Islands of South Coast NSW
41 photos
The beautiful south coast of NSW features many small islands. 61 of them have been deemed worthy of being named. 20 are coastal islands and 41 are in the estuaries, rivers, and lakes of the region....
Jerrabomberra
6 photos
The wetland reserve at Jerrabomberra, ACT, Australia
Jervis Bay
2 photos
Lilli Pilli Reserve
8 photos
The reserve to the south of Lilli Pilli Beach on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia
Northern Territory
32 photos
The Northern Territory of Australia
Macros
4 photos
High magnification images
Microscopy
10 photos
Moruya South Heads
52 photos
Milton Rainforest
9 photos
The remnant rainforest reserve at Milton, NSW
National Botanic Gardens Canberra
7 photos
Nerrigundah
1 photo
A tiny mountain town in southern NSW.
Pedro's Point
3 photos
Queensland
97 photos
Redden Island Reserve
4 photos
Redlynch
30 photos
Royal National Park
2 photos
A National Park just south of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Shale Hill Project
16 photos
Shoalhaven
36 photos
South Pacific Heathland Reserve - Ulladulla
148 photos
Square Head Reserve
4 photos
Tidbinbilla
26 photos
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near Canberra, ACT, Australia
Ulladulla Wildflower Reserve
25 photos
Aircraft
1 photo
Australian Scenery
56 photos
Australian letterboxes
1 photo
I am fascinated by the variety and ingenuity that you see in Australian rural letterboxes! I know that will sound crazy to some folks but, to me, it is an essential part of the Aussie rural scene!
Buildings
1 photo
Drone
30 photos
Plants
4 photos
Digital art
5 photos
Fractals
5 photos
iPhone
12 photos
Landscapes
13 photos
Merrick's place
2 photos
Portraits
6 photos
Robber Flies
10 photos
Asilidae family
There are about 340 identified species of Robber Fly in Australia and about 7000 worldwide. The true number of species in this family is thought to be very much higher however with...
Street
1 photo
Scenes and activites from the street
Seascapes and beach
78 photos
Bodalla
11 photos
The town of Bodalla, New South Wales, Australia
Special Effects
1 photo
SES volunteers
1 photo
Old Ware
7 photos
Old items, museum exhibits, etc.
Hunter and hunted
2 photos
The first picture shows an Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii) stalking a small Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae). While he is busy stalking, he is also the one being stalked - by a Red-bellied...
Sunrise
4 photos
Sunsets
17 photos
Miscellaneous
15 photos
Zoo
1 photo
Captive animals in zoos.
I don't like to see animals captive but accept it is a necessary part of conservation.
I shun zoos that don't have a high standard of animal care - and unfortunately...
Pollinator Survey 2021
3 photos
Images taken during a citizen science survey of pollinators
Mimics
24 photos
Arachnids that use mimicry for protection or as a subterfuge to approach prey.
They include:
* Mullerian mimics that adopt a common pattern of colours to warn predators that they all share a...
Competition Candidates
9 photos