Mordellidae (family)

Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle at O'Connor, ACT

Mordellidae (family) at O'Connor, ACT - 24 Dec 2023
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Identification history

Mordellidae (family) 30 Dec 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Mordella sp. (genus) 29 Dec 2023 Hejor1
Unidentified 27 Dec 2023 ConBoekel

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Close to 5mm. This one is playing dead. Normally spring about.

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Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting) at O'Connor, ACT - 20 Oct 2024 by ConBoekel
Rhagadolyra magnicornis (Lauxaniid fly) at O'Connor, ACT - 4 Sep 2024 by ConBoekel
Salsa fuliginata (Sooty Orb-weaver) at O'Connor, ACT - 4 Sep 2024 by ConBoekel
Plutella (genus) (Plutella Moths) at O'Connor, ACT - 4 Sep 2024 by ConBoekel
Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae (A Gall Midge) at O'Connor, ACT - 4 Sep 2024 by ConBoekel
Calomela curtisi (Acacia leaf beetle) at O'Connor, ACT - 4 Sep 2024 by ConBoekel
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at O'Connor, ACT - 30 Aug 2024 by ConBoekel
Hemicordulia tau (Tau Emerald) at O'Connor, ACT - 29 Aug 2024 by ConBoekel
Harmonia conformis (Common Spotted Ladybird) at O'Connor, ACT - 29 Aug 2024 by ConBoekel
Conocephalomima barameda (False Meadow Katydid, Barameda) at Dryandra St Woodland - 7 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Paropsisterna fastidiosa (Eucalyptus leaf beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 7 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE (Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths) at Dryandra St Woodland - 7 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Amorbus rubiginosus (A Eucalyptus Tip Bug) at Dryandra St Woodland - 7 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 7 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Acacia genistifolia (Early Wattle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Feb 2024 by KMcCue
Intruda signata (Ground spider) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Orthetrum caledonicum (Blue Skimmer) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Pergagrapta polita (Sawfly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Feb 2024 by DianneClarke
Anzora unicolor (Grey Planthopper) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Casbia pallens (Pale Casbia) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Merophyas divulsana (Lucerne Leafroller) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Scieropepla polyxesta (Xyloryctidae) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis (A Sedge Moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Jan 2024 by ConBoekel
Helicoverpa punctigera (Native Budworm) at O'Connor, ACT - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Rhagigaster ephippiger (Smooth flower wasp) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Gasteruption sp. (genus) (Gasteruptiid wasp) at O'Connor, ACT - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp) at O'Connor, ACT - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Anilicus xanthomus (A click beetle) at O'Connor, ACT - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Pterygophorus cinctus (Bottlebrush sawfly) at O'Connor, ACT - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Scolia (Discolia) verticalis (Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Jalmenus ictinus (Stencilled Hairstreak) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Billardiera heterophylla (Western Australian Bluebell Creeper) at Dryandra St Woodland - 26 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Culladia cuneiferellus (Crambinae moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Adoxia benallae (Leaf beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Edosa fraudulens (Tineidae) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Tortricopsis pyroptis (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group)) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Cryptocephalinae (sub-family) (A case-bearing leaf beetle) at O'Connor, ACT - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Castiarina sexplagiata (Jewel beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) (Halictid bee) at O'Connor, ACT - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Castiarina scalaris (Scalaris jewel beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Nemophora (genus) (A Fairy Moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Isomoralla eriscota (A concealer moth) at O'Connor, ACT - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Gasteruption sp. (genus) (Gasteruptiid wasp) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Odontomyia hunteri (Soldier fly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Pterygophorus cinctus (Bottlebrush sawfly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Evaniidae (family) (Hatchet wasp) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Archimantis sp. (genus) (Large Brown Mantis) at O'Connor, ACT - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Phyllotocus navicularis (Nectar scarab) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Castiarina crenata (Jewel beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Epidesmia hypenaria (Long-nosed Epidesmia) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at O'Connor, ACT - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Acacia floribunda (White Sally Wattle, Gossamer Wattle) at O'Connor, ACT - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Rhinotia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Rhinotia weevil) at Dryandra St Woodland - 24 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Eulechria electrodes (Yellow Eulechria Moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 10 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Papilio anactus (Dainty Swallowtail) at Dryandra St Woodland - 10 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Dryandra St Woodland - 9 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Oecophoridae (family) (Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 9 Dec 2023 by ConBoekel
Aporocera (Aporocera) consors (A leaf beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Lampides boeticus (Long-tailed Pea-blue) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Geron nigralis (Slender bee fly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Homotrysis cisteloides (Darkling beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) lanarium (Halictid bee) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Termessa zonophanes (Double Yellow-patched Footman) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Adoxia benallae (Leaf beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Platyptilia celidotus (Plume Moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Omyta centrolineata (Centreline Shield Bug) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Ecnolagria grandis (Honeybrown beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Glyphipterix meteora (A Sedge Moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Dolophones sp. (genus) (Wrap-around spider) at Dryandra St Woodland - 20 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Australiphthiria hilaris (Slender Bee Fly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Trapezites luteus (Yellow Ochre, Rare White-spot Skipper) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Philobota mathematica group undescribed species. (A concealer moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis (Leafcutter bee, Megachilid bee) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Nacaduba biocellata (Two-spotted Line-Blue) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Asura lydia (Lydia Lichen Moth) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Taxeotis intextata (Looper Moth, Grey Taxeotis) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Taxeotis intextata (Looper Moth, Grey Taxeotis) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Neolucia agricola (Fringed Heath-blue) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Goniaea opomaloides (Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Mutusca brevicornis (A broad-headed bug) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Cerdistus sp. (genus) (Slender Robber Fly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Lavandula stoechas (Spanish Lavender or Topped Lavender) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Calliphoridae (family) (Unidentified blowfly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Cylindromyia sp. (genus) (Bristle fly) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Calomela curtisi (Acacia leaf beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Calomela parilis (Leaf beetle) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Backobourkia brounii (Broun's orb weaver) at Dryandra St Woodland - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Rhagadolyra magnicornis (Lauxaniid fly) at O'Connor, ACT - 6 Nov 2023 by ConBoekel
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at O'Connor, ACT - 22 Oct 2023 by ConBoekel

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  • 24 Dec 2023 02:24 PM Recorded on
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