r/AustralianInsects

Spotty buddy spotted

This yellow tiger moth was kinda enough to let me get very close with my rubbish phone camera to capture its gorgeous spots! As a reward I took it outside and put it somewhere out of reach of geckos (hopefully)

u/The_Broadest — 3 days ago
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14 days ago I posted a couple of progress photos of a beautiful golden orb weaver I've been keeping an eye on at work. She was extremely gravid, 2 days ago she was missing and I was super worried something had happened to her! 5 hours later she was back and not looking gravid at all, then found this beautiful orb in the tree!! First 2 photos are the ones I posted 14 days ago, the 3rd and 4th photo I took 2 days ago

u/Technical-Loquat-878 — 3 days ago

Gorgeous house guest Blue Mountains

She stayed with us all day taking shelter from the rain. I’m the only one in my family who gets excited about these things 😆

u/Millionmeerkats — 2 days ago

32 Spotted Katydid??

I have been hearing this weird noise 3 nights in a row, I’ve never heard it before and I’ve been trying to find out what it was. Then I found this! I think it’s a 32 Spotted Katydid?

My partner also saw it yesterday on our front door. It seems to be hanging around.

I couldn’t capture the sound it made but it was like a really loud cricket

Central NSW

u/anxiouslittlebean1 — 6 days ago

These things are persistent and tenacious! I wave then off and they immediately return. They burrow into my cat's fur and even my hair. They're also tough and take a lot of force to swat. A simple hit will do nothing, you need to really squash them. I don't know if they bite but my cats absolutely hate them and are utterly miserable until I locate and remove them from their fur.

u/Line-Noise — 10 days ago
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Butterfly Palm Cove, FNQ

Slightly fixed for blurryness pic of butterfly seen in Palm Cove. Very fast wings so difficult to get a good photo with phone camera

u/MouseEmotional813 — 7 days ago

ID Please on white insect

Can anyone tell me what this white insect is and what it’s doing to the other insect? It looked like it was eating this other insect. Location Ipswich Queensland

u/NormalPerson192 — 5 days ago