5 Other Insects Bioblitz 2017

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.
Please scroll down below Odonata to see other insects
Whitewater Rockmaster. Thunderbird Park. Photo Chris Burwell

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

    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

    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

Black Tigertail Thunderbird Park

Camp Thunderbird.

  • Common glider, Tramea loewii (dead)

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

  • Southern Vicetail Hemigomphus gouldii
  • Austroargiolestes icteromelas

 Scroll down for more photos, and more insect groups

 Southern Vicetail Thunderbird Park Photo Chris Burwell


Southern Vicetail Thunderbird Park Photo Chris Burwell

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

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Austroargiolestes icteromelas

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

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

Blattodea

  • Native cockroach, Thunderbird Park

    Native cockroach, Thunderbird Park

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

  • Cockroach,Thunderbird Park

Phasmatodea

  • Stick insect,Skywalk

 

Orthoptera

  • 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

Cricket, Skywalk (young King Cricket Australosoma australasiae?)

 

Orthopteran nymph, ThunderbirdPark

Orthopteran nymph, ThunderbirdPark

Hemiptera

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, Thunderbird Park, open forest near creek

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

 

Leafhopper, Thunderbird Park (photo Darren Green)

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

 

Ephemeroptera

  • Mayfly, Thunderbird Park, sclerohyll forest (Cara Parsons)
  • Mayfly, (id Keith McCosh / Rob McCormack), Witches Falls, rainforest
  • Mayfly, (id Keith McCosh / Rob McCormack), The Knoll, rainforest

 

Diptera

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

Coleoptera

  • 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 win Eucalyptus trunk, Skywalk, photo by  Jenny Bacon

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

 

Black beetle in carpark, Skywalk

Black beetle in carpark, Skywalk

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

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

Beetle,ThunderbirdPark

Beetle,ThunderbirdPark

 

Hymenoptera

  • Bull ant, Skywalk

    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