Second critter as part of the 52 Critters project: Common Name: White Crab Spider Scientific Name: Thomisus spectabilis Critter found at: City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia Found this little guy lurking in a flower ready to ensnare any insect that came down to feed. Despite having the common name of White Crab Spider they do come in …
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Jan
11
52 Critters: Critter #1 – Giant Orange Lacewing
First critter as part of the 52 Critters project: Common Name: Giant Orange Lacewing Scientific Name: Nymphes myrmeleonoide Critter found at: City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia Had to increase the ISO quite a bit for the shot as it was hanging underneath leaf. Caused the noise in the shot to be somewhat more than I would …
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Nov
08
Help Me Identify This Critter [Updated: Identified!]
Updated – Now identified! Thanks to an amazingly fast turn around by the Queensland Museum the mystery creature has been identified as a fly belonging to the family Nemestrinidae and the genus Atriadops more commonly known as ‘Tangle-veined Flies’. This particular fly is a female of the species so the scary looking protrusion is in fact a ovipositor used in egg …
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