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Australiankäärmekaula (Anhinga novaehollandiae)Havainnoija
lorraineharrisKuvaus
two young darters on a bank of the River Murray with a parent not too far away
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Havainnoija
mariannebrougKuvaus
See observation for wasp. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200253257
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Suku MacrobiotusHavainnoija
terrybrKuvaus
Extracted from golden lichen growing on walnut tree.This is the fourth tardigrade species on this lichen, Ramazzottius is by far the most abundant.
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Kiilapyrstökotka (Aquila audax)Havainnoija
davecrowKuvaus
Note: long zoom..crept over hill to take this shot and not disturb them. A pair have been breeding for 5 years on our farm.
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Havainnoija
ellurasanctuaryKuvaus
~13.5mm long
Found in Senna artemisioides.
Found 4, 2 in each bush, but only managed to capture one from each.
They quickly dropped off onto the ground when felt threatened.
Also seems to have a metalic blue body.
www.ellura.info/Blattodea-Coleoptera-Hemiptera.html#Melobasis-sp
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Havainnoija
mariannebrougKuvaus
Crawling up the wall of my house after an unseasonably wet day in Adelaide.
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Havainnoija
glassmithKuvaus
It was on an eggplant bush in my vegetable garden. It has patches on it that look unhealthy? but I know so little about insects.
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Aracana auritaHavainnoija
mermaidhairdocareKuvaus
Two males (front & left) ornate, two females (back & right) shaw's?
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Mustarastas (Turdus merula)Havainnoija
sarinoziKuvaus
She started building this nest started within 2 weeks of the 1st 2 fledglings leaving the 1st nest in the neighbors yard.
this post for the Dad.
posts for the young https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193942985
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193943006
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193943065
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194173121
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194497466
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194497489
and for the female
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195124095
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Zeamordella monachaHavainnoija
glassmithKuvaus
It was tiny and landed on my shirt. As an indication of size the weave is of a normal tight weave cotton t shirt.
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Australianyöhaikara (Nycticorax caledonicus)Havainnoija
whittieKuvaus
The first photo captures five of the six nankeen night herons seen at this location.
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Verhoilijamehiläiset (Suku Megachile)Havainnoija
chrisseagerKuvaus
Evidence of a Megachile sp. (Leaf-cutter Bee) collecting material from a cultivated Hardenbergia violacea (white flower) ... OR... Someone has had fun with a variable hole-punch 🥰
Curious - what distance would the Bee travel to collect nesting material?
And which possible Megachile species are leaf-cutters here in the Adelaide Hills?
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Havainnoija
bill_obornKuvaus
Beetle, orange with black head, wings, feeding on bottle brush bush flowers.
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Havainnoija
jason_grahamKuvaus
Record is for the duck being held by the woman in the black jumper. This duck was released immediately after the comparison photos were taken.
The other two are PBD x mallard hybrids, caught as part of dumped domestic mallard removal efforts by the Pacific Black Duck Conservation Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pacificblackduckconservationgroup
The first photo's hybrid has a green/yellow bill (harder to see in this photo), patchy facial markings, and legs are a little bit too orange. This one also had white trims above the speculum.
The female in the second and third photos:
Mainly the lower face stripes and cheeks that are different. Both sexes should look like the pure one, a thinner stripe, and Cleary defined cream face patches. The hybrid’s cheek cuts into the cream patch while the pure’s continues to the back of the neck. The hybrid's eye stripe doesn’t surround the eye, which we see a lot with hybrid ducklings. Her crown was a bit too streaked for a female.
Hybrids uploaded separately:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190350029
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190350244
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Suku EctinorhynchusHavainnoija
whittieKuvaus
Caught by a tharrhalea
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/185507396
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Alasuku HomalictusHavainnoija
chrisseagerKuvaus
Stills from a couple of short videos (its a shame videos cannot be uploaded, though I can understand why)
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Myrmecia browningiHavainnoija
ravine_Kuvaus
Hopefully it is this species, always wanted to find it...
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Maratus leoHavainnoija
chrisseagerKuvaus
This tiny fella was observed at the top of a 5mm diameter bamboo stick. (The cut section is also exactly 5mm down from the top).
I observed the spider lifting one of its 3rd pair of legs (rhs) in the air and wave it around once. It was then I went & grabbed the camera. Sadly he refused to face the camera lens head-on. 😔 I thanked him for his time anyway.
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Ristihämähäkit (Heimo Araneidae)Havainnoija
mariannebrougKuvaus
Very small. On a Drosera flower bud.
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Töyhtökyyhky (Ocyphaps lophotes)Havainnoija
ellurasanctuaryKuvaus
These 2 were performing a mating dance (both splaying their back feathers) but our proximity interrupted them.
