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3 2 Meadow Argus Caterpillar

Meadow Argus Caterpillar

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Australia, and has been documented as occurring in this national

4 1 Black Jezabel

Black Jezabel

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

An Australian native butterfly, also known as Common Jezabel. Wingspan up to 65 ...

1 0 Binung

Binung

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

A native soft fern that thrives on the margins of rainforest, by streams or in ...

1 2 Honey Fungus?

Honey Fungus?

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A species of honey fungus? Agaric mushroom cluster growing on an exposed ...

6 0 Yellow-footed Tinypore

Yellow-footed Tinypore

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Found these little beauties today. Commonly grow on rotting wood in Australian ...

3 4 Coprinopsis or Coprinus sp.

Coprinopsis or Coprinus sp.

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Agaric mushrooms, I think most likely Coprinopsis or Coprinus sp. ink caps. ...

2 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Red bracket polypores on a rotting tree trunk. Largest specimens approx. 5-6 ...

1 2 Elegant Snake-eyed Skink

Elegant Snake-eyed Skink

by Neil RossCity of Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Elegant Snake-eyed Skink is a species of diurnal skink, and is endemic to ...

2 0 Magpie Moth

Magpie Moth

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

called Thickhead (Cassocephalum crepidiodes). Common in the

2 0 Scarlet Bracket

Scarlet Bracket

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This orange polypore is a common wood-decaying fungi, frequently seen on dead ...

0 0 Staghorn Fern (epiphyte)

Staghorn Fern (epiphyte)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

the east of Gold Creek Reservoir, and is also in

1 0 Ostracoderma sp. mould

Ostracoderma sp. mould

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A soft, velvety type of mould fungus that looks like cotton wool. When touched, ...

1 0 Blue Billygoat Weed

Blue Billygoat Weed

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Blue billygoat weed (aka floss flower, bluemink, blueweed, pussy foot, Mexican ...

2 0 Lance-leaved Rattlepod

Lance-leaved Rattlepod

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

A short-lived herbaceous plant, originally from South Africa, but now ...

0 0 White-spotted Pintail Beetle

White-spotted Pintail Beetle

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Length 12mm. Feeding in Agapanthus flower.

1 2 Brazilian Nightshade

Brazilian Nightshade

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Brazilian nightshade (Solanum seaforthianum) is a slender climber, twining up ...

7 13 Acacia Gall Rust Fungus

Acacia Gall Rust Fungus

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Acacia Gall Rust Fungus (Uromycladium tepperianum) is a rust fungus that ...

1 0 Pink Tephrosia

Pink Tephrosia

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

naturalised in urban bushland in Brisbane ...

2 2 Amanita punctata

Amanita punctata

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Agaric mushrooms. Cap with central depression, and surface very thin. ...

0 2 Koala

Koala

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

It's not everyday you see koalas on your afternoon walk, particularly when ...

6 3 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A bracket polypore and club fungi species, Horsehoof fungus is very ...

1 2 Red Gum (with resin)

Red Gum (with resin)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Wanna see a "bleeding" tree? This is definitely the Red Gum I have been wanting ...

1 0 Pseudocyphellaria sp. Lichen

Pseudocyphellaria sp. Lichen

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

park, and my image searches match the ...

1 0 Common Eggfly (female)

Common Eggfly (female)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Common Eggfly (aka Great Eggfly and Varied Eggfly) is a member of the ...

0 0 Fraser's Banded Snail (remnant shell)

Fraser's Banded Snail (remnant shell)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

and rocks in rainforest, closed woodland and in some suburban areas that are ...

1 0 Black Orchid

Black Orchid

by Neil RossLake Manchester, Queensland, Australia

shaped and about 4 cm across. I saw a small handful of these orchids in this ...

1 0 Coast Mistletoe

Coast Mistletoe

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

been identified as occurring in D'Aguilar National

4 6 Blue Skimmer Dragonfly

Blue Skimmer Dragonfly

by mrsroyleKarawatha, Queensland, Australia

Male. Long, slender, powder blue segmented abdomen. Approx. 45mm length.

3 0 Red Gum Burl

Red Gum Burl

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A large burl on Red Gum (aka Smooth-barked Apple). This one stood out a mile, ...

6 4 Fishing or Water Spider (male)

Fishing or Water Spider (male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Dark spiders with white (males) or orange (females) band on the edge of the ...

4 3 Pineapple Bolete

Pineapple Bolete

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

I think these are really cool fungi. A reasonably aged specimen, its cap has ...

2 0 Red Russula (aka Rosy Brittlegills)

Red Russula (aka Rosy Brittlegills)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Red Russula fungi, of which there are several species native to Australia. Also ...

3 0 Horse Dung Fungus

Horse Dung Fungus

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Reasonably large puffball-like fungus, during (or after) spore dispersal. ...

10 11 Nasutitermes Nest

Nasutitermes Nest

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

I don't see this type of nest very often, but when I do, they always seem to be ...

0 0 Dwarf Papyrus

Dwarf Papyrus

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This weedy sedge is native to Africa and was historically used to make paper, ...

2 0 Common Three-Square

Common Three-Square

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family ...

0 0 Green Mat-rush (Lomandra)

Green Mat-rush (Lomandra)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

A robust mat-rush found near or in creeks. It's a native Australian plant. Can ...

4 5 Australian Magpie (young male)

Australian Magpie (young male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A young Australian Magpie with his entourage of Noisy Miners (Manorina ...

2 0 Gristle Fern

Gristle Fern

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

rainforest and eucalyptus forest areas. ...

1 0 Brisbane Golden Wattle (aka Fringed Wattle)

Brisbane Golden Wattle (aka Fringed Wattle)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Acacia fimbriata, commonly known as

2 0 Creeping Lantana

Creeping Lantana

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Lantana montevidensis, also commonly known as "trailing lantana" and "weeping ...

2 2 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A bracket polypore and club fungi species which occurs naturally in Queensland. ...

0 0 Bottlebrush

Bottlebrush

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

All this spotting needs is time. Looking fairly unspectacular at present, these ...

2 2 Timber Moth Caterpillar

Timber Moth Caterpillar

by Neil RossCity of Brisbane, QLD, Australia

This is most likely the larvae nest of Maroga, a genus of moths of the ...

1 0 Glasswing Butterfly

Glasswing Butterfly

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

sp.), many of which can be found in

2 7 Crab spider

Crab spider

by ArgybeeVictoria, Australia

Small (10mm) rough little spider; unusual 'V' shaped abdomen; all white with ...

0 0 Giant Maidenhair

Giant Maidenhair

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Too worried about snakes at the time, I didn't think twice about this spotting. ...

2 2 Forest Red Gum

Forest Red Gum

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A very handsome-looking eucalypt, and this one with a double (split) trunk. ...

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