Bugs, birds, and other Australians

Golden Silk Orb-Weaver
Nephila plumipes
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Whirligig Beetle
Macrogyrus genus
Springbrook National Park, Australia
9/14/2018

Native Stingless Bee
Tetragonula carbonaria
Gold Coast Botanical Gardens, Australia
9/16/2018

Leptomyrmex cnemidatus
genus: spider ants
Main Range National Park, QLD, Australia
9/17/2018

Leptomyrmex cnemidatus
genus: spider ants
Main Range National Park, QLD, Australia
9/17/2018

Polyrhachis ornata
genus: spiny ants
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Green Tree Ants (Weaver Ants)
Oecophylla smaragdina
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, Australia
9/9/2018

They make nests out of silk

Triangular Geometrid Moth
Epidesmia chilonaria
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Blue Moon butterfly
Hypolimnas bolina
family: Brushfooted Butterflies
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Orange Ringlet, Northern Ringlet
Hypocysta irius
family: Brushfooted Butterflies
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Common Evening Brown
Melanitis leda
family: Brushfooted Butterflies
Venman Bushland National Park, Australia
9/7/2018

Common Evening Brown, winter form
Melanitis leda
family: Brushfooted Butterflies
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Small Grass Yellow
Eurema smilax
family: Sulphurs
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Fly
Diptera Order
Main Range National Park, Australia
9/17/2018

Tree Termites
Nasutitermes walkeri (possibly Microcerotermes)
family: higher termites
Venman Bushland National Park, Australia
9/7/2018

Freshwater Crocodile
Crocodylus johnsoni
Rockhampton Zoo, Australia
9/9/2018

Wall Skink (Cream-Striped Shinning Skink)
Cryptoblepharus virgatus
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Coastal Carpet Python
Morelia spilota mcdowelli
Mapleton, Sunshine Coast, Australia
9/7/2018

Coastal Carpet Python
Morelia spilota mcdowelli
Mapleton, Sunshine Coast, Australia
9/7/2018

Coastal Carpet Python
Morelia spilota mcdowelli
Mapleton, Sunshine Coast, Australia
9/7/2018

Lace Monitor lizard, or Lace Goanna
Varanus varius
Venman Bushland National Park, Australia
9/7/2018

Lace Monitor lizard, or Lace Goanna
Varanus varius
Venman Bushland National Park, Australia
9/7/2018

Koala
Koala genus
Rockhampton Zoo, Australia
9/9/2018

Eastern Gray Kangaroo
Macropus giganteus
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Eastern Gray Kangaroo
Macropus giganteus
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Black Flying Fox
Pteropus alecto
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Black Flying Fox
Pteropus alecto
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Black Flying Fox
Pteropus alecto
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Black Flying Fox
Pteropus alecto
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Bird
Rockhampton, Australia
9/10/2018

Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Underwood Park, Priestdale, Australia
9/7/2018

Southern Cassowary
Casuarius casuarius
Rockhampton Zoo, Australia
9/9/2018

Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, Australia
9/9/2018

Crested Pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes
Underwood Park, Priestdale, Australia
9/7/2018

Brush Turkey
Alectura lathami
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

White-eyed Duck, or Hardhead
Aythya australis
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
Gold Coast Botanical Gardens, Australia
9/16/2018

Australian Wood Duck, Maned Duck
Chenonetta jubata
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, Australia
9/9/2018

Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
Gold Coast Botanical Gardens, Australia
9/16/2018

Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Eastern Great Egret
Ardea modesta
genus: Great Herons
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Australian pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, Australia
9/9/2018

Regal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
Gold Coast Botanical Gardens, Australia
9/16/2018

Straw-Necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, Australia
9/9/2018

Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
Gold Coast Botanical Gardens, Australia
9/16/2018

Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans elegans
Main Range National Park, Australia
9/17/2018

Galah
Eolophus roseicapilla
Mount Morgan, Australia
9/11/2018

Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea
Maryborough, Australia
9/8/2018

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita galerita
Old Man Lagoon, Australia
9/11/2018

Apostle Bird
Struthidea cinerea
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, Australia
9/9/2018

Australian Logrunner
Orthonyx temminckii
Springbrook National Park, Australia
9/14/2018

Crow or Raven
Corvus genus
Gore Roadhouse, Australia
9/17/2018

Fairy Martin
Petrochelidon ariel
Rockhampton, Australia
9/10/2018

Superb Fairywren (female or juvenile)
Malurus cyaneus
Underwood Park, Priestdale, Australia
9/7/2018

Superb Fairywren (male)
Malurus cyaneus
Underwood Park, Priestdale, Australia
9/7/2018

Magpie Lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
Gladstone, Australia
9/8/2018

Willie-Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
Gladstone, Australia
9/9/2018

Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
Main Range National Park, Australia
9/17/2018

Blue-Faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis
Mount Morgan, Australia
9/10/2018

Noisy Miner
Manorina melanocephala
Broadbeach, Australia
9/14/2018

Noisy Miner
Manorina melanocephala
Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
9/11/2018

Black-Necked Magpie, Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen terraereginae
Toowoomba, Australia
9/11/2018