In The Sand - Durras

Coast Wattle Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae

 

Coast Beard Heath Leucopogon parviflorus

Tiger Moth Amata sp.

Dog Cockle Glycymeris sp.

Magpie Moth Nyctemera amicus

Acacia Leaf Beetle Dicranosterna immaculata

Very large Longhorn beetle, maybe Coptocercus sp.

Stab marks from a Sooty Oystercatcher's beak Haematopus fuliginosus

An Antlion larvae -family Neuroptera

Here he is burrowing

And seals

AAWT - Day 9-10 -Cotter Dam Track to Murrays Gap

Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata



Split Rock



Coronet Peak from Cotter Valley



Cotter Hut



A spiral tree



Some big gums..





Murrays Gap at last



Bimberi overlooking Murrays Gap


...and again in the morning









Descending the snow-covered track



Lyrebird tracks in the snow Menura novaehollandiae



 



First day of spring by the Cotter River



 



Purple Appleberry Billardiera longiflora





Dagger Wattle for Wattle Day Acacia siculiformis



Returning home along the Orroral Valley

Bango

Early Wattle



Leaf Case Moth Hyalarcta huebneri



Big Trig



Purple mushrooms Cortinarius archeri

Pupal case of Emperor Gum Moth Opodipthera sp. on Stringybark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha



Very cute termite mound



Urn Heath Melichrus urceolatus



yellow Navels Lichenomphalia chromacea

Mt Pleasant

Some kind of monstrous Puffball, in US these are called "Dead Mans Foot", here they are "Horse Dung Fungus", both aptly descriptive, genus is Pisolithus

Black-headed Bull Ant Myrmecia nigriceps

Ribbed Case Moth case Hyalarcta nigriscens

Golden-tailed Sugar Ant Camponotus suffusus

Gungahlin Hill

A female Painted Apple Moth Orgyia anartoides with her eggs on Scribbly Gum

Another egg case on Acacia. The abandoned pupal case can be seen inside.

And again on Brittle Gum

Velvet Ant, which is actually an ant-mimicing flightless wasp  Ephutomorpha sp

Plenty of Soldier Beetles mating Chauliognathus lugubris. My child calls these Banana Bugs, which is much cuter.

Body feather of Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius