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Granite Sun Orchid
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Swallowtail top
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Colorfull Orbweaver too,Leucage sp.
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The Jewels of Summer,just a couple of the many Buprestidae or Jewel beetles found in our native bushlands.
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"Ground control to Major Tom",male beetle searching for females who seem to be in very low numbers this year.Rhipicera femorata.
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A new Salticidae for us,this appeared to be the male and the next two the female,the only time we have seen these have been on trees or shrubs where they blend into the bark where they are almost invisable.
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Calytrix fraseri in bloom
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Flower close up,Cyanicula ixioides ixiodes or Yellow China Orchid.
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First sighting 2017,Maratus speciosus,we have been finding females for awhile but this was the first male!
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Spring bursting forth in the hills above Perth.Isopogon asper.
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Bark blending Catipiller
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Margarodidae female,Bird of Paradise Fly. Look in my Margarodidae "Album" for more on these!
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Eriochilus dilatatus multiflorus
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Maratus parvonis male
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Male and female flower wasps feeding and shareing nectar
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Flower and bud.
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Shirt Orchid, Thelymitra campanulata,just one of more than 30 other sun orchids growing in the Southwest of Western Australia.They are commonly known as sun orchids because thier flowers remain closed at night and during cold weather.
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Gumleaf Beetle male,Paropsisterna debilis.
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Blending in to the tree,Western Green Tree Frog or Litoria moorei.
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A different Case Moth.
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Caught in the web.
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Braconid wasp Callibracon sp.10mm long.
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Crusader Bug top.
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Wevil side on.
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Leaping around,they can jump a good distance in spite of thier tiny size!
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Robber Fly Asilidae.