Showing posts with label Shield-bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shield-bug. Show all posts

Friday, 11 November 2011

Harvey Street


It was a beautiful morning and I was in Anglesea with some spare time. Perfect. The woodland off Harvey Street seemed like a good option and it proved to be a good choice.

The austrostipas, poas and austrodanthonias were flowering and waving in the slight breeze and as always look spectacular when backlit. There were a few plants flowering (pimeleas, peas, lomandras, an orchid or two, fringe-lilies, daisies and even a few violets), there were a few insects on the shrubs (dragonflies, damselflies, wasps, flies, ants, bees, moths and butterflies), there were one or two birds calling (but as it was midday I wasn't expecting too many) and I had the bush track all to myself. It was a delightful hour.

Thysanotus tuberosus subsp. tuberosus, Common Fringe Lily

Caladenia tentaculata Mantis Orchid

Spider

Day-flying moth. Family Crambidae, Corynophora lativittalis. Thanks MH.

Male Common Brown Heteronympha merope

Varied Sedge-skipper Hesperilla donnysa.

Metallic Jewel (Shield) Bug Scutiphora pedicellata

PS I'll update the IDs when I've done some homework. Any ideas?
Update: All sorted now. Thanks CT for help on the bug, MH for the moth and VWD and DM for the sedge-skipper butterfly.

Sunday, 20 April 2008

A stinker

Isn't coincidence a marvellous thing?

Today I had a wonderful day in the Brisbane Ranges with the Field Nats Club - of which more later - and one of the photos I took was of an insect almost identical to that in the photo I posted yesterday of an unknown beetle on grass. This time I looked for some references to give me a name, and came up with Shield-bug (or Stinkbug) Poecilometis armatus. If attacked it can use a foul smell as protection. Luckily it didn't think my camera was a threat.