5 Other Insects Bioblitz 2017 | Wildlife Queensland Scenic Rim

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)

Many thanks to Chris Burwell and Elliot Leach for this list. The species were mostly seen a few days after the official Biobliotz, on a sunny day.

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Whitewater Rockmaster. Thunderbird Park. Photo Chris Burwell

Along Cedar Creek, Thunderbird Park

Sapphire Rockmaster, Diphlebia coerulescens
Whitewater Rockmaster, Diphlebia lestoides
Flame Flatwing, Austroargiolestes amabilis
Black Tigertail, Eusynthemis nigra
Variable Tigertail, Eusynthemis aurolineata
Forest Darner, Austroaeschna pulchra
Queensland Pin, Neosticta canescens
Sapphire Rockmaster Thunderbird Park. Photo Chris Burwell

Black-faced Percher, Diplacodes melanopsis
Fiery Skimmer, Orthetrum villosovittatum
Bronze Needle, Synlestes weyersii
Southern Vicetail, Hemigomphus gouldii

Thunderbird Park lake

Common Bluetail, Ischnura heterosticta
Eastern Billabongfly, Austroagrion watsoni
Splendid longlegs, Austrocnemis splendida
Flame Flatwing, Thunderbird Park. Photo Chris Burwell

Pygmy Wisp, Agriocnemis pygmaea
Wandering Percher, Diplacodes bipunctata
Black-faced Percher, Diplacodes melanopsis (one also caught along the creek above)
Blue Skimmer, Orthetrum caledonicum
Palemouth, Brachydiplax denticauda (also recorded by Asher Nicholls at Siganto Street
Australian Emperor, Anax papuensis

Black Tigertail Thunderbird Park

Camp Thunderbird.

Dragonflies identified by Luigi Casagrande and Maria Maruca, near the creek at Thunderbird Park were:

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Southern Vicetail Thunderbird Park Photo Chris Burwell

Dragonflies photographed by Luigi Casagrande, accompanied by Maria Maruca, near the creek at Thunderbird Park:

Austroargiolestes icteromelas

Southern Vicetail (Hemigomphus gouldii), newly emerged from its old, nymphal skin

Most other insects were not identified to species, but some were recorded, as follows:

Native cockroach, Thunderbird Park

Bush cockroach (id Keith McCosh / Rob McCormack), Witches Falls, rainforest
Cockroach,Thunderbird Park

Cricket (id Keith McCosh / Rob McCormack), Witches Falls, rainforest
Cricket, Skywalk
Moss’/lichen katydid Phricta sp (id Keith McCosh / Rob McCormack), Witches Falls, rainforest

Cricket, Skywalk (young King Cricket Australosoma australasiae?)

Orthopteran nymph, ThunderbirdPark

Several were seen, some at least partly identified:

Assassin bug, family Reduviidae, Thunderbird Park, sclerohyll forest (Cara Parsons)
Water strider, family Gerridae, Thunderbird Park, sclerohyll forest (Cara Parsons)
Leaf hopper, Thunderbird Park, sclerohyll forest (Cara Parsons)
Leaf hopper (same species?), Cedar Creek Falls, sclerohyll forest (Cara Parsons)
Small bottle cicada, Skywalk, id Ronda Green

Bug (Hemiptera), Thunderbird Park, open forest near creek

Small bottle cicada, Chloirocysta sp., Skywalk, id Ronda Green (photo Darren Green)

Louse fly, family Hippoboscidae (id KeithMcCosh / Rob McCormack) The Knoll,rainforest
Blue fly (id KeithMcCosh / Rob McCormack) The Knoll,rainforest

Whirligig beetle, (id Keith McCosh / Rob McCormack), Witches Falls, rainforest
Ladybird, family Coccinellidae (id KeithMcCosh / Rob McCormack)The Knoll, rainforest
Netwing larvae Family Lycidae, (id KeithMcCosh / Rob McCormack) Witches Falls, rainforest
Longicorn beetle (id Ronda Green),Skywalk
Flat-faced Longhorn Pentacosmia conferta, Thunderbird Park
various other beetles, including weevils, unidentified

black beetle on Eucalyptus trunk, Skywalk, photo by
Jenny Bacon

Black beetle in carpark, Skywalk

Beetle ( Coccinellidae??), Thunderbird Par, sclerophyll forest near creek

Beetle,ThunderbirdPark

Bull ant, Skywalk

Bull ant (Cara Parsons), Thunderbird Park, sclerophyll forest, Skywalk, sclerophyll forest
Golden-tailed ant (Cara Parsons), Thunderbird Park, sclerophyll forest
Jumper ant Myrmecia nigrocincta (Cara Parsons), Thunderbird Park, sclerophyll forest