Aussie Moths

Picture of a moth with light brown wings that have two clear dark wavy lines across them and a darker smudge in each forewing

Casbia leptorrhoda (I think)

A new observation for our Perth Hills garden, this species of Casbia seems to be found primarily in Western Australia

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #Geometridae #inaturalist #nature

Top view of a moth with pinkish brown wings spread flat. The wings have a yellow stripe across them and two dark spots on each forewing

The first Pink Bellied Moth (Oenochroma vinaria) of the season visited our Perth Hills moth light this week

These moths can be seen in southern parts of Australia with the caterpillars feeding on species of Grevillia, Hakea and Banksia
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #nature

Picture of a tiny insect that is generally black with a cream strip across it’s abdomen and with long antennae

🐞🐜🪲🪰🐛🐌 This week (Nov 17-23) is Bugs in My Backyard week in Australia … not that I need any excuse to get out and look for bugs!

And there are lots about at the minute, like these tiny Crusader Bug nymphs (Mictis profana) that had just hatched
#ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #nature #Heteroptera

Picture of a moth with deep green wings that have two prominent red spots and a red border

Chlorocoma cadmaria - Spectacular Emerald

Happy to see this Spectacular Emerald visiting our Perth Hills moth light this week. These moths appear to be uncommon in Western Australia with only 6 recorded observations in #inaturalist

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature

Nothing ordinary about that moth… it’s lovely!

Picture of a brown and cream lizard curled up on someone’s hands. The lizard has a stocky appearance with a triangular head

The weather is definitely heating up in Perth ☀️

Which means wildlife starting to look for water. Had to rescue this lovely Bobtail lizard from the backyard pool today. He’s currently at a wildlife rescue centre for a checkup and will hopefully be back home soon🤞

#ausreptiles #wildoz #reptiles

Macro photograph of a yellow and black fly standing on the bright yellow anther of a flower, collecting pollen. The fly has a large head with big red eyes, a broad black thorax with yellow 'shoulders', and a long thin abdomen with black and yellow markings resembling a wasp.

Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis)
#insects #invertebrates

I much prefer your common name of the Banded Sable… they’re called Hawaiian beet webworm moths here in Australia

I love it when one of these guys turns up!

It’s lovely, isn’t it! It’s so different to the lacewings we usually see it took me a few seconds to even register what it was when we spotted it!

Interesting that your repost has appeared in the feed but my original post does not seem to have appeared …. 🤔

Top view of a moth that is generally black with a red band at the neck and several white stripes on the abdomen. The antennae are large and feathered

Hestiochora occidentalis

A species of Forester moth endemic to temperate regions of Western Australia. This beautiful male was seen in our Perth Hills garden last week.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature #inaturalist

Picture of a small lacewing insect on a white background. The insect has quite rounded, generally translucent wings with a number of distinct brown spots and clear veins

This small lacewing was a more unusual visitor to the garden light recently. Identified on #inaturalist as Carobius pulchellus, a member of the Brown Lacewing family (Hemerobiidae). This is just the 3rd observation of this species in WA

#ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #bugsky #nature

Genus Moerarchis, possibly Moerarchis clathrata

Genus Dichromodes

Isturgia penthearia - Delta Geometrid

Image of the night sky with a pinkish glow at the horizon from the Aurora Australis

A good variety of moths and a glimpse of the Aurora Australis last night… not a bad night all in all

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #aurora #Lepidoptera #nature

From other comments I’ve seen around this paper it seems the AI image may have been reproduced from the paper. Unfortunately, the article is behind a paywall, so I can’t check for sure

Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.

Whilst the Australian drop bear might be mythical, it seems that Australia was once home to the "drop croc"... an extinct clade of crocodile that could have climbed trees to then drop on their unsuspecting prey below
#ausreptiles #wildoz #paleontology #fossils #crocodile

www.bbc.com/news/article...

I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify The discovery of a horned native bee that pollinates a rare plant highlights how little we know about Australian pollinators.

A new species of native leaf cutter bee, Megachile lucifer, has been described in Western Australia. This is one of an estimated 500 currently undescribed native #bees in Australia

#ausinverts #wildoz #pollinators #nature #inverts

theconversation.com/i-discovered...

A spider that is generally white with brown patterns on its abdomen hangs upside down underneath a small pink flower

Any #pollinator visiting this Triggerplant will have far more to worry about than just being unexpectedly daubed with the plant’s pollen 🕷️

This Milky Flower Spider (Zygometis xanthogaster) is hoping for a tasty morsel

#ausinverts #ozflora #wildoz #spider #arachnid #inaturalist #nature

This guy was offered a compensatory grape, after being moved off the driveway…. The look of disdain at this offering was quite something! Next time I’ll try a strawberry

Picture of a stout skink with a triangular head and short stumpy tail. The mouth is open showing a blue tongue in a pink mouth. The lizard is brown and cream in colour

One of the Bobtails or Western Shinglebacks (Tiliqua rugosa rugosa) that lives in our Perth Hills garden showing off the blue tongue these skinks are known for

#reptiles #ausreptiles #wildoz #inaturalist #nature

Sorry, lack of characters led to lack of clarity. I meant that there is no published up to date reference book on Australian moths, and no published books specifically on moths of Western Australia (that I know of). The book I do have covers the whole of Australia and was published in the early 90s

View of a moth on white netting that has brown forewings with several darker zig zag lines and two much darker trident like marks

Without any up to date reference book on Australian moths, we see many moths that I struggle to identify… like this striking moth seen in early November.

I think it’s in the genus Casbia, possibly Casbia oenias (or the Red Casbia)
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Millions amazed by man's 'special' encounter on late night walk in rural Australia - Yahoo News Australia The 'lucky' man was enjoying a wander in remote bushland when he 'caught a glimpse' of something moving on the ground.

This lovely wolf spider was filmed quite recently in Western Australia: au.news.yahoo.com/millions-ama...

Top view of a moth with cream coloured wings that have darker wavy lines across them and several dark spots

Top view of a moth with cream coloured wings that have darker wavy lines across them and several dark spots

These two moths were new observations for us, both seen in early November in a coastal area 150km north of Perth.

They look to be Australian Cream Wave Moths (Scopula perlata), although this species of Scopula is an eastern states species
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Top view of a moth with complex pattern of orange, black, and brown wavy lines across the forewings

Praxis marmarinopa - the Western Praxis

Despite its common name, this moth can be found across Australia most commonly between Aug & Sept. This one was seen in early Nov in a coastal area 150km north of Perth
#teammorh #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Picture of a moth with brown forewings that have white marks down the wings and darker brown lines across the wings

Ochrogaster lunifer - the Bag-shelter Moth

Our first observation of this species. Both T the caterpillars and adult moths of this species have hairs that cause skin irritation

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

You could almost tickle its tummy!

Picture of the underside of a white moth with black patches near it's face and a very tufty "tail"

I think this Long-tailed Bombyx (Trichiocercus sparshalli) might be in the running for an Academy Award with this performance of playing dead*

(* it's not dead, it's just being a #DramaQueenMoth)

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera

Wow 🤩

They are fascinating inverts! We don’t see them often, but I love it when one pays us a visit.