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1 1 Red Powder Puff (bud and flower)

Red Powder Puff (bud and flower)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Calliandra haematocephala is a species of flowering plants of the genus ...

4 2 Crested Pigeon

Crested Pigeon

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Ocyphaps lophotes, commonly known as the crested pigeon and top notch pigeon, ...

1 0 Golden Silk Orb-weaver (after ecdysis)

Golden Silk Orb-weaver (after ecdysis)

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

This female Golden Silk Orb-weaver isn't the largest specimen I've seen, but ...

2 0 Brown Large Paper Wasp

Brown Large Paper Wasp

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

This species of wasp is brown in colour with yellow strips on thorax and ...

2 1 Cleora Looper Moth

Cleora Looper Moth

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cleora illustraria, commonly known as "cleora looper moth", is a member of the ...

2 2 Cleora Looper Moth

Cleora Looper Moth

by Neil Ross

Cleora illustraria, commonly known as "cleora looper moth", is a member of the ...

3 2 Eastern Bearded Dragon

Eastern Bearded Dragon

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

species can be found at one of my previous spottings in Laidley,

3 0 Convolvulvus Hawk-moth

Convolvulvus Hawk-moth

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Convolvulus Hawk-moth is a large moth. It is common throughout Europe, ...

0 2 Brown Long-headed Shield Bug

Brown Long-headed Shield Bug

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Brown Long-headed Shield Bug (Austromalaya reticulata) is a common shield ...

3 0 White Tussock Moth Caterpillar

White Tussock Moth Caterpillar

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Australia. Found from Tas - Qld.

9 6 Olive Python

Olive Python

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

This is an Olive Python (Liasis olivaceus olivaceus), and what a beautiful ...

4 5 Tau Emerald Dragonflies (mating)

Tau Emerald Dragonflies (mating)

by narossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Hemicordulia tau, commonly known as the "tau emerald", is a species of ...

5 0 Common Yellow Robber Fly

Common Yellow Robber Fly

by narossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Common throughout Australia, Robber Flies are air hunters. They are also known ...

3 2 Slater

Slater

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Armadillidium vulgare is an interesting species, but despite being widespread ...

6 2 Common Assassin Bug

Common Assassin Bug

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Pristhesancus plagipennis, also known as the "common assassin bug", is an ...

1 2 Brown Bunyip (male)

Brown Bunyip (male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brown Bunyip is a commonly seen cicada species in Brisbane bushlands and ...

4 0 Common Christmas Beetle (captured by Golden Silk Orb-weaver)

Common Christmas Beetle (captured by Golden Silk Orb-weaver)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

I can't decide exactly which species of Christmas Beetle this is - A. porosus ...

3 0 Cape Daisy

Cape Daisy

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Osteospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one ...

2 5 Yellow Flowerpot Parasol

Yellow Flowerpot Parasol

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Pale yellow agaric mushrooms. Caps covered with scales. Long stipes with fine ...

4 0 Straw-necked Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) is a bird of the ibis and ...

2 0 Wattle Blue Butterfly

Wattle Blue Butterfly

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Wattle Blue is only a small butterfly with a wingspan of about 20 mm., and ...

4 2 Australian Brush Turkey

Australian Brush Turkey

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

It's Brush Turkey breeding season. Here's what the male has been up to prior to ...

0 2 Common Brushtail Possum (male)

Common Brushtail Possum (male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

I see you! Spotted across the rooftops, a large male Brushtail has found ...

1 2 Pink Trumpet Tree

Pink Trumpet Tree

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A South American species, this is a deciduous (or sometimes semi-deciduous) ...

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 ...

8 9 Pale-headed Rosella

Pale-headed Rosella

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

The worst photo I have ever taken, but hey, this is my first PN spotting of a ...

2 0 Straw-necked Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) is a bird of the ibis and ...

0 2 Sugarbag Bee

Sugarbag Bee

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Sugarbag Bees are Australian native honey bees, also known as Australian ...

1 0 Eastern Koel (male)

Eastern Koel (male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Eastern Koel (aka Pacific Koel and Common Koel) is a member of the cuckoo ...

12 8 Tessellated Stick Insect (female)

Tessellated Stick Insect (female)

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

One good reason why I bring my washing in before dark. This is a Tessellated ...

5 11 Cluster Caterpillar (aka Tropical Armyworm)

Cluster Caterpillar (aka Tropical Armyworm)

by narossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Cluster caterpillar - Noctuidae family. This one has a smooth body with no ...

1 0 Pale-headed Rosella

Pale-headed Rosella

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The second day of Spring and a pair of Pale-headed Rosellas arrived, right on ...

1 0 Cattle Egret (with breeding plumage)

Cattle Egret (with breeding plumage)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Cattle Egret is a small member of the heron family Ardeidae. Despite the ...

1 0 Common Eggfly (male)

Common Eggfly (male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

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

6 4 Black Flying Fox

Black Flying Fox

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Black Flying Fox has short black hair with a contrasting reddish-brown ...

6 2 Great Eggfly Caterpillar

Great Eggfly Caterpillar

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

I almost trod on this fellow as it was feeding on weeds. The common name for ...

8 6 St. Andrew’s Cross Spider (female)

St. Andrew’s Cross Spider (female)

by narossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The St. Andrew's Cross spider is so named because it makes a stabilimentum (a ...

2 6 Garden Fungi

Garden Fungi

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

An unusual mushroom species that I've never encountered before. Initially I ...

1 0 Granny's Cloak Moth

Granny's Cloak Moth

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Granny's Cloak Moth is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found ...

1 0 Golden Silk Orb-weaver (male)

Golden Silk Orb-weaver (male)

by narossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Golden Silk Orb-weavers are the largest spider species found in the ...

7 2 Northern Green Jumping Spider (female)

Northern Green Jumping Spider (female)

by narossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

At a length of up to 12 mm (female), this is one of Australia's larger jumping ...

7 4 Spotted Python

Spotted Python

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

highlighted gold and blue. Found along the northern east coast of Australia ...

6 5 Bluebottle Blowfly

Bluebottle Blowfly

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Chrysomya megacephala, commonly known as "bluebottle blowfly" and "oriental ...

1 0 Tent Spider

Tent Spider

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Cyrtophora moluccensis, commonly known as the "tent spider" or "dome-web ...

8 6 32-Spotted Katydid (nymph)

32-Spotted Katydid (nymph)

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata, commonly known as 32-spotted katydid, mottled ...

4 1 Common Assassin Bug

Common Assassin Bug

by narossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

Pristhesancus plagipennis is an ambush predator that belongs to the family ...

13 0 Little Corella

Little Corella

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

The Little Corella is a white cockatoo native to Australia and southern New ...

11 9 Eastern Bearded Dragon

Eastern Bearded Dragon

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

spottings in Laidley, QLD - ...

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