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With bonus leaf beetle hiding in the background (logged separately).

5mm, on a Corymbia tree, but not the same one in the previous listing

This little mirid turned up on a laundry basket which had been under a big blackwood tree. I haven't seen this one before.

6mm, on Spotted gum trunk

Multiple small galls on both sides of eucalyptus leaf vein that have swallowed up the whole leaf.

Inadvertently unearthed :(

See later photos for details of underside and legs

Deceased, probably as a result of damage visible to the thorax.

Small black wasp with dark yellow spot on rear half of wings. Looked to be hunting among the grass - not flying above human ankle level.

Adult and what looks to be nymph of the same species closer to the leaf stalk.

A bad angle, but note the distinctive V markings on the abdomen. Possible hitchhiker from Victoria but also known in the wider region.

Very small and fast moving.

Only the one photo sorry. Mating flower wasps. Female mostly black with reddish brown upper abdomen and legs, distinct yellow fuzz around head.

Tiny, see finger in photo #2.

A rather battered specimen, with interesting black edges on the wings.

Identified with reference to http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cosm/heminephela.html

Some kind of egg case, smooth with a pearl-like lustre.

Similar to this observation a few kilometres away: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166370080

Similar to this observation a few kilometres away: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167461899

Unsure if this was a molt or what's left of dinner for an assassin bug or similar.

Male found close to female as shown in photo 3 (female logged separately)

Female found close to male as shown in photo 3 (male logged separately)

Possibly Oecobia frauenfeldi? See http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/frauenfeldi.html

Medium size slender beetles with chequerboard pattern on elytra, some variation in pattern observed between individuals. Attracted to lights.

Small black wasp with yellowish feet and band on top half of wings. Flying fast and erratically with pseudoscorpion in tow (logged separately).

It is not every day one sees a flying pseudoscorpion! Dull brown body with glossy brown pincers. Hard to get a better pic as it was firmly attached to a fast moving wasp (logged separately).

This record is for the insects that made the galls and not their attendant ants.