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Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Striped Marsh Frog laying eggs in a large bowl in garden
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
caterpillar on chili plant
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Australian Pepperpot (Myriostoma australianum)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
In a garden in leaf litter, in light shade
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Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Common in our garden
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Flatid Planthoppers (Family Flatidae)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
This seems visually close to Geisha. Occasional visitor to our garden. Here sitting on a dead Dianella inflorescence.
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Fiddler Beetle (Eupoecila australasiae)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
On footpath under flowering street tree (Water Gum - Tristania). The colour of the brilliant lime-green patches on the beetle are closest to natural colour in the more distant pic. Taken on the footpath with mown leaf blades of Buffalo Grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) for scale).
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Orchard Spiders and Allies (Genus Leucauge)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Common spider in our garden
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Wickham's Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Glasswing butterfly (Acraea andromacha) on Grevillea wickhamii. I will give a more precise locality when I can access my fieldbooks!
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Glasswing (Acraea andromacha)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Glasswing is on Grevillea wickhamii. I will add a more precise locality when I can access my fieldbook!
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Brown Flower Beetle (Glycyphana stolata)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Beetle seen on flowering exotic Crinum sp. in garden
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Punctate Flower Chafer (Neorrhina punctatum)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Beetle buzzing around street tree in flower (water gum; Tristaniopsis laurina) and exotic Crinum sp. in flower in adjoining garden
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Cyperus mirusObserver
karenwilsonauDescription
Native sedge that grows spontaneously in garden in Balmain. Also seen in Birchgrove Park and other areas on Balmain Peninsula.
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Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Only frog in our garden
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Saint Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Common spider in our garden
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Leaf-curling Spider (Phonognatha graeffei)Observer
karenwilsonauDescription
Common spider in our garden
