It doesn't key out right but I can't figure out what else it could be so this is the hill I die on I guess
Field Notes - c.75mm in length. Attracted to light at night. Rural.
Sighting and photos (c) janr.
Field Notes - about 30mm TL.
ID by Matthew Connors, who also identified this as a male. - " Bowerbird.org.au sighting being moved to iNaturalist because the former website is shutting down.
Gyromantis occidentalis
Identified as Gyromantis occidentalis on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors: "It looks a bit pale but the pattern is right"
The snake was chasing a frog at speed. The frog was doing metre long leaps and the snake was holding its head high to see where the frog landed. On seeing us, the snake froze and lowered its head allowing me to take a photo. The frog was probably Ranoidea jungguy.
Fishing for mud crabs (they tasted pretty good too)
Orange Nassarius
Identified as Nassarius Zeuxis crematus on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors: "Tentative ID by Michael McMaster who stated that it may be N. concinnus instead"
Neomantis australis
Identified as Neomantis australis on Bowerbird by Graeme Cocks
Can clearly see the tail in this individual. About 60 cm long.
Pygmy Grasshopper
Identified as Paratettix femoralis on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors
Branching Fire Coral - Millepora dichotoma
Identified as Anthoathecata on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors: "Millepora dichotoma (Milleporidae) - for some reason the entire family is missing from Bowerbird"
Eastern Koel
Identified as Eudynamys orientalis cyanocephala on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors
Male, arched anal segment
Boxer bark mantis?
Crusader Bug and nymphs at all stages of development
Australian Striped Mantid (Orthodera marginata)