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2 0 Gumnut tree

Gumnut tree

by chinpokomon76Victoria, Australia

Gumnut

1 4 Gumnut tree

Gumnut tree

by SofieMullanJoondalup, Western Australia, Australia

Australian bush.

1 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLQueensland, Australia

This relatively large black hemispherical beetle is a mimic of

5 0 Ladybird in Gumnut

Ladybird in Gumnut

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A freshly ecloded Southern Ladybird beetle in a eucalyptus seed capsule (

0 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLShepparton, Victoria, Australia

A small brown convex beetle with black bumps

6 4 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A small speckled leaf beetle on the stem of an established eucalyptus.

2 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A mottled brown leaf beetle mimicking a

1 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A dull brown leaf beetle with knotty elytra. This might be Trachymela sloane ...

3 0 Gumnut leafbeetle

Gumnut leafbeetle

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A beautiful beetle about 8mm long. The dark brown thorax and elytra had small ...

2 2 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by martinlVictoria, Australia

small gumnuts, the seed structures which ...

2 0 Tortoise leaf beetle

Tortoise leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A mottled brown beetle thinking with some justification that it was a

1 1 Leaf beetle

Leaf beetle

by MartinL

wants to mimic a gumnut.

0 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A tiny brown beetle The fourth image is beside a regular sized trachymela leaf ...

6 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A large brown leaf beetle with rows of bumps along the elytra, dark pronotum ...

5 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A honey-brown beetle with black elytral cells with brown protuberances. These ...

1 1 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLShepparton, Victoria, Australia

This brown convex beetle has an unusual transverse line.

3 2 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A brown hemispherical beetle looking like a

3 3 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

These leaf beetles are dull colors and feature warty elytral texture. They ...

2 0 Gumnut Leaf Beetle

Gumnut Leaf Beetle

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A leaf beetle about 12 mm long. The thorax, head and elytra were black, rough ...

21 9 Corymbia ficifolia

Corymbia ficifolia

by Argy BeeSandringham, Victoria, Australia

Medium sized flowers and 'gumnuts' on a ...

0 1 Cylinder leaf beetle

Cylinder leaf beetle

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brown mottled beetle holding strongly onto a

2 3 Tiny gumnut spider

Tiny gumnut spider

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Insect activity is just starting up here so most of them are still very small. ...

1 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

This honey brown and knobbly beetle was found on box gum. Tracymela species ...

4 0 Gumnut Leaf Beetle

Gumnut Leaf Beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A dark beetle with orange raised lines meandering over the elytra. There ...

13 3 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLNew South Wales, Australia

This very warty beetle has exaggerated shoulder pads.

1 0 Tasmanian Bluegum

Tasmanian Bluegum

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

inflorescence is white and there are

2 5 Cupmoth pupae

Cupmoth pupae

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

The pupal case of the cupmoth would appear to be a mimic of the

3 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A dark grey leaf beetle with a rough elytra and extensive white powder coating. ...

5 0 Gumnut leaf beetle

Gumnut leaf beetle

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A mottled leaf beetle with typical black tubercules over its back. Not typical ...

16 17 Cadaghi Gum

Cadaghi Gum

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Australian native eucalyptus. Gumnut ...

3 7 Tasmanian Bluegum Gumnut

Tasmanian Bluegum Gumnut

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Tree with seed pods about the size of the last digit on a finger. On its end, ...

0 0 Scribbly Gum

Scribbly Gum

by Megs184551, Queensland, Australia

, however with smaller flower buds and

1 0 Scribbly Gum

Scribbly Gum

by JennytheTurtleNew South Wales, Australia

the species is the smaller hemispherical to pear shaped

0 0 Coast Banksia

Coast Banksia

by pamsaiNew South Wales, Australia

Various stages of fruiting of a Banksia.

16 5 Flowering Gum

Flowering Gum

by kdpicturemakerNew South Wales, Australia

fruiting bodies in the form of 'gumnuts', ...

0 3 Minor Apiomorpha

Minor Apiomorpha

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Small urn-shaped woody galls on eucalyptus tree stems. The narrower ends of the ...

1 2 Tachinid fly

Tachinid fly

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

setae. Pic #3 shows the actual site beside small

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 ...

12 2 Four spotted cupmoth

Four spotted cupmoth

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A spectacular 'slug-foot' type of caterpillar about 30mm long. Pale greens with ...

2 2 Pink Bloodwood

Pink Bloodwood

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

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

2 0 White Banksia

White Banksia

by Neil RossWarwick, QLD, Australia

White Banksia is an Australian native plant belonging to the family Proteaceae, ...

14 8 Eucalyptus Flowering Gum

Eucalyptus Flowering Gum

by Neil RossWest Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Hybrid flowering gum, crossed between Corymbia ficifolia (Red Flowering Gum) ...

2 1 Swamp Banksia

Swamp Banksia

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

I love banksias - I just can't help myself. They are one of my favourite ...

3 6 Hairpin Banksia

Hairpin Banksia

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Hairpin Banksia - Banksia spinulosa, is a species of woody shrub of the ...

1 0 Coast Banksia

Coast Banksia

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Coast Banksia is a species of tree that grows along the east coast of ...

1 0 Grey Gums (shedding bark)

Grey Gums (shedding bark)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

gum species. To make an exact ID for this spotting, I would need to see ...

2 0 Tenterfield Woollybutt (bushfire recovery)

Tenterfield Woollybutt (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossWallangarra, Queensland, Australia

distinguishing features like flowers,

34 39 Wallum Banksia

Wallum Banksia

by Neil RossNorth Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia

Big Bird?... and with lots of hungry mouths to feed! Wallum Banksia, a shrub of ...

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