Many small black beetles which were a common sight on this particular log. After flooding, I found them elsewhere under logs.
The flooding seems to have brought these ground / wood burrowing insects to the surface.
18/12/23 - Polyphaga sp.
QLD:WET - Washed up flood debris; After Cyclone Jasper flooding
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Absolutely gigantic Rutilia fly spotted in the rainforest.
04/12/23 - Rutilia sp.
QLD:WET - Rainforest nursery
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Two stink bugs found on sheoak.
*The adult was identified as A. lata, the nymph is just Austromalaya
17/01/24 - Austromalaya lata
QLD:WET - Cairns
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Small bug found on the water surface in a drainage canal.
24/12/23 - Microvelia sp.
QLD:WET - Warrina Lakes Botanical Gardens
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Golden Bladderwort surviving well after being washed up.
18/01/24 - Utricularia aurea
QLD:WET
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Small Lentinus mushroom found on a log.
24/12/23 - Lentinus sp.
QLD:WET - Warrina Lakes Botanical Gardens
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Ground beetle spotted in a puddle.
Found a few this time of year.
04/12/23 - Myriochila semicincta
QLD:WET - Rainforest nursery
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Strange pyrgodesmid millipedes.
13/01/24 - Pyrgodesmidae sp.
QLD:WET
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Bee fly at the community gardens.
13/01/24 - Petrorossia sp.
QLD:WET
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Large orange mayfly spotted.
Sadly it's difficult to identify these (not enough info online for me).
15/01/24 - Ephemeroptera sp.
QLD:WET
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Tineid moth I found in a light trap some weeks ago. I'm really interested in this one, since I'm pretty certain I've found ID:
( here )
The problem is that I don't know if W. dysgnoia occurs here. The BOLD website has specimens collected from French Polynesia, with a 1986 paper specifically noting Hiva Oa as the island of distribution (Clarke 1986).
In other words, I don't think this species should be in Australia.
I just don't know enough to make any sort of ID. Even if the wing patterns seem to match, there are many, many undescribed species out there. I just want to provide the information that I have currently found.
Sources
Clarke, JFG 1986, 'Pyralidae and microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago', Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 416, p. 375.
14/01/24 - Tineidae sp.
QLD:WET
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Slime mold growing on the side of a cubby house.
13/01/24 - Lycogala sp.
QLD:WET
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Two large Sarrothripini moths.
Possibly in the Blenina genus, but there's a few Sarrothripini moths like this. The species B. donans has a wide range of varying wing patterns, making it difficult to really pin-point ID. B. donans seems like a possible ID, but I'm not too sure.
13/01/24 - Sarrothripini sp.
QLD:WET
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Rather interesting looking twirler moth that I unfortunately haven't found ID for. Its dark colour helps it blend in well, as there are many dead bits of leaves around which have turned completely black.
16/01/24 - Gelechiidae sp.
QLD:WET
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S. violacea, a very round species of jumping spider.
14/01/24 - Simaethula violacea
QLD:WET
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The strange martian moth, surprisingly frequent in the Wet Tropics.
14/01/24 - Saptha libanota
QLD:WET
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