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On Drooping Mistletoe

Girraween National Park

Approx 2.5 - 3cm long

Approx 2.5cm long .

Potential P.turnerii

Small larva (less than 1cm long) feeding on Acacia leaf/phyllode.

Larva 1 Royal Park 13-03-16
Identified as Lophyrotoma zonalis on Bowerbird by Ken Walker

Sawfly larva

Sighting and photos (c) penelope.
Field Notes - “Swordtails” on eucalypt leaves along the Fernvale track, Toohey Forest.

on casuarina, ~3cm. tentative id

Dozens of these falling out of the shrubbery

On paperbark trunk.

Location: Lower Blue Mountains NSW

Dozens of them on what I think is a paperbark tree?

Heavy infestation of catepillars on two adjacent street paperbark trees. One tree almost dead showing widespread tunnelling of the soft bark. Tree is 5-6m tall and possibly 40-60 years old.

distinctive antennae; on a Hakea phyllode tip

Found on dying paperbark trees. Many holes in the trunk, could these caterpillars be the cause?

On Melaleuca beside Ross River

Winged insect in my yard, Mallacoota

Large black yellow ?native ?wasp on Hakea bush. Long Trail Terrey Hills, Sydney

Sighting and photos (c) farmer_chappo.
Field Notes - Wasp type insect, finding it hard to fly

Field Notes - It was quite colourfilul but was mostly a metallic blue. Its underwings were orange. There were small pockets of yellow behind its eyes and on its spine. Possibly a Laphria sp.

Lophyrotoma

On lillypilly tree having a party 🤣

This is so beautiful, I’d love to know what it is!

Larva found on Melaleuca ericifolia.

Larvae feeding on Melaleuca ericifolia.