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0 0 Flatweed (or Smooth Cat's Ear)

Flatweed (or Smooth Cat's Ear)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

It is very difficult to distinguish between these two species, and there are ...

0 2 Mealy Rosette Lichen

Mealy Rosette Lichen

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

Physcia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. According to ...

2 0 Australasian Grebes (in breeding plumage)

Australasian Grebes (in breeding plumage)

by Neil RossStanthorpe, Queensland, Australia

The Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a small waterbird ...

1 3 Coreopsis (aka Tickseed)

Coreopsis (aka Tickseed)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

These plants with their gorgeous yellow flowers are members of the family ...

5 5 Stoney Creek Frog

Stoney Creek Frog

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

I only took one photo of this fellow, unfortunately because I thought it was ...

7 4 Common Ringtail Possum (male)

Common Ringtail Possum (male)

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

This ringtail possum (ringy) was spotted in a tree in broad daylight. Unusual ...

7 0 Eastern Grey Kangaroos (juvenile joeys)

Eastern Grey Kangaroos (juvenile joeys)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

The eastern grey kangaroo is a marsupial found in southern and eastern ...

0 2 False Sarsaparilla Vine

False Sarsaparilla Vine

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Hardenbergia is a small genus of three species, the most common and best known ...

12 9 Hairy Trumpet

Hairy Trumpet

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This is one of the few really ‘hairy’ agarics, having dense pale brown hairs ...

1 0 Hoverfly

Hoverfly

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

A hoverfly I spotted feeding on the nectar of Isotoma anethifolia, ...

3 4 Eastern Water Skink

Eastern Water Skink

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

There are 389 species of skink in Australia, which is about half of our lizard ...

2 0 Orange Lichen

Orange Lichen

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

documented in Girraween National Park, only a stone's throw from here, and ...

2 0 Cumbungi (Bulrush)

Cumbungi (Bulrush)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Cumbungi is a generic term given to three aquatic plant species of the Typha ...

2 0 Formosa Lily

Formosa Lily

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Lilium formosanum, also commonly known as Taiwanese Lily, is a herbaceous plant ...

2 0 Red Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Red Wattlebird, also known as Barkingbird or Gillbird, is the second ...

4 2 Little Forest Bat

Little Forest Bat

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

Short of being a microbat expert, it is difficult to ascertain exactly which ...

5 5 Cunningham's Skink

Cunningham's Skink

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Cunningham's skink is a large skink species native to southeastern Australia. ...

2 0 Peron's Tree Frog

Peron's Tree Frog

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

Peron's Tree Frog is one of the most variably coloured frogs in Australia, with ...

4 3 Coral Fungus

Coral Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Yellow Coral Fungus, Ramaria species, very possibly R. watlingii. Height ...

5 4 Verreaux's Tree Frog

Verreaux's Tree Frog

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

Verreaux's Tree Frog is an Australian native species, aka Whistling Tree Frog, ...

2 0 Giant Red Bull Ant

Giant Red Bull Ant

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Giant Red Bull Ant (aka "hoppy joe") is one of the largest ant species in ...

6 2 Eastern Grey Kangaroo (juvenile female)

Eastern Grey Kangaroo (juvenile female)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

After a long and tiring day's bushwalking, I was returning to the camping ...

4 2 Salt Club-sedge

Salt Club-sedge

by Neil RossWarwick, QLD, Australia

A species of aquatic sedge that is native to Australia and New Zealand. Stands ...

3 0 Salmon Gum Bolete

Salmon Gum Bolete

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Definitely the largest mushrooms I have ever seen, and plenty of them (12 fresh ...

10 9 Pied Currawong

Pied Currawong

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

One of my favourite Australian birds, the Pied Currawong, is closely related to ...

4 6 Ganoderma sp. Polypore

Ganoderma sp. Polypore

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

A lovely bracket polypore growing in native Australian eucalypt bushland. ...

0 2 Coral or Snow Lichen

Coral or Snow Lichen

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Coral or Snow Lichen is a fruticose lichen that grows on the ground. It often ...

0 0 Spiny Kangaroo Apple

Spiny Kangaroo Apple

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

I think Spiny Kangaroo Apple is such a cool name. Such a pretty flower too, and ...

0 0 Large Daisy Bush

Large Daisy Bush

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Large Daisy Bush is a native Australian shrub that grows to a height of about ...

7 0 Jacky Dragon

Jacky Dragon

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

You'd be hard-pressed to find a smaller, cuter dragon than this - the Jacky ...

1 0 Conesticks

Conesticks

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Petrophile canescens, commonly known as "conesticks", is a common shrub of the ...

0 0 Acacia Gall Rust Fungus

Acacia Gall Rust Fungus

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

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

0 0 Pobblebonk Foam Mass / Egg Mass

Pobblebonk Foam Mass / Egg Mass

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

What I thought were white rocks in the dam turned out to be floating frog foam ...

4 3 Spoon-leaved Sundew (carnivorous plant)

Spoon-leaved Sundew (carnivorous plant)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

A cluster of Spoon-leaved Sundews, and they are carnivorous plants. It's a ...

2 4 Spoon-leaved Sundew (carnivorous plant)

Spoon-leaved Sundew (carnivorous plant)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This is a Spoon-leaved Sundew - a carnivorous plant. It's a variable, ...

2 0 Wallangarra Wattle

Wallangarra Wattle

by Neil RossAmiens, Queensland, Australia

Spring is the season when wattle explodes into life, and everywhere you look is ...

2 2 New England Banksia

New England Banksia

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

The New England Banksia is a species of woody shrub of the genus Banksia in the ...

3 0 Drosera Sundew (carnivorous plant)

Drosera Sundew (carnivorous plant)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Sundews are a rosetted tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera. ...

0 0 False Sarsaparilla Vine

False Sarsaparilla Vine

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Hardenbergia violacea, also commonly known as "false sarsaparilla, purple coral ...

1 0 Leptospermum sp. Tea-tree (bushfire recovery)

Leptospermum sp. Tea-tree (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

In the aftermath of February's devastating bushfires, new life is starting to ...

4 0 Grisette

Grisette

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Amanita vaginata, commonly known as the "grisette", is an agaric mushroom in ...

3 0 Common Fieldcap

Common Fieldcap

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Agrocybe pediades, also known as "common fieldcap", is a small agaric fungus in ...

1 0 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

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

1 0 Tree Trigger-plant

Tree Trigger-plant

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Stylidium laricifolium, commonly known as the "larch-leaf, tree trigger-plant, ...

2 0 Eastern Water Skink

Eastern Water Skink

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

There are 389 species of skink in Australia, which is about half of our lizard ...

4 0 Eastern Long-necked Turtle

Eastern Long-necked Turtle

by Neil RossAmiens, Queensland, Australia

My first encounter with this species. Also known as the Eastern Snake-necked ...

1 0 Huntsman Spider Egg Sacs

Huntsman Spider Egg Sacs

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

I found a couple of these interesting silken egg sacs on a bush track, and it ...

2 0 Marbled Xenica

Marbled Xenica

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

Geitoneura klugii, also known as the "common xenica" or "Klug's xenica", is a ...

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