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3 2 Greasy swallowtail

Greasy swallowtail

by asterope1Queensland, Australia

"Big Greasy" swallowtail - male

6 9 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Today is the second anniversary of my joining PN, so this recent spotting of a ...

3 3 Spotting

Spotting

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Red bracket polypores covered with moss. Largest bracket 10-12 cms across. Top ...

4 13 Grass Trees

Grass Trees

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

it is quite common in D'aguilar

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 ...

1 0 Yellow-footed Tinypore

Yellow-footed Tinypore

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

They don't call these Yellow-footed Tinypores for nothing. It clearly has a ...

0 0 Coachwood

Coachwood

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This is Coachwood, an Australian native. These specimens are by no means ...

4 3 Pothos

Pothos

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

middle of the leaf. This species was abundant in this section of the

15 7 Dark-footed Tinypore

Dark-footed Tinypore

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

I found these beautiful rainbow-coloured Dark-footed Tinypores on a log. This ...

0 2 White Punk (oldest specimens)

White Punk (oldest specimens)

by Neil Ross

White Punk is a bracket polypore fungus. Here's the original spotting I made ...

3 2 Meadow Argus Caterpillar

Meadow Argus Caterpillar

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Australia, and has been documented as occurring in this

3 2 Piccabeen Palm

Piccabeen Palm

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (Bangalow palm, King palm, Illawara palm, ...

0 0 Fairy Bonnets (aka Fairy Inkcaps)

Fairy Bonnets (aka Fairy Inkcaps)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Coprinellus disseminatus (formerly Coprinus disseminatus; commonly known as ...

3 0 Bird's Nest Fern

Bird's Nest Fern

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This Bird's Nest Fern (aka Crow's Nest Fern) is an Australian native, and it's ...

4 1 Black Jezabel

Black Jezabel

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

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

0 0 Staghorn Fern (epiphyte)

Staghorn Fern (epiphyte)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

. site info on species in D'Aguilar

2 2 Pink Bloodwood

Pink Bloodwood

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Pink Bloodwood is one of a number of bloodwood species native to Queensland ...

1 0 Coast Mistletoe

Coast Mistletoe

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

been identified as occurring in D'Aguilar ...

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 0 Binung

Binung

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

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

2 0 Australian Funnel-web Spider (burrow)

Australian Funnel-web Spider (burrow)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

If there's any spider that terrifies me beyond measure, it's the Australian ...

1 7 White Punk (younger specimens)

White Punk (younger specimens)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

I found these very unusual bracket polypores. They look like they're solid, but ...

2 2 Amanita punctata

Amanita punctata

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

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

2 0 Magpie Moth

Magpie Moth

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Magpie Moth has dark wings with a broad band of large white spots across ...

6 3 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

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

6 4 Goanna (Lace Monitor)

Goanna (Lace Monitor)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

when it felt threatened. Its also missing a large portion of its tail - ...

21 11 Leech

Leech

by DanielePralongCaboolture, QLD, Australia

Chtonobdella whitmani is the most common leech species in the Brisbane area of ...

0 0 Giant Panda Snail (remnant shell)

Giant Panda Snail (remnant shell)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Giant Panda Snail (aka Giant Rainforest Snail) is a species of ...

5 2 Cabbage Tree Palm (groves)

Cabbage Tree Palm (groves)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

The Cabbage Tree Palm (aka Cabbage Palm or Fan Palm) is an Australian native ...

2 7 Giant Stinging Tree

Giant Stinging Tree

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Giant Stinging Tree is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It is a ...

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 ...

2 0 Lance-leaved Rattlepod

Lance-leaved Rattlepod

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

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

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 ...

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 2 Brazilian Nightshade

Brazilian Nightshade

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

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

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, ...

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, ...

0 0 Fraser's Banded Snail (remnant shell)

Fraser's Banded Snail (remnant shell)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

This native land snail species is quite large, its shell reaching a diameter of ...

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, ...

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